Mark80

I'm pretty sure that WR is still the position of most concern for a majority of the posters on here.

That's only one example, and really not even a good one. They were only the Boston Patriots for 10 years and it didn't involve any change in Nickname or logo. You might as well have just posted the baseball changes of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to the Tampa Rays and the Florida Marlins to the Miami Marlins. Really only minute changes for relatively young teams. Some posters in this thread are talking of changing the nickname of "Bills" for a 50 year staple of the AFL/NFL, that's completely different in my mind especially considering the current value of an NFL team compared to the value of a team in 1970.

The Bills in Western NY will always be the Buffalo Bills. If they move, it's going to be to LA or Toronto, in either case they are giving up on Western NY and most of us would give up on them. To suggest that a name change would encourage more regionalization is way off base in my mind. Anyone who knows anything about branding understands that brand value can account for upwards of 50% of a companys/brands worth (up to 70% for ones like Coke and McDonalds). You're not going to start over with a new name unless the potential benefits of doing so were extrememly high (as could be the case in a LA or Toronto move). To re-brand in Western NY would just break down the 50 years of brand loyalty and recognition that you have built. It would be a disaster in my opinion. I mean, how many times in the last 75 years have you seen this done in sports (not counting the Tennesse Oilers changing to the Titans a year after relocation)? It's only done with significant relocations.

"Beals on three." Love this dude.

Sorry, but I would love to see the "lights out" dance about 10-15 times this year.

Sportscenter sucks now.

You're crazy. He absolutely dominated that game. The most dominating college DLine performance that I have seen in a long time.

It's quite simple really, she should have to serve AT LEAST as much time in prison as he did for wrongfully accusing him. It's not like it was accidental mistaken identity, she admitted she was never raped.

I hate to say it, but that is a lot of "ifs".

I'll just answer your subject; NO!

Unless there are injuries McKelvin won't be on the field for D. We'll see better play out of him because he'll only be on Special Teams, where he belongs.

Did you just compare Wallace to Meachem? Hum...

Couldn't you really say that about just about any pick? I mean, in the top 6 you have players like Vince Young, Reggie Bush, A.J. Hawk, Jemarcus Russel, Gaines Adams, Levi Brown, Glenn Dorsey, Vernon Gholston, Jason Smith, Tyson Jackson, Aaron Curry, etc...none of which ever panned out as expected in my opinion. A lot of busts and a lot of pretty much average players.

I'd hate to say it but if they really like him a lot, he could be the pick and bye bye Freddie. In Buddy I trust.

Man, I hope not. Hopefully in the 2nd or 3rd. I want Floyd (or Blackmon if he happens to be there) bad. Unless we're able to trade down some spots, pick up another 3rd or 4th, and then I'd be OK with someone like Adams, Reiff, or Martin with the first.

AFter seeing numerous postings on here about people watching videos of players on YouTube, I feel that the obvious has to be brought up. Watching these videos does not give you nearly the whole picture of any player. These videos only consist of clips of usually good and bad plays only. You're not going to get the true picture of a player unless you are watching them on every play in every game. Now, to most (if not all) of us, this is all we have to work with, and that's fine. But to say that you love (or hate) someone based on a small cluster of plays that you find on there doesn't seem justified to me. Personally, I'll be happy with whoever we pick because I'm sure our personnel team is watching every play of every game and I have all the confidence in the world at Buddy's analysis. Just a thought. Now, re-sign Bell, draft Floyd, then OLB, then CB, then OL depth. In Buddy we trust.

On the NFL Network ticker yesterday it said that the Browns would trade down but only as far as #8.

If we draft Floyd and he ends up being a #1 and Stevie a #2 I would be one happy camper. That would mean we'd have two pretty darn good recievers.

This just in...the lions drafted like crap for a decade. There, just saved you 30 minutes typing all that crap. Who cares? See also the Browns, the Raiders, the Jags, the Dolphins, the Vikings, and probably 5 other teams (including the Bills pre Buddy).

Let's not get crazy quite yet. The fact is we made Mario the highest paid player in the league on D and we gave Mark one hell of a contract. Once we start getting players to come here below their value, then you can say that it's a place that players want to come. Otherwise, I kind of think that the money gets them interested, then they realize it's no where near as bad a place as they thought, and then they come. I would say that right now we're a place that players don't mind coming to anymore (which is still more than can be said of the last 10 years or so).

The President makes $400k/year for the rest of his life. Sorry, didn't see the post above mine. However, it should be noted that they can't make extra money from "special interest" or "lobbyist", that would basically amount to bribery. All those people can do is contribute to their campaign funds (which, in reality, isn't that much different).

Wouldn't it be a little more prudent to wait until after the draft to put season record predictions out there?

A college student was drinking underage? I'm schocked.

I'm still on the "The Bill Collectors" from another thread. We've been given up sacks on credit to the AFCE the last 5/10 years, time to pay up the debt, with interest.

How about tackle totals of 132, 116, 147, 133, 142, 157, 146, 128, 133, 142, 136, and 166 in the last 12 years?