Buffalonian-at-Heart

Well you said "I believe rooting for loses as payment for that opportunity suggests hopelessness.", in a response to me. Was I wrong to assume you were speaking to me?

And I never said I was rooting.

I accept your apology... oh never mind.

Not when he uses words like potentially. I never said this was the end all, I said it potentially puts our future at risk IF you believe Luck is that special. Of course non of us know for sure he's coming out or if he will be what we think he will. For all I know it may be a blessing in disguise and we draft Mallett for example and have 15 years of happy times. Don't be so closed minded just because someone disagrees with you, which is your forte by the way. You don't respect anyone's opinion. Very visionary of you Bean. I'm just saying I would prefer a position of power to draft the QB of our choice in lieu of a win. It's my opinion. Doesn't mean I believe our future is determined or dead. It would do you some good to not be so hopeless about having an opportunity at drafting the QB of our choice.

I think your blanket statements of folks that believe a win today puts this teams future at risk is shortsighted and irresponsible. I obviously am one of the fans that believe this loss could have potentially risked the future of the franchise. The question isn't whether the Bills can't make the right decision picking #1 versus further down, arbitrarily. It's solely about Andrew Luck. Some of us feel that risking the opportunity to draft this young man is potentially drastic. Now can we say for sure? Of course not, but that's the reason for the stance and it's our opinion. Doesn't mean we've given up, have no hope, or have no vision. It actually takes a person with more vision to feel this way, cause it was tough to fight feelings of joy today. This team put on one hell of a show. I found myself caught in a dichotomy, wanting the team to do well, but knowing what it was potentially doing to our future.

You should have used the word postulate as a verb in that sentance, not a noun. Hahaha. I still don't understand how a player with what you called a "bum knee" has more value to us? You responded for depth, but that doesn't make any sense, unless you don't truly believe he has a "bum knee".

I'll slap you in front of your Mom.

What three teams are we going to beat? The Panthers may not be investing in Claussen, but they have already invested in Clausen by drafting him in the second round. So maybe they will be dismissing their investment if they draft ahead of us. Sometimes things are blessings in disguise, Ryan Mallett looks very good to me, and might be one heck of a consolation prize. You are claiming bragging rights on seeing something in Johnson? Uh, most of us saw it and thought it. Way to go out on a limb and declare Trent would get overtaken. You're obviously the only one that saw that coming.

This makes absolutely no sense, Dexter.

It seems this is the unpopular opinion as of late, but I hope we lose. I see no point in winning 3-5 games and sliding 3-5 slots in the draft. I won't feel better as a fan now and especially come draft day. If the team is fragile enough that 4 wins vs 1 gives them hope or feel like they are building a winning atmosphere, well than what can I say?

Note sure if voting is requested, but I vote for cable lady.

How is he more valuable to us if he's got a bum knee?

It shouldn't, several other players have gotten deals done.

This has been said before, but still rings ever true.

Stay classy.

I'd say pretty good. They have Pettigrew, Johnson, Suh, Stafford, Best, and Sims. Those are some pretty awesome cornerstone players.

There's nothing about his game that's "much like Trent Edwards".

Yes we should pass on Mallett and hope that this freshman comes out the same year we would have to have the top pick of a team needing a QB. Perfectly logical.

How about there's no advantage to him faking an injury, while being put on waivers by the Chargers because of injuries and the feeling he can't play.

He should get a much better contract faking an injury and no one being able to see him play.

Some people just complain when we don't sign a player and some complain when we take a chance on a player. The dumb thing is, it's the same people doing both.

You need all the facts? You need a clue. "Ok hold on guys a fan needs all the facts before he can get on the Luck bandwagon so we're going with Brohm." Screw the crucial cohesion we are tying to desperately find for this team, and that we've been able to finally find with Fitz. For the first time in 5-6 years we are able to evaluate our O line, our receivers, the coaches are able to do some things, AND YOU WANT TO SEE BROHM TO QUENCH YOUR CURIOSITY?

He's starting at RT because of an injury to Mark Tauscher, that doesn't make him good.

Same O-line as last year? Uh no, nice try but not even close. Trade back to get Bulaga huh? Yeah, lets draft a right tackle who isn't good in the first round. Some people just have a need to live in the past and comfort themselves with regret.

The Panthers are in an interesting situation. They obviously drafted Clausen but lets not forget they drafted Pike too. They got rid of Delhomme and paved the way for either Moore, Clausen, or Pike to emerge. They would be seriously turning their back on this commitment by drafting a QB in the first round next year. But certainly Fox is on his way out as head coach, and could the new coach want to turn the page? I would think that if Fox and Hurney (GM) are both fired, there's a real possibility of them being a competitor in the draft for a QB. If Hurney is retained he and the new head coach may have to live with the choices already made. It will be interesting to see how this situation manifests itself should they be ahead of us in the draft order.