ColdBlueNorth

one draft area that wished we addressed in a pretty deep TE draft...we have serviceable TE's on the roster, but no one who really creates those consistent size and speed mismatches.

dare I mention an obvious pattern of discussion?

you do have a point. I do believe that a team needs a strong defense to win championships as post season play favors more physical play and less flags thrown, but a solid offense could get this team to the post season and I would take that as progress.

the Bills have Marquis Goodwin a speedster with hands, Mike Williams, Robert Woods, and Sammy Watkins...talk about an embarrassment of riches at receiver and decent depth. They can throw in Chandler, Kaufman, or Hogan and go 5 wide...that's a spread lineup that should give defensive coordinators fits. If the oline can keep EJ vertical, and open some run lanes...who knows?

this tired tune again? give it a rest already - the Bills FO believes in EJ and chose to use their limited picks protecting and supporting him, not drafting another QB. We may see an undrafted FA QB for depth.

Perhaps, because he is coming out of Vanderbilt, but I am kind of surprised with some of the WR's that went before Jordan Matthews whom I think has good size, great speed, great hands and has been very productive.

This. My only concern with EJ's progress last year was the injury bug; otherwise, I saw a rookie who tended to not make the same mistakes he made during prior games - basically a kid who worked on correcting the correctable. I remember when the Steelers threw a lot of cover-2 at him that he neither game-planned for (as the Steelers had not run a lot of that prior), nor had he seen a lot of cover-2. He admittedly stunk up the field, the next team that tried it though, he knew where to go with the ball and where his best match-ups would be and he moved the chains. Progression-wise, that is what you want to see from a young QB - sans injuries.

If they go offense I don't think they go line at 2... that position for G and RT is fairly deep - I think they would go TE with Jenkins or see if B-Lo can be the place where Amaro grows up a bit. If they decide to go defense I believe that both Nix and Hagemen are impact players that would improve our run-stopping. I watched Hageman play a lot of ball in the midwest and I do not get the consistency label. What most folks who watched Gopher football saw out of Hageman last year was a guy who consistently dominated but was used inconsistently by the Gophers. Then we have to nail RT, LB, RB, and we could use an upgrade at Guard.

I think the Bills can find a solid Guard in the later rounds... Hageman is a rare defensive line talent...a game changer and this team needs run stoppers. Or they could go true 2-gapper and take Nix if he falls that far. I could also see them nab Jace Amaro if they want to have a solid TE to groom

If he can stay healthy, he has the tools to succeed.

Everyone is supposed to get their 30 minutes of fame:) Congrats Scott, and your responses were measured and spot-on. Probably not what comes to mind when other fan bases think of Bills' fans. Way to represent.

I still like Vandy's Jordan in the second or if he is there in the early third. He has good size, catches with his hands, and was simply productive as the go-to guy that everyone knew they were going to go-to. Good value I think, where draftniks have him falling.

The POWER... I can feel it now! (insert evil, maniacal laugh) Probably not a good idea for me as I am more than a bit opinionated and enjoy an instigator role. I have seen a lack of moderation by moderators on other boards so I would hate to mess up the good reputation here. To date, the folks that contribute now have been pretty darn good on "the Wall".

Thanks Astro - nice job of breaking that down.

Interesting that I have heard a lot of talk about how weak Martin is or was... I think it takes some serious stones to do what he did. Walk away from an NFL team, contract, reputation, face retaliation from the league, player's union, the public, and from players that most now understand from the independent report who were very capable of being retaliatory. How many "mentally-strong" guys have just caved in and accepted being Richie's B word to fit into his dysfunctional f'd-up locker room?