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For the three games, I'm gonna guess The Comeback, 51-3 (first game I ever went to), and the no-punt game.

I agree this is the plan, but another one we don't seem to touch on is there's (at least probably) an art to what they are doing with bringing in these particular street FAs. Hankerson, Salas, Boykin, and Little all have had flashes -- particularly Hankerson -- and have shown promise. They're all almost zero risk, no drag on the salary cap choices. WRs have a habit of blossoming in 3rd, 4th, an 5th seasons. When Jimmy Smith and Keenan McCardell joined up in Jacksonville, they each had four seasons and between them about 1000 yards. Chances are at most one of them makes the active roster (Salas), but I like the strategy, and actually love how they have have addressed the WR2 position with Woods still there and Listenbee an intriguing option (speed and great ball-tracking).

Genuine question: what's the difference between rolling money over and structuring a contract so that same money is in the cap hit next year? It seems to me they are structuring the contracts the way they are (with minimal cap hit this year) for a reason, and intend to make a few late value free agent signings, as Whaley said they were going to do before it all started. Or the money is being freed to give Taylor a good faith raise. As it stands now, they should have over 40m of available cap in 2017, so while as a QB and a CB the TT/Gilmore contracts will be pretty large, they will still fit.

A Sammy catch is featured in the ad that was played during the draft, so he's probably a safe bet. I'd say Dareus if he didn't have an off year, but he still has got a shot. McCoy might have had an injury-plagued season, but his rep may get him on (and he'd still be pretty close based on the season)

Was rooting around and was surprised to see there's seven UB players on NFL rosters: Mack, Starks, Oliver, CB Josh Thomas (Dallas), DE Steven Means (Balt), P Jack Schum (NYJ), OL Kristjian Sokoli (Sea) When I was there I don't think any UB player had ever been drafted, but they were just in the process of moving to Division I.

He also had the most tackles for loss in all of college football, so that's not exactly all there is to him. In this scenario, they probably would have got Ragland with the first pick and Reed with the second, and who knows who from there on in. I would have been happy either way (and this would have meant more ridicule for the Cowboys, and I'm always game for that), but this was not the path that was taken. Bills still had one of the best drafts in all of football.

He double-dipped? Who does that? Who are these people?

Looks like we signed a kicker from Georgia, Marshall Morgan Marshall Morgan ‏@MarshallM13 Taking my talents to Buffalo! #Bills #blessed CBS Sports lists him as the #5 kicker in draft, NFL.com did not list him among the 7 they logged.

Yes, I was just responding to the poster who said the strategy was to get udfas b/c we could not afford real players, but I guess I see the logic (we can sign as many of these as they won't affect the cap).

We already had the most players under contract in the league last I checked.

DE Bryson Albright, Miami (OH)...he had 3 tackles and a sack against UB. Don't see any listed relation to a certain red-haired long snapper of yore. https://twitter.com/MiamiOHFootball/status/726557580844228608 I don't recall these coming in so fast in past years.

Watch your back, Garrison! https://twitter.com/SnapFlow50/status/726555308953198592 (it's a long snapper from LSU)

Robert Kugler, C, Purdue https://twitter.com/Kugs57/status/726550847581114368

Keith Lumpkin, OT, Rutgers http://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/index.ssf/2016/04/nfl_draft_2016_rutgers_ol_keith_lumpkin.html

James Cowser put up insane numbers in the FCS. Jonathan Jones had a 4-5 grade. I'd love to see Cash and especially Fairbairn come in. FB Devon Johnson and S Kelvin Fisher (son of the Bills Director of College Scouting) are the two players who visited who didn't get drafted -- that I could find anyway. Anyone know of anyone else?

QB - Jones, Hogan RB - Perkins (but just as soon no running back) WR - Cooper, Wilson...Higgins would be ok TE - meh OT - McGovern, Dahl, Murphy K - Fairbairn (would love him with latter 6th rd) DL - Billings (if he keeps dropping, why not), Cowser (crazy numbers, who knows) LB - Matekevich, Brothers, Perry DB - Cash, Kearse And Baby Gronk just to mess with the Pats I guess my realistic ideal: Cash, Murphy, Hogan, Cowser (if Pharoh Cooper is somehow available, switch him out with Cash)

I'm sure he'll get picked, but if we got Billings, that would be the third player we got I've seen mocked to us in the 1st.

A'Shawn looks like Isaac Hayes, circa 1989

Love - Ragland, Spence, trade up for Jack if he drops out of 10, Nkimidiche (especially if he drops to later round -- his tv interviews assuage any worry), Jaylon Smith in any round 3 & on if we drafted 2 defensive players before Hate - Cook or trade up for Lynch would have me questioning my fandom (before rationalizing in a day or two) Expect - Ragland Like - Lee, Floyd, Conklin, Hargreaves (if he dropped), Apple (if they traded back), Cardale Jones if he lasts to 4th, Hogan in any round 5 or later, Cravens or Chris Jones if they fall to 2nd, Braxton Miller if he falls to 3rd, Kafusi or Mantkevitch(sic, probably) in a later round Overall, would love a trade back in 1st, trade up in 2nd, and at least 4 defensive players.

Randell Johnson is also still there, but, yes, more linebackers would, um, definitely be a good thing -- a lot of intriguing options in draft.

Or maybe we're trying to get the best value in a defense-heavy draft class. The only super-talented player we've lost is Mario, and he took the year off.

Offensive line staying together, Rex's D plan coming together, Solid draft of ready players, Taylor and Watkins improve while gelling becoming a dynamic force, McCoy stays healthy as Karlos becomes an unstoppable change of pace, our remaining Williamses stay healthy and don't decline, one Brown returns to rookie season form or better as he learns the system, the other *journeyman" one fulfills his initial promise, Darby and Gilmore shutting things down, Dareus frees the beast, Brady suddenly ages, rest of division collapses. I'm not saying all these things will happen, just saying these are things that can happen. Football is unpredictable. Pundits, both professional and amateur like to pretend a team will finish within a, say 10-6 and 8-8 window, while in reality most teams could range from 15-1 to 1-15 if they catch lightning (or s&*() in a bottle. Who would have predicted the Panthers would be undefeated near the season's end. Fwiw, the "good" players did not exactly play "good" last year.

Yeah, can understand why for ticket sales, etc. I love December games, and if we're fighting for a playoff spot, I imagine as fans, we'll love having all those home games to go. I was hoping for a three-game west-coast road trip, but...

Sorry to nitpick, but not necessarily. The three west coast road games could have been in a row instead of all of them following east coast games. 4 out of 6 last games at home would make up for all the east-to-west travel, though.