chris heff

The only thing about this current format is my wife thinks I'm less insane. I don't spend an entire Saturday watching seven rounds on two different networks.

This was suppose to be a great draft for QBs. At the start of the college season, it was Bridgewater, Boyd and Manziel. Bortles kind of comes out of nowhere. Boyd plummets. Some mocks have have Bridgewater and Maziel dropping. I'm not sold on Bortles, funny.

I hope Raiders pull off trade with Eagles for Jackson, maybe Watkins falls.

Gil Brandt! What does he know? Forty years in the NFL! So what? He's not even in the NFL anymore! Sorry I couldn't resist after getting blasted by some for suggesting people with NFL experience might be better at evaluating talent than fans.

I think based on what you have posted and what Maryland has posted it makes it unlikely the take a tackle at nine.

Thanks fixed it.

I have more of a problem, that by his own admission to the police, that he told a young woman who was going to accuse his roommate of rape, that if she did he would rape her too.

Off with his head! Bush move, but fine was enough.

If not for his history with the Bills I'd be happy with thst situation.

That took twelve minutes, what's wrong?

I know, my point was that I think guys that had long careers in the NFL, like Angelo, Polian, and Gabriel know more than even the most astute fan. It just seems like a logical premiss. Nobody is right all the time, I get that. I think Graham is a good pick up, he could start, if not adds depth. We learned quickly last year that there was no depth at corner. Williams seems to be the polarizing pick up. He can't possibly be worse than what they had. I was confused by Gaughan column it said Polian didn't like Wiiliams, but ESPN site has Polian grading him as a B. I still think they need to draft somebody to play guard. If Williams ends up as a backup is he over paid? And should I care about that? I know I'm straying from this thread but the guy that I'm most confused about is Rivers. I asked some friends of mine that are Giant fans about him, their response was "who?".

After he signed with NO he said he was sick of losing, isn't that saying he was sick of being a Bill?

So what's the connection?

I agree, and I still think they draft two OL. I don't think the Williams signing changed how they approach the draft.

I've said this before, but I'll say it again, best user name ever. I agree with all of this.

The reason I used Losman as an example is because my 10 year old nephew asked Greg if he thought Losman was going to be good. I'm sorry I did not make that clear, after all you were not in attendance that day. I don't claim anyone is beyond reproach, however 28 years in the same profession might indicate that individual had some experience. You are correct, he managed scouts and made recommendations to a GM, Jerry Angelo, who brought him to Chicago from NY. Angelo fired him and others in a job saving attempt . Angelo was eventually fired anyway. I'm unsure of your point, it is obvious that people in professional sports are fired often and move to other organizations. Greg Gabriel's 28 years in the NFL is a pretty good run. When he was fired he decided to retire. It wasn't like there were no offers. Please remember, I know him. So your premiss is that a multi-billion dollar industry is wasting millions paying talent evaluates when all they really need to do is ask astute fans?

John, in another thread I fully admitted to never having paid on bit of attention to Chris Williams. I don't know if I've ever seen him play. My point is I think a guy the scouted for NFL teams for 28 years knows more than me.

Yeah, I don't know, do defend people you know more strongly than those you don't? I just think 28 years of scouting for NFL teams make s him a better judge than fans.

You are correct, he managed scouts and made recommendations to a GM, Jerry Angelo, who brought him to Chicago from NY. Angelo fired him and others in a job saving attempt . Angelo was eventually fired anyway. I'm unsure of your point, it is obvious that people in professional sports are fired often and move to other organizations. Greg Gabriel's 28 years in the NFL is a pretty good run. When he was fired he decided to retire. It wasn't like there were no offers. Please remember, I know him.

What is your response? Anyone can be an NFL scout? Look, I love the Bills and I enjoy the discourse on this site and I know our common denominator is we all root for the Bills on fall Sundays. That's a bond albeit a strange one.

Some the Bears draft picks during his tenure are, Lance Briggs, Tommie Harris, Devin Hester, Johnny Knox and Nathan Vasher. My point is if you guys could do better then do it. Greg Gabriel started reviewing film for free and parlayed that into a 28 year career. I'm sure you have never made the wrong decision.

I went surfing today and I'm having a glass of wine if I were anymore relaxed I'd be dead. The person in question spent 28 years scouting for NFL teams and you think the casual fan is just as good?

As I stated earlier I know Greg Gabriel, nepotism and favoritism had nothing to do with his 28 years in the league. If what you are saying is true it would result in a bad product and make us all stupid for buying into it. Could you give some examples?

I'm not trying to insult anyone, but if NFL teams could get just as good information from bloggers as they do from scouting, yet spend millions on scouting it would make them incredible stupid.

It was one example out of many, are you actually saying that half the posters on this site understand football talent better than someone who spent 28 years scouting talent? If that were true all 32 franchise in a multi billion dollar industry are run by morons, and we are fools for being fans.