CodeMonkey

I would imagine almost all the conditional "what ifs" are all made ahead of time like you say. "If Geno is still on the board at #8 I'll give you X" for example. I can only imagine what GM's with picks in the top 10 lives are like the last 3 or 4 days before a draft

I'm not sure how making the pick within 15 seconds of going on the clock makes you any more or less confident in your selection. But I don't see any harm in waiting a minute or two to see if some desperate GM is willing to give up way too much for your pick. Probably not going to happen, but like the lottery ads say, hey ... you never know.

That's what was disappointing to me about the Spiller pick. They sprinted up to the podium instantly almost afraid someone would make them an offer.

I am always reminded of an interview I saw a few years ago of Brain Burke when he was the GM of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The interview was about player trades and he made the statement that all things need to be considered. For example, he said, right now Luke Schenn is probably the most untouchable player in the NHL (interestingly he is no longer a Leaf, but I digress), but if someone offers me 10 first round picks and he is on a plane! You can not, and should never, ignore the possibility of the "deal you can't refuse" ... even when you are on the clock.

If Marrone, his college coach, likes him enough to draft him at #8 that would make me feel pretty damn good. Marrone not only knows a lot more about football than I do, but he also knows way more about Nassib than any scout, GM, or other coach possibly could. There would be no reason for me to second guess that pick under these circumstances.

I tend to think it is because most people, so called experts and non experts alike, cannot grasp the lack of complexity of the game and over analyze things. But point taken.

It's one of those night vision cameras.

I agree there is no harm in wishful thinking. Also no harm in not doing it. When my wife buys a lottery ticket I don't yell at her for being bad at math, but I don't go shopping for Lamborghinis with the wishful winings either

A valid point. But another dynamic worthy of analysis may be the over the top optimist with the absense of any evidence,

Every team needs camp fodder.

Unless something drastic happens, Bills/Browns should suck (from an overall quality of play perspective) big time. Bills/Pats could be good if the Bills win or at least keep it close like they sometimes do early in the season, but has snoozefest potential as well.

Smart for them to put two teams that have been bad in recent years on a night where their ratings were probably going to suffer anyway. I was flipping through channels last night and hit one of the ESPNs while they were going through teams schedules and predicting wins and losses, and I happened in at the start of them doing the pats*. For the opener they said that the Bills generally play the pats* tough when its within the first few games of the year, but predicted a pats* win (Bills leading late but making a mistake to hand the game to the pats*). But on the last game it got a bit insulting with comments like "the Bills will have been out of the playoffs for a while by this time and will have their bags packed and in their cars before kickoff", pats* win.

If we are home we will watch the Bills first pick then that will be all.

Exactly. Ask yourselves this, which would you rather have on the Bills long term, Mario with his contract or Clay with his? As for my answer just let me say this ... if Nix managed to sign Clay Matthews to that contract for the Bils, I would drive to Buffalo and kiss him on the mouth.

Don't pee in the Kool-Aid.

I know a team with a #8 they can have for two firsts, a second, and two fourths.

Just not with other teams I believe.

And thank God for that. The only ones that should know are Marrone, Hackett, and Nix at this point. As I have said elsewhere, if the Bills take Nassib I would view that as a very good sign.

So you and your fellow Bills fans were being apparently very obnoxious, but the Falcon fans who were not were the dumbasses. This thread has opened my eyes a lot.

The problem is, it always seems so plausible. However as the weather warms up there is nothing wrong with partaking in a little Kool-Aid if you so choose. Certainly the right time of year for it!

It's funny how people can be. I have a strict "no opposing team jersey" rule, home or away games. My 10 year old (at the time) son was/is a fan of Max Afinogenov when he played for the Sabres, and continued to be after he went to Atlanta. So much so, he got an Afinogenov Thrashers jersey and later a St. Petersburg one. He begged me to let him wear his Thrashers jersey so he could try and get it autographed to a game in Buffalo. He did, and everyone was polite to him during the game though I could tell some adults were visibly annoyed. I think when they saw his age and the fact it was a recent ex-Sabre players jersey they bit their tongues. But it's pretty amazing to see what affect it can have on some people, even when sober.

And that's my point. Why provoke it? Referring to it as wearing "colors" like someone did above like it's some sort of gang affiliation makes it seem to me like people who feel this way yet wear the jersey anyway are as much to blame as the !@#$s they get in a confrontation with. Just my opinion.

SJ is what he is. Call it being a "bozo" or a less flattering term if you like. He seemingly has not learned much from his antics in the past and I do not expect this to have much impact on him either. Unless there is an impact from Marrones foot on SJs ass that changes SJs behavior.

That's a beautiful idea and I happen to agree, but unfortunately not everyone on any given Sunday feels that way. It's a shame that a ban on alcohol or "open container" even has any cause for discussion. But another case of the idiots ruining it for everyone.

I don't know. We had no "deal" though. I just put a bid in for the amount I was willing to pay, but someone else had their max bid set higher than mine.