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I wish there was a way to short the Broncos, cause there is no way they win the SB last year.

If two OTs go before the Bills pick at 9 that would mean a elite WR, LB or QB would almost certainly be available and they'd be morons not to grab one of them.

I like it, only one team gets a bye. I think that makes being the top team in the conference worth a fair bit more and makes the competition at the top more interesting during the regular season.

First, I hate how these threads become massive and are combined into one hodgepodge forcing those on a cell phone to click though multiple pages discussing different topics. On the Tim Graham front, it's always impressive to see a guy who is so thin skinned (witness how easy he was to upset on this board) being the first to really give it to a player. I understand if you're a straight shooter, that's something to be commended especially in the current media landscape. But Graham's comments read like something else. This is the same guy who bolted this board because he didn't like being questioned / challenged, yet he is the first to do it to EJ then write an article about it that he knows will get picked up nationally. I'm not saying I disagree with Graham's take, personally with the new rookie cap, I'd take a QB at the top of every draft (if they were good enough) until you had a franchise QB you could bank on, but I question his methods and motives. I'm sure Tim and his defenders will spin this as having the guts to say something to a QB that you are going to write in the paper the next day, but you can also say this is a report on a local paper desperate for national attention taking a shot at provoking a player during media week of the Super Bowl.

MySpace. Almost achieved greatness a while ago but now is largely forgotten.

How dare you exclude Billy Joe Hobert.

I'm calling BS on SI and their "source". I fly for work a ton (including regular flights in and out of LAX on Virgin America) and have never seen an escalation like this on an airplane (one sided with the FA the aggressor) Even on Virgin America which is quirky and hires male and female model types for FAs it's hard to believe the FA went nutso and did what SI's "source" alleges.

Jamarcus. 1- because he went number 1, as opposed to being the fallback option after manning went one. 2- because Leaf was recognized at the time he was drafted as a boom - bust prospect. Jamarcus was sold as pretty much a sure thing.

I realize it could hurt the team (distraction wise) but honestly this team seems to trip over themselves regardless, having hardknocks be about the Bills would be immensely entertaining. And heck it could help put more but in the seats and possibly convince players that buffalo isn't Siberia, assuming the Bills come off like most teams on hardknocks.

I get that Benjamin played with EJ.....but other than that what's the draw? Watkins looks other worldly (and not just in the OSU game) and Evans also appeared to outperform Benjamin this year.

Analytics in the NFL is the new hotness I get that. Putting aside questions about whether or not advanced analytics would really make a difference for the Bills, the Jags provide proof of how it can fail, especially when implementing it fast from scratch. According to their awesome analytics department that they cobbled together then immediately relied upon last offseason, Gabbert was the 12th best QB in the NFL.

Oops.....meant feet not yards. Bring it up three feet and in three feet on each side.

Hey, at least Carroll isn't dragging a priss like Brady along with him. A Seattle win (first one ever) would be fun to see (if slightly painful with Lynch and a guy like Wilson the Bills could have had) but another New England win would be brutal. And is Carroll really any worse than Harbaugh the hand-breaker?

I'd love to see this. Make the kicking game a little more of an unknown. I'd be up for narrowing them by 3 yards in each of the three directions. Make it so a good kicker truly means something and encourage teams to go for it a little more and not just leave it up to a boring 37 yarder to win the game. They should also consider chipping the ball so we don't have two guys giving it their best guess when it crosses above the goalpost. This would speed things up a bit and avoid the potential replay of FGs that I've heard talked about.

Never been a better time than now for this approach. The financial commitment the Bills would have to make to a QB at 9 with the rookie cap is less than they will make to a below average FA. Example: Mark Anderson's contract of a few years ago. They need a backup QB, clearly. Why not be bold and maybe get a franchise QB or the dilemma of 2 capable starters. 14 years of following the book on when and where to draft and sticking largely to convention hasn't worked.

Looking at the way the board is staking, it seems like this might be the best draft ever to have the bills typical 8-12 pick (what you get for going 6-10 / 7-9). There isn't any super elite must have talent that completely dwarfs the rest of the first round. Clowney is hot and cold and could bust, the QBs all are suspect in significant ways, etc. So the Bills sit at 9 with the easiest job ever, just pick one of the big time players that falls to them. The Bills could use a top flight WR, an elite LB, a QB if one they loved dropped or reach bit and grab a TE to finally give them a solve at a position they've been unable to truly fill for years. Looking at the draft I see 11 players that would be great additions to the Bills at 9. Am I missing something? Is the universe finally favoring the Bills? Any of these guys would be huge for Buffalo: DE: Clowney, LB: Barr, QB: Manziel, WR: Watkins, QB: Bortles, WR: Evans, LB: Mosely, LB: Mack, OT: Matthews, TE: Ebron, QB: Bridgewater. Does this mean a meteor is about to hit?

It seems like GM 101, to just tag him and either get a deal the Bills can live with or trade him for a 1st. People always talk about trades and over value guys, but in Byrds case, even with his contract demands, a contender will give up a low first round pick for the guy.

McCarron is a guy that won't hold up at all in the combine / scouting process. He'll fall to the 5th or 6th... the talking heads will extoll his virtues, say team X got a steal, say he's a winner and how can you discount that. He'll then go on to do nothing, and everyone outside of Alabama will forget about him.

There are some great LBs at the top of this draft. In a 3-4 you can never have too many LBs and a great one could easily slot into one of the Inside LB spots. Guys like Barr, Mack, and The Alabama backer (blanking on his name) could all be potentially elite LBs should would greatly strengthen the LB corps. If other elite options were available at OL or TE of course they should grab them, but the way this draft is looking at this early stage LB will be the value / steal pick at 10-12 and buffalo only has 3 LBs capable of starting calibre play each weak. Assuming Manny can get healthy and stay that way.

Obviously last year wasn't the greatest year to need a QB, but despite that, the Bills had a solid draft, which could turn into a great one if EJ develops. This year however supply and demand seem to align almost perfectly for Buffalo. If it isn't their top need, LB has to be very high on the list for the Bills and the top of this year's draft is STOCKED with elite LB talent. It's hard to imagine a scenario where the Bills won't have one of, if not two of the LBs listed below to choose from when they pick. All of these guys paired with Kiko could help turn perhaps the weakest unit on the Bills to the strongest in a single offseason. Anthony Barr - UCLA - 6'4" 244 - 63 Tackles, 10 Sacks (Might be best defensive player in the draft) Khalil Mack - UB - 6'3" 248 - 94 Tackles, 11 Sacks, 3 INTS (Plays inferior talent but just looks like a machine on the field) CJ Mosely - Alabama - 6'2" 232 - 100 Tackles (Cornerstone of an incerdible Bama defense) Add this to the fact that finding an good LG in the second round isn't impossible (got Cordy Glenn there) and the Bills could be filing the few remaining BIG holes pretty quickly. (I just hope they don't create more by letting Byrd go.)

Exaclty like Poz.

Glenn has done a very good job overall at LT, and that is with NO help this year from LG. It is WAY easier to find a LG in round 2-4 than it is to find a starting LT even in round 1 most years.

And your solution is???? Thanks for the "this sucks" post...but really what do you want? The team sucks for sure. Maybe it always will or maybe EJ and Marrone turn things around. Blind optimism might not always be rewarded or even often rewarded, but bitter negativism doesn't yield any better results if you have no ability to change things.

At worst the "clowns" in the front office found a very good starting LB and WR in the last draft and may have found a decent deep threat as well. That's IF EJ turns out to be a complete bust and no one else from the class contribute. 2 starters in one draft that I think could start for most NFL teams, there's a lot of reason to cut this front office some slack. I for one really look forward to see what kind of leap the team could take with another draft just like last year's. Especially if EJ looks better down the stretch.

Pain.