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Last year shortly before this time we were going the Exhaustive search for a head coach . One of the EX HC's that really wanted to go to work for the Bills & even said as much was interviewed but in the end it had seemed that Marrone had the job before the interviews even started . This year that same coach after taking a year off for what ever the reason got hired . His name is Lovie Smith . I was wondering that if Lovie comes out & just sets that team on fire & they take the division by storm how many fans will go into the "I Told You SO" mode & if it would be warranted ? I as many thought Marrone was a homer hire but since then i have softened a bit . I still can't see how you can pass on a guy with his experience & winning percentage . It makes about as much sense as the Bills firing Wade Phillips after bringing the team to the play offs . I guess there are some things we will never understand ! If Marrone continues on the path that he has & EJ takes a jump this year & takes us to the play offs i will soften even more but if the team flounders under his watch i think it will definitely be a "I told you so" Moment ...

I'll second that . The only thing is why not keep him around as a back up if nothing else unless you could generate a couple of picks for him ... I hope in our situation EJ turns out to be the guy but i really wish they wouldn't put all there QB's we have in one basket & figure that were good with it especially with all the arm talent coming out this year !!

Well i'm glad to see our QB of the future thinking that he will make the sophomore jump to be one of the stars of the NFL but i hope he isn't a bit premature in his actions !! If he is basing it off of what he did last year i hope he has some insiders knowledge to what he saw or is seeing to become this year & i hope he's got a good source !! I know as a fan the jury is still out & i'm not going to jump as the Bills did with Fitz thinking this is the second coming until i see something a bit stronger to lay my money out in the stock market for the guy ... http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10863426/ej-manuel-buffalo-bills-stock-sold-brokerage-firm

This will be the first time i ever even attempted to or thought of putting together something that resembled a mock draft but seeing all of you others wish list which is pretty much what a MOCK draft is i thought why not WTH !! I am not going to waste your's or my time going through all 32 teams & how i think the picks will fall i am just going to lay out how i hope our picks COULD go in the first 4 rounds & how i personally think it would best help our team today & in the future with these picks . I know my picks will be scrutinized & may not even get any reply posts at all but hey i am going to have fun with it & i hope some of these picks & the reasons i pick them you will be able to understand at the end of this post ... With our 1st round pick i would take a Tackle because it all starts in the trenches & they need to give our new QB every chance to make plays , not to mention giving our RB's a better game would also help EJ's game ! I would like to see Taylor Lewan as our choice here because of his nastiness & versatility along the O line . With our 2nd round pick i would take Kevin Benjamin the WR out of Fl. State, this would be another pick that would help EJ & given their prior playing time together the amount of time to get familiar would be much less time consuming making it a faster impact to the offense & he has the size the Bills have been looking for at WR . With the 3rd round pick i would take Chris Borland from Wisconsin . The guy reminds me of a mixture of Zack Thomas & London Fletcher not real big but a great team guy with a nonstop motor & could be there at this pick . The only thing is he is more of a 3/4 LB so maybe not the best fit ? For the 4th round i would go with the best QB there, like a Taj Boyd , Mettenberger , AJ McCarron type or who ever is the best QB left available at this pick . My reason for it is because the Bills fans have all but put Tuel out to pasture for one bad start in his rookie year so if that be the case then why not bring in another guy to take his roster spot with a higher up side to his game ? We have Thad as our back up so the new guy could do what Tuel is doing & learn for a year plus with the possibility of being a future trade bait or starter if the plan doesn't pan out . This years QB class is suppose to be hands & feet above last years which was when we picked our QB of the future & i'm all in on giving EJ a fair shake, but given his injuries last year & his inconsistency's IMHO it would be good to have a better back up plan & a 4th (or even a 5th) round pick wouldn't be a waste as you all would call it to get a developmental QB with a more upside . Well there's my mock wish list of players for the first 4 rounds that i think would best help our team today & in the future & could be really good players for a long time for the Bills !!

Sounds to me like he might have the "do you know who my uncle is" syndrome !! He may be good but his attitude sounds as if it sucks & the coach doesn't want that spreading through out the locker room . May have messed up a great chance to play for a good school with Taj leaving this year for the draft .

I 110% agree with you ! The guy was in the perfect position to learn under Payton Manning as a #2/ #3 QB & as you said the dude just wins . But i believe because of his strong moral & belief structure the guy was not given the opportunity that others would have been given they wins that he had . The dude would beyond a shadow of a doubt have worked harder than any one on the team to change what ever he needed to to become a better QB & if a coach would have worked around his strengths he would still be winning for a team some where because thats what he does . It's just a shame that because he didn't fit the mold he has been tossed aside with out a reasonable fair shake even if that means sitting behind another QB or on a practice squad to just see if he can be developed ... The entire thing makes as much sense as some of the fans here hating Flutie Go Figure !!

Sure why not that would gee the guys something more to play for . WHy not add who ever wins the game their conference gets home field in the super bowl . Meaning if the AFC wins one of the AFC teams get to host the super bowl at a AFC venue in see 2 years ??

Is Graham Weinstein the anchor on ESPN's sports Center WKBW Channel 7's News Anchor Irv's son ?? HMMM

Going around the internet sites trying to get as much Bills input as i can i found that there are quite a few people that think the Bills D is in pretty good shape . Which also goes along with what Whaley has said about the Team not having a lot of glaring needs . I don't know what you all think of the rankings that Bleacherreport does but this is where found that mostly our LB ing corp is pretty stout with the FA's we have picked up this year . Which again all things on paper are not proof of being good on the field ! I'll start at MLB they have ranked B. Spikes at #5 , Kiko ranked #6 so we have 2 MLB in the top 10 This next one i have had a bit of a time & i think you will understand when i get to that point . OLB - Ranked #8 Mario W ? (i didn't see him as a OLB) although they said in a 3/4 . M. Lawson ranked #14 & at #18 Hughes again as a OLB which goes with the Mario ? Last a FA pick up Rivers was ranked #23 in a 4/3 Go DT M Dareus ranked #2 . Now i know this means absolutely nothing because this years scheme is different from last year & there will be a lot of learning both by the players & staff to utilize the talent on our roster but i think especially the LB's corp has made a significant jump from our past but only time will tell ...

I will NEVER understand the hate for Flutie the only thing the guy did while he put on a Bills uni was win ! He is one of the highest winning percentage QB's in Bills history GO FIGURE ???

My doctor told me to only watch the games from the ninety's until i get out of therapy !! After that it's all good as long as i stay on my meds ... Thats some funny s**t i don't care who you are LMAO !!!

Thats why they need to fire the goofy Bastage that said no to the movie or fire every politician that were going to charge exorbitant taxes to bring the movie to B/Lo the movie about the draft not being made in Buffalo it COULD HAVE shown a better light on the city but some moron who ever that may be had a different idea & now the city of Cleveland is reaping the benefits of the movie . Sure the Bills have a small bit part in the movie & Russy gets his acting debut but if it was filmed in Buffalo it would have been such a good lift for the city , the Bills & tourism !!

WHAT NO TJ Graham ?? I thought he was suppose to be so fast & a good WR ?? I think they should change him from a receiver to a DB like they did with Wilson . He was a WR when he first came to the Bills too . Cause there's either one of 2 things happening with him, he either can't catch the ball, or the QB of our future can't throw a accurate ball … I ain't saying but i'm just saying ...

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As the one politician said the Bills were born in Buffalo but the Bills are the ONLY NY State team so they should do what ever it takes to keep them here . Put the stadium at the intersection of 3 county's Niagra , Erie, & Genesse & have all 3 counties pay for the stadium instead of just one …

It's about time we had a little bit of attitude on this team ! We always have the laid back guys , i love what Whaley is doing being aggressive & taking chances on some guys that may have had some character issues . I hope these guys come in & put the passion back into Bills football & energizes the fan base as well !!

The guy may be good but of all the TE's coming out this year he had the highest drop percentage of all of them . We already have a guy that can do that we need a guy thats clutch !! Besides we regreted passing on Orapko, Mathews , R. Wilson , & many others but if we get a #1 LT/RT i don't think we will regret missing out on a TE with as huge a ego as this guy has ! He reminds me a lot of Winslow Jr. coming out … All hype !

Bon Jovi is all about the dollar he has NO loyalty to anything but ! He fired Richy Sambora after all these years of Richy being his guitar player to save a buck to add to potentially buying a NFL franchise what does that say ? There should be a movement to keep this guy & his cronies away from the Bills because he is another Jerry Jones & if he isn't maximizing his dollar in Buffalo he will pull the plug just as sure as every fan on this sight bleeds red , white , & Bills blue !! If he is involved with the purchase of the Bills they will no longer be in Buffalo !! You can take that to the Bon Jovi bank !! P.S. If he does buy the Bills & you think he will keep them in B/Lo your "Living on a Prayer" just had to do it !!

I would love to believe in him & get behind him 100% but every time we bring a guy in he falls on his face for one reason or another . EJ is a great kid but he didn't show a lot last year , a couple times he showed some accuracy but for the most part he showed what the so called experts said - inconsistency !! After this year i will be able to give more of what i think of him as a starting QB in the NFL but no matter what happens i will always think that the smart thing for the Bills to do is to draft another QB this year as a back up plan . Because when you put all your eggs in one basket you have more of a chance to fall on your face with out a more sure back up strategy ...

With the draft coming up soon (30 days & counting) & all the hype of the movie coming out soon in theaters, just how foolish was it for who ever made the decision to not allow this movie to happen in Buffalo ? And how detrimental was it to the Bills ? Could it have helped put the Bills in a more positive light around the nation ? It had something to do with the NY State gov't didn't it ? I just remember the talk saying that they were looking at Buffalo as the first city to do the movie & now the Browns & Cleveland are getting all the free advertisement . That would have been a great 2 hr TV commercial for Buffalo & the Bills !! The Bills need to find out who ever put the ax on the movie happening here & run them out of town !! The Bills need all the positive advertisement they can get & this movie would have put the national eye on Buffalo & the Bills to let them know how a small town franchise is run . Do you think that this could have been another way to keep the Bills out of the spot light a conspiracy theory of sorts ?? HMMM ….

Not ! He has already had the tires kicked & they have looked kind of bald & going flat i would rather take a flyer on one of the guys coming out in this years draft it would cost a lot less money for a longer period of time ...

Ya but the kid is in his second full season & his still is learning . To add to that what you said about if he would have thrown a bad pass or 2 he may not still be in the game . But the kid doesn't throw bad passes he has great vision & decision making & thats what separates the good ones from the bad . That too is why in his college career he threw for over 5K yds a season more than once . Part of the knock on EJ was that his decision making wasn't that good in college & was part of the reason why "the experts" didn't consider him a first rounder & he held true to how he played in college . He was very conservative last year . I hope he makes the jump this year because he's a great young man with a lot of character but because the NFL is such a huge business & one really good player or above average player at the QB position can make or break a team i hope they look into drafting another QB this year that has a higher upside than Lewis or Tuel if that is the way they feel . To put all your eggs in one basket with out a strong back up plan in the NFL is foolish ! But i'm banking that Whaley see's that !!

Go to Wikipedia & look up what renovations were done to Soldier field, Lambeau , & Arrow head & you can see just how much more will have to be done to bring the Ralph up to par with the better stadiums in the league . I just did a post not to long ago on this that got little or no attention paid to it but it explained how a lot of info on each stadium & there renovations which would be the cheaper way to go i would be less than half what a new stadium would cost if the state couldn't swing it . The thing that really sucks is if the state wouldn't have put the money behind building 2 baseball stadiums & a basketball arena in NYC there would have been funding for a new home for the Bills in western NY but 90% of all the dang taxes go to keep the city a float & it's still a hole ….. That maybe true but if the city has the infrastructure as far as hotels, restaurants, to support a SB every NFL city should be in the running if the stadium isn't a open air stadium just for the simple fact the amount of revenue they could lose due to inclement weather ..

With all the grief given to Tuel about his out put in his FIRST official start as a NFL QB the Bills fans have all but put him out to pasture so what's the sense of keeping him ? If they feel that way & apparently the Bills coaching staff must feel pretty close to the same way as they dropped him to the 3rd QB & brought in Lewis it's all but over so get rid of him & bring in another QB like Boyd , which i think is another VERY good QB after what i saw him do 2 years ago in is bowl game . But with the amount of talent at the QB position this year if we don't bring in another i think it will be a foolish move to not have a solid back up plan & who they have i don't think is a solid back up plan if EJ goes down again ...

Does this mean that they ill get rid of TJ Graham ? I'm thinking so , if not they need to because the WR position will be quite crowded & the player with the least performance history should be dealt ... Unless because of his speed they try to change his position like they did with George Wilson & Jason Peters . They could try him at DB with his speed ?? Or put him in the slot & return SJ to the outside where he had more production !!