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Thats why you would have to make it a 2nd round pick . Not only that you leave more money open to sign UDFA at the end of the draft, Whaley was even saying in his interview that there will be good players that go undrafted that will be there for the choosing ! Plus there are some younger players in the draft that could be picked up , the one that comes to mind is the DB/S that plays for Louisville i think it was , they said he hits like a truck & has good size & speed & Williams did pretty good last year so it's not like we would be putting some one in there that is a slug !! If nothing else if this front office is a good one it needs to cover all the bases to make sure no possibility's slip through their hands !!

Sure the kid is fast & athletic & all the things you want in aTE but i was reading a article (& i will try to find it ) that Ebron had the highest drop per pass attempt of all the TE coming out this draft . I don't know about you all but we have had more than a few of them & i would rather go O line with the first pick & get a elite pass blocker if any of the top 3 are there at our pick than a athletic TE that drops passes ! I don't know maybe he can get over that with coaching but if EJ isn't afforded the time to go through his reads then it's all for nothing any way !

This draft t here are 4 teams that have multiple draft picks, some have multiple picks in different rounds which could work out in the Bills favor . In the first round : The St. Louis Rams have 2 first round picks the 2nd &13th over all . The Browns have the 4th & 26th over all . In the Second round : The 49ers have the 56th & 61st over all . In the third round : The Jets have the 69th & 80th picks The Browns again have the 71st & 83rd picks I'm not sure how the numbers thing works out with the position of the pick & how many points & all maybe one of you know how that works if you do you can figure it out with this info above . If we have trouble signing Byrd to a multi year contract before the season then the F tag comes into play which Whaley has said in his interviews, But it has also been said that our former D coordinator has a interest in bringing Byrd to the Browns & if you notice the Browns have multiple 1st & 3rd round picks . The only thing is , is he is to close to home The 49ers on the other hand might just think Byrd could put them over the top in the SB & we might be able to get a second for him & he would be in the NFC . I hope Whaley & company are doing their home work & i would think that they are because the trade potential to pick up added draft picks this year is very high in the Bills favor !!

http://bills.buffalonews.com/2014/02/23/sources-bills-coaches-want-change-training-staff-front-office-might-agree/

In order for the Bills to step into the future from the lackey past they need to change 2 things in the franchise that hasn't been changed in for ever . First who ever it is that allows this kind of contract writing (such as the Fitz debacle) to put the Bills in the position of not being able to use this extra cash . That being Jim Overdorf if i'm thinking correct ? He is a dinosaur it's time for them to move up in that area . And second we need to up grade the training staff which Whaley & company are wanting to do . http://bills.buffalonews.com/2014/02/23/sources-bills-coaches-want-change-training-staff-front-office-might-agree/ The trainer Bud carpenter has been on staff for some 19 years . Even though they have done a decent job in certain instances such as the quick reaction to helping Kevin Everett but they need to jump into the new stuff which the article will help to explain . We all can attest to the Bills injury woes over the years , It seems as if we are one of the teams that always has a bunch of injuries . If they can get more preventative training it col help us get past a lot of these injuries . These 2 things need to happen to not only to upgrade the Bills staff but to put back in the mix of being a more competitive & viable NFL franchise !!

With combine here & seeing the players we could have a potential to get & injecting into that the possibility of our former D coordinator going to the Browns as their HC there has been articles on the possibility of Pettine knowing the situation with Byrd & Byrd liking the scheme that Pettine runs, that there is a strong possibility of Pettine trying to get Byrd to go to Cleveland per this article . http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000327473/article/cleveland-browns-interest-in-jairus-byrd-is-real What my question is to you all is . Seeing as Cleveland has to first round picks would you franchise Byrd & then negotiate a trade with The Browns for their other first round pick ? Which i think is a no brainer !! But if Whaley is thinking in that frame do you think the Browns would go for it ? Not only would the Browns have to pay the franchise tag price - Right ? But they would also have to give up their other first round pick . Pretty pricey . Or would you as a Bills fan consider taking the Browns second round pick or lower for the trade of Byrd ? Just throwing it out there, it seems as thought this talk has been increasing a bit & was wondering what fans might think of this ...

Just read the NFL is giving a 5% increase in the cap this year as the Bills were going to carry almost $19 Mill over from last year this would put them at $25 Mill for this years cap . Whats the excuse now to not sign Byrd ? http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2014/02/20/five-percent-jump-in-salary-cap-ceiling/

Just read they have increased the cap this year & the Bills stand to be having $25 million under the cap, If that isn't incentive to sign him i don't know what is !! If they don't sign him we can start the Brandon is a cheap A** posts because he is the one allowing the checks to be written now .

With all of the big contracts going around these days you would think the players would be more lights out while on the field & out playing a lot of the players of the past but it just doesn't seem to be . Most of us here in Buffalo have seen that signing a big contract usually means the player has lower out put the year after the contract signing . There are articles asking if Jadaveon Clowney will be motivated as a millionaire , & we have seen in our own Mario Williams, while with the Texans & after his historic contract signing in Buffalo have sometimes smaller out put than the contract amount should allude to . Chris Johnson of the Titans was the same thing !! There are plenty of other players reading different articles here & there that say the same thing that players have been less than the player they were that got them the huge contract, so why aren't more of the contracts written with clauses stating that the players pay will be increased by out put which would be more of a incentive to play harder as they did to get that big contract , & if they don't produce they don't get paid ! Jerry Hughes comes to mind in this category ... Simple right ? WIll the same thing happen to Byrd here in B/lo if he is given the kind of money that he wants ? Fitz got the big money & his play went down but i think that was premature evaluation, which lead to premature evacuation before his contract could be filled . Which if his contract was incentive based the Bills wouldn't be holding the bag on so much dead money . OK i get it if you have a Manning, Rogers, Megatron, & others that continually show high out put while on the field, heck even Mario because he draws so many double teams that others get free so i can even see him getting paid his contract to a point . But i still think if his was a more performance based contract he might have gotten closer to 15 sacks who knows . Do you all think given the past down turn in players out put after signing these huge contracts that it might be due to "well now i got the money so i'm not going to play as hard so i don't get hurt" or is it just fate or what ever you might call it . Is that all these players are motivated for is that big pay day then they slow down ? I know players like Bruce Smith, Reggie White, Jerry Rice, & Walter Peyton played hard every play & was it simply because they were striving to be who they turned out to be ? Was it simply because of their HOF DNA ? Was it because they were striving to get that bigger pay check ? What exactly was their motivation to be the great players that they are remembered as today ? We all know it was a different game before free agency & all of those great players that left it out on the field , but has the game changed that much or has the out look of the players changed that much ? I for one don't think bigger contracts mean better play in todays NFL !! And very seldom does the drive match the contract after the big one is signed !!

Actually saw on the NFL NETWORK !! for those of you that want to look that he was most like or compared to Mario coming out of college ...

WOW is Ebron really the best of this bunch ? Sure he may make a lot of catches but as it shows in the charts he has the highest drop rate of the bunch & as it goes (not naming any names) but we have had enough of those guys ... I hope Whaley & crew have access to this type of info b/c ASJ looks to be the best all around TE in this draft . I would much rather have a guy that is a little less on the production side but a lot more dependable in the clutch then others . He can always be game planned into the scheme more but if he is dropping it more that is taking away from the over all plan so it would be a wash !! My vote is for ASJ !! Go get him DW !!

Dude looks like the real deal except if he doesn't get his head up he will be playing for free in the NFL cause he will be fined a lot for helmet to helmet hits. The guy hits like a tank though if we need to cut Byrd loose we could do a lot worse for sure . I'm in !

Could it be that after seeing the offensive out put & the drop in CJ & Freds out put in the running although we were still ranked pretty high that Marrones confidence in Hackett's experience at the NFL level isn't as high as it was in the college ranks & it just showed more so at this level ? So by bringing in these others he has not only given a inexperienced OC more back up than what he had in his dad (which was a good OC in his day but the game has changed) as we saw when Wannstedt a once heralded SB winning D coordinator saw his D wasn't up to the modern day game ! But has set him up in a way that if Hackett doesn't do a good job given the help he has hired he can go ahead & make a change with out rocking the boat to much !! Actually a smart move by a HC & a great back up plan ! Hackett if he is as smart as they say he is should see this, realize it & be coaching his preverbal A** off this year to keep his job !! I just hope he realizes it & makes the right decision for him self & every one involved & our coaching staff doesn't make the choice to keep him around to add more dead money to the cap after he gets hurt again in the preseason. Why haven't they already cut this guy ? What are they thinking ?

Agreed I couldn't get past the kids voice very irritating !! Shut it off just a few seconds in ...

HUH ?? Allen is still a force & Hughes should be a good depth player or specialist for the pass rush if we can keep guys that can put pressure on the QB up front … As long as he's not expecting huge money !!!

If this be true i hope they see this as a premonition & they start talks to extend him rather than do what the Bills normally do & wait until his contract is ending & having to pay top dollar , or like in the case of the Byrd situation in some instances be held hostage by the agent to pay way to much money which is becoming the norm in the NFL !! Including the commissioner !!

Marino i could understand but Sharp ?? He is a natural born talker , besides it has been proven in the past if you have 2 HOF caliber TE's on a roster the team can be unstoppable !!!

The Byrd thing is a different animal , in this age of free agency your not going to be able to every player that you want due to agents trying to get way over the top contracts . I would love to see Byrd stay b/c he is a great player but at what cost ? We have a guy that can do OK as a starter & if their is a guy in the draft that shows great potential as a FS then why spend that kind of money, the Patriots let great players go all the time & bring others in to replace them & have done it & been in the post season for the last decade so it can be done ! Then there is the given if you can get a younger talent in the first round like E. Ebron that you can bring in to be a immediate up grade at the TE position & Chandler is looking for to much money then once again if you can get a guy that has more up side & a longer shelf life that can help the team then you have to do it to stay competitive . Bottom line ... Some you ned to keep but as time goes on there may be circumstances that change these situations & a good GM along with his scouts & a front office that believes & backs him in the direction that he is going can do wonders for the team !! But the team only goes as the far as the GM & the coaching staff can take them . Which that ain't saying much for our last 13 years in B/Lo !!

I think some or a lot of the blame has to be passed on to the coaching staffs that were here when these players were being developed then dumped . There were a couple of the QB's that we had here that with a quality coaching staff could have been molded into a serviceable NFL QB . Others were lifetime back ups ! I think 2 guys that were Bills QB's in JP & Trent given what they showed in their early time on the field as the Bills QB's COULD HAVE under a quality coach that knew how to properly develop a young NFL QB with the intelligence & proper skill set again COULD HAVE been very serviceable QB's . But due to the let's say incompetence of the head coaches put in charge at the time of their time in B/Lo along with a very below average offensive line & surrounding skill players these 2 guys were doomed from the start ! JP for the one year put up great numbers but later was constantly running for his life & never had a chance to make a good decision, add to that the coach at the time being Mularkey which should just about say it all pulling him out of the line up then putting him back in then sitting him the guy just killed any potential & confidence the kid had . Trent also showed at first that he was very capable of being a good QB but in the same vein as JP his offensive line SUCKED which got him tagged so hard it changed his entire career ! Given all of that if EJ has to continue to play with a O line that gave him the protection that we saw them give last year he will also be a top of the Bills scrap heap of past QB's b/c no matter how good the QB is if they don't have the time to go throughout their reads & make a good decision they are going to fail which is something that Bills fans don't get & above all don't care to here they just expect miracles !!

OK , I get it that if you do a good job at your job you should get paid for it but come on !! After seeing the AIG bail outs & such & watching the CEO's & such earning multi million dollar bonuses & us complaining about it why shouldn't we complain about it in the NFL ? Here we are as Bills fans in need of a solution what ever that may be when talking about the new stadium or renovations & commissioner Goodell made a paltry $44.5 million last year what's up with that ? They have older players such as Joe D living on $2000 a month retirement & a ton of other issues like the concussion thing but when is to much pay for services rendered to much ? Do you all think Roger is worth $44.5 mill + per year ? That should be plenty for his entire career ! If his career spans 10 years that is almost a half a BILLION dollars !! I think if he was paid half that & every year $22 mill was put into a stadium fund along with some other profits from the multi Billion dollar a year TV contracts the NFL could build every team a new stadium every ten or so years starting with the oldest venues . Why should the fans continue to pay for the exorbitant pay roles of not only the players but the NFL FO & the stadiums too ? How much money can you spend when your annual salary is $40 + mill a year ? And if Roger is making that what are the others making ? Roger being a home boy to western NY should devote a part of his salary to the Bills to a stadium fund if he really wants the Bills to stay in Buffalo . RIGHT ! Like that's gonna happen !! Sorry just saw that there was already a article on this subject - My bad !!!

That is exactly why we need to target another QB in the draft . A lot of fans think it is to soon to count EJ a bust which it is but it is never a good thing to put all your eggs in one basket !! Good teams don't continue to get good depth at most positions on the team by finding one guy & sitting all future plans on the one player unless it is a Andrew Luck ! Good teams are constantly picking up players that they believe have more than what it takes to step up if needed & take over what ever the position might be & not miss a beat QB included !! Why do we think the Pats have been in the post season 10 years running ? Because they don't sit on one player & expect him to be that guy for the next ten years, they keep bringing in other guys weather it be for depth, future trade bait or what ever it is they need ... Every time they lose or trade some one every one goes here you go this is the beginning of the end & what do they do they just continue where they left off & go to the post season once again ...

Well what were our collective thoughts about Pete Metzelars ?? Chandler matched or beat his highest out put in his second year so i would say seeing as Metzelars is a highly touted TE of the Bills of the past that Chandler could be thought of as close to the same . If he can be brought back for a decent contract o would say bring him back ! With Moeoki & Chandler add in another good rookie from this years draft we may have a good TE group for a while rather than what has been on hand in the recent past !!

That would be great, then we could do away with all this BS of having a London team & 3 games a year being stolen from the home fans of different franchise around the NFL . We as Bills fans know all to well what it's like to have games stolen & revenue taken from the area around the stadium just to feed the NFL's collective paycheck while leaving the fan base at a lose for their yearly NFL fix !! If they do continue to take games away from the fans let Roger take the money out of his $44 million salary to repay each of the franchise that lose their home games ...

Thanks for letting me know that while the Juice was going for 2000 i was around 10 YO talk about feeling old !! Excuse me while i go change my depends take me prostate & testosterone, meds & put on my toupee !!