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I don't think it's a media bias, this article. But I think he's way off in his judgment of Watkins. He talks about how he has a high YAC and that won't translate to the NFL. Sure maybe he won't run the same plays, but the reason he had such a high YAC was because they ran a lot of short throws and screens to him. Why did they do that? Well in Watkins freshman year, he wasn't respected as a receiver, so they played a lot of press coverage on him. He would push right past the press and posted ridiculous numbers for a freshman. That meant they had to change how they defended him. Enter cover 2 and cover 3. The cornerback would play off the line and basically give Watkins a 5 yard cushion. Watkins be the strong receiver he is, with a 5 yard head start would just plow over the cb for another 5-10 yards. The offense took what the defense gave them, which was a cushion on Watkins.

C'mon man, where's the x and y axis labels? How about a graph title? I appreciate the hex color codes though.

Also according to that: Elvis Dummervill > Mario Williams

If you look at some of the responses I'd say it's certainly true. It's not like EJ asked for this to be reported so that he could prove to fans he's getting better. But when it is reported, some people shoot it down and say you can't fix mechanics, so whats the point? Or start comparing him to other QB's who ended up sucking, that did work with QB coaches. In some people's mind's, it doesn't matter what EJ does. He's damned if he does or doesn't.

Damned if he does, damned if he doesn't, if you ask me. If he hadn't been working with a QB coach fans would have thought he wasn't committed to getting better. And since he is working with one, mechanics can't be fixed, so whats the point.

My question then becomes who are you going to trade with? Oakland wanted Mack and Atlanta wanted Matthews. I'm willing to bet they were both content to stay and pick at their positions. This leaves a clear path for Evans to wind up in Tampa. Without trading up to 4, for Evans, I just don't see anywhere the Bills could move to get him. And if they are going to move to 4, why would they not take the #1 WR there, not Evans?

While Mike Evans may be turn out to be great, he wasn't being talked up as a once in a generation talent. And I haven't seen any reports come out that have said that teams had Evans as the top pick on their board. Yet, it's already been reported that Watkins was at the top of more than a handful of teams boards. I wouldn't exactly say Evans was right up there with him.

This team has been turning over GM/Coaches just about every 3 years for the past 15 years. It's going on year 2, do we really think a new owner has any effect on the trade? If Ralph was still alive, they would still do this trade because in the end if by the end of year 3, which isn't far off, they aren't winning, they will be shown the door. Why wait tip year 3 to make their big splash (Mario Williams signing, TO signing)? Maybe that's were the other GM's got it wrong.

Bubble screen to Watkins. Quick slant to Watkins. They aren't going to double him at the line of scrimmage. The kid is notorious for taking nothing, a screen for example, and turning it into 15 yards. Just get him the ball.

DROY - Kahlil Mack (I really want to put Clowney here, but I'm not sure how he'll adjust to being an OLB) OROY - Sammy Watkins

Not to mention the first bad throw/series/play from Hoyer and Browns fans will be screaming to put John in the game.

Oh I knew this was a previously published report. But why the heck would the Patriots make that up? Answer. They wouldn't. It is exactly what we've heard for months, some people just refuse to believe it.

So the Patriots dug into Manziel and just made all this stuff up because they (the Patriots) didn't like him? Sure, why not, it's Monday.

Excellent post. The problem is, in your opinion (that's the key part), you think the Bills should of upgraded the backup QB position. Yes, you think it was horribly bad last year. Unfortunately for you, the Bills front office (the guys who get paid to make decisions like this) do not agree with your assessment and have been stating so for the better part of 4 months now. But yet you are still surprised when it doesn't happen?

I'm not sure about "big" contract. RB's just aren't getting the big money anymore, so big will be relative I guess. I think the Bills have the ability to resign him now that they've cleared Stevie's money.

I don't have a problem with the Manziel pick, they were going to pick a QB anyway. I do question the decision of Ray Farmer to completely ignore the WR position knowing they will be losing Josh Gordon for a year possibly. The WR core in Cleveland was already pretty thin opposite Gordon. Then they had an opportunity at the top of the 2nd? Questionable. Oh well, not my favorite team to worry about.

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Good luck Stevie, thanks for the 7 years.

In my opinion this is all that matters: Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 11m A handful of teams had Bills WR Sammy Watkins as the No. 1 player on their board. If he was rated as the no. 1 player on teams boards and the Bills got him, how could that be bad. The pundits were wrong.

Just gonna leave this here: Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 11m A handful of teams had Bills WR Sammy Watkins as the No. 1 player on their board.

So there's this: Adam Schefter ‏@AdamSchefter 11m A handful of teams had Bills WR Sammy Watkins as the No. 1 player on their board.

I agree with that.

It's really semantics, they didn't give up the 9th pick is what I'm trying to saying. But yes Sammy's value is 2 first's and a 4th. Anyways, I agree they got the right guy.

The only problem I have with trading Stevie now is his value is extremely low compared to how he preformed last year. Look what Mike Williams was had for, I think thats what the Bills would get for SJ. Would a 6th rd pick have help to dramatically improve the team? Maybe, but it's highly unlikely and the Bills would get fleeced.

Except the Bills didn't give up two 1st's. They would have had to pick a player at 9, switching the 9th pick with the 4th doesn't give up a pick. They gave up one 1st and a 4th.