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I will believe this when Nate commits to putting his best 11 players on the field. If you have FJ in the backfield, Watkins in the slot and Spiller on the Outside, Woods on the other side, this could be a serious mismatch.

That is too cliche. Who wouldn't want to hire from a winning program. If you had a grad from Harvard and the local community college standing next to each other, which one is the Manager going to pick for hiring.

There are plenty of question marks on this coaching staff: 1. Have a sub-par ST coordinator who has done nothing to change that perception. 2. Have changed WR and LB coach after one season. 3. Play calling by Hackett left a lot to be desired last year The good stuff was that Marrone did not make too many boneheaded calls like his predecessors. He seemed calm under duress and knew to put senior players in place (Dareus, Stevie). I think coach Marrone has earned his respect. Now it is up to Nate and Schwartz to bring the intensity.

We were 28th against the Run last season and 31st the previous year. Unless Spikes plays lights out, this defensive front has not shown any ability to stop the Run. I can't call this a top 5 defense until they show that they can fix the Run. It simply means that the Bills and Chiefs have resembled each other over the decade in both play and results.

+1. Someone had to come in and set a philosophy as the old one from Dick Jauron sucked!!!!

If he has saved all that money he earned with the Bills (Roughly $20M) then he is set for life. However, as often life goes, I am sure the agents pressure them to invest in bad properties and have them lose money. I hope folks like him go on to use that money to create more jobs for the area.

I thought we have had good runs with our FA signings over the last decade, especially on defense. On offense we rarely sign FA.

He will be up next. Another one trick pony. At least Lee Evans was good at that. This guy can neither run a route or go up and get a ball.

If you feel the Bills have wasted their past two 1st round picks, why do you care if we have or do not our next years 1st rounder...In your mind, Whaley would not anyways be able to do justice to that pick. May be Whaley attempts to replace Spiller with a RB from that pick (if he had it). I hope THIS comes true.

Who are the players who have gone on to have a great career with other teams......Every year, every NFL team loses some good to excellent player for different reasons. The Bills are no different.

To be fair, every talking head says that Bortles would need significant coaching including feet movements for a year before he should be pushed in as the starter. The Bills, to their credit, attempted to do that exactly with EJ, but the veteran QB Kolb never got to the season opener forcing EJ to be the starter. I am just going to mark EJ's play as growing pains and hope he has the whole off season to correct his flaws.

So true. Having worked in start ups for over 20 years, I have seen this happen quite a few times. Company is in the 3rd year of its existence and almost ready to run out of VC funding. The inside guys take desperate measures; if they succeed and then find a buyer they are called genius; if they don't succeed, then they leave (or get fired) and new management comes in and start from scratch with zero talent (as the good folks are already gone) and then rebuild the company. No different....Everyone including the Buffalo Bills are living in the real world.

Awesome.. This could be a game changer draft indeed.. Just hope that EJ pans out. A lot is in his hands now and also in Hacketts hand to use the weapons. My hopes for this season: 1. Hope EJ gets to that next stage and can make the throws trusting his WRs to be there at a spot rather than waiting for them to get there. Hope he remains healthy. Hope he can help the safeties push back so that there is running room for Spiller, Jackson and Brown. 2. Hope Hackett can improve his play calling and put his best 11 players on the field. Hope he takes the shackles of EJ. 3. Hope Schwartz can stop the Run. With an unknown QB on the fold, we have to be somewhere around the top-15 against the run for us to be successful. 4. Hope the ST coach turns around an unit that has struggled. 5. Hope Whaley finds a veteran backup QB and does not go into the season with Lewis and Tuel. 6. HOPE We make the playoffs....It is time!! 100%.

Once in a while teams do get lucky with that Veteran QB.....The Broncos have done this quite a few times since Elway's departure. They have built a core team and then hired a pricey veteran QB in Manning or Jake Plummer and also lucked out in that one draft they got Jay Cutler. Similarly Oakland was successful with Gannon, 49ers with Jeff Garcia and Jets plugged Vinny Testervade and took them to couple of AFC championships. If EJ does not succeed do the Bills have a shot at such a QB somewhere? Will Pittsburgh trade Ben Rothelisberger for two 1st round picks and if they did, would the Bill trade for him? What about Baltimore, Pittsburgh. Both have SB winning QBs who can keep their teams in the race in spite of a weaker roster. The Steelers almost made the playoffs if not for a botched FG kick by Minnesota on the final quarter of play of the season. And the chiefs have a pretty dominating team...

This works only with the current CBA with the rookie wage scale. This would not have been possible prior to the last CBA as teams won't be able to make 60M contracts every other year to a rookie. As these rookies start being successful, it is possible that top draft choices could become way too expensive by the next CBA

This is exactly what they told everyone last year and yet the 1st QB who went off the board was neither named Bridgewater or Manziel.

Last years handling of the East Tennessee WR should have been a good indication of how Doug Marrone wants to run his team. I doubt Lyerla ever gets to Buffalo.

SJ was best when playing with Fitzpatrick, a QB who had a quick release and did not need to throw beyond 10 yards. SJ flourished in that system in spite of his lack of focus or ability to consistently break the jam. Fitz and EJ are not the same type of QBs. If EJ can learn to be consistent with the long ball, he now has the right WRs to win the match ups. Game on EJ. That is a great line indeed...It would be nice if the Bills can get a pass catching TE that is better than Chandler. +1 I assume the cap economics also played a part in this. SJ had a pretty significant cap hit for 2014. You can't pay Watkins, Williams and SJ all at the same position. I think this also puts pressure on CJ to perform. He either takes a friendly deal of 4-5M a year or is allowed to play through the year and either gets tagged or walks as a FA.

Will they take a flyer on Connor Shaw, South Carolina. Strengths are accuracy and avoiding mental mistakes. The guy had 24 TDs to 1 INT for the season.

This is a very un-pittsburgh way of doing things. Pittsburgh lets the draft come to them and rarely go on a shopping spree. I am glad Whaley is doing what he thinks is best for the Bills to become a playoff teams, but surprised based on where his roots were.

If EJ doesn't pan out, I dobt Whaley is still calling the shots in the 2016 draft.

And the same with Tampa. They still signed a FA to start.

The Ravens biggest rivalry is the Steelers. The two teams hate each other....I just don't see that happening. The Roonies will block it.

Stevie will be the third WR on the depth chart for the 49ers behind Boldin and Crabtree. They have also drafted Lattimore. I just don't see how he gets enough touches to upgrade that pick. It will remain 4th round.

Love everything they have done, except putting 100% faith in EJ. I only wish they had taken a flyer on Aaron Murray or Mettenberger. It is a QB driven league and we have a shortage on quality in that area. +1