Mike In Illinois

A few weeks ago, right after the draft, I caught an interview with Buddy Nix on Sirius NFL Radio's Movin' The Chains. Buddy mentioned in the interview a discussion he had with Marcell. Dareus effectively said "You better pick me if I'm on the board when you draft. Otherwise, I'm gonna kick your @$$ for 10+ years." (I'm paraphrasing but the message is the same) I think it's good he's coming into his NFL career with a chip on his shoulder, no matter how we perceive the slight. Marcell feels he's the best player from this 2011 draft and he's out to prove himself. No one will believe he's the best player or that they made a mistake if he doesn't produce on the field.

Born and raised in Central Illinois, so I have no connections to Buffalo. I think I initially took notice of the Bills in the early-80's because of the color scheme. I seem to recall listening to a preseason game on the radio when they rolled out the red helmets and it was something different. We never got many Bills games on local TV since we had the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts- although the local NBC would show Chiefs games more often. (Point of note, we lived outside of town so all television was picked up off the antenna; we never had satellite and no cable until we moved "in town" around 1990). I'd always have to keep an eye on the 10-Minute Ticker and halftime updates to get the score. I remember one highlight where they showed a two-person wave at a Bills home game- those were lean years! The game that solidified my fanaticism in the Bills was the game they hosted against the St. Louis Cardinals on 9/21/86- my 9th birthday. That was Jim Kelly's first win as a Bill- a game I don't remember the details of except the final score of 17-10. I've been a fan for close to 25 years now and I feel I ride the wave of emotion with most of you in wins and losses. It was tough for me as a kid in Junior High/High School suffering through those Super Bowl losses; kids teasing an taunting me for being a BIlls fan and me not being that assertive/confident in myself made for some crummy weeks at the end of January from '91-'94. But I persevere. My first Bills game my mother took me over to Indy to see the team play in '91. We went for four straight years to see them play over at the Hoosier Dome (Colts fans would often call it the "Glue Factory" when the team wasn't playing well.). I think I've been to Indy seven times for games, including the first one after 9/11. I've seen them play in St. Louis and this past season in Green Bay. For my 30th birthday my wife and mother got me a trip to Buffalo to see the Bills host the Jests, a game that Trent Edwards led them to victory (remember when he had promise?). I cannot wait for a return trip to Buffalo because there is so much I didn't get to experience that I look forward to (we only toured Niagara Falls due to a short trip). I'd also though of going to Cincy this year as that seems to be a sure win anymore. I had Sunday Ticket for half of last season and would really like to buy the 2011 season but that remains to be seen. I love Buffalo Bills football!

Office Space

The older DVD set of Ken Burns' Civil War Documentary is $34.95 on Amazon.com today: I bought the set today.

Not terribly popular, but 'Tie Your Mother Down' by Queen.

Fixed.

I want visual evidence of bin Laden being dead. It serves as closure to what he's done to the world, IMO.

Here are some more videos on YouTube: BillCody1960

Bump. NGU, any information you can share for tonight's two rounds? Is Bowers in the conversation at #34? Martez Wilson? Any remaining QB's? Any info about the new jerseys you can share (public announcement with players showing them off)? We really appreciate your insight.

Marcellus Wallace. He's getting medieval on every QB's @$$ in the NFL.

Yahoo! has posted an article about the leak: Story. It makes so much sense to unveil the jerseys now and capitalize on the interest the video has generated.

How about some info non-draft related: Are the higher-ups ticked off the new jerseys were leaked? I think the consensus is these are a very good (if not great) upgrade. I think they've done a fine job with the new scheme, although some would like changes to the helmet (blue facemask, standing buffalo, etc.).

How 'bout we continue the discussion in the thread started yesterday that's on the first page, ;mkay? Original thread.

I can't stop looking at those unis; they are great-looking! I posed this link in a question to Steve Johnson on Facebook, asking him to comment on these being the new unis or not. Those are awesome uniforms, if they are the real ones. With our luck it would be something hideous and these leaks are all a ruse. Hopefully they reveal them on Thursday night.

I think Coach Sal posts his live chats as podcasts later the night of a broadcast or the next day. Promo probably has a better idea than I, though.

Sightings from Joe Panos, Marlo Perry, Jason Gildon and Corey Louchiey at the end as well. And, let us never forget some of the Jests Draft History: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZxNeFLuY98

So far they haven't ruined it. I have gone through a few different runs of having Palladia as part of my DIRECTV programming and have it right now for free as part of the HD Extra package. I watched the new Foo Fighters documentary Back and Forth on it a couple of weeks ago, even though VH1 and VH1 Classic broadcast it earlier that night. Simply a great channel for music, although it seems tobe a challenge to find these channels anymore.

I watched Game Five real-time all the way up to OT. The wife and I were watching a few episodes of The Office we had DVR'd and I went back to catch the OT winner. I'm really happy to see the Sabres fighting to win every game in this series. I'm a Blues fan but Buffalo is my #2 team to root for- probably due to my love for the Bills. I'm rooting for their success as a fan but also because I know how much the team means to many of you here on this board. I really do hope they can go far and win the Cup. I cannot imagine what that will do for the fans of Buffalo sports. GO SABRES!

I 'd thought of posting this as well because I heard Peter King talk about it too. I think I'd do that deal with the devil. We would have the chance to gain five good, young players in the draft. Peter mentioned that the Pats* would have to give up 17, 27 and 33 because those three have a draft 'value' (points allocated to each position in the draft) to equal the #3 overall.

I opened this thread hoping the answer was "because nevergiveup will give us all the picks." While that may yet be true I feel a little let down we're only predicting a 7th rounder here.

"Time to pay The Bills!!!!!" -Bruce Smith

I searched for "Battlecam" and "Battle Cam" and neither of these generates any results in the Guide. I also do not see channel 354 on my channel guide so we'll have to keep checking. This show has got my curiosity piqued a bit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww8-OSzqELI

Bump http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZimZYTwuDk

Those 2011 Draft Day hats are looking mighty tempting.......not. Things look better for me now that Duke and THE Ohio State have been knocked out.