Jkgobills

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He dropped the ball a lot in college, and he showed that he can drop the ball in the pros. Living here in Raleigh, the NC State faithful were driven crazy by his drops in college. I hope he overcomes this problem, otherwise all his speed will be wasted by bad hands. Have not given up on him yet, but he will need to prove it with action on the field.

I found a sample Wonderlic Test online....took it using my mobile phone, while drinking my third beer, and scored a 24.....and my sample test only had 25 questions. These guys aren't that bright, but I guarantee they are all better football players than I ever was.

That interview might just get me drinking some Kool Aid

Yes: A Drew Bledsoe Bills Jersey to Gillete Stadium for a Sunday Night game that the Bills got destroyed. Bledsoe started the game, Losman finished the game. Good natured ribbing, nothing too bad. Bills Jersey to a game in Charlotte NC against the Panthers...no problems...awful game...think we won 10-7...a classic Trent Edwards performance. Bills Jersey to Met Life stadium two years ago against the Giants. We had them beat, and then it became clear that Firz couldn't get the ball to his receivers down field and they took the ball and the game from us. Good fun going back and forth with the Giants fans...no problems.

If Geno Smith still on the board at 8, then take him. If he is gone take the top WR or LB available at 8.

Watching the Gruden video just makes me want the Bills to draft him even more! I am willing to cut him some slack on the mooch interview. Hope he is there at 8 when we pick.

With the 8th pick I want the Bills to go with the first QB taken in the draft. Geno would be my pick. If the QB the Bills most covet is gone at 8, then they should take the best LB available. Barkevious Mingo LB would seem to be a good fit. If no QB in RD 1 I hope there is a QB worth drafting with our second pick. That seems as likely as not given the team needs of Jax, KC, ARI, and Phi. However if we don't go QB round 1, it might be a draft where we fail (again) to get a possible QB of the future. If no QB available then take the higher rated player at WR or TE with second pick. O Line for third pick. Beyond that hope for the best.

Glennon is the QB I have see the most as I live in Raleigh NC. I really hope we don't draft this guy. He has the measurables, but his physical attributes don't seem to translate to his on field performance.

Hahaha, that was my first thought too

I was hoping we might get him, but I can't blame him for wanting to catch balls from Luck instead of Kolb/possible rookie in Buffalo.

The linked article mentions that the Cardinals are close to getting Carson Palmer. Are they crazy enough to think he is their answer?! I thought we had it rough at the QB position!

I agree with your post, with the possible exception of Geno Smith. I say possible because I only have access to the same film and same scouting reports that we all have seen. He certainly has the measurables in regards to size, arm strength and speed. His pocket presence at times looked fantastic. However, I can make no judgements of the other factors that would make him thrive or flop in the NFL. Hopefully, the Bills FO can. The signing of Kolb is good in that it gives us flexibility in the draft, and we don't have to take whatever QB is available in the first round. I think we would have been in a worse position as a team if we went into the draft with T Jackson as our top QB on the depth chart. That's how teams end up forced to draft someone like Christian Ponder or Blaine Gabbert in the first round and then have to start them.

Buddy Nix possibly being in charge of drafting a QB of the future scares me....dadgummitt!

] The problem is that our front office has "not liked" a lot of decent QBs for the past several drafts. This has left us drafting no one significant ( my apologies to Levi Brown) at the most significant position in football. Someone drafted at QB in the first two rounds of this years draft will be an above average starter, perhaps a great starter in the NFL. Our front office better find a way to "like" him and draft him.

I hope the Bills picked up Kolb in an attempt to avoid having to reach for a QB at number 8 if the top two QBs are off the board. If Geno and Barkley ( or whoever they have at number two) are gone by the time they pick then they can take the best WR, OL, or LB that suits them. They could even try to trade down in first round, hope to grab a QB from their next tier of QBs, and then pick up some extra picks. So I hope Kolb is a bridge to the 2013 draft.

Hahahaha!!

LMAO!

I agree with your overall picture of the Bills off season. I think the combination of the past 13 years has put a lot of Bills fans in a state of perpetual agitation and it comes out in the posts. The Bills are well positioned now to take the best player available at pick 8. It could be Geno or Barkley if they are available or the best LB, WR or OL they have on their board. With Kolb on the roster they don't have to take the third QB taken in the draft at pick 8. This would have been drafting for need rather than taking the best player they could. Also, it allows them the potential of trading into lower part of first round and taking a QB there and gaining some extra picks. If they fail to draft a QB early (first two rounds) I will be more concerned. As many have posted they may be well served to take one early this year, and if need be, next year. What's the worst that happens we end up with two good young QBs?! Then we trade one of them down the line for other needs. With the new rookie cap drafting QBs early is like buying stocks low with the potential to sell high. The only part of the OP I disagree with is the grade. I would give them a "C". Average for now, but a higher grade is within their reach with a good draft and 2-3 more free agent pick ups. Thanks for the well thought out OP.

Signing Kolb is a good move for the Bills as long as: 1. The Bills front office doesn't view Kolb as the long term solution 2. The Bills front office drafts the top QB prospect with their 8th pick (if 2 QBs aren't already off the board) 3. The Bills front office takes the best QB on the board with their second round pick if they don't take a QB in first round I have read some posts comparing Kolb to Brees at similar points of their early careers. Even if this proves to be true, San Diego was still smart enough to take a QB number 1 overall (Eli Manning) and ultimately trade him to get Rivers and a bunch of picks from NYG. So at the end of the day, signing Kolb could be a great move to help solidify the QB position in many ways. However, we will have to trust the Bills front office to do the right thing with the position during this year's, and possibly next year's draft. Unfortunately for us Bills fans, the Bills front office has given us no reason to place trust in them for the past 13 years. Maybe this is the front office that gets it right.

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This has been the most enjoyable original post and subsequent thread in weeks. Thanks to OP. I can actually see this working out to make a serviceable front seven and allow us to focus on the even greater needs at WR, QB, OL.

Long time Bills fan, and have been living in Raleigh, NC for the past 15 years. I follow Notre Dame passionately but admittedly I am no expert on college football. However, I do get to see a lot of the NC State games and they are the dominant local coverage for sports radio and newspaper when it comes to football. From what I have seen, and from what avid NC State fans have told me I hope that we don't waste a pick on Mike Glennon. In game situations he doesn't effectively push the ball down field, rather he often looks like a big, strong armed version of Captain Checkdown Trent Edwards. He has all the measurables and a great arm (so much so that they willingly let Russel Wilson transfer to Wisconsin), but unlike R.Wilson he does not appear to rise to the occasion during the game. I hope one of the other QBs work out for us, it's been too long since we have had excellent QB play. I just hope we don't take Glennon.

Admittedly, I have not seen Doug Marrone coach a single football game. Living in NC (originally from Rochester) for the past 15 years creates an entirely different collegiate base market of television games. However, I have seen every Bills game over the past 13 years (Sunday Ticket) and lots of other NFL games including those coached by Wisenhunt and L. Smith. It was with relief that I read we did not hire a recently terminated NFL head coach such as these two gentlemen. They both are knowledgable, competent coaches and have forgotten more about football than I will ever know. However, it seems that they were unable make meaningful in game adjustments or off season adjustments to place their teams in a position to progress and win during a game, during a season, or from season to season. I readily agree that this is more true of Wisenhunt than of L. Smith, but L. Smith put an offense out there first coached by M. Martz that was a passing attack without the necessary WR's or O Lineman, then replaced M. Martz and still couldn't figure out a way to protect J. Cutler. Personally, I thought a Greg Roman or Bruce Arians may have been the best candidates we could hire given their NFL experience but perhaps they didn't want anything to do with the job the Bills were offering. Marrone is a distinctly different HC hire than Gailey (who I didn't like from the start), from Jauron (who caused me to almost give up on the team when he was hired), and even from Wade Phillips. Wade Phillips is a classic example of the "Peter Principle" in which excellence in a certain area gets you promoted to the level of your incompetence. Coach Phillips is a hall of fame level defensive coordinator, and a below average NFL HC. I dont know what we have in Marrone, and none of us will know for sure until next season, but at least we are moving in a different direction with this hire than any we have tried over the past 13 years. It may fail miserably, it may succeed wildly, but at least we aren't repeating the time worn mistakes of the past 13 years. Go BIlls!

Since the departure of Bill Polian, and the all too brief tenure of Jerry Butler, we have brought in a parade of third rate GM's that have been unable to competently build the team through the draft and/or free agency. Further, the other constant has been that our under talented roster has been coached by people who were not up to the task of head coach in the NFL. One thing that has not changed in the past 13 seasons is that we have been under talented and poorly coached.