Billsguy

Nobody said Donte couldn't play. The odds were very high the Bills could have drafted Whitner at #15 and picked up an additional 2nd and 4th rounder from the Broncos. This was a calculated risk that Marv passed up. I guess a 5-11 team need not take any chances to improve? They give away Moulds for a 5th rounder, but pass up two additional high picks rather than drop down 7 spots. These kind of decisions do not bode well for the Bills future. Bad strategy. Yes, Donte could be a Hall of Famer, but the point remains that they could have still got him and improved their draft class. Teams are built through the draft. The Bills blew a golden opportunity and I didn't even mention the mishandling of the McCargo pick.

How about moving Posey where he belongs - to the unemployment line. Or better yet, send him back to the Texans.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=grad...v=tsn&type=lgns B+ for the Bills

I have already heard Sheik Youboty. I thought of one for McCargo. "McCargo faster than yours"

Remember how the Bills heard the Steelers were interested in Ryan Denney so the Bills stole him one pick before Pittsburgh in the 2nd round? How's that working?

Philly coach Reid believes the games are won in the trenches with big powerful men. Other teams feel the key to success is undersized lineman and numerous safeties. What is Reid thinking??

Ditto. Patchwork line at best. A bunch of castoffs and journeymen mostly.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writ...s.losers/1.html Apparently Clayton, Banks, King, Kiper, etc. all agree that the Bills "overpaid" for lower rated talent. I think losing the 2nd and 3rd round picks plus the loss of additional picks that were offered to trade down were HUGE tactical and strategic mistakes. The players drafted might be good, but that is not the point. A fact that is lost apparently on The Stadium Wall. The point is the Bills potentially could have had those same players and 4 more picks!!!! Bad strategy, BIG mistake.

Absolutely right! I am not saying the players drafted are not good, but the Bills could probably have drafted the same players and received two extra draft picks in addition to keeping their own 2nd and 3rd round pick to boot if they played their cards right. A serious missed opportunity. An organization with a keen acumen and draft strategy would have pounced on the opportunity. The boys at OBD really blew it!

Some people think we had 3 2nd or 3rd round picks.

The same old story with free agency and the draft. The Bills overpaid. This is a good formula for missing the playoffs for another six years.

Reminds me how the Bills "stole" Ryan Denney one pick before Pittsburgh. How did that work out?

The game is won in the trenches. When was the last time you heard the game was won at free safety?

GRADE F Freaking clueless! He's a top 50 pick not a top 8 pick!!!!!!!!!!!!

At leat they didn't pick Leinart! Fire Marv now! Fire Modrak now. Maybe the senile front office led by Ralph will draft a punter in round 2.

I think Tagliabue was dead right when he said the team's long-term prosperity "turns more on who the quarterback is and who the running back is than on the specifics" of the contract with the National Football League Players Association. Basically he was telling Ralphie that if the Bills do a good job within their organization by fielding a good team, the money the league and the team generates will take care of itself. Reading between the lines, the message to Ralphie was: quit screwing up your team with really bad decisions on GM's, coaches and players and the league will allow you to compete on a level playing field. Tags was right on.

Very thoughtful analysis, but here is the problem in your words " here is the move that makes complete sense and watch for this on draft day" Making sense is a rare commodity. Most teams are chicken sh$t when it comes to making big impact deals that could be second guessed. Most teams are content to "play it safe" and make the consensus draft choice. Another example, most coaches choose to punt on 4th down in short yardage situations even though statistical and probability analysis has shown that they should go for it far more often. It doesn't make sense, but they do it anyway.

Hopefully the QB won't be flat on his back when the receivers get open!

Felser was right again. It's about ticket sales! More people will attend an early season game in better weather than vice versa. It is a fact. It's not about competitive advantage over a warm weather team. This completely misses the point being made as usual. Bills fans are screwed by the league with this schedule. I don't know if the league did this intentionally, but it will hurt attendance most likely and therefore hurt Ralphie.

Best case scenario: most all the QB prospects get drafted ahead of the Bills and someone desperately wants to trade up to get the last top QB prospect - Bills trade down a few spots and get the extra premium pick Best case scenario # 2: The Bills get a choice to take one of the following - AJ Hawk, D'Brick or Huff. Worst case scenario: The Bills have V. Young and Cutler on the board and the Bills don't get any trade offers and still take Ngata at #8. My best scenario would be: Bills trade down - exchange number #1's which they use to take DT Bunkley and pick up a #2 as well.

I couldn't agree more!!!! As I've said many times, the Bills are not contenders this year. By the time the Bills are contenders, Nate will be past his prime. Get something valuable now, save $$, and rebuild the right way- drafting the next T McGee. He is not a shutdown corner, but wants to be paid like one. He got burned quite a bit last year. Chambers made him look like a fool.

Do the Bills lead the league in camp fodder? Half the roster is camp fodder - YIKES!!!!

Maybe the Bills can re-sign Leif Larsen to play DT too!!!! Instead of throwback jerseys the Bills are going "Throwback players" Great concept. What's Ernie Warlick doing?

I think David Carr, Reggie Bush, Andre Johnson, and Eric Moulds might be more exciting to watch. P.S. I read on ESPN news ticker the trade was EM for draft PICKS (plural) Curious to know if anybody else noticed this?