Prickly Pete

They can lose with anyone. And it's no secret that they want to draft a Qb, Nix stated as much during last season. Any team that covets a QB would already be well aware of the Bills intentions.

Pretty much.

The offense is being held back by one position, and it's difficult to fill. The defense has many needs, and they aren't as difficult to fill. Get the offense moving.

I'm fine with them passing until the 2nd round. The defense has many needs, the offense is being held back by one position.

I think it's sane and logical to expect that there are guys in this draft that will be better than Fitz. It's up to the Bills to find one of them.

They don't know what to do. I know they can do worse, but I'm not watching Fitz. Even if it's a 7th Rd. rookie, I can at least fool myself into thinking he might get better.

Obviously, you would hope that the first guy you select shows at least enough promise, that you won't feel that you have to use your 1st pick the next year on another QB, but that would the course taken if he was a disaster. And I have stated elswhere that I can understand passing on a QB in the upper first round if he isn't a blue-chip guy, but if you need a QB and you are letting them pass you by after that, it's foolish. I think people are overestimating the value of draft picks when it's a team with bad quarterbacking. Guys whole careers go by while the team searches. These guy's whole careers have been irrelevant, and have barely had a perceptible impact on the team's fortunes. These days rookie QB's are coming into the league more fully developed (generally), and can be evaluated more quickly. In the past, teams needed more time to let the QB learn the pro game, and that is a big reason why "it simply isn't done". Now, in the real world, things have changed. As I said, I don't necessarily think they should just (why do people have to take comments to the farthest extreme?) automatically string together years of 1st round Qb's. Throwing away another year with Fitz, and expecting some guy to fall to us next year is stupid. They will probably finish middle of the pack again (8-8), and not get a shot at the best Qb's next draft either.

I think you are right, all down the line.

I was giving them the benefit of the doubt. You could be right (that's what you want them to do, that is what you are really saying, no?), but hopefully they are smarter than that. All this tripe about "setting things up for the new QB" is ridiculous. They have been trying that for years...hasn't worked. The current cast of receivers is serviceable. They have CJ and Stevie, and a decent line, that's enough to coddle a QB with. Dreaming about putting together a great supporting cast to ease in the QB is folly. Instead you will get what we have had for decades, a disgruntled team, with guys that are demoralized by week 3, looking for leadership from their QB, and going through the motions for the rest of the season. And eventually their entire careers. Starting Fitz will kill this team's morale quicker than a plane crash.

There are going to be weaknesses on this year's team.

Exactly. I see someone here say "We should wait until next year, when the QB crop looks more promising". How about we try this year, see how it goes, then try again NEXT year if need be? How about making the QB the #1 priority until they have a good one? If you end up with more than one, you can always trade the lesser guy for a nice return. Just get a QB here, EVERYTHING else can wait.

If they wait until the 3rd round to select their "Quarterback of the Future", I'm skipping this season, and maybe this coaching staff. If there are guys they like, but they wait that long to take one of them, they are fools. If they are approaching it like "we'll just wait around and see who is left in the 3rd", they are fools. I can see not wanting to use an 8th pick on someone that isn't a blue chip guy (at this point, if you are the Bills, you might want to pick the guy anyway), but just waiting around to see what comes to you in the 3rd round, or expecting the guy you like to be there, is not the way to find your QB. They will select a QB with one of their first 2 picks.

Exactly. In fact, they are so behind the 8-ball at this point, they should draft 2 in this draft. Get a QB! Another backup LB, or middle of the road D-lineman can wait....

I want them to draft 2 Qb's as well. It's pointless to continue trying to build this team without a decent QB. Complete careers have passed without the Bills making the playoffs! A decade of drafts that have produced nothing, and people want to use a 3rd round pick on a safety. How can anyone claim that it would hinder the development of the team (by "wasting" draft picks on too many Qb's) at this point?

That is what I assume will happen.

Bray might end up a terrible pro, but Fitz will never...yadayadayada. Get someone in here to develop, or I'm not watching.

I know it's been said before, but until they have someone that can utilize the WR's, there isn't much point to improving the corps(e). If they are gonna add to the offense, I would prefer a lineman, or a TE even. It's really hard to evaluate guys with such bad quarterbacking. The same guys playing with a top 10 QB would be good enough (or close to it), I'm certain. No WR with a winning attitude would come to a perrenial cellar dweller that hasn't had a good QB in 20 years anyway. That's a part of the problem, I question the motivation of any free agent that would come here. It's where selfish guys that don't care about winning (just their own stats), or guys that are looking for that last payout, come to cash in. Those aren't the guys you want here when you are trying to turn the team around. Now is not the time for big free agent signings, now is the time for setting the team up financially to get a QB one of these years, or collecting draft picks to package later. The Bills suck right now, and having a great collection of guys running around without anyone to throw the ball to them is folly.

But he has the same shoe size as Joe Flacco! Anyone see this? http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/2013_nfl_draft_comparison_and_statistical_breakdown_of_smith_wilson_glennon_and_barkley/12936082

As I mentioned earlier, his behavior is an embarrassment, but he throws the ball better than any of the other guys in this draft. I will say that I would rather have Bray, than watch any more Fitz..

It certainly looks like a possiblity, and that's why I mentioned that I wouldn't be watching. If they have a rookie that is obviously going to get the job midseason, I MIGHT watch. But frankly, if the rookie is that close, I wouldn't see a point in waiting to put him in. No way am I watching if Fitz is presented as the expected full season starter. Eff that! I skipped the final 9 games last season, something I had NEVER done before (30 years of fandom). That Tennessee game was IT! No more Fitz for me.

I'm not watching another game until Fitz is replaced as the starter.

I mean every blogger/scout/expert is going to be saying things like "this kids delivery reminds me of Joe Flacco", or "he is tall, with a presence in the pocket that is very much like Joe Flacco", "he makes reads in a similar fashion to Joe Flacco", "his hand offs have a distinct Flacco-ness to them", to describe 3/4's of QB's in the draft. In other words, it doesn't mean much, because they are looking for ways to work Flacco's name into the analysis. Bray, Dysert, and Nassib all appeared to have lots of dropped passes.

How much influence do you have in Washington DC? How many uber wealthy guys are in your peer group? Do you speaka tha language of the "elite"? Are you well-connected to TV Network executives? How about Wall Street, you go to school with any of the CEO's? Have you been building relationships with these types of people while working for a pro sports team, all the while learning the intricacies of negotiations with them? These are the kind of things the NFL looks for in a Commissioner, and his paycheck has to at least keep him on the edges of that peer group.

No one else wants him!