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So would some one please tell me What's so wrong with being franchised ? I don't get it ! If the team franchises you it means #1) that they apparently don't want to lose you so that means the player is wanted ! #2) In the situation with Byrd or any other player getting put on the tag they will be getting paid a average of the highest paid players at that position that year (right ?) So Byrd stands to make $6.9 MILLION this year . #3) Who here wouldn't mind getting paid $6.9 million to PLAY A GAME ??? So what is so bad about being franchised by a team ? You always here that these players that get the tag hold out or in the Byrd's case & others they go into silent mode & no one but there agent here's any thing from them for weeks on end . I get that they don't want to practice with out a contract in place due to injury possibilities but why the silent treatment ? I just don't get it I know the money is a HUGE factor in this game we all love so much, but really $6.9 million any way you look at it is still $ $6,855000 more than i make a year !!!! Hey heres a idea, have the NFL make a new rule, let these guys that get the franchise tag have to work as a farm hand shoveling cow S**T for the off season (until they sign there tag or contract) then maybe they would realize just how blessed they are to be playing a game for a living !!

Every year Bills fans go in thinking this is the year we will make it to the pay offs, & yet our seasons have fallen to years of futility in the NFL . But one man has had a plan all along since his hiring, unlike the fans he has had the patience to see it through. Buddy Nix started a few years back as our GM & most Bills fans followed their normal non complimentary ways in saying " he's to old - thats just like Ralph to hire someone that doesn't know what he's doing - it's the old boys club" & so on, add the hire of Gailey as his first move as GM & the fur along with the negativity was really flying . When Nix & Gailey took CJ Spiller as the 9th over all pick (i billeave in their first draft) with a RB corp of Marshawn & Fred already set on the team as a good back field, WOW !! the negativity was turned up yet another notch . Bills fans were at their best in bashing Nix & then coach Gailey for wasting a draft pick on a RB with 2 good ones already on the team. Added flame to the fire when CJ wasn't used properly the bust moniker was given to him, which CJ has since went on to prove all Bills fans that laid claim to him being a bust & him being a bad pick . But Buddy has followed his corse & has as much as admitted he made a mistake with the Gailey hire, proving as much when he let him go after last season . With the team showing that Gailey's decision's from making Fitz his #1 man, to the hire of Wanny as D coordinator were taking the team in the wrong direction . But they had added some good players through the Nix led drafts which pretty much went unheralded by Bills fans due to our record . But once again Buddy has followed his course of action & along with Whaley's & our new president's input went with a new coach & staff on the other end of the coaching spectrum, young , innovative, (if you can call the reinstalling of the K-gun O innovative) & not afraid to go out on a limb or to take a chance on a pick to make the team better . I for one at first didn't like the Marrone hire, with Lovey out there, & Trestman making the most sense to hire with the Bills being the only team to play a Canadian series of games, but i am coming around to Buddies way of thinking, or drinking the Nix kool aid if you will ? Along with the pick of CJ , Buddy has added Marcel, Gilmore, Bradham, Hairiston, Glenn, EJ, Kiko, Woods, then you add in the additions through FA & UDFA's + the veterans that he got rid of (which i expect to see more of this year) you can see that Buddies visions were the same as the fans it's just his puzzle is taking a bit longer to put together than ours . I think we as fans will be happy with the progress this year that our beloved team has made with Buddy at the helm, but we the fans need to see what Buddy needs for it to come together & be more patient than we have been with him & see what is happening right before our eyes . I think the picture of Buddies puzzle will be becoming more apparent this year & we need to give credit where it is due ! I think when it is all said & done we will look back on Buddies tenure as the Bills GM & say he was one of the better GM's in Bills history even though it took him a bit of time !! GO BILLS !!!

Hey Bills fans first time poster long time reader here at TBD . With looking at the needs we have at One Bills Drive & the players available in this years draft i tried to think of a scenario of picks with in the first 3 rounds that would make us satisfied with this draft . This year the experts say the QB position isn't all that great, the WR position is very deep, & O line, D line prospects are the creme of the draft, but i personally don't see (given Buddies past of plugging in good O line personal) the O line being a consideration in the 1st round & D line per say i think we are pretty good. But we are in need of a play makers at LB , WR & of coarse QB, of which i will give 3 picks per round for the first 3 rounds that you all can chew up & spit out as you all usually do, as from my experiences here has proven from what i have read here in the past . Here is the layout in order by round of who i think given the parameters that i laid out above ... Round 1 - J. Jones -- A. Ogaltree -- D. Jordon - would be my first round pick depending on which were past over & or there at our pick. The only thing i wouldn't be sure of is who i would pick if all were there at our pick, which i don't see happening. Round 2 - J. Hunter -- D. Hopkins -- D. Rodgers - I can see any of these 3 being a upgrade (along with some others) as well as a complimentary player to SJ, not to mention taking some pressure off of SJ to be even more productive . Round 3 - E.J. Manuel -- T Bray -- R Nassib - I don't invision Manuel falling this far, Nassib um maybe ? & i think some one may take a chance earlier than this on Bray due to his arm but i think either of these 3 in this round would be a really good pick for need verses value given what the so called experts say .. After these 3 rounds it's a crap shoot . Do you all think that given any of the players picked (if they are there) in these rounds at our picks, that you would be satisfied with these picks ? Well in closing I know i'm no football guru, but like all of us fans i have my opinion & now you all know it as well & i'm putting it out there for you all to critique. Alls i ask is be gentle this is my first time break me in gently ...