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According to the Indianapolis Star article, Indy took a cap hit from Hughes' remaining amortized bonus. The Bills are only on the hook for this year's salary. I believe the net difference in salaries was < $200k--the Bills have a slighly higher salaried player. Just looked at the article again, and it's not clear about the salary differences, but Indy is taking a cap hit from the dead bonus money.

I think one real question mark will be the run defense. Can Pettine fix it with the same linemen we had last year?

This is what I was wondering--what's the net cap hit? It appears pretty small.

Whoever wins the competition between those two starts; not EJ. I don't want to see him thrown into the fire right away. I'd like to see Kolb as the starter, then use EJ in short yardage situations with the read option. I think that would be a good way to break him in.

In his post-draft comments Marrone said he thinks they have a good group of O-linemen and that the was looking forward to working with them (and O-line coach) and taking a little more hands-on approach in that area. "Teaching them up."

I'm picturing that end around play with EJ at QB and CJ at RB, what's a defense to do? Will EJ give it to Goodwin, or hand it to CJ, or keep it and run, or keep and hit TJ deep?

This from the analysis sounds like he was meant for Pettine:"Versatile defender who could prove to be a moveable "chess piece" for a creative defensive coordinator. Just starting to scratch the surface of his potential..."

I'm hoping the run on QBs starts in R2 with Jax.

Ok, no qb yet, perfect set up to trade again if there's a dance partner...

Could Jets go QB next?

I guess KC needs more time to think about it...trying to trade?

Some possibilities: If a QB goes prior to 8, I think it forces the Bills' hand and they take the QB they like most. If not, then they can go with either a trade or, if no takers, they take the top player left on their board.

A combination of so many needs and too few top tier players. Best option is a trade back to mid-round.

The verdict is in, Krugman won.... http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/economic-argument-over-paul-krugman-won-150247189.html

The more I think about it, the more I lean toward defense. While we lament the lack of a QB, when was the last time the Bills had a defense in the top 15? Without looking at the data, I think having a D ranked at the bottom the past several years has contributed to more losses than anything Fitzpatrick did. I say get Pettine a couple more playmakers. I hope Jordan is there.

And changing to the chained CPI is way to cut spending without calling it a cut. Politicians...

of course, and he gets the best healthcare package in the world too. It's self-interest for those who make the laws...

If there is any certainty in the #1 pick, I am certain it won't be Patterson.

Do a little research on what happened several months ago. We said that refineries were actually closing down for good, not seasonal closings. The big change in refining is that the most competitive refiners are the ones that re-tooled to refine the cheaper heavy crude that's coming from shale oil out west. The east coast refineries that closed used the more expensive light sweet Brent and Dubai and were losing money. There is new capacity coming online to refine this heavy crude. The shale oil boom was one of my reasons for arguing that the economy was finally recovering, at least until it was hit by the austerity measures of payroll tax increase and sequester cuts.

No dipshit, their data included several errors, which means their conclusion about declining growth when the debt/gdp reaches 90% was exaggerated.

Yes, I said the economy was picking up steam in 2012Q4, and the payroll tax increase combined with higher gas prices would slow it down, as it is doing. I said that oil and gas prices were moving up at that time because traders also saw this, and were making their bets. When we were arguing about the gas price article you posted, I concluded with the quote I re-posted, which was dead on.Regarding refinery rates, I said refineries have closed, and that was one of the issues behind higher gas prices. I believe lybob posted a link to this as well. So your misrepresentation of what i said negates everything you've ever said...

I also said this from a post at the beginning of the year, after your claims that inflation was significant because the price of gas was 4 cents higher than the same time lasts year: "I guarantee you that HFs and other investors will bail from these bets very soon because the combination of higher prices and payroll tax is causing the economy to slow, so oil and gas inventories will rise, and this "mini bubble" will pop, all while the Fed continues to pump more liquidity into the system." And I qualified my growth remarks at the beginning of the year that the payroll tax and spending cuts would cause the first half to be slow, but the second half is where we'll see growth take off. Don't be so selective .

Try this one: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-16/reinhart-rogoff-paper-cited-by-ryan-faulted-for-serious-errors-.htmlIt's been all over the news thought, their paper on debt levels and growth.

So much for that 90% break point... http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/blame-the-pundits-too/

Physically, Easley reminds me of Moulds...if only... This is the drop dead year for Troup and Easley: put up, or ship out.