Straight Hucklebuck
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BTW you see a guy you want go get him.
Lets give the new coach a chance and these new players as well.
3 years down the road is when we find out if it panned out.
This is always said but I don't believe it.
We knew James Hardy was a bust halfway through his rookie year.
We knew Troup over Gronk was a mistake by the start of his second Training Camp.
We saw that when Cyrus K couldn't win a starting O Line spot in 2 years that he was a bust.
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I agree.
You are sitting at #44, only three WRs have come off the board. And the thought process is move up 7 spots and that costs the #91 pick you just got in exchange for #149? Zay Jones is worth 58 spots of Draft position?
Same thing with Dawkins. You have a pick at #75, but you have to trade up the 60's and go a net -2 picks there?
We need help/depth everywhere - DE/DT, LB, CB, S, WR, RB, QB and we are just handing away picks.
Thats Doug Whaley - paranoid.
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He is a good WR, but not worth losing our additional 3rd for. Should have stayed patient
Yeah I don't like the decision making.
Davis, Williams, Ross went in the first, but after that every WR was still left on the board.
Not worth losing 58 positions.
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Maybe they wanted this guy
Like I said, numerous WRs with similar or better grades.
Gave up #91 to move up 7 spots?
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I'm not sure why the Bills decided to do this.
There were multiple WRs on the board.
Seems wasteful to give up #91 to move 7 spots.
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He coached high school football in Florida before moving back to Buffalo
Yeah and he is sure to work the "I lived in Florida" angle into every conversation he has on the radio.
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Sal is the Bills sideline reporter. He has access at OBD. He is part of the NFL press corp. He knows stuff. (He probably drinks too.)
No he doesn't.
He is a fan with a microphone.
He doesn't really "know football".
When he talks he says "schemes" and "systems" - but could he diagram a play? No.
He reads and listens to the National Press for the breaking stories and Mock Drafts.
I have never viewed him as an expert that gives insider information. He gives fan-like opinions.
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Here is what I see.
Put the emotion aside, the Bills are trending towards another 6, 7, 8 win season.
That means next season the Bills will be picking in the 9th - 11th range.
The Chiefs were 12-4 last year. Say they drop 2 games, go to 10-6. They will be picking in the low 20's.
The 10th pick and 23rd pick will not be enough to get up to the top of the draft to get Darnold or Rosen.
Why do fans (and analysts who agree) say that "its a QB driven league" when the Bills NEVER DRAFT A QB?
When is the right time?
Because we are going on Year 3 with Baltimore's backup. Just like we did 3 years with Trent Edwards, and 3 more years with Ryan Fitzpatrick.
When are we going to get our QB?
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Winfield 99', Clements 01', Whitner 06', McKelvin 08', Gilmore 12' - We've seen this movie before.
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Sal is knowledgeable but his voice is so friggin' grating.
Sal is not knowledgeable. He is a fan like the rest of us who watches stories get broke by Schefter. He has no insight or knowledge into what is happening.
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There is in fact ammunition to move up in next year's draft with 2 1st round picks
Not if you finish like you always do (9th - 11th pick) and the Chiefs are drafting in the 20's.....
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It's the right question to ask. The Bills keep kicking the can down the road at QB, and two more AFC teams took their shot.
When do we get to winning?
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Those who lack patience, insight, and proper information are the loudest, nowadays. I suspect that a good portion of posters who are angry wrongly assume that reaching for a QB would immediately have made "the Bills Great Again". They wanted a big splash, so they could "feel" like Buffalo was going to be better, even though doing so would have been the most foolish thing for this franchise to do.
Seriously, the fans in Houston are going to be calling for Watson's head as soon as his interceptions start piling up. And with no picks next year, the front office will likely be out of a job soon.
Kansas City has bought themselves time with Mahomes, but only because they already have Alex Smith - in addtion to alot of talent on the roster. If we drafted him, he would get thrown in too fast, throw a bunch of pick 6's, and completely loose his confidence.
Wrong, Bills fans want to feel like Chiefs fans today.
That their team admitted they will never win anything unless they get a QB. They took the chance to get a QB.
Instead we take a corner to fill a hole. That's great and logical, but nothing changes with the Bills today.
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This is a very superficial way to look at the NFL draft.
Fans need to get over rooting for us to draft "a position" and simply root for our front office to make smart decisions.
I've been following these boards long enough to remember the OUTRAGE when the Bills passed on guys like Jimmy Clausen, Ryan Mallet, Johnny Manziel and Bryce Petty. People complained about us taking other positions instead of QB. But if we would have drafted any of those guys, our team would be infinitely worse than today.
It's possible that passing on Mahomes/Watson will come back to haunt us. But it's also possible we dodged a bullet.
Right now, it's impossible to know.
Ok, however, you have to admit the Bills have capped their upside this year.
Right?
Same QB starting, one quality WR, 1st Round corner to replace the corner we just lost in FA, looking forward to 2018.
I'm not mad, but I'm also not buying the Kool-Aid that we are suddenly on a winning path.
We didn't do anything amazing. We are the same 6 ,7, 8 win team, hoping that KC and Houston didn't just get a stud QB.
Again, no outrage here, I didn't throw anything or punch a dog, I just don't see how this adds any upside to the Bills. You didn't get an elite talent like Foster, Howard, Hooker, etc, and you are just delaying the inevitable - Tyrod is not good enough to win anything, so someday we will need a QB.
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+1
We took another corner that fits this system and is an outstanding leader and player. We took a corner because a good, but not great, corner demanded GREAT CB money and McDermott smartly said no. It was a very smart move.
I am squarely at show me Buffalo.
McDermott has said nothing so far in his 3-4 months here that excites me or makes me think he is any different than Dick Jauron or Doug Marrone. They woke up really early, worked hard, studied tape and spoke in platitudes too.
We've done the whole 1st Round corner thing. We know that doesn't lead to winning. Winfield, Clements, McKelvin, Gilmore.
I think we are trending towards another 6, 7, 8 win season.
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Because its all the same thing.
McDermott is talking about coming in and competing. That's what every coach the last 97 years here talks about. Working hard.
Because for the 11th time since 1990 the Bills have taken a corner.
Because once again the Bills have kicked the can down the road at Quarterback. You have to hope now that Watson and Mahomes don't pan out, or else that's two more AFC teams you will have to try and hop over if you ever want to win anything again.
Its not that I'm mad, but golf clap, we take another corner and are trending towards the same 6,7,8 wins again. That's why. Pretty simple.
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the bears are absolutely insane- i would be busting the TV if I were a bears fan. giving away (3) picks to move up one spot? apparently they learned nothing from the jay cutler trade that set them back 10 years.
the bills did the right thing and i bet they get a solid player at 27.
Yeah that was an astronomical price for a one year QB.
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Better hope that Watson and Mahomes don't blow up because the Bills once again have passed on QB as their AFC rivals jump ahead of them.
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Foster, Howard and Hooker too.How in the holy hell is Jonathan Allen still on the board?
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Njoku from Miami at #27
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Is Pegula any better than Jimmy Haslam? Because we are the Browns 2.0 with as much turmoil we have had to start Pegula's tenure.
It's story after story escaping that building.
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The Bills (with Brandon in the organization) have shown a tendency to become enamored with guys and never having a plan.
See extending Jauron after 4-0 in 2008
Falling head over heels with Syracuse's Coach and allowing a $4M buyout.
Russ telling Pegula don't let him leave and likes wine.
Now we're the buttoned down Buffalo Bills.
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I have had enough of small, skinny, fast guy. No thanks, I mean at best he is Desean Jackson? No thanks.
I'd rather have a Julio Jones type.
I take Samuel every time over Ross.
Except Samuel has stone hands.
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Out of the frying pan into the fire. This is like when the Eagles let Chip Kelly act as GM. It is reckless.
Exactly right. Pegula looks gullible. He let Rex take over the organization in 2015, let Rex hire his brother so that the Ryan's were in complete control in 2016, you see in how the Bills drafted for two years, now we've fallen Head over heels for Carolina's DC, Sean the Wrestler.
I am not a Whaley fan, and think he is a Scout that does nothing else that the GM position demands, but at this point leadership is allowing him to be a holdover like Tom Modrak was all the way into 2010.
Just when I think the Bills finally got smart...
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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How will the extra first next season help get a QB next season?