BillnutinHouston

Now the question is, do I book nonrefundable airline tix for the home opener, or not?

I'll take NFL Network for two reasons - Mayock, and the fact that NFLN will have, for the first time ever, live camera coverage of Buddy, Ralph, Chan and Tom inside the Bills War Room before the 3rd pick. Link

This ^. Anything published is misinformation, or spoken by folks just dying to get fired. Why would teams pay scouting departments dearly, only to give away the info for free? They are trying to game other teams into making choices that result in the outcomes favorable to them.

Fixed.

OK I don't recall ever hearing Nix say this. It also does not sound to me as something Nix ever WOULD say. Can you provide a link to show me the error of my ways?

Was hoping to take the call today but had meetings stacked onto meetings so I had to change plans. I asked the Bills to call back but they haven't yet. All kidding aside, I'd love to see the Bills trade down, but in reality, all public pre-draft comments are smokescreens. Kudos to the Bills for creating these pseudo-events as perks for their best customers, but in reality they are just outlets for more smoke.

Discuss.

Maybe, but just a little bit of Dalton's 42-7 record is attributable to the quality of TCU's defense, no?

As I stated before, it all boils down to supply and demand. And NOTHING is more American than that.

Did you know that Bills club seat holders pay a license fee? For 2011 it's $1,800 per seat per year, plus the cost of the tickets ($67 per game). My guess is the license fees were created to skirt revenue sharing. Presumably, license fees don't have to be shared with other teams as normal ticket revenue does. Bottom line, it's all supply and demand.

I'm no attorney but it's my understanding that you do not have any standing to sue unless you've been harmed. Until he misses a game, how can he claim to be harmed? Mental distress? Dismissed!

So is Chan setting the stage for an AJ Green pick at #3?

If you're the GM of the Bills, you know that at some point you NEED to invest in the QB position. Why not this year, when a) the draft is deep at your other need positions in later rounds and b) when you have, in effect, 2 very high picks (at #3 and #34)? The wonderlic on Gabbert came in great. Assuming his "personal time" with Buddy went equally well, I think if Gabbert is still on the board at #3, Buddy will send the card forward with Gabbert's name on it.

Bad link (at least for me).

Clearly, here's a man with his finger on the pulse of the average Bills fan.

Nice one. Just had my drink come shooting out my nose after reading that.

Tim Graham seems to think we're interested

I vote for Quinn - he'll be our DeMarcus Ware.

I agree that if they don't trade down (which I hope they do), this ^, or something close to it, is the likely scenario. The Bills will try to have their cake and eat it too, by drafting defense first then taking the best QB left on the board in the 2nd round.

I don't feel comfortable at all with what we have in Byrd, not after last year. I think he's overrated and have said so for over a year now. But, assuming FA dollars are scarce for Buffalo, I'd spend the $ on another position.

Great point.

....which why teams intentionally leak out all kinds of misinformation before the draft. And the drooling media are all too happy to lap it up and then breathlessly report it to show how "in the know" they are.....and then some fans actually believe what they're hearing.

OK, I'll bite. It's pretty simple really. There are all kinds of head games to be played. One very simple example - you leak out (through Carucci) that you like Cam Newton so that another team lower in the draft who's drooling for him, makes a generous trade up offer to get into your slot so you don't take him. Or, you leak that you like Jordan to throw others off the trail of other DL's you like (possibly to ensure your guy remains on the board in the 2nd or 3rd round). It really goes on and on... I'm not saying that this stuff works - there's no conclusive proof of that.

One would think they could paint ANY type of turf, including the existing turf. Clearly, end zone color is not a driver in the decision to replace. Since our turf is rated among the lowest in the league, I suspect it has more to do with upgrading the overall image of the team for NFL players (i.e., free agents). Um, the County pays for improvements like this.

If you give creedence to any of these reports, be they from Moran, Carrucci or whoever, you are assuming that the Bills place more security on the news of their impending uniform change (which nobody knew about in advance of the announcement) than they do who they'll actually pick at #3. Does this make sense? It's all one big poker game/smokescreen at this point.