RuntheDamnBall

That's all very fair. Let's hope he can develop some of these raw tools. He certainly does seem to have the right attitude. But I am not averse to drafting a qb in r2 or r3.

I'd like to barf directly on these chuckleheads. It's real easy to get up there and shoot the sh-- about who is going to have a better career when half of the guys have never seen live bullets in the NFL. The same dudes will get up there in November and talk about why Blake Bortles is a failure, etc, with no memory of what they said in April.

Proof positive that there is no accounting for taste.

Bon Jovi of all people buying and moving the Bills is among my worst !@#$ nightmares in sports. If this happens I hope a reconstituted Dead Kennedys play at the Ralph and burn the sucker down.

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Wow, what an insightful critique. So you see no magical nonsense clues that he'll be great, among the most important magical nonsense? Tell me this: did Joe Flacco look like he had "it" all along? Or did he look like he had a great defense, did he mature, did he learn to use weapons? News flash, the man has hardware, whether or not anyone thinks he has "it." I believe strongly that EJ can lead a good team in the playoffs, and we'll get our chance to see who's right over the next year or two. And that's the most reasonable answer anyone can make here. The goggles, zey do nothing!

Here.

Or, you know, we could hope for someone smart with a lower ratio of vanity vs passion for Buffalo and football.

The tires, they are balding. Oh, now you are just being silly.

I've... not heard of him? Git... this done? I guess?

Can someone please call Han Solo? I think he is needed in this thread.

Xavier Omon just threw his mop clear to the other side of the store.

Hell, I've caused three $54,000 fires.

I think I agree, but there's a devil's advocate in me that says you wouldn't mind a RT with the talent to play LT should the worst occur. I still think a playmaking WR or TE would be my pick, unless Clowney or Mack slip further than can be believed.

He's pretty good, but I like T'variusness King from Merrimack College even better.

Lolz And yes.

You're asking them to bet against themselves and their own evaluation of first-round talent, a year later. And this to draft a guy that is no sure thing for a number of reasons. I think that's what 26CB is getting at. It's bad form to run a football team like you don't know what you're doing year to year. This year it's "we've got our man," and next year it's "no, wait, this is the guy!" That kind of uncertainty will create divisions among teammates, the coaching staff, the front office, and the rest. If you want to know why I get suspicious of JF and his fans, it's because when all else fails, people default to evaluations like "he just has 'IT'" or "he passes the eye test," or "he's a winner." These are findings that are really grounded in past results that aren't necessarily predictive of future success -- and not in the factors that scouts tend to measure. Good scouts are breaking things down into categories that rarely get discussed on a football message board. JF may have all of the right tools according to some of these scouts, but if that's the case, I'd like to see those scouting reports, and not simply the enthusiasm borne of some excellent and exciting college football performances. The list of "fiery" guys who turned out to be losers, or guys who "had a will to win" in college that evaporated in the pros is long. The list of quiet winners and people who grew to become champions is also long. Please consider this.

No doubt. I work in broadcast media and I think what we hope for is that we can adapt to the ways people consume (podcasts, digital apps, etc) while maintaining and improving the practices that make for good journalism / storytelling. So, while BN has its root in paper (and Simon is touting the paper experience for the ability to have a spread, above/below fold stories, etc), the best stuff hopefully translates. I think you and I can agree - it doesn't, always. I don't hate social media - I think it'd be like hating a line of fiber-optic cable. I hate the way a lot of people use it and over-rely on it, and I do want to see people who do a really good job in any media compensated well enough to make it worth their while - people tend to think that because of social media the role of journalist is more obsolete, where I think it's the contrary. People who can help readers / listeners parse through the BS are more important than ever.

Noted. No, I simply meant they didn't have Carter at his best when Cunningham was at his best.

I thought the same at first; it's just kind of a bad headline (usually the editor's job). It's also not a sports writer, but entertainment columnist / film critic Jeff Simon. Simon is kind of a dinosaur, but I think he makes some points worth considering about the validity of the traditional mass media in the era of multi-media news. I can't say that 24/7 news has made my life better or even made me better informed. It has sometimes helped me get the story more quickly, but I also see the value in good reporting, longer reads and taking time to consider one's words. The day that it takes to get a newspaper out vs. packaging something for the 6:00 news can make a difference.

Yeah, they certainly coincided, but Carter had his real success once he got clean. It was alcohol and a serious hard-drug problem as well, that held CC back.

Yes, obviously. I think Brandon will become every bit the football personnel manager that Polian was, and then some, even if that isn't his role, because that is obviously what I was getting at.

Before Bill Polian was Bill Polian, he was an ad man working part time as a scout. People can grow into roles. I am not going to defend RB's first stint as GM but I'm not going to be dismissive as I think he has really tried to bring good football people into the operation.

OK look, I've come around on this. I am fine with trading everything to draft Johnny Football, on one condition. It goes like this. The Bills drafted a brash, cocky guy from a southern football powerhouse once before, and he refused to sign with the Bills. He took a few years in the USFL and grew up, and then became the QB that everyone believed in in Buffalo. So, I think we should either draft Johnny Football and give him five years until he starts making the playoffs, or lowball him and let him flock to the Houston Gamblers for two seasons while we continue to suck and build our team with more Bruce Smiths, Andre Reeds and lucky finds on the OL.

They did have Carter a little late in his prime, and Keith Jackson was a pretty good TE, but they didn't quite put it all together and Ryan was a better DC than HC. I want an alternate universe with Cunningham, vintage Bo Jackson and Sterling Sharpe on the same team.