BuckeyeBill

Okay, so the 1st round is over. Using your unbiased opinion, who do you think was the best pick and who do you think was the worst pick? My opinion, Best Pick: G Decastro to Pittsburgh. Very surprised he fell that far. Worst Pick: LB Bruce Irvin to Seattle. Wow, wasn't even on my radar... they certainly should have traded down.

Yes...

My inside source says that it's being dry cleaned.

I get your point, but by definition, Luck can not be a steal. Even if Luck is better than Manning, he will not be considered a steal... he will just be worthy of the #1 pick. Just like Manning was 14 years ago.

Gillmore does sound to me like Revis coming out. There were very few knocks on his game and he flew up the draft board after the combine.

Thanks for joining. Very happy to have Gillmore to join our Bills. What do you see as his greatest weakeness? Or what he has to work on the most?

More of a hole at Tackle than WR. Take Glenn/Martin/Massie instead of the WR

Let's hope the 'run on tackles' doesn't start until after #41

With so many teams making bone-headed reaches in the first round (imo), the Bills should easily get 1st round talent at pick #41. Cordy Glenn, anyone?

Excellent pick... he is not McKelvin 2.0

I think that Buddy has shown that he agrees with your philosophy of player ability > best fit > team need, at least for the first round. That's why he took Spiller instead of Bulaga in 2010 even though we had very little need for RB. Spiller... Ability 9, Fit 4, Team Need 1: 9>4>1 With that logic, I don't see how you can see the Bills selecting Martin. Martin... Ability 6, Fit 7, Team need 9: 6<7<9 Wouldn't Coples or Barron make more sense with that logic? Coples... Ability 8, Fit 6, Need 2 Barron... Ability 9, Fit 7, Need 4

Situational Pass Rusher... On 3rd down we take Keuchly out and bring in Merriman.

If the Bills could trade up to #3 with just a 2nd rounder... then the Redskins really got screwed! Bills trade their #1 #2 and #3 to move up to #3 and take Kalil. Bills trade their #1 #2 and #3 in 2013 to move up to #4 and take Blackmon. Is there a limit? Perhaps we can trade all our draft picks for the years 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 for Andrew Luck.

I was with you all the way to the end.

Keuchly, Gillmore, Glenn

Nice post, well thought out and elloquent. Can't wait... only about 11 hours to go!

Only if Barron can play Linebacker.

Tempting... but "no". We have more than one hole to fill. Although it would be mighty tempting and I wouldn't be upset if Buddy pulled the trigger on that one. I just don't think he would, and I wouldn't either. No Roethlisberger in this draft... sorry...

I wasn't impressed with him at Tackle. If Levitre is a B+ grade at guard and a C- at left tackle, you don't move him out there. That is a waste of talent. You leave him at guard, and try to get a tackle that would do better than a C grade (Kalil, Glenn, Martin, Reiff... all should be able to be better than Levitre out there.)

Perfection... I'd like to see that.

Cox? Why Cox?

So, in other words, this was worst case scenario for the Bills. Miss out on the guy they liked at 10, so traded down and missed out on the other two guys they liked. I guess it happens, just I hope it doesn't happen Thursday.

Guaranteed that someone will trade up in front of the Bills is Kalil drops. Yet, most likely scenario is that the Vikings take him, and this entire thread is moot.

Is "run and stop the run" the way to win in the NFL anymore? Just wondering...