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Sorry to hear about the loss. Prayers to all and good wishes especially to your son.

I agree with your post almost in its entirety. The only small difference is that in some situations, picking a good skill player may be justified. That is if the team is set on the lines and the QB position. However, we are not (ofcourse) and hence this is not a year we should use high picks on skill players.

I highly doubt any team will give up its first pick for McNabb. As for the 49ers, if they acquire McNabb it will be tantamount to having given up on Alex Smith once and for all. I do agree with the article that the Eagles may have lost leverage due to the public knowledge that he is being shopped around. Now they pretty much have to take what they can get unless it becomes a bidding war.

Curious why you have us taking a guard in Rd 2 as opposed to the tackle that we need. Also, waiting late in the draft for a NT bothers me cos we need one to start right away. We cannot afford a project for NT. The counter question I would ask is why would we take use our high draft pick for a player (Spiller) who is not a position of need ? No matter how good he is, his value to the team is lower than if we spent it on a solid OT/NT. If the ones we want are gone by the time we pick, we should consider trading down. I am really really against spending a high draft pick on a RB yet again in such a short time span (McGahee, Lynch)

I thought by the wording of your post that you were implying people do not respond to census takers and hence the govt. has to send out multiple reminders. If thats what you meant, I don't think multiple reminders will make this segment of the population will respond in proportion to the number of reminders.

Hurt my feelings ? I did not bring my feelings in this conversation purely my opinion which says (1) McNabb is a big game choker (2) is on the down side of his career (3) is not worth more than a 4th, or a 3rd at best (4) Won't be anything more than a stop-gap measure (5) (if true) he does not want to be here. I stand by my post in that no matter what the circumstances were around Kelly's arrival in Buffalo, he was a young QB with potential. McNabb is not. We may differ in our opinion, but my opinion is not poorer just because you don't agree with it.

Let me re-phrase that - I have a problem with the Bills acquiring him. Clear ?

And you think that four mailings will change their behavior ?

Kelly ? He was young with lots of potential. McNabb is towards the end of his career, has proven he can underperform. I am on record as saying I would not mind him coming here for a 4th or lower as a stop-gap measure. But that was before I read this. In addition to his underwhelming credentials, his desire to play for a playoff ready team tells me he isn't entirely sure he can lift a team above the level of its talent. I am not sure he will play with heart if he comes here as a last option.

"However, one source with knowledge of McNabb’s interests said the 11-year veteran would favor a trade to a team with a contending roster, such as the Arizona Cardinals – a franchise that isn’t currently in the mix for his services." Still want him ? I have other reasons to be against his coming to Buffalo but if the above is true, then I sure as hell don't want him here except to receive an a$$ kicking whenever his new team plays in Buffalo.

Interesting that you mention it because these reminders and notices raise the question of total cost of these mailings. To date, I received: a notice that the census form was coming, the form itself and a postcard reminder. In addition, my local government sent two notices asking me to make sure I fill out the census form. So five mailings in all.

The supervillain will always capture the superspy and give him a rundown of his plans and a chance to escape. The suddenly dumb villain could instead have just shot the poor sap right away.

Phew - if they had three 6th's they would have been able to draft a few more Tom Bradys. Imagine that

I can't tell if that is a statement of your observational skills or the quality of the other boards.

Thanx. Hope we land this beef for the line.

NO matter how good Spiller is, I do not want the Bills to spend a Rd 1-3 pick on him or any other RB. We have spent two first rounders over the past few years on RB and this is the year we should not repeat that. Jackson is very good and even if we trade Lynch, can get another RB to fill in the role of a second RB. Upgrading our OL will have a far greater positive impact on our run game than drafting a RB high.

While this is a good idea, I prefer to keep him low-key and undercover as much as possible. I worry that making him more visible might raise questions within OBD and cause us to lose that source. IMHO ofcourse.

And neither have you. But what he has done, more than you is that he has played the game at an elite level for a long time. He is one of the best WR to have ever played this game, so he knows the game a whole lot better than most on this board. Where has he admitted he hasn't watched many games ? I, for one, am not a Trent fan, but cannot claim to know more about QB play than Andre no matter how many games I watch. It is one thing to see what we can on TV but quite another to profess the entire blame falls on Trent's shoulders.

Or could be a decoy.

Assuming Tebow can succeed only as a 'system' QB, it pegs Tebow's success to the presence of Gailey doesn't it ? If Gailey is gone in a few years, we will be left with a QB we invested a lot in with little to show for it. If we are going to invest a high pick in a QB, it should be for one who can succeed in multiple systems.

Asian Indian. Not that it has anything to do with the World Cup.

I am a fan of Schobel's on-field production. It will be nice if the staff and he come to some agreement as it will avoid creating yet another hole.

Yea, you should be sorry that you were traveling when the entire board is clamoring for information.

Will Alex Brown now be shopped around by the Bears ? I think (not sure) a $5 MM payment is coming due and with the money given to Peppers, they may want to stay with Ogunleye and Peppers