Bill from NYC

They have a freshman from California. In practice, he threw a football 70 yards through the uprights and Saban won't let him on the field. He is a big kid but he's skinny. Believe it or not, they might be better next year but they have to replace Henry.

I liked Barron coming out of college more than I did Dre, but I wouldn't have taken him at #7. It makes no sense.

No, but read my posts about Kuandjio before and after the draft.

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I predicted that the University of Alabama Crimson Tide might be pretty good in 2015.

Ouch! I have been trying for years to forget about that disastrous pick! I think that today, RTs are becoming more important week by week. That said, in those days for a RT to be selected at #4, I would want him to be as good as Erik Williams (imo the best RT ever) or Bob Brown. Did they project Williams to LT at some point. Probably but he weighed at least 350 and had a bad ankle. Unbelievable. I know how you don't care as much as I do about 1st round picks but choices like that actually cripple a franchise.

My memory is cloudy, but I remember being angry and even scared that he might return to the team. And yes he does seem like a nice guy, but I am just so happy that he is gone. That said, one of the top 10 posts ever on TSW was the "countdown to Spiller's 2000 season! :)

As I recall, Whaley offered him a contract, no? Yes it was, it was right there with 2006.

This would be a worthy debate AFTER the season imo. Karlos is scoring touchdowns galore. If he continues to do so at anywhere near this rate, he would command a decent draft pick in a trade. Remember, his salary is about what, 400K per year? This is absolute peanuts. I don't know what McCoy will cost in 2016, but I am guessing 10 to 12 times as much, and he's older. And Coach, this post isn't about who is a better, more talented player. I am speaking ONLY of draft value.

I agree 100%. What I saw last night was a team which imo was NOT the dynasty Steelers. If Pierre Paul can force Brady off his rhythm, so can Hughes and Mario. Pressure up the middle from Dareus would actually drive Brady into one of these guys, or even a blitzing defensive back. I am going to go out o a limb here and predict that Rex, as poorly as he has ran this defense, will see the obvious and the Bills will win this game. I am looking at 24-16 Bills.

DT is a must. Chances are (imo) Kyle is gone. If Marcel gets hurt, then what?

You are blaming Tyrod for things that were not his fault. Sammy played a clutch game but he clearly left his feet too soon on the opening play. 4 sacks? Not bad with an average OL, and playing against a monster DL, this on the road. The bottom line with Tyrod is that the kid is good. Is there room to improve? Sure, and there is no reason to think that he will not get better with time. I'm liking it.

I first watched him with Denver, and thought that he was a top 10 all time wide receiver. But, Marshall is a very sick man. He is an admitted sufferer of Borderline Personality Disorder, for which there is no cure. He has had numerous domestic incidents and problems with the police which should not surprise anyone. If anybody has a borderline in their family they know what a bad situation this is. They want people to "choose sides" and often instigate long term family feuds because they often pit people against each other. In psych wards, they are disruptive to the other patients and frequently try to create "factions." I can only imagine Marshall in a locker room. Despite all this, the man continues to put up great numbers, but I don't know how much I could ever trust him on my team. A sad situation indeed.

1) It was nice to see Clay more involved in the offense. 2) Look, do count me as one who thinks that it's great to be cheerful, but why did Bowles have a weird smile on his face for most of the game? I can't relate to being so chipper under those circumstances. 3) I can almost excuse the OL for playing poorly in the second half. The Jet DL consists of huge athletic monsters and they ware coming at us. 4) Tyrod was in control tonight but I would like to know who to blame for the wasted timeouts. More to come on TT. 5) No less than 3 HUGE PLAYS??? Really??? Rambo took over the game tonight and not a soul on Earth would have predicted this. Way to play kid!!!!!!!!!! 6) Call me stubborn. Call me stupid. Call me a guy who is stuck in a time warp. Fine thanks, but I cannot stand a defensive scheme that almost allowed Fitz to come back and beat us. Even the one sack by Dareus was a coverage sack. 7) Well I ain't often right but I've never been wrong, It seldom turns out the way it does in the song. Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right. 8) Revis, despite the stats, had his hands full with Sammy tonight. Fantasy guys might see Sammy's performance as not good. I get this, but those were some clutch first downs he made! 9) Tyrod proved something to me tonight that truthfully, I have been thinking for a while. The day of the running qb has arrived. I strongly believe this. I think that in just a few years, half of the teams will have this style of QB. We shall see. 10) Yes, it does look very easy on television, but Lawson should have had a pick 6 in the 1st quarter. He made one important tackle as I recall but he did not play so well tonight from what I could see. 11) McCoy played hard tonight. He had to fight for many of those yards. 12) Very good play by both corners. I don't know how they did it with so little pass rush. Kudos to Gilmore and Darby! 13) The Bills found a way to make us sweat it out but I will take a divisional win, on the road any day. Time for them to rest up and get better. 14) GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am very high on the kid but I still think he will need 75 yds. or more on the ground tonight. Jmo.

Their w/l/ record is not very good. This post, while sensible, isn't the most positive one I have ever read. Not that it should be mind you, but why take him to task when you don't sound so positive either?

I completely agree. Levy was very good at managing people. I never thought of him as a football man in the traditional sense.

Dave, teams that are set at quarterback, LT and DE SHOULD draft first round corners if they see a special talent. The Bills? Generally speaking, are really not one of these teams. I am one of the few on this board that was not so impressed with Levy. Reed, Smith, Kelly, Talley, Thurnman, etc. all seemed to age at the same time. In lieu of trying to find replacements, he drafted defensive backs. Some were good and some were not so good. This resulted in losing football games. When he came back in 2006 he held even more sway and was even worse. He came away from the 2006 draft with a 37.5 (as I recall) million dollar Donte Whitner, and a couple of early round dbs who sucked. That draft destroyed this team for many years and I absolutely knew it would. And yes, he DID also get Kyle Williams in round 5. Gilmore? He is "good." But, how many games has he taken over and won for the Bills. One? Two? He has 8 interceptions in 3 1/2 years. Again, this is "good." But imho, a cornerback is almost never someone to build a team around, especially a team with qb problems. Finally, a defensive back doesn't have to be a top 10 pick to produce. Darby is proof of this. So is Robey, who has 5 sacks and a pick in his short career, and Searcy (4 sacks, 4 forced fumbles and 5 picks in 4 1/2 seasons). Hey, Revis went at #14. So, was Gilmore worth the #10? I suppose his talent says yes. Did his selection result in wins? Sure, a couple. But he also lost us some games along the way. The bottom line is that we must hope that Tyrod is the real deal!!! It's mostly about the QB these days whether we like it or not. GO BILLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Funny you should say that! The Tide has a kid at corner who is a freshman, Minkah Fitzpatrick. Remember that name. Saban doesn't even start this kid! He plays him at nickel and on special teams. If he stays healthy and focused, he is going right to the NFL and right to the Pro Bowl. Do watch #29 if you have a Bama game on.

I'm no expert either but imo Bradham is good on blitzes. Brown is a thumper in the middle. He's very strong and tough to run on. Coverage would seem to be his weakness but Rex loves coverage so much he has the entire squad doing it.

Probably they had to wait for these guys to come back to the huddle after being 90 yards away from scrimmage.

With the rule changes, sacks and pressure are that much more important. It bugs me when these guys run away from the LOS, Gilmore plays back, and the qb completes a pass anyway. They might as well play attack defense, at least primarily. We watched our team lose with Jauron and his Tampon Two defense. I really thought those days were gone forever.

It DID work that one time but overall it is a weak, stupid philosophy. Why did we give Hughes, Mario and Hughes more than a quarter of a billion dollars? For them to drop into pass coverage? You know better than that.

Jauron would even drop Schobel into coverage. Good post!

He did appear to be uninspired, but who really knows what he is being told to do in this weird system?