Dr. Who

Fella on the Sabres' board here perfectly encapsulated the Sabres' decade of failure regarding, well, everything, but especially the lottery and player development. Hope for first, get third, draft like 15th.

I'm not satisfied either. There are good posts in this thread pointing out the weaknesses. Nonetheless, most complete is a relative term. If you have fewer weaknesses than other teams, you are more complete. I think Gunner basically has it right. Personally, I am hoping Ford somehow rehabs and blossoms at guard. We need interior toughness on OL. Not sure how one can expect big impact from rookie DL. Mainly, have to hope Epenesa and Oliver take a step up and you get something from the young guys. I am with those fellas who would invest in Steve Nelson. Wouldn't mind Ertz, I suppose, but I'm not sure how much he has left (and I'm sick of that conversation.)

It's probably something like that or Ertz walks for nothing.

Rarely bother with this place anymore. Glad you're still fighting the good fight.

She's from Atlanta and seems to be about the right age, so I surmise this is likely.

Now is not the time, fella. You're a good poster, but really . . . the fact that you have a close friend who is a Pats' fan has obviously tainted your sensibility here. I'm all for being ecumenical, but that's a bridge too far.

He has to make the team just for jokes and meme potential alone.

Point guard.

Outstanding metaphor

That dude is a troll who shows up in game day threads to pee in everyone's cheerios.

I honestly think a magic 8 ball could draft better. They need to bring in competent hockey people and get out of the way or sell the team.

This is supposedly a deep draft for wide receivers. I hope we don't presume the wr room is set to the point that deep threat/large catch radius wr is off the table.

I'd be fine with Travis Etienne or Najee Harris at 30. Edge is another position you might want to invest an early pick on. The new Panther's FA is a good depth signing, but we could use some youth there. Won't be anyone worth taking in the first, however. I suspect if they don't go RB, CB is another option late first.

I like your idea, but you may need to get to pick 5 - 7 for Pitts. I don't know how those forumulas for draft picks work, but I rather doubt #30, a late second rounder, next years second which equates to a third this year and a couple of sixth rounders gets you close. I suspect it does not.

I dunno. I don't do Facebook, Twitter, all that social media. Does that mean it's suspect? It was just a joke, in any event.

FIFY

Just call it a kilt.

They're just going to give him the team.

Well, Red King, I am sure this an entirely objective analysis . . .

I like an obscure sci-fi writer named R.A. Lafferty. Arrive at Easterwine is one of my personal favorites, but his work of historical fiction about Native Americans in Oklahoma, Okla Hanali, is arguably his best book and very good. Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parsifal is the greatest medieval epic, by turns humorous, amorous, and mystical. I recommend the Cyril Edwards translation. Ted Hughes' selected translation of the Metamorphoses, Tales From Ovid, is well done if you are interested in mythology in late antiquity.

Well, if you were on the fence about whether it's worth it, that ought to do it.

I also think improving the run game is going to be near the top of Beane's to do list.

We had a great year, but as McDermott noted in his presser, every year is a new opportunity with new challenges. The sort of allocation priorities indicated in the posts you are disagreeing with are genuine issues. I believe McDermott recognizes them and that they will be addressed.

Now, imagine that this isn't just true for football . . .

Or this is a cleverly planned misdirection and now the play is in . . .