Offside Number 76

ABOVE Sanchez. I'm loving the QB controversy that will brew in New Jersey.

http://hosted2.ap.org/NYBUE/f7ded15e4d4846268a17b79c1c4b7cb8/Article_2012-04-29-US-Dolphin-in-Wetlands-/id-70bf01ff2ade4624a307910b67b6e987

This is almost comical: http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/nfl-players-rate-tim-tebow-above-mark-sanchez-042912

With the new rules, every kicker is an instant touchback if he wants to be. I like Nix. I liked the draft this year. I don't find the need to defend every pick, nor do I find the need to try to convince others that I'm the smartest man in the room all of the time. Check yourself. You've been acting like an ass all day.

With Moore and Kinne gone, I'm really thinking that the backup Q will be found during the offseason in free agency, and not through the UDFA process. And there's no UDFA that I really think is so sharp that I want him with the Bills. But an upgrade over Thigpen is important.

If the kid beats out Lindell and wins a spot, fine. (I have grave doubts.) Otherwise, this was a waste. They could have taken Kinne to back up Fitz, or freaking someone who has a chance of making the roster. This looks like a personal favor or something. I don't expect too much out of compensatory picks in round 7, but I do hope for more than this. Then again, it was a very, very solid draft.

I was pretty concerned when that happened, too. Probably because of The Iraq and such as.

I'm concerned by this.

3... 2... 1...

Incredible eyes.

Good pick. And if he doesn't work out in the NFL, he can run for Parliament.

Hutch's.

I love this city. I've lived in two other American cities for a total of ten years (one large, one small), and in one other country (but that was a village in Spain, not a city). I think you're nuts, and I think, beyond that, that you don't understand that we live here by choice and not by predetermination. Anyone can move anywhere in these fifty beautiful states, but the people who live here, by and large, do so because we love it. I cannot imagine living elsewhere again, and being happy. I cannot imagine being happy in NYC, or Boston, or Milwaukee, or Raleigh, or Reno, Spokane, or Honolulu. I cannot imagine being happy in Madrid, Tokyo, Montreal, or Paris. I !@#$ing love it here, and even as the winters come (and damn, do I hate winter), I always will. Buffalo kicks ass. So !@#$ off.

I asked Gilmore (who played against him in the SEC) point-blank: What do you think about the Glenn pick? Did USC hate playing against him? His answer: Yeah, we hated playing against him. Good enough for me.

After meeting Gilmore tonight, and actually talking with him a bit, I'll retract everything else here. He's a great guy, and I think he's just now starting to appreciate what it means (to us) to be a BIll.

Since I want the Bills to spend a late-round pick on a QB anyway, I won't mind if McCoy is that QB. But really, he'll probably be available for nothing after he's cut. EDIT: I don't see a trade, actually; he's too expensive ($5M/yr) to be a backup. Cleveland is going to have to cut him.

zing

Same hometown as Jeff Burris.

Who's arguing? I asked two questions because I missed what happened last night. Thanks to the two people who answered them.

Nice job by Minnesota, then. Was there another credible trade partner or was this a complete fleecing?

Can someone--maybe someone who was following it live--explain to me why Cleveland traded three picks to move up one spot? Seems to me that they should have known that the Vikings weren't going to take a RB (they have Peterson) and that Richardson would have been there at No. 4. What am I missing?

Adams. I'll buy him an eighth, as long as he smokes all of it soon enough to dodge the tests once he really is a union member.

No, it won't. This guy will not be a Buffalo Bill in five years.

MInnesota FLEECED Cleveland (no surprise). I don't love the Bills' pick. Hey, I hope Gilmore is the greatest ever, but wow, I don't love this pick.

Here's a more reliable source: http://blogs.buffalonews.com/billboard/2012/04/fred-not-focused-on-new-deal.html