MattM

The Cowpukes and Cheats* are by far my two least favorite teams, so I agree that the Pukes should be 31

I caught part of Brunell's comments, but not about the Bills--he was talking about coaching in general. They also had Bledsoe on talking about Ralph ("he immediately reminds you of your grandfather"), so maybe it was Bills Day there yesterday....

I'd say their rating of the Cheats* at 32 is just about right, too....

I loved that pickup last year and said so at the time. If Moeaki can stay healthy--and with him, that's not a "big" if, but a HUGE if--expect him to catch 50 balls for about 600-700 yards and 5-6 TDs. The one bummer is that he's only signed through this year, so if he puts up those kinds of numbers, the Bills can expect to have to pay him decent money to retain him (although hopefully they'd get some kind of hometown/injury history discount).....

I think they may be hoping that Wynn (who's 275 or so) can give them some quality snaps on obvious/likely rushing downs

They should target the young, hipster market--lots of blue collar, industrial wannabes down here in New York, especially Brooklyn's hipper parts. These days, with electronic media, a move to a new city isn't quite as scary as it used to be for the young and intrepid. No reason that Buffalo and WNY can't benefit from that. In fact, a college friend who now lives in SF and is an architect/urban planner (and hipster back in the day) visited the B'Lo last week for a conference and was raving on FB about the city and its beauty and potential....

We both may be reading too much into this, but I was wondering the same thing. Are the heirs now simply selling everything (including things Ralph loved) to the highest bidder? I work 2 blocks from Sotheby's--maybe I'll have to stroll over for the auction and check it out....

While I personally do believe that for whatever reason, fair or foul, the Pats* have gotten far more than their fair share of calls over the last decade plus or so, I agree with Bangarang on this. The story here is not Pats*' specific, but more situation specific, which, to me at least, is a big difference, even if it still does not paint a great picture of the officials involved.

Apologies--slight exaggeration, but 47 catches for 560 and 3 TDs as a rookie in 2010 is pretty darn good. Let's see if Ebron, ASJ or Amaro match that this year. Those numbers are similar to Chandler's best year. Moeaki was out 2011 and had a slip in production in 2012 before getting hurt again in 2013. My memory may be influenced by his pretty good game against us in 2010 (3 for 45) including some nice catches, which I caught firsthand live.

First mover advantage--he was the original draft fanatic back 30 years or so....

If I recall correctly, a lot of that Seattle low grade was for picking Irvin so high--he's also become a decent (albeit not dominant) player, as fate would have it....

Tony Moeaki was playing near Pro Bowl level before his injuries in KC and he's still pretty young

My seat relo day is tomorrow, so if some of you old timers could hold off re-upping until Tuesday, I'd appreciate it!

Perhaps, but remember when Seattle was getting those D's a few years back for doing things like taking Irvins way too high?

Tolerance much? Or does this somehow bother you on a personal level? If you don't like the topic why (a) read it and (b) go to the trouble of posting on it? For those talking about his supposed lack of a spot in the NFL talent-wise, time will tell on that, but a guy doesn't get voted SEC defensive player of the year without skills. In fact, I thought I heard someone say yesterday that this was the first time someone who'd won that award was picked after the 2d round, but I admittedly may have misheard.

And running backs--don't forget running backs

As far as we know on that last part....

Don't sleep on Moeaki. If he's healthy (and can stay that way) he's a stud. I suspect that's why we didn't go TE this draft.

It occurred to me after a quick look at our roster that our combination of youth and contract status going into 2015 may have dictated our willingness to trade up for Watkins. Namely, we have very few starters aging out next year (Fred and Pears came to mind) and relatively few guys to resign next offseason (Spiller, Hughes and Spikes). With the pick of CK and trading of Stevie, we've taken care of the Pears issue and helped ourselves financially to resign at least 2 of those 3 if we want to. Personally, I suspect Hughes walks (someone else will overpay), but we may resign Spiller and Spikes. We should have some ammunition to sign FAs, too, I suspect, depending on the new owner's appetite. I think all of the above factored into the decision to roll the dice with Sammy and with that context the trade makes more sense .

The problem with Moeaki, injuries aside, is he's only signed through 2014, so if he regains his prior form he can walk next year

All you guys hoping for a TE seem to forget we have Tony Moeaki on the roster this year. Guy was looking like a potential Pro Bowler with KC before the injuries started. If he's fully healed and can stay healthy watch out....

This--Prisco gave the Pats* an A grade for reaching for a DE with 2 bad knees who they could have traded back at least 10 spots for

Remember that they've also got Tony Moeaki at TE, who looked like a stud at KC before getting injured. If he can stay healthy, we're set at TE

Hey, if the Pats*' Dennard hasn't been disciplined for his DUI, parole violation and punching a cop, then Marcel should have nothing to worry about, but we all know the NFL doesn't work that way....

I met him only once myself--at training camp about ten years ago. He was just mixing with the crowd in the merchandise tent at SJF. I thanked him for keeping the Bills in Buffalo when he could have easily about doubled his money by moving to LA. He literally said to me something along the lines of "Pshaw [which I thought was odd at the time, but have since learned that from a young age he was wholly against swearing], what else am I going to do--sit in my kitchen and count my money?" in a joking manner. I think he was serious in that he viewed keeping football and the team here something of importance, to both the city/region and himself.