DanInUticaTampa

only stipulation to having the talent for years to come is that we have to re sign these players when their contracts come up. And we have quite a few coming up in the next few years.

If EJ doesn't pan out, we don't "need" our first rounder next year to replace him. If recent drafts with kapnernick, Dalton, Wilson, etc have taught us anything, there are decent qbs in the 2nd rounds, and It is no longer rare. I'm skeptical about the trade myself, but I don t see this cementing we can't draft a QB high next year.

I'm thinking that as well

Beat me to it

Whaley brought up that people will say he gets beat by smaller DEs, but they aren't worried because he won't be playing smaller DEs in the NFL

a lot of the talking heads were saying this on TV. That this trade means they are all in on EJ because they won't have a first next year to use on a QB if he turns out to be a bust this season. I am not as worried. sucks to lose a 1st rounder, but if this gets us to the playoffs, I will be happy with it.

I don't see Stevie going anywhere. No team is going to trade for him for more than a 6th rounder, if that. And bills won't give him up for that little. Stevie won't last past this season without taking a paycut though

It is a bold move. The deciding factor will be if the bills make the playoffs or not. If the bills don't make the playoffs this year, the trade will look terrible since we won't have a 1st rounder to get better later. If we make the playoffs, then this trade put us over the hump. People can make jokes all they want about not having a QB to throw the ball to. This is an elite receiving unit now. Watkins is a clear number 1, stevie, williams, and woods are very good number 2s at worst. Fitz could win more games with this group than he did previously, I am sure EJ will be much better this year, as long as he stays healthy. Hell, even our backups should be fine with these weapons. I say this pick alone realistically gives us 2-3 more wins putting us in the 8-8 and 9-7 range. Hopefully we reach a more optimistic result. If they use the rest of their picks to get the oline upgraded and fill some holes, I say this team has playoff potential. Our receivers are an elite unit now/

haha

gotta let the player live it up. YOLO, amirite?

its probably their old web guy who kept making mistake with postings on the official site!

it does sometimes. Though I wouldn't draft him.he is high risk/ high reward.

is their site down? it isnt working for me

I don't know if I would call this best case scenario. We have too many holes to trade up, but I don't think we have so many holes that trading down would be the best. I think best case is jake mathews or Mike Evans falls to us. These guys would instantly make us better. If we get jake mathews in round 1, we take a TE in round 2. If we can get evans, then we take a tackle in round 2. Those scenarios seem more favorable to me since the drop off in talent for top top 6-8 players drops up after that, and it would be nice to get a top talent. But if neither of those guys is there, which is very likely, then trading down seems like a good idea. Manziel might not be the only trade bait. Donald could very well be trade bait as well. Trading to 16 sounds good to me. It seems steep, but this is a deeper class compared to normal years, and I think the talent at 9 will be the same at 16. Unless one of the top players falls to us, in which case you take one of those top players regardless.

Hypothetically, if we add Watkins, that would make our receivers an elite unit. We have Stevie, woods, and mike Williams as very good number 2s and then Watkins who is a legit number 1. With that said, it would kinda suck to lose picks. Would really like to use our 2nd round pick on an RT.

From the broadcast, it was implied the browns would use their 2nd pick on Carr, not the 4th overall. It was just speculation because they liked him. The broadcast they were discussing different scenarios to where the QBs could go. Unless there was another one on at another time I didn't see.

If the bills move up, most realistic spot would be with raiders. Price is more realistic. If a player they want real bad falls to that 5th pick, then I can see them jumping up. I don't think there will be a player like that at 5 unless they want Evans that badly. I like Evans, but not toove up. Rather stay and draft Ebron and keeping our 2nd for a tackle or something

yeah, I believe it is just poor wording and shouldn't read too much into it. He is just vocalizing that he is happy in buffalo. Nothing too cryptic. that is annoying about the Parker thing. He will probably have to restructure and maybe even take a pay cut after next year to stay on the team. Unless he has a super awesome year. He is over paid and he isnt the greatest player, but he is a solid talent and I have grown a sentimental attachment to him, so I hope he stays for awhile longer. After this year is pretty questionable though.

the timing of this is quite odd

Only thing they have in common is the media likes to talk about them. Otherwise they are polar opposites in pretty much every other measurable.

I don't think you read the interview. He was pretty clear as to why he would sell of his casino shares. From the article: http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/bills-nfl/trump-card-billionaire-declares-interest-in-buying-bills-keeping-them-in-buffalo-20140414 Not sure how you get that he would be selling casinos to pay for the bills. If that is what you get from the quote, we have very different interpetations.

On another note, he wouldn't be an ideal owner to me, but since he said he would keep the team in buffalo, he has my support. Hopefully there is a enough pro buffalo fire power to beat out the canadian groups. If someone makes a good offer and says they would keep the team in buffalo, they really should pay respect to Ralph's legacy and sell the team to them rather than giving the candians any shot.Though it is still their right to get the best offer possible

He only owns a small portion of those casinos now. He would dump them not to fund buying the bills, but to qualify for ownership. Nobody in the NFL, owners, players, coaches, front office, etc can have a gambleing business, even if it is legal and not football related.

no way do the bills trade up to the 3rd over all pick to draft a tackle. If they draft up at all, it would be with the raiders at the earliest. Even then I don't see it being a tackle if they trade up. Far too many tackles in this draft to trade up

Even though I hate to admit it, I enjoy ESPN the day of the draft more. It tends to be more entertaining with some more human interest stories and some better background on the players personal lives. NFL network is far better with analysis, but it can be dry because on almost every pick they give a run down on the players combine stats and compare it to their proday stats, then compare it to player X who is in the nfl. I watch both, but ESPN is a little more entertaining to watch. But I always want Mayock's opinion on a lot of the picks, especially bills and afc east teams. They are using Daniel Jereiah a lot lately, I think they move him to the main table this year. I think they have gotten a lot of good feedback about him. But I agree, putting those four together would be pretty wonderful.