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There are SO many reasons why gambling on Newton makes sense for The Bills...Even if you're 100% against Newton you would have to admit The Bills are in desperate need of sparking this Franchise with a big name talent...And lets be honest...Luck might be the better Prospect, but there is no bigger name in College Football this year than Cam Newton...He's bigger than life and he's plenty talented...He would bring HUGE attention to this Bills Team off the field, and I have to believe Gailey is going to think he can Coach him up plenty...In 2011 he would be the Bills version of Brad Smith...Then move into the Starting role in 2012 or 2013...Just my guess...I'm not saying that's what I want The Bills to do...I'm just saying I would totally understand if they did it...

I've been telling everyone I know that my gut is telling me The Bills are going to take Newton...The good news for you anti-Newtonite's is that my gut is almost always wrong where Bills Draft Picks are concerned...

Maybe it's just me, but that's one HELL of an insult to a young Kid before he even takes the Wonderlic...I have no idea what Mallet is going to score...In the interviews I've seen with him he certainly does not seem stupid...Albeit he does not sound like a Dr of Quantum Physics either...I think predicting the Kid will score a single digit Wonderlic is WAY out of line...Even if they're right...Do you really want to go around calling Prospects stupid? It's classless...

Right...Have these people ever seen Tom Brady move? Because he moves like his feet are in quicksand... I'm not saying Mallett is the next Brady, and I'm not saying he's going to make it as an NFL QB either...The Jury is still WAY out on that...I AM saying he's every bit as mobile as Brady or Joe Flaco...So this argument is a little stupid if you ask me...He's got a rocket arm and his success or failure in the NFL will depend on how he uses that arm, and his ability to run an Offense and read Defenses...That's all...

Buh-Bye...

Maybe not...But he's still young, still improving, and still relatively inexperienced...I can't imagine there is going to be any LT available in the upcoming Draft that could unseat Bell as the Bills Starting LT in 2011...Now over at RT...THAT's a cluster you-know-what...So anyway, I think Bell earns a mini-pass here...

Totally 100% agree...

I don't know...22nd in QB rating in the NFL...27th in Completion %...21st in average yards per Pass...16th in Yards per game...And while he was 13th in TD's, Fitz was also 9th in INT's... Nothing about Fitz says Franchise QB...nothing...He's gritty and gutty no doubt...He's a decent stop-gap and a hell of a good #2 QB and teammate...But saying Fitz is a Franchise QB makes me wonder if you've ever seen a Franchise QB over the course of an entire Season...Becasue Fitz is not even in the same league as Peyton, Rivers, Brees, and the like...He's just not at that level... So you think his QB rating, Completion percentage, average yards per Pass, and INT's would have improved with 3 more games? Right... That was awesome!!! Good work...

You know I'm SO tired of the "Every 1st Round QB could be the next Ryan Leaf" crap...Ryan Leaf was a knucklehead of EPIC proportions...Ryan Leaf is a HUGE reason Teams check out Prospects and their personalities FAR more thoroughly today...The chance that a QB Prospect as off-kilter as Leaf will be Drafted in the Top 10 nowadays are VERY, very slim...That does not mean Top 10 QB's won't still be busts...It's the hardest Position to excel at in Pro Sports...But Ryan Leaf was a #2 Overall bust because he's a freaking idiot...And the chances of that happening anymore are slim and none...And slim done left town...

Right...because there are all kinds of ways Fitz compares to Jim Kelly...

Exactly...And it's funny how we were just beat for the millionth time by the sloth of all sloths at QB yet folks want to point to Malletts lack of mobility...He's Carl freaking Lewis in comparison to Brady, and probably a better runner than Peyton Manning, Joe Flacco, Eli Manning, or Phillip Rivers...Don't kid yourself people...Mallett's final evaluation will depend on that rocket-arm and his ability to read Defenses...Not his legs...

Maybe he's your guy...I like Fitz too...Sort of...I like his guts and his smarts for sure...But that does not mean I want the Bills to stop trying to improve the QB Position... Consistancy compared to Losman and Edwards...Yes...Compared to the better QB's in the NFL?...Not so much... Clausen was a 2nd Round Pick and just about everybody who needed a QB passed on him...So I'm not sure on how he really compares to the QB's that will be Drafted high in the 2011 Draft...I do know plenty of Teams were not high on Clausen...Plus he's a Rookie on a REALLY bad Team...We'll see how he does down the road... I would not say having the 21st rated QB in the NFL who is completing 58% of his Passes (28th in the league) is reason enough to ignore a potential Franchise Player at the most important Position on the Team...Fitz is what he is, and he's not bad...But to think The Bills can't do better because Fitz is the epitome of consistancy is a bit ridiculous...They can do better...And they will try...

Exactly... And you don't Draft one at #8 Overall unless he's a game changer as well...The Bills made the one mistake already with Whitner...Knowing that I can't imagine they would make the other... But then again...

Agreed! IMHO this is Lil Donte in a nutshell... I would add he rarely wraps up and instead tries to make that lights-out hit...But he's not that big...And all to often the ball-carrier just bounces off and keeps going...

Right...

I can't possibly imagine that you are in the minority with that opinion John... If so I'm in the minority as well...

And more than likely, when that happens, The Bills will beat the Pats again semi-regularly...Until then it's gonna be REAL tough...Unless Brady gets hurt again... The Bills are 10-11 vs. Miami and 9-12 vs. The Jets since 2000...Not great records, but considering they're 2-19 in the same span vs. The Patsies...I'd say Brady has made a HUGE difference...I realize they beat us with Cassel too, and the Pats with the Master Belichick will always be tough...But let's face it Brady has seriously got our number...Plus I think Belichick retires when Brady does and they ride off into the sunset together holding hands or something like that...

Hmmm...Where to start with this thought... Ok...Luxury Pick...You do realize your talking about the same GM and Head Coach who selected a Running Back at #8 overall when they had one RB in-house coming off a 1000 yard Season, AND the other in-house RB was a former 1st Round Pick, #12 Overall just a few years ago? So with this bunch you can throw that "luxury pick" logic right out the window... Plus lets face the facts here...The assumption that we will Draft a Defensive Player in the 1st Round that is going to have some kind of incredible immediate impact is just that, an assumption...The 1st two Draft picks on the Defensive Side from the 2009 Draft have been average NFL Players...BJ Raji was the 3rd and he's been a little better than average...Aaron Maybin was the 4th...The Bills currently have a 6th Round pick (Moats) that's outperforming a #11 overall pick (Maybin) by a country mile...At the same position no-less...Even though the 6th Rounder was actually Drafted to back-up at a different position...So I kind of have to chuckle when I see the thought, and it's only a though at this point, of Drafting a QB as a luxury pick...Because without knowing how these Kids are going to play in the NFL, and realistically none of us truly knows, how can we possibly determine what is the right or wrong move ahead of time? So lets turn this around hypothetically...Lets say the Bills pass on Newton and take Fairley for example...Fairley goes on to be a decent player but struggles a bit with injuries...Fitz still plays well but never reaches that elite status...The Bills make the Playoffs once in the next 5 years...Meanwhile Newton goes to The Cowboys and in 3-4 Years has them in the Super Bowl...Everyone on this board knows what the general consensus would be...We passed on the star QB...How in the world could The Bills of all Teams pass on the star QB??? Now that was a complete hypothetical, and you could turn it around just as easily...We take Newton, and pass on Fairley...Newton struggles vs NFL Defenses and Fairley becomes the next Bruce...What I'm getting at is this...Who really knows? And if you trust your Scouting Department you have to go with the consensus...If the consensus from this FO is Newton it's NOT a luxury because Fitz, as adorable and Fan friendly as he is, probably falls short of being an elite NFL QB...So if Gailey and Nix LOVE Newton there's no way they are passing on him and thinking it's a luxury pick...They're thinking he's the QB that is going to lead The Buffalo Bills to the Super Bowl in 3-5 years...That's all they're really thinking about...Just saying...

I don't think there is any question about the fact that he has not lived up to the #8 overall selection...He has barely lived up to the #88 overall...And even though he has not necessarily been outplayed by the other two safeties, he has not exactly outplayed both of them either...

There are ways to replace Evans if you Traded him for value, but The Bills have been doing that sort of thing for a while now and it's got them nowhere...They need to stop the Needs merry-go-round and start adding to a young, talented, but VERY thin Depth Chart...You would have to get a ridiculous bounty for Evans to make it worthwhile..And I don't see that happening...I could be wrong though...

Agreed... I still fail to see the logic in even thinking about getting rid of Evans...I think his presence and the attention he gets is a HUGE reason Johnson and the other young guys have emerged...He has his critics, but every D-Coordinator in the NFL knows what Lee is capable of if you leave him one-on-one too often...The last thing the Bills need is to get rid of a guy who has proven he can make plays in the NFL...A bit risky indeed...

True...And I think The Giants gave the NFL the blueprint on how to beat the Pats a few years back...Building a Front 7 like the one the Giants had is a heck of a hill to climb though...MUCH easier said than done...

Especially when you consider the Owner has already spoke publicly about it...I know that was before the ground-swell for Fitz, but with Ralph do we really know? Can you imagine the buzz that a Player like Cam Newton would bring to The Buffalo Bills Franchise?...Can you even put a dollar figure on it?