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If the Bills thought Poz was a mid-first round pick did they 'overpay'? Said another way, if they traded up to pick 25 instead of 34 and gave up that same 3rd rounder and selected Poz did they get a bargain? People are so freakin married to an outdated draft chart it drives me nuts.

False. Brown at least would know to put a question mark after writing, 'true or false'.

I'll be surprised if Fitzpatrick signed for anything less than $2 million/year for 3 years. He signed on the first day - it's not going to be for peanuts. I mean, look at what Orlovsky got ($9 million for 3 years) to clearly be a backup. Fitzpatrick will be closer to $3 million than $1 million. Edwards signed a contract for a 3rd round pick after he was drafted. He'll get his money when he becomes a free agent, or after this year when the Bills try to keep him from being a free agent. It's pretty irrelevant that Edwards will make less than Fitzpatrick - it's just the way the draft/FA system works and Edwards, his agent and the Bills realize this.

No, if the Bills sign Coles they have 2 WRs.

It was a bad signing, but the money is irrelevant now. He's on a 2 year contract for how much now? Are you signing anyone better for that money? Probably not, but that doesn't fit the article so turn a blind eye to it!

But when you have to have more power on a kick you decrease your accuracy. Think golf.

For his career Lindell is: 15-25 from over 50 yards (60%) 47-72 from 40-49 yards (65%) 130-141 from 39 or less (92%) I would think you'd want to try to move the ball into an under 40 yard range to go from a 3 out of 5 chance to a near certainty. I also seem to remember the announcers saying early in the game Lindell has a 40something consecutive made streak on kicks under 40. I suppose that running the ball can still put you in the position to get under 40 yards, and forces Cleveland to use time outs, but it's still too conservative given the spot on the field and the time left. Cleveland did a nice job calling time outs which almost goaded the Bills into running.

The Bills made two really bad moves trying to get a QB. Because of that they should try to make a similar move to acquire a TE? Seriously, does that make sense to anyone? Those trades for Bledsoe and Losman set the team back, arguably for years. They're a large part of why TD is in charge of the Bills anymore. So let's do it again! Now, I think you can argue that the Bills should have traded for Gonzalez for a 2 and a 5 (I wouldn't but you could). But to use the logic that the Bills made two bold moves that blew up in their face as a reason to do isn't a very good argument. Of course, I wouldn't expect much more out of Dicesare than that.

Bills predicted to loose 31-9? Does that mean they'll have stretched better??

I'll be satisfied if the Bills maximize their top 75 picks. The draft is to some degree a crapshoot so the more you shoot the less likely you'll end up with a crappy draft. They seem to have potential partners in KC, Detroit, and Carolina for the 11th spot. That'd allow them to move down, pick up a 3rd or 4th rounder. I'd be willing to do it twice. In past drafts it seems like the Bills were fine with taking someone higher than others viewed them. At the top I'd keep sliding down and maximizing top 3 round picks. Let players fall to you and take as many as you can. It might be fine to end up with Whitner and McCargo, but if the Bills traded down a bit for Whitner, and didn't move up for McCargo they'd have two more picks, and possibly still both of those players (and given their production if they weren't on the team it wouldn't be that much of a difference). Having said that, I have no issue putting a 3 and 5 together to move up to a late 2 or early 3 if the right player is there. I won't pretend to know the players that are the best fit, but the more you can get the better. I think the draft has shown that the #11 isn't necessary better than #20 (or anywhere in between) so why not pick up more assets later.

I agree in general; I think the Bills need to take someone that'll play on the front 7 or on the OL. It's funny, the major complaint with TD is that he ignored the lines to take skill players (Williams being the exception and he was a bust). Now all most people want in the first three rounds are a WR, TE, and CB. I guess I missed where the Bills were a dominant run team, stopped the run really well and had a great pass rush.

Branden Albert Jordy Nelson Chevis Jackson

I have a hunch that a combination of being slow and whining about it will cause him to drop well into the 2nd round. I suspect the Bills would take a different WR in the 2nd if Kelly was there then (and they didn't take one in the first). I like Nelson myself.

The history of *1* draft?

Pat Kirwan is the only football guy on the radio worth listening too (and it's too bad he's on during the day). I listened to Sirius with he and Gil Brandt the whole time the draft was on with ESPN on mute. Much, much better.