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Guess I'm the only one who likes the standing Buffalo. The red buffalo just looks better than the blue one in the total scheme.

I've grown to be OK with this. To keep the Bills in Buffalo, the team has to tap the Toronto market. The crowds will come if the team gets better.

At least they look like the Buffalo Bills again...

If they come out as expected, it will be a definite improvement, but I still prefer the standing buffalo. Much classier IMO.

And exactly where would those players take their services? I would say that a good percentage of football players would not be making $50,000 if they were not good football players. Their other prospects would be quite a bit more limited. Not all, mind you, but a healthy percentage.

She probably ditched him as soon as she heard the word "Minnesota". No girl like that is going to live there.

What happened to Little League? Did it go out of business? Before that I remember playing in a league that had fields that progressively got bigger and the kids pitched. Lots of walks, but just as many strikeouts.

I went to FSU. She is one of many there. It almost seemed that you had to send a picture to accepted there. It didn't suck, my friends.

I really think you are worrying too much. The FO of the Bills looked at the team and asked themselves "What can we do with 7+ rounds of draft picks that will make the a better team down the road." Drafts rarely do much to fix a team the very next year. Only the 1st and 2nd rounders even have a chance to see the field much outside of special teams, so your worry is not really well founded. We picked up some good offense last year and the year before with an RB, WR and middle linemen. Next year will likely be more offense. It will take time to fix this hot mess so just enjoy the improvement you will see next year. If things go really well, the Bills might contend for a wild card spot, but that would take some luck, I think. Relax and enjoy the baseball season.

No "franchise" QB has ever performed as such w/o a good OL. The Rams managed to win one year w/o a defense, but that was a huge exception. That magical QB may come to your team, but until he does, build a great team with a QB like Fitz who won't lose games for you. I have to wonder how Tom Brady does on a team w/o a good OL.

My goodness, who cares what a guy in his mom's basement thinks?

Buddy will be smart to stay away from Mallet. Didn't impress me in the Sugar Bowl.

No way, find a journeyman backup and go LB for round 2 (or OL).

Couldn't believe that he fell to no. 3 but I love this pick. Who knows how he will turn out in regards to durability, but I'm just glad the FO didn't outsmart themselves this year. Competence seems to have invaded the war room.

I'm not a fan of taking Miller at #3 only because I think the 3rd overall should be someone only needs to develop his game, not change it. That stuff is for later round projects IMO. Dareus, baby!

I've watched Ponder for a few years now and I think he will be a good one with a good team around him. He's smart and often had more rush yards than the FSU RB corps. He's also tough. Yeah, he had the arm thing, but he's not fragile. When he throws a pick, he takes it personally and clobbers the guy (just like Kelly used to). Face it, there is no sure thing at QB in this draft. Just bad luck for us. I wish there was a great QB who played his HS ball in the snow, (like Kelly) but there's not, so get the defense and OL fixed.

St Louis Rams in 2000.

Incomplete list without Christian Ponder Stats Gailey knows him from the Senior Bowl where he did very well. This video shows him in a situation he would find in Buffalo, I think. Video My only real complaints are that he throws off the back foot too much and sometimes a bit too high in situations that don't require it.

DE at #3 and take Ponder early 2nd round. He has thrived in the pro offense and is a good decision maker. He would rate much higher had he had a defense that could win with 30 points on the board every game...

got that right. SOMEONE is going to be very glad they took Ponder. If he had any defense the last two years, he would be a much better recognized name.

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They weren't a spread offense, but Ponder does run very well, especially for a big guy.

But it doesn't make any sense to draft a QB in the first round, if the QB class is as weak as it is this year. That's just throwing a pick away. Yeah, I'd like to draft Manning this year, but he's not there. We picked Maybin in the first round, but that doesn't make him a great DE or LB.

I agree with most of this, except about Spiller being a luxury pick. The entire FO knew that we needed someone to make plays on offense and even telegraphed their pick in interviews (Nix and Gailey) saying we'd like to get a "water bug" type player that can be moved around to make plays. They did exactly that. The problem turned out to be that Spiller was not able to transition to the NFL, and especially to the Bills where big holes were not there and running around everyone was not possible. Bottom line is that the pick just didn't work out as they hoped. The pick was the result of Nix needing to generate some excitement rather than building the trenches first. I'll bet he was just a pissed about how far the defense fell in switching the 3-4 as the rest of us. Let's see how he responds this year.

Wow, lots of stories of fans leaving the Bills. I root for my hometown team, no matter what. If the organization sucks, then I hold off on buying stuff, but I still cheer them on. I also don't tie up my self worth in how well a bunch a football players do. Sports is entertainment and only one teams wins the Super Bowl tournament.