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Its not "technically illegal", but please explain why so many posters think it is. Yes, only so many players are drafted, everyone else can play for whoever they want.

Gailey isnt at the pro day at UNC. why would the Bills have visits without the HC and GM present. Moran is a good guy but he doesnt think things through before tweeting. http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2011/03/31/draft-prospects-meet-staff/ isnt quinn a one year wonder??

we can only assume they are taking quinn at #3 without a doubt.

for all the people clamoring about newton and his issues, most seem ok with a guy who was actually suspended for an entire season?

Utter incoherence. Spiller was drafted with the intention to trade one RB, thus still having two. Maroney and Addai didnt start their rookie years either. Wasnt a huge need was it. Freddy jackson is gonna be 30 kinda seems like forward thinking just liek the pats had dillon and faulk. Polian used this method in Buffalo and and Indy and it works. You are bashing Buddy Nix for following a proven method. He's had one draft. The bills were drafting for need for a long time and it didn't work well. At #3 you are going to have a lot of similarly rated players who will all be pretty close to the BPA. With the amount of BIlls needs it will likely address one of them.

the WR had very few drops compared to other team's with QBs with much better numbers. The defense was bad. But the offense had time with the ball- they avg 1 min less per game than Indy and slightly more than a minute less than very good teams. There are many reasons why the teams sucks but those two are not included.

I know all the NFL personnel and successful franchises like the Colts and Patriots who follow the BPA mantra are wrong, and your option of drafting for need is correct. http://ind.scout.com/2/844895.html "we always try to draft the best player available" "You might be wrong in the assessment of the player, but as long as you take the best player your odds of success are very much greater than they would be otherwise" But im sure youre right and he is wrong.

You said you evaluate how he goes through reads, and you cant based on TV. That point stands, even if its one read. I have played and coached at the collegiate level and consulted on other occassions so i do know a thing or two. BTW, you really think teams only had one year of film on Newton??? You really think they didnt have his Juco film for all those nuances you are talking about. Watching it on TV isnt game tape, and you cant break down a QB from TV "film" no matter how much you think you can.

Pretty hard to evaluate reads based on watching the games on TV. Ever notice on NFL films and such they show the end zone and other shots, yea thats bc it pretty much impossible to evaluate reads from TV. If you think you can tell what Newton's reads were you have no idea what you're talking about. Auburn was one of the best conferences in football if not the best. how is that below average. Footwork? they are about the same. Sloppy but effective. Like i said i dont know if Newton is the guy, but Gailey will get a good idea of his football IQ when going through the film with him. But QB is not set with FItz.

a RB with the #2 QB rating in NCAA and threw for 30 TDs. Good point.

I figured the point would be missed by you. You are writing off a player based on his college resume, when a player you are praising, Fitz, would fail to garner your support if he were in newton's shoes, ie based on his college resume. Fitz was a good player in a terrible football conference. Newton was a championship winner in Juco and at Auburn. Not saying he's the answer but your basis is so misguided its not funny. Esp given that Newton was the #2 rated passer in all of D1 football. I dont really care who the Bills draft, but Fitz struggles with his accuracy and OBD knows it. Go back and watch some of the Bills games and count how many passes he misses, its more than you want a #1 QB to miss.

How exactly would he prove to you he has the work ethic? what do you know about his work ethic or any other prospects? enlighten us. As for reading defenses, how do you know what his reads were or werent? Are you just making these assumptions bc he was a running QB?

bc Fitz lit it up against the Ivy League? oh wait....

Nix has said he'll take BPA. Its how successful franchises are built. When you have as many holes as the bills the BPA often is a position of need.

No they didnt ask to see the books but they also didnt make any claims. The owners are claiming they are losing money, a preposterous claim when you stop and think about it. Despite the perception of the economy, the 4th quarter of the last fiscal year saw records profits in the US. Record profits. Businesses are exploiting the situation to cut labor forces and increase profits and its working. Working people arent seeing any real increase in wages. The NFL is piggybacking this tactic.

Google wonderlic and see how many NFL people as well as sportswriters comment on how the test doesnt predict success and is largely not used. Its just not used in any way you have described it. Favre scored a 22, Big Ben a 23, so they must be idiots who have no chance to succeed? ? SI just did a piece on how there is no correlation btwn the wonderlic and success. btw Eli manning scored 10 points higher than Peyton, who only scored a 28......the same score as mark sanchez and lower than JP Losman, Rex Grossman and a host of other scrubs. ITs about football, there have been plenty of guys who arent booksmart but can read a defense. Thats why coaches want one on one interviews. To talk football.

wonderlic scores are largely irrelevant and are just fodder for the fans, just like "mock" drafts. You see thats why Gailey wants to sit down with these guys and go over stuff on film, you get to see if a prospect understands he pre snaps reads and can recognize shifting coverages. Its far less important whether a guy can tell you when two trains leaving two cities will meet traveling at X speed.

Its likely this issue is covered in the license agreement itself.

You take a QB at #3 if you think he is your guy. If by some small chance you finish last and have a shot at one of the best QB prospects in the past 15 years, you take him too. The best franchises are built on picking the best players. You can keep Luck and trade Gabbert. It's not something you strategize to do but it would be the right move. Youre not taking him with the thoguht of turning him into a 3rd rounder---its quite possible you would get more for him btw. QBs have higher value than any other position and the return would be worth it.

its a hypothetical stay with the program. THis team will never be a serious playoff team until they improve QB.

Practice squad guys usually dont even hit 100k. where do you get your information ??? and the active roster minimum is around $320k for rookies. and again you are not a professional athlete, for an athlete to obtain coverage, it is going to cost a lot more than it does for you or a low end carpenter..... btw a lot of the trade workers get group coverage thru unions or local trade associations.

Bc you have all those NFL related injuries too right? The NFLPA did advise players to save their last three checks to cover expenses such as health care. I think too many people are laser focused on bashing the union instead of just looking at the facts.

The players arent asking for more money. The cap is tied to revenues and when that goes up so does the cap. what pay hike are the players asking for? Teams make their money on TV contracts and stadium sales (stuff sold in them) .... this has much more to do with the non-interchangeable players. Fans buy jerseys of their fav players who aren't likely to be interchangeable. People watch TV games with the biggest stars. You cant compare the business of the NFL to anything other than another pro sports business. Buying a car is a flawed comparison im not sure why you chose it. If the Bills had the #1 overall pick this year and the best QB prospect ever was their choice, fans would flock to buy jerseys tickets and watch him on TV, hence increasing revenue.

They arent really small outside of the LB core. They drafted poorly, and people are focusing on the position more than the talent.... as in we need to draft a LB or a OL and so forth. What the Bills need are better players. There really is not a position on this team that does not need a significant upgrade.

in 98 they took a RB 1st round and 2000 in the 2nd round. in 02 they took a WR in the 2nd. They didnt just draft all line then add skill after that. In fact, over half of their 1st and 2nd rounds were WR, DB or RB in the time frame of 98-02. They, like many successful teams, take the best player available. THey have also continued to take DBs in recent years. Btw the bills have spent a good chunk of their 1st and 2nds on line in the past few years. This line of reasoning of draft only this or only that is silly and just leads to ill advised msg board banter.