CodeMonkey

I sort of did, it was on my TV anyway. I cannot watch American Football for long without doing something else at the same time (too much dead time between plays and TV timeouts on every possession change etc.). So I had it on as I did other things and looked up when something of interest happened. I imagine the same will be true this weekend.

But also ...

Sadly, this plan probably would have worked out better in recent history anyway.

Examples are going to be used whenever the topic of poor (particularly first day) drafting is being discussed. The good news for you I guess is there are many more examples than the one you are obsessing over to use so maybe they will be.

The thing is, the example you picked is only one of many examples of drafting ineptitude. The most recent being the CJ Spiller pick this past draft. Some people (me included) think, and have thought since it was done, that it was a very bad idea to pick him at #9 for a multitude of reasons. Plus it was not a great first ever pick for the most recent General Manager (again, in a lot of peoples opinions). As long as the Bills front office have their heads up their collective asses on draft day, you can expect to hear about all the bad decisions they have made over the decades. As Bills fans we can only hope Nix from now on, and all GMs that follow start making decisions that can give the fans cause to be happy and proud.

Evans would be at best a #2 receiver on any of those teams. Who knows, or cares how a different #2 would do on one of those teams.

Huh. I had completely forgotten about Wire being on Atlanta now.

Pretty deep into the playoffs last year if memory serves and still alive this year so far. How do you equate that to "just like us"?

All the ex players that I have seen suck in my opinion, including in the studio. Aikman, Simms, Boomer, Long, Marino, Sharpe, Bradshaw and the list goes on. The ex coaches tend to do a much better job.

Yes. Why shouldn't he have a chance to excel and make it to the playoffs?

You forget though that he is one mistake away from a BIG suspension. Well what's done is done. Might as well have a laugh about it

Would you like a little cheese with that whine? 131 yards and 1 amazing touchdown run right when they needed it the most. Good for him. Don't hate on him because the Bills are incompetent. But hey, we have Spiller so all is well.

Stupid decision in my opinion, if he really doesn't come out. 1) Projections I see are for a 60 mil contract with 30-40 mil guaranteed. Even if it isn't quite that much, he stands to make some serious guaranteed bank. 2) He plays one more year in college, has an off year, and slides down the draft and gets far less money. 3) He plays one more year in college and gets hurt. Career potentially over before it begins. 4) Big potential for rookie contract cap in 2012. The cap will be far less than 60 mil and 30-40 guaranteed, trust me. If his Dad wants him to complete his degree for whatever reason, then go back and do the one year of college after football.

With the current affirmative action rules in place, and Frazier basically in Minn., I suspect Perry is going to be asked to a lot of dances in the coming months.

Did I miss something? Did Nix retract his "build through the draft" philosophy?

"Best player available". That never fails, does it?

No more than you were when you declared it a preseason game. But use your head and think about it for a minute.

bull ****. 100% rationalizing bull !@#$ing ****. No one on that team is guaranteed a job next season on this team, much less any other. They had everything in the world to play for both as individuals and as a team. And how about a little pride if nothing else. The other team is fielding scrubs and kicking your ass in every way up and down the field, and openly laughing their asses off at you while doing it. It was a preseason game for the Jets perhaps. For the Bills it was a very large embarrassment. God I hate this "they didn't try because the Jets rested players" ****

For the hell of it on 11/15 I decided to write down what this web site, which is basically a site that runs lots of simulations all season, predicted as the most likely outcome for the AFC East this season. It came up with Jets 12-4 Pats 11-5 Fish 8-8 Bills 3-13 Actual Pats 14-2 Jets 11-5 Fish 7-9 Bills 4-12 If you take into account the fact that Brady and the boys tore everyone a new a-hole the last half of the season which skewed everything, it wasn't too bad. I wish now I had written down all the divisions. http://www.sportsclubstats.com/

I agree with you. But I doubt it will be Buffalo. Then again last year at this time if you told me they were going to draft Spiller (or any running back) first I would have doubted you then too.

Wow. You just took the fine art of optimism (or crack smoking, one or the other) to a entirely new level. You hit every possible point I think. Fitz a franchise QB. A couple years not from the playoffs, but from the SB. Whew. And my favorite part I quoted. The feel good, can we all just get a group hug, screw the facts this is a playoff caliber team right now dammit homily. You my friend absolutely have to be the #1 Bills fan and my hat goes off to you.

Rather than that, I'd rather see a league formed much like the Juniors in Hockey to develop young players. What's the point in pretending these players are qualified after college for anything other than football anyway. Take it out of the colleges and pay the developing players. Don't take just some of the hypocrisy out, take all of it out.

Unlikely to happen in my opinion. Even if your theory stands up, the Panthers will trade down to get more decent picks and fill their other needs. Some QB hungry team will be willing to sell their soul for Luck. Are GMs free to start playing lets-make-a-deal now or do they have to wait until after the SB or some other date?

Looks pretty sweet. Click on the "watch the demo" link. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Demo-Enhancing-your-sports-experience-with-Windows-Media-Center