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This will be me trying to make it through tonight!

What if Jackson is who they want? Pocket Passer like Cam? He of the sub 60% career completions? I don't think anyone has any idea who they like or why.

1393 people polled for the first one. 1037 for the second. Those are very very very small polls and can't be held up to accurately portray the feelings of America. Locale is so important for a study that small. Is that 2400 people from NYC or from Alabama? LA or West Virginia? I won't however argue with the bolded. The only caveat is they work in the public forum. I couldn't do what they are at work but nobody is reporting on my day to day life at work, nobody is paying to watch me work, there are no tv/radio shows devoted to my work. So it isn't an apples to apples comparison.

This draft, probably since it is so important to Buffalo, is one I would really like to here Beane's thought process and how things actually went down. Even if I had to wait 10 years I think it would be an interesting story. Hopefully a 30 for 30 comes out one day on all the behind the scenes maneuvering.

Yeah Mayfield and Rosen I think will be good. Jackson, Darnold, and Rudolph I think could be good. Allen I just don't see it. That's how I have them tiered. Just my personal rankings. I would be okay with Allen at 12 or even if Rosen, Mayfield, and Darnold are gone. I just wouldn't feel good about Allen over any of those 3. It would feel same old Bills to me. I'll give this regime the benefit of the doubt and hope they are right I just won't feel great about it if that makes sense.

I also think Darnold will bust I like Rosen and Mayfield. Both have competitiveness that is important, production at a high level, and there knocks aren't play based. Allen has accuracy concerns, Darnold has wind up and turnover concerns, Rudolph has arm concerns, Jackson has passing ability concerns. Time will tell but I think this class was over hyped because it was supposed to be a great class moreso than it is a great class. Add in that it appears to be a weak draft and I'm not surprised the qb angle was shoved down our throats.

Most of all us fall into the bolded. Allen SCREAMS bust to me. In the same vain of who the hell is Blaine Gabbert? Remember him? Played at Missouri and had subpar stats but went in the 1st round. I don't THINK Allen will work out in the NFL. If he is drafted by the Bills I will hope like hell I am wrong. I've been wrong plenty of times before. I just won't be as excited as I will be if the pick is Rosen or Mayfield. Choosing Allen OVER Rosen as this thread suggests and I will be very disappointed.

Probably something like this

There are many people here who already have their minds made up before the draftees have even taken a practice snap. Entertaining is certainly one word for it... To the op point I think all 6 of the top guys are easy to talk yourself into being the right one. They all have positives and negatives. I have favorites but will be happy and hopeful with whomever is drafted. I was thinking about this last night. Lamar Jackson is probably the scariest prospect both for your team to draft and for a team in your division to draft. He could be a game changing mega star or he could be a huge bust. If he continues to improve as a passer he will be electric. If he doesn't he won't last in the league. He did run the offense Dabol likes in college so this could be a great situation for him. He should be there at 12 too and not cost any capital. My doesn't matter ranking is Mayfield, Rosen, Jackson as my top 3 favorite guys for the Bills. I'd like them the most but as op stated I can talk myself into liking any one of the top 6.

A post earlier today got me thinking about the top 3 guys from that class. They have each had different types of successes but I think ultimately all of them would be considered successful "franchise QBs". Here are the career stats. Who do you think has been the better QB? Eli Manning - 2 Super Bowls, 59.8% Completions, 51,686 yards, 6.99 ypa, 339 tds, 228 ints, career .527 winning %, 26 4th quarter comebacks Ben Roethlisberger - 2 Super Bowls, 64.1% completions, 51,065 yards, 7.87 ypa, 329 tds, 174 ints, .676 winning %, 29 4th quarter comebacks Philip Rivers - 0 Super Bowls, 64.2% completions, 50,348 yards, 7.76 ypa, 342 tds, 166 ints, .547 winning %, 23 4th quarter comebacks Numbers were a lot closer than I thought they would be even when I started this thread. Personal opinion though is this is a 2 horse race. Eli completing less than 7 ypa, 60% completions, and 50 more ints than the other 2 rules him out. If he didn't have those SB wins he wouldn't be in any HOF conversations. I can't really find a decent way to pick between Big Ben and Rivers though. Obviously there is the team success but I think it is unfair to compare Spanos to Rooneys. Outside of the brief Schottenheimmer years (who had his own well documented playoff struggles) Rivers hasn't had the team talent Big Ben has. Gun to my head I go Big Ben but I can't really come up with a compelling reason to disagree with someone choosing Rivers. Who do you pick?

So no TNF this year?

The NBA does something like this with Bird's rights. The player's team can offer an extra year, bigger raise, and go over the salary cap in order to re-sign their own players. It does have some issues but most draftees stick with their original teams for 7 years. That's a career for a majority of NFLers.

Baker Mayfield. He is the type of guy you love if he is on your team and hate if he isn't. I've developed quite a man crush so it would suck if he ended up on a team we played twice a year. If he turned into a great player it would be even worse. Many years I find a couple guys I like and follow them. Whitney Mercilus is currently one of them and I don't mind him on the Texans. Put Mayfield on the Bills or in the NFC please.

Very well written and great job op. I know @thebandit27 thinks he can be special as well as @metzelaars_lives who are 2 people's opinions that I respect. However the last blurb that I quoted is really where I fall. I love the Bills, I will root like hell for whomever it is they decide to pin their Bill's careers on. After last year they bought a lot of goodwill with me wrt personnel decisions. I thought trading Sammy would be an absolute killer and the offense certainly wasn't as productive. I thought trading Dareus was dumb and the run d did suffer. However at the end of the year they were 9-7. I won't argue with their results. I don't pretend to tear apart film so thanks for putting in the work!

I'm somehow listening through the app but with no video. Not best case but it works. I'm a junkie lol.

Good it isn't just me lol. Bills really need to improve their technology. It seems all in house streams have problems or are impossible to find.

Mobile site doesn't show it unfortunately.

Won't work on mobile? Anyone else or just me?

Let's see if the new it regime is better than the old! Will this start on time and stream uninterrupted?

These pages are graced with great trolls like derby Dan and savior Peterman. Or former great performers like crayonz. Or funny ones like that jets guy. Or just bc they want to like bringbackfergy. This is the best you got? I hate trolls and trolling but if you're going to do it at least put in a little effort!

Lamar Jackson or mason Rudolph wouldn't bother me. Really out of top 5 guys only Allen would bother me but ill still support whichever guys are picked and hope they can be valuable contributors to a buffalo super bowl run!

Thanks @Virgil and @BuffaloHokie13 for doing this. It was a lot of fun and I'm sure a lot of work. Dolphins stealing Rosen at 11 would be heartbreaking. It would feel like big Ben all over again. Broncos hold the keys to the draft. What they do at 5 will change the course of the first round imo.