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It's not as important that I know the conference cellar they are in, as it is for the Bills Brass too know how to get out of the cellar.

Perhaps the best draft philosophy this year for the Bills is "Stop the Run". Except for the "D" secondary the Bills have so many weaknesses, that the draft will not get them out of the AFC East cellar. They need to focus on one area so that it becomes an area of stength.

Seen him play a few times this season. No doubt he is an exciting back. But I would prefere the Bills to use the early rounds to build two dominating lines with depth. It's been a long time since we had lines that could knock people off the ball.

What do you suggest the Bills do with Stroud? Should they just release him? Should they trade him? If they trade him, what do you feel just compensation for Stroud to be?

Why do you want to trade Stroud? What do think is fair value for Stroud?

Sometimes as the saying goes"its not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog". Jeff Wright was a small NT, but played the position extremely well. Williams will be a fine NT in a rotation. Hopefully the analyists are correct about Dan Williams, NT from Tennessee. He and Kyle could be the Bills version of the Williames.

It's nice to see us getting some size back on defense.

Spiller is a great back, but the Bills need to on one tract both in free agency and the draft;" BUILD TWO DOMINATE LINES!!!!"

If we go defense with the #9, I would be thrilled if the Bills selected Dan Williams, DT from Tennessee. Could be the NT answer for the next 8 years.

Had a neck injury and sat out most of 2008. Came back in 2009, started for the Ravens and played extremely well. Great against the run.

You did not see him play last year. If you did you wouldn't say he to much of a risk. He's a monster against the run.

Those are very nice comments. My only concern, is Kennedy an upgrade to our "D" Line? If yes, sign him, and release the player who he replaces.

Only the most ardent fan has thoughts of the Bills making the playoffs next year. Most football anaylists will probably have us finishing in the AFC East cellar next year. That being said, I would hope the brain trust of the Bills forget about splashy free agent signings or high profile draft picks,ala Tebow, and focus their attentions and dollars on building two dominant lines.

I'm affraid that lineup would be mediocre at best.

I think he's a breath of fresh air. For the last 10 years we just got the "politically correct" BS out of OBD. So he made a mistake "BIG DEAL". I hope he keeps talking his feelings instead of the OBD PR BS.

He has HC exsperience. He's an offensive minded coach. He knows alot of assistant coaches around the league. He won't demand a huge salary, so ticket prices can still be the lowest in the NFL. He won't demand changes to the front office, so all the current executives can continue doing what ever they have been doing the last 10 years. And he's at an age, such that ,when he get's fired he can probably retire.

Let's face it, the odds of being a successful HC with the Bills are probably 200 to 1 against you. First, the same management that has been failing year in and year out is still there and solidly intrenched. Second,the same scouting personnel that has failed over the years is still there. Third, your in a division that is made up of teams from much larger markets that are committed to winning. Their ownership has brought in competent football minded people to direct their operations. Forth, you don't have a QB to work with. Fifth, you have to build an OL. Sixth, you have one of the worst defensive front seven in the league. Seventh, you have to take the approach that after three or four years being frustrated by One through Six, you had better have saved your salary, because your reputation as a head coach will be that you can't put a winning team on the field. Therefore you career as a head coach is shot. Maybe someone you met along the way might give you an assistants job.

Cowher is probably the only HC candidate that can command in his contract the ability to bypass Brandon on spending for players. Unless the new HC has that ability, the CEO will probaby have the final say on football player signings and salaries.

I don't want to a pessimist about the new head coach. But the same people who have been making the key stategic decisions for the last 10 years will be the ones to have the final say on the new head coach. Sure, Nix is preparing the list of candidates, but Wilson and Brandon will have the last say. I don't know about you, but I'm hoping being lucky rather than good, is the rule of the day when they make their decission.

I'm a little concerned that some of the high profiled coaches may have lost some of the "fire in the belly" with their exsposure to the more cushy and glamorous network jobs. Haslett, I believe, has a chip on his shoulder to prove he is a winning NFL head coach. No doubt he feels he built the Saints and was unjustly let go. He is a defensive minded coach but has demonstrated he knows the value of building a well rounded team. He has head coaching exsperience. He also has the personality that will fit well into WNY.

With Brandon as CEO, and Nix reporting to him , Modrake head of scouting and Guy in charge of Free Agent evaluations, it dosn't appear we have much of a strategic change at OBD. It bothers me a little when Brandon has to bring in Kelley and Thomas to sell his decision. I hope I'm wrong, but I feel the same old PR con job coming out of OBD.

Pehaps the bills haven't had the worst performance in the last 10 drafts and free agency. But it is safe to say that they have failed miserably in their attempt to evaluate players. Any compentent GM, that has a strong desire to succeed, would realize that 10 years of failure in this area is not acceptable. A good sign for Bills fans will be Nix making personnel changes in those key departments. If he doesn't then, I'm inclined to agree with many who say "same old, same old sorry Bills".

I wonder how good Brohm could be, since in two years he couldn't make the Packers 53 man team.