Steve O

toss up Terry Jacks - Seasons in the sun (I know, it is on every "10 worst songs of all time" list that ever came out) Dave Loggins - Please come to Boston

Irondequoit is better than both

I'm sure many would agree with this assessment.

Since the only picks I've hit on in my mocks the past 3 years have been EJ, Kouandjio, and O'leary, I decided to go a different route this year and take a look back at who the best Bills' draft picks in each round have been. For background, I've always been a Billls fan, what I would describe as an avid fan since attending my first game 1979. Season ticket holder for roughly 30 seasons since then. Most of my research was done on drafthistory.com. Since the draft was 12 rounds when I started following it, that's how far I'm going back for picking my best player round by round. Admittedly, I pretty much had my mind made up who the picks would be for rounds 1,2, 4, and 5 before researching, digging deeper did nothing to change my mind on those. Anyways, here are my best Bills picks round by round: Round 12 - Charles Romes, corner, 1977. Played in every game as a rookie, then started every game for the next 9 years, 137 in all, 8th most in team history. 28 interceptions rank 4th in team history. On a side note I don’t think post-football life has been kind, read an article several years ago where he was arrested for petit larceny, stealing cigarettes if I remember correctly. Hope things turned around for him. Round 11 - Howard "House" Ballard, Right tackle, 1988. Played in every game as a rookie, then started every game for the next 5 seasons as a Bill. 5 year starter for Seattle following his Bills career. Round 10 - Wil Grant, Center, 1978. Really wanted to go with Mike Lodish who is the answer to the yearly super bowl quiz question about "who appeared in the most super bowls"...actually he is now tied with Brady. But Grant was a six year starter, like Romes a mainstay in my early years as a season ticket holder. Only missed one start from 80-85, gave way to Kent Hull in 86. Round 9 - Carlton Bailey, Linebacker, 1988. Bailey gets the nod over Robb Riddick and Keith McKeller by virtue of his touchdown in the 1992 championship game against Denver. Maybe someone can find a more deserving pick from the 60's and 70's, but I didn't recognize any of them. Round 8 - Marvcus Patton, Linebacker, 1990. Solid backup and spot starter for his first 3 years as a Bill, then started every game his last two years as a Bill. Started 64 straight games for the Redskins followed by 64 straight starts for the Chiefs following his time with the Bills. Post Bills career gives him the nod over Jeff Wright, who played seven seasons, all for the Bills. Round 7 - Bob Chandler, Wide Receiver, 1971. Played 9 years for the Bills, over 4,000 yards receiving when the NFL in general and the Bills in particular were largely run oriented. Another 1K+ yards receiving for the Raiders, including 4 catches for 77 yards in Super Bowl XV. Round 6 – Corbin Lacina, Guard, 1993. Man have we missed on a lot of sixth rounders. Lacina didn’t play as a rookie, started several games from 94-97, played 6 more seasons for Carolina, Minnesota, then finished his career with Chicago. The kind of career you would hope for a sixth rounder to have, but it’s hard to believe I couldn’t find anyone more deserving. Maybe someone else can. Round 5 – Kyle Williams, Defensive Tackle, 2006. Like I said at the outset, my mind was pretty much made up before researching, which did nothing to change my mind. Still the heart and soul of the defensive line going in to his 11th season. Let’s hope he stays healthy this season. Round 4 – Andre Reed, Wide Receiver, 1985. Another pick where my mind was made up before researching, no need to summarize his HOF career here. Round 3 – Joe Ferguson, Quarterback, 1973. Another round marred by many disappointing picks going back decades, Fergy’s wall of fame career makes him the clear choice over Frank Reich. Started as a rookie and 12 seasons in all for the Bills, 5 post Bills years in the NFL. Round 2 – Thurman Thomas, Running Back, 1988. With no first round pick in 88 from the Bennett trade, the Bills were the only team not to pass on the future hall of famer. It was the early years of ESPN draft coverage, and Thomas was the one picked to have a camera on. Clear disappointment in has face as seven running backs were chosen ahead of him (according to drafthistory.com, I always thought it was 6) including 5 in the first round. On a side note, outside of missing on all 7 second round picks from 92-96 (friggin’ Lonnie was the best of the bunch), the Bills have done quite well in round 2; way more hits than misses. Round 1 – Bruce Smith, Defensive End, 1985. While a case can be made for many other first rounders, notably Kelly and OJ, in my opinion Smith is the only one in the conversation for goat at his position. There you have it, hoping someone can find more deserving picks for rounds 6 and 9, kudos if you can do better with the other picks. Would be great of one of the old timers could fill in rounds 13-18.

Art Schlichter is due to get out of prison in 6 years.

Yes, much easier to find a job when you have a job. I quit a job when I was 28, took me several months to find a new one.

As long as it doesn't affect the price of beer I don't care

pretty much thought the same thing when I saw Supertramp mentioned.

We'll keep getting you those special IPA's. You keep sending the cheerleaders over

Big Ted was great, but I'm not sure who underrated him. Not college scouts, he was a first round draft pick. Not opposing defensive coordinators. Not his peers, who voted him to 3 pro bowls as a Bill. Not the fans. I guess Bills management, who asked him to take pay cuts 2 years in a row. I'm glad he won a super bowl, he was a class act who did a lot for the community. Overrated - Ruben Brown Underrated - John Fina

yes, really good news

coffee beer sinking a long putt sinking a short putt missing a putt (hey, at least I'm golfing not working)

I remember one year one list had him top 10 underrated, another top 10 overrated

Underrated: Charles Romes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Romes "...playing in every game for the Bills from his rookie season to 1986, starting every game from 1978 forward. Romes logged at least one interception in every year from 1978 to 1986; his 28 career interceptions are fourth in team history..."

While not nearly as dramatic, a few years ago I was behind someone who lived on my track for half a mile. He was missing a break light, so I continued past my house until he pulled in to his driveway 8 or 9 houses past mine. Stayed in the street, opened my passenger window and tried to tell him about his break light. He came in to the street, started pounding on my car yelling at me that I couldn't follow him. I took off. Learned my lesson, no longer stop to help, not even the time I saw a woman on the side of the road with a flat.

Mine healed but it took 9 months. Also slipped at the point of break to where there was 38% connection, guessing screws can minimize that slippage. Of course that was in the 70's in Potsdam.

tried it https://michpics.wordpress.com/tag/edmund-fitzgerald/ did not end well (yes I know it wasn't nearly as big a boat)

Thought you meant the Irondequoit Bay Bridge

He was part of an investing show on Fox News for years, Cashin' in or something like that

You have been around this board for a year now (happy anniversary tomorrow), I bet if you look back, it doesn't even crack the top ten!

You know I don't drink any beer with a name that ends in light (or contains the name of or is best served with fruit)

Don't know if we've lost every game we that we lost the turnover battle, but the second patriots game was the only loss we didn't lose the turnover battle in (1-1 that game)

renewing - Don't know what I'd rather do with 8 Sunday's and 8 extra days of vacation every year (to old to fake it through Monday's any more so I take the day after home games off)

A friend of mine is a huge fan, her daughter gave birth today. She is so excited her grandchild is born on Frankie's 100th.

I'm seeing conflicting things on NFL.com. It doesn't show a Sunday night game, but also states that " Week 17 start time changes could be decided on 6 days notice to ensure a game with playoff implications.So I don't know if this means that the Sunday night game isn't even decided until that week, or that there is no night game but a game can be moved from 1:00 to 4:00 time start with little notice. Right now there are 13 games scheduled for 1:00 and 3 games scheduled for 4:25 start times.