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Amen to that. I think some of the best jobs in the world are: 2nd string quarterback in the NFL 7th-13th man off the bench in the NBA Bench player in MLB You get paid hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars to watch more games than you participate in. That being said, nobody knows if Mark Anderson is overpaid. He's not a car. He didn't immediately lose value signing the contract and walking off OBD premises.

Bobby Wagner and Melvin Ingram

I'm on the Melvin Ingram train. Would be excited to see him at #10. I don't see him as a 4-3 end at all. I'd keep him at OLB to rush the QB or the Bills version of ILB Levon Kirkland in the middle. Either way, you get a big time playmaker on defense.

It makes you think because it's a plausible theory. Jason Simpson was 24 at the time, a big guy, skilled with knives, and prone to violence and aggression and not a big fan of stepmom.

That trade is heavy towards the Eagles. I don't feel like giving them their LT. On that point alone, I'll take Blackmon should that miracle be bestowed to the Bills.

The agent really backed his client into a corner with his or her delusions of grandeur of Bell's market. It's advantage front office right now.

Loved every single one of those Bills games on NBC. I'm starting to wonder if the Matrix was right in that the late 20th century was the apex of civilization.

My biggest "concern" is one I won't see until game 4 or 5 of the coming year. Will Gailey's offense evolve once the opposing teams have game tape? I know injuries were no help, but I feel a big problem for the offense later in the season, especially during that series of blowouts, was that the offense game plan was predictable. The opposing defense knew exactly what was going to happen. The trend started in the Cincinnati game last year. Cincy, as a benefit of being where they were in the schedule, had amassed enough game tape to spot trends.

In regards to the draft, I agree. You have no idea how soon or ever a player will perform at a high level in the NFL. In regards to free agency, I disagree. Mario Williams and Mark Anderson are known quantities.

I'd rather defense at #10, and would be even more interested if they got more pass rush either at LB or end.

Some fans have had a hard time adjusting to competent, straightforward management at One Bills Drive. I don't blame anybody for that especially after the psyche damaging Donahoe years and the front office anarchy following it. It's been a circus for a long long time, and for fans that started following the team in the last decade, it's all they've ever known about how the Bills do business. Years in the future, we'll be talking about how Buddy Nix and Chan Gailey righted the Bills ship despite being discounted by nearly everybody "out there" every step of the way.

The Bills will extend Jackson because they have publicly said it several times over the course of a year and a half. At this point they are committed to the action. By failing to do so would have strong negative consequences in the world of agents and the players they represent. If it wasn't made abundantly clear with the courting of Mario Williams, 95% of the negotiation between player and team is built upon personal relationships. As a team, you don't want to get a reputation for throwing your own players, and very productive ones at that, under the bus. And then backing up the bus over the player. That's how you end up seeing free agents and your own players signing elsewhere. Nix is a smart, and experienced individual. He won't do that.

I agree. If you want the punishment to really mean something, the Saints should have to make do with what they've got on staff. This isn't a sabbatical.

That'll be fun to watch, but won't get the Saints back to the Super Bowl. He did nothing in his last stop in Dallas.

If the Patriots were smart, and I hope that all that accumulated hubris will cloud their thinking and they won't be, they will use all those draft picks on that old and slow defense and go get Cedric Benson or someone similar to do the running. Sooner or later they will come to the conclusion we all have as Bills fans watching our team: The talent of your offensive unit is irrelevant if your defense can't get off the field and can't make stops.

I don't know about the validity of the proposed trade but if accurate, it's a desperate move for the Patriots in acknowledgement the window is not far from the sill. That's a lot of leveraging of the future for a running back, the brake pad of NFL positions.

I get a kick out of the national media's continued misplaced respect for the paper army of the Philadelphia Eagles. They have a four alarm dumpster fire of a year in 2011 and add a linebacker with a busted (completely busted, not injured, but torn) Achilles tendon and give a big contract to a tiny receiver with two concussions already in the tank. But...I'm sure these guys play well on Madden so it has to be accurate in real life.

I don't understand the folks on this board that are so ready to trade or cut talent. You retain and attain talent. That's how you build not just a good organization but a great one.

Saying you can draft better than Buddy Nix is like saying you can run the nuclear power plant better than the guy who's been doing it for 30 years. Yeah you might get lucky, but in the end, without training and especially experience, you'll probably melt the entire place down and kill us all. FWIW, as a fan I don't see major issues with the Nix approach. The Bills have avoided spontaneous bustville in his drafts.

I think the longer Bell remains out there works in the favor of him accepting the Bills offer. With Bell in the fold, wouldn't you think that the pick will not be a LT?

I am reminded of the big push by folks for DaQuan Bowers, Cam Jordan and Blaine Gabbert on this board last year. I like Nix's strategy in avoiding a one way ticket to Bustville: No one year wonders, pick players from winning programs that didn't stack their schedule with creampuff opponents. To think about serious options at #10, consider only the players that have 3+ years of steady and increased production. Then take a look at the programs the players come from. The Nix Way gets you a bunch of singles and doubles like Spiller and the occasional home run in Dareus, but never a strikeout like Maybin.

I think the draft gets very interesting if Bell is resigned.

I'm sure it's all part of the plan of transition. Mr. Wilson is as healthy and as fine as one can be for living 93 years on this planet. However, I think what we're seeing without being explicitly told what we're seeing is that since the end of the 2011 season, there has been a transition towards the future ownership taking more of a leadership role on the management end in regards to free agency, the draft and contracts with the players on the roster. Do you really think all these players sign multi-year contracts in Buffalo without feeling reassured by the proposed management plan?

Lots of good ones come to mind but I've absolutely loved this scene.

If we resign Bell and that's the big IF, I'd be happy with a defense pick at #10, otherwise you probably have to draft an LT there. I'd prefer a linebacker but I'm coming around to being alright with a CB.