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I'm calling BS on SI and their "source". I fly for work a ton (including regular flights in and out of LAX on Virgin America) and have never seen an escalation like this on an airplane (one sided with the FA the aggressor) Even on Virgin America which is quirky and hires male and female model types for FAs it's hard to believe the FA went nutso and did what SI's "source" alleges.

Jamarcus. 1- because he went number 1, as opposed to being the fallback option after manning went one. 2- because Leaf was recognized at the time he was drafted as a boom - bust prospect. Jamarcus was sold as pretty much a sure thing.

I realize it could hurt the team (distraction wise) but honestly this team seems to trip over themselves regardless, having hardknocks be about the Bills would be immensely entertaining. And heck it could help put more but in the seats and possibly convince players that buffalo isn't Siberia, assuming the Bills come off like most teams on hardknocks.

I get that Benjamin played with EJ.....but other than that what's the draw? Watkins looks other worldly (and not just in the OSU game) and Evans also appeared to outperform Benjamin this year.

Analytics in the NFL is the new hotness I get that. Putting aside questions about whether or not advanced analytics would really make a difference for the Bills, the Jags provide proof of how it can fail, especially when implementing it fast from scratch. According to their awesome analytics department that they cobbled together then immediately relied upon last offseason, Gabbert was the 12th best QB in the NFL.

Oops.....meant feet not yards. Bring it up three feet and in three feet on each side.

Hey, at least Carroll isn't dragging a priss like Brady along with him. A Seattle win (first one ever) would be fun to see (if slightly painful with Lynch and a guy like Wilson the Bills could have had) but another New England win would be brutal. And is Carroll really any worse than Harbaugh the hand-breaker?

I'd love to see this. Make the kicking game a little more of an unknown. I'd be up for narrowing them by 3 yards in each of the three directions. Make it so a good kicker truly means something and encourage teams to go for it a little more and not just leave it up to a boring 37 yarder to win the game. They should also consider chipping the ball so we don't have two guys giving it their best guess when it crosses above the goalpost. This would speed things up a bit and avoid the potential replay of FGs that I've heard talked about.

Never been a better time than now for this approach. The financial commitment the Bills would have to make to a QB at 9 with the rookie cap is less than they will make to a below average FA. Example: Mark Anderson's contract of a few years ago. They need a backup QB, clearly. Why not be bold and maybe get a franchise QB or the dilemma of 2 capable starters. 14 years of following the book on when and where to draft and sticking largely to convention hasn't worked.

Looking at the way the board is staking, it seems like this might be the best draft ever to have the bills typical 8-12 pick (what you get for going 6-10 / 7-9). There isn't any super elite must have talent that completely dwarfs the rest of the first round. Clowney is hot and cold and could bust, the QBs all are suspect in significant ways, etc. So the Bills sit at 9 with the easiest job ever, just pick one of the big time players that falls to them. The Bills could use a top flight WR, an elite LB, a QB if one they loved dropped or reach bit and grab a TE to finally give them a solve at a position they've been unable to truly fill for years. Looking at the draft I see 11 players that would be great additions to the Bills at 9. Am I missing something? Is the universe finally favoring the Bills? Any of these guys would be huge for Buffalo: DE: Clowney, LB: Barr, QB: Manziel, WR: Watkins, QB: Bortles, WR: Evans, LB: Mosely, LB: Mack, OT: Matthews, TE: Ebron, QB: Bridgewater. Does this mean a meteor is about to hit?

It seems like GM 101, to just tag him and either get a deal the Bills can live with or trade him for a 1st. People always talk about trades and over value guys, but in Byrds case, even with his contract demands, a contender will give up a low first round pick for the guy.

McCarron is a guy that won't hold up at all in the combine / scouting process. He'll fall to the 5th or 6th... the talking heads will extoll his virtues, say team X got a steal, say he's a winner and how can you discount that. He'll then go on to do nothing, and everyone outside of Alabama will forget about him.

There are some great LBs at the top of this draft. In a 3-4 you can never have too many LBs and a great one could easily slot into one of the Inside LB spots. Guys like Barr, Mack, and The Alabama backer (blanking on his name) could all be potentially elite LBs should would greatly strengthen the LB corps. If other elite options were available at OL or TE of course they should grab them, but the way this draft is looking at this early stage LB will be the value / steal pick at 10-12 and buffalo only has 3 LBs capable of starting calibre play each weak. Assuming Manny can get healthy and stay that way.

Obviously last year wasn't the greatest year to need a QB, but despite that, the Bills had a solid draft, which could turn into a great one if EJ develops. This year however supply and demand seem to align almost perfectly for Buffalo. If it isn't their top need, LB has to be very high on the list for the Bills and the top of this year's draft is STOCKED with elite LB talent. It's hard to imagine a scenario where the Bills won't have one of, if not two of the LBs listed below to choose from when they pick. All of these guys paired with Kiko could help turn perhaps the weakest unit on the Bills to the strongest in a single offseason. Anthony Barr - UCLA - 6'4" 244 - 63 Tackles, 10 Sacks (Might be best defensive player in the draft) Khalil Mack - UB - 6'3" 248 - 94 Tackles, 11 Sacks, 3 INTS (Plays inferior talent but just looks like a machine on the field) CJ Mosely - Alabama - 6'2" 232 - 100 Tackles (Cornerstone of an incerdible Bama defense) Add this to the fact that finding an good LG in the second round isn't impossible (got Cordy Glenn there) and the Bills could be filing the few remaining BIG holes pretty quickly. (I just hope they don't create more by letting Byrd go.)

Exaclty like Poz.

Glenn has done a very good job overall at LT, and that is with NO help this year from LG. It is WAY easier to find a LG in round 2-4 than it is to find a starting LT even in round 1 most years.

And your solution is???? Thanks for the "this sucks" post...but really what do you want? The team sucks for sure. Maybe it always will or maybe EJ and Marrone turn things around. Blind optimism might not always be rewarded or even often rewarded, but bitter negativism doesn't yield any better results if you have no ability to change things.

At worst the "clowns" in the front office found a very good starting LB and WR in the last draft and may have found a decent deep threat as well. That's IF EJ turns out to be a complete bust and no one else from the class contribute. 2 starters in one draft that I think could start for most NFL teams, there's a lot of reason to cut this front office some slack. I for one really look forward to see what kind of leap the team could take with another draft just like last year's. Especially if EJ looks better down the stretch.

Pain.

Wow...there seems to be a lot of kid hate on the TBD board. I get people's concerns but if the guy wants to give it a shot and he's responsible what gives. I've only been to 10 or so Bills games at the Ralph but the horrors I've seen were never visited upon children. He's going to hear curse words see a lot of drunks and not understand much of anything. But what's the harm? If anything (with ear protection) now might be the best time to take the little one to a game. He'll have pictures of him self at his first. Bills game to show off if he becomes a bills fan, or laugh at if he becomes a skins fan. He won't get messed up by what he sees and hears because he'll be too young. I'd say the real maniacs are the people who take kids above 4 and under whatever age you give up on trying to get them not binge drinking, to the games. I think a 14 year old who sees 10,000 adults on the verge of alcohol poisoning while another 65,000 plus cheer is far more influenced / scarred than a 1 year old. And I say that as so one who's been one of the 10,000 at the Ralph. As for the people complaining about kids bothering others at a stadium....how is that even possible. If you are sitting in a section calm and quiet enough to even notice the antics of a kid, you likely aren't at a football game in the US.

Shouldn't his chosing to remain with his old team with a better established QB and passing attack be at least looked upon neutrally, if not positively. I get it he turned the Bills down, but he did the smart thing career wise...or at least it seems that way. I'm not saying he'll be great, but for a measily late round pick and less than $1m the Bills get to find out if he's worth the money / contract they were trying to give him this offseason. For a team that is young and looking to build, a move like this could be a big difference maker.

Redskins are shopping him. Assuming he can be had for a 5th or 6th rounder I'd love to see the Bills try to get him. What's the downside. He's far more athletic than any TE the Bills have had in a decade plus right? You see what he has left this year than sign him to an extension in the offseason if he'd worth it. Can't imagine they do better next year in the 5th or 6th round than a starting TE that's flashed big potential in the past. (That's not a knock against Whaley etc just reality of most drafts.)

Maybe he had the Bills in a super teaser and realized the chances of success with no play called and no time left were far outweighed by the chances the Jets would score a defensive TD and blow the 13.5 spread....just saying.

That guy HATES the Bills. He's a Pats homer through and through who wrote for a hack pats site before ESPN plucked him out of the ooze. Assuming he's not someone's kid in Bristol, he'll be gone soon enough. His in depth Bills article last week was to transcribe a radio interview Marrone did.

Seahawks.