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I think this is right and a perfectly reasonable take on this situation.

7.5??? E Z MONEY

Hell..... spike is in pee wee football hell.

This guy is a second rate journalist. What in the world would qualify him to make a determination on NFL talent.

I actually think being a cop is a pretty serious, no-nonsense job.

Are you trolling? There's a strong dose of irony in your post.

I'm convinced that having watched the Bills for so long, much of this fan base is incapable of recognizing good football.

Are you serious? Have you seen him this year? Dropped 10-15 lbs before the season, is phenomenal in coverage, true sideline to sideline tackler. I have not seen a single concern raised about his ability to play in space.

Who cares about the weather... we're a SMASHMOUTH team now. (only half-kidding)

This is my biggest concern with this team and I think it also has to do with why a lot of us were hoping for a WR early in the draft. Personally, I thought the difference between Michael Floyd and our second WR (call it Donald Jones) was a lot greater than the difference between Gilmore and Drayton Florence. However, I'm afraid that philosophical rigidity and an unwavering commitment to the horizontal passing game played a part in the Bills waiting on WR at the draft. Sure, they tried to bring in Meacham, but when that didn't work out, they didn't do much else to get better at WR. My fear is that the coaching staff does not see the need for a big bodied, physical, vertical passing threat in this offense. I'm really worried that Chan thinks that he can scheme around the talent deficiencies at WR and find quicker route runners to fit his scheme. But, I think that scheme only works to an extent. In the NFL there's too much talent for a single scheme to dominate for a long period of time as all teams will adjust. You have to have good players that can create mismatches. Right now, I see a very one-dimensional passing game, and I don't see the talent on the roster to adjust.

So who gets to be the smarta$$ that revives this thread to poke fun at all of our excitement the first game that Mario doesn't record 12 sacks... (FWIW, I'm predicting the first time that this will occur will be somewhere around week 8 or 9, and he'll probably have 10 or 11 in that game)

Cordy Glenn.... The second coming of Howard "House" Ballard. Good to hear that the coaches are keeping on him. If he looks pretty good, and they want more, it means the kid's ceiling must be pretty damned high and they're going to push him to get there.

Interestingly, pretty exhaustive modeling and projections run by Football Outsiders tabbed the Bills at second in the division with 9.7 wins and a 57% chance of making the playoffs. Not bad. Here's the link. It's ESPN Insider, but I think you might all be able to see the AFC East projection as it's featured at the top. Projecting every division winner for the 2012 season

I know it's just the internet, and even more so it's the off-season, but what an unbelievable piece of crap article. What was the point? I'd expect something like that from Bleacher Report, but CBS Sports? For real? Not sure I'd wipe my butt with that one.

Landry's really got his work cut out for him this year with the suspension or transfer of three of his top four targets. Kameel Jackson is transferring to Texas A&M, Jaz Reynolds was suspended 7 games, and Trey Franks was suspended for the year. We'll really see what he's made of this year. I don't expect him to flourish. He lost steam last year with Broyles out but atleast had the aforementioned three plus Kenny Stills. This year, all he has is Stills (which is a big help), Dejuan Miller, and some inexperienced youth. Jaz Reynolds, in particular, was supposed to breakout this year.

I love the idea of these developing a bit a rivalry, pushing each other to get to the QB first.

KNOCK ON WOOD. just sayin...

So one guy's (on SB Nation no less) speculation that Floyd won't start, based purely on some over-broad generalization that Whisenhunt doesn't start rookies, translates to "Floyd unlikely to start"? What a ridiculous statement. I just don't understand what people here have against Michael Floyd. The article you cite as your source, spurious as it is, even admits that Floyd will get a ton of snaps, even if he doesn't start. Why don't you wait to see what Floyd produces before dismissing his career and insinuating that he's a draft bust.

Mini-camp... everyone's in shorts... no live rush... For a guy whose biggest question mark is his height, I have a hard time believing anyone learned anything NEW about him in a rookie mini-camp, with no live rush.

Nigel is a bad man. Excited to see if he can crack the lineup, I think he was great pick.

To me, signing Vince Young is a good thing, and not because I think he's any good. It tells me they're serious about winning now. If Fitz goes down, they're not going to pack it in and limp towards another high draft pick. They want to find a guy that will be able to win some games and at least give them a puncher's chance at making the playoffs this season. He won't compete with Fitz because he can't make a pre-snap read. He will, however, be able to make a couple big plays here and there in an offense that is leaning heavily on its running game and he does have a big enough arm to keep defenses honest. Thigpen can't even provide that.

Is it just me, or does this feel like an incredible bargain? How much does Fred get if he doesn't get hurt last year and ends up with 1400 yds rushing and 800 yds receiving? This is an MVP caliber player in this offense. I can't wait to get things going this year. Can't remember being this excited about a team.

START THE SEASON!!! Can't wait.

A lot of the criticism had to do with the fact that they took Maybin, a project, over Orakpo, a sure thing. Plenty of analysts thought Maybin would develop into an elite pass rusher in a couple of years. I don't think the pick was as bad as Irvin at the time because most people had tagged Maybin with a first round grade. It was just that they skipped the established pass rusher in Orakpo. One of the craziest things I remember from the time is people making the argument that Orakpo was too strong in the weightroom already, that his strength didn't translate on the field, and that he had maximized his potential and wouldn't ever improve. The argument being that Maybin had all of this upside and room for growth whereas Orakpo was as good as he'd ever be.

He's gonna give up picks to take a guard?