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I agree completely with this. I don't understand why everyone has been so down on Kyle Williams the past few months. Everyone keeps saying he took the money and ran, and now he won't do anything now that he got paid. That's just stupid. He had a bone spur that was making it difficult to walk, let alone play, yet he was out there doing the best he could through the pain for almost half a year before the coaches put him on IR. That tells me he's INCREDIBLY motivated, not that he's not motivated at all. I guarantee, he will be back to his normal form next year and everyone that's suddenly been so down on him this year will be acting like they never thought he was anything less than great.

You make it sound like rookie CBs never get burned. I guarantee you that there has never been a rookie CB that hasn't looked absolutely silly at times. It comes with more playing time in the NFL.

I'm really not sure why so many people keep harping about getting a "stud" WR. There are so many good WRs after the first round, it's a waste to draft one then. Yes, you can get elite WRs like Calvin Johnson, Andre Johnson, Randy Moss, etc. in the first round, but how much worse off are you with Greg Jennings (2nd), Hines Ward (3rd), (CAR) Steve Smith (3rd), Brandon Marshall (4th), Donald Driver (7th), Marques Colston (7th), etc.? I say go big men early and often on both lines. Can you imagine a D-line consisting of Marcell Darius, (a healthy) Kyle Williams, and then another 1st rounder? It would hardly matter who your LBs were because the OL would be so occupied with the three down linemen that not one of them would be able to get past the first level into the LBs. As mentioned before, it's really tough to guess who a good pass rusher would be, especially out of the 3-4. Draft them often (and not necessarily in the 1st round), and one of them will surely come out of it. Once you have that dominant front 7, the secondary will hardly matter. However, first we need someone who can actually develop players. We've been drafting defensive players like crazy the past few years, but none of them seem to develop too much. We REALLY need a good defensive coach who can provide that.

I don't know about that. I haven't watched much of Jeffrey, but was interested by what you all have been saying about him, so I just looked at some of his highlights and was less than thrilled with him. He could be a playmaker, but he seemed to catch the ball in his body too much, instead of with his hands, doesn't secure the ball once he catches it, and didn't seem to play incredibly fast. When he did have to extend to catch the ball, it looked like (from the highlights) he had good hands, but when he comes to the NFL, I think he's going to have some bad habits to break.

It really looks to me that the Saints put the Madden difficulty setting to "Rookie" last night...

See, my problem with all the Tebow hype after the Chargers game is that he was only 4-10 for 79 yards (granted with a TD) when he comes in off the bench after the Chargers game planned for Orton. Now that teams know that it's going to be Tebow, they will game plan and play much differently then if Orton were in. I'm not saying he will be great or horrible once they start game planning against him, I'm saying wait and see.

I find it interesting that Tampa doesn't get the Saints at Bucs game. Did they not sell out a divisional game? I guess I shouldn't expect it, being in Steelers country, but I'm still disappointed the Bills game isn't on CBS this week. Guess it's back to the sports bar here at Penn State this week...

You guys are talking like he should have been in the film room studying for the Broncos all week so he'd know all their blitzes inside and out. You forget, this is pre-season. No one cares or gameplans, so the fact that he wasn't fully prepared for the blitz this past week doesn't bother me too much. If it continues in the regular season, that's when you need to start worrying

I haven't been to practices, but on BB.com, the highlights show Dareus as the LE, while Merriman was the ROLB, so opposite sides.

I'm at Penn State and haven't found many Bills fans around. Anyone know any good places to go for games in State College, PA? I've been having to go to a Steelers bar that was near my old house, but the people are cool there and the owner started getting into the habit a reserving a TV for the Bills for me

If anyone tries to sign him to their roster, we have the option of doing the same thing. If he shows the skills to make the team immediately, by all means give him a spot. If not, then send him to the practice squad. If someone does try to scoop him up, and we think he's worth keeping, then we can just sign him instead.

Luke Stocker, TE

Because that's idiotic, and football would become baseball, with the Yankees of the NFL buying championships. The major drawing point in football is parity. Any team can be bad one year and good the next. The draft was put in place to ensure that, so the worst teams get a chance at the best players, keeping the sport interesting.

I think what most people are forgetting is that a lot of the busts at QB out there happened because a QB that was not ready for the NFL was thrown into a starting role regardless, developed bad habits from being under pressure behind a poor OL, and was never able to recover. If we do draft a QB at #3 (which I am wholeheartedly against), the absolute worst thing to do would be to throw him to the wolves immediately. Fitz was able to play well this past year because he has snap-decision making and a gunslinger mentality, and knows how to play in the NFL. If you draft and immediately start Gabbert or Newton, who looks at one person, and if that read isn't open, they tuck and run it, then you're just asking for them to bust. All these problems are magnified if the lockout continues and they have no practice time in the NFL before they start playing meaningful games, they would be absolutely lost, possibly irredeemably so.

Never EVER going to happen. No way the Vikes give up that many picks in this years draft, nor will the Bills ever trade down.

Your forgetting, though, that a pick in the future is worth less than one in the present. Who knows what it will be, it could be #32, it could be #1. Based on the last couple years, a second round pick this year is worth a first next year, a third this year is worth a second next year, etc. That means that #3 for #7, #76, and a first round next year is actually pretty accurate.

I love it! I also think it will never happen, but that would be a MUCH more interesting playoffs then the Cheatriots choking in the playoffs, the Steelers winning any AFC playoff game that's not against the Patriots, and everyone going on about the same QBs year after year.

Personally, my dream picks for the Panthers and Broncos are they both take a kicker, thus we have our pick of all the good players. If only...

Hawk was cut for a reason. He was never as good as he was hyped up to be before his draft. I don't see teams, especially the Pats, falling over themselves to sign him quickly

I completely disagree with your assessment of all the QBs. Most people have Newton and Gabbert as the 2 top tier QBs, and Locker's stock has been RISING since the combine, when he was lit up Indianapolis. Also, you're forgetting that as the draft gets closer and closer, QBs will be rated higher and higher. I'd honestly be surprised if at least 3 QBs didn't go in the top 10.

If you read how they decide how they determined the most miserable teams, it makes sense. It's not going for sheer futility, it's how many times you get into the post-season and/or the championship game, then choke. It's the teams "where fans have been exposed to teams good enough to get their hopes up, only to let them down in the end."

Okay, my problem with this list is that if you look at that list of first round picks, how many of them are both successful franchise QBs AND scrambling QBs? You're left with one, Michael Vick. And how many super bowls has he won? None. I don't even think he's won a playoff game, though I could be wrong. You don't waste a high first round pick on a scrambling QB. You don't draft a QB just to draft a QB. You could have every team draft a QB in the first round, because then every single one would have a 50-50 chance at a franchise QB, right?

Is it just me, or did he only seem to use speed going around the tackle to get his sacks in his highlight reel? I don't really want someone who will just try to run around the tackle all the time like Maybin and end up not doing anything ever. Also, does anyone here know why he missed last year?

I firmly believe that the Bills SHOULDN'T draft a QB this year (of course, that doesn't mean they won't...). If you draft someone in the first round, especially with the third pick in the draft, they should be starting immediately. None of the QBs listed as first round potential (Newton, Gabbert, Locker, Mallet), with the possible exception of Mallet, could come in and immediately start, they'd need time to come in and learn the pro game, sitting behind someone for a year or two. I don't think Mallet should be the pick at number 3, so therefore I don't believe that any of these four should be the pick at number 3, and I'm hoping Buddy and Chan see it this way, too. We need immediate help at multiple positions, and drafting someone who can't start immediately, with such high bust potential, isn't who we should be looking for. What do you all think?

I think the main thing everyone's forgetting is that if there's no CBA, then there's no free agency! There might not even be a free agency period, so going after all those TEs might not be possible