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One of the biggest jokes in this article I see is that they have Indy going to the Super Bowl for the AFC. Granted, Andrew Luck is very good, and the AFC South is very weak, so they will be going to the playoffs. I just don't think they compare in any way to the big boys. When you have a spectacular QB, but absolutely nothing else, you're kinda screwed. Kinda like how if you are good everywhere but QB...

I don't get all the people on here demanding that EJ be replaced with our first next year. He has half a year experience under his belt, that's it. He had some games that could imply he's a bust. He's also had some flashes that could imply that with consistency, he could be a top-10 QB, if not better. If he keeps playing like last year (if not improves) with at least flashes of brilliance, I don't see any possible way the Bills use a first round pick next year on a QB, even if they had it. I've also heard people saying that Bills are in a win-now mentality. My response to that: FINALLY! How long has it been since we've had that mentality? Where we genuinely expect to win and are pissed off when we don't? The fact that we made this move will probably signal to the entire team the demand that we win now, and that we expect to win now. There shouldn't be that "lovable loser" mentality, and I doubt it will be allowed any more. The players can either buy into that mentality or buy a ticket out of Buffalo. I don't know which I approve of more, enforcing that win now mentality onto the organization, or the pick itself in that we are most likely getting a true blue-chip player and a #1 WR, someone who I personally expect to become a top-5 player at his position. For all the nay-sayers out there who still think this was a bad trade, and that we gave up too much next year, I have this to say to you. Even if E.J. does end up not being the QB of the future, we are set to provide for the next. We have WRs who, by the time we get another QB, will have the experience and ability to be one of the best receiving cores in the league. With the picks this weekend on our line, Kujo and Richardson, we've shored up the offensive line with good young players who, along with Wood and Glenn, could become one of the better lines in the league. We have one of the better RB tandems in the league. We had a good, aggresive defense last year, and other than the loss of Byrd, it's getting better. I've looked ahead to the people who could become free agents in 2015, and there's no one who cannot be replaced, or would need to be replaced due to retirement, anyways (Jerry Hughes, Fred Jackson, Erik Pears, Brandon Spikes, Searcy, and Easley are the cream of that particular crop). If we do in fact need to replace E.J., that new QB will be surrounded by a young team that still has some experience, and should only be getting better.

I feel like not getting into the playoffs despite the expansion would be ever more "Billsy"

Lets win the offseason! That always works out well!

I'm with #34fan. You pay your elite players at whatever position they play, then fill in holes around them as necessary. Any non-elite players are expendable. It's elite players that win you championships.

Okay, I get that. Cordy is very good. I agree. But if you get a second OT, the better one, whichever that is, plays the blind side. If you don't have a second OT, though, like currently do not, what happens when the other team actually has a second good pass rusher? Or, like with Mario Williams, the best pass rusher likes to play against that RT that isn't as good as the LT? Your QB goes down, you can't run the ball well, etc. I am completely fine with us drafting an OT. Even if Cordy remains awesome and the other LT never surpasses him, if Cordy ends up leaving after his contract is up, we would then have someone to plug in at LT instead of being screwed like we were after Jason Peters. Additionally, the FO has more leverage when Cordy's contract comes up, saying "hey, we don't absolutely need you, we can just plug in this other incredible LT." Then, we have the chance of keeping Cordy long term at a fair price that doesn't keep us from being able to pay anyone else, we have another OT to take care of the other side of the line, and we're set at C with Woods long term, so we just need some serviceable guards and have a great offensive line that can dominate at the line of scrimmage for years to come. How is that a bad thing, or not game-changing? Dominating the line of scrimmage is game changing at its most basic, even if it's not what you see in the replays.

Nothing pisses me off more with regards to the draft than considering any of the three top OT in this draft, all of whom are probably better than any of the OTs from the last draft, RTs. Even if they play their first year or two as a RT, they were drafted to be LTs, and they will most likely become LTs unless they bust. I also get mad at anyone who says that it would be a waste for us to draft a RT in this draft. The only way they would stay a RT is if they are unable to outplay Cordy. Once they start to outplay the LT, they will become the LT. And judging by the skills of the OTs in this draft, that phase in their development should actually come fairly quickly. That's not disrespecting Cordy, that's saying how good these OTs likely will become. Anyone who says that drafting an OT would be a waste because it wouldn't be a difference-making pick is kinda ignorant in my opinion, as you would be getting one of the best OTs in the game and the makings of an absolutely dominant line. Dominant offensive lines are something we've lacked for the past couple decades, and probably explain why we've had so much trouble developing a QB. Even if Manuel isn't the QB of the future for us, we'd at the very least have a line to provide a safety blanket for the next QB we try to develop.

There are some on there I think are MUCH better than the current iteration of the team's uniform, like the Jags, Eagles, Raiders, and Dolphins, but there are others that are REALLY bad, including the Bills. It was weird, cause when I saw the Giants in the first row, the colors and everything really looked like a Bills uniform until I took in the huge NY on the front

I don't get why all of you are like "RTs aren't difference makers" or "we should get an elite player, and RTs aren't elite" and all that. If one of the best players in the draft happens to be a tackle, and for now you can plug him in at RT because you have an even better tackle already at LT, then you have the foundation of an absolute kick@$$ dominant line. If that tackle becomes better Cordy, or Cordy gets hurt, he could then slide over to LT, and there's no drop off at the position. So argueing that we shouldn't draft one of the best players in the draft simply because we already have a very good LT in Cordy Glenn makes absolutely no sense to me. All that being said, I believe that if Sammy Watkins is still on the board when we draft, he should definitely be the pick. If not, then one of the two top tackles. I believe that 3-4 QBs will go before we draft, as well as Clowney, so if all of those are off the board, you go with either Barr or Mack. That's my opinion.

I just can't see there being less than 3 QBs taken before we get on the clock, which means he is most likely gone. To be perfectly honest, I wouldn't be surprised by 4 or more. There are a lot of QB hungry teams out there, and no real stop-gap solutions in FA, so teams will reach for QBs. I don't think there's any chance he's still around when we're on the clock.

Something that might be more telling is the record of teams when they are in one score games in the last 10-15 minutes. I'd say it's a close game if you're only one score ahead or one score behind in the fourth quarter. IMO, you can still have a close game even if the team that is up manages a pick-6 in the last two minutes (or something else along those lines), putting the score differential at >8 points.

Well this sucks. I'm finally going to be home for a game this season instead of at college and was looking forward to watching a Bills game in the comfort of my own home, instead of having to go out to a sports bar. Now I'm going to have to, anyways...

I'd be in favor of drafting a QB early this year, as well. We don't know how Manuel will turn out, but is there any reason to put all your eggs in one basket? Keep Manuel, draft another QB, then give them more weapons at WR and TE (and do addition by subtraction by getting rid of TJ Graham), improve the offensive line, and let the defense worry about itself. Focus on the offense. Offense wins championships. The only reason the defense has had trouble this year is because they're put on the field so much by a failing offense that gives the ball back to the other team far too quickly. If we can develop a QB, that defense would be protecting a lead, they wouldn't be on the field as much, and would be able to tee off on QBs even more than they already do. Then a year or two down the road, when we've determined which QB is better, we can use the other for trade bait, hopefully get more high draft picks, and keep a winning cycle going (for once in this franchise's history). Granted, that's a pretty rosy outlook, but it's possible, especially if we can replace Hackett with an OC that actually has any idea what he's doing, whatsoever.

Of course you have. Any time Goodwin goes deep, he's interfered with much worse than that

I've been wondering the same thing the past decade

How many times have we seen Chandler run into the path of the ball carrier? He's retarded when trying to block down field

I just heard "The Buffalo Bills showed up here at 4-8..." We showed up this week? Coulda fooled me

Wow, that last TD was bad. Aaron Williams is just like "oh, please, take the entire middle of the field. I'll just stand here on the outside doing nothing."

Does anyone know where I can find video of all the penalties called in a week? As a Bills fan, especially after that phantom call on Aaron Williams, I feel like we're unfairly picked on with respect to penalties, week in and week out. This wouldn't help me find the videos of the blatant penalties that should have been called but weren't, but I could try to figure out if other teams are getting screwed just as much as we are. Also, since I wouldn't be as biased during the week as duing the middle of the game, I could try to figure out if we actually are getting screwed by the refs.

FINALLY we get a F***ing call. What the H*** is wrong with these refs?

3rd and goal, what do you do?

Eh, I go into every game knowing the refs are going to try to screw us over. Doesn't matter if it's home or away.

I'm really amused by how he says that EJ is careless with the football. 7 games, 4 INTs. Dead on there. EJ's very careless with it.

Not only that, but I remember three consecutive drives where I was just getting more and more pissed off at the refs. There was the Kyle Williams penalty first, which was complete bull. Then the no call on their last touchdown on 3rd down where the receiver stepped out of bounds, right before he caught it, then stepped back in as he made the catch. That's illegal touching and should at least have been brought back. Then the next drive there was the no call on the obvious pass interference on the Goodwin bomb. We punt it, they come back down the field. We sack Dalton on (I believe) 3rd down. The ref directly behind Dalton calls a facemask, when both defenders grabbed shoulder pads. Not even helmet. I left the bar I was at after that call.

I'm so pissed about that game, more because of the refs than anything. It was such bulls***. On that last punt return, they literally tackled one of our gunners from behind. No flag. The Kyle Williams flag? Bullcrap. The last passing touchdown Dalton had? The receiver stepped out of bounds, came back in just in time to catch the ball. No flag. The deep pass to Goodwin the next play? The CB grabs him from behind and pulls him backwards out of reach of the ball. No flag. The sack of Dalton that was called a facemask? The ref literally right behind him called it, he couldn't even see the facemask, and the two defensive lineman that grabbed him both obviously grabbed shoulder pads, not even anywhere on the helmet. Crap penalty. Every time we stopped them on 3rd down, it seemed like the refs gave them a first down for no reason. That Robey penalty on A.J. Green? About as clean of a play as it gets in the NFL these days. There was nothing there. It was stupid. I've never been so pissed off at all the bull crap and non-calls.