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Hill and a teammate effectively raped an underage girl and got away with lighter charges. What he did was not simply statutory rape, but sexual assault. I don't want this guy anywhere near the Bills.

You consider unfamiliarity with a specific episode of a 1980s sitcom to be "cultural illiteracy"?

"Some baggage"? Hill has serious character problems, and I would not want the guy on the team.

Solid, but I will say that I agree with Peter King's contention that the Patriots are likely to pass on the boom/bust Hageman in favor of a "safer" pick like Stephen Tuitt.

Why are this borderline-illiterate "reporter"'s tweets relevant?

Regarding the bolded text above: Do you follow the N.F.L.? While there were quite a few busts in 2008's first round, there are certainly more than five players worth a first-round pick, and more than five players worth their draft slots. Chris Long is one of the best defensive ends in the league. Matt Ryan is a top-ten quarterback. Jerod Mayo has been a great LB for the Patriots. Flacco won a Super Bowl. Ryan Clady is one of the best offensive tackles in the game. Jake Long has been hit by injuries recently, but he is still a top OT and is certainly not a bust, though the Dolphins would certainly prefer to have drafted Ryan. Chris Johnson had some great years and was worth his draft slot. Aqib Talib has been a top-five CB some years despite his legal troubles. Cherilus and Albert are solid, but not star, tackles who have proven to be worth mid-first-round picks. Unless you expect every first-round pick to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, there are certainly more than five "worthy" first-round picks, and there are certainly a few more players from that draft worth their draft slot.

Most of the content- regarding the details of what it would take to bring the team to Buffalo, and who the potential suitors are, like the Bon Jovi/Rogers possibility- is valid and useful information for anyone interested in the Bills or football. It's a shame that the writer had to have a lede about Mr. Wilson's being "out of the way." This article's timing is fine, but the attitude towards someone's passing is certainly not.

Your earlier post suggested we could get a "3rd, 4th, or 5th round pick" for Graham from the Eagles. Those are mid-round, not late-round, picks. How does fantasy football correlate to the asinine suggestion that Graham might fetch a mid-round draft pick from any N.F.L. team? Is there a chance that we get a conditional seventh round pick for Graham? Sure. You clearly follow the N.F.L. and the Bills closely enough to know that your original post was absurd, man.

I wish the best to the Wilson family. Thank you, Ralph, for everything.

I agree 100%. I got knocked for my Russ Brandon thread which I created during Week 2 of the past season, but it is clear that the fundamental problems in this organization have not changed.

You either a) want to cut Goodwin or b) believe he would be a better fit in the lineup than Graham?

Vernon Davis was drafted sixth overall in the 2006 Draft.

Good analysis. Gundlach was, of course, a name at TCW, and probably could charge more than your average bond fund, but I highly doubt bond funds can charge the 2% standard for private equity and venture capital firms; the standard bond fund fee is probably 1%, like p.e./v.c. fund of funds. I am leaning towards his being a billionaire, but he *might* not quite be there yet. Forbes lists are based off of publicly available information- i.e., someone like Steve Schwartzman's net worth can be easily traced through Blackstone's market cap and his held shares pre/post I.P.O.; someone who runs a private fund, like Leon Black of Apollo (who is the real owner of the 76ers) can have their wealth conservatively estimated by the size of the fund and I.R.R., plus information like share of carried interest/management fees that might be available. If Gundlach is a billionaire, Forbes doesn't want to overestimate someone's wealth, so the information they have might peg him at, say, $800 million. Half of the people who should be on Forbes' list aren't.

http://www.pionline.com/article/20110822/PRINT/308229941/gundlachs-money-ego-spotlighted-in-trial As of 2011, Gundlach (in civil court) disclosed his net worth as being $90 million. He received $66.7 million from TCW afterward. Doubleline manages $52 billion. I'm not sure what Gundlach receives as carried interest, or what they charge as management fees (I have no idea what Doubleline's fee structure is and can't find any publicly-available information), but let's assume he has at least 50% ownership. You may be right that Gundlach is a billionaire, but there isn't solid proof. On what basis do you think Gundlach is a multi-billionaire?

Bold? Mario, Kyle, or Dareus gets cut Leodis or Hughes holds out Gundlach isn't worth enough, and is embroiled in too many legal conflicts, to buy an N.F.L. team. Haslam was a lesson for the league.

I'm not seeing this anywhere on Twitter. Are you sure ESPN didn't report that Koetter is set to interview with the Browns?

Why even bother mentioning, or following, Incarcerated Bob? He is a fraud. Pettine is probably hired, but legitimate news sources- like ESPN Cleveland, per Dave McKinley- are reporting that Pettine is being offered the job.

Aren't mentions of Incarcerated Bob banned on this board?

Even if Hackett were qualified to be a Q.B. coach- and he probably is- it is absurd, from a time management perspective, to have a rookie O.C. also serve as Q.B. coach for a rookie Q.B., especially with no veteran Q.B. on the roster. Marrone exhibits considerable hubris.

PFW stopped publishing new material last year.

NoSaint does have a point. Many N.F.L. coordinators/college head coaches choose to stay at stable jobs rather than an N.F.L. job with a bad roster than could ruin their reputation if they lose over the course of two or three years. Josh McDaniels has been a head coach before, but he chose to stay with the Patriots as O.C. for good reason: he likely won't get fired.

Why would Marrone have left a very stable job as Syracuse's H.C. to become an assistant H.C./coordinator with Buffalo?

Long hair does not preclude competence. I never said that. It does, however, reduce speed and provide a target for opposing players to grab on, as hair is considered part of the uniform. Players constantly get their hair pulled under the pile, and potentially suffer injury as a result. Work on your reading comprehension. Coaches require special privileges to wear suits.

If I ran an N.F.L. team, I would enforce a rule like George Steinbrenner's. Long hair has a detrimental effect on football performance.

There are, but quite a few of them are college head coaches with little interest in moving to the N.F.L.