Prickly Pete

Giving the 9th and 41st in this draft is maybe worse (depending on where the Bills finish). Next years draft won't be nearly as deep, because so many Juniors jumped this year. This is the draft to collect extra picks not fritter away a high second to move up a few picks.

Because it's easy to do on a message board, where there are no repercussions. People are falling in love watching NFL draft porn.

I would rather keep both #9 and #41, (jeez, a top ten pick should bring in a pretty good quality player) knowing that at #41 you should get a guy that any other year would likely be a top 20 pick. It's crazy to throw that away, especially considering that next years draft will be thin. Luckily, I doubt they are that foolhardy.

It's considered maybe the deepest draft ever, and people want to trade away high picks.

How many here would have signed Jerry Rice the season he went to Seattle? It's just the wrong time for a team like the Bills to sign him, and that should be obvious to anyone that follows the NFL.

? They just went to the AFC Championship Game without him.

There were 15 better prospects last draft, 15 better the draft before, 15 better the one before that, 15 better....and most failed. I don't see the point. Teams are trying to find a good QB, not competing to find the most obscure guy to develop.

Is it me, or does it seem to take a long time for the ball to get to the receivers? I don't know if he puts too much air under it, or just doesn't have much spin, but the ball isn't moving very fast to me.

I pretty sure they will select a Linebacker, an O-lineman, and a Defensive Back in the draft. The guys they brought in are the kind of guys you look to shore up the holes where the rookies don't work out. At the very least, we now know that they have figured out the weak points of the team (which, for the Bills is progress). Graham is the perfect Free Agent CB pickup for this team, a guy that won't immediately become the target of the offense when he enters the game (ala Justin Rogers). I'm confident that Chris Williams will do at least as well as Legursky (who was basically a turnstile), because Legursky is as bad as it gets. The pivotal areas that any real progress is dependent on, are the QB and coaching staff improving.

Does anyone know if there is any kind of connection with Williams and someone with the Bills? Like, did he play for any of the guys on the coaching staff, or something like that?

They tried, it didn't work out. It's just millions of dollars down the drain, no big whup. Enough to transform the lives of at least a handful of children (if properly allocated), but you know, this is the NFL, back up Qb's are important, even if they never see the field.

Whine. Go support the Seahawks.

Bad move. The Saints are soon to be the Ain'ts again, they have peaked. Brees likely has a decent season or 2 left.

I'm real cynical when it comes to these "Imagine, Mario and Ware together, no stopping 'em. Best D line in the league, yay!" type dreams. It never works out that way. What the Bills need is to get the weaknesses of the team shored up, not sink big money into Darrelle Revis, or Ware. Other than that, it's all about how the coaching and QB develop.

Yes, I live in fear of the day the Bills have to face Byrd again! What will they do?

Good luck to him and all, but I find Kevin Kolb's signing and departure about as interesting as watching paint dry.

Where did I call him the "4th CB"? Obviously he would be the main man, I'm referring to a 4th CB because that is what the Bills are in need of NOT another starter.

I really think the key is to have at least "adequate" players at each position. A team could have Richard Sherman, but if the other CB is Justin Rogers, it's pretty much all for naught. The Bills CB starters are good, but there is a hole at linebacker and, if Byrd leaves, safety,

He is better no doubt, but the Bills have pretty good CB's already. I don't believe that Revis would improve the starting defense as much as another above-average linebacker would.. The starting CB's aren't a weakness of this team. It isn't about Revis vs. Byrd, it's about where can the team be improved that would have the most impact. Byrd leaving creates a hole, Revis coming in creates a crowd of talent at CB, but leaves a hole at safety.

Was this board active during the OJ drama?

What makes you think they can't? Obviously, the guy wasn't on the roster last year, that doesn't mean they can't find a suitable 4th string guy without bringing in Darrelle Revis. There is a huge difference between "we need a suitable guy to fill in now and then" and "we need Darrelle Revis", isn't there?

"Good Grief" huh? I'm the guy that thinks them putting Justin Rogers on the field cost them the playoffs. They have a nice set of starters, they need a 4th CB, but they can find a decent enough guy (meaning "better than Justin Rogers") without bringing in Revis (I would rather they break the bank for Byrd than pay Revis). The team has serious needs at linebacker, OL, and WR. Those are the positions that need attention

They can get a serviceable 4th CB somewhere. They need help elsewhere. Revis is a pain in the a**.

He is an ego-maniac, and will make silly demands. I think the starting CB's are fine.

What I get from this thread, is that many fans see this as some kind of litmus test of the Bills commitment to winning. I don't. I see it as them trying to make a good decision in this particular instance, and I'm not gonna hold the past against them. They had them last season, and finished 6-10. The drop off with a decent safety won't be drastic. With the remaining guys having gained experience, and no Justin Rogers, it should still be a strong unit.