Dan

Exactly.... different people have different motivations. For some it may be competition with a friend. For others, the drive to be in the HOF. For some it's just plain old money. The key is finding out what motivates the guy and using it. If it's money for this guy... no problem give him an incentive laden contract and gladly hand over the cash when he puts Brady's head on stake and delivers it to you.

Well seeing as how the Chiefs were all about saying they expected 6 starters; I'd say a team gets out of a draft what they want (for the most part). And yes, they may have tried to trade up and/or down and couldn't. However, I would think that if they wanted to move up a few spots sinto the high second or mid second, they could have. Plenty of teams moved around with fairly reasonable offers - why couldn't the Bills if they wanted to? My guess is they didn't because they didn't want to. Really, do you think they don't know Fowler blows? do you think they don't know they could vastly improve at TE? That's exactly what I'm suggesting. Just because you or I think they blow, that doesn't mean that Jauron does. I would rather that they waited until next year to fill a position with a top pick or in free agency than waste picks on marginal players that aren't any better than the guys they already have. I agree.

When was the last time there was pre-season hype about the Bills outside the city of Buffalo?

Under the title of... FWIW... NFLN TA just ended with a quick segment..who's under the radar and had a good draft. Tom Waddle selected the Bills. Said we made alot of good moves and got some great talent.

They have all the pundits talking about them and saying how great they did. And, come on, isn't that really what's important.

OK.. not sure why.. but this was funny as sh--.

I think you've hit on something here. We could trade our best 2 players each year and get some great draft picks. That way we could win the draft every year!

Agree 100%. I'm still very optimistic for the season, but then again, I'm always optimistic about the Bills.

No. But that's my point. If the Bills' brass really thought we needed one, they could have traded up and gotten one. In the past 2 drafts they've traded back up to get players. This year they seemed content to get those situational/depth kind of guys. That's my point. Many think we needed a stud TE or a new C, apparently, Brandon doesn't.

Must say.... that was one hell of a highlight video. Very well-done. I think we just got the steal of the draft.

Going in most posters here thought we had a few glaring holes to fill - WR, TE, CB, OG, DT. Well, upon reflection (while washing my truck for the last bit), I can only come to one logical conclusion. The FO came into the draft thinking we only needed to find about 2 starters - WR and CB. It's fairly obvious that they started selecting BPA to fit certain need areas in the 3rd round. If they really wanted a starting TE out of this draft, there were just too many options to select a better prospect than Fine. If they really wanted depth on the Oline, they could have easily selected a few guys for that. And so forth. IMO, they got the 2 guys they wanted - a starting CB and a starting WR. Then they just started filling the roster with depth type players that could be good on Special Teams and possibly surprise us all and step into as starters roll in a few years. So, I ask, is it possible that the team is closer to competing for a playoff spot than many posters think? Personally, I thought we were still 1 year away from a draft like this. Apparently, the FO disagrees. I guess we'll see in November.

Hey... I'm tryin over here.

It has been said before that defense wins championships.

See what happens when I get up to use the bathroom.

And that's my primary hope. They think we have plenty of quality starters and are just taking BPA, fillers that can make the team on Special Teams.

Yep. They need to get Dukes out of there and put him on ESPN. He tries to get his point across by shouting, no matter how stupid it is. I've actually seen Mayock raise his hand a few times to try and get a word in. It's annoying - actually made me flip back to ESPN a few times.

He's no Hamdan.

Sorry. The draft turned sorry with that Corner pick so I tried to have a little fun. And getting the next "Official" pick post from you was my last best effort. Perhaps the day2 is not so bad afterall

Did I beat him to the punch???

I'm gonna guess we shake it up a bit and get another great DB.

I see what you and others are saying. But, case in point, we got 6 turnovers against Dallas, but still lost the game because our offense could only score 3 points. At some point, you have to do something on the offensive side. We had a really bad offense last season, what have we done to address it?

Apparently depth on the Oline is too much to ask for. But, I agree with you.

I'm not sure anyone can. Did they wake up and forget there was another day to the draft? Ellis now Corner, no trade ups to preserver your late round picks. Someone enlighten me.

OK.. the draft just turned sour for me. Why do we need another CB?

I can understand your concern over the pick. I really can. My initial reaction was a similar preponderance as to why a CB is the biggest need on the team. As I rationalize it, you had essentially 2 players at 11 and they made a decision as to who they thought would be better. What I question (or wonder) did they try to trade back up and get another player? I thought we would see that. But, lets have a little patience and see what Jauron and the rest of the coaching staff do with these guys. I'll be right here with you calling for Jauron's head if the team continues to come out looking flat and has piss poor offensive game plans that do nothing. But, until then, we have to be positive and remain ever hopeful.