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Also interesting to note that he didn't have Bowers going in the 1st rd. Maybe that knee really is wrecked.

Thanks for the tip (Jimbo?) Hope it's not AJ

I'm pretty sure hate has beaten love to a bloody pulp. I think I asked you this before, but isn't that Vincent (rips his hometown of Buffalo every time he sees a camera rolling) Gallo in the top tat on your arm? Are you Vincent Gallo? Is Malarchuk's severed neck in the on deck circle?

I thought it was a great line - funny and true. I'll be using it in the future

Just think, there was a time when newly-drafted players would slip into this: Retro Bills' Hat

Here's a guy a lot of UB fans will be happy to know is still playing pro ball: Drew Willy

Bills get compensatory 7th - "Winning."

Tom Cousineau #1 overall by the Bills in 1979.

Deal. Lunch at the restaurant of the winner's choice?

While I agree with many of your points I think that the fact that Chan will be in year 2 of what, iirc, is a 3-year contract will make it near impossible for him to sit a #3 overall QB for a year. If he does that it would put him in the position of having 8-10 games max in year 3 (When the Bills would be looking to extend him)with a 1st year starting QB to extend his life as an NFL head coach. Remember, this is already his 2nd kick at the can as a top man in the NFL. If he fails here he won't get a third shot. Also, if the rookie looks good in preseason, it would make it very hard for the staff to stick with their plan, especially if Fitz stumbles coming out of the gate. I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts right now that any QB that's drafted that high by the Bills starts over Fitz from day 1.

Nice Bills tat. Is that Vincent (I hate my hometown of Buffalo) Gallo above it? Just a side note, my brother-in-law got a Bills tat and it turns out he's allergic to red ink, so it bubbled up horribly.

If they do go QB at #3 that guy is your 2011 starter from game #1 - no question. For the people that say let him sit behind Fitzy like Aaron Rodgers did, I respectfully remind them that Rodgers sat only because he was behind an NFL institution known as Brett Favre. You don't make the multi-million dollar commitment that a QB at #3 requires to have the guy sit for 1/4 of his rookie contract before you find out if he is the man. So for all of the Fitzpatrick loyalists (and I may be one) be careful what you wish for. If Gabbert or Newton has his name called at #3, Fitz goes straight back to the bench.

I thought that the interesting part of the article was the players complaints about the difficulty in dealing with year-round training and added games. Maybe Coach Levy with his "Club Marv" approach really was on the money after all.

Thanks for posting. By my quick perusal the Bills' pick is projected all over the place - can't really call Newton the consensus. Oh, and F the *Pastie site for projecting Tryon Smith to us at 3.

Thanks for the clarification, John.

Nice catch. You have to wonder how anyone feels post-combine. Now, many are predicting he will fall way back into the 1st rd.

I don't necessarily disagree, but there was (with Cousineau's CFL time and Kelly's USFL career) 7 years from the time the first pick was made and a resulting player hit the field in a Bills' uni. If that happened today fans would probably riot and burn the stadium down. Maybe what is most interesting is that two co-joined Number 1 picks both chose to play in inferior leagues rather than play for the Bills.

I was reading Tim Graham's column on the worst draft picks in the history of the AFC East. He commented that most of the Bills' fans that responded must have been young because the busts they chose (Maybin, M. Williams, McCargo - etc) were all made in the last decade. He was surprised that there weren't votes for Patulski, Tuttle and Terry Miller. I also thought of former number 1 overall Tom Cousineau and wondered why his name never seems to come up in discussions of monumental Bills' busts. He never played for the Bills; went to the CFL and played for Montreal instead. When he wanted back in the NFL, the Bills traded his rights to Cleveland for the 14th overall pick, which turned into Jim Kelly and took a lot of the sting out of the wasted pick.(By the way, in his years with Cleveland, Cousineau was all NFL twice, but never played in the Pro Bowl - not sure how that is possible. Anyway, I came across this column from last year. I'm sure that it probably was posted here, but it details the decision that Tom made to eschew the Bills in favor of Montreal. Tom Couineau Here is an excerpt that shows just how badly the Bills screwed things up and screwed Coach Chuck Knox in the process: Cousineau remembered spending draft day at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, then going to Buffalo where he went through some physical tests and answered questions at a news conference. Bills officials said they would take Cousineau back to his hotel, then pick him up for a casual, get-to-know-you dinner -- these were the days before the draft was an industry. "I was waiting at the hotel (for dinner) and they never showed," Cousineau said. "They never called. I'm not kidding. Hearing no or being turned down or snubbed was not a new experience, but it seemed ... first of all very rude. And inhospitable." His agent, Jimmy Walsh (who also represented Joe Namath) took it more personally. "Jimmy was mortified," Cousineau said. "And then he got mad. And he sort of incited me, to be honest with you. I thought it was unusual, but Jimmy really took exception to it. So we just ordered something at the hotel. "We sat there, and he said, 'Listen, I'll make a phone call if you don't mind. I have a good friend, Sam Berger, he owns the Montreal Alouettes and he's a wonderful, wonderful guy. I don't know what's going on, but I'm going to give them something to think about.'" Less than 12 hours after Cousineau had been the first overall pick, Walsh disappeared, returned and said the pair had an appointment in Montreal the next day. By the end of that day, Cousineau said he had an agreement with Montreal for a three-year deal -- but the deal would void if he decided he preferred Buffalo. He tried to negotiate with the Bills, but Buffalo's best offer was five years and $1.2 million. Montreal offered, with the signing bonus, a little more than $1 million for three years, Cousineau said. As talks bogged down, Cousineau said he remembered then Bills-coach Chuck Knox visiting him at Cleveland Airport and being near exasperated at the pace of negotiations between Walsh and GM Stew Barber. "Going to Canada was never my first choice," Cousineau said. "And the Bills didn't have to match, but we told them, 'You need to do better. You know it and I know it.' Just compared to the guys downstream in that draft year who had already signed. I said, 'Why did you guys draft me? Did you draft me because you thought I would work for something that was not equitable? Is there something in my personality that led you to believe ... let's be fair. That's all I'm looking for.' "And (Knox) was beside himself. He said, 'I'm doing everything I can.'" It never became enough. Cousineau went to Montreal, and is still not sure why Buffalo did not come closer to the money the Alouettes offered. "(Barber) was sort of the old guard," Cousineau said. "I think he resented the growth in salaries and where the game was going. I would imagine he'd have huge problems today." The Bills at that time were known for their spendthrift ways, and the team was not a good one. In the five seasons between 1975 and 1980, the Bills won 17 games. It was not until Bill Polian took over in 1985 that the Bills started to win consistently. Was the Bills' offer fair? A Sports Illustrated story prior to the draft said Cousineau could expect an offer in the five-year, $1 million range, but Cousineau heard players taken after him made more. "At the end of the day, it was their ball," Cousineau said. It just shows that for all that Ralph Wilson has done for WNY by keeping the Bills here for all of these years, his reflexive cheapness has hurt his teams for decades and ultimately cost him a lot of pleasure as an owner. In other words, he left a lot of wins on the table.

Don't know if this has been posted yet. ESPN blog column on the likelihood of Cam ending up with each individual NFL team. Bills are only team rated "High." Where will Cam Newton land?

Nice call. :thumbsup:

Sorry I found this thread so late. Here's a song and video that was stuck in my head and I finally remembered enough to locate it. Don't know why this guy didn't make it big, but he has an amazing voice. The video is so stylistic, in a simple way, and I dare you to try to take your eyes off of it. Finally, the one back-up singer (the brunette with the hoop earrings)has a smile and eyes that make me want to buy her a house. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4KQnM5ogtw

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Presser

To even ask him that question was terrible on the part of Scott Brown from Channel 2. Here is a guy saying things that, as a Sabres' fan, had me believing I was having a wet dream. Only in Buffalo could we then say, "Yeah, this is great, but will you save the Bills, too?" Bush league. But what a day to be a Sabres' fan!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC3GrpNNcpY&feature=player_embedded# I bet she'll never steal from him again.