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I like Tyrod more than a lot of people on this board. He's a guy with great character. Hard worker. He rarely does something to lose you the game. But he'll also rarely do something to win you the game. He's a game managing QB that can keep your team at .500 while the starter is out. Tyrod is an ideal backup despite people talking up his rankings. I mean, if the defense gives the offense the ball inside the opponents 20, does anyone here have faith that Tyrod will put the ball in the endzone? I'm interested to see what Peterman can do because we still need a starter, in my opinion. But we have to temper our expectations here. We're likely going to see some good QB play mixed in with some bad QB play. I guess this would fit in with the Favre comparison.

Does my opinion change? No. I love this team and where it's headed. They're well coached/prepared. They seem to play better as the game goes on. A lot of positives. But there are weaknesses too. The offense worries me. This offence only scored 1 touchdown last game. Only 3 touchdowns in the last 3 games. We're lucky that the defense and special teams have been playing lights-out. Yes, I know we played some tough defenses. But we still have to start punching it into the endzone. Besides Shady, we don't have big play threats (no offense to Clay and Tyrod). Having said that, I think we go on a run. I expect Week 12 against the Chiefs to be a very interesting game. Go Bills!

This is why we can't have nice things.

"What you want to do is throw a 60 yard bomb. If your guy isn't open down the field, just skip it off the turf on the 5 yard cross." Seriously though, he was a cool dude who embraced the city of Buffalo. His bombs to Lee Evans were fun to watch.

The best Applebee's in the country.

Well stated. Tyrod has great character so that makes it easy to cheer for him. But if he doesn't pull it together this year, we have to be ready to move on.

I know a lot of people here wanted the Bills to clean house, but I really wanted us to keep Monos.

You don't understand. Logic 'round these parts is that when a "dumb" decision is made, Whaley is in charge and needs to go. When a good move is made, Whaley didn't make the decision because he isn't in charge and will be gone in a week. TBD logic (such as it is).

Loud noises!!! Whaley needs to go. How could he pick this guy in the 5th round when Player x** and or Chad Kelly*** was there? Rabble rabble rabble... ** Player x equals a guy I've never watched play, I just fell in love with him as a sleeper when I read an obscure scouting report. *** Chad Kelly equals Ryan Leaf.

He could've gone pro. If coach put him in 4th quarter, they would've won state. No doubt in my mind.

I didn't say talented Wrs don't matter. I'm saying that taking one in the top 10 has rarely helped a struggling team get over the hump. Specifically because struggling teams usually don't have a franchise QB. Additionally, I didn't advocate, in my comment, that we take one of the top rated QBs in this years draft. I was just mentioning that there are still questions about Tyrod being that franchise guy. If we're staying put at 10, I want an impact guy. A rookie WRs ability to impact our team will rely on our questionable QB getting him the ball. Jeez, having Terrell Owens didn't impact our passing game because we had Trent Edwards throwing him the ball. I want Tyrod to succeed. I like him. But I'm not sold that he can be the guy. And I don't think you can just say that Tyrod hasn't succeeded because he doesn't have the weapons. Not with certainty any way. If bad receivers were the problem, there would he a good chance that this would reflect in Tyrod having a low completion percentage, or high interception rate. Taylor had neither. Sure there's a chance that Tyrod just needs more weapons. There's a chance that Williams/Davis/Ross will be able to make the transition to the NFL right away. But you have to put those odds against the chance that one of the top defenders will have an immediate impact. I'd say that history is on my side. But if the Bills take one of the WRs, I'll be cheering for them on Sundays, hoping for the chance to eat crow.

How many times over the past 20 years has a team selecting a WR in the top 10 gone on to post season success? It's very rare. Atlanta is one, but they had their franchise QB, plus they were already a good team that gave away a draft class to move up for Julio Jones. Mike Williams and Corey Davis are really good. But this team has needs. A receiver will not take us over the top when we don't have a sure franchise QB. Bad teams in our position take WRs in the top 10. Can we please stop with the calls for the Bills to take a receiver at 10?

Almost word for word what I was planning on writing.

Agreed. You are right. To your point, I'd like to see what Ragland has at mike before adding another.

I'm not a scout, but I don't see what everyone else see's in Foster. To me he looks like he's slowed down on the field because he's thinking too much. As a result, he seems to play smart, but reactionary football. On the other hand, watch someone like Haason Reddick play. That guy attacks the offense and just plays faster. Cliche to say this, but Foster has a higher floor, Reddick has a higher ceiling. But I'd take Reddick over Foster all day.

I just heard John Candy in my head. Thank you. But wasn't it Shanice?

I really like Mayock. But I never understood how he ever had Peppers ahead of Adams and Hooker. Also, I completely disagree with Watson as the #1 QB. In my opinion Watson was a terrific college QB. He is not an NFL QB.

I heard he ate Buffalo wings with ranch dressing.

My post wasn't meant to be a call for us to draft Kizer. I just wanted to throw the video out there for people to see. On the accuracy point, I've seen some beautiful throws from Kizer. But to be honest, I haven't watched enough of him to make a strong judgement either way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuJcPzb815A This was pretty impressive. I've seen a lot of QBs fail miserably when dealing with Mariucci. Just food for thought. In my opinion, football IQ and accuracy are the most important factors in a successful NFL quarterback.

Amazing athlete...bad football player.

Born and raised in Southern California. I was hesitant to respond here because I may have contributed to the Bills sorrows/curse... I became a fan on a day the Bills lost an ugly game. I became a Bills fan on January 8, 1989. The AFC championship game vs the Bengals. The Bills had a bad game in a hostile environment against an "unstoppable" offense. But I saw them fighting and I felt that I could see signs of greatness in the team. I was pulling for them in that game. And I've never stopped since then.

Couple of things. 1) He has Peppers ahead of both Adams AND Hooker at safety. Couldn't disagree more. And I like Peppers. 2) It's interesting that nickel back is now getting a separate header in DB rankings.

Hard to tell since we couldn't see his route running. The video doesn't show a lot of tough catches either. His play style reminds me of Hines Ward. Tough, strong, mean player. I'm not saying he'd be as good as Ward. Like I said, you can't tell much from this clip. It's rare to be able to judge a WR from Youtube highlight reels.

This is my thought as well. I was impressed with Listenbee's ability to make tough catches. He's not a track star playing football. He's a receiver who happens to be very fast. I'm expecting Listenbee to surprise a lot of people next season.