Inigo Montoya

If you've never been to AT&T Stadium (Cowboy's Stadium) you need to go. It is spectacular. If you contrast that with New Era Field its like comparing an MRE to a four course meal at a great restaurant. Playing in a dome versus the elements in Buffalo might help pad your stats a bit. Next contract might have a bit more money. Quarterback play... Dak Prescott vs ??? No state income taxes in Texas vs New York with some of the highest taxes in the country. Two prime time games a year for Dallas versus a clunker Thursday night game for the Bills. If I had no ties to Buffalo, I'd go to Dallas too....

I appreciate everything he did in Buffalo and the way he represented our town with class. I think he played hard and handled his benching and contract situation with dignity and professionalism. He didn't do anything to foster a locker room schism when all this was going on which could have hurt the team and possibly cost us our playoff appearance. There were times when he was throwing to a roster of wide receivers that was arguably the worst group in the league. I'll always be a fan of TT but it was time to move on for both sides. I wish him nothing but the best in the future, except when he plays our Bills....

Hey Matter, I am all for them drafting a QB in this draft, I just hope they don't sell the farm to move up into the top 5 of the draft. I think the Jet's trade up has made it too expensive to do so. There is a chance one of the "elite" guys drops, but even if they don't I would be happy to grab Rudolph with a later pick. Use those other picks to put players around who ever the QB is so they have a fair chance to have success. I would have no problem going into camp with McCarron, Rudolph, and Peterman competing for the starting job.

Just watched the video and it looks like he is on synthetic marijuana, aka, spice, K2, pot pourri, black mamba. I've worked for 21 years in the busiest ER in my state and I have watched everything change from crack cocaine initially, to meth, to the synthetics like this spice garbage, and now heroin. We never see the "good" experiences with spice, we always get the raving lunatic brought in with the police fighting everyone, out of their minds. I'm not sure how often you get one of these bad experiences with spice. When they are on this stuff it's almost like the are on PCP, they are super strong and seem to feel no pain. It takes everyone piling on them to stop them. It's like a damn rugby scrum. They are psychotic, they can't be reasoned with. All you can do is subdue them and load them up with Geodon or Haldol and wait for them to crash. We don't have a medical test to detect spice in our hospital and I don't know if one exists. My guess is that it is not a tested drug in the NFL CBA. I think some players may see spice as an alternative to marijuana and they don't have to worry about failing a drug test. Unfortunately, every now and then you can have one of these bad experiences. I wish Zay all the best. We all make mistakes. I hope he is physically OK, that was an awful lot of blood coming out of somewhere. I'm sure right now he is no longer under the influence and feels humiliated and embarrassed and is worried that he may have just thrown everything away with one bad decision. I believe in second chances, I hope he gets one.

I was young once too. **** happens. : )

One of the beat writers for the Jets was on NFL Radio Saturday and said Stanford was a solid LB that was stuck primarily on special teams due to team “politics”. He didn’t elaborate on what those politics were. He said that the Stanford signing was going to be a coup for the Bills.

They absolutely had to do something to shore up the run defense this year. You just can not win if you can't stop the run. I don't know if they overpaid or not, I'm not an expert on NFL contracts. I'm satisfied that McBeane knows Star and they see him making a big difference in our defense. In my mind McBeane has accumulated some benefit of the doubt so far. Like everything else that happens before they lace them up and play for keeps, we'll all just have to wait and see how things play out. I'm hopeful.

How does something that specific and detailed get leaked? I could see a leak that the Bills are in talks to trade up and are willing to part with some serious draft capital including the two 1st rounders and some additional picks to do it, but to list the specific picks in every round? If I were the Bills I would be a bit pissed off if this report is accurate, you know the Bills aren't leaking this info. If this report is true, the leak must be coming from the Giant's side. I'm sure the Bills would expect the professional courtesy of keeping their negotiations with the Giants on the low down. Leaking details of the negotiations to the media is just not kosher. We'll just have to wait and see how it all plays out.

The Bill's lack luster WR corps is one of the reasons I'm hoping the Bills don't blow all of their draft capital moving up in this year's draft to get one of the "elite" QB prospects. I was all for trading up in this draft until the Jets got the three spot. I think that move will make it too expensive for the Bills to trade up and get value for their picks. I'd rather have them take BPA and get McDermot's ILB and the best WR they can snag in the first two rounds. I hope they snag Rudolph with one of their 1st or 2nd round selections. Grab a road grader for the offensive line and just keep going BPA until the draft is over. This team has a lot of holes to fill. I would have no problem going into camp with a three way competition for QB between Rudolph, McCarron, and Peterman and have the winner walk into a situation where he has the supporting cast around him to have a chance to succeed.

I'm not asking this question in the hopes that it makes it easier for the Bills to move up and snag one of the elite QBs. I think after the Jet's traded up to 3 it is going to be too costly for the Bills to move up. I hope the Bills stay at 12. I would rather the Bills take Rudolph with a later pick and use their draft capital to fill in some holes in their roster with all their picks. Let McCarron, Rudolph, and Peterman battle it out in camp for the starting job. But that's a conversation for a different thread.

It was Crowell that they picked up and he is a solid pass catching RB.

If you don't want to read threads based on what ifs and speculation, then I'm not sure this board is the place you want to be for the next six weeks. This thread is no different than the dozen threads about who the Bills are going to trade up with, who the Bills are going to draft, which QB the Browns are going to draft, which QB falls to the Jets... It's all speculation. No different from my question.... What if the Jets are targeting Barkley? I don't claim to have any insider info. I laid out my reasoning as clearly as I could in my initial post. You can agree with it, disagree with it, ignore it, respond to it, or anything else you like to do. But I am not forcing you to waste your time on it. If I had that kind of power over the universe I would use it on something truly miraculous like making my kids turn off the lights when they walk out of a room or putting down their cell phones for ten seconds. I wouldn't waste it on making people respond to my posts on this message board. At the end of the day I suspect the Jets will draft a QB at 3, but I still come back to my initial point, why in the Hell would they tell people that's what they are going to do? It just makes no sense. One possible explanation is that they are targeting Barkley.

The first two words of this thread's title are, "What if" I'm not saying that they are taking a QB, I'm simply wondering why they would tell everyone that they are taking a QB when it can only hurt them to do so. You say that the Browns and Giants are not trading out of their spots. I haven't heard that anywhere. To the contrary, I've heard the GM for the Giants say on TV that he will listen to any offer. I don't think there is a chance in Hell the Giants would trade picks with the Jets because of their unique relationship, just like we would never trade a draft pick with the Jets or Patriots. I think this thread is fun and posits a credible question. Why would an NFL GM tell the world how they are going to draft? What are the possible reasons for that? In this instance, the possibility that they are targeting Barkley would be one of those reasons.

Just playing Devil's Advocate. Odds are that the Jets are going QB........ But why on earth would they come out and admit that fact is beyond me. Makes me wonder if something else is afoot. Maybe they fell in love with Barkley and they just don't think he will make it to 6. Maybe they watch Game of Thrones and are going into full blown Lannister mode to try and get him.

Fair point, but if they had signed Bridgwater to a franchise QB contract wouldn't that tip their hand that they may not be in the QB market this year? He's under contract right now. What's to stop the Jets from renegotiating his contract after the draft to lock him down for a few more years for starter money. Bridgewater would jump at that.

I know it sounds INCONCEIVABLE! But we are talking about the Jets here....

By telling the world your going to draft a QB when you are really targeting Barkley. That's the Rope-a-Dope. Now the Browns go QB at one, it increases the chances that the Bills trade up to 2 to take a QB, and who is left sitting there at 3... Barkley

If they feel that they already have their franchise QB in Bridgewater, they are trading up to select the consensus best player in the draft who was not likely to fall to them at 6.

The Jets come out and have an interview with MMQB and basically tell the world that they are going to draft a QB at 3. Who tips their hand like that? Everyone might suspect you're going QB, but you don't admit it. What that does is force the Browns to draft a QB to make sure they get the #1 QB on their board and effectively takes Barkley out of the #1 spot. Now Barkley is more likely to be there at 3 when the Jets select. If the Jets are really going to draft a QB wouldn't they rather say something like, "Our team has a lot of needs and we have two solid QBs on our roster already. We are not married to a QB, we are just going to follow our draft board and select the best player available." That at least establishes a little bit of doubt in the Brown's mind about what you are going to do. By saying that you are going to draft a QB, it also increases the heat on your division rival (the Bills) to sell the farm and move ahead of you at one or two to do what??? To draft a QB. Maybe the QB you want. It just makes no sense to tip your hand like that. I've just never seen a GM come out six weeks before the draft and tell everyone that they are going to draft a QB. If you are selecting first overall it doesn't matter. If you are drafting third, and the two teams ahead of you may or may not draft a QB, and you have other teams who can still trade up ahead of you and grab your QB, telling the whole world you're going QB is asinine. It would also make the Jet's free agency quarterback orgy make more sense. Why did they grab McCown and Bridgewater? I've heard their explanation and it still doesn't make any sense. Maybe they feel like Bridgewater has a legit chance to be a franchise QB and McCown returns as the insurance policy. Bridgewater did look sharp before he went down and if the Jets think his knee is good to go, I think he does have a good shot at being a franchise QB. Makes a lot more sense than carrying a Rookie/McCown/Bridgewater on the roster all year. Are they really spending all that draft capital trading up to select the third QB off the board in this year's draft? At the end of the day, Barkley is the consensus best player in this draft. I'm a Penn State fan and followed him all year. He really is a generational talent. Maybe the Jets are trying to play a bit of poker this year and are hoping to enter the 2018 season with Bridgewater under center throwing and handing off to Barkley. Not a bad combo...

I don't understand the term house money. Money is money. It doesn't matter where it comes from, what matters is how you spend it. Those monies / draft picks can all go towards trading up on a possible franchise QB, or they can be used to draft several other players who are likely to be long term contributors on cheap rookie contracts for the team. The question is which of those two options is best for the long term interest of the Buffalo Bills. Where the draft picks came from is absolutely irrelevant and should have no bearing on how they are used. Those draft picks represent hard earned capital for our team and they need to be used wisely.

Rudolph completion percentage is 63.2. Not too shabby.

The Jets are desperate and it shows. They just traded a ton of draft capital to take the third QB off the board in this year's draft. They have no idea who is even going to be there. It's not like they have targeted their guy, they are willing to take anyone. That's desperate. I'd rather wait like Beane is doing and see how the draft shakes out, then make a move that makes sense when you actually know who is left on the board. Do I wish we still had the 3 pick open for us to trade into? Absolutely. Would I want Beane to expend a bunch of valuable draft capital and trade into it right now before knowing who they are going to target and whether or not that QB(s) is going to be there at 3? No way.

Thanks. It's always been my favorite movie. Two years ago my oldest daughter bought me the book for Xmas and I have never laughed out loud reading a book like I did reading that one. : )

Thanks for the civil response, it's appreciated. I have been a lurker on this board for many years but have always avoided posting because it seemed that every difference of opinion had a 50/50 chance of devolving into a personal grudge match. I never feel like I have a monopoly on the truth, I do feel like I have an informed opinion and I can defend my opinion. At the end of the day, I have no problem agreeing to disagree with someone. I finally broke down and registered an account and created a profile this week. I just couldn't take not throwing my two cents in anymore. This is one of the most exciting off seasons for a Bill's fan in 20 years. It finally seems like the arrow is pointing up after years of wandering in the desert. I have a 20 year old son who has grown up watching the Bills blow it time after time, season after season. The ridiculous personal foul penalty on 3rd and long that gives the other team a first down and leads to their winning score, etc, etc. "Typical Bills" is his favorite expression. He has no memory of the Kelly years and how great it feels to root for a team that doesn't break your heart every week. I'm hoping those days are finally over. I have faith in McBeane to make the right call on this draft.

Baker would be a good fit for the Jets in the tradition of Broadway Joe. You don't want to draft a shrinking violet in NYC. I think that's why Eli is a bit of a meh QB in NYC despite the Super Bowl win. He just doesn't have a big enough personality for that city and those fans.