BillnutinHouston

I actually have to agree. Last year I broke down and bought my first jersey ever - a white throwback from DHGate (which was a great value in my opinion). I really liked the looks of it, but I feel a bit wierd wearing it as a 40-yr old guy (kind of feel like Doug Heffernan on the King of Queens or some other guy like that who just never grew up). I wouldn't wear it anywhere except on gameday at the Ralph. Can't wait to see the new unis, but I won't buy another jersey. Plenty of caps, t-shirts, maybe a polo, but no more jerseys for me. To each his own I guess.

After all of jwolf's work, you reply with a spelling correction? Really? Classy.

Over the past several months, other articles have documented that the Bills' pension plan was superior to that of most of the league. Just saying.

That's a great sign. Maybe playing for the Bills is no longer just about the paycheck. Can't wait to see if Whitner reports.

Will get back to you when I learn how to prove a negative.

I do not have a financial background but I'll comment anyway: Sure it's a free country, but just because "your buddy firmly believes", you post this wild speculation about a guy that used to drive a used Taurus? Really? Was that intended to trump your post from earlier this week saying a friend of Jack Kent Cooke told a friend of a friend of yours that the NFL wants out of Buffalo in the worst way? What gives, PTR? Having a bad week?

The blue end zones should be cool. Between the new helmets and the new endzones, looks like the "red" is being deemphasized and made just an accent color.

Best draft in many, many years. Second year for the new coaching staff, and Bills players in Chan's offense. Increasing contributions ahead (my projection) for Shawn Nelson, David Nelson, Danny Batten and Torell Troup. Wannstedt landed. Spiller hasn't played his best ball yet. Whaley in, Modrak gone. Better days are ahead!

Donte keeps finding new lows. Not sure he can get any lower than that.

"I do."

I do not think it's "hating" to analyze what you see. If the analysis happens to be negative, so be it. I'm sure Donte is a great guy. He's tried to be a leader having the DBs over to his house to watch film, etc. but just hasn't made many big plays. His tweets consistently reveal a lack of mental toughness. Consistent with his relentless tweeting, his empty playoff guarantee a few years ago shows big-talking bravado that is supported by...nothing. To say it's consistently annoying is not hating. It is what it is.

Mayock had Dareus as his top overall player on the board from the start of the draft. That says a lot to me.

Hearing Ruff being interviewed during the 2nd period was pretty uninspiring. No energy or optimism there. Lindy sounded like he was giving up. Is there some reason why the Sabres look so tired?

After watching Cam on Gruden's show, it's clear to me that the Bills will stay FAR AWAY from Newton. Gruden put him on the spot and asked him to call a play he ran at Auburn - it was embarrassing - he couldn't even name one play (since they ran a system of numbers displayed from the sideline). I can only imagine how badly Newton bombed out when the Bills interviewed him. Gabbert looked smart, athletic and hungry with Gruden. I think I'd be happy with him at 3, although I'd prefer Dareus or Miller based on immediate need.

So the Bills are named in he article as having made a call. Did Buddy call and say, "hey, would you be interested in trading down? We want to pick up a 2nd tier QB with your pick!" Buddy may have called another team, and he may have said he's interested in trading up, but I guarantee you, he DIDN'T say who he wanted to select with that pick! It's all speculation, folks. Relax.

I absolutely think he will, if he can figure out how to manage those migranes.

I used to be in row 10. I'd take row 17 in a heartbeat. Nearly perfect height in my opinion.

Here's how I'd re-write the opening quote in this thread: "Bills General Manager Buddy Nix is talking like a man who wants to take a quarterback with the third overall pick in the NFL draft understands that his most valuable commodity right about now is the third overall pick in the NFL draft. Buddy is wisely trying with all his might, to leverage other teams' desperation for a QB into gaining highly valuable additional picks for a Bills roster that needs to fill multiple holes."

Now the question is, do I book nonrefundable airline tix for the home opener, or not?

I'll take NFL Network for two reasons - Mayock, and the fact that NFLN will have, for the first time ever, live camera coverage of Buddy, Ralph, Chan and Tom inside the Bills War Room before the 3rd pick. Link

This ^. Anything published is misinformation, or spoken by folks just dying to get fired. Why would teams pay scouting departments dearly, only to give away the info for free? They are trying to game other teams into making choices that result in the outcomes favorable to them.

Fixed.

OK I don't recall ever hearing Nix say this. It also does not sound to me as something Nix ever WOULD say. Can you provide a link to show me the error of my ways?

Was hoping to take the call today but had meetings stacked onto meetings so I had to change plans. I asked the Bills to call back but they haven't yet. All kidding aside, I'd love to see the Bills trade down, but in reality, all public pre-draft comments are smokescreens. Kudos to the Bills for creating these pseudo-events as perks for their best customers, but in reality they are just outlets for more smoke.

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