RuntheDamnBall

The thing about Kiper and any of these overall draft boards is they are devoid of context. A guy might be the "Best DE available" but he plays a 3-4 and all the teams with needs play 4-3. A guy might be the "best QB available" while never having run a pro-style offense. A guy might be the "best WR available" (Da'Rick Rogers, anyone?) but have major character or injury red flags. We've seen plenty of "talented" players go to seed in the wrong scheme or wrong coaching situation, and plenty of overachievers in places like NE or Baltimore. So, the problem is not Kiper or McShay exactly, though both are kind of idiots at most things besides drawing attention (and therefore ratings). The problem really lies with the whole premise of draft ratings and draft prognostication being equivalent sciences, if they're sciences at all.

Should Bills fans really talk when it comes to how the team matches up against the Jets?

That's incredible. I mean, one of those players alone is worth MILLIONS, to say nothing of the whole group.

Anyone still mad that we lost Donald Jones?

Speaking of which, how about the Rams picking up those two. Dynamic tandem. Bradford might look like a new man after this offseason. Most people here also continue to forget that Jim Kelly rejected this team. If the technology were around back then I can only imagine the internet brilliance that would have been shared with the general public.

1) Maybe he's been told he's being traded. 2) Maybe he wants to get out of a condo and into a house. 3) I wish Buffalo fans would realize the guy has given his all for the team and just thank him for the years of service. If he moves on, it won't be because he didn't try his ass off to bring victories to the Sabres. I don't like the reputation our fans are developing for being brutish to our own players. I'll be sorry to see Miller go if it happens, and if it does, I wish him well. Hopefully it will yield the best return for Buffalo, if it comes to this.

I'm no Rex fan and the Jets have annoyed me more over the past few years. But I actually don't mind if it turns out to be a Manuel vs. Geno rivalry for the next decade, while the Dolphins and Pats slide into oblivion and unlucky days. A guy can be hopeful, and some shifting of balance in the AFC East would be interesting. I wish the guy success against anybody but the Bills, and just enough to keep them a rung below Buffalo. Powerball drawing happens tonight. Can you help us out, O Sage?

Dysert and Bray still out there. Bray must have really scared people off with those character concerns, because that is one hell of a live arm everybody is passing up on. Will he be the Jeff George of UDFAs?

I just fail to hear what you're hearing or see what you're seeing based on, in my view, limited evidence. You've shared no time with the man in the huddle or on the field, or in the film room. These are the places where it matters. And the guy has had some success (and some setbacks) on the field. If Dana Holgorson at West Virginia had a problem communicating with Smith, he sure has never voiced it. Forgive me if the statement about a guy who hasn't publicly said anything incendiary seemed a bit rude at best. He's a quiet guy if anything.

Good thing the draft is over?

Jesus.

BEST IN THE BIZ.

Oh.

Agreed. You can wait all day for the guy to be there when you think it's ideal, or you can gather a few extra picks then pull the trigger. I'm glad they were decisive and still got two WRs and a LB on day two.

What is the next stage in the recovery process after delusion?

If you saw what Flacco just got paid, you'd realize that delaying that payday and having a year 4 negotiating tool is huge. Baltimore just won it all and is paying handsomely for that success right now, to the point where they had to shed many important pieces.

If we sign Karlos, I don't want them to get another linebacker with a "K" first name for bad aesthetic reasons.

Dan LeFevour's fans had a similar righteous indignation. Just sayin'.

All of the Bills' best players of the past 30 years were alcoholics.

Cue Crayonz!

Of course you don't! Sincerely, Aaron Rodgers

Probably, and no. You don't deal with the devil. The time to get Mallett was prior to pick #74 of the 2011 draft. They were a bit too busy picking up studs like Kelvin Sheppard and Aaron Williams to address the years-long void at the all-important QB position with Mallett or Kaepernick.

And I still don't recall beyond the Pinstripe game (and I could need to be enlightened here) when Nassib played in snow in college. Myth-making 101 around here.

He was one of the best that Buffalo ever had. His civility and warmth were part of the package. I definitely made a beeline for his columns and reports in TBN, especially come training camp season when I was growing up in Fredonia.