Bill from NYC

>>>>>The two hardest positions to fill in free agency are WR and pass rushing.<<<<<

I think that you omitted left tackle.

That's for sure but ya gotta start somewhere.

I don't think that he was calling us idiots. Different people cope in different ways in terms of being a Bills Fan which is a great, however unusual thing to be.

You may not like this either e-man....... I happen to think that Beane did very well wrt this trade. I think that Whaley either got hosed in virtually every deal he made, or it was ill advised. I already place Beane in a higher category that Donahoe, Whaley, Nix, or Levy. That said, I must agree with BV that the McBeane combo has much more to prove. I could be wrong but I believe that the 2019 draft will tell us what we need to know about them. We will find out soon enough.

He was. I remember when he completely took over a game and demolished the Redskins.

Is Tyrod actually available? If so they should grab him. Their defense will be able to keep them in some games.

Yeah, who needs Julio Jones!

Aren't the Redskins in desperate need of a quarterback?

What a shame because he had every bit of strength and talent that he needed to be great.

The Bills desperately need to draft blockers. Imo it is not wise to rely on free agency to build an offensive line. In the last several decades, how many great left tackles were acquired from another team (of course one was Jason Peters who we traded). This draft appears to be a fairly good one for blockers and we finally have a good young quarterback to protect. I want the team to use their top resources on keeping their quarterback healthy and improving the running attack as well. If they go up to the podium and grab Greedy Williams or some other defensive back, we are looking at another Levy/Jauron situation. Jmo.

Interesting......I took a very quick look and decided to rate the 19 1st round picks we had from 2000 until present. I came up with this in terms of rating players: Excellent: 2 Good: 9 So-So: 2 Poor: 6 Of course these ratings are very subjective. At face value it would seem that they weren't so bad but imo they were just horrible. Most of these "good" players did not help the Bills win football games. Imo, Josh Allen was their best draft selection of the century even if he doesn't develop as much as we want him to. This is how to build a team. Now, if only we can get him some blockers and some weapons we will have a shot. Before drafting Josh we were a dog chasing its tail.

Williams has perfect feet and technique. He can roll out and pull very well. In his first year he played RT and was great on running downs in a completely different offense. He is also a very smart kid. Is he big and strong enough to be a star NFL LT? I am not sure yet. His combine numbers will be telling. Even without seeing his combine stats, I predict that his floor will be that of a better Andy Levitre, who also played LT in college and imo was a terrific player for a while. I think that Williams would be a pro bowl level guard, but what do I know?

Dawkins is good but you are totally correct. He is not on the same planet with Jason Peters. Imo the most interesting (not the best) player in this draft is Jonah Williams who might be similar in some ways to Dawkins. I will get into this more as the draft approaches.

They fit well in bathroom garbage pails.

I agree, depending on where the fastball was going to hit me.

So does standing there when Verlander is hurling a hard object at you at 101 miles per hour.

He might be but either way he will make a rich owner even more rich. He is going to pack the house, refreshment stands, parking lots, souvenir stands, etc. There will T-Shirts and jerseys galore that say "Murray" on the back. Pure profit. He will be a cash cow for one lucky owner.

You do however have to be able to hit major league pitching which imo is the hardest thing to do in any sport.

I agree 100%. His style of play will fill up stadiums and that is where the pure profit is for NFL owners. This kid obviously will be compared to Manziel because of his size but the truth is that Murray has a better arm AND is much faster and will draw crowds.

The above makes perfect sense.

It is cool to see that Birmingham is playing at Legion Field. I think that The Iron has 10 players from Alabama. At least a couple of them rarely got a chance to play in Tuscaloosa. One that I know of was a udfa who got injured. I am really glad to see them get another chance to compete.

Would you refresh my memory please?

Same here and I must admit that the draft process does continue to amaze me. I have lived through SO many yet I still find them hard to fully grasp. I know that you liked the Watkins trade more than I did but I will never know how an owner could give a GM like Whaley license to trade away our best resources, under any circumstances. It was obvious that Whaley had zero self control. Also, it amazes me that ALL teams passed on Foster and Wallace. I was positive that they would be drafted.....not early mind you. Wallace was a bit too skinny and perhaps even a half step slower than ideal, but he was a tremendously hard worker at Alabama. Other players (including Ridley who practiced against him) talked about this. Foster didn't see much playing time but Bama was MUCH more of a running team than they are now, and his blazing speed was evident. We really lucked out getting him because he has a lot of room to get even better with experience and has fresh legs. Which was worse, that or Levy/Jauron in rounds 1-4 in 2006. He actually traded UP wind up with that garbage.

If you want to get a little more depressed, read the edit.