Bill from NYC

4 other teams passed on Allen to take a defensive back. Imo, Allen is a talented, hard working, intelligent, grounded, star player. Would the Bills turn away from him for a safety? History (for what its worth) says yes.

Improving the OL would be a nice start. Another wide receiver would also help. A decent defense would serve to shorten the field and create more turnovers. Last but not least, Tyrod will at least be more experienced. I am not the biggest optimist on the board but it's POSSIBLE that the Bills will improve. I suppose that's easy to say in February.

It DOES sound like a fairly safe assumption ND. Mario was a fantastic player until he fell off the planet.

My thoughts? I think that this was a well thought, great post. Thanks for this, and all of your other work.

I don't think so at all. The right side isn't good at either guard or tackle. In fact, Mills is terrible. Wood is average and Incog is good, not great. Glenn is a player. Tyrod makes them look better than they are. Defenses must account for him taking off and running.

Very nice job, thank you for this.

I disagree ML. It needs to be said that Whaley is an undisciplined amateur who stupidly trades away our draft picks.

Fire Whaley. The man is incompetent. It will take time for another GM to win. I get this but with Whaley there is no chance of building a good football team. Sad but true.

Indeed Let's face it, Whaley doesn't have a solid plan for this team. He appears to be like a dog chasing his tail. Would you really be surprised if he traded away more picks in this draft? I expect him to.

It really is CM. Teams like the Pats often have qbs to use as backups and then trade. They enter the draft with lots of picks and a sound plan. These are things that will never happen with Whaley, who prefers to toss away draft choices like they were Frisbees.

AJ McCarron is one shining example of why it is SO important to draft quarterbacks. The Bengals got him late in Round 5. http://www.drafthistory.com/index.php/years/2014 The above is a link to the 2014 draft. We took stiffs in round 4 and 5, before McCarron was drafted. AJ played pretty well when he got in there and will fetch a 3rd or more in a trade, or so I think. When the Bengals drafted him, their qb was Andy Dalton and they took him anyway. When Whaley shunned him, our qb was EJ Manuel. What a mess.

Why not draft a qb AND keep TT? Would you rather we take the 2nd or 3rd highest rated corner or safety? How did that work out with Whitner and Gilmore?

Drunk on 2 beers? Lucky you! I used to drink quite a bit of beer. If 2 was all I ever needed I would probably have another $50,000 in the bank.

LOL John, we are getting old. The younger posters (lucky for them) were not around for much of our suffering. When Whitner was drafted in 2006, I remember posting on TSW, asking if he was tall enough to get on all of the rides at Disney. We were here for draft after draft watching our GMs shun good quarterbacks and blockers for much less useful players. That said, I will never stop hoping. SOME day, we will have a killer draft! We will probably have to get rid of Whaley for this to occur but again, there is always hope.

Ah yes, Brandon Albert. We could have drafted him or Flacco but opted instead for Leodis McKelvin. I mean after all, we "needed" a corner, right? I hope we don't do something so stupid this time around.

Good choice! Marcus Spriggs could block for him.

I agree with you 100% but this time of the year is when Bills Fans can actually cling to hope. We have a top 10 pick which I suspect would be worth quite a bit. There will surely be opportunities to gain picks for this and next years draft. Will Whaley take advantage of this? Will he stay put and address important positions? Like I said we can only hope.

It is coach but I think we can win a few more games for having ousted Rex. Now, if we can have a productive draft without Whaley giving away our picks.......

Me too, I'll grab Jairus and his fake injuries from the cut my wrist list.

If it was up to me we would keep Tyrod AND draft a qb at #10.

John C. is frequently on the money and has been for years. Sadly, he will soon be apologizing to me for saying that Whaley is anything near adequate.

I'm sure this doesn't include the numerous times he just stood there dancing and futilely waving his arms. Rex and his bad defense were both an utter disgrace.

Whaley put this team in a hole with the foolish, wasteful contracts and squandered draft picks. Rex made matters that much worse. Your post rightfully points fingers at Rex who was a disaster from day 1. Still, Whaley was as undisciplined as Rex. And then he sent this 350 lb. man into pass coverage.

When you put it that well and in such simple terms I don't know if we should laugh, cry, or both.

One site lists him as 6'7"/277. If true, he is a freak. It's hard to tell how fast he is from the video but he sure looks to be worth consideration. Nice fiend!