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In the long run, yes. But you're going to get at least 2 years of excitement (tickets sales) out of Tebow almost no matter what. The first season he'll bring in fans just by being drafted. The team won't have to make any promises about anything. If he doesn't play or plays poorly year 1, the team can still dive up the hype by starting him year 2 and talking about how much he'll be improved in his second year. Obviously it can't go on forever, but a team like Jax that's dying for tickets sales can use a draw like him. From all the reports it was a circus everywhere he went at the Senior Bowl. Every time his name gets brought up there's heated debates. If nothing else, he's a media machine.

Two things: 1. It's funny to me that there are people who think Tebow isn't going to get drafted early. The amount of press and attention he gets alone will get him drafted high. Even if he's a complete failure, he'll be a win for team in need of a some tickets sales. 2. While I don't think the Bills should draft him, I love that they have a workout scheduled. This is a guy who has a lot of question marks and nobody has seen much of post-season. It's due diligence to get him here and kick the tires. Given that Nix has said he wants to build this team through the draft, it's at minimum a good sign that he's getting a closer look at these prospects, even if it's people we're not hoping for.

I watched 4 Syracuse games this year and Jones looked good in every one. He's not a space-eater, but he sheds tackles and is excellent in pursuit. I think he'd be a great fit as a 3-4 DE and we'd be damn lucky to get him in the 3rd round. My guess is he goes in the second, probably early.

Again, based on his interview, that wouldn't have happened with Nix. He wants to focus on good drafting and signing our own players. Hopefully that's true and we won't keep losing players like Peters, Williams and Winfield going forward. McNabb has shown that he can be a good QB when he has a good team around him, though you always have to worry about losing him for big chunks of the season to injury (something that will only get worse as his career goes on). If I were a GM on a team that had a good core but was just missing that last piece, I would definitely be looking at McNabb. He's just not going to be the savior for a team like the Bills.

My patience has run out with making bone-headed moves that do nothing but sell tickets. That deal doesn't just bring us a stop-gap QB that hasn't shown anything in his career to prove that he would be successful playing a team that's in the shape the Bills are in, it also takes away the players that would come with those draft picks. With the unbelievable amount of holes this team has, do you really think it's a great idea to lose a 2nd and a 3rd (plus a later pick) for a guy like McNabb? That's the definition of mortgaging the future. Everyone seems to be pissed about the lack of FA signings or trade activity, but I don't understand why. In his first interview Nix said that he believes in building through the draft and signing your own players. No matter what level your patience is on, that type of team building takes time. Holding Nix accountable for the bad decision making over the past decade not only isn't fair, all it does is attempt to perpetuate the same bad decisions. Yeah, it sucks that we've been bad forever, but it will suck much worse if Nix starts making the same stupid decisions to appease the fans that this team has made before (trading/wasting picks on guys like RJ, Losman and Bledsoe).

So there's no harm in it, yet it's a really bad idea. Maybe you're just taking "harm to people" a little too literally. I don't believe the question was meant to be "How do those words make people sick or physically hurt them".

If not because they could be harmful in some way, then why would they be a "very bad idea"?

As much as I'm on your side and don't think there's any reason to complain about the seeding, I also think you need to just get over it. Support the team, don't support the team, who the hell cares? You whining and complaining about the Syracuse fans is every bit as annoying as the fans bitching about the seeding.

The tourney has to count for something. Their entire body of work still got them a #1 seed.

SU lost in the opening round of the tournament. I'm happy with the number #1 in the west. Hopefully they can get up to full strength and make a good run.

I'd have to say Spiller. If we take a freaking RB with that pick, I'm giving up.

Yes they did.

Dude, in Madden you just offer them what their agent says they want and they sign. I don't see why it would be any different in this situation.

Streaming on Netflix as well.

Another what?

I don't ever remember them actually showing what it looked like at ground level, but I do have a vague memory of them showing that the houses were built in the air due to air pollution. I think they showed the houses rising up above a black cloud of pollution or something like that.

This is obviously just the beginning of viral marketing campaign for the Footloose remake.

Apparently everyone on TSW watches cliche movies from the 80's.

What month is it??

Or they are just taking "best player available" regardless of position like everyone around here is always clamoring about.

Since we need improvement at both positions, I think you take the best player available. Looking too much into which position it has to be just gets you into trouble. I also don't think an injury is a good reason to move Mitchell inside and assume the position is covered.

Too slow for what?

That's great.....I clicked on this thread to leave that exact response!

Spiller? Talk about a board meltdown!

Go soak my head?? Ummm...okay? So you provided a link that showed Bulger was 40? You provided a link showing there someone at the combine that was bigger than Cody and out performing him? You provided a link showing the 40 time of DT's like Washington and Sam Adams? I'm glad you could care less.