Offside Number 76

Same hometown as Jeff Burris.

Who's arguing? I asked two questions because I missed what happened last night. Thanks to the two people who answered them.

Nice job by Minnesota, then. Was there another credible trade partner or was this a complete fleecing?

Can someone--maybe someone who was following it live--explain to me why Cleveland traded three picks to move up one spot? Seems to me that they should have known that the Vikings weren't going to take a RB (they have Peterson) and that Richardson would have been there at No. 4. What am I missing?

Adams. I'll buy him an eighth, as long as he smokes all of it soon enough to dodge the tests once he really is a union member.

No, it won't. This guy will not be a Buffalo Bill in five years.

MInnesota FLEECED Cleveland (no surprise). I don't love the Bills' pick. Hey, I hope Gilmore is the greatest ever, but wow, I don't love this pick.

Here's a more reliable source: http://blogs.buffalonews.com/billboard/2012/04/fred-not-focused-on-new-deal.html

I was going to say yes, and then I saw this. Since you, IMO, know the draft better than anyone on this board, I'll now change my answer to "definitely yes."

I'm of the "draft a QB every year" line of thought, so I hope the Bills will take one in the late rounds, keep Brown, and grant Thigpen his release.

I don't want to start a thread for this. So I'll say that here's the reason we endlessly whine about the cheats: http://deadspin.com/5904127?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow That, and the cheating.

Or Spiller...

Thank you. I had forgotten about the second fourth-round pick, and I moved on to the fifth round page after seeing Randle.

Hardy Brown died in a mental institution.

Astro, I likely won't get to listen to your segment. But do you really think the Bills won't take a single offensive lineman? Drafttek's latest mock has it that way.

That misses the question of why it is included.

Hey, I hope he falls all the way down to the Bills' second round pick. They then can take two good players who are being passed over. Floyd, who illegally consumed alcohol, and this guy.

Best answer I've seen so far. Adams is not a member of the union, but still, best answer I've seen.

For my part, anyway, I'm not questioning whether it is a condition of employment in the NFL. I'm questioning why it is a condition of employment. And "because it's illegal" doesn't work for me, for the reasons I gave above. EDIT: It's also not illegal everywhere.

I understand what you're saying, but that's kind of putting the cart before the horse. If the NFL didn't care about marijuana (and IMO, obviously, it shouldn't), it wouldn't test players for it. So there would be no suspension for that and no "terribly stupid thing" like getting caught on an announced test for it. As for arrests, I can't imagine anyone doing time for smoking the stuff, although I never was caught back in the day. Seems to me that possession of a personal use quantity charges seldom result in jail time (so the player won't miss practice or games) even in the rare instances in which they're brought.

You didn't really mean me, did you? I doubt that I ever will have a job where I'm tested for marijuana. And I have NO idea whether Safeway or Sears care about marijuana or why they would. Because... Seriously.

I don't smoke it anymore myself. And the league probably doesn't test for jaywalking or cycling on the sidewalk, which is right about where I put marijuana use on the list of important crimes. Does the league test the (admittedly rare) under-21 candidate for alcohol use? Do other leagues where under-21s are drafted regularly? Doubt it. This is stupid. Not yelling at you.

For marijuana?! Why does the league care about marijuana? This is annoying.

Thanks, mods, for combining the "when will the sked come out" thread with this one. I enjoyed scrolling through 80-some-odd posts before getting to the meat of the discussion. Sometimes, it's ok to leave separate threads separate. Hell, we have 200 individual "my mock draft" threads!

What do the Bills pay in rent, anyway?