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This is Beane doing his due diligence in gauging the market, exploring all options and actually what real GMs do behind the scenes. I wouldn't put any stock pro or con into them calling Cleveland. I would have an issue if Buffalo closed up shop and didn't talk to any teams.

The draft has become an event even without there being 3-4 QBs recognized as top prospects, even though that's rare. It's become a spectacle more so with it going to Thursday nights. The media is hyping it beyond what it should be. It's the fans, specifically those like Buffalo's who believe there will be some major action. Still, the past does not predict the future and each draft is different. This one happens to feature at least a quantity of QBs not typically seen. In other years player groups like DL or WR might be strong.

There's no evidence that it's an illegal substance that led to this behavior. It's possible, but the cause could very well be nothing having to do with drugs.

I'm very sorry for you and hope you land on your feet. I know there are a lot of question marks and unknowns with the Bills. With McBeane I have a feeling that things will work out for the best. My best to you in finding your next job.

I've said it repeatedly here: finding your QB is the fastest way to success. Besides, Whitner/McCargo/Maybin were drafted by people masquerading as GM's and inferior HC/front office personnel. They had no plan or a weak one for rebuilding and the results speak for themselves. From 2006-2016 OBD used the draft primarily to fill holes while essentially expecting the one QB they hoped would work actually did. When that option didn't, they looked for one other guy. The only time there's been anything close to an attempt to improve at QB was 2007 when Marv took Edwards. After that, OBD was scared to death of acquiring anyone who would challenge their anointed QB.

What if all the threads that start with "what if" were required to be non-QB related? What if posters didn't have major anxiety over the QB pick? What if McBeane is taking a SpaceX shuttle to Mars to look for other prospects? What if TPegs can't buy a SpaceX shuttle for the GM/HC? What if...

In 16 NFL seasons? I wouldn't call that a "running QB." Buffalo Bills fans have been tempering expectations for decades. Continuing that won't make the team better by taking a lesser ranked prospect and/or a LB/DT/WR.

I'd say after the Wildcard game that the GM and HC know their major issue is not having a QB who makes plays with his arm. It doesn't mean they don't have needs elsewhere, but their major need remains a passing game. Everything else pales in comparison.

Coach McD earlier this month on BB.com: “The biggest thing for us is making sure we hit the reset button. We’re not maybe as far along as some people think we are,” said McDermott. “We’ve got a lot of work to do. At the same time we must remain true to who we are as an organization and our core values.” http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-1/Bills-Today-McDermott-sees-a-good-deal-of-roster-building-ahead/18ca47f8-e08f-4594-b843-da5df63ac432 I give McD credit here for being honest about the roster. Both he and Beane know it and aren't setting unrealistic expectations.

McCoy, Ivory, Cadet, and Taiwan Jones are all 29 or older when the season begins. That's a lot of mileage on a position where newer is almost always better.

No one should ever take any calculated risks. I'm also still amazed how the past magically predicts the future. A guy didn't work out for a team 15 years ago means one of the current crop won't achieve or be worth a trade up. There are way to many people afraid of their own shadow. One would think given these types of threads that it's their job on the line if they don't get a franchise QB.

Hindsight is always 20/20, which is all you've proven here. What happened 6 years ago does not predict what will happen this year.

GMs who play it safe get fired just like those who take calculated risks. GMs who don't provide their team with options get fired as well. To enter the season with McCarron and Peterman isn't much better than going with EJM, Thad Lewis, and Jeff Tuel. The guy who pulled that stunt got fired.

So many fans worrying about what they can't control...more than 5 weeks before the draft. Step away from your keyboard. Many of the same people who proudly declared to "trust the process."

Whatever happened to "trust the process?" Not seeing immediate action doesn't translate to them sitting on their hands. I've never seen so much QB angst here. Still, there's no way OBD isn't aware they need a top level QB for next season and beyond. Worrying about it won't improve anything.

And, as has been pointed out ad nauseam, Green Bay selected Aaron Rodgers the following year at 24.

The tinfoil hats have officially come out.

I like what Beane is doing as well. But it's tiresome reading how some fans are so anxiety-ridden about the Jets moving up. Beane moving to 12 had to impact what the Jets were doing and I'm sure Beane and McDermott knew that their trading Glenn would drive other teams maneuvering up.

Does this mean Beane is no longer a witch? This was posted less than 2 days ago. Now much of the board has done a 180.

The Colts didn't tank in 2011. It resulted in the firing of their front office and HC that year because they failed to have anything behind Peyton Manning and years of bad drafting caught up with them.

Thank goodness Beane doesn't listen to the mega copy and paste posters on this board.

This is still a rebuild. And usually one of the first pieces a team prioritizes is a QB. Buffalo hasn't done that in forever, at least not successfully. Using their top picks to address needs is a sure way to remain mediocre. Yeah, Buffalo has needs in the front 7, interior OL, RT, and WR. Even if they address all those with their 6 top 100 picks and have an average QB it doesn't mean they'll be a championship caliber team. Minnesota had a solid team with an average QB and look what they did. Beane wasn't the GM when the trade down happened in the 2017 draft.

And this off-season has been the biggest clown show of them all. Worse than any of the previous 11 I've been here for.

Beane was a top GM when he traded Glenn to get from 21 to 12 and before that squeezing a 3rd out of Cleveland. Now he's an idiot. TBD is getting to be just a bunch of nervous nellies. I would find it ironic they traded all those players and deconstructed the roster to sit tight at 12 and take what's left over at 12.

One year of playoffs and years of QB trends suddenly go out the window. It's a miracle.