BrooklynBills

I agree except that this is just not the year to be picking top ten and looking for a QB or TE. Sure, there are guys I like in the draft at both positions in this draft but the talent level is just not there to compete with a defensive and OL prospects in this draft. You just don't draft fo need in the top ten.

This is the guy I think they are targeting. Whaley mentioned him in an interview with WGR back in midseason and I thought it was interesting considering the other usual suspects that he was talking about. I think Geno Smith has the most upside of any QB in the draft, but Dysert is a close second IMO. His supporting cast is awful and he put up pretty good numbers at Miami, OH. The game they played against Ohio State his receivers were dropping everything. He also passes the eye test in that he just looks like a QB. I don't see the Big Ben comparison but I definitely see alot of Aaron Rodgers/Andrew Luck in him. He isn't a sure thing though but no QB in this draft is.

Guy can't even get his facts correct. "Drew Brees has had a close relationship with new Bills coach Doug Marrone, who called the plays for the Saints for a few seasons before heading off to Syracuse."

This sounds about right. Alex Smith is a good not great QB who will be available. He would be a definite upgrade from Fitz IMO. I think everyone here expects 2 rookie QBs, but I dont think the Bils are thinking this way but we'll see. Also, i forgot about Manuel. Very interesting prospect at QB.

This guy has some bad looking games also on youtube. I like him in the later rounds as a project. Their was some hype around him after last season and he had kind of down year. I agree in drafting 2 QBs this year, I just don't know if i'd do a 1st rounder and a 4th rounder. There are going to be some pretty good defensive prospects and stud OL available with our 8th pick this year. There are only 2 QBs who really "look the part" to me in this year's draft (that I have seen anyway): Zac Dysert - I like this guy a lot and he is definitely on Whaley's radar as he mentioned him in an interview Matt Barkley - I like his smarts and leadership, reminds me of a Andy Dalton/Kirk Cousins type when they were coming out. He was hurt a lot this year and he didn't impress but he would have been a top 5 pick the year before. Also, his surrounding talent is not as good as people make it out to be. Its a risky pick, but he could very well be the best QB in this draft.

When Jimmy Johnson took over the Cowboys, they drafted Troy Aikman with the 1st overall pick. But they also took Steve Walsh with its first pick in the supplemental draft, who was his quarterback at Miami. Cost them the first overall pick in the 90 draft if I'm remembering correctly

We will draft one of the following at 8: T Luke Joeckel DE/OLB Barkaveious Mingo OLB Jarvis Jones NT Jonathan Hankins QB Matt Barkley CB Dee Milliner DE/OLB Damontre Moore Nassib will not shoot up to the top 10. He will be there in round 2 or 3. They will not over-draft a QB, and at no point have they said that they will over draft for one. They have proven that they stick to there board. They will, however, trade up for one they like.

Well, they ran a pro-style offense at Syracuse and he's been around pro offenses since he was a teenager and was in the NFL for a few years so I think the answer to your question is yes.

chip kelly has never called plays against NFL defenses either, but everyone had a huge boner for him. Atacking defenses is the same in college as it is in the pros.

what is the obsession with kevin greene?

I think that going from Syracuse OC to Buffalo Bills QB coach would be a promotion and a pay raise. And you're right in that if he has intentions of furthering his career this would put him on a faster track to being an NFL OC than staying in college. Not to mention the fact that Syracuse will be transitioning to a new coach and to a new conference next season. I would be all for this if he is brought on to coach QBs. And I really wouldn't mind if he is in fact named the OC as think his a bright young offensive mind that we should be willing to cultivate. P.S. Bring Tyrone Wheatley to coach RBs and Rob Moore to coach WRs with you.

Don't know if I like Nassib that much after watching this, maybe in the 2nd round. But I could see Alex Smith having some success running an offense like this.

I agree completely. I actually meant to say i don't want to be married to the 43, but i don't want to be married to any base defense. I want gameplanners and strategists as our coordinators moving forward and guys who are going to adapt to our weekly opponents. I really think this job would be attractive to Pettine. We have some versatile lineman who can play a variety of positions in the front 7, and we a nice young potential #1 corner in Gilmore.

I don't want to be married to the 3-4, and i don't think the Bills are. I would much prefer a Hybrid Front defense which we do have some of the personnel for. Mario can play any position in the front 7. Mark Anderson flourished in a system like this with the Pats last year. Marcell can play any position on the DL, but could serve well in a role similar to Vince Wilfork in NE. Kyle Williams is your penetrating DT on pass downs, can play DE in some fronts. Carrington is a versatile DL, can play DE in a 3 man line or DT in a 4 man line. We would need to add LBs, but we would need them whether we switch to a 34 base or stay with the 43 base. My point is that the defense was so bad last year and the years before NOT because of our base scheme (and actually the defense was statistically better when we ran a 34 base), but because of the philosophy of the Defensive Coordinator. I doesn't matter what defense we run as long as we are more aggressive and have better gameplans.

Jets ran alot of 43 defense this year. And they ran alot of 43/46 at Baltimore. They do use 3/4 as the base.

This guy just left USC and reports are that he wants back in to the NFL. He is old at 72 but his record speaks for itself and he has defended alot of the college style offenses the last 4 years. This guy is a heavy weight at DC and would mesh well with our defensive personnel. He also isn't just a Tampon-2 guy. He uses that as his base defense in the secondary, but mixes alot of blitz packages and different defensive lines looks. He is also a guy who could pull in alot of quality defensive assistants into the mix and set us up with a core defensive philosophy which this team has been missing since Wade Phillips.

His coordinators from Syracuse are both talented guys. I would hope he brings them.

MONEY!!! If the Bills have a high profile guy they like, they need to make him the highest paid coach in the league. They are not an attractive destination. They need to start paying well above market value for these guys if they want to play with the big boys, and make no mistake Cleveland is now one of the big boys.

I think we all know how this ends. He's not coming here. End of story. The Bills are wasting there time here. They should be focusing on Jay Gruden, Marc Trestman, and Mike McCoy. At least McCoy is talking to them.

This is huge in terms of him transitioning to NFL. For everyone saying that he won't come to Buffalo, he coaches at Oregon, not USC, not Notre Dame, not Alabama. The size of the market will not be a factor IMO. Showing him the willingness to win will be.

Says he already has an offensive staff in place if hired. Curious to know who is on that staff. Could be a major selling point for him if he has experienced people on it.

If I'm the Bills, I'm interviewing everyone and anyone to spread the word that things are different here.

I want to be the team that hires Hue Jackson as an assistant, not as the Head Coach.

They have not spent money on coaching staff like other teams. This has much more to do with who is guiding certain important decisions with regards to the team. Namely, the head coach. In the past two hires, it was widely known that Ralph was much more comfortable with a HC with prior HC experience even if this meant a lesser "talented" candidate. In fact, Dick Jauron was on the Bills radar going all the way back to when they hired Mularkey. It is no coincidence that he was hired the next time we had an opening. Same thing with Gailey. The Bills, re: Ralph, wanted a guy with prior HC experience and who had an offensive background, not necessarily the most talented coaching candidate. To think Ralph Wilson was not involved in what is essentially the most important hiring decision an NFL franchise will make is ludicrous. He was the driving force behind Marv as GM, Jauron as HC, Jauron having a say in personnel (Aaron Maybin), Buddy Nix as GM, and Gailey as HC.

please no. defensive version of chan gailey.