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homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Apr 25 @ 2:07 PM ET
Seriously? How many good QBs are there in the NFL?
- Matthews_Auston

brady
big ben
rodgers



big gap

carr
luck
wilson
brees



bigger cap


then what

cousins, rivers, stafford


then blah
buffalofan19
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Wonderful things can happen when you sow seeds of distrust in a garden full of (bum)holes
Joined: 07.01.2007

Apr 25 @ 2:07 PM ET
Failed drug test, kicked out of combine and concussion issues. Seems like someone the new regime would steer clear of
- MCGUIZZY



I seriously had to be reminded that the draft was this week.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
Location: We want 1, FL
Joined: 02.24.2008

Apr 25 @ 2:08 PM ET
Failed drug test, kicked out of combine and concussion issues. Seems like someone the new regime would steer clear of
- MCGUIZZY

coach really likes him


really really likes him
MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Apr 25 @ 2:08 PM ET
coach really likes him


really really likes him

- homiedclown



Yea i mean it would totally contradict what hes been preaching though.
Matthews_Auston
Toronto Maple Leafs
Joined: 04.30.2016

Apr 25 @ 2:09 PM ET
This is not about individual positions... The scoring in the NFL has not tanked due to expansion like the NHL has....
- rapperray


That's because in the NFL a defender is not allowed to even breath on a receiver. No kidding scores are 35-30.
rapperray
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Thank God I don't live in NY anymore, NY
Joined: 02.22.2007

Apr 25 @ 2:09 PM ET
I don't think it's changed one bit


If anything I think the cap brings down today's nhl more than the talent pool


6 to 8 superstars, like in other eras

20-40 really great players that could be hall of fame guys if they keep their foot on the pedal

- homiedclown



You think so Homie? I gotta tell you I can't name a player who I would call the "face of the nhl" like Gretzky was or even Lemieux. And who will be the next 70 goal scorer? I don't see anyone doing it...
rapperray
Season Ticket Holder
Buffalo Sabres
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Joined: 02.22.2007

Apr 25 @ 2:11 PM ET
Yeah, I don't buy that one either. A great quarterback dominates his sport more than any other sport. The center in basketball used to be #2 until Jordan and LeBron came into the game.
- buffalofan19



Gotta disagree... Tom Brady on the Bills would not be nearly as great as he is... Takes 10 other guys too...
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
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Apr 25 @ 2:16 PM ET
You think so Homie? I gotta tell you I can't name a player who I would call the "face of the nhl" like Gretzky was or even Lemieux. And who will be the next 70 goal scorer? I don't see anyone doing it...
- rapperray

crosby
mcdavid
kane
ovi

they are the face of the nhl


as for 70 goal scorers, no time soon, in many ways because the d is so much better than in the 80s/early 90s

homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
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Apr 25 @ 2:17 PM ET
Yea i mean it would totally contradict what hes been preaching though.
- MCGUIZZY

I agree


which is why I think they trade back to browns second pick, for a second and then have an extra pick for a starter


deep draft for db's and wr's


as well as rb's after the 3rd rd
rapperray
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Buffalo Sabres
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Apr 25 @ 2:18 PM ET
crosby
mcdavid
kane
ovi

they are the face of the nhl


as for 70 goal scorers, no time soon, in many ways because the d is so much better than in the 80s/early 90s

- homiedclown



I agree they are stars Homie but not in the very public, everyone knows them, way that Gretzky was... And they are not nearly the dominant players he was... Very good players yes...
MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Apr 25 @ 2:20 PM ET
I agree


which is why I think they trade back to browns second pick, for a second and then have an extra pick for a starter


deep draft for db's and wr's


as well as rb's after the 3rd rd

- homiedclown



Also a deep draft for TE's I hear
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
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Joined: 02.24.2008

Apr 25 @ 2:23 PM ET
Also a deep draft for TE's I hear
- MCGUIZZY

yup

but oj is a beast
Der Kaiser
Buffalo Sabres
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Joined: 07.27.2007

Apr 25 @ 2:23 PM ET
They are probably higher, but it's apples and oranges. The players today are bigger, faster, and stronger, and therefore the playing field is more even. Video and technology, coupled with players just being flat out bigger and stronger allow for the playing field to be leveled more than it did back then.

There were also fewer teams, so the talent is a lot more saturated than it was in that era where there was anywhere from only 16-24 teams (perhaps even less if you pick the correct era?).

- buffalofan19


This is not really what you're trying to say.

The talent is more diluted when there are more teams, not more "saturated."
MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Apr 25 @ 2:24 PM ET
yup

but oj is a beast

- homiedclown



I could get excited about him.

I think they go Lattimore, Hooker if there or trade down for Howard potentially.

My pick is Mike Williams tho
SABRES 89
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Apr 25 @ 2:35 PM ET
Looking forward to 89's updates!
- SyrSabreFan

No updates, probably will be quite until the season gets under way, at least maybe from where I get my info. Kind of hard to get any info after what has taken place.
Khmylev
Buffalo Sabres
Location: I'll take some olives on my pizza!, NY
Joined: 03.13.2015

Apr 25 @ 2:38 PM ET
brady
big ben
rodgers



big gap

carr
luck
wilson
brees



bigger cap


then what

cousins, rivers, stafford


then blah

- homiedclown

You forgot Prescott, Manning (2 SBs), Ryan, and smith. They are not scrubs.
Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Next year is gonna be 05/06 all over again, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Apr 25 @ 2:40 PM ET
I could get excited about him.

I think they go Lattimore, Hooker if there or trade down for Howard potentially.

My pick is Mike Williams tho

- MCGUIZZY

I'm down with OJ, Adams (doubt he'll be there), Mike Williams, Corey Davis or Foster. Need a day one starter for some position of need, not Mitchy Biscuits, especially when the McDavid Draft class of Quarterbacks is next season. Wouldn't be 100% in love with Lattimore or Hooker, but would be ok with it if it happened. Like the idea of trading back too. I think we go Offense round 1 and defense round 2 and 3. Get it effin crankin! 2 days away. Can't wait. Love the draft. At least the 1st round.
homiedclown
Buffalo Sabres
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Apr 25 @ 2:41 PM ET
You forgot Prescott, Manning (2 SBs), Ryan, and smith. They are not scrubs.
- Khmylev

I forgot ryan


prescott needs to show me more
smith is blah, no better than daulton

eli has not been good lately

just my 2 cents

Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Next year is gonna be 05/06 all over again, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Apr 25 @ 2:42 PM ET
yup

but oj is a beast

- homiedclown

For sure. He was a monster two championship games ago. I was like, who is this guy and when is he draft eligible? Check his stat line from that game.
MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Apr 25 @ 2:43 PM ET
I'm down with OJ, Adams (doubt he'll be there), Mike Williams, Corey Davis or Foster. Need a day one starter for some position of need, not Mitchy Biscuits, especially when the McDavid Draft class of Quarterbacks is next season. Wouldn't be 100% in love with Lattimore or Hooker, but would be ok with it if it happened. Like the idea of trading back too. I think we go Offense round 1 and defense round 2 and 3. Get it effin crankin! 2 days away. Can't wait. Love the draft. At least the 1st round.
- Hatboro_Swords



Some are saying Corey Davis will drop out of the 1st round now. I think Hooker is a baller
Khmylev
Buffalo Sabres
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Apr 25 @ 2:44 PM ET
I forgot ryan


prescott needs to show me more
smith is blah, no better than daulton

eli has not been good lately

just my 2 cents

- homiedclown

I get your larger point. We better draft a QB, and it better not be Watson!
Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Next year is gonna be 05/06 all over again, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Apr 25 @ 2:45 PM ET
Some are saying Corey Davis will drop out of the 1st round now. I think Hooker is a baller
- MCGUIZZY

Ike Taylor said on Mock Draft Live that his hamstring starts hurting when it gets hot in the kitchen. Or was that Lattimore?
MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Apr 25 @ 2:46 PM ET
The bills wined and dined with Joe Mixon and Josh Dobbs according to my friend in the restaurant world. I feel like i haven't heard that from any insiders so maybe they are possibilities.

Correction: It was Davis Webb not Dobbs
Hatboro_Swords
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Next year is gonna be 05/06 all over again, PA
Joined: 07.30.2010

Apr 25 @ 2:47 PM ET
The bills wined and dined with Joe Mixon and Josh Dobbs according to my friend in the restaurant world. I feel like i haven't heard that from any insiders so maybe they are possibilities.
- MCGUIZZY

Seems like a home run if they can use one of their 5ths to get him.
MCGUIZZY
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Bay Area, CA
Joined: 06.20.2012

Apr 25 @ 2:48 PM ET
Ike Taylor said on Mock Draft Live that his hamstring starts hurting when it gets hot in the kitchen. Or was that Lattimore?
- Hatboro_Swords



Lattimore
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