Bills First-round Draft

With the Sabres eliminated form the playoffs two days ago, Buffalo sports fans will turn their attention to this weekend's NFL draft which begins with the 1st round tonight.

Me too.

Time to join the "experts."

My choice in the 1st round.

If the Bills keep their pick, the #3 overall:

• Blaine Gabbert: Gabbert has very strong physical attributes, but maybe the most appealing aspect of his game, when looking through the eyes of head coach Chan Gailey, might be the intelligence level of Gabbert. He scored a 42 on the Wonderlic test, but as pointed out in this Yahoo piece, he has a near-photographic memory, has the strong ability to "decipher offenses" and he should easily be able to handle a playbook of over 700 pages. Although he has all the physical attributes, "its his mind that might push him further." Gailey is known as a "quarterback guru." His present quarterback, Ryan Fitzpatrick, has that incredible mental capacity, but lacks the physical attributes to "push him further." It's highly probable that Gabbert is Fitzpatrick with size and skill.

I really hope they do not take Cam Newton. He's is not the answer. All the physical attributes that are perfect for the combine-workout, but you never hear any good things concerning his intelligence. Whether on or off the field, he does not seem to have the smarts to dissect a defense or dissect the many leeches that will attach themselves to him because of his money. STAY THE EFFF AWAY FROM THIS GUY!

What's cool about this draft is that there may be a number of teams looking to trade up and maybe this is the route they should take

Should they trade down, trade down enough to still be able to get OT Anthony Costanzo.

Costanzo should be their choice in a trade-down scenario. whether they want to go high with a tenth or eleventh-overall pick, or take a chance lower on a double trade-down, he would fill a need at tackle. Right now he should be a lock at RT with a good possibility that he'll be able to move to the left side and anchor it.

Phase one complete. We'll see what happens.