Here is your Buffalo Wins mock draft. Last year I wrote some player breakdowns, and I apologize for not doing that this year. Well, I sort of apologize. I'm not sure what happened between last year's draft and this year's draft, but it seems like everybody is now some sort of NFL draft/talent evaluator. The worst part is that my Twitter feed is covered with these fake evaluators. If I came across like that last year, I apologize. If you want real NFL player evaluations, pay attention to what Mike Mayock and Charles Davis say on NFL Network. And if ESPN is still your thing, it's Mel Kiper. The best blogger to read is Dan Kader over at Sports Nation Mocking The Draft (@mockingthedraft). Buffalo Bills fans should read, AND ONLY READ, Brian Galliford at Buffalo Rumblings. (Their coverage of the Bills this off-season has been incredible. Galliford and Matt Warren have been putting out great information and posts on everything.)  I'd also recommend Joe Buscaglia at WGR.

Having said that, I do enjoy doing the mock draft thing. We'll do one more the week of the draft. By then we should have a great read on who the Bills like and which direction they'll go. Here is our mock with some whimsical quotes and no trades.

1. Chiefs: Luke Joeckel - LT, Texas A&M. Nothing has changed.

2. Jaguars: Geno Smith - QB, West Virginia. New GM plus new head coach will equal taking the best QB available. Blaine Gabbert just isn't the answer.

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Welcome to the second installment of Buddy Nixon’s 2013 Draft Previews. The purpose of this series is to give you a quick overview of the players the Buffalo Bills will be evaluating heading into the draft, with special considerations about how they might fit into the team’s plans. Here, we’ll talk about the quarterbacks. Considering the lack of players the Bills currently have, veteran or otherwise, the Bills are not expected to make it past their second round pick without selecting one of the following players. Let’s take a look at what each bring’s to the the table. 

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Really?

REALLY!?

So, in essence, the Bills decided to re-sign Ryan Fitzpatrick's uglier step-brother. I'm sorry, but if this isn't a #becauseitsbuffalo type of signing, I don't know what is.

Kevin Kolb was awful with the Cards. You wanna tell me about how his offensive line was terrible? Fine. But...I got news for you, Kurt Warner did pretty damn well behind an OL that had Mike Gandy (Former Bills Wall of Fame nominee) as his LT in 2009. In fact, when Kolb came there in 2011 and was sacked 30 times in just 9 games, he had three of the same OL starting that Kurt Warner had in 2009.

Last year, Kolb was sacked once every 6.7 pass attempts while John Skelton went down once every 13 pass attempts. So, don't place all the blame on the OL. It could be your typical Flutie/Johnson debate of making the OL better or worse, which if memory serves me, can make you spontaneously combust when the question of whether a good QB or a good OL makes pass protection work. Kolb also had arguably the best WR in the game catching his passes, yet, he played like hot garbage for most of his time in Zona. He completed less than 60% of his passes last season and against probably the worst defense in Bills history, he threw for a measly 128 yards.

We had a Q&A last week about Geno Smith, now it is time to have the boys over at Optimum Scouting to give us the lowdown on Matt Barkley. Enjoy and tell a friend!

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1) What are the strengths and weakness of Matt Barkley?
Barkley's strength is everything he possesses above the shoulders. He understands not only what he has to do on the field, but the audibles, in-game decisions, and complex defensive schemes that he'll face in the NFL. The problem is, his lack of great athleticism, arm strength, or fluid re-directing in the pocket doesn't always allow him to utilize his high football IQ.

Welcome to the first installment of Buddy Nixon’s 2013 Draft Previews. The purpose of this series is to give you a quick overview of the players the Buffalo Bills will be evaluating heading into the draft, with special considerations about how they might fit into the current roster.

We’ll begin with tight ends. We’ve been consistent in our opinion that Buffalo needs another tight end, however if Fred Davis ends up signing with us, this position will be of less emphasis in the draft. Regardless, tight ends are versatile, effective players that will be critical to Marrone’s version of the west coast offense. Let’s take a look at this year’s draft class.

Tyler Eifert - Notre Dame (6-6, 250)

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Oh, hello. Is free agency still happening? Lovely. Have the Bills signed anyone? Probably not. Wait!! They had dinner with Fred Davis?! I'M UP!!! Wait, is he any good?

The Bills are about three weeks into the festivities and have signed one player (Manny Lawson) who lost his job last season. As of right now, there doesn't seem to be any free agents out there that are going to really change the identity of the Bills. We are now to the Dwan Edwards portion of free agency. Don't know what that means? Well, I go back to when the Bills signed him in 2010, which came a good 2 weeks after free agency started.