I really wasn’t planning to post something about Stevie-gate.

But the over-reaction keeps going overboard.

First it was Bob Costas and his pompous old-fart commentary Sunday night.  He sounded so old and grumpy he made Andy Rooney seem young and cheerful.  In fact, he made Andy Rooney seem alive.

Then it was New York Jets defensive tackle Sione Pouha getting his moment in the spotlight.   Pouha said Stevie’s airplane crashing routine was insensitive to the 9/11 attacks.  Pouha, who by the way was going to college in Utah when 9/11 happened and didn’t even become a Jet until four years later, apparently has been kicked in the head a few times during pileups.

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About a month ago with the Buffalo Bills looking good at 5-2, I allowed myself to become fixated at examining potential playoff scenarios.  Amazingly, four weeks—and consecutive losses later it’s back to the annual passage of focusing attention to how the Bills look in terms of draft positioning several weeks premature to the close of the regular season.

As of this morning the Bills are the lone team in the league sporting a 5-6 record, which makes things simple to project for the time being.  As it stands now, Buddy Nix (assuming he’s still GM) would select 15^th overall in next April’s draft.

It’s entirely early to even begin speculating where the Bills may be looking with a first-round pick, but the chunky extension given to Ryan Fitzpatrick earlier this season pretty much eliminates the chance of taking a quarterback.  With Andrew Luck, Matt Barkley and Landry Jones seemingly locks to be gone before selection No. 15, Buffalo would have the option to select the guy they deem no worse than the 12^th best non-quarterback in the draft.

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