Feb 24, 2013; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Florida State Seminoles quarterback EJ Manuel participates in a passing drill during the NFL Combine at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports

With trading the 8th spot to the St. Louis Rams and seeing Tavon Austin go at that spot, the Buffalo Bills gained 3 additional picks (2nd, 3rd, and 7th) from the Rams.  This puts them at 9 total picks for the draft which is a good spot to be.

With Buffalo sitting at the 16th spot the Buffalo Bills select QB E.J. Manuel out of Florida State.

Manuel finished his collegiate career with 7,741 passing yards, 47 TDs, ad 28 ints.  n 2012 he had 3,397 yds with 23 TDs and 10 ints.

EJ Manuel is the first QB off the board in the 2013 Draft at the 16th spot.  surpassing Geno Smith and Ryan Nassib, who many thought would be reunited with his College coach here in Buffalo.  I know I for one had that thought as well.

I am not completely disappointed with the Manuel pick as EJ is a big guy that has a lot of upside to him and what he will bring to the Buffalo Bills.  He has raw talent that will be able for Coach Marrone and Hackett to mold into the QB that they see is the best fit for the Buffalo Bills.

Manuel is the best QB with a 8.78 yards per pass.

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Apr 25, 2013; New York, NY, USA; NFL commissioner Roger Goodell recognizes West, Texas and Boston Marathon victims and first responders during the 2013 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

With the 8th pick and with no major surprise, the Buffalo Bills and the front office has traded their first pick to the St. Louis Rams.  With this trade the Buffalo Bills move back to the 16th pick in the first round.

With the trade they also acquire the Rams’ 2nd round pick at 46th, the Rams’ 3rd round pick at 78th and the Rams’ 7th round pick at 222nd.

This means a lot for the Bills as they have just added 3 more picks to their draft given them a total of 9 picks for the draft, more trade bait as well as 5 picks within the first 3 rounds.

Will the 16th pick be too high to take Nassib or Will the Buffalo Bills look to trade again back farther to maybe the 22nd, or 25th spot to take the Syracuse Quarterback, Ryan Nassib?  Only time will tell at this point.

With this pick the St. Louis Rams selected Tavon Austin.  Austin has been compared to Randall Cobb from the Green Bay Packers.  Did the Buffalo Bills lose out?  I don’t think so.  Buffalo is in prime position to help in more than one postion at this time.

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