Archives for April 27, 2009

‘Elimimian is UH’s career leading tackler and was the WAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2008.’

‘"I had several options but just felt that Buffalo gave me the best opportunity," Bell said in a phone interview Monday. "Buffalo lost their left tackle (Jason Peters) and I felt like there is some good room there to compete for playing time."’

‘When discussing Maybin’s strengths, Buffalo’s Chief Operating Officer Russ Brandon noted, “We talked about it at the end of the season (that) we have to make the quarterback uncomfortable. “Aaron gives us an opportunity to have another pass rusher off the edge. He’s an explosive athlete and a physical specimen and adding him to our mix makes us a lot better.”‘

‘”I’m coming into a situation where they have some Penn State guys … they’ve got Paul Posluszny and Bryan Scott. It’s nice to be comfortable in that my career is starting off the right way.”‘

Bills draft Maybin with first pick (Penn State Daily Collegian)

Bills draft former ASH star Harris in fifth round (Alexandria Town Talk)

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‘”Jim Kelly, Bruce Smith, Don Beebe, the list goes on-Thurman Thomas,” he said. “I’m looking forward to meeting a lot of those guys that I watched as a kid and proud to be part of the organization that they helped bring to this point.”‘

‘Critics felt the Maybin pick was odd for a team that wants to win now, and whose coach, Dick Jauron, is on the hot seat. My reservations about Jauron are well-documented. But the Bills shouldn’t be basing their draft on the fact that the coach is on thin ice (if that’s indeed true). They got into this mess with rash, shortsighted thinking. They’re chasing after some of their own mistakes. They can’t fix the whole thing overnight.’

‘Don’t mistake him for Tony Hunter, a receiving tight end from the 1983 draft who turned into a bust. Nelson is much better. In fact, he might be the most polished receiver at the position the Bills have ever had.’

‘"I can’t remember a time when it wasn’t said at some point that you can never have enough corners, and I guess you can say it about the whole secondary now," coach Dick Jauron said at the conclusion of the two-day selection process that netted Buffalo eight new players.’

‘It means centers and tackles will be guards, cornerbacks will be safeties and safeties will be linebackers.’

‘Played less than one full season as a starter for the Nittany Lions, but had 12 sacks and 20 tackles for loss. … Started 10 of 26 career games. … Is said to have best first step of all the rush ends in the draft, but he played at 230 pounds in college and is now up nearly 20 pounds. … Respected NFLdraftscout.com had him ranked as the 31st-best prospect in the draft.’

‘Aaron Maybin (No. 11 pick) is the speed rusher the Bills have been lacking. He’ll probably begin as a pass-rushing specialist and should be an instant upgrade in that role.’

‘Grade: C+.’