Pete

great post. My guess is down the road, people will compare taking Newton over Gabbert(if that indeed does occur) to the debate between Ryan Leaf and Peyton Manning. I am not saying Gabbert will be Manning, but I am guessing Gabbert will be a starter in the league for many years and Newton is a colossal bust of Leaf proportions

still a hate crime. Police said the victim was a 22-year-old woman and said an update on her condition was not immediately available.

There had to be plenty of people that could of been humane and intervened. Do we not learn from Kitty Genovese? What the hell is wrong with people? Our society is !@#$ed pay it McDonalds! couldn't someone at least called the police? !@#$ing chickenshit cowards

can't we all just get along? This is sickening!

agreed. Kyle Williams is the only player on D that can't be easily upgraded

or we can screw up and draft Vince Young 2.0

correct. The clock on my wall is always 4:20. It gets my friends all the time. We will be hanging out late at night, they look up "Holy **** it's 4:20"

let me check my watch and see what time it is here in CT....Hey it's 4:20!

amen. I want nothing to do with Newton. I really want to see us build up our defense this draft, and maybe a TE and RT. If we select Gabbert I am alright with that, though he is nowhere near my first choice. Newton would be a cancer to this team IMO and he has Aaron Maybin bust potential and if Carolina selects Newton- that guarantees either Dareus or Miller is there for us. Let Carolina draft Newton

its cool that when it is 4:20 in California it is 4:20 in Lahore, Tashkent, Karachi, and Bukhara

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/20/what-420-means-the-true-s_n_188320.html

enlighten us on Lafayette you smug know it all please

former land of the free

I have been reading up on Marquis de Lafayette and he is the unsung hero of the revolution. He had an amazing interesting life and is just as much a factor in the US winning as Washington. Lafayette believed in liberty for all and foresaw the potential greatness of the USA. He helped start the French revolution, and when he returned to USA from France he had probably the greatest reception anyone has ever had in this country. Rock stars have nothing on Lafayette. When Washington died, Lafayette took some soil from the site, and took it back with him to France. So Lafayette is buried in American soil in France. You see Lafayette's name all over- towns, roads, colleges. But few know his story. If you are not familiar I highly recommend you read up on this great American hero Lafayette was a fervent believer of freedom for all. And slavery abhorred him. He truly recognized what this country is supposed to be premised on

oil

BPA always. Reaching for need is how you end up awful- like the Bills the past 10 years

Amen to that. Happy Holidays!

Exactly. I like Moats and think he might be a solid player for us. But our linebackers were abysmal last year and there are no guarantees Merriman and Moats are the answer. That is putting a lot of faith that Merriman can overcome a severe injury. And how much of his performance was steroid based? He was great 4 years ago. It has been awhile since I have seen Merriman show that kind of ability. And it is quite the assumption to think Moats will be the pass rusher we are desperate for and solve our rush defense problems. As far as Kelsay- the Bills see something in him I don't see- just like Aaron Maybin, Derek Dockery, Cornell Green etc. We continually let good players walk and overpay for mediocre players. Kelsay is decent depth, but hardly someone I would pay like they are a cornerstone of the franchise. And like my original post stated- Kyle Williams is the only player on defense that earned his starting position IMO. Every other position can be upgraded and there should be open competition. May the best player win

I am warming up to Gabbert and think there is a good chance we draft him. Dalton is the other QB I like. Newton is radioactive, stay away

didn't that Gabbert article say he could throw a football 75 yards?

well how much production have we gotten from Kelsay, Moats and Merriman? In a 3-4 the pressure comes from the outside backers and our pass rush is in desperate need of an upgrade. And they have not exactly done well against the run either. Kyle Williams earned his spot on defense. He is about the only one. Every other position should be up for grabs, may the best player win

in a nanosecond!

I am not sold on us getting the Merriman of a few years ago and would have a plan b in place. If Merriman is healthy my guess is he plays strong side. It would be a spirited camp battle between Miller and Moats. Moats might start at weakside, with Miller coming in on passing if Moats somehow beat out Miller for the job

1 Von Miller OLB 2 Jabaal Sheard DE/OLB 3-Andy Dalton QB 4-Jason Pinkston, RT 4b-Kelvin Sheppard ILB 5-Greg Romeus DE 6-Byron Stingley T 7-Patrick Hill FB with a little luck, we might get lucky that some great value slides down a little. resign Florence, Poz, and Whitner. LDE Carrington-Romeus-McCargo NT Kyle-Troup RDE Sheard-Johnson-Edwards SLB Merriman-Kelsay MLB-Batten-Torbor-Sheppard WLBPoz-Coleman JLB-Miller-Moats-Maybin LCB- McGee-Corner-Youboty RCB-Florence-McKelvin FS-Byrd- Wilson SS Whitner-Scott qb Fitzpatrick-Brown-Dalton FB McIntyre-Hill WR-Nelson-Jones-Easley RB Jackson-Spiller-Ganther LT Bell-Wang-Pinkston LG-Levitre-Howard C- Wood-Hangartner RG- Rhinehart-Brown RT-Wrotto-Howard-Pears TE- Nelson-Martin-Stupar WR-Johnson-Parrish-Roosevelt I would sign a big back for short yardage and keep looking for upgardes at TE, RT, and CB Version 1.0 not bad and a tad optimistic, but in realm of possibility. This looks like a good football team IMO

That's great, it starts with and earthquake...