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Nick Fairley, purely because IMO he will have a greater impact, statistically, than any of the other defensive lineman in this draft.
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I was checking out Don Banks' "Wes Welker Watch List", and the Bills selected 3 players off of last year's list: David Nelson, WR, Danny Batten, OLB, Levi Brown, QB.
It seems that the Bills are trying to get back to selecting small school players like they did in the late '80s. In your opinion, which of the players from this year's list might the Bills select in the later part of the draft?
Darrin Walls, CB, Notre Dame
Schuylar Oordt, TE, Northern Iowa
Mike Smith, OT, Nebraska
Matthias Berning, OLB, Central Michigan
Brandyn Thompson, CB, Boise State
Byron Stingily, OT, Louisville
David Carter, DT, UCLA
Ryan Hill, CB, Miami
Marc Schiechl, DE, Colorado School of Mines
Kris Durham, WR, Georgia
I could see the Bills taking a late-round/UFA flyer on Schuylar Oordt. Also, Darrin Walls is an interesting developmental CB with his combination of size and speed. He's an aggressive tackler.
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Draft him to do what, play cornerback? He's a gimmick player in the NFL, and not a very good one at that.
Tyrod's a better passer than most give him credit for, and his physical gifts speak for themselves. As a previous poster suggested, I don't think that he will ever be a starting caliber QB in this league. I can see him, however, being a good back-up QB/gimmick player. If any coach can utilize Tyrod...it's Gailey.
Another suggestion for a possible mid to late round QB pick would be Ricky Stanzi from Iowa. He has excellent size, is a good character guy, and improved every season at Iowa. Could be a steal in the 4th - 5th round.
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I think the obvious, although very unrealistic choice is Sherrod. Ijalana is a stretch as well...IMO. Given the realistic choices I'd say Brewer. Heard he's a real road-grader in the run game.
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Please give Fireman Ed a kick in the nuts for me
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Get the best 3-4 DE available....there will likely be plenty of good ROT prospects available in round 3.
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Didn't Warren Sapp test positive for marijuana prior to the draft? I'll keep both of them on my board (especially Ballard) if they slide to the 3rd round.
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bleacher report=utter failure
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Depends on whether they think Julio Jones is still there at 17.
No way Julio Jones makes it past Washington and St. Louis.
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A.J. GREEN!
Watch!
Are you hoping that this is the Bills pick at #3, or do you just have a suspicion that he will be the guy?
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Right back at you. Is it Thursday yet? I've been real irritable lately.
That's what stress will do to you
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JH, you suggest that maybe our lack of agreement on "stress" might be semantic. But I still disagree.
In dark moments like the ones you mentioned and others like the Super Bowl losses, The Music City heist, etc, I was never stressed.
Mad? Yes. Unhappy? Yes. Sad? Yes.
Agree to disagree...I suppose. Much respect to a good poster.
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I doubt it. Even though I would question their judgement, over the years I have learned to live with the Bills lack of judgement & nothing they do would surprise me.
& to Hammersticks, do you go to any games? Do you have season tickets? Do you put your money where your mouth is? Because if you do not go to the games I do not consider you a fan. How do you like that?
Wow you really got me good Gordo!! You're stressing me out bro!! Actually, I would be more offended by your questioning of my "Bills fan credentials" if you could actually string together a coherent thought into a sentence.
Just for the record, Gordo, I went to my first Bills game when I was 6 years old, and my family had season tickets from 1987 to 1999. I'm 32 years old now and not one season has passed where I have missed attending a game in Buffalo. I have also attended games in New York City, New England, Charlotte, Baltimore, and Miami.
So...Do I put my money where your mouth is? I'm not sure what you mean by that, but taken in a literal sense, no I don't because money is very dirty.
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Let's try to break this down.
One litmus test for "stressing out" would be something that caused you to have a hard time sleeping.
But even that has to be qualified…many kids have a hard time sleeping on Christmas Eve because they are excited about Christmas morning…but I wouldn't call that stress…I'd call that excitement.
At any rate, I read and post here virtually every day, I have the NFL Sunday ticket, I go to as many Bills games as my location/income allow, I have Bills merchandise and bumper stickers on my vehicles and I wore my Bills garb to the Oakland Coliseum…so yeah…I'm a true Bills fan.
But I don't lose any sleep thinking about the Bills. Without going into details, I have many more important things to "stress out" over.
No matter how excited I get about the Bills, it's all in entertainment and fun…and if you take an academic approach to the subject like most of the people here, it's also pretty damn interesting to watch and evaluate an organization over the course of many decades.
So stress? Nope…no way.
Excitement and interest? Buffalo Bills Football is atop my entertainment world.
It sounds like we are all quibbling about what to name the human emotion we all feel when it comes to our favorite sports teams. Whether you call it stress, excitement, exhilaration, arousal, whatever...you are feeling some type of emotion related to the Bills. Sometimes these emotions can be positive in nature, sometimes negative. I don't know if the true "litmus test" for stressing out would be losing sleep at night.
When Stevie Johnson dropped that pass in the endzone, losing the game against the Steelers, were you stressed or excited? When Ray Lewis stripped the ball from Shawn Nelson, effectively stealing away the game in overtime, were you excited or stressed? When the Bills blew other tough games against the Bears and the Chiefs.....how were you feeling exactly? I surely wasn't excited. I was feeling pretty negative.....call it what you want.
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I would not throw my television out the window if we drafted AJ Green at #3. I would, however, be really, really, really pissed if we drafted Newton or Gabbert.
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His take on Jake Locker is interesting. I don't know if I'd go as far as to compare him to Favre, but he does raise some good points regarding the type of offense they ran at Washington, Locker's lack of protection, etc... If Jake Locker played for a team like Auburn or Oregon, would his stats look very different, and would we be talking about him as the #1 QB prospect?
I'm not a huge fan of Gabbert....at least not in the first half of the first round.
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Anyone on here who says that they don't stress about the Bills is either lying, or they're not a true fan. Although I don't lie awake at night worrying about who the bills will pick in the draft, I do have concerns (given their history of draft blunders) that they will make a poor decision on Thursday night. These decisions affect me because I am a huge fan of the Bills who hates losing. When I watch games on Sunday, and I see our team get clobbered once again, I get stressed about it. It makes me angry, and yes....a little bit stressed.
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1. Marcel Dareus
2. Brooks Reed
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I just picked a scab off my elbow that kind of resembles a young Gabe Northern. I may see what I can get for it on E-Bay.
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John Clay in the 7th round. He's a big, tough runner who would be good to have in those goal line/3rd and short situations. I wonder if he can pass block?
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Trade back with San Francisco. Pick Nick Fairley at #7, and also get San Fran's 2nd, early 4th, and 6th round picks.
#7 Nick Fairley
#34 Brooks Reed
#45 Derrick Sherrod/Ben Ijalana
#68 Quan Sturdivant
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I'd also have to say Cam Jordan. I would not be shocked, particularly if Marcel Dareus were off the board.
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All this is assuming the Bills completely tank next season. I thought we were pretty bad last season, and still the best we could do is the #3 pick in the draft. Forget about Andrew Luck. I agree, however, with you sentiment regarding the need to draft a QB early in this year's draft. I guess I just disagree with your logic.
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I wouldn't be opposed to bringing in Vince Young, but I highly doubt he would come to Buffalo to be a back-up QB. If anyone is assuming that VY would come in and immediately unseat Fitz as the starter...I think you're sorely mistaken. There are other teams (i.e., Oakland, Washington, Arizona) that he could go to and immediately compete for the starting job.
Bills' 2010 Draft-Worst in NFL?
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Your logic, IMO, is pretty ridiculous. So the barometer for a successful draft class is finding 3-4 immediate starters? Do some research, and find some teams that got 3-4 immediate starters from the 2010 draft. I'll wait.....