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That's probably because you've never seen him in either state. Why? Are you planning on getting drunk and staying out until 2 AM on Chippewa?

I guess someone else was working-out for him at Oregon's Pro Day.

Drills are important, but 11-on-11 work is more telling. Is Ellison outplaying Harris and Bowen there?

There's supposed to be help from the LG, if not RB's. In any scenario involving Bell at LT, there will need to be extra attention given to that side of the field. Hell, even with Walker there.

They should keep Bell at one spot. Guys coming at you from the right versus left, from what I've been told and especially at this level, is a lot more hard/different than one would think. And if today is any indication, maybe moving Walker back to RT and getting the Bell at LT era started now is the best way to go.

How many times? And on one side or both?

Thanks for the report. Perhaps moving Walker back to RT and starting Bell at LT is the way to go. And regarding Bell failing to get in front of DE's when they crossed back to the inside, was that in 1-on-1 drills?

Wow, Bell, a 7th rounder, didn't play in his rookie year? The horror! Cut him now! Oh really, Peters "wrecked (sic) havoc on special teams since his day one?" Care to research that and get back to me? And I said "the O-line was severely starved..."

Doubtful at best. And if it did, that's pretty sad on the kid's part to be so jaded so young.

How long was Jason Peters a long term project? And the Bills' O-line was severely starved for talent back then. And the analogy to Larson was a poor one. Larson was strong as an ox but didn't have any talent. Bell has the talent but lacked strength last year.

We've talked about this on the BBMB before, Thurm. And you'll say anything, absolutely anything, to defend Peters, reasonable or not. Both there AND here. When a guy comes out and admits that he didn't give his full effort because he was thinking about his contract and didn't think the "pittance" he was being paid merited a better effort, it's pretty indicative of his character. Perhaps you're right that the Bills did "lowball" him, to tell him what they thought of his effort/ability, i.e. a "a truly great LT wouldn't have done acted or performed like that" kind of statement. The lack of humility in failing to take responsibility for those, plus his "I can't believe they trade me!" only further reveal his character. Philly fans are still in the honeymoon phase with Peters. The longer he sits-out and misses "jelling-time" with his new teammates (Samuel has been there a year, BTW), the more behind the 8-ball the Eagles' O-line gets and the more frustrated they'll become. Especially since Shawn Andrews appears to be having a relapse of his back or (hopefully not) depression problems. And the the Eagles' O-line coach is attempting to change his technique. And have you ever heard of a "quad spasm," much less a reason to put a player on the PUP list?

The onus was on Byrd to have the surgery when the Bills told him to have it, because obviously his injury wasn't healing on its own. And it apparently didn't affect him enough to prevent him from working-out on campus in April, after skipping the Combine workouts. And the notion that the Bills should have signed him before virtually every other pick signed, just so he could get surgery, is about the dumbest idea I've ever heard. I'd be willing to wager this has never happened before in the NFL. Byrd has cost himself a lot of money because he'll miss-out on playing time incentives, much less starting money. I hope this latest incident makes the Bills decide to avoid drafting or signing players represented by Eugene Parker.

Ellis missed 9 games last year.

Thank you! The FO is and will be completely happy with LW even if he can't make it as a LT. They'll just move him back to RT. LW has 2 years left on his contract. I don't see them re-signing him after the 2010 season though, unless Butler can't make it at RT.

Well given the delay in having his surgery, I don't have any faith in Byrd doing much this year. My point was to say that he can recover and that it wasn't the Bills' fault that he waited so long to have surgery. Had he had it when the Bills said he should have it, he'd be healed by now.

Just like your post, to which I was replying.

A groin injury doesn't always require surgery. Sammy Morris' career was never seriously impacted by it. And given that Chris Perry is out of the league, he had issues other than his sports hernia.

"The 47 million uninsured." That being said, private insurance companies continuing to jack-up rates while making billions in profits is inexcusable. As is denying people for pre-existing conditions.

They drafted him at the end of April. Why would they wait until June to recommend surgery?

Wrong.

They didn't have doubts about Greer per se, although he did miss 6 games last year. They just felt that McGee and McKelvin are better and couldn't justify spending over $5M/year on him.

I re-read the article about Peters and I got it wrong the first time. He's actually got a problem with his quad. Which is worse, not passing the conditioning test because you're out of shape or injured? We'll see what he says the longer he's on the PUP and depending on how he performs. The money may be greener on the other side, but the grass isn't always.

Who said they knew he was injured when they drafted him? Or that the injury required surgery?

Didn't you hear? It's because the Bills didn't sign him to a contract back in June.