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Just watching ESPN gameday. Finally someone highlighted the outstanding play of the most dominant defensive player in CFB. Suh from Nebraska. Freak DT/DE. He is a top 5 overall pick. Bills need to grab him - I also want Spikes (LB from FL). Alas there line is a mess so hopefully they can get some good FA's for once.

Right! OL and DL first last and always. I would tend to always stack my team with DL - giants, pats, titans, ravens, vikings all have great drafts and signings w/ DL and it pays off. But the post was about who are good QB prospects. I loved the edwards pick - but he was a calculated gamble - did not see enough of him in college (injured). Believe it or not JP is like a shorter Flacco, I guarantee if the current Ravens drafted JP they would be as good. Bills organization is not good. The Bills just have too many holes - really need DE help last year- and they still do. Still could use another DT. Def need stud strong side LB. I don't like whitner at free safety i am sorry but he does not stop TE down the pipe to help out the LBs. And we know they need OL. God help thim if they get another injury at T or even G/C. Mckinney is real bad. I like this GB kid though. But all these players are so raw.

Floyd is sure thing. I see the fitz comparison. I like there TEs. Really sure about Clausen - thats his #1 throw the 35-40 yd jump ball fade.? I didn't see the ND v wash game. His umich and mich st. games were good. Inconsistent. His last drive against Purdue makes you move him up your board significantly. He is definitely progressing - but his elbow worries me - it drops some times and his balls float - i remember having elbow injuries early - loses velocity. Jay Cutler and Rodgers absolutely have the best "form" for throwing a football. Unrelated - I think the Bills had a sweet & sour draft. OMG wood is a freakishly good talent (everyone wanted him) and levitre too. But Maybin at #11 wasn't the pick - he is good athlete, he is like Derrick Thomas LB/DE speed rusher. Not a good rusher in terms of hands, techniques. Really undersized. He is a rookie tho and DEs get better in the NFL after rookie years. Byrd was a reach - but will be good (his tackling sucks right now - its due to him being rookie and missing camp - b/c he tackled well in college). But their Mckelvin pick at 11 last year was again the wrong pick haha. Talib all day. Their reasoning was that Mckelvin could return kicks too so his deficiency in covering tech/hands would overcome Talib's superior skills. Pick the guy who will be the better player at their position in first round - can't justify for his return abilities.

The above poster is right. Head to head is nice. In Locker I see a lot of similarities to a Jamarcus Russell (Jake runs though). Not good enough accuracy. Clausen last two years - I would have said no way. Over hyped in hs. Remember Paulis was Gatorade PLayer of the Year (hype) but he took a Duke bball scholarship to sit on the bench his junior and senior yr b/c he was not getting the offers from the schools that merrit attention for the Gatorade Player of the Year. And he is not good. But Clausen is getting better - really like the Purdue last drive - really good. But he is a weaker Brady Quinn - not to say Quinn is no good (more of Browsn organizational issues). And Quinn was hyped so much in college- deservedly so. I wouldn't recommend Clausen (maybe 6th round). Everyone knew Matt Ryan was going to be good. Flacco is a bit of a surprise, but he is doing in Balt exactly what he did at Del. Steady, steady, steady. Big arm. He is just starting to look off guys, and pump fake and fine tune his accuracy. Case Keenum is for real.

Well I am a college scout. Worked with guys that did NFL. You get assigned to a region - and certain set of schools. You don't scout practices (until senior bowl, pro days, combine) which today tuesday being a practice day. We actually rarely go to a lot of games physically (unless it is close and their are a lot of players there). Most tapes, film, TV. Cold weather is a factor - (back in the day the big ten was awesoeme - brees at purdue, brady at umich, harbaugh at umich) But there isnt a lot of weight to it. No one could predict that Favre would be so good in cold weather if you just looked at he was a missippii kid that went to SM. If the guy is just fiery and psychologically on point he could throw a lubed up football in -20 degree weather. Aikmen was at OU ad UCLA from that area. And Brady is from CA high school. It really doesnt matter. It is the player.

I can't believe no one has mentioned this kid from Houston - Case Keenum (pronounced casey). QB is ticky scouting assignment. Everyone here is naming big school popular QBs. Look at the guy and see if A)he can make NFL throws, B)good pocket presence, C)moves the ball up and down the field, D)is he good or product of the system?, E)just makes plays, F)wins G)size, H)good knowledge of time (internal clock, knows D&D, TOs, etc). That is how you scout for NFL QBs. Tebow - are you kidding me? he is not an NFL QB (fails A, C, D). He is not at all fast enough to be a wildcat QB either. Snead- hes OK - not franchise. hyped too much Mccoy - hes average, hyped too much Forcier - kind of like Tebow, he will be a great college player but not an NFL arm. too small in general the big ten is a joke - and ND plays lots of the big ten so I don't look at good performance from QBs that play these teams. Pike - I really like him, but I think he is like Harrell, Daniels - product of the spread. I think he is better than those two though Bradford - hes better than OK, dont know if hes franchise - kind of like deer in headlights, has really good players around him big 12 teams don't play defense Keenum - just watch him, A-H, not to mention he is fiery and a great leader. Also he is very athletic, can run well. Runs a spread like offense, but he is not a product of the system - as a frosh everyone at houston was like OMG we have a steal. *Yes I am a scout

Yea my expectations are low to quite low. I like this little stat from nfl.com: Lee Evans at Patriots (Mon.): 25 catches, 372 yards (37.2 YPG), no TDs in 10 career games vs. New England. That is just horrendous for your #1 receiver.