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I could live with any of those scenarios. Interesting piece from Astro - thanks.

Reading the OP felt like talking to a customer service rep in Bhopal. I'm not certain what the point was, or is. And Maybin was not a luxury pick, he was a bad pick .

...and finish dead last against the run again.

That would be my preferred scenario. A solid signing for depth. After pulling guys off the street the past two years it would be nice to have quality depth on the OL.

+1 And don't discount BB having some intel on a divisional opponant. Yes they are miles better but BB knows we will be better this year. BB uses any and all methods to stay on top...as we all know.

Sounds like we exactly don't need - and undersized LB with questionable desire for the game. At least our undersized LB's seem to like football.

Makes me more sure that we will go D in the draft. You don't bring in a Dave Wannstedt in and give that title and a special job to coach ILB's than say here's Poz and good luck. We'll pick some beef up front to keep the OL off the LB's and some ILB help.

Stevie Johnson, Jabari Greer, Terrance McGee, Wes Welker....I don't know, seems like WR and CB's come from all over and not always in the first round. This year we're going to be developing a nice group of recievers in which all but one came in the early rounds. At CB, the shakiest guy we have was a first rounder. You can lack a little up front on the OL if you have a top 5 QB, etc. Every team is different and I still beleive you have to run the ball and stop the run as a starting point to build a winner. Exceptions to the rule? You bet, but as a rule, that's the way I'd go.

I'm a Dareus fan. He is stout on the run and amazingly fast and quick for a guy that size. He's versatile and can move inside on stunts and has speed rush and bull rush moves. Love to see him in a Bills uni.

Link? Edit: oops, found it.

I just don't get this fixation with Matthews. He has maxed out his frame and is still too small. We already have our quota of little LB's. As for Miller...too reminiscent of Maybin. Chan wants size on the DL and ILB and that's what we will draft, not little guys at LB.

Sort of sums it up for a lot of us. At the end of the day we got to trust that if Chan and Buddy think CN is the deal we'll take him. If not, we'll get a great player to help our D.

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Point taken! I will take one for the team and stay the eff home!

You can't teach accuracy or decision making. Trent failed with only one of the deficits mentioned. He was accurate but couldn't take the speed of the game decision wise. Locker is a nice project for someone in the late rounds.....hopefully it won't be us.

I went to two draft parties at RWS. The first we picked Eric Flowers. It took me a long time to get over that, but I did. and attended the last one where we picked Maybin. Combine those two experiences and you find yourself in the fetal position for days at a time.

How do you think both would do playing behind our line and with our defense on the field for 70% of the game?

I don't think he's worth top five money. So let the Fish lose all that cap room. He had one decent year out of four. He wasn't dominant and the Fish gave up a lot of yards rushing with him in the middle. So I'm not losing any sleep over it.

If they like Cam enough, you're right, he's gone at three. I find it telling that Chan wants to see his football smarts...in particular reading pro defenses and not the one-check down system Cam played at Auburn. I feel Cam is not going to be able to read a pro defense anytime soon and the "hike and the ball is out" or as Chan said "read the end on an option" skills he now has will not cut it in the NFL. I guess Chan will know it when he sees it. So I'm not sold that if they don't pick a QB at #3, they wouldn't take on in the second or third round. Chan may see something he likes in one of the other guys.

Umm, to quote the man, "no, not really."

Chan and Buddy, you need to watch this. Dammit, let's get this team going and win baby!

Link is not working for me.

Dareus. Just keep remembering the B'slapping the Jets and others gave our run defense last year.

Tough one. I voted Vick because with Pig Ben, there was some modicum of consent. The dogs had no choice - fight or die, be electrocuted, beatened and burned. The guy was a heartless pr*ck. That said, Pig Ben disgusted me as well. It's like being asked if you were neck deep in a barrel of shite and someone threw a pail of p*ss at your face would you duck?

Clabo I'm with you, but I would not break the bank on Soliai. He had a decent year (his first decent year of four years in the league) but was hardly dominant. The Fish's D gave up boatloads of yards on the ground. If the price were right, okay. But I would not sink mega dollars into this guy.