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So far I like this the most, but I don't see how WR is ahead of more O-Line depth.

I have to submit the Bills' positional needs to DraftTek for their next consensus mock draft. I like to be a democratic despot; I'm willing to listen, discuss, debate, and then decide. We put P1 as a top priority at one position, and there can be only one top priority. You can elect to NOT have a P1. However, you can have multiple P2, P3, P4, or P9. There is no such thing as a P5, P6, P7 or P8. P9 basically means you don't want to draft that position. Cornerback, anyone? Here's what I am thinking: P1=OT P2=OLB, DT, DE P3=TE, OC P4=FS, SS, RB, WR P9=CB, OG Thoughts? I will post our needs at 9pm EST. Astro

Just came back on, but missed the I?NT by Wilson (George, right? Ralph still on IR?)

My cable just crapped the bed Enjoy the rest of the game... Grr....

Ralph Wilson isn't going to pay a rookie QB, likely 1st or 2nd off the board, millions of dollars. None is a sure fire bet, not Tebow, Bradford, Colt McCoy, or Pike. Prepare to be disappointed if you're expecting the Bills to go QB in Round 1. They will take a Free Agent with experience for less money. Highly-touted Mark Sanchez is the latest poster boy for drafting a franchise QB. DraftTek picked more first rounders than any draft service. The DraftTek picks for the Bills are doing just fine in the NFL. Cushing last year and Patrick Willis the year before. BTW, we're still looking for a linebacker. Agree that personnel men are at the heart of a successful organization. See Polian. However, great players on IR don't help you, and changing offensive coordinators 6 days before the season starts doesn't help either. Modrak is fine; the changes this organization needs to make to get to the playoffs are named Jauron, Brandon, and Wilson.

My point is that there won't be a LB at the spot we end up. If they want a starter at LB they'll get one in FA or in trade. Our mentality has been that we are drafting starters. That's part of the problem.

I've done lots of fooling around with our DraftTek 2010 Draft Simulator, and it seems to make the most sense to pick a DT early in this draft based on the relative strengths of each position. There is a cluster of very good DT's and WR's right where we'll likely pick (#5 to #12) in Round 1. I notified DraftTek that we wanted DT Ndamukong Suh if he was still available at our Mock's pick (he was). In the second round, we'll likely find a cluster of OT's (Ciron Black and Charles Brown, and Maryland's Bruce Campbell) plus some very good QB's (Bradford, Tebow, Locker) and DE's (Selvie, Odrick, Woodden, Oghobaase). I'm of the school that would pick an OT here; the computer picked OT Charles Brown since Black was just picked. The third round has OLB's galore going early (#65-#77). These will include Bruce Carter (likely gone by our pick), Travis Lewis (Oklahoma), A.J. Edds (Iowa), and Justin Cole (more of a 3-4 backer). Sure enough, the simulator picked Travis Lewis OLB for the Bills. Early RD#4 looks like a hodgepodge right now, with teams picking by need. The simulator picked Dan LeFevour QB out of Central Michigan, but QB Clausen was still on the board, as was Dennis Pitta, the TE from BYU (watch him on Saturday), and Cameron Heyward, DE from Ohio State. An emotional pick would be Mike Williams WR Syracuse, picked by Dallas at #112. If you use the Simulator (link) let me know what you think, and how we can improve it for general use. Astro

That you can change your offensive freaking coordinator 6 days before the season starts and still win 2 games.

Hey! They could be called the Clippers!

Agree with you about getting the DT early to work into a rotation to eventually replace Stroud. I've been really impressed with Williams lately. Suh is a great choice there. Second round may be the time to get your OLB. We don't know what is in Kavicka's future, Maybin isn't trained as a LB, we aren't sold on Ellison, Crowell's gone, Poz can't do it all. Decent OT's would still be around at this pick, though. Third round is likely to be QB, or OLB. DraftTek won't do a 2-round mock for a few weeks, but I ran their simulator and came up with this 4-rounder for the Bills: Ndamukong Suh DT43 Nebraska Charles Brown OT USC Travis Lewis OLB43 Oklahoma Dan LeFevour QB Central Michigan I hope you'll watch LeFevour this year; he'd be my choice right now (because I wouldn't commit to a 1st Round QB for so many reasons). I don't think he'll be a 4th rounder come next April.

Suh is who we got in the DraftTek draft this week. Some more defensive pressure is high on my list, so I was loving that pick. I'd take Tebow in RD#1, Dan LeFevour in RD#2, or Max Hall in RD#3 if we go LT or OLB in earlier rounds.

Got that right. Jones finished the game with over 9 ypc.

Our guys didn't give up. I did, but they didn't. I stopped recording the game at halftime.

Penalty then a false start by Dustin Keller. Glad we didn't take him.

Stroud is being single-covered.

Levitre now has my respect.

6 to 3. I've heard that before... But where?

Ellison blew up the 3rd down play.

Wow.

He was thawing.

This was done already. Did anybody see Wilson on TV during th last "game"? There was NO Movement whatsoever.

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The Big Board at www.drafttek.com has these as our top 12: 1 Ndamukong Suh Nebraska DT43 DE34 0 2 Russell Okung Oklahoma State OT OG +1 3 Taylor Mays USC FS SS +1 4 *Gerald McCoy Oklahoma DT43 +6 5 Colt McCoy Texas QB 0 6 *Carlos Dunlap Florida DE43 DE34 +15 7 C.J. Spiller Clemson RBC KR +1 8 *Dez Bryant Oklahoma State WRF KR -2 9 Greg Hardy Mississippi DE43 TE -7 10 Brandon LaFell LSU WRF +1 11 Brandon Spikes Florida ILB OLB34 OLB43 +1 12 Sean Weatherspoon Missouri OLB43 +3 We need to be in the Top Five. As you can see, we consider Pick 6-10 to be "No Man's Land" for the Bills right now. I'm very impressed with Brandon Spikes, but he got flagged for an unsportsmanlike penalty last Saturday. Greg Hardy could be a tweener (DE-TE) but hasn't jumped out from the pack. LaFell looked good Saturday in a loss.

I just submitted our team needs to DraftTek.com for their computer draft. OT-QB-OLB-DE. After yesterday, I hope we don't have to move linebacker up, because this O-Line needs talent.

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