Astrobot

Pat Thomas is not heir apparent as OLB. I think this is a smokescreen and that we draft Cushing / Pettigrew in RD#1, Barwin / Ayers in RD#2.

I'd prefer Robinson OG in the 2nd to Caldwell OC in the 3rd. Caldwell was pretty well handled in the bowl game (as was his team, which looked slow). Plus we have a FA Center and don't seem to be signing a Guard. Have you looked at our depth chart, front office?

Fully Agree, 'Gox. The fact that there are three Tampa-2 OLB's makes it even better/cheaper to get one of them--you know you can have one, and you don't have to worry about whether OLB Cushing is there in round 1!!!

Also, keep in mind the Bills are still working behind the curtain, rather than publicly "playing" the media, giving Peters an ultimatum, or parading OT's through Buffalo. This may last until Draft Day, and that's 40 days and 40 nights.

Good work, WVU. It shows considerable work and insight because it isn't a rehash of every website out there. You made some tough choices. Props for your courage inm sharing them here.

We can make your scenario work, I think. Trade to #20-Pick up 2nd Rounder #20-Robert Ayers DE #33-Alex Mack OC #43-Vance Walker, DE/DT #52-Duke Robinson OG #75-Travis Beckum TE #106-Kraig Urbik, OG Wisconsin ---like this guy: We now have 2 best runblockers in the draft. #139-Scott McKillop ILB Pittsburgh #170-Sammie Lee Hill DT Stillman

You could be right! A Munch of 10 draft sites that updated in the last 24 hours: (We draft RD2#42) AT WHAT PICK IS AYERS TAKEN? Football Expert: #49 East Coast Sports: #37 DraftTek: #46 Sunday Kickoff: #28 War Room Report: 24th Walter Football:#21 Mock Draft Gurus:#31 900 Football: #30 Huddle Report:#30 NewSportDraft:#75 to the Bills

Jauron says he'd like to have 15 guys in camp via FA, draft, and College FA. We have 2 Centers: Hangartener and Philip. We have 6 Tackles including Peters, Walker, Chambers, Bell, Jon Scott, and Chris Denman. We have 2 Guards-- Butler and Rodd (?). I bet he's looking for 3 OG's, 1 OT, and one OC.

I think I like Southerland in the 7th for us better than the LSU FB in Round 6 in my sig!!! I will look further into it. Here's my favorite Southerland block: He's (of course) the upback who wastes 2 guys on the Thomas Brown touchdown. My favorite Quinn Johnson video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLMppXE97kE The commentators call him a Larry Csonka.

For our "Scheme" most say that Peria Jerry is the best match; that he would be the better UT and that Raji would be the better NT. Time will tell. Pretty sure we won't see Raji there at our pick, and we won't settle for Jerry at #11.

I like your draft, BGiM, even the 7th Rounder. Isn't Southerland the guy who blocked so well for Thomas Brown?

I think Dorsey-Raji in the middle is the dictionary definition of "critical mass". If Raji doesn't go to the Chiefs, someone else will take him right about here--say Indy, Tampa, Tennessee.

It WAS fun! The whole FA period and draft is fun. I wouldn't be on TSW and DraftTek if it wasn't. It's a 7 week diversion that brings hope into every NFL city. Read some other team boards and blogs, and you see the same names mentioned. But it will be fun to see how this all shakes out.

I bet KC will take Raji earlier now, at the 3rd pick, with Seattle more definitely going LT with their pick. So if I had to guess now: 1 Detroit Aaron Curry OLB 2 St Louis Michael Crabtree WR 3 KC BJ Raji DT 4 Seattle Jason Smith OT 5 Cleveland Brian Orakpo DE 6 Cincinnati Eugene Monroe OT 7 Oakland Everette Brown DE 8 Jville Matthew Stafford QB 9 G Bay Tyson Jackson DE 10 San Fran Michael Oher OT Leaving these guys on the board at our pick: Andre Smith OT Rey Maualuga ILB James Laurinaitis ILB Malcolm Jenkins CB Brian Cushing OLB Knowshon Moreno RB Mark Sanchez QB Jeremy Maclin WR Peria Jerry DT Brandon Pettigrew TE Clay Matthews OLB

Hey, Gox. I think you mean Beatty at the #21 spot. Here's that simulation draft from www.DraftTek.com. The Eagles take Andre Smith (now the 4th ranked LT) at #11, and Chris Wells (RB) at #28. They get what they want. Detroit at #20 takes Brandon Pettigrew, and our plan is foiled temporarily. The Bills take LT William Beatty at #21, DE Robert Ayers at #42, Jared Cook TE at the Eagles RD2 pick, Andy Levitre OG at their RD3, and Alex Magee DT from Purdue with their RD4. We get the Eagles RD4 at #117 and take Jason Phillips ILB out of TCU. At the Philly pick in RD5#133 we take A.Q. Shipley OC Penn State, and at #139 we nab Courtney Greene SS Rutgers. At our 170 we take Chris Clemons FS Clemson, and the computer takes the BPA in Round 7, Arian Foster RB Tennessee. Note that Robinson and Sidbury weren't available at the the second round picks.

I lost my cousin in a DWI accident. I've forgiven the drunk who drove into the telephone pole, saving his life but killing his date. But it seems like such a waste of humanity--The wrong one lived.

Philly has an insane number of picks: RD1 - 21 RD1- 28 RD2- 53 RD3- 85 RD4- 117 RD5- 133, 145, 149 RD6- 181 RD7- 213 I'd trade Peters to Philly for their RD1-21, RD2-53, RD4-117 and RD5-133. We'll bring in two good players in each of our need positions DE, TE, OG, FS--plus one at ILB and DT: 11-Trade Up To Pick 5 for Jason Smith OT Baylor 21-Trade Up To Pick 5 for Jason Smith OT Baylor 42-Connor Barwin DE Cincinnati 53-Duke Robinson OG Oklahoma 75-James Casey TE Rice or Coffman (I think 1 will be there; GBay takes the other one) 106- Derek Pegues FS Mississippi St 117-Cornelius Ingram TE Florida 133-Jason Phillips ILB TCU 139-Vance Walker DT43 Georgia Tech 145-Matt Shaughnessy DE43 Wisconsin 170-Chris Clemons FS Clemson 202-Andy Kemp OG Wisconsin

Intriguing. I ran the DraftTek Simulator and it takes Pettigrew in Round 1 (TE done), forced picking LT Beatty in Round 2 (LT done, although I notice Drew Robinson LG would have been a better choice at that pick), Round 3 would be Rashad Johnson (FS Alabama), and Round 4 would be Nic Harris (OLB Oklahoma). Not a bad way to go. We end up with Peppers Pace Pettigrew Robinson or Beatty Rashad Johnson Nic Harris

If they use the Pick Value Chart, they would realize they could even get the #9 pick instead of our #11. It is possible that he's already checked with GBay and SanFran and they don't want to do it. Astrobot, Bills Correspondent www.DraftTek.com

We'll have a linebacker by Tuesday at the latest. I don't want this to end talk of Cushing. Do you?

We have Everette Brown going to Oakland with the 7th pick. We also see him as a 4-3 guy, and a (dare I say it because Jauron said it) "situational" pass rusher.

I must underscore that I didn't go to Detroit, Detroit came to us, stated what they wanted (the best LB and a Top 5 LT, if Andre Smith qualifies any more), and I agreed. He said to talk to Brandon and convince him to pull this trade LOL. Astro

A Detroit fan emailed me today and asked, "Would the Bills trade their #11 to us for our #20 and our RD2 pick (#33)? I'd do that in a heartbeat. I used DraftTek's Online Draft Simulator to make the trade and Grab Pettigrew. Detroit likes it because they were after Curry and an O-Line guy in RD1. (if you'd rather grab someone else, try it--directions are onsite): Round Pick Team Selection Psn School CRI Delta ReachValue 1 1 Detroit Aaron Curry OLB43 Wake Forest P1 +0 Value 1 2 St Louis Michael Crabtree WRF Texas Tech P2Grab +0 Value 1 3 Kansas City BJ Raji DT34 Boston College P2 -4 Reach 1 4 Seattle Jason Smith OT Baylor P4 +1 Value 1 5 Cleveland Brian Orakpo DE43 Texas P1 -3 Reach 1 6 Cincinnati Eugene Monroe OT Virginia P1 +2 Value 1 7 Oakland Everette Brown DE43 Florida State P2 -2 Reach 1 8 Jacksonville Matthew Stafford QB Georgia P9Grab +3 Value 1 9 Green Bay Tyson Jackson DE43 LSU P1 -5 Reach 1 10 San Francisco Michael Oher OT Mississippi P3 -2 Reach 1 11 Detroit Andre Smith OT Alabama P3 -2 Reach 1 12 Denver Rey Maualuga ILB USC P3R -6 Reach 1 13 Washington James Laurinaitis ILB Ohio State P3T -11 Reach 1 14 New Orleans Malcolm Jenkins CB Ohio State P2 +8 Value 1 15 Houston Brian Cushing OLB43 USC P3 -2 Reach 1 16 San Diego Knowshon Moreno RBF Georgia P3 +1 Value 1 17 NY Jets Mark Sanchez QB USC P2 +6 Value 1 18 Chicago Jeremy Maclin WRF Missouri P3O +8 Value 1 19 Tampa Bay Peria Jerry DT43 Mississippi P2 -4 Reach 1 20 Buffalo Brandon Pettigrew TE Oklahoma St P2Grab -5 Reach 1 21 Philadelphia Chris Wells RBF Ohio State P3O +2 Value 1 22 Minnesota Vontae Davis CB Illinois P3O +6 Value 1 23 New England Clay Matthews OLB34 USC P3 +1 Value 1 24 Atlanta Aaron Maybin OLB43 Penn State P2 -3 Reach 1 25 Miami Alphonso Smith CB Wake Forest P2 -3 Reach 1 26 Baltimore Clint Sintim OLB43 Virginia P1 -11 Reach 1 27 Indianapolis Donald Brown RBF Connecticut P4Grab -3 Reach 1 28 Philadelphia Eben Britton OT Arizona P3 -7 Reach 1 29 NY Giants Percy Harvin WRF Florida P3 +9 Value 1 30 Tennessee Darrius Heyward-Bey WRF Maryland P2 +9 Value 1 31 Arizona Connor Barwin OLB34 Cincinnati P2 -11 Reach 1 32 Pittsburgh Darius Butler CB Connecticut P3 +1 Value 2 33 Buffalo Robert Ayers DE43 Tennessee P1 -10 Reach 2 34 New England Hakeem Nicks WRF North Carolina P4 +8 Value 2 35 St Louis William Beatty OT Connecticut P1 -5 Reach 2 36 Cleveland DJ Moore CB Vanderbilt P2 +2 Value 2 37 Seattle LeSean McCoy RBF Pittsburgh P3 +4 Value 2 38 Cincinnati Alex Mack OC California P2 +2 Value 2 39 Jacksonville Brian Robiskie WRF Ohio State P3Grab -6 Reach 2 40 Oakland Larry English OLB43 Northern Illinois P3O +8 Value 2 41 Green Bay Sean Smith CB Utah P2 -6 Reach 2 42 Buffalo Max Unger OG Oregon P2 +1 Value 2 43 San Francisco Evander Hood DE34 Missouri P3 +5 Value 2 44 Miami Ron Brace DT34 Boston College P2 -6 Reach 2 45 NY Giants Patrick Chung SS Oregon P3 -7 Reach 2 46 Houston Jairus Byrd CB Oregon P5 -2 Reach 2 47 New England Kenny Britt WRP Rutgers P4 +8 Value 2 48 Denver Louis Delmas FS Western Michigan P5 +2 Value 2 49 Chicago Michael Johnson DE43 Georgia Tech P2 +5 Value 2 50 Cleveland Darry Beckwith ILB LSU P3R -20 Reach 2 51 Dallas Eric Wood OC Louisville P3 +2 Value 2 52 NY Jets Coye Francies CB San Jose St P5 -5 Reach 2 53 Philadelphia Jared Cook TE South Carolina P2 +2 Value 2 54 Minnesota Phil Loadholt OT Oklahoma P2 -2 Reach 2 55 Atlanta James Casey TE Rice P3 -6 Reach 2 56 Miami Juaquin Iglesias WRF Oklahoma P3 +1 Value 2 57 Baltimore Louis Murphy WRF Florida P2 -9 Reach 2 58 New England Chase Coffman TE Missouri P5 -5 Reach 2 59 Carolina Paul Kruger DE43 Utah P3 +1 Value 2 60 NY Giants Jamon Meredith OT South Carolina P3 +1 Value 2 61 Indianapolis Marcus Freeman OLB43 Ohio State P2 -6 Reach 2 62 Tennessee Victor Harris CB Virginia Tech P2 -6 Reach 2 63 Arizona William Moore FS Missouri P3 +10 Value 2 64 Pittsburgh Duke Robinson OG Oklahoma P3 +10 Value 3 65 Detroit Herman Johnson OG LSU P3 +0 Value 3 66 St Louis Josh Freeman QB Kansas St P3O +37 Value 3 67 Kansas City Gerald McRath ILB Southern Miss P2 -22 Reach 3 68 Seattle Rashad Johnson FS Alabama P3 -7 Reach 3 69 Dallas Mike Mickens CB Cincinnati P3 -3 Reach 3 70 Cincinnati Rashad Jennings RBF Liberty P3 +10 Value 3 71 Oakland Mohamed Massaquoi WRF Georgia P3O -5 Reach 3 72 Jacksonville Shonn Greene RBF Iowa P3 +10 Value 3 73 Green Bay Shawn Nelson TE Southern Miss P4R +0 Value 3 74 San Francisco Andre Brown RBF North Carolina St P4 +10 Value 3 75 Buffalo Tyrone McKenzie OLB43 South Florida P2 -6 Reach 3 76 NY Jets Ramses Barden WRP Cal-Poly P2 -21 Reach 3 77 Houston Dannell Ellerbe ILB Georgia P3R -17 Reach 3 78 San Diego Jarron Gilbert DE34 San Jose St P4R +1 Value 3 79 Denver Dorell Scott DE34 Clemson P2 -8 Reach 3 80 Washington Fenuki Tupou OT Oregon P1 -20 Reach 3 81 Tampa Bay Asher Allen CB Georgia P3 +2 Value 3 82 Detroit Fili Moala DT43 USC P3 +13 Value 3 83 Green Bay Jonathan Luigs OC Arkansas P4R +5 Value 3 84 Chicago Sen'Derrick Marks DT43 Auburn P3O +13 Value 3 85 Philadelphia Chip Vaughn SS Wake Forest P2 -5 Reach 3 86 Minnesota Antoine Caldwell OC Alabama P3 -7 Reach 3 87 Miami Mitch King OLB34 Iowa P3 -9 Reach 3 88 Baltimore Captain Munnerlyn CB South Carolina P3O -3 Reach 3 89 New England Andy Levitre OG Oregon State P4R +6 Value 3 90 Atlanta Morgan Trent CB Michigan P3R -19 Reach 3 91 NY Giants Cody Brown OLB43 Connecticut P3 -8 Reach 3 92 Indianapolis Derrick Williams WRF Penn State P2 +10 Value 3 93 Carolina Ricky Jean-Francois DT43 LSU P3 -8 Reach 3 94 Tennessee Mike Thomas WRS Arizona P1 +6 Value 3 95 Arizona Javon Ringer RBF Michigan State P3 +10 Value 3 96 Pittsburgh Troy Kropog OT Tulane P3 -14 Reach 4 97 Dallas Kraig Urbik OG Wisconsin P3Grab -10 Reach 4 98 Kansas City Trevor Canfield OG Cincinnati P3 +0 Value 4 99 St Louis Jonathan Casillas OLB43 Wisconsin P2 -3 Reach 4 100 Cleveland Xavier Fulton OG Illinois P3 -13 Reach 4 101 Seattle Jarett Dillard WRF Rice P3 -5 Reach 4 102 Cincinnati Cedric Peerman RBC Virginia P3 -9 Reach 4 103 Jacksonville Nic Harris OLB43 Oklahoma P3 -1 Reach 4 104 Oakland Gerald Cadogan OT Penn State P2 -12 Reach 4 105 Green Bay Darcel McBath FS Texas Tech P4 +19 Value 4 106 Buffalo Alex Magee DT43 Purdue P3 -17 Reach 4 107 San Francisco Nate Davis QB Ball State P3 +27 Value 4 108 Houston Michael Hamlin SS Clemson P3 +3 Value 4 109 San Diego Terrance Taylor DT34 Michigan P1R -43 Reach 4 110 Denver Brandon Tate WRF North Carolina P3 -5 Reach 4 111 NY Jets Austin Collie WRF BYU P4R -7 Reach 4 112 New Orleans Derek Pegues FS Mississippi St P2 +9 Value 4 113 Dallas David Bruton FS Notre Dame P3 +5 Value 4 114 New Orleans Zack Follett OLB43 California P2 -10 Reach 4 115 Chicago Augustus Parrish OT Kent State P2 -11 Reach 4 116 Tampa Bay Rhett Bomar QB Sam Houston St P3 +21 Value 4 117 Philadelphia Sherrod Martin FS Troy P3 -3 Reach 4 118 Houston Jason Watkins OT Florida P3 -12 Reach 4 119 Baltimore Travis Beckum TE Wisconsin P3O +35 Value 4 120 New England A.Q. Shipley OC Penn State P3R -31 Reach 4 121 Atlanta Alex Boone OT Ohio State P3T -49 Reach 4 122 Miami Cornelius Ingram TE Florida P3 +30 Value 4 123 Indianapolis Patrick Turner WRP USC P2 -9 Reach 4 124 Carolina Keenan Lewis CB Oregon St P3 +12 Value 4 125 NY Giants Ryan Purvis TE Boston College P3 +0 Value 4 126 Tennessee Vance Walker DT43 Georgia Tech P2 -28 Reach 4 127 Arizona Jaimie Thomas OG Maryland P3 -17 Reach 4 128 Pittsburgh Stephen McGee QB Texas A&M P3 +6 Value

I still like Cushing, and (after the draft smoke clears) I will see how we couldn't have passed on this guy. But it doesn't address DE rush, and it doesn't address TE hole. The next wake of FA's (Keiaho or June) might signal that the press for OLB in RD1 is over.

I don't expect any of Jason Smith, Eugene Monroe or Michael Oher to be there at 11, but we'll see.