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"Hoosier Daddy" is a winner!

I'll take one first rounder plus their injured rookie Chris Williams.

Bell is looking very good against the 3rd stringers. Gaddis also had a nice game, I thought.

Great story. DiGiorgio is a savvy player, no doubt. Hope Poz, Kavicka, and Crow can take breaks now and then and rest easy.

I'm not worried. (1) Hardy looks like a bona fide end zone threat. (2) Our starting CB (McGee) and LB (Crowell) weren't in there on defense. (3) McKelvin is the real deal on kick returns, and he'll eventually be a starting lockdown corner. (4) Speaking of corners, Reggie Corner shows amazing ability to read the play. He'll also give us 4 decent CB's (McGee, Greer, McKelvin, Corner). (5) Poz looks like he's everywhere. He's regaining confidence as our middle linebacker. (6) Our new defensive linemen looked pretty good. Stroud constantly took 2 men to block him. (7) We need Peters in there at Left Tackle. Every offensive lineman was penalized for false start or lining up wrong. Possible 1st game jitters. Only 1 non-lineman penalty the whole game. (8) I liked what I saw from Chris Ellis at DE. He was nonstop high motor, and very disruptive, (9) Fine looked like a good receiver on a slant over the middle. He'll be playing Schouman's spot at TE. (10) The Bills played VERY vanilla offense tonight. On many punts, Moorman could have RUN the ball to his left and made the first down. The Bills showed very little from their bag of tricks, except for plays where Fred Jackson lined up as a receiver. (11) Losman looked better than Edwards tonight, but not to worry. At the very least, we have 2 good QB's. (12) Special Teams will again be special, Lindell's 40+ yard field goal miss notwithstanding. Concerns: All about our $75 million O-line. (1) Peters not there. (2) Batted down balls at the LOS--we're not clearing out the passing lanes for throws. (3) The 6 false start penalties.

He's looked green but promising in 4 practices I've looked at. I have been very impressed with Butler-Chambers. Matt Murphy (the smallest OL guy) looks pretty good. Langston Walker looks in great shape.

Worst (in order of awfulness) Titans - flaming thumbtack has to go, and the color is 2nd worst to Dolphags Seahawks - Color change iced second place, and the logo is nightmare Miami - 3rd worst logo, and the worst team colors. Panthers - Cool helmet Patriots - second worst logo in the NFL Browns - Where's the Brown? Falcons - should be a caged dog 49'ers - Worst logo? J-E-T-S - Green, White. Whoah. Bengals - If you're the Bengals, you have to have a striped helmet. Fair: Colts - a horseshoe? Bills - out with the new, in with the old Ravens- Eagles- Saints- Lions- Cardinals - Bears - Unimaginative. But black. Best (best first): Texans - Great logo, great colors, and zippy uni Green Bay - Bias from my youth. Only bad part is that green and school bus is not scary Rams - The ramhorn is excellent Jaguars - anything on black looks better, and a jaguar is sharp. Dallas - A star is sort of cowboyish Steelers - Why is the logo only on one side of the helmet? Denver -like the stripe on the side of the pants Buccaneers - beats the face with the knife in his mouth Raiders - Silver and black is cool.

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All Right, BlueFire, I'm impressed. Astro

Excellent reference, lost on this audience, but us history majors got it...

This is huge. Old dog, new tricks, new terminology, and new WR's to throw to. The other way it makes the Jets less potent over the long term is that it delays the seasoning of Kellen Clemens (unless they've totally given up on him). We're in Year 2 of seasoning TE, and they're not even in Year 1.

Things not having to do with Bills Football should be on the Off The Wall board. Like Brett Favre. I consider A-11 germane to Bills Football. All we need is two more tight ends, right?

Here's a new proposed Mock Draft by one of the other correspondents. In this one, we're 17th pick, taking the best TE in the draft, Brandon Pettigrew. Eugene Monroe goes 3rd in this one--more likely, IMHO. Astro 2009 NFL Mock Draft 1. Miami - Michael Johnson, DE, Georgia Tech 2. Atlanta - Michael Oher, OT, Ole MIss 3. Kansas City - Eugene Monroe, OT, Virginia 4. Oakland - Duke Robinson, OG, Oklahoma 5. San Francisco - Louis Murphy, WR, Florida 6. St. Louis - James Laurnitais, LB, Ohio St. 7. NY Jets - Tim Tebow, QB, Florida 8. Detroit - Malcom Jenkins, CB, Ohio St. 9. Houston - James Davis, RB, Clemson 10. Baltimore - Ray Maualuga, LB, USC 11. Denver - Chris Wells, RB, Ohio St. 12. Philadelphia (From Carolina) - Taylor Mays, S, USC 13. Cincinnati - Tyson Jackson, DT, LSU 14. Chicago - Andre Smith, OT, Alabama 15. Arizona - Fili Moala, DT, USC 16. Washington - George Selvie, DE, South Florida 17. Buffalo - Brandon Pettigrew, TE, Oklahoma St. 18. Philadelphia - Phil Loadholt, OT, Oklahoma 19. Tennessee - Vontae Davis, CB, Illinois 20. Tampa Bay - Domonique Johnson, CB, Jackson St. 21. Seattle - Alex Mack, C, California 22. Cleveland - LeSean McCoy, RB, Pitt 23. NY Giants - Ciron Black, OT, LSU 24.Pittsburgh - Herman Johnson, OG, LSU 25.Green Bay - Maurice Evans, DE, Penn St. 26.Jacksonville - Myron Rolle, S, FSU 27.Minnesota - William Moore, FS, Missouri 28. New England - Mike Mickens, CB, Cincinnati 29. Dallas - Brandon Spikes, ILB, Florida 30. San Diego - Aaron Curry, OLB, Wake Forest 31. New Orleans - Greg Hardy, DE, Mississippi 32. Indianapolis - Marko Mitchell, WR, Nevada

I know it won't turn out this way, but the Bills would take Mack at #41 (RD2). Mack should end up in the first round before all is said and done. Agree about Crabtree, by the way. He'll shine this year.

The order is based on Vegas's projected odds of each team reaching the Superbowl. It's showing the Fins and Jets picking 2nd and 5th, respectively, and the Bills picking 9th, taking Eugene Monroe OT (to replace Peters?). Monroe is 3rd on the DraftTek Big Board. This is obviously very preliminary, and I didn't have a thing to do with it. Don't shoot the messenger (LOL)!---Astro 2009 NFL Mock Draft 1. Atlanta Falcons – Michael Johnson DE Georgia Tech 2. Miami Dolphins – James Laurinaitis ILB Ohio State 3. Oakland Raiders – Michael Crabtree WR Texas Tech 4. Kansas City Chiefs - Tim Tebow, QB, Florida * 5. New York Jets – Michael Oher OT Mississippi 6. San Francisco 49ers – Chris Wells RB Ohio State 7. St. Louis Rams - Rey Maualuga, ILB, USC 8. Houston Texans – Michael Jenkins CB Ohio State 9. Buffalo Bills – Eugene Monroe OT Virginia 10. Detroit Lions – Matthew Stafford QB Georgia 11. Baltimore Ravens – Andre Smith OT Alabama 12. Philadelphia Eagles (from CAR) – William Moore FS Missouri 13. Denver Broncos – Jeff Owens DT Georgia 14. Washington Redskins - Brian Cushing, OLB, USC 15. Tampa Bay Buccaneers – James Davis RB Clemson 16. Cincinnati Bengals - Tyson Jackson, DE, LSU 17. Arizona Cardinals – PJ Hill, RB, Wisconsin 18. Tennessee Titans – Percy Harvin WR Florida 19. Chicago Bears – Myron Rolle S Florida State 20. Cleveland Browns – Marcus Freeman OLB Ohio State 21. Seattle Seahawks - Max Unger, OT, Oregon 22. Green Bay Packers – Javon Ringer RB Michigan State 23. Pittsburgh Steelers – Alphonso Smith CB Wake Forest 24. Minnesota Vikings – Brandon Pettigrew TE Oklahoma State 25. New Orleans Saints – Jonathan Luigs OC Oregon 26. Philadelphia Eagles – Terrence Taylor DT Michigan 27. New York Giants – Brian Robiskie, WR, Ohio State 28. Jacksonville Jaguars – Brian Okrapo DT Texas 29. Indianapolis Colts - Brandon Spikes ILB Florida 30. San Diego Chargers – Mike Mickens CB Cincinnati 31. Dallas Cowboys - Demetrius Byrd, WR, LSU 32. New England Patriots - Ciron Black, OT, LSU * http://www.drafttek.com/2008players.html

Get the Poz. I ran a poll here. They told me to get a Poz. I pick it up today (earned with $ from my work with Draftek and the Comeback Game Bills ad) Astro

My country 'tis of thee Sweet land of liberty of the ICE, see?

It was easy to find Rockpile. He was wearing a jersey with "Rockpile" on it. I wore my "Astrobot Stadium Wall" shirt. If all of you at camp were so identified, it'd be a heckuva lot easier to meet y'all. It was a real treat to chat with you, Tom and Jack!

Thanks, everybody for voting. Nearly 60% chose Poz. So... I will be buying a Posluszny jersey!!!

I will be there wearing my "ASTROBOT Stadium Wall" T-Shirt. And buying the Poz jersey 56% of you wallers voted for!

I was thinking Lynch until Chippewaquiddick, now I'm not so sure.

I feel your pain. I have a Winfield and Bledsoe. The Bledsoe is in bad shape, so it can't be a Parrish jersey. My best advice: Don't get in a Silly String War if you're wearing an NFL jersey. BTW, I'm going to be age 60 on the 23rd.

1. Chambers went to Stanford, a Public Policy and German Studies major. He's smart. 2. He is an Eagle Scout, and still actively involved with Boy Scouts in Ohio. He's classy. 3. He is a Mormon who speaks fluent German. He knows all the swear words, but won't use them. 4. He was a member of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, an 80's troupe that would perform Shakespeare plays in 20 minutes. He's to the point. 5. For three years Chambers started both on offense and defense for his high school, netting 9 sacks and 5 forced fumbles as a DT. He's versatile. 6. He was drafted by Cleveland in the sixth round. He's expendable if Peters returns. 7. Chambers' line didn't allow a sack against Philadelphia (12/30), and got 105 yards for Marshawn. He's a good short-term solution. 8. He played four years of varsity basketball and was a member of the AAU All-Star basketball team. He's tall (6'7") 9. He has 3 daughters, age 5, 4, and 1 1/2. He has three great reasons to be in camp. 10. 53% of a local fan site predicts that Chambers is the logical backup, with Matt Murphy next at 16%. He's the favorite.

I have been betwixt and between deciding which jersey to get at camp (I'll be there Monday, wearing my "Astrobot - The Stadium Wall" T-Shirt). I'm letting the collective Wisdom of the Wall select it. I have narrowed it down for you to Poz, Hardy, Lynch, and Evans. I am a private school teacher and sometimes take students to training camp, so character is important, and since I don't earn scads of extra $$$ it'd be nice if he were with the team for a while. Offense or Defense doesn't matter to me, and I'd be getting the home blue. I've allowed folks to select more than one choice. This should be interesting... Astro

Standing Ovation! The Video Link top right is the #1 biggest improvement. It's a cleaner look, and I like the Stadium Wall Latest Discussions section. Astro