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In all likelyhood you are right. ...but this is May, a wistful month in footballdom. I disagree with you that he is in first round of cuts. His athleticism is too intriguing. Will he be a tight end? Who knows but his background, pedigree and raw ability screams project which requires patience. He would not be the first kid who woke and realized that playing for pay demanded he change his wasteful ways

All joking aside I have to believe that the Bills history with UDFA's helps the recruitment.

Amazing, thanks for link Senator

Bravo.

Quite right...and only further illustration that Bills will play many more than 2 per year in TO. The new owner will have paid a price that reflects the 78 mil reality and the realization that he/she/they can make more than twice as much in To...In less than 10 years hence we will be lucky to have 4 regular season games at the Ralph!

Agreed... but are there not situations , 3rd and very long , or extreme prevent situations where more pass defense oriented LB's like Ellison would be essentially playing as a DB?

Completely agree. This program was not instituted by Cadets. It was an Armed Forces idea designed to increase enlistment in general ( as a recruiter) and admission to Academy's. Otto Graham, Bobby Wanzer, Glenn Miller and a host of others served in WWII in various athletic, musical and general entertainment roles.

Every time the English tried to solve the Irish Question, the Irish changed the Question

Since you have to almost consider that teams often use 3 WR's the first three CB's are starters. The nickel package means one more semi-regular. Ellison and Bowen are LB,s that are in on passing downs. And a 'tweener like Wendling may appear in some usage. All 3 may impact on whether we keep 5 or 6 DB's. I seem to note a predisposition to select hybrids.

The beauty of "projects" is that even if cut, which has to occur to be called back to taxi squad, it is extremely rare that another team picks them up if only because the team choosing has to include the choice on 53 man roster. UDFA's are safe at least for a year.

Demitrius Bell as Tight End: HE has basketball genes and proven hoop talent. He is a project anyway why not at tight end? We do not seem, seem to be certain we have a complete TE. Granted Tight end blocking is different than right tackle he still would profit from work outs. He was a seventh round pick so what is to lose. I hope I am wrong and he becomes the second coming of Jason Peters. Even JP spent time on PT, did he not. In poker large reward for small cost.

Free Shmee. Just which D1 football starter pays? Oh you say this is on taxpayer dime. So too is every public and/or land grant institution. So that leaves only private colleges in which case the bill is directed to parents and/or student loans. Some body pays. The Academy's introduced the policy. It certainly was not a vote of the plebes who neither vote nor demand. The likes of Blanchard, Staubach and Bellino no longer apply. War is conducted with the fore knowledge that Rangers at Normandy would die at a greater rate than others. C'est la vie, c'est le guerre. Would Viti better serve his country in Iraq or recruiting? Now that we know who Viti is I suspect the former.

I think we see less and less quality players cut in June in part because the quality ones are auctioned off pre draft at a discount( Moss, Stroud at al) . Also teams and players are restructuring more

We play three of them Jags, Broncs and Browns so circle those three weeks. All games are equal some games are more equal than others

>And Stroud answered a need- dire i'd say- to the bills. Would any team choose free agents on the basis of Best Player Available? This whole business about value v need is so ridiculous. Fact is it is always an accomodation of the two. i suppose it was most evident to the Bills in rd 3 when there were a variety of needs. We chose DE over TE. One can normally expect to have a productive player iby year 2 or 3 out of a 3rd rd pick

vic is usually right

Demosthenes he is not - though the pebble training might help

Ah yes forgot those...I suppose many are predictable. Remember Lawyer Milloy- he was an early September cut.

Karl and Roger must have compared notes on squiring teen age girls

The draft is not a two day exercise 1) What was value of pre draft losses ?- mindful that sometimes it is addition by subtraction- Bungles could do with a lot of subtraction IMHO. Or consider the loss of Favre vs Spikes. Was cause of loss injury or age? What is the difficulty of replacing that/those position(s). It has taken Bills forever to replace Jim Kelly. 2) Who was added via free agency ( should not K Mitchell, William James and Spencer Johnson be accounted for)? Who was added via draft trade? ( Surely there is likely high value in Stroud acquisition vs a 3rd and 5th- and surely Bills should be able to count Stroud as a draft pick) 3) After assessing #1 and #2 : What needs are there remaining? Every team drafts on basis of need. Some teams have more needs than picks of course. IMHO the choice of BPA over need is espoused most strongly by those who have a particular need. Past draft went as most everyone predicted picks 1 thru 7 and then the runs on position set in. No wides til 31 and then boom they all started to fall. 4) A much more difficult assessment is the UDFA signings. Not too long ago the draft was 12 rounds. So while difficult to assess this part of the "draft" is revealing of need and/ vs development .

How jejune.

How the once mighty have fallen. Hey UB had 2; even A few D-III schools had one each.

And they must make team for two consecutive years.. I believe this means practice squad too

He is now a pro and the chief motivation is money. His self interest will serve us well- if he can play!