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Tim, Now that Levi has been officially cut have the Bills contacted him? Please let us know if you hear anything regarding the situation. Thanks.

According to what Tim Graham has been saying you're absolutely right. If the Bills ae indeed serious there is no reason he shouldn't be signed by Thursday night. Worst case scenario we have another so so LT in the mix for depth. Best case we get an above average LT for 2 years. I would be happy with his signing.

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who's to say the panther didn't offer the Bills the same deal to move uo to #42 to snatch Everette Brown. I'm sure the 49ers weren't the only team fielding calls from the Panthers looking to move up. With as many holes as the bills had I find it hard to believe they would have been willing to lose a pick even if it was for a #1 next year.

Apparently a very lazy player who carried a sense of entitlement, because of who his brother was. Got absolutely manhandled, and I mean abused, in the all star games and off season workouts and dropped off the face of the earth.

Sully has more than likely never even heard of Nolan Nawrocki, nor the reports that the Steelers were probably taking Wood at #32.

BTW of our first 5 picks not one player is rated below #56 on Nawrocki's Top 100 Value List. Maybin #16 Wood #36 Levitre #44 Byrd #54 Nelson #56 Not bad at all. I think out of this group you're looking at a guaranteed 2-3 starters on opening day with the potential for all 5 to be starting by midseason (perhaps with the exception of Maybin who may just be a pass rush guy in year 1).

Agreed. I think it is a foregone conclusion that he is has a lot of inside knowledge due to relationships with teams. He's also a very under the radar guy who probably does not run his mouth, which means teams would be comfortable slipping him some important information. It wouldn't surprise me if many teams almost tip their hand to him hence the reason he waits until just a few hours before the draft to release his final version. Whatever he does I hope it continues.

Agreed

Actually when the Bills were on the clock I was thinking Eric Wood would make sense solely based on his mock draft. Without his 1st round projection I would've been left to think the bills really reached for a center, but I do not think that was the case after all. In fact I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have lasted past #32 if we didn't take him. I think Wood is going to make the biggest difference for us this year, watch our RB's YPC go up big time for runs up the middle.

I know we've talked about his expertise in mock drafts leading up to the draft and afterwards, but this article provides the proof. Just wanted to pass on how good this guy has been. If you didn't take advantage of his knowledge this draft season make sure to do so next year. No one else in the business is this accurate. Gosselin of the Dallas News does not even come close. http://www.profootballweekly.com/PFW/NFLDr...mockresults.htm

The Albany Conquest of AFL 2 renamed themselves the albany firebirds going into this season. Hence the confusion.

Overall it seems Dick Juaron simply lacks the confidence that I believe a successful head coach must have. Too often you hear head scratching quotes like: "we"re going to try and steal a win", "We're going to have to play very good football to beat them", "it's very tough to win in this league". He always plays the role of we're the younger, less experienced (aka worse) team. Its almost like he wants to point out the reasons why the team may lose the game before the game is even played. I just think his attitude of mediocrity has seeped down into the entire organization and eventually a change will need to be made. I still want to puke when I think about not getting that field goal attempt off against New England this past season to end the first half. It's those plays that fall square on the shoulders of the head coach. I don't care how nice and respected he is, you need to know how to manage a game and motivate your players to be the best they can. To this point I would say Juaron has really done nothing but continuously disappoint as head coach of the Bills.

Haha, it's funny you noticed that. I was thinking the same exact thing when I was watching the press conferences the other day. Unbelievable really.

I believe there were confirmed reports that the Chiefs were looking to move down, but no one wanted to come up.

As a whole a good amount of the predictions were actually not too bad. And yes your post has been declared the winner. 2 for 2 and they were both definitely surprises. We'll do it again next year.

Some far fetched scenarios here that didn't pan out. But you did hit on the Andre Smith pick, and you had Pettigrew coming off the board at the 20 spot, only not to the Lions, but still some credit is due.

Thank god you were absolutely off on this one. I would've puked.

Correct, good call. If they had gone in another direction at #11 who knows if they would've considered him at #28.

or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7. That is if you don't consider Levitre as a tackle, which he probably won't be in the pros. I'm fine with it though I though the interior was bigger need and we certainly addressed that

Home run. Extra credit because you predicted #1 before Nolan Nawrocki's final mock draft where he also had Heyward-Bey going to the Raiders. And #2 correct on both scenarios. Nice picks!

Correct, and even further. Carolina traded away next years #1 for the second straight year to land him. Obviously had the guy graded out in the 1st round.

Now that all of the dust has settled let's dive into this and see how we all fared. I'll start off with my predictions first. #1 nailed it, although that probably wasn't a huge surprise as it seemed evident Orakpo just wasn't the type of player our team covets, at least not that high. #2 on the surface was incorrect, however if you take into account that the Broncos traded away next years #1 pick to move up and get Alphonso Smith early in the second I'm giving myself one half of a point. Some teams did indeed have the guy graded out pretty high.

As anyone who has been following my recent posts leading up to the draft knows........Nolan Nawrocki is hands down the best. After following his mocks and his player assessments the past 3 drafts it has become apparent that he has a lot of ins with teams. There is no way you can consistently pick as accurately as he does without having some true inside knowledge at what teams are thinking. His site Profootballweekly.com is by far and away THE BEST site for all draft needs. If you look at his top 100 prospects most go very near where he has them pegged. Don't want to look like I have a man crush here, but the guy deserves major props for his mock draft beakdowns.

He's a guy that really moved up draft boards the past couple of months. Mayock liked him a lot. Very nasty blocker who didn't do much of anything in the receiving game for UNC. However some people thought he had the potential in the passing game given the opportunity. I remember being impressed with him from a physical standpoint when Mike Mayock spoke of him on NFL Network weeks ago.