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So are we suggesting to ram a spike through Big Ben's skull? j/kin

Not on a crusade here

They are just looking for any excuse to save his image now aren't they: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/...-head-injuries/

Conan pushing Lopez out of talk tv is like Dan Marino pushing JP Losman out of a QB job

Oh cmon, posters on the board are all just as intelligent if not more so than people who work in the business...just ask them Truthfully, the board has really gone downhill the past few seasons and I don't see it getting any better as the castoffs from other message board begin to settle in here.

Why? I like it keeps all the riffraff in a contained space it seems

Nah, you'd be surprised what comes out of these SNERTS mouths now a days. Unless they get immediate and severe repercussions for their actions, which rarely happens, they spew what they want when they want.

If he was the key to the playoffs or Super Bowl then yes you take him. I don't see Center as being the final piece to the puzzle to get this team over .500. Personally, I think Hangartner did a good job with two rookie guards next to him and both we adjusting to new positions from college. Looking at this list, Mawae doesn't seem to offer any major upgrade over Hangartner. http://profootballfocus.com/by_position.ph...&numgames=1 Is Mawae a Pro Bowler? yeah, but so were Jason Peters and Travis Henry

And then when he retires we either hire another stop gap or go back to the drawing board and develop a center. That my friend is the cycle of mediocrity that Nix is trying to stop.

You know what I've found funny Deano, Bill Walsh gave raving reviews of Edwards and another QB Bust Rick Mirer, compared both to Joe Montana prior to their respective drafts. I guess a Bill Walsh endorsement wasn't what it used to be in his later years.

I think Nix and Co. believe we are set at Center with Hangartner and the young guys brought in. As for Mawae, I wouldn't mind him coming in, but he's 40 and nothing more than a stop gap for a season or two. From the looks of things, Nix has no interest in patchworking a line, but building from scratch.

And the inmates continue to run the asylum...

Looks like Celtic closing in on my ignore list as well.... My real question is here after listening to Janet Neapolitan or whatever her name is, who put her in charge of anything?

Coleman ran a 4.77 and 4.78 at his pro day, he did not run at the combine and only threw up 18 reps on the bench. Here's some analysis on Coleman from NFL.com http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/antoni...bs:tab-overview http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpag...1&ft=172270

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-3...5c-0c3832923d7d Every prospect that reached the NFL level this past weekend as a draft choice had to work hard in some way shape or form to make it to the pros. Desire, dedication and determination are prerequisites to be considered for the National Football League, along with talent. Rarely however, is a team’s entire draft class made up of players whose work ethicis trumpeted as their overwhelming quality. Bills top pick C.J. Spiller is an electrifying player. His game breaking talent is about as obvious as it gets. Having a hand in 53 touchdowns in a college career will make that pretty plain. Despite those God-given physical gifts however, Spiller’s coaches and teammates point to his work ethic as the reason he keeps getting better. Learning what hard work is about from his grandmother, who worked for years as a custodian at his high school in Lake Butler, Florida, Spiller not only to a ‘nose to the grindstone’ approach with football, but his academics as well graduating in three and a half years at Clemson. “I saw how hard she worked. She was a custodian waking up at six o’clock in the morning to get the school ready and she did that day in and day out and never complained about it. I knew that was something I needed to do. So I don’t complain. Every day I go to work and give it everything I got and that’s something that I learned from her. Pressure is when you’re unprepared. I know the type of work ethic I have and I won’t be unprepared.” That approach is no different with Torell Troup, Buffalo’s second-round draft choice. Reporting to Central Florida as a freshman at 365 pounds the defensive tackle’s stamina was not fit for the demands of the college game. He had to shed weight and improve his endurance. Troup took a no nonsense approach to bettering himself and his game. By his senior year Troup was a svelte 315-pound grinder that never came off the field. “The number of snaps he’d play every game was amazing,” said Bills Vice President of College Scouting Tom Modrak. “To me for a big man there’s a quick rotation with most guys you watch. He plays all the time and he plays hard all the time. He put himself in a good position from a stamina standpoint.” “I love to work,” said Troup. “If I feel like anybody is working harder than me, then I’m mad at myself. I work all day, every day. You can catch me up at two in the morning running two miles, so I don’t shy away from hard work at all.” Third-round pick Alex Carrington saw hard work pay off when it came to numbers as he tallied 19.5 sacks in his final two seasons at Arkansas State. But in no way was Carrington a player that was going to rest on those results. When the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year was invited to the Senior Bowl to match up with the much hyped bigger school prospects, Carrington went into workhorse mode. “I had a chip on my shoulder and I wanted to prove myself immediately that I wasn’t going to be a pushover and that I could play football as well as anybody out there,” said Carrington. “I knew I could play, I just wanted other people to know I could play and I think I proved myself.” The result was complete domination of opposing offensive linemen in the Senior Bowl practices. Perseverance might best be personified by Bills fourth-round pick Marcus Easley. Given little opportunity to earn playing time as a walk-on at UCONN despite his unrelenting efforts, Easley didn’t get regular snaps on the field until game six of his senior season. All that time on the sideline never altered his approach to the game. “It just showed what can come from hard work,” Easley said. “Walking on I just had to climb the ladder. You start at the bottom and earn everything and work your way up the depth chart and onto the playing field.” Offensive tackle Ed Wang had to master the position after he got to Virginia Tech as he was recruited as a tight end. Though others before him have been successful in making such a move and becoming NFL tackles, Wang never took his athleticism for granted. “I had a lot of help moving from tight end to tackle,” he said. “The coaches were very supportive and our tackles were also very supportive, and I worked at it. At first it was a little difficult but when I started getting used to it and used to the position I believe the transition was pretty smooth.” Battling to establish themselves at schools that weren’t high profile was the challenge for Bills sixth-round picks Arthur Moats and Danny Batten. The two linebackers were selfless players taking on multiple roles for the good of their team. In the end they finished first and third respectively for Defensive Player of the Year honors in the College Bowl subdivision (formerly 1-AA), with Moats ultimately winning the award. “They are definitely getting a hard worker,” said Moats of the Bills. “I definitely feel I’m going to bring a physical edge and a lot of speed to that defense.I feel like I’m definitely a big time performer on special teams right off the bat.” “He’s a super competitive kid,” said Bills scout Rashaan Curry of Batten. “He kind of carried the attitude that if a big school wasn’t going to recruit him that he would go out on the field and prove himself. I thought he did that. And he did it in a big way.” Bills seventh-round pick Levi Brown had to climb depth charts his entire college career, often getting overlooked for the newest top rated recruit on campus. Never did he waver in making himself a better player each and every time he stepped on the practice field. And fellow seventh rounder Kyle Calloway, after playing tackle almost his entire college career, willingly accepted a shift to guard in Iowa’s bowl game against Georgia Tech when a fellow starter at that position was lost to injury. Team first attitude, work ethic and perseverance are traits that Buffalo’s entire 2010 draft class has within them, and those qualities figure to serve them well as the build themselves into promising NFL contributors. “We think these guys have those qualities,” said Modrak. “We thought they had the right makeup to want to continue to get better, and if they feel like they’ve got something to prove that adds to it. That’s great.”

someone needs to refill Sullivan's Zoloft prescription, that guy is always in a foul mood.

Per Schefter: Free agents piling up quick: Bucs will release DT Chris Hovan today.

Can't wait to see Spiller slice and dice like the Juice...on the field of course

I'm still waiting for the FCC outrage over the new reebok commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoM-lgJNf_Y...&playnext=1 Now that is good television

For me I've got three things I don't want to hear. 1. The Buffalo Bills are on the clock, and now a word from our sponsors 2. With the 9th overall pick the Bills select, Dez Bryant 3. You were right Todd McShay (this refers to him being right about anything)

Well, the reason I have Clausen falling is that I think Cleveland likes Colt McCoy better than Clausen and think the Bills will go after him either. After us at 9, there aren't a lot of teams looking QB so Clausen will pull a Brady Quinn unless someone decides to move up and get him. Some of the other guys are drafted pretty low because their rankings across the Scouts, Inc. , USA Today, and other draft boards are very staggered. I think draft day is going to have quite a few surprises this year.

Decided to keep my tradition going for another year. Here is the first 3 rounds of my mock draft with the rest to follow later today. Have at thee: Pick Team Player Pos College 1 (1) Rams Sam Bradford QB Oklahoma 2 (2) Lions Ndamukong Suh DT Nebraska 3 (3) Buccaneers Gerald McCoy DT Oklahoma 4 (4) Redskins Russell Okung OT Oklahoma State 5 (5) Chiefs Eric Berry S Tennessee 6 (6) Seahawks Trent Williams OT Oklahoma 7 (7) Browns Derrick Morgan DE/LB Georgia Tech 8 (8) Raiders Bryan Bulaga OT Iowa 9 (9) Bills Dan Williams NT Tennessee 10 (10) Jaguars Earl Thomas S Texas 11 (11) Broncos (From Bears) Dez Bryant WR Oklahoma State 12 (12) Dolphins Brandon Graham OLB Michigan 13 (13) 49ers Joe Haden CB Florida 14 (14) Seahawks (From Broncos) CJ Spiller RB Clemson 15 (15) Giants Rolando McClain ILB Alabama 16 (16) Titans Jason Pierre-Paul DE USF 17 (17) 49ers (From Panthers) Anthony Davis OT Rutgers 18 (18) Steelers Maurkice Pouncey OC/G Florida 19 (19) Falcons Sergio Kindle OLB Texas 20 (20) Texans Kareem Jackson CB Alabama 21 (21) Bengals Jermaine Gresham TE Oklahoma 22 (22) Patriots Jerry Hughes OLB TCU 23 (23) Packers Mike Iupati OT/G Idaho 24 (24) Eagles Kyle Wilson CB Boise State 25 (25) Ravens Demaryius Thomas WR Georgia Tech 26 (26) Cardinals Sean Weatherspoon LB Missouri 27 (27) Cowboys Charles Brown OT USC 28 (28) Chargers Ryan Matthews RB Fresno State 29 (29) Jets Everson Griffen DE USC 30 (30) Vikings Jimmy Clausen QB Notre Dame 31 (31) Colts Jared Odrick DT Penn State 32 (32) Saints Taylor Mays S USC 1 (33) Rams Golden Tate WR Notre Dame 2 (34) Lions Rodger Saffold OT Indiana 3 (35) Buccaneers Devin McCourty CB Rutgers 4 (36) Chiefs Tyson Alualu DE USC 5 (37) Eagles (From Redskins) Daryl Washington OLB TCU 6 (38) Browns Colt McCoy QB Texas 7 (39) Raiders Brian Price DT UCLA 8 (40) Chargers (From Seahawks) Terrence Cody NT Alabama 9 (41) Bills Bruce Campbell OT Maryland 10 (42) Buccaneers (From Bears) Arrelious Benn WR Illinois 11 (43) Broncos (From Dolphins) Vladmir Ducasse OG Massachusetts 12 (44) Patriots (From Jaguars) Jahvid Best RB Cal 13 (45) Broncos Brandon Spikes ILB Florida 14 (46) Giants Carlos Dunlap DE Florida 15 (47) Patriots (From Titans) Rob Gronkowski TE Arizona 16 (48) Panthers Lamarr Houston DT Texas 17 (49) 49ers Navorro Bowman OLB Penn State 18 (50) Chiefs (From Falcons) Eric Decker WR Minnesota 19 (51) Texans Toby Gerhart RB Stanford 20 (52) Steelers Patrick Robinson CB Florida State 21 (53) Patriots Sean Lee ILB Penn State 22 (54) Bengals Linval Joseph DT East Carolina 23 (55) Eagles Jon Asamoah OG Illinois 24 (56) Packers Koa Misi OLB Utah 25 (57) Ravens Chris Cook CB Virginia 26 (58) Cardinals Damian Williams WR USC 27 (59) Cowboys Nate Allen S USF 28 (60) Seahawks (From Chargers) Corey Wootton DE Northwestern 29 (61) Jets Eric Norwood OLB South Carolina 30 (62) Vikings Brandon Ghee CB Wake Forest 31 (63) Colts Thaddeus Gibson OLB Ohio State 32 (64) Saints Geno Atkins DT Georgia 1 (65) Rams Alex Carrington DE Arkansas State 2 (66) Lions Perrish Cox CB Oklahoma State 3 (67) Buccaneers Austen Lane DE Murray State 4 (68) Chiefs Cam Thomas NT North Carolina 5 (69) Raiders Ricky Sapp DE/LB Clemson 6 (70) Eagles (From Seahawks) Dexter McCluster RB Ole Miss 7 (71) Browns Jason Worilds OLB Virginia Tech 8 (72) Bills Tim Tebow QB Florida 9 (73) Dolphins Torell Troup NT UCF 10 (74) Jaguars Taylor Price WR Ohio 11 (75) Bears Jerome Murphy CB USF 12 (76) Giants John Jerry OG Ole Miss 13 (77) Titans Brandon LaFell WR LSU 14 (78) Panthers Jordan Shipley WR Texas 15 (79) 49ers Carlton Mitchell WR USF 16 (80) Broncos Dennis Pitta TE BYU 17 (81) Texans Al Woods DT LSU 18 (82) Steelers Joe McKnight RB USC 19 (83) Falcons Zane Beadles OG Utah 20 (84) Bengals Morgan Burnett FS Georgia Tech 21 (85) Browns (From Patriots through Raiders) Montario Hardesty RB Tennessee 22 (86) Packers Jared Veldheer OT Hillsdale 23 (87) Eagles Brandon Lang DE Troy 24 (88) Cardinals (From Ravens) Dominique Franks CB Oklahoma 25 (89) Cardinals Mardy Gilyard WR Cincinnati 26 (90) Cowboys Donald Butler ILB Washington 27 (91) Chargers Akwasi Owusu-Ansah CB Indiana PA 28 (92) Browns (From Jets) Greg Hardy DE Ole Miss 29 (93) Vikings Jonathan Dwyer RB Georgia Tech 30 (94) Colts Selvish Capers OL West Virginia 31 (95) Saints Dekoda Watson OLB Florida State 32 (96) Bengals (Compensatory selection) Emmanuel Sanders WR SMU 33 (97) Titans (Compensatory selection) Myron Lewis FS Vanderbilt 34 (98) Falcons (Compensatory selection) Jermaine Cunningham DE Florida

LMAO!!! Love it!

I seriously considered filing for Italian citizenship that day. I hate to say it, but its like watching a train wreck.