MikeSpeed

I agree that getting a franchise QB is more luck than skill (to a point). So if this was the lottery how do we improve our odds? We draft a QB every year, even if it's in the later rounds. If you can't get that first round "predicted" stud you take a flyer later in the draft. A forth round or later player is likely not going to become a superstar anyways, but in the odd chance that they are... wouldn't you want that guy to be a QB? If you do already have your franchise QB and you do stike gold on a late round QB you can trade him for a high round pick. We are in the prefect position to get a QB next year at some point in the draft.

So let's make him the 3rd RB and save the WR/QB spot for someone good.

Chris Kelsay was getting worried about his job and broke out those compromising pictures of Ralph again. Buddy freaked out and did the only drastic thing he could think of...cut Merriman. Merriman did not look good Friday night vs the 2nd and 3rd stringer. This does not surprise me at all. Actually gives me hope that the staff is cutting the dead wood from the tree no matter who they are.

I watched Easley Friday night when Thigpen was in. He never looked Easley's way. Not before the snap not after. He was totally focused on Roosevelt. I understand that has been Thigpen's history. He locks onto a WR and that's it. Now maybe its a case of not trusting the other guys I don't know. I do know that a WR can't make a play if know one throws him the ball.

I expect to watch a fuzzy, frequenty interrupted, jerky stream on-line that has a high possibility of being shut down by the NFL police, that can also includes many attemps to try and get me to buy porn. Good times man...good times. Anyone got a slingbox they are willing to donate?

Thanks everyone for your great responses! This a point I never considered. Although I don't think its damper my distain for the wildcat it at least gives me an understanding of why you would use it. Great post!

I guess I just don't get it. You take out the starting QB, and pretty much ignore the starting RBs. Then you put in a guy that is not capable of being the second string QB to replace the starting QB? The guy isn't even good enough to be the back-up RB. It just makes no sense to remove your supposedly best players and replace them with one of lesser ability. Can you imagine that it's 3rd and 1 and we run the wildcat up the middle and we don't make it? The first words out of my mouth will be "Why didn't you at least give it to Freddie?" I just don't get it. So someone please enlighten me as to what possible match-up problems this gimmick is suppose to create. Please don't give me the coaches speak of "It makes the apposing team have to prepare for it" crap. Every D coordinator in the NFL has figured it out by now. So if you can give me some genuine Xs and Os reasons like, it allows the o-line to block like... Or it puts the DBs in this situation... then maybe I'll be able to control me gag reflex better. Thanks!

Love these reports! Have the corners been playing close to the LOS? I really hate it when I see those 10 yard cushions and Wes Welker doing a quick slant for 8 yards untouched.

Not to mention that they don't game plan against our D in practice. Something they will be doing against their competition in the regular season.

I've been to Panther games. It was like going to church. Everyone is dressed up but few really cares what's going on. Quietest stadium I've ever been in. The fans are only there for the event not for the team. Unworthy!

I have to add one more reason that the O's success MAY have faded toward the end of the year. Coaches figured out our offense and adjusted their defenses accordingly. It seemed once the Jets D shut us down every team played us like they did and we didn't have an answer. My hope is now that we are in year 2 that we will have more options than what we saw last year to counter with.

I'd like to see these positions go by the way of the dodo bird... FB, H-Back, Wildcat QB, Kick off specialist. How much field time do these players really get on our team? With our supposed new found depth do we really want to lose 4 players to keep players at these positions? D-line and WR are the 2 biggest positional battles. I could see surprise cuts coming from both these positions.

Kyle Williams. No question in my mind. Some think that his back-ups are adequate but I'm not one of them.

Hey it's totally possible that Fitz's chin strap comes off and the wind blows his beard over his eyes in the middle of a play.

I'm not too worried about the speed at which he's learning the offense. I think Chan will ease him into the offense slowly. He may dumb down the O early and open it up more as the year goes on. To answer the question limited.

Living in SC I follow the Gamecocks and not much of the other college teams. I'm an NFL guy at heart. So these before the season mock drafts are great for me! I get to know who to keep an eye on during the college season without a lot of effort. Thanks Astro, and all the other draft gurus out there, for doing the hard work and making my college scouting much easier!!!

Well if we do indeed have depth this year we may just win some preseason games.

Why not just make it 4:30 and be done with it?

I don't get it. Why not get excited about Easily? After all he is a Buffalo Bill. I'd get excited about the janitor if he helps us win games.

The wildcat: The opportunity to remove your starting QB for the 3rd string QB and have him not hand off to the starting RB. Brilliant!

David Nelson. Most people here believe he is nothing more than a lower tear receiver. I thought he played pretty well last year and should be even better this year. Although he is known for his cheerleader girlfriend.

Well really you can. Double TEs make for 7 blockers at the line and a RB in the back field make 8. I could see NE doing this against us with their TEs. We would never know which one or both TEs are going out for a pass. The TEs could also chip block and then break off into the pattern. We're going to have an excellent D-line no doubt, but it can be countered. Our LBs and DBs still need to stay awake. Blitzing is the only way to have more rushers than pretection. I believe Wanny doesn't like to do that much.

We should keep Kelsay. He'll make a good special teamer.

Muscle memory habits are very difficult to break. Just ask Tim Tebow. The thing is he may look terrific in practice, but in the heat of the moment revert back to those habits. He's not a rookie so those bad habits are embedded in him. He's going to have to work extremely hard this offseason if he wants to fix them. I hope he truly breaks them and can throw with proper mechanics without thinking about it, because we really need him to.

I had DTV and the Sunday ticket for 12 years. Cancelled everything it when the ticket hit $300. They pretty much begged me to stay, but I had already subcribed to U-verse by then. Big mistake BTW. As was Dish. Now I have no pay TV per say. I just have my TV hooked up to my computer (HDMI) and an antenna for local channels. I can watch anything usually in HD somewhere on the net. I stream the Bills games, but they are grainy and sometimes the sites are shut down, but you can always find another. But it must be good enough because my entire family comes to my house on Sundays and watches the games with me. So the value is unbeatable (if you already have a fast internet connection) but the quality is average at best. Now if I can just get everyone else to join in with me for a while the cable and sat companies will really have to reduce their rates. Power to the people! Up next the oil companies.