MikeSpeed

Wow 3 of my Gamecocks in the first round! I hope it prophetic! (No I don't want to pick #1 unless we trade up)

I can't argue with the worst list, but anyone drafted in the 4th round or lower is just a case of the blind squirrel theory. It's just a law of numbers. There are so many players that you can't help but hit once in a while even if you’re not trying. The first three rounds you should be more in tune with so as to not have as many misses. If you hit in the early rounds then I can see how your work has paid off. The problem is even his hits were fielder's choices.

You guys are way more generous than I am. My grading scale... (Does not use minus grades) A+ Hall of fame ability A Constant Pro bowler B+ Pro bowl consideration (Alternate) B Valuable Starter C+ Starter (But shoud be looked at as stop gap only) C Back-up D+ 3rd Stringer at best D Special teamer (will never start) F Just plain sucks! McKelvin - C (I don't feel he would start on most teams) Hardy - F (nuff said) Chris Ellis - D (Did play some ST) Corner - C (Is a back-up) Fine - F Bowen - F Omon - F Bell - C+ (We need an upgrade) Johnson - B+ (I wouldn't have been surprised if he would have gotten a PB bid) Cox - F Average - D+

If someone can project what the starting 3-4 and 4-3 units will look like now I'd could get a better feel for the OP's question. For instance does Darius man the nose or Williams in the 3-4? Who is manning the ends in both schemes? What are the starting LB's and DB's now? It just looks like the whole D will look different. (Which is a good thing)

I'd give the Bills an -A. To get the A they would have to have made a trade down and still gotten Darius. To get an A+ the trade would have had to have been something like the Browns got from Atlanta. BTW I LOVE THIS PICK!

+1000000 Pre-draft post of the year!

No draft and no salary cap would mean the end of the NFL as the most dominate pro sport in the USA. It would become the MLB 2.0. Dallas, Washington and New England would be guaranteed playoff spots by way of buying their way in (ala NY Yankees) and the Bill, Bengals, and all small market teams (I believe even Green bay) would fade off into obscurity. This doesn't even begin to include the bad rap that Buffalo gets. It's almost impossible to get FA's to come here even now. So yes NFLPA push this. Because when the league shinks down to 12 teams there be a lot less players to pay.

My draft scenarios from best to worst... 1. We trade down 2 or 3 spots get an extra 2nd and 3rd rounder’s and draft Cam Jordan. 2. Newton and Miller are gone and we draft Marcell Dareus 3. Dareus and Miller are gone and we have no draft partners we draft Patrick Peterson. (I have no problem drafting him just not my favorite selection @#3) . . . 1,000,000 We pick a QB #3 1,000,001 We trade back up into round #1 and draft a QB.

I take him in a heartbeat! I think it is much easier to teach a slow footed strong armed accurate QB to side step the pressure, than it is to teach a running QB to pass. I too do not believe he'll make it to the 2nd round.

I said outrageous not impossible. I would not be surprised at all if Mallet is our second pick. If he is there at 34.

I just thought this might be fun. Here are my outrageous draft predictions... 1.) Cam Newton will still be available at the start of the second round. 2.) The Bills will draft a WR with their first 2 picks. 3.) This thread will be criticized by someone who is tired of all the pre-draft post.

Running the football is pretty much about instinct. This is why RB is considered the easiest position for a rookie to have an impact. Blocking assignments and rout running are only real issues a rookie RB needs to learn. Spiller was "seek the edge and out run the competition" in college. You’re not going to do this in the NFL. I had my doubts when we drafted him and I still do. Living in SC I saw a great deal of him. The good news is that in 2 years Marcus Lattimore will be draft eligible. The Bills seem to draft a RB every 2 to 3 years so that would be right on course.

My link I get no respect.

I'm standing on a 12th story ledge in a hurricane... but I pass on the QB this year and mortgage the farm for Luck next year.

I think you missed my point. I would rather have the best of a deep draft, meaning I'm probably going to get an excellent player, rather than take the best of a thin draft position. The odds are more in my favor that way. I do make no bones about the fact that I feel the QB class this year is very lacking. One may surprise me, but I won't be surprised if it's a QB that is not taken in the first round.

Wow you and I have way different philosophies. I say the draft is deep in D so get the best of the best at 3. The draft is week at QB so take a chance on someone late if at all. An average QB drafted early is still an average QB.

Look again! Are you sure I don't have a booger hanging out?

I guess Seatle doesn't have a player standout enough, so they used the 12th man. Maybe this was discussed before, but haven't we had the 12th man up on the wall of fame at the ralph for what seems like forever? Must be the Apple vs. Microsoft all over again. Who is better means nothing; it all comes down to marketing.

Draft Mark Ingram.

To put my confusion in its simplest form... If the owners all get together and decide only to pay certain size salaries it's considered collusion, but if the players all get together and decide they won't play unless they get a certain amount of money it's considered a union?

Give it up man! I started a post (one only a handful I've ever done) arguing these same points and got crucified. They just don’t get the politics of football. Sanchez, Ryan, Stafford, Bradford are the rule, NOT the exception. They were drafted high, and became the starter day 1. If Fitz is good enough for this year, then what makes him so bad for next? If he’s not good enough for next year then play the rookie and let him learn for next. Otherwise draft a QB in a later and develop him.

Fixed Weather he can play in the NFL has yet to be determined.

Yeah but when you tip your hat it's in your hand. So you can tip your hat and show your cards but be polite about it.

Maybe we should team up with some other cities and start our own league. A league full of Greenbay Packer type ownership. A league for the fans by the fans.

Cam Newton at #3, because we need another RB. That will make 4 in 9 drafts. To those who think he is a QB… He had 24 more pass attempts than runs. (280 pass attempts, 264 runs) That doesn’t even include the number of planned runs that went for a loss of yardage. For Qb’s they call them sacks. To Those quoting Cam Newton when he said “Colleges were afraid I was too much of a pocket passer”, you do realize you are quoting Cam Newton? You’ll say just about anything when you are trying to debunk a sigma about yourself, true or not. I’m not saying that he didn’t get that from a college coach, (although I have yet to see a quote from anyone but him), I’m saying that he thinks the evidence shows that he is a running QB and he knows he has to try and convince everyone else. 264 rushing attempt for a QB in the NFL will get you killed. Fred Jackson only had 222 last year.