colin

bunk is just plain disruptive, i'd like to grab him and a bigger heavier DT as well

well, i like the move on D. our D was great against Carolina last year using a poor man's cover 2 (only team to shut down smith). the move to cover 2 and getting the new quicker guy to replace milloy lets us take advantage of the best thing about our D -- the super fast secondary. if we nab 2 more DTs by the end of the draft I will be pretty happy about our chances at a top 10 D (assuming spikes is back). we have no downgrades at Oline and our skill positino situation is better than last year. i think we will be better than last year fo sho

i think we'll get a solid DT SS OT OG C with each of our 2nd and 3rd round picks. if we can swap our 8th for a 20 ish 1st as well as 2 around 50 (viking picks) i'd like to see us get bunk mangold (or failing him that 2nd rated guy, spencer i think) max jean gilles one of the top rated RT guys who will fall one of 3 or so SS guys who will be there and solid in the 2nd. another stout DT we could get 3 or 4 bigmen on day one who would play and improve our team year one. combined with our skill and secondary core players, our team could be young and solid real quick

if he is healthy he could play LT or RT. so if peters is good, we have our LT of the future and a solid guy at RT. we can draft a guy who can play RT for us in the 2nd or 3rd.

looking back lawyer was the worst signing of the donahoe era. top pro bowl safety money for a guy on the downside who wasn't even close to a hawaii trip. there were a few guys better than him we could have jumped on.

i'd say gandy is at least as good as shelton. also, i think brees and pep each had a very solid O around them and a truly great offensive weapon to exploit, AND are coming off injuries. i think they will both not be that great for their new teams

guys you don't need a super specialist at DT, you can have 300 pound guys to stop the run.

why is everyone so confused by the cap?

the whole cartoon dog football player thing on that site is gay as hell

x-actly he is a smart educated guy who has been around for ever. i think when guys meet with him they are impressed because he is smart but not aloof and knows football from the ground up. i never met him but did see him speak and what strikes me is that he seems to not really try to impress people with everything he's got, so you walk away figuring he knows a ton of more stuff he hasn't mentioned.

he is a physical guy who can break huge plays. i think our new OC wants to have a whole bunch of targets out on the field so that we can run or pass from any formation without showing tendencies.

i think that might get you above average. young D players will have more immediate impact than young o players. vets on O can come in (QBs, WRs, and the OL) and just ship it in. the issue is you'd never get a big time impact player on O deveolped (you just pay for what you get) and you'd lose corners and pass rushers on D (assuming you drafted them). corners and pass rushers are rare, and you need young guys on O to come along and really turn into something special. i like the bias of spending FA on O and drafting D, but not in that extreme

bills fans were saying phat pat was over paid and washed up, and he had f all for stats too...

if we get a first and second or third, it might be worth it with clements. ditching him and getting huff, signing a good safety in FA, and drafting a solid guy at safety in round 2 or 3 might be our best bet. it will free up money, but is there anyone to sign? maybe we can just get every decent OL and DT out there and pay for them with nate's money

tripp would be solid. most DTs fall out of favour in their team and kick ass in their new one (sam adams a couple times, ted wash, pat will altho he was always kewl, and more)

wow Kemoeatu got almost 5 per with 5 as a signing bonus. that is a bunch for 2 down DT who isn't really a world beater. god i wish we inked phat pat last season :<

i really like the bunk. i think if we get a space eater or two in FA (washington and that dude from balt look nice) and put bunk beside them he would just destroy single blockers. a couple DTs like that and an upgrade to milloy in coverage (which i think would be pretty easy, in the draft OR in FA) will allow us to terrorize opponents on 3rd down without sell out blitzing.

huff can hit and can tackle, just watch some games of texas. he is a safety with top corner speed (4.3 and change) and great hands and coverage skills. he has the upside of a guy like ed reed. did you see how he blocked those punts? the comment above about him needing to be close to the LOS is as far from right as you can get. huff is easily the best corner in the draft, if you have him locked up on a back, a TE, or a slot WR you don't have the disadvantage that all but one or two guys in the NFL give you. i'll take him or other guys, but i won't be sad if he is our guy at number 8.

davenport would be great as a back up

i understand the war drumming for DT and OT, but shokey and gates transformed young QBs (or just an inconsistent one in shock's first year) and OK Os into match up problems and red zone machines. if we can get ourselves some linemen in FA and in rounds 2 and 3, davis could well be the piece that puts us over the top. with parish, evans, mcgahee and davis we might have a legitimate set of targets that can do damage in the NFL

there is a huge drop off from d'brick to the next few, but not really that much from ngata to the next few, i think at this point i'd rather move down and try to pick up the highest rated big men with the 2 picks we get for our first. if brick slips past the jests i'd likea trade up for him tho. with the 3-5 good DTs in this draft and the 5 or 6 solid ones in FA this year, I don't think we HAVE to take DT at number 8.

davis can block well. a good TE will be a safety valve for a young QB and allow him to make more plays and keep drives alive. if it helps us run and pass without guys guessing what we are doing, our D stays off the gridiron, our whole team improves. we need some line help, but a top 4 or so DT in the 2nd, some FA help, and some OL in the draft along with davis might just be the best choice

i've been wondering the same thing too. have heard some trade down ideas with us getting the bunk and an interior guy like mangold or max gilles. that is prolly the best value, but if we nab bunk and a guy like watson (or similar DT) we'd be laughing.

no, he doesn't have the rep that taylor had, but the reason is that reed was blowing up in the NFL when taylor was coming out of a very exciting miami program. huff was far and away the best player on the texas D. the biggest thing is huff can hit and cover well AND has a nose for the ball and knows the game. if he is in your D you can do all kinds of things with him which makes him more like reed than roy williams or taylor. the positive thing is roy or taylor can be used against you if they have to get depth and are far from the line, huff is perhaps at his best out there. davis is prolly a better prospect at TE than huff is at DB, but both are much better at their positions than many other prospects are at theirs

aj looks a whole lot better than speilman did in school