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I'm hoping for someone at #9 that we can sign to a second contract and feel good about it. Preferably on the offensive side of the ball.

I wouldn't mind seeing Lynch/Whitner help us secure someone in the bottom of the first/top of the second, but that draft pick better be a good player if you're going to give someone else up.

+1 I think the concern will be for Chan/Buddy that if the player is not worthy of the selection (McCargo, Losman). And I think there will be more pressure from the media/fans if the position is not one of the highest perceived need.

No I'm not serious. Although at the time I think there were many who thought it was a wasted pick. Just like if an OT or QB isn't selected at #9 this year.

How about Jairus Byrd? We wasted that pick last year on a non-need position, we can trade him for a first rounder and then get another player where we have a greater need!

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After watching the press conference Bradford gave at the combine (and is on bb.com), you can see why people think of him as a leader.

Considering the roster and depth, I am hoping we get an LT and a RG high in this draft. Wood can take his time coming back and when he does you can put him in at center. We have some depth at tackle and in the interior at that point.

I'm wondering how much longer Reid is going to be there.

I admire your efforts here, but it has been determined there is no bright side. Repeatedly. And then once more.

That was an old one, his current one has us with Kindle.

I guess I'm not ready to tie a players improvement to stats, especially from a year ago. He may never be a great tackle, but to be as sure as you are about him not being good is silly.

Looks to me like other than a horrible game against Cleveland, he was improving. That can happen when you have a young player who is thrust into the lineup. To think that last year's effort seals him into the worst tackle ever category is a bit short sighted.

I'm going to say mainly because Al Saunders is not our offensice co-ordinator.

How do you feel about their ability in coverage? To me, that is the biggest concern because 4-3 DE's really don't do that. Do we have a 3-4 olb that can cover? With Davis signing, does it make sense to move Mitchell out there (esp if Schoebel retires)?

I think of it like a game of whack-a-mole. No matter what happens or how quickly you whack them, there's going to be another one popping up.

And I was wondering how this thread made it to 3 pages - but since I'm here I'll throw a post in the hopper.

I don't know if I want a qb if it isn't one of bradford/claussen unless there is tremdous value in the pick. If we keep TE and Brohm that gives us two developmental guys already. I'd rather spend that pick on the DT given your list, but I'd really rather take the bpa on the offensive side.

+1 It's been said by various parts of OBD: We are going to build through the draft We are going to play to our players strengths We are not going to sign top tier fa's, we will re-sign our own quality players Seems like we're pretty much on target. Around Pittsburgh, the first day of free agency was pretty much a non event. I'm hoping for the same thing some day, for Buffalo.

Thanks for the input.

I really find it odd that people think Marv did not have a rebuilding plan. Veteran linemen were brought in, some of our current linemen were signed to longer term deals. The deals for these people are coming due in a cascading manner so we don't have a ton of people to bring in at one time. I thought the plan itself was fine, the execution sucked. I understand there is going to be some overpaying, but there was (and is) too much for mediocre talent. The problem was the talent evaluation, not whether the talent came from the draft or FA. When you decide that McCargo can play in this league, you take Whitner because of the need and you spend the extra draft pick to get the DT. It's my opinion the Marv Levy era was more indicative of the talent evaluation going on at OBD than anything else, including Ralph. Marv let those people do their jobs, but unfortunately they were not very good at what they do. I look forward to Nix/Chan making the call on our qb because I have confidence they can rebuild this roster with their ability to make good personnel decisions and get the most out of those players.

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I'm with you. This is the season for happy, blissful ignorance. New football folks, before any real decision making occurs so everyone can dream of their perfect scenario for the next 3 months or so. I'm sure there will be lots of thuds as people come down to earth.

QB fitzgerald RB Jackson TE Stupar LT 1st rnd pick LG Levitre C Hangartner RG Wood RT 2nd rnd pick WR Evans WR 3rd rnd pick WR Parrish LDE Johnson NT 4th rnd pick RDE Stroud ROLB Maybin RILB Mitchell LILB Poz LOLB Schoebel CB McGee, McKelvin SS Scott FS Byrd Depth guys in free agency for the defensive front 7. Hopefully I would pick some guys that could help later in the draft. I hope Ralph would be okay with this.