JM57

Slightly off topic but IMO the Jets biggest recent problem (and something that helped lead to the cap issue) is drafting. Look at their top picks, like first and second rounders, for the last few years. Aside from Revis, how many of them have turned out to players worth their draft status?

I like the first part of this post. I have seen it said that CB and WR are the two hardest positions in the league to learn. Usually a 2-3 season development. As a WR you obviously have to develop chemistry with the QB, learn a new playbook, adapt to the higher athleticism and physicality of NFL DBs, etc.As a DB, you have to learn a whole new playbook, adapt to the speed of the game, adapt to the little nuances that WRs have developed to get an edge over NFL DBs, etc. People should remember this when calling it a wrap on 2012 picks like Graham and Gilmore.

But why are you comparing Welker to a stretch the field guy? He isn't a stretch the field guy. He's a 7 yard slant and YAC guy because his first steps are so quick, he beats every DB. You're comparing apple to oranges.

Whoa there. I said right at the beginning of the post I like Welker a whole lot. I just don't think he is the right player for what ails the Bills' O. It would be like looking at the defense and saying DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY NEED? MORE BIG MONEY PLAYERS ON THE DEFENSIVE LINE! Lawyer Milloy?

I like Wes Welker a whole lot. But I also think that the last thing the Bills need is another underneath/move-the-chains WR. They have guys who can do that. It's the deep threat that they really don't have (along with a QB that scares the D into thinking he can hit said deep threat) IMO, the Bills could have a deadly WR corps with the addition of a true outside WR opposite of Stevie. So you take Stevie and this new guy and play them on the outside--there's your #1 and #2. On the inside, you have David Nelson as the sure-handed possession guy and solid WR3 option. If TJ Graham remembers how to catch a ball, he HAS shown ability to get behind opposing DBs. Donald Jones would be an EXCELLENT WR4/WR5 all-around option. He's no #2, but he could certainly be a WR3/4 on many teams.

Two of them are easy. Jordy Nelson with the Packers and Devin Thomas with the Giants. I'm stumped as to the third one though. Is it Sweed? Was he still on the the Steelers when they beat the Cardinals? I know he didn't last long in the league...

I don't think there's a ton to worry about as far as age. Life experiences (such as growing up with an NFL coach as a father) can make you wise beyond your years. IIRC, I read somewhere earlier that Brian Schottenheimer and Kyle Shanahan both got OC gigs in their early 30s as well. Not to mention obviously Josh McDaniels in NE. A thing that could be worrisome is his age in relation to players, but when you look at the Bills roster, its very young. The oldest offensive players are Freddie (31), Fitz and Pears (both 30). On defense, Kelsay is 33, McGee 32, Wilson and Barnett 31 and Kirk Morrison is 30. Only player on the roster older than Hackett is Lindell at 35. It could actually be an asset--he could be seen as more approachable because of the small age difference. Finally, if you have a poisonous player, THAT'S when you worry about the age becoming a negative factor. Using the players' veteran/older status as leverage over the coordinator.

Bobby Petrino system QB.

Its just one of those positions. The Pounceys, Mack and Wood were all highly regarded coming out of college, but none of them went higher than what, 17th or 18th? Just shooting from the hip with that #. I know Mack and Wood both went in the 20s. I cant remember where the Pounceys went off hand, but I had to guess the Steelers pick was likely in the mid20s and the Dolphins in the mid teens...

Like the others said, they often have to wait for swelling in the knee to go away before they can operate. IIRC, they had to wait almost 2 weeks for my little brother's first ACL surgery for swelling, and somewhere between 10-14 days for his second one this past summer

Just my personal thoughts, but I think they're going to have to bring someone else in to play CB. Ron Brooks and Justin Rogers could both continue to develop, but they (and McKelvin if he's brought back, which I think he should be) both share the same flaw in their game. When they are playing on the outside, they get lost in space, so to speak. They have the quickness and agility to excel as nickel/dime backs, covering guys from the slot, because their skill sets are assets to the quick/underneath/crossing routes. When they play on the outside, there are so many more (hypothetical) possibilites for each play, and you can see that they struggle mightily playing out there. For example, the TD drive in the Rams game. Brooks was absolutely abused.

The only thing he was good at was rushing the passer, and it wasn't as a speed rusher. How do you seem him as a fit for the 46/3-4 LB role?

Kyle will have to suck it up as the NT if Dareus and Carrington are the 3-4 DE's. Mario would be an OLB because of his frame/athleticism

Short answer is YES. Guys like Sp. Johnson and Kelsay, and to a lesser extent Kyle Moore, don't have the body types or skill sets to have a true place in the 3-4/46 defense. They're true 4-3 DT/DE's. On the other hand, Mario played in a 4-3 and 3-4 in Houston, and Anderson flourished in Belicheat's hybrid D in NE, so they should be OK. Carrington has that perfect body type at 6'5 where he can bulk up a bit, probably to about 300-305, and be a 3-4 DE. Same with Dareus. Or you sign Devito as a DE and hope Dareus/Williams can hold the NT position down.

Unfortunately yes, now that an actual source has reported it and not just the "they" you were referring to.

To be fair, it says that Hackett will be on Marrone's staff. It does NOT say he will be the OC. So there's still a bit of hope he doesn't get that title yet. It would be nice to have someone considered a "rising star" on staff though

Sure just send me $1000, along with a copy of your driver's license and social security card...for a background check, of course. Kbiggz, who's this THEY you keep referencing

You didn't hear? Everything on the interwebz is true. If you believe that, kbiggz, I've got some oceanfront property in Montana to sell you

Oooh I forgot about Dawan Landry. Probably 5 minutes after he signed with the Jags!

Doesn't Landry play for the Jets now? The one from the Skins?

Good work. Rashean Mathis is still a Jaguar. Aside from those two and Poz, and Jason Babin who they picked up late in the season obviously....its a black hole on that side of the ball. To the poster who mentioned Reggie Nelson, yes he was a Jag and is a Bengal.

Name a player on the Jags' D besides Poz. You have 30 seconds. No internet searching. Aaaaaand go.

Not comparing Marrone and He Who Shall Not Be Named in Boston.....but he's also notoriously stingy with the media and that's the first thing I thought of. I don't expect Marrone to turn this team into the Pats*.....but I would gladly accept a team that is 10-6 and little "transparency" from the HC than a 5-11 team where we know everything

Not trying to be rude, but lots of logic flaws in this post. #1: Jarvis Jones is going to be a 3-4 rush backer, not an ILB. His teammate Alec Ogletree would be an MLB though. #2: Wes Welker is nice for the name value and all, but he's more of what this team already has: an underneath, work from the slot, move-the-chains type of receiver. They need someone to play on the outside. #3: Going off A) his comments about not liking cold weather and B) the amount of money he will command, Jennings would not be a good pick up. #4: Bowe does drop a lot of passes and did accumulate a lot of stats in "garbage time" but that could also be an indictment of how bad the Chiefs, specifically Cassel/Quinn are, not necessarily Bowe.

12-3? Forget that. How about 3-7pm?