2020 Our Year For Sure

I remember those Gruden camps being a tougher challenge for the kid when he first started doing them than I saw tonight. He used to really grill them on their weaknesses, it was interesting.

Corner is vital in this defense and we need to add one at some point. I'd be pleased if we ended up with Milliner. The corner debate is very different than it was in the Jauron days with the change in scheme. We're going to bring pressure and we need guys who can cover on an island. McKelvin and Brooks haven't earned being handed the #2 and #3 spots without competition. It isn't quite our most desperate position but it is a need, and if Milliner is there he's probably the best value on the board. edit- Also I agree I don't want Rhodes or any CB outside Milliner in the 1st.

Doesn't sound like teams will be too enthused about surrendering picks to move up, does it?

I found this quote from King, if Walter is going off this they're overstating it. They make it sound like a report with a source when it's just speculation. "I think I like Kevin Kolb as a Bill, but if he thinks Doug Marrone is done acquiring passers, he's crazy. Still think the Bills pick a quarterback in the first or second round of the draft." http://m.si.com/2586539/palmer-flynn-moves-make-sense-but-theyre-not-guaranteed-fixes/

If we can conclude anything it's that we'll probably take a safety at some point.

Agreed. Phillips has been a good pass rusher for a long time and I have no doubt his addition would help us, but I don't think it's something we can afford. Anderson's deal is too costly to give up on him just yet when you now have Pettine who presumably will utilize him better. I'd love to add a third pass rusher and have a sub package where Mario plays DE with twin rush OLBs on either side, but I just don't know if it's in the cards right now. Maybe Lawson can contribute to the rush on occasion. We have a huge need at ILB to worry about. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe about $10M of that is rollover from last year. And if we actually pop the seal and use that rollover money, the rollover disappears when the 2014 year starts, and we'll be over the hard cap and be forced to cut guys. Again please correct me if I'm off.

We already have Mark Anderson and we have to be running out of cap room.

We should probably save the cap room for Chas Rhinegold.

While I agree this stuff won't do a lot for us, there's no way hanging banners and visualizing your goal can possibly be a negative. To get worked up over this is just as ridiculous as getting excited over it.

A well-informed post as usual SJ. Do you have a thought as to why he isn't widely touted as a #1 overall type prospect?

+1 It didn't take him long to show us why Seattle and the rest of the league didn't want him.

We have been historically bad against the run. Pettine's defense needs a nose tackle. Prior to this signing, we had no true nose tackle on the roster. This was as big a need as anything else outside of Quarterback.

Is it April 25th yet?

You as well, TBC. :tipscap:

This is a loser's mentality in my opinion. We're no less an NFL team than anyone else. The Lombardi Trophy is the goal of every NFL team. Why should we be afraid to visualize our own goal?

Is he a nose tackle or more of a 3-4 DE as BADOL suggests? Can anyone clarify? If he's not a fit at the nose it seems strange to me, considering Dareus and Carrington are here already. It's never bad to add depth but we have other positions where there's absolutely nobody.

To me Barkley is the most complete package available, accuracy, mechanics, pocket awareness, has proven he can read defenses ad make good decisions in a pro-style offense, and enough arm strength to make every throw. Consider that if he had a cannon, he'd go top-3 and we'd have no shot at him. Guys like Hasselbeck and Schaub have had success without elite arms. And it is possible his arm can get stronger as he gets closer to his physical prime.

This is great

He does not. Would he fit yours?

I think the term journeyman implies playing on more than two teams.

That's not at all "clear." Buffalo could be concerned Barkley will go top-7.

Yeah he's similar to Nassib, but with a deep ball. It's not hard to imagine Marrone being interested.

I see veteran minimum has reared its ugly head.

Absolutely!

I've got no problem with this as long as we're still planning to draft one in rounds 1-3. I'm interested to see this guy behind a good line, accompanied by a good running game. Hopefully we'll figure LG out and we'll have those things.