Let's play "You're Tom Donahoe"

[Golden Wheels]

Update my resume!

[boomerjamhead]

Turn over a new leaf and shampoo with this.

[Nanker]

I'd just go to the bank and quietly cash my check like I do every week.

[1959BillsFan]

I am a huge draftnik and I agree!  Always draft for value!

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There are a lot of things to consider when going into the draft:

1) Need

2) Best available

3) Depth

4) Free Agency

5) Contracts coming due.

6) Available money.

 

So the person in charge of the draft has to know a lot about each of these situations. For the Bills, Mondark is supposedly in charge of the draft. This suggests that Mondrak be ON THE SAME PAGE with Donahoe, the financials and contracts; as well as, with Mularkey for the needs.

 

The questions here are:

1) Does Mularkey understand the defensive needs and depth???

2) Does TD fully understand how he plans to sustain the Bills in the future???

 

In my opinion, the lines are where games are won/lost; teams become successful/unsuccessful. It appears the Bills have band-aided the o-line for most of TD's reign. It was demonstrated early this season, the o-line has little depth, and shows lack of chemstry. The d-line is adaquate, but with depth problems.

 

The big requirements for the trenches is consistancy, continuity, chemistry, and leadership. With the constant addition of band-aides, how can these requirements be met???

 

At the end of this season, of our 4 CBs on the active roster, 3 will either be UFA (Clements) or RFAs(McGee and Greer). Of our safeties, only one will be a RFA (Baker). Of our depth at LB, all three will be RFAs or UFAs.

 

At the end of next season: two starting LBs (Fletcher, Posey), two starting d-linemen (Adams, Kelsey), and our starting SS (Milloy), will become UFAs.

 

This is a lot of needs in the next two years, AND this is only the defense. I would immagine that this front office will start drafting for need and mostly on defense; but we also need players to develop and building chemistry on the o-line.

 

It will prove to be an interesting next few drafts. There will be a lot of NEEDS.

[R. Rich]

I'd get fired, because, as a Bills fan, I know I wouldn't always make sound, rational judgments.

 

You all know how irrational I can be.

[finknottle]

Line, both sides.

 

But also keep looking turning over late-round rocks at WR and RB. Moulds will be gone, followed by WM in 2 years.

[/dev/null]

if i were Tom Donahoe, I would fire Mike Mularkey, release JP Losman, resign, and name Jason Peters as General Manager, Head Coach, and starting QB

[BravinSeattle]

With Parrish and Everett healthy and on the field I'm not too worried about the offense because I'm not as concerned about JP as others might be. I still feel like he can be an NFL QB and be successfull. My worries on offense continue to be on the offensive line.

 

I think the main priority on defense has got to be to re-sign Clements or we're going to forced to use another 1st round pick on a CB rather than a stud DT (Rodrique Wright of Texas?) or a FS or SS which would allow us to jettison a huge chunk of capspace and get younger in the secondary.

[seq004]

draft oline, draft dline, draft oline, draft dline, draft oline, draft dline- not neccesarily in that order.  And oh yeah- SIGN Clements AND Mcgee!

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Could not have said it better. Forget about the skill positions for once and go O-line and D-line in first 4 rds regardless of TD's "best available"