My Quick Takes On The Senior Bowl

[R. Rich]

In terms of just the game (not taking practices into consideration), here's what I thought of some of the top prospects:

 

 

D'Brickashaw Ferguson, OT, Virginia

Ferguson got beat on a couple inside moves late in the game. Those were the only 2 times I saw him beat all week. Solid performance. He's going to be a very good pro, I believe. Sure hope the Bills land him in the first.

 

Mark Setterstrom, OG, Minnesota

Very tough to move inside. I saw him stone more than a few DL. He fared well against bull rushers. I'd love to see him end up in Buffalo. He impressed me all week AND in the game.

 

Will Allen, OG, Texas

Another guy I saw get beat for a sack late in the game, but he showed me that he can not only play well in limited space, but out in the open as well. He got out on a very good block on a screen after also stopping the rushing DL first. Impressive.

 

Jonathan Scott, OT, Texas

Scott was used early on @ the RT position and looked good there. Great footwork; it was tough for the pass rushers to get around him. I guess there's something to be said in Longhorn country for having big OL that can move (Scott) instead of super huge OL that can't (Leonard Davis, Mike Williams). He worked @ LT towards the end of the game and impressed me there also.

 

Max Jean-Gilles, OG, Georgia

Like Allen, showed he can dominate inside, and also showed he can get out and make things happen. Had a really nice pull where he walled off the backside and allowed the RB to get to the secondary. If he does well @ the combine, he may just put himself into the first round of the draft instead of being a high 2nd rounder as many project.

 

Nick Mangold, C, Ohio State

He was extremely tough and more than held his own against the big DTs. He did a great job of anchoring the line for the North team. I'd love to see him on the Bills, especially seeing how fiesty he was, but w/ Preston there as an up and coming talent and w/ possible moves to be made in free agency (LeCharles Bentley perhaps???? Please??!!!!), I don't know if he'd be on the Bills' radar. If he is, I would NOT be opposed to seeing them draft Mangold.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll do a review of some of the other positions I watched for later on.

[Bill from NYC]

Thank you one thousand times for your evaluations!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I am extremely glad that you got to see more of Setterstrom. Let's face it....our odds of signing Hutchinson are not good, and I have been touting Mark S. since the bowl game in which he played.

 

I was only able to catch a few minutes of the game, and it happened to be the part where the RT (Trueblood?) got tossed. I have zero idea if he is any good, but on that play he looked like the strongest man in the world.

 

The more I think about it, I think that what happens in April wrt the OT position will be whether or not they decide to move Peters over to LT. Btw, my initial reaction to this is favorable, because I do not view JP as a proto-type RT, where there seems to be less opportunity to take advantage of his agility.

 

With a few of the moves that you suggest, I truly believe that this football team can be turned around and moved in the right direction (sorry for the cliches).

Adding some young, strong, hard working blockers would enable the Bills to dictate their will to opponents, and now is the time.

 

Thanks again, so make that 1,001.