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True, Hardy will need to put in the work to succeed. And that's true of any rookie/player. From the sound of it, he realizes this. But to say he won't have much productivity as a #2 WR is curious. If he were expected to be a #1 WR, I'd agree. But as a #2 WR, his main job will be to draw coverage away from Lee and to score TD's in the redzone, at least initially. Anything more than that will be a bonus. I don't see why he won't be able to do that. It's not like they can totally ignore him when he's lined-up opposite Lee.

Despite lurking, I've gotten the distinct impression that "obie_wan" (shouldn't that be "obi-wan?" or is it supposed to be "obie" as in that weird-looking stress toy that you squeeze and the eyeballs and ears pop-out? But I digress...) doesn't like the Bills too much. I guess it's just frustration from years of them missing the playoffs.

Thanks.

Hardy will be taller than all of the CB's he'll face in the NFL as well. And with a 37" VJ... Read the negatives on Hardy on NFL.com sometime. All of the knocks on him, i.e. needs to add upper-body strength to beat the jam (he out-benched Devin Thomas BTW while none of the other top guys would do it, and if Lee Evans at 5'10" and 197# could learn to beat the jam...), running better routes, and blocking, are all things thatmost rookies struggle with, but which can be fixed/coached-up. His size/speed (and he was among the top performers in the agility drills) however cannot be taught.

Long-time lurker, first-time poster. First of all, not too many teams have an excellent backup LT, and it's usually game over if a starting LT goes down. Second of all, how many games did you see Kirk Chambers play? He came in for Jason Peters about a 1/3 of the way into the Giants game and surrendered 1 sack and no QB hurries to Umenyiora, who had 13 sacks on the season. Then he started the following weekend and went against Trent Cole, who had 12.5 sacks, and didn't give up a sack or QB hurry. Hardly a lot of playing time, I would say, but enough to say he wasn't a total basket case considering he didn't get undressed by 2 of the better RDE's in the game. Third of all, the Bills drafted Demetrius Bell to develop at LT. Sure it's not "the middle rounds," but the kid looks like a worthwhile developmental prospect and has more raw tools than you'd find in a mid-round LT.