High Mark

I am still taking Fairley. Per Mayock on NFLN tonight he thinks that Fairley is good enough to play any position on the DL in any front - which I like to hear. I still havent seen Quinn so how could I endorse him?

I have taken the Wonderlic. The REAL one, not that weak a** “sample” test some website has (which is nothing like the real one btw). It absolutely indicates real intelligence. It’s a simple intelligence test, that’s what it is – Just like the SAT and ACT are standardized tests – which test intelligence. I kid you not, the first 15 questions are mind numbingly easy. 2 questions from the one I took are as follows : “you have a blue block and a red square, what color is the block?” A- Green B- Blue C- Yellow D- Red “One of these things is not like the other” A- Tree B- Flower C- Automobile D- Bush It did get harder, but if you cant get a 15 on the thing you shouldn’t have made it past the 5th grade, and probably eat through a straw.

Never watched this guy specifically, but the Falcons have a very good, run oriented OL. I really liked Blalock in coming out of Texas and he has become a very good G. I this guy is as good as Lacomfora reports, then I would like to see him brought it. Our RT situation is terrible. I do feel we are going to have a very good shot at Sherrod in the draft who would make a solid RT, although I am hoping Phil Taylor falls and we can add him.

Show me the sure-fire HOF QB in this draft and Ill take him. At least name a guy thats a concensus top QB, and would be considered a franchise QB. Not some obscure guy or a 1 read and run guy or the most inaccurate QB I have ever seen or a drug user... Ill go defense this year.

He got a 10 on the wonderlic. I know 2nd graders that could score higher.

Well he sure adds to the deep FA TE market - but unlike the other guys, we can go out and get him NOW. In a perfect world he isnt the best option, but this is a far from perfect off season, and considering his last season #s (career lows) dwarf the career #s of all our TEs combined, why not. I always loved Shockey too.

I liked how this author noted that VY played a huge part in Chris Johnsons 2000 yard season, with the option as he said, but moreso with bootlegs and roll outs. When your mobile QB can be rolled out or bootlegged, that will slow down (or even stop) the backside pursuit. With Johnsons speed that is deadly. Thats a big reason I prefer mobile QBs to cement shoe QBs. Im still not sold on Newton having what it takes upstairs.

The last time I saw Easley I was watching one of the PS games with him and David Nelson at a bar. Not sure how he has progressed since then.

I want to hear about the physicals, meetings, and the wonderlic. Is Herzlich 100% healthy? Is Bowers knee going to be a chronic problem? Is Cam Newton a retard or does he know whats going on? Can these players talk so that people can understand them (ie no McKelvins. At #3 this player is going to be the face of the Franchise for a while. Id like for him to be able to pronounce his own name) Wonderlic – I just cannot look at complete and utter idiots. If you cant find your way out of a paper bag odds are you can’t learn the playbook (we have had bad luck with the dummies, - Losman, Spiller, McKelvin, Young, etc) I don’t care how high they score, as long as they score above 15, they get a pass. I also like to position drills for the OL Guys. The other drills are pretty blah, but the OL drills are pretty realistic. I want to see if my favorite late round prospect James Carpenter has what it takes to play RT of if he is gonna be a G.

Maybe the hallucinations explain the accuracy issues? Marino was a coke head in college, and he did alright. He is obviously the exception to the rule though. I already wanted to stay far away from Mallet, so this doesn’t make me want to get any closer. Let the Raiders take him in the 2nd.

Wow, I hope this dude buys the Bills! Hopefully its not just more smoke up my arse. I have always wondered why all NFL teams don’t feel this way. There is no cap limit on the scouting dept – and we all know the best teams draft the best. So why not employ double or triple the number of scouts that any other team employs? Why not pay double the salary that any other team would pay for a scout – to ensure that the best come and work for you. The SEC is so dominant, why not have a team of scouts whose only job is to dissect the SEC talent? Hell, you could honestly have 1 scout attend every single Alabama practice and game that team is so stacked with NFL talent. Employ a whole team of scouts to scourer the small schools and AA schools (this is the only thing the current bills scouts are good at, so keep their entire dept in tact as-is, but only let them scout the South Central Louisiana State Universities of the world rather than every player). Do the same thing with Pro Personnel. There are 8 conferences, get 1 guy for each conference with 1 head of the dept. If I owned the team I would spend 5x the money and employ 5x the scouts as any other team in the league on scouts for both college and the NFL. Hell, I would even get scouts to watch the CFL and UFL so I could find the next Cameron Wake/Tommy Maddox. And what about recruiting? The NFL recruits Undrafted Rookies and Free Agents – why not have the best locker room, the best training room, the best everything – spare no expense. Big time colleges dwarf the NFL in that regard. Some teams (the Bungals) don’t even have an indoor facility! Meanwhile multiple HIGH SCHOOL teams in Cincinnati have indoor facilities! When the teams went to Dallas for the SB, and had to practice inside bc of the weather, they were quoted as saying the facilities were nicer at the High Schools than at their own facility! What a joke.

I get what you are saying with developing players and such, but I completely disagree. I think that reasoning is 100% backwards. The Giants never would have drafted Maybin in the first place. Why? Because they have a well built FO with scouts who know what to look for – especially in Dlineman. Just because one team took Maybin in the 1st round, doesn’t mean every team had a 1st round grade on him. (just read the opinions on this board, some want Newton at #3 overall, while others say maybe in the 3rd round. With Tebow the Broncos traded up into the 1st to get him, while some teams and scouts said he was a 4th rounder. This is very common place to have a wide range of opinions on one player) My bet is real teams like the Giants, Ravens, Pats, Stealers, etc had Maybin so far down their draft boards that there was effectively zero chance they end up drafting him because a bad team like the Bills, Bungals, Lions of old, would have taken him long before he became BPA on their boards. My point is that good teams draft good players, while bad teams draft bad players. That’s what makes them good or bad. A bad player like Maybin was only going to be drafted by a bad team, because all the good teams knew he was bad.

Jump for joy – None Vomit – All of them.

I was thinking about this the other day. My opinion is that Tebow will be very good in the NFL, but I don’t have the same confidence for Newton. I think that mobility and arm strength wise there isn’t much more you could ask for with these two. Newton has displayed more short and mid range accuracy but Tebow throws the fade and seem route with the best of them. What separates them, IMO, is intelligence and dedication. I have no question about either with Tebow, but there are serious red flags with Newton. Considering the massive strides Tebow made from college through his rookie year, that’s a good indication that he will succeed. Newton that’s still a huge ? He could get his paycheck and give up like J Russel or M Lienart. IMO, trading the #3 overall pick for Tebow would be a better move than taking Newton with that pick. It makes perfect sense if you agree that Tebow>Newton, and you were ok with taking Newton at 3 anyways. Considering the new regime in Denver (reportedly) isn’t too high on Tebow, I bet they would take that trade, maybe giving up one of their 2nd rounders too. Also, were did this false notion of Tebow having an average arm come from? I’ve seen the guy throw 70 yarders on the run with a low trajectory. Honestly throws that only Vick and a young Farve could make. Newton has a strong arm too, but Tebows is not weaker that’s for sure.

I’m not changing history. I didn't state he didn’t have the stats. I am saying, that I cannot fathom how someone could watch him PLAY (play, not just check out his stat sheet) and think that he was going to pressure the QB – at all – in the NFL. Go back and read any of my posts if you’d like, you won’t find any revisions.

You must be going crazy because niether of those things have happened during Whitner tenure. And Im pretty sure GW played for the same team at the same time as Whitner. Fewell even started Wilson over Whitner for a few games last year. Wilson is simply better.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81e694b6/article/ravens-likely-to-cut-ties-with-mcgahee-and-his-6m-2011-salary

Im still trying to figure out why Maybin was in demand....

Not at $8,000,000+ a season.

I do, dude can move. I dont see him being much of an anchoring NG either. Where else would he play?

As I stated in another thread, an injured Bob Sanders is better than a healthy Donte Whitner because George Wilson is then the starter. (if you cannot deduct what I am saying.... GW>>Whitner)

I had Maybin as a marginal 5th round talent at best. I know Mayock didn’t like Maybin at all, and McShay couldn’t get off his nuts. But, many people, including me, think Maybin and Von Miller are very very similar. I would like to chart peoples opinions on Maybin and compare them to Miller. I know Mayock likes Miller, but didn’t like Maybin at all. The Walter Football guy didn’t like Maybin and doesn’t like Miller I am pretty sure. Anyone who wants to dig that info up I would appreciate.

QBs are worth the investment (high picks/years on the bench learning) but I think the guys this year are just so risky, we would best be served by passing on them. Guys like Bradford or Luck or Sanchez have better than a 50/50 shot at success lets say, because of their talents and college experience and workouts etc. But, how many scrambling, 1 read and run QBs have come to the NFL and succeeded? I bet its less than 10% if you ran the #s. McNabb and Vick seem to be the only two that come to mind. I know Steve Young did a while back but that’s a long time ago. How many guys who repeatedly make bad reads, and repeatedly show poor accuracy (Locker and Mallet) are successful in the NFL? Still less than 10%. Gabbert I haven’t seen enough of to form my own opinion, but how many QBs that McShay touts as being the top QB end up being good? ZERO – it has never happened, ever. I honestly see a QB like Dalton being much much less risky than any of the “top 4” but I also don’t know how high his ceiling is. Either way I am staying away from QB this year because of the class, while fully admitting it’s our #1 need.

He had half the # of tackles because he covered the other teams TE twice as often.

This is what I took from this _l_o_n_g_ article. Patrick Peterson is big and too stiff. He really would have to be a press cover type guy. Considering the Bills give 10+ yard cushions on 3rd and short that doesn’t help us. He is likely going to move to safety. ***please pass at all cost, this guy is so over rated its unbearable and great DBs mean nothing when you don’t have a DL or LBs. Cam Newton – Was a 1 read and run guy on Tape – per Mayock. It doesn’t seem to me that Mayock is very high on him. Also said he has some serious baggage to consider – that’s not news. ***Newton is too risky for me at this point. 5 Techs – He goes on to rave about JJ Watt, then says he likes C Jordan, and then mentions Muhammad Wilkerson from temple (who he brings up 4 or 5 times throughout the interview). He doesn’t mention any of the “big 3” DL guys (Fairley/Dareus/Bowers) as being 5 techs. Does he think Dareus/Fairley are 4-3 DTs only? This may limit us if the Bills feel the same way. In another section he says he really likes Bowers and Quinn but they are 4-3 ends only in his opinion. He also has a comment that says Clayborne was being considered an OLB by some but he had a bad Senior Year. This made me laugh – Clayborne as a OLB? The guy is 290 lbs and pretty slow. With all these DL guys there may be a chance we get a shot at Clayborne/Heyward/Taylor in round 2. ***DL is the deepest position of this draft. If you divided it in half, it would still be the deepest position in this draft. Not landing a big-time talent would be a disgrace. 1st and/or 2nd round should be a Dlineman, and at least 2 should be added IMO. Because of overall grades and our draft position, I don’t see how we could avoid taking a DL guy. The only other option is trade back. Mallet – Its evident in his comments and his rankings he is not a big mallet fan. He cites his poor decision making and accuracy really hurting him. Serious baggage questions also. *** I wouldn’t take him. He wont make it to the 5th, and that’s as early as I would – consider – him. Pass.