WhitewalkerInPhilly

Wow. That is brutal, especially if they're starting a rookie. Or Geno. That that I'm complaining

Good deal for the Titans. They get six picks within 76. They have their franchise QB. I'm less sold for LA. I honestly don't think any new draft pick is a day 1 ready starter. They would be throwing their new player to the wolves. I hope we play LA early.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking. They will get a nice chunk of change back for draft space, but man, they picked the wrong time to be short a strong left tackle. It's going to be difficult to find as strong of a day 1 starter at 20. The trend seems to be that now the players coming out of college on the O line need time to develop.

Honestly I'd be ok with Hackenburg in the 2nd. Give him a year under Tyrod, let EJ walk.

They have one of the best defenses in the league. I'm sure Von Miller would be nice But seriously, the only way I see that is if the Bills get a prospect they really love in the draft and want to cash in. Bit even if they did, I wouldn't.

Good to know. LB coverage really was the biggest weakness last year. I keep hearing about the pass rush but when Brady is throwing it over the middle in two seconds...

That would probably be the only way anyone would look to trade for 19. The question is what we'd get for it. Anyone who picks in the low 20's would have a good chance of riding it out and anyone in the mid rounds would have used up their pick.

I have to agree with 26CornerBlitz on this one. I don't think Shady should be punished. But Goddell has been so inconsistent, and Johnny Football, the other big story, can't find a job to be made an example of.

Indeed it was. They hitched their post pretty firmly to the FOP early on. McNesby was there in person a lot. I figured the delay would give the chance to slink away but I guessed wrong.

I know it's barely on topic, but holy delayed reaction on sports radio here in Philly. Williams was right to do this on Monday, but now it's coming around again. 94.1 has been shilling pretty hard for the FOP, so they were back at again this morning.

I don't know if it's our biggest need. Henderson isn't awful and Glenn is very solid. My main worries are elsewhere. But Glenn still is on a one year deal, regardless of goodwill. And we could use an upgrade at RT even if it's not strictly necessary. So if a top 10 guy drops to 19, you pull the trigger even if it's not an immediate need. It's what they did with Darby last year and we seem happy with how that turned out.

I think Blanton might be the box safety. What I've heard on him is that he can lay the lumber but isn't much help in coverage. With the cash they have on him, he would likely fill the role you had in mind. But to the original question, I'm wondering if Rex might go to the 46 Nickel considering who we've been bringing in and keeping. Maybe a 5-2 that practically becomes a 4-2-5 when you yank Lawson away from Run support. Hughes-Kyle-NT/Dareus-(3-4 DE)/Dareus Brown-Brown Gilmore-AW-Blanton-Graham-Darby Maybe sonme thing like that.

At the very least, it's much needed deoth. If we're lucky it's a Hughes or Incognito situation where Whaley found a score.

Part of me thinks the latter is why they picked up Blanton. Assuming we keep as more of a 3-4, you'd have Hughes as pass rush OLB, Lawson as as the SAM, Brown as Mike, and Blanton doing what Bradham was doing.

Yeah. IIRC Rex liked to run with a lot of 3 safety packages with the Jets. Considering how awful our linebackers are at covering, would people be ok just running a box safety as the base?

Shocking!!!

Pretty much. When you have the Pats throwing on third and short, you start making everything nickel or nickel hybrid. Which is why I'm ok with us drafting Ragland. *smoke bomb*

Hmm, I would like the pickup. While I would love a stud LB pickup in the draft outside of Miles Jack and Jaylon Smith I don't know anyone who would be an instant upgrade. Cover LB is essential. Getting a vet starter is not a bad thing, even if he might not stick.

Correct me if I'm wrong: that stays on their cap for this year even if they trade him? The money in and of itself isn't huge, but that is a lot of dead money.

Actually, I'm ok with it. Hear me out: Currently, the kicking teams have every incentive to kick it out the back of the end zone. If you are kicking it 8 yards deep into the end zone, even with a dangerous returner odds are you wind up somewhere +/- 5 yards of the 20, so why not do it? Why risk trying to pin the opponent deep when they could take it and run back a big return. Look no further than the Bills: it makes more sense to keep Gay on the roster to kick it deep than lose the spot and have Carp try to shank it.

With a little bit of digging, he was drafted in the third round by Washington and has bounced around the league ever since. Great size and speeds but hands that would make Greg Little blush.

I feel bad for asking, but "who?" Still, 6'2 with a 4.43 time gives a bit of insurance for an outside guy. Any word about why he never stuck?

Here's the thing: the Jets have even less cap space than we do. They can't afford to pay him Chase Daniels money at this point. That has to be insulting. Come on, give us Geno!!!

You're not the only one who wants him back. Like you said, we should obviously draft a replacement but I would prefer that we have Harvin. We wouldn't miss a beat on offense, and we can focus on fixing the defense.