Kingfish
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and also to Percy Harvin . . . sounds like Spiller is going to be a pseudo-RB/WR type. I like the pick less if Lynch sticks around. Sounded like Spiller is going to get very limited carries from scrimmage. . . returns, catches etc will have to be a big part of his game. Hate to say it, but Roscoe Parrish and Ted Ginn type pick flashed in my mind in the sense of a somewhat luxury pick.
He also said that he's expected to come in and "start" which I interpret as 10-15 carries per game, 5 catches per game, and return duties.
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And by the way-606 rushes in college, ZERO FUMBLES!
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Holy crap, Jamie Dukes likes the pick, said Spiller is a top 3 playmaker in the draft. And we got him at 9. Dooooomed...
Everyone on both networks loved the pick.
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Brandon Graham or Bulaga. Instead, our team just got even smaller. The idiocy never ends.
Draft a RT/OG who went 14 picks later at #9 and pay him like a LT? Great idea.
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Doc, it was a dishonest pick by a dumb franchise. It looks like we have another TD on our hands; a consumate pro until he hits Buffalo, where he turns into a jackass.
So Nix is a jackass for not picking a mid 20s value player with the 9th pick?
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Definitely agree, but someone has to get an explanation on his reaction. He did not appear to be exited at all to have the Bills call his name.
And how excited did Jared Odrick look to be going to Miami?
Or Demaryius Thomas to Denver?
They were pretty stonefaced as well.
Should Dolphins and Broncos fans develop an inferiority complex about their teams/cities as well?
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Dude, it's been 10 years without a playoff appearance. The sky fell some time ago. And now a 70-year-old rookie GM has decided to all but eschew free agency in favor of building through the draft, and does so by drafting a part-time player (who will not start) at #9 overall. A player who plays at the strongest position the team has on offense (and 3rd strongest overall). Which is also the position with the shortest shelf-life in the NFL. And said GM also passed on comparably-rated players at 3 positions of both much greater need and much greater importance.
I think that criticism is pretty well justified at this point. Should a time come when the Bills make the playoffs, you're welcome to jump in with "I told you so" left and right. Until then, maybe lay off the complainers a bit. We're the ones whose comments match up with reality.
Which helps your argument how?
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This thread.......
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Best player available, top RB, ACC player of the year, 1st team all american, averaged 100 yards and 1 TD per game, true playmaker, fast, running threat, receiving threat, return threat, homerun threat, can contribute right away, high character guy, smart. This is a good feeling.
Of course he won't play every down, it's a two back league. He'll easily touch the ball 15 times a game. And do a lot with those touches.
20 touchdowns over 50 yards
20 touchdowns over 50 yards
20 touchdowns over 50 yards
20 touchdowns over 50 yards
20 touchdowns over 50 yards
20 touchdowns over 50 yards
20 touchdowns over 50 yards
20 touchdowns over 50 yards
20 touchdowns over 50 yards
20 touchdowns over 50 yards
20 touchdowns over 50 yards
20 touchdowns over 50 yards
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20 touchdowns over 50 yards
20 touchdowns over 50 yards
20 touchdowns over 50 yards
FJ and Lynch have 6 carries over 40 yards between them in their careers.
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No doubt. And he starts his regime with a player that HE ADMITS will not play every down. Not a good feeling.
You're right. The best way to turn the Bills around is to pass on true top ten talents for "meh" players who weren't even picked until the mid 20s. String together 3 or 4 drafts of panicky reaches and the Bills will undoubtedly become contenders right?
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Terrible pick. 20 TDs of over 50 yards? That doesn't sound like anything the Bills could use.
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Bills fan freak out when the team reaches for players to fill needs.
Bills fan freak out when the team picks the best player available.
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Hit the nail on the head. Haven't we learned by now in Bills nation that drafting skill players has produced nothing? Chris Johnson is only good because he's got a real OL blocking for him. TEN's OL is far and away better than Buffalo's.
Nix-Gailey are starting out like Levy-Jauron did. We know how the latter story ended.
Levy-Jauron started off by reaching for a player while Nix-Gailey drafted the BPA. I don't see any comparison.
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Maybe they picked him with the intent on trading him, perhaps to Seattle who has another 1st round pick, but they couldn't complete the deal in time. Or they're positioning themselves to tank this year so they have a top 3 pick next year when they'll pick a QB.
I don't think so because the Bills rushed to the podium to make the pick.
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Maybe someone trades up for Earl Thomas or Eric Berry and we get Tebow in the teens?
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It's obvious that the Bills treating Lynch with kid gloves has been a big mistake so maybe last season's benching and then showing Lynch how little value he has on the trade market will actually motivate him to turn around his career.
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I'd like a game changer at #9 and for me that would be Spiller or Clausen. On defense, a game changer would be a sack specialist - is that Hughes?
Could be I suppose. Modrak spoke glowingly about him at the luncheon. Players do fly up the draft boards, just look at CB Kyle Wilson who is now a possibility at #7.
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I have seen on a few boards now that they think Jerry Hughes will go at #9. Apparently Nix and Modrak like him a lot? I have no idea. All of my draft mags say he is a round 2 guy. Any chance this will be the guy? Is he worth the #9 pick? I remember when Freeney was taken about 10 spots earlier than he was projected and he turned out to be a steal.
I used to think the Bills were a lock to take an OT at 9 but now I really have no idea what they'll do. They could take Spiller, Tebow, Clausen, D. Williams, McClain, D. Morgan, Anthony Davis, or Dez Bryant and I wouldn't be shocked at all.
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The thing that keeps getting skipped here is:
WHO'S GOING TO THROW HIM THE BALL?
Pennington is one sack away from breaking in half and can barely throw the ball 20 yards. Henne hasn't proven to be all world, he's not even all Florida at this point.
How many playoff appearances did Marshall help lead the Broncos to? Zero. The Broncos were exactly .500 during the Brandon Marshall era and that was with Mike Shanahan and Jay Cutler. But I'm supposed to believe the AFC East balance of power has been shifted in their favor because he's now teamed up with Tony Sparano and Chad Henne? He's a good receiver, he'll get his catches and scores his TDs-but that doesn't mean Miami is going to win more games.
And also, are people forgetting that with a playoff berth on the line Marshall had to be suspended for the last week of the 2009 season? Sounds like the kind of guy who will handle being the highest paid WR in the NFL well.
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It's a joke from The Simpsons. I can't remember which episode, other than it was Homer that said it.
I think it was the Frank Grimes episode.
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You mean these big splashy moves that everyone is obsessing about don't always pan out? I'm shocked.
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How about you STFU already? Unless you are blind, drunk and in a coma-you realize everything you typed is correct. It gets old watching Sports Center, NFL Network or any other sports program and every time the talk of the AFC comes up it is followed by "The Bills just keep falling farther behind the Big 3". Just heard it about 10 minutes ago again talking about the Marshall trade, heard it with the Holmes trade, the LT signing, etc. The 2010 season hasn't even started but for all intense and purposes, and for anyone not living in a fantasy land, it is over for the Buffalo Bills. We are looking at a second winless division record for the second time in three years. So, let me say it again-YOU STFU!
In 2007 the 49ers signed Pro-Bowler Nate Clements, Pro-Bowler Michael Lewis, and Darrell Jackson while drafting Patrick Willis and Joe Staley in the first round. All the "experts" lauded the moves and were jocking SF as a darkhorse team in the NFC. They finished the season at 5-11, two wins less then they managed the season before. Relax.
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Don't want to start up one of those QB controversy discussions, but Doug Flutie was lacking some of the attributes of the prototypical NFL QB but the guy knew how to win.
I feel like Tebow will be a Jim Harbaugh/Doug Flutie type who will win a decent amount of games without putting up huge numbers.
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Assuming his prediction is correct, 1) DT/LB 2) QB 3) LB/DT, I think Bills go:
1) McClain
2) Tebow
3) Cam Thomas
Wouldn't be mad at that...but wouldn't be overly happy.
I wouldn't be surprised if they traded down into the late teens and coming away with something like this-
1)Tebow
2)Saffold
2)jerry hughes
3)Cam Thomas
Round 1, Pick #9: CJ Spiller RB Clemson
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20 TDs over 50 yards. The Bills don't need that.