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High motor guy -- we were surprised he was available when we drafted him.

Where does this former first round pick fit in our 3-4 scheme? I'm not that familiar with his current body condition / weight. Could he possibly play DE?

Granted, for the past decade our Front Office has been stank enough to choke a donkey, there is so much parity in the league the difference is largely in preparation and focus. Post examples via youtube, or draft your own recollection. Here are two. In 2009, after thumping the Pats throughout the game, the Bills were on the verge of rearranging the Pscyhe of the AFC east, and possibly the NFL. An moment of EPIC proportions. All they needed was a knee, instead, this happened: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5MHtdcQstA In 2008, this happened. Thanks JP and JP (great block!).

Hi motor guy... we were surprised he was still on the board when we took him.

Actually, its the one's who DO perform who will be cut... because they will ask for ca$h.

I definitely agree we COULD make the playoffs this year. Every year we are 2 or 3 games out. But we lose at least 3 games per year out of pure stupidity. Solution: stop being stupid. eh hem Mr. McKelvin. and Don't call a JP "I'm the biggest liability on the field" rollout when you are trying to run the clock out on the Jets. Keep the ball away from morons in critical situations. Its that simple.

Nope, this regime wasn't here for that, but it strayed from the common thought process shared by analysts the same way the old regime did. How has that worked out for us in the past bud? I guess you liked the whitner pick.

Go back and look at Mel Kiper's likes over the past 4-6 seasons versus the garbage we drafted. We would be better off just taking Kiper's picks. In our attempts to outsmart everyone else over the past decade, we've really only outsmarted ourselves.

I'm just sayin. If we start this season with a 3-4 and no nose tackle we will be just as stupid as starting it without any Tackles last season. (Which, we are apparently doing again). The Spiller pick will be genius IF we are trading Martian and then trading back into the second round to get a Tackle and Cody. I would consider this an awesome draft ... but we need a stud DT.

fixed.

Martian Lynch could be anywhere ...maybe Paris?

This would solidify our lines, and give us a potential future QB Round 1 - Bulaga (or if not available) Iupati Round 2 - Tebow (or if not available) McCoy Round 3 - Terrance Cody (or if not available) Cam Thomas

For what its worth (which is absolutely nothing) I drafted Terrence Cody (in the fourth round lol hahahah) after importing him from the '09 NCAA draft class. Dude is a beast, his power allows him to always take the double team...or if they don't you just bust through. What is better... is how our defense looks out there with Stroud at DE, and a fat DT. We are heavy and strong, and quick at the corners with Maybin.... our secondary is pick central waiting to happen because of bird.... Cody busts through the middle even when we are in zone forcing bad throws into our ball hawks. Frankly, I'd rather not play against us. (Then again... its madden. )

In part I agree, he could have said something a little more interesting. I think he was being diplomatic, and rightly so. He could have pointed to all of the complete BS, unjustifiably stupid moves the front office made right before the start of the season that really didn't do much for this kid. A lesser man would be really really openly pissed about what the Front Office did to this guy's career last year. You are right, he was a promising rookie, and we screwed him out of any promise he may have had by releasing our entire OL, and getting our RB suspended and signing the most un-quarterback-friendly WR in the league All just days before the opener. That, my friends, was some BS, and expecting this guy to be remorseful is just more BS. As for his attitude, I'd say its about as positive as can be expected given the complete and royal screwing we gave him.

In my humble opinion, he does not high point the ball aggressively enough.

I'm picturing a blindfolded monkey, throwing darts at a draft board on the wall.

Yes, yes. Some people here get it. So happy, I am not alone. I will call it the "what's your next best alternative" principle. When your next best alternative is Langston Walker...(who you will release because you think he is incompetent)...you don't make the trade...because the alternative sucks... as you yourself adjudged in releasing said alternative.

Two mistakes in my original post (neither of which are really substantive) 1. Peters was traded, not released 2. Peters was not a late round pick, he was undrafted. As for getting a clue...well...if you have the ability to seperate yourself emotionally from the issue there is no single GM in this league who thinks we are better off with who we started last year, or who we will start this year. But hey, maybe you know something they don't.

Frankly, I don't know of any pro bowl LT who would want to be here for what they were paying him. Anyone? The reason he probably didn't want to be here is that we screwed him in '07 when he held out. He was a top tackle in '06, and wanted to be paid like it. Sounds reasonable enough right? Screw that. Not in Ralph's house. In Ralph's house you take a $4mm year pay cut, under what you can get on the open market, and you go be happy about it. I don't think I would have wanted to stick around either.

THAT'S IT! RIGHT THERE! THAT'S THE QUESTION! ...still trying to figure out why no one asked it in our Front Office last year. The answer is obvious. There is not another GM in this league who would have traded a competent Left Tackle for what was (at the time) an unkown pickup in the First round on the O-Line. Who would trade proven competence for a crapshoot.

I'm still salty...so a year after...I have to say it. THIS year's draft was why you didn't release Jason Peters. We have too many holes to fill, not the least of which is Left Tackle, and we only have one first round pick. A lot of people hated him, including me. He was fat and lazy, and took plays off. He wanted to be paid more than he was worth. He was a late round turd we polished into something competent whose head got too big for his own good. But was he better than the alternative? Any monkey with two neurons to rub together would have to say yes.

Yes. They really suck.

I thought about that too. #9 is not a very desireable position this year imho.

I think if Jimmy Clausen is taken by Seattle or Washington, we need to trade down into the late first round and try to pick up a 2d. I really think T. Cody is going to be one of the studs of this draft. The film does not lie. I also know we need a QB, and no one else is really going to be worth a pick at #9. Why take the 3rd or 4th best tackle in the draft at #9?

It always puzzles me when people (and teams) are willing to trade proven, competent players for unknown late round scrubs. I just don't get it.