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Correct. Each team has already been assigned 20 players, which most likely includes their starting QBs. Here's what Chris Mortensen said about JP (via Twitter): "JP Losman technically not in draft but he'll play for Vegas, hoping work w Fassel can resurrect skills. Using Kerry Collins as role model."
Also in Vegas: WR David Kirkus, who played for Detroit and Denver. Think he had some legal trouble and washed out of the league.
Also speculation that Mike Vick could end up with Orlando.
I have been unable to find a roster or anything as far as the reserved players are concerned which is more or less the players i was expecting to see. Guess we have to wait to get them all. Chris Brown also reported on JP going to Vegas as well. Just lacking any confirmation to shoo them in as the eventual champs with JP under center. LMAO
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WOW, i know, my thoughts too! It was a name Bills' fans would know however.
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1) Pats- I hate to admit it but Galloway was at a huge bargain, and the other three are comparable to AZ with more Depth and better TE's
2) Arizona- is hands down the best three headed monster but Urban and The LSU wr from last year are not the depth of NE.
3) NO- Colston, Moore, Meachum, and Henderson combined with Shockey and Miller give them an edge
4) Buff- Questions surounding the Qb and TE's drops us behind the others. But the potential is there.
5) GB- Driver is aging but still productive, Jennings is explosive and on edge of stardom, Jones and Nelson are very large and hard to matchup with in the slots.
Honorable mentions
Atl- Tony G is not a WR but improves their already good core of WR's with R. White, Jenkins, and Harry Douglas
Cin- Depending on how Carson is, and if Coles stays healthy, Ochocinco, Coles, Henry, and Caldwell, Chatman, Simpson and Urrutia are all potential solids as no 4 and 5's
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Larry Tripplett? Cecil Sapp was in buff for a visit this offseason i believe. also i heard that the CB we are working out in the near future, terrell maze, also was drafted.
I was expecting to see maybe a few more of the younger Camp Invites, that received to contracts. I love the Idea of the UFL, but they are going to need to get some players.
It is like the perfect mesh of the College game where they play with all heart and for a chance to be better than their peers, yet without the contract disputes and holdouts! (though less talented players, it is a good way to get a better look at some players that previously would have lacked the reps to prove something)
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http://www.ufl-football.com/press/2009/06/...re_season_draft
This site provides the results of the UFL's draft tonight. Some "names" were chosen but no Losman. He could however have been a player previously "reserved" as the article points out.
Notable names
Las Vegas- S Archuletta, TE Nate Jackson, and RB Tyson Thompson
New York- RB's Cecil Sapp and LaBrandon Toefield as well as T Ray Norrell (from UB)
Orlando- QB Bollinger, NT Tripplett, DB's Dejuan Tribble and Mike Doss as well as Schobel's brother BO.
San Fran.- RB Ayanbadejo, T Cory Lekkerkerker, and WR BJ Sams
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You are not wrong at all. I wanted us to take Everette Brown as well, but that is not to say Byrd wasn't a good pick. No need to discredit one player who hasn't played a down to promote another player who hasn't played a down.
precisely, especially when their questions marks having not played in the nfl are the same!
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Their 2008 playoff appearance suggests that they overcame the McGahee deal quite well, wouldn't you think?
And as long as you're ripping Newsome, why not talk about his better moves in drafting: Ray Lewis, Jonathan Ogden, Peter Boulware, Chris McAlister, Jamal Lewis, Adalius Thomas, Todd Heap, Jamal Lewis, Ed Reed, Chester Taylor, Terrell Suggs, and Haloti Ngata.
Newsome isn't perfect, but when it comes to building a football team, he's pretty darn good.
Not to mention he also added Ray Rice and Le'Ron McClain while they had McGayhe, so he knew there had to be quality behind him, and they were the ones who were a majority of the running game that got them to the playoffs not Willis, so 2 for 3 is not that bad, minus the amount of money they waisted.
Makes our front office look like they knew what they were doing for a day.
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Of course not, moron. His size, or lack there of, has a lot to do with my discontent with the Byrd selection over Brown, as well as his speed.
Am I wrong here or was Browns size the major reason he fell into the second round in the first place. If size and speed are everybodies objections to the Byrd choice, wouldn't they still apply to Browns lack of size and speed as well?
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I wanted the Bills to draft the South Carolina cornerback Captain Munnerlyn. It would have been great having another CB on the roster, especially a guy named Captain.
Could you imagine if he was our nickel back? He could run onto the field on passing downs wearing a mask and a big flowing cape! The PA announcer could say "Now entering the game for the Bills...Captain Munnerlyn!" The Ralph would go crazy.
Unfortunately my dream died when Carolina drafted him in the 7th round.
Combined with Lydell Sergeant, we would have had a militant secondary!
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Beat me to it...
He appears to be first round material, but are they willing to part with that pick to get him?
I believe the option process goes in last year's draft order so they will probably have a shot at him.
He is not worthy of a first round pick. but later maybe. DE's do have value and so do Left Tackles as we all know, and Gaither did not go until the fourth or fifth round, which is higher than this kid should go, so that last post is about right, a six or seven is probably what a team will have to give up for him. A fifth is a bit of a stretch but still worth it if a team is sold on him.
The 10th best DE is worth a 5th or 6th to me but not sure he is a fit with us unless we unload someone from the logjam.
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You're comparing stats of a number 1 WR to a number 3 WR, well done.
The earlier comparisons were of character, toughness, and ability to catch a football.
Also, Reed has been unable to play his true role in quite some time. Being able to play a TRUE #3 will benefit him and the rest of the team A LOT..... I agree that we have some untapped potential talent behind Reed, but for now, you go with what has worked. Reed has done NOTHING to deserve being released or replaced on the depth chart. I understand the desire or "wonder" to look at other guys, but it's nothing more than that, being curious about others who may perform well. It's a good problem to have, as others have mentioned, but Reed is the best player on this team when speaking of our #3 WR spot.
I concede to your point and stress that my original point was that keeping 5 WR's that included JR would exclude a player i would not want to see go. The others are so young and talented and their upside is higher than that of JR and with TO gone next year, i do not want to see those other WR's the victim of a cut and end up producing elsewhere.
TO is the vast improvement for this season and losing one of the other WR's would cause next years WR's to be the same as last years which was needing something!
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http://myespn.go.com/blogs/secconf/0-6-229...y-s-Jarmon.html
This is a good explanation of Jeremy Jarmon a DE from Kentucky who last year had 9.5 sacks and 13.5 TFL. Not that we are in dire need of another DE, however he is almost as much of a surprise as Jared Gaither was a few years back for B-more. Just a bad move by a good kid from what I have gathered. Now he has no choice but to go pro the same way Gaither did.
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I really can't argue with anything you say here. However, just remember that football is not always measured in numbers. Reed helps us in ways that you can't define by looking at a box score.
My main point is he is not the only player in the world who can do what he does, there are players that can do those things and also provide more of a statistical upgrade.
Not all production is measured in stats, but alot is.
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How did my comparison of Josh Reed to Hines Ward confuse you so badly?
Josh Reed
Rec 284
Yds 3284
TDs 9
Rush 57yds 0 tds
"nothing"
Hines Ward
800
9780
72
430yds 1 td
Superbowl MVP
That is not even comparable to me!!! Unless maybe T.E. is comparable to elway, then i could understand your logic.
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Not sure I understand what you mean. Here's the quote I was refuting: "If parrish is "too small", then Reed is not much bigger."
I think my facts are straight. Don't jump down my throat, please.
I am not saying that their sizes are the same as far as weight. He plays small in that he has limited vertical and explosiveness. He is tough, but disappears around the goal line because he is too small (short not skinny) and cannot separate. He is too easy to cover. What he gets is what the defense is willing to give up!
I do agree though with a previous post that said why get rid of him now when he is at his best. That is true in that he has been better and better each year but I would hate to see us cut a good young talent that could possibly help out now in the slot, when we currently have an abundance of receivers and TO is only around for a year. Next year Reed will be thirty, and though that is not incredibly old for a WR, it is much older than the alternatives we currently have. I am not opposed to keeping him IF they kept six, I don't believe they will, i think they only have room for five in order to carry 15 corners and 10 safties as Jauron likes to do.
You all have a chubby for this guy and i am not saying he is garbage but that the others we have can do what he does and then some. If he is so good then why has Buffalo been looking for receivers to go with Evans ever since they got rid of Moulds. Reed as been there the whole time and has yet to step up and become an answer.
Negatives
1. less than 284 catches over 8 years is merely 35 per
2. 9 TD's over the same span is just over 1 a year
3. disappears inside the 20
4. no special teams help (which should be expected from the additional receiver slots)
Positives
1. Willing and able blocker
2. Sure handed (hasn't even fumbled in 6 years)
3. I guess a good off the field guy just to give him a third one!
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That one just leaves me speechless. You're saying 40-45 extra pounds of muscle (Reed @ 210 versus RP @ 165-170 is not much of a difference?
I was merely saying, you can't say that size doesn't matter when it comes to blocking that it is all heart, and in your next breathe say RP is too small to block. Its contradicting.
I'm stll waiting for RP's 'one-on-one with the safety' prowess to kick in. As for Reed, I'm sure seeing the chains move on third down or ML getting two extra yards on a sweep tends to get annoying after a while...
As for what all those chain moving receptions and two extra yards on the occasional run have amounted to over the last few years, yeah it gets annoying to watch the guy catch a ball and fall down waiting to be touched, step out of bounds, or simply do nothing other than catch it. What i am saying is that it is time for new blood and to see what these other WR's can do. If RP goes, he will produce elsewhere which the bills like to do. They will most likely keep Reed and play him over the others...That has just gotten tiresome to me. we have Wr's that can be capable blockers while producing more than 45 receptions for 450 yards and no TD's. Hines Ward does much more than that!
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I also make the same comparison, Josh Reed is to good to be forgotten, but don't worry though, I'm sure our coaches realize as much and I expect Reed to have one of the best years of his career.
Of course he will have one of his best years. His previous years were not great by any means. Hines Ward is very productive as a receiver and one of the best blocking WR's ever. You do not hang on to a WR for his blocking. I understand how blocking is an underappreciated skill, playing WR myself in high school, college, and in the Marines! I understand what it is to be a receiver and in past years Reed was valuable as a possession compliment to Reed. I am saying that it is no longer necessary to keep him over other younger better WR's. Are you so sur that no other WR we have is able to block like Reed?
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Blocking has nothing to do with height or size for a WR. It's all about heart. Ask Hines Ward.
First of all comparing Reed to Ward is an insult to an eventual HOFer. Secondly saying that Parrish is too small to block is no different. that was my point. If parrish is "too small", then Reed is not much bigger.
My whole point is that the potential of this offense is better served getting johnson and parrish in one on one matchups with safties and nickle backs, than it is to just hand the position to Reed and have that take up a receiver spot that is too limited this year. Reed one on one in the slot is what opposing teams would rather too!
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I used to be like you. Just like you. Then I started actually watching Josh Reed. First of all, all his catches, first downs. Continually. He finds the marker, he goes past it, he catches ball. Moves chains. Second of all, he is the best blocking receiver we have on this team. For a team that likes to dump it to running backs, that is important. He may not be the most skilled receiver ever, but he is willing to do the dirty things that some receivers aren't willing to do. And in my opinion that makes him valuable. It's not like he's getting overpaid.
Here's to you Josh Reed.
He has always been our best blocking receiver...true, but until we drafted Hardy and Johnson last year we had no height or size. So you were not comparing him to much. He and Evans were the tallest receivers on the team (that saw the field for something other than special teams). The best blocker now, no...TO is one of the better blocking receivers in the league simply because he is willing and has the size. He has no size, no speed, no ability to step in and take an outside spot if an injury were to happen to the top two. He has given us 8 years and he has reached his potential. He is not going to get better from here, he is what he is and that is not the third best receiver on our team...
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So far everything's gone pretty well in OTA's this year for Trent Edwards, he looks sharp, his passes accurate and his decision making seems to be back to normal showing some of the flashes of potential he started showing last season before going down with a severe concussion about a 3rd of the way through the season. I do realize this is just OTA's and there's a big difference between practice and real ball games, but still, you can see the confidence has returned to TE and he seems to be way ahead of where he was last year at this time.
The same can be said about Terrell Owens. So far in OTA's TO has shown early on why he is still one of the best WR's in the game. The blazing speed, size, precise route running and hands all on display as CB's struggle trying to control him. Off the field T.O. in my opinion has also done well, he's been fairly low key, polite, very entertaining during interviews and has been a good all around teammate and person on or of the field.
I'm very happy to have T.O. in a Bills uniform and I honestly think T.O. can help our team reach the ultimate goal which is to bring home a Championship. T.O.'s experience can help our young OC develop strategies that will increase how productive he can be for our offense and also how productive our offense can be as a whole. T.O's leadership can help a very young team learn how to play hard during practice's and play even harder during football games. T.O.'s emotions can teach the Bills its not O.K. to lose, this is not why we are here and it is O.K. to get mad, to not accept the outcome and make sure next time the same mistakes don't happen again........
I billieve...
I strongly agree with alot of what you are saying. TO will make TE better if only having another weapon. He will make Hardy and Johnson better by teaching them how to prepare and play physical as a Larger receiver. The acceptance of losing is THE BIGGEST point you make. We have spent the last 5-8 years being a team incapable of luring free agents, and getting younger, now our roster is at the point where experience is needed and players with a winning background are needed to gel this team as a whole. Not to get on my previous blogs, but that is also why I want D. Brooks so bad. Adding him and his experience, play making ability, and winning background to our Defense, would help our young LB's come along much the same way TO will help the Offense. Very good points!
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I have looked at our receiver situation and I am baffled that we continue to employ the likes of Josh Reed. What does he give us really. He once was an award winning receiver coming out of LSU and had all the promise in the world. Now he is nothing more than a third down, possession receiver. He offers nothing as far as special teams, or points. He is too small to be a factor around the goal line (similar to Parrish), but offers nothing after the catch, evident by his 23 consecutive games w/out a TD snapped late last season.
Many believe that parrish should be gone come training camp cuts and i think it should be Reed. Parrish helps on special teams and IMHO would be better served in the slot given the abundance of opportunities that Reed has seen. Also Steve Johnson would be nice to put in the slot with Evans and Owens if he can keep up the play he closed out 2008 with. I also think that 5 receivers is what will make the 53 man roster and Evans, Owens, Johnson, Parrish and Hardy seem to me to be our best 5.
After 8 years of Reed simply being a small possession receiver that disappears when needed, it is time to move on and give parrish and johnson more opportunities to shine. Parrish would be great in the slot between the twenties and then use johnson and hardy in the slots inside the twenties. Those are my "hopes", let me know your opinions!
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TE doesn't have time, he checks down and still makes something out of nothing. Its the advantages of having a quick minded QB with a lightning quick release. We have the weapons that can turn a dump off into a big play.
I don't expect the O-line to be perfect right off the bat and I'm sure there will be mistakes, but I do expect TE to get us through them and stll be productive while doing so.
I agree, and with Chris Brown reporting that Freddie Jackson is lining up and working out with the receivers, It would be nice to see evans and owens working the outsides, while Jackson makes up for the mid-field receiving we have been lacking out of our tight ends!
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Ty Law was on NFL Network Total Access tonight and was asked which team he thought could beat the Pats* for the AFC East. Ty said I like the Bills. Getting TO he said, "Buffalo now has two #1 receivers with TO, Evans will see single coverage & Evans can beat ANY CB in the NFL"
Everybody knows Evans is fast...but when Evans went to the combine, he ran a 4.29 40. The thing with that is he was only 10 months removed from knee surgery. I would love to see him "clocked" now. He has to be one of the fastest in the league!
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As we continue to look for an outside linebacker I am wondering if Greg Ellis, recently cut by the BOYS could be an option for us? What do you all think?
Ellis was casted off because he was a liability in coverage much like Roy Williams was. In a division with westbrook, portis, and the giants crew, he was a liability. He should have never moved to LB though because he does not have the hips for coverage. A move back to end, could allow for another 2-3 solid years for him! Him on one side and Schobel on the other using maybin and ellis for relief would not be a bad setup at all.
What to do with kelsay then?
Ask Tim Graham, version 2.0
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That was out loud enjoyable!