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In watching the south practice today, Mike Mayock was going on and on about Andy Dalton. There were some facts that caught me as surprised, that were said by imo the best media talent evaluator in the business. His int td ratio was something like 40 to 4 or something like that. He went 30 and 1 in his last collegiate games and most importantly he was the mvp in the last 4 bowl games he played in. Those are a lot of the intangibles that Buddy said he liked in a qb. I always remembered those factors because he said thats how he said the Chargers knew Phillip Rivers was the qb they wanted. Hes a winner and hes the most important football player on the field, wherever he is. Lets see how he does the rest of the week.

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I would love Siler coming over here. Big inside linebacker that we could use badly. Didnt know he was the long snapper as well... hmmmm

Well the only executive I am concerned with now is Buddy and I believe in him too.

Wow. Neither one of you 2 know anything about the NFL draft.. Sound like Dolphins fans..

Thats what excited me the most from the interview. Said that he may have already started talking to future free agents to come to Buffalo. Good stuff, he sounds like he is really on board.

No where near Marcel.. I cant find a highlight video for him but hes been a beast and is a run-stopper. Which makes him better than fairley who is more a penetrator type, which we already have in Kyle.

This is my pick for #3.. I love this kid and if we go defense we need Marcel Dareus. A man child that will play immediately. Thought he would of been a top 5 pick last year. Sign him up!

Hahah.. That was pretty funny about what he was saying about his teammates buying him wranglers and stuff. I love this kid. They asked him how old he was in 92 when the streak started and he just staarted laughing... saying he was born in 88.

+1 Except for RT and possibly guard. I believe that will be a 2 man battle between Urbik and Hang, but we shouldn't limit ourselves if a good rookie comes out. But, i do agree Rt is a huge concern and a good TE will make this line THAT much better.

Speaking of TEs, Chandler played a decent amount. Surprising in that we just picked him up about a week ago.

Was very excited to see Wood at center today. He did not disappoint one bit. But really was impressed with how his snaps looked and how he gave freddy some nice holes in the middle. I know Chan hopes Hang gets back for the final 2 games. I hope I dont have to see Wood at guard in another game. The only position I want him at is center. Been saying it since day 1 and today did nothing to diminish my thoughts.

Ive been waiting a long time for this game. Ever since we drafted Wood in the first round last year. I have very eager to see how he is at his natural position of center. I think he will perform better at center than guard because he is not a gigantic man (of nfl proportions) to handle those huge nose tack by themselves, where as a center they chip and help out on defenders. Im a huge fan Of Wood's so ill be watching him closely on Sunday. Hope he shows us he is he we thought he was, and be the center for the next 10-12 years. On Wang's behalf, I am not optimistic. Wasnt a fan of the pick in this years draft. He is more a use his body weight and shoves the defender, rather than using a more orthodox approach of blocking. I think at most he should be our swing tackle of the future, besides that I think the less we see Wang, the better (in more ways than one).

I recently got a dog from Waycroos, GA. That happens to be where Leodis Mckelvin is from, actually passed high school when we were there. So our dog's middle name is Leodis. I know, I know its a middle name but my girlfriend wouldnt let it be his first name everyone calls him by. Pierre Leodis.

You guys are all missing the point. Hey I wanted to take Brandon Graham becuase i thought we needed de/lb help so bad. Graham has a pro-ready body. Ive seen him this year get thrown around as well. Maybin came into this league as 2-3 project, Im not trying to defend this guy, but we all knew what we were getting ourselves into when the Bills made this pick. Maybin has a different body type than both those guys. I dont think Jason Taylor made a hug impact as a rookie with that same body type. Maybin would get picked up by a team with strong leaders and good blitz schemes (Ravens,Jets) and he would make some plays. And on the AP play its Mckelvin who doesn't contain.

Ok to defend my post now. The reason I say Maybin is that he is 22 YEARS OLD!!!!! I bet anyone right now that if he was released, there would be 5-10 teams picking him up as a pass rusher. Torbor cant hold the edge (the main responsibly of an olb playing a 3-4). And Moats? Are you serious? This kid is a stud, trust me. This is a classic pittsburgh pick. Small school Olb that needs to get bigger and stronger in the future and will be a beast! Remember James Harrison, played ST first 3 years and then all of a sudden.. BOOM.. dominant pass rusher. Just saying....

When you look at the Bills defense, I think this season has proven that one position in particular is in desperate need of help, Linebackers. I think it pretty amazing that we look "ok" some of the time. Think about the Bills LBs compared to any other team and who would start on another team. I would say Poz and Moats, and maybe Coleman and Maybin would be the only ones to make another good defensive team's roster. Its a desperate need for this team and I know Buddy Nix thinks the same. We better hope the LB draft class is a good one and some good FA are out there. Torbor, Ayodele, Ellson are not going to cut it.

I couple of times you did see a drop off between wood and urbik. urbik is more of a big body who doesnt move that well. I would like to see levitre-wood-urbik to give us more power and use hang and a guy that can all 3 interior positions. He did that while he was in carolina. Also urbik played tackle in college so center def is not his natural posiition.

All i could think of when Hang and Urbik went down was that I wish Wood was playing. Hopefully we see him at center next week. Urbick is new to the system, I doubt they gave him practice snaps at center. He is a guard/tackle from what ive read. Hope our real backup center and center of the future plays next week!

I hope Wood can come into center and really claim that spot. I like Hang but I think C is Eric's natural position.

I agree he did looked horrible out there in the first half but was much better in the second half. I think Poz should stay, not just because i have his jersey, but because we need a MLB of the future and he has already had a good learning year with lots of vets around to help him learn it. I think Poz play depends a lot on the d-line push. If they could keep lineman off of him, he is as good as it gets a instincts and tackling are concerned.

Nice write up. This one hurts a lot, but not as much as if we were .500 or better.

I heard the same thing about Bell and thought to myslef "has he really not given up a sack?" I have always thought (yes, really thought) thay D Bell aka Mailman Jr will be a good LT. Chan and Buddy new he was a good lineman even Dick thought so to start him in short time at the beginning of last season. Besides drafting a RT, any other draft pick would be used for depth. I think going a RT in rounds 2-5 would be a good choice. This of course depending on the draft class. As we saw this April there is no point in forcing to go O line, when the talent just isnt there. My only question is what to do with the C/RG positions. I like what Urbik did today, gives us good power on the right side. So where does leave Wood, center? I would say yes but i really like what Hang has been doing there. I mean its a good problem to have but it needs an answer and it leaves one of those guys with a seat on the bench.

Definitely a difference than Djs teams in the past, but that first half was all to similar. I think there is a huge difference between teams and coaches. Chan in a lot of ways is the complete opposite of Dick. This team plays with more heart than any team in the past. These last 6 weeks would play with anybody in the league. Also was encouraged with Troup, Carrington and Moats all game long. Carrrington is a MAN CHILD!