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My vote is for Rudolph. What say you?

If we dont get Gabbert/Newton, I really think well get Kaepernick. Just a feeling

http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/27626/mcshay-eyes-andy-dalton-to-bills-at-no-34 I wouldnt HATE it....

I would be thrilled with this draft. Only changes I would make would be in round 4, id go Virgil Green and Demarcus Love/Greg Jones

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/03/10/mike-mccarthy-confirms-nick-barnett-is-no-longer-a-starter/ Probably better than we have, if he becomes available...thoughts?

Heres a guy I would DEFINITELY give a looksee at. Hunter Hillenmeyer also was cut, also likely an upgrade at LB for us http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/news/story?id=6167421 I know theyre other teams "castoffs" but these are players who could likely still contribute to our defense. Thoughts?

Linky http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/13/report-chargers-set-to-name-greg-manusky-defensive-coordinator/ Sweet. Hopefully Wanny comes to Buffalo

Dareus is a beast. Fairley is too, but for some reason I think Dareus is going to be real good in the NFL. Imagine our DLine being Williams, Troup and Dareus. I think the D would vastly improve right there. Add in Merriman and a new LB or 2, and Id say were almost good to go.

Who did we get with seattles 4th??

Sorry to hear that man, but you did the right thing for the guy. I got a 1.5 year old cat and i already cant imagine having to do it. Good luck and remember Vlad for how he was!

THE Fitzinator

When did poop become a term to describe fecal matter?? Huh? Huh? Think about that one....

Seasoned chicken breasts, mozzarella cheese, fried peppers and onions and a balsamic vinagerette dressing. It s fantastic.

Good point. Good point. Fact of the matter is, having a high # of tackles is not indicative of how good of a football player you are. When you look at the list, there are plenty of guys who are way better players than Whitner or Poz ranked way lower on this list. Im not saying either are bad, but Poz certainly isnt better than Ray Lewis, or Jonathan Vilma, or Brian Urlacher. I like both of them and hope we lock them both up. But because they are amongst the league leaders in tackles, doesnt mean they are top tier guys either.

I will eat nothing but "Soprano" subs from Pirillos pizza. Anyone who lives or works near the Elma/West Seneca/OP area should try this sub. It is fantastic.

Anyone can be the next Aaron Maybin as well. I agree we need Defense, but wouldnt you say with all those "good offenses" you just rattled off, maybe we should draft some better offensive guys so that they have to gameplan around us for once? The offense has been stellar the last few weeks, but this year is a PERFECT opportunity to draft a 1st rd QB, as we wont have to just throw him to the wolves. Let him develop. All I mean is that why cant we make those teams draft around us for once? We are well past due for this. QB should still be priority #1 this offseason, and LB and DE priority 2 and 2b. I agree that there is alot of good TE in our division, so why would we miss the boat and not get one too? There are still many holes to fill on this team, But for the first time in a while, I really feel like were on the right path. EDIT: And for the record I hope Fitz is the answer at QB, but this team has been devoid of a good QB for so long, lets take a guy and keep the fire lit under fitz, and groom a guy who at worst should be a good backup, and at best will be our QB for years to come. Shore up the most important position in sports

I agree a suspension was in order.

I am not upset with him at all. I am not the one paying him to sit, and I never believed he would stay in Buffalo longer than he had to anyways, so from my perspective its nothing lost/nothing gained. The 2nd part of the sentence is 100% true. You would think that thats something they would find pretty quick and easy, once he started making "football moves" and cuts. That part does concern me a bit- I mean how hard was this physical to pass? Maybe they needed something to help the fans stay on board at that time, and were willing to overlook a few things to get the name. My guess is we'll never know, but to get injured almost immediately when you step on the field, raises plenty of red flags, not just with Merriman.

I know its a tough injury, but you have to know its not ready. No one knows their body like the person, and its not like he practiced for 2 weeks and then it happened. It happened his first day back. He said in his press conference hes ready to go. There is no way he didnt know this was still there, and a major issue. +1

Ill bet The Broncos and McDaniel get double the penalties the Patriots* did too. Just because they were the Patriots* and theyre the Broncos.

Merriman was brought in to play, and help one of the weakest LB corps in the NFL, not give pointers to the young guys. He told us he was ready to play, and obviously he lied.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/27/broncos-under-investigation-for-taping-49ers-practice/ The apple doesnt fall far from the tree

Im not sure where you draw the comparisons to Fiedler, at all. Fiedlers best TD year was 20, while throwing 19 INT, and 3290 yds (in 16 games). His QB rating was never above 85.2, which would put him at #21 in the league this year. And that was his highest career rating, by 5 pts. In comparison this year Fitzy is 18-9 TD/INT, 88.1 rating in his first real starting gig, and is 39 yds shy of 2k, in just 8 games. In reality, there is no comparison between the 2.

+2 I cant believe someone started a VY thread (well, i guess I can believe it). Young is not very good. Im not sure I would call him bad, but he is not nearly as good as Fitzy. Not even close actually.

I am all on board with Defensive help. But let me ask you this: I have been reading many (very) early mock drafts, and it seems the consensus #1 TE is Kyle Rudolph out of ND. I have only seen 1 or 2 that have him going in the 1st round. If we pick, say 4th, and we get Mallett or a LT with our 1st pick and Rudolph is still on the board rd 2, do you grab him? It would be either the 6th or 7th best pass rusher in the draft, or the top TE prospect. Id have to say w/ TE being a position of need, albeit not as much as pass rusher, you would have to really consider it. And it seems this may be a real possibility. Of course, this is all subject to, and very well may change, but Id say the top TE prospect > 6th best pass rusher. Thoughts on this? Just trying to make some discussions outside the topics of Fitz/Stevie/Lee Evans sucks