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I'm not sold on our "value" LG we picked up in FA, although it would be difficult to be worse than what we had. I hope we don't burn a first round pick on a RT but we need to get a starter or potential starters for the OL in the middle rounds of the draft. Even as we stand now we are better than Miami's OL.

Yes and no. Yes because he hasn't had much production for us and no because for some GM's, that kind of speed seems to be enough to do a deal for.

Ran a 4.29 40.

They wanted him to restructure his contract.

True that.

You are likely correct. As it stands now I don't see anything different in our front 7 that would lead me to believe we're going to stop the run any better than last year. Moving Kiko to will is a first step but that hole in the middle seems huge to me.

Hey jboys. I dont share your love of the brittle Mr. Poz, but appreciate your takes on D strategy. So I am torn on FA Spikes. On the one hand he is a tough, punishing run stopper in the middle. On the other hand he can't cover for squat. I noticed that a lot of people passed on the Patriots when he was in the game. I'm wondering if that would be the case here or would he be the answer to shoring up our run defense?

What could go wrong?

He'd be a perfect backup. It would be a good signing.

The dangers of tapping the post icon twice on this @$!&! Galaxy S3.

Its a good signing. he was our leading receiver. It will be interesting to see what Moeki and Gragg do this year. who cares if its TE by committee, as long as they get the job done.

The Pats are having a excellent FA? They lost Spikes and Talib and dropped $12 mil on Revis? Revis < Talib. That's excellent? Please. .

It's nice that they're beefing up their defense. But their offense flat out sucked against Seattle. They should be beefing up the OL.

I trust Polian more than CBS. But he does have some of the bigger name free agents rated well below Williams.

it makes no sense to diminish Byrds talent or his impact on the team. How you feel about the whole thing comes down to a simple question; do you think he's worth nine million dollars a year? I don't. I think the money is better spent elsewhere and AW will fill in just fine.

Maybe from Ginsburg or other beat poet. Read it while snapping your fingers...it flows man.

I have to agree. Maybe Whaley is sending a message to the players that under his watch, the Byrd situation is not how he will be doing business.

Since Beerball would like us to keep it on topic, i will share. I was a working journalist for more than 20 years. In that time I've come to know that journalists -- sports and otherwise -- believe the following: 1) They speak for the every man. (Far from it.) 2) They always know more than you do. (They don't) 3) They speak the truth from a place on high. (Again,far from it) They believe the above "truths" allows them a free license to characterize, pontificate about and even denigrate individuals. But they themselves have unbelievably thin skins and cannot bear even slight criticisms of their work or ethics. Given the penchant of "modern" journalists to make themselves part of the story instead of remaining impartial (read: TG - EJ interview) he's blown his cover and has shown his bias against EJ. He's not a columnist, he's a reporter. And under point two of the above, like the rest of us, TG has precious little to judge EJ's future by. So all of my above reasoning was condensed by Mrags into a short sentence which I agreed with. And after three pages of posts, I have to say my support of Mrags characterization of Mr. Graham is one I'll stand by. As for EJ -- to early to say but I like his chances. Go Bills!

Still doesn't mean Graham isn't an asshat.

Even if all that were true, it doesn't mean Graham isn't an asshat.

He wants out. Tag his ass and let's try and get some value. Lock up Williams and look for a free safety. Is what it is.

Time to move on. It's not Carpenter's age or longevity. It appears to be his unwillingness to keep up to date in his field.

The Hanson brothers maybe?

I don't care.

Umm, I was being a smart ass and if that is your attempt here we're good!