Steve0022

It would be interesting to see a perfect fit to the original post. 1st rounder who was actually cut and then went on to play at an all star level elsewhere. A couple of early ones that come close to fitting were hall of fame quarterbacks Bobby Layne and Y.A. Tittle.

At one time Kris Jenkins was the best player the Jets had. If he were healthy he might still be.

1. Aaron Maybin 2. James Hardy 3. John McCargo 4. Mike Williams 5. Chris Ellis

I hate to say it, but I had a feeling this was the kind of character to expect from Merriweather. I was hoping we wouldn't draft him after I saw him cheaply swinging his helmet around as a weapon against FIU in that brawl. He is number 26. Might as well start it at like 45 seconds to see him.

I watched every pass play Harbaugh called in the 2009 game against USC and I don't feel like Luck should be the top pick. He is mobile and makes some highlight reel throws but his accuracy is actually even less consistent than Fitzpatrick's. He's a downgrade from Fitz in my opinion. Unless Luck has improved a lot there is no way he should even be considered. I haven't seen Mallet but his statistics look pretty similar to Brian Brohm's in Bobby Petrino's system. Brohm still hasn't got his chance by the way, this is a coaching staff that gave the majority of reps to Trent Edwards through the offseason. We have two good young quarterbacks, I think we take the best player regardless of position if we are stuck at the top pick. Let's make sure we land a guy who's bust will be in Canton.

I think if you have the top choice of all the available college players, then you take the best one regardless of position. I certainly wouldn't want to limit the best player to one position, even if it is a position of need. And I wouldn't draft for potential like a JaMarcus Russell or Maybin. I just watched Julius Peppers play at a dominant level yesterday at about 30 years-old and can only imagine how the Texans history would have been different if they would have taken him over Carr.

Moulds didn't have a breakout year until his third season, but that is pretty standard for his position. Receivers traditionally take three seasons. However defensive ends are expected to be more prepared for the NFL. But Maybin is undergoing a position change and some consideration should be given to that. Halfbacks are supposed to be the easiest position to transition to professional football yet it took O.J. Simpson several years to begin producing like the collegiate star he had been. Some of that is that the team was poor, but O.J. actually lost a lot of carries to bigger backs like Wayne Patrick, Bill Enyart, and Jim Braxton. Guys that actually often managed higher yards per carry than Simpson. Of course O.J. went on to be maybe the best player in Bills history and one the best in NFL history.

funny there is no mention of labatt's as a beer choice.

Some thoughts on the thread. I don't know why people bash Posluszny so much, he's one of the best players on this team and he wasn't even a first round pick or a free agent given a fat contract. Sometimes injuries are just plain bad luck. I don't care if an athlete is white, black, green, or blue. It is always ignorant to talk about their race as a factor in their play. A.J. Hawk - every time I've seen him he looks like a stud. He looks bigger, stronger, and faster than our best linebacker, Posluszny. He has great football speed, which is to say that he has a great combination of timed speed or natural speed and the instincts and understanding to use it effectively on the field. Trade details - Hawk needs to restructure, nobody is going to pay him 10 million dollars next year. Lynch would help the Packers more in their rotation than he would in ours. Hawk wants to be on the field more, he didn't play last week because they only played sub packages. Hawk should play in our Nickel, the Bills usually keep their three base linemen in and throw in a rush linebacker to play like an end, sometimes with the hand down. Hawk shouldn't have trouble covering most tight ends and backs as one of the two traditional linebackers in that package.

I was a running back that carried the ball as part of a "committee" and I've also been in situations where not only did I play tailback the whole game, but I played defense and special teams too. I thought them making me play "ironman" football was ridiculous. You simply can't play full speed for a whole game like that. I would find myself lagging on the backside of defensive plays. However, I thought running back by committee was wonderful. All of that having to get in rhythm stuff is BS. You know what to do and you go do it full speed ahead, and that's that. You will however start to think that you are better than you are when you come in fresh against a tired defense and start breaking tackles left and right. You also don't have as many bruises and the like the next morning. So your body is better preserved throughout the season. These guys in the NFL that complain about sharing carries are probably looking at their statistics for that next contract. But from a football sense I think its great when you can split carries.

For clarity to the other posters, i was referring to only yards in the punt and kickoff return games. That is interesting, I remember Kevin Robinson at Utah State, and apparently he is the career leader in total return yards. I'm going to extrapolate a little bit and say that the discrepancy comes from someone simply prematurely putting Tate's name in the record book and waiting to fill it in for the new publication. I figure this because Tate was well on his way to setting the record before having his season cut short to injury. Huh so I guess Robinson is the leader, unless someone has another name. Either way though we do sort of beat the Patriots at something.

A friend of mine is a big New England Patriots fan and he mentioned that Brandon Tate was the NCAA's all-time combined kick return yardage leader. I told him that was odd because I was under the impression that Buffalo's Leodis McKelvin was. He told me that the TV announcers always credit Tate with this during his games. So I checked online but didn't have the google skills to find a list of career total return yardage in the NCAA. What I did find were several instances of Tate being called the career returns leader, even the quasi encyclopedia, Wikipedia, gave the honor to Tate and mentioned nothing of the sort on the McKelvin page. So I decided to look the stats up myself and do some addition: Leodis McKelvin 3,817 career return yards Brandon Tate 3,523 career return yards Go Bills

The problem with Reggie Bush is that he doesn't understand how to carry the ball in the NFL. Often he tries to make the big play instead of taking the yards that are available. Before he came out I was watching a USC game with some friends and the announcers were talking about Bush possibly being the number one pick. I thought it was odd that they would say that considering Bush wasn't even the best back on his own team. Lendale White took the bulk of the carries between the tackles and the hard short yards. However, if you watch C.J. Spiller, he understands how to carry the ball between the tackles and get what is available. That's why he'll have more success in the NFL as running back.

Chris Berman always hints at it too, because he's got magical cabbie connections. No other team has something like that on draft day.

I hope the Bills don't go LOT or QB in the top 10. There's just way too much money tied into those positions when they are selected that high. Especially when they have so much potential with their own young players in Demetrius Bell and Brian Brohm. I hope the Bills trade down and take Terrence Cody late in the first round. Some might argue that he is a one trick pony but that is what we need in this system. We need a man mountain nose tackle thats not going to give any ground, and has the ability to dominate in the middle. Dan Williams isn't as good in short situations or against power running schemes. And the fact that he's a better pass rusher than Cody isn't a big deal in our 3-4. Maybe the Bills could pick up a 2nd in the trade like they did when they nailed it with Nate Clements, Aaron Schobel, and Travis Henry. Maybe they could land CB Devin McCourty and ILB Sean Lee.

There is a good chance that I know Brian Brohm better than anyone on the message board. Mainly because I watched every college snap he ever took. I even played against him once. That being said, I think it's very hard to properly evaluate the collection of quarterbacks that played last year because they had such in inordinate amount of time to throw. However, I do know that Brohm and Edwards are two different types of quarterbacks. Edwards seems to be from that west coast mold where it seems that he's just fine with three straight completions even if it doesn't result in the first down. Brohm on the other hand has more of a winning mentality. He likes to make sure the completion will result in a first down, and he certainly isn't afraid to let it fly down field. He's actually better in Buffalo weather than in the warmer climates too. For some reason he just sweats like a pig in the heat. He's also a much more accurate passer than Fitzpatrick and once he's comfortable in the offense he very rarely ever makes mental errors in regards to where to throw the ball.