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Please don't drive traffic to this guy's site, he intentionally gives harsh reviews for this sole purpose. He has no more football knowledge than any of the other 100,000 bloggers out there.

I love how we draft some 400 lb guy from the backwoods and everyone immediately labels him the next Ted Washington. If only we could draft a 400 lb DB.

You would describe the upgrade from Stroud (a 32 yr old DT playing out of position) to Dareus as marginal? Please take a time out and stop posting.

I think so as well. It's pretty obvious the people comparing him to Leaf and calling him a "statue" don't watch college ball, and probably get 90% of their draft info from mock bloggers (i.e. Walter Football). I was terrified Miami was going to grab him at the end of the 2nd.

After Rudolph went you can forget TE. The TE crop this year is very poor, with Rudolph projecting to be only slightly above average. The remaining TE's left aren't any better that what we have, and will wind up as wasted picks. I hope they can pull a miracle sleeper RT out of their arse somehow.

He doesn't have much choice. Aaron Rogers sat for 4 years.

Wow - AdamSchefter: One front office executive said last week that Ryan Mallett was the top-rated quarterback on the Patriots draft board.

Ouch.

Now that Marcus Gilbert (OT) is off the board (damn you Pitt) I really have no problem gambling on Mallett.

Pretty interesting read. Marcell Dareus makes colossal impression

Update: ESPN retracts their report. The NFL lockout has not been reinstated.

Report: Bills team doctor clears Bowers' knee April 10, 2011

This guy really did his homework. He called Locker at 8, Fairley falling to Detroit, Ponder going high, Bowers being passed over, Amukamara droppping, and still hit the first 6 picks. Wow! Dallas Morning News' Rick Gosselin out-predicts ESPN, SI on Cowboys, NFL Draft #1 - Newton #2 - Miller #3 - Dareus #4 - Green #5 - Peterson #6 - Jones #7 - Gabbert #8 - Locker #9 - Tyron Smith #10 - Ponder #11 - Aldon Smith #12 - Dalton #13 - Fairley #14 - Ingram #15 - Pouncey #16 - Kerrigan #17 - Jordan #18 - Liuget #19 - Solder #20 - Quinn #21 - Carimi #22 - Castonzo #23 - Smith #24 - Clayborn #25 - Amukamara #26 - Watt #27 - Taylor #28 - Watkins #29 - Austin #30 - Sherrod #31 - Heyward #32 - Williams

I love that vibrant old school blue color. So much better than the current drab ones. We may vault from ugliest jerseys to top 5. Bigger picture -

When exactly have the Bills traded down "these past several years"?

Right now Moats is at best a long-yardage pass rushing specialist. And that's being kind. He's a huge liability in the run game and has shown zero success in setting an edge or playing in open space. Did you see the last Jets game? He looked like a traffic cop dancing a tango out there. The guy got 2 timely sacks, but don't mistake him for an every down linebacker, right now he's far, far from it.

Yup. It screws up all the "We never sign any FA" bitching.

If the car is still worth $10,000 when running, then yes, it was a great gamble for only $1,000. If Merriman is half as good as he was 4 years ago then this works out great. As it was said earlier in the thread, 2.5M isn't a lot in today's NFL, and unless any physicians on this board personally examined him, you aren't in a better position to evaluate the risk involved.

Wow major hyperbole, c'mon now. How about this - if he did any one of those things you listed, just ONE, he would be decent. Pick one.

It means I'd like to see him step up and make plays around the line of scrimmage (regardless of our poor front 7) rather than tackle running backs 15 yards down field. I don't think he understands the words "step up" though. Look I don't want to argue this - you feel we need him, I think he's part of the problem.

Did not agree with you, don't know what you are reading. Uh, you're the one who brought up front 7 Ok, so you said compare him to someone other than Polamalu, and now you are comparing him to Polamalu 2 minutes later. Nice. Whitner is a below average player, a mediocre tackler, plays tentative in traffic, and does not possess any playmaking ability whatsoever. I love the people that say "If Donte was a 4th round pick, he wouldn't get all this negativity." Baloney. If Donte was a 4th round pick he would have been CUT long ago and we wouldn't have to put up with all this jock-hugging.

You said it yourself - no front presence. Why on earth are people backing a guy that can't make plays in a 3-4 defense - which is a defense that gives much more freedom to the SS? Losing Whitner does not create a hole, because Whitner is part of the hole on defense. I will miss his entertaining tweets though.

Can't be sure without a CBA in place and the salary cap still unknown. For a man who isn't a afraid to spend money, doesn't it make perfect sense?

Exactly. I would rather have a coach that can admit his mistakes over a bull-headed coach who can't adapt. He made the wrong call on Trent, but he corrected it in the best possibly way - by booting him. It gave Fitz job security for the year and silenced the lunatic fringe that would still be clamoring today that Trent should start.

I don't think Jerry Jones would pay #3 money to a CB when he can just go out and buy one of the best CB in the league (Nnamdi Asomugha) and not lose a single draft pick.