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Seriously. I know it's common for fans to bad mouth a player when it appears they could be out the door, but Flo was easily the best DB on this team last year. If Williams struggles (which is very possible) and we let Flo get away, all of a sudden our 2 corners are the oft-injured McGee and Leodis (who is very shaky).

We should, the biggest factor in compensatory picks is salary (there are other factors like playing time and postseason success). Kampman and Vanden Bosch both signed deals worth about 6.5M a year, and their respective teams got a 4th round pick. Most likely he'll sign for around 5-6M a year, which should be enough to get us a 5th round pick.

Well, I'd like to point out there were only 11 safeties listed, so they rank him last. If more were added he could drop lower. Here's the link

Here's how the fans voted

This is too easy, you know it's going to be Tyler Thigpen.

touché

Your continuous rants that every single one of the Bills picks this year will wind up on the practice squad and that the Bills will be 0-16 for the next 3 years with Fitz degrading into Jamarcus Russell is comical, and your refusal to see the fact that the Bills are improving completely discredits any of your posts. Go ahead and sell your season tickets, and then look up the meaning of hyperbole.

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.