R. Rich

What? It makes perfect sense to me.

Ah yes, Walt Corey's "read and react" schemes from back in the day. Hmm... Well, if Walt doesn't want the job, I'll take it.

I kew it, too.

Your DEs should be prototypical Aaron Smith types, actually. Big and strong enough to take on double teams and still able to create havoc in the opponents' backfield. Sam Adams actually was more of a 3 technique (line up over the guard-tackle gap and shoot the gap) as he had good quickness of the snap (he used to take snaps @ DT AND DE for Seattle when they drafted 'em) as well as strength and toughness. Schobel and Maybin are suckers for counter plays and both have shown issues in the past in dropping back, traits that a 3-4 OLB absolutely MUST have in order to be successful.

Sigh....another attempt to move the team to a 3-4 that relies on Stroud as a nose tackle and Posluszny as an inside 3-4 'backer. Not good. Basically, the 3-4 begins and ends w/ a strong presence @ the nose. Stroud is more of a gap penetrator than a clogger, so he is miscast in that role. Posluszny lacks the David Harris-type size and power to really hold up as an inside 'backer. I'd be very concerned for the Bills' run defense were they to try this.

Yeah, 'til Schaub gets injured and is replaced by Ben Roethlisberger, who gets injured and is replaced by Kyle Orton, who is injured and replaced by Joe Flacco, who is injured and replaced by David Garrard, who is injured and replaced by...

I quite.

Who? There's only a couple guys who are truly of any decent caliber (and even that's debatable), and I really don't think they'll be available w/ the 9th overall selection. So, that means you reach on someone not of the caliber of the pick just to fill a positional need. To me, that isn't smart. To pass on a stud player of a different position just to grab a QB, ANY QB, is to watch All Pro caliber players slip through your fingers, something the Bills have become adept @ doing in recent years.

You shouldn't. We'll see. Right now, there isn't much more than lip service going on. What I am most interested in seeing is: 1. What kind of coaching staff is put together 2. What type of philosophies they intend to utilize on offense and defense 3. What personnel moves they make in free agency...if any 4. What happens w/ the NFL Draft 'Til these things happen, we really don't have a great idea as to what will happen w/ the 2010 Buffalo Bills.

Chaka Khan?

Thursday.

KRC? Never heard of 'em. Or his wife. Never been to his home, and he's certainly never been to mine. Too bad, 'cause I hear he's not a bad author, and I recently came into possession of his latest book.

Huh???? Posluszny is 'bout as good a fit as a 3-4 ILB as Jonathan Vilma was for the NY Jets.

Great. Another guy w/out a pulse.

Huh?

But, but, but.....hire a big name coach! Throw money @ 'em and they'll sign.

Wow. I know it's early, but that is a pretty sorry mock draft.

Ben is such a clutch QB, it's unreal. I don't know if there's a QB in this league I'd take over Roethlisberger in a 2 minute drill type situation. Whether it's the Super Bowl or a regular season game, whether he has ample time to throw (haha!!) or has 2 or 3 guys hanging all over 'em, he still finds a way to keep plays alive and make clutch throws. In that respect (just that one, I'm not talking totality here), he's a lot like his childhood hero and the guy whose number he wears, John Elway.

The only people who were robbed were those of us who like to watch a game w/ defense in it.

I think Peters is a good offensive tackle. He's certainly better than any OT on the Bills roster. That said, I do not believe he's an elite LT worthy of any sort of huge megabuck deal. Like someone else mentioned, imagine if the Bills had drafted Ryan Clady instead of Leodis McKelvin. Clady, in my opinion, was the best LT in the AFC last season (even better than Michael Roos was), and the Broncos were quick to snap the guy up after the Bills passed on 'em. Ah well, coulda shoulda woulda...

Ole Miss' D line wasn't as shabby as you'd like to think. Jayme Mitchell was a really good college DE that ended up going to the NFL and Atlanta drafted a guy by the name of Peria Jerry that many here on TBD would've liked to have seen the Bills draft.

True. The best move Jerry Jones did in his early years running the Cowboys was to lock up his O line in long term deals, thereby paving the way for Emmitt Smith, Troy Aiman, and Michael Irvin to have their Hall of Fame careers. I don't know what Donald Penn's contract situation is, but I really like his potential. Trueblood isn't going anywhere.

Bushrod is okay, but has his problems w/ speed rushers and, in my opinion, isn't worth the 1st AND 3rd round pick that would be necessary to get him as a RFA.

If he declares for the draft and is available w/ the ninth overall pick, I'm quite sure he'll be the best available talent. In that case, I'd sure draft 'em if I were the GM. They could've traded down and gotten a really good QB early in the 2nd round, then later (maybe by the 6th round), go after a quick 'backer in the 220lb range. W/ the extra pick, you could've gotten a stud OT in the first round (by trading down, you definitely would've gotten another first round pick). Again, if McClain declares for the draft and is available, the only OT I'd draft instead of McClain w/ the ninth overall pick would be Russell Okung. If you draft another OT ninth overall, it smacks of reaching for a player (as many believe the Bills did when they drafted Donte Whitner eighth overall). Now, if Okung and McClain are both available when the Bills' pick comes up, I'd be happy to see either guy drafted. Willis' best time, 4.37, was from his pro day, where everyone's stats are inflated. He ran in the 4.49 area @ the combine, I believe. Believe me, there's a significant difference from 4.40 to 4.49. Both are fast, though. As for McClain, I've watched enough of him the past three years to know that his combination of size, speed, football intelligence and his work ethic make him a special talent. I can't see how anyone could watch his performance yesterday and think he looked slow. There was one tackle for a loss he had where he basically stopped his own momentum to cut back and tackle the runner behind the line. Not too many slow LBs can do stuff like that.

Agreed. You have to look @ the talent available where you're picking and get the most "bang for your buck", so to speak. The worst thing to do is to go into the draft looking to just draft a position, regardless of the talent available @ the time of the pick.