R. Rich

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.

Here's the final standings for the TBD related leagues for the 2009 season: R. Rich's Buffalo Bills League: 12th place: dre's zone dawgz 11th place: hitandrun23 10th place: Heavy Artillery 9th place: T.O.'s Last Stop And the results of the Consolation bracket: 8th place: Draft Clausen 7th place: buffalo bandits 6th place: justnzanes alcoholix 5th place: Buffalo Blitz And the championship bracket: 4th place: Mountaineers 3rd place: Ray's Anatomy 2nd place: Panos and our champion for 2009..... McNair's Mistresses!!!!! TBD2: 10th place: monsterman75 9th place: The RedNecks And the results of the Consolation bracket: 8th place: Play not to lose 7th place: NorthWesternBill 6th place: the hotpockets 5th place: R. Rich And the championship bracket: 4th place: obama rules!!!! 3rd place: ExWNYer 2nd place: Cyber Bills-09 and our champion for 2009..... SVEN233!!!!! and last but certainly not least............ R. Rich's Buffalo Bills Keeper League: 10th place: BuffBills1 9th place: Absolut Power And the results of the Consolation bracket: 8th place: Pro Bowler 7th place: Raging Waves 6th place: BUFFALO RULES 5th place: Blitzing Barracudas And the championship bracket: 4th place (winner of $25.00): Kickin Wing 3rd place (winner of $50.00): Grilled Mahi-Mahi 2nd place (winner of $75.00): The Rising and our champion for 2009 and winner of the $100.00 grand prize..... Wu Tang Financial!!!!! Congratulations to all of the winners and we'll see you next year!

What's w/ the 1a and 1b picks?

It may have something to do w/ the fact that Schottenheimer has told everyone who has asked him that he is in no way interested in coaching football again.

Oliver Twist?

Hey; that rhymes.

He also has 3 years experience as a major college football starter whereas Maybin had one, and that was due to another player's suspension. Just sayin.

Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!

I've been saying I like McClain for quite a while myself, but he still hasn't declared his intent to forego his senior year yet. Maybe if 'Bama wins the title in a convincing fashion tomorrow night he'll make the jump. Then again, he might come back for more, since many of the Tide's best players are underclassmen and Saban is doing a bang up job of recruiting even more talent to bring in.

Yes.

Sure do: those "small and quick" guys like Pat and Kevin Williams.