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Good point about Reed. IMO, Reed and Parrish are basically interchangeable at WR. I probably am wrong about them letting Roscoe go and it will probably be Reed that might not make it, I just have always likes Reed for some reason, probably his "potential". Either way though, the writing is on the wall for one of them.

IMO, the Bills draft did probably what they set out to do, add at least a couple of starters either now or down the road and take a chance on hitting on a few guys that add depth that could one day start. I'm pretty sure most teams have this approach but the Bills were one team that was in need of depth all over the field and they seem to have filled that need this weekend.

We all have our opinions, you seem to have to relate your opinion by criticizing someone, which is fine. I'm not a Roscoe fan and honestly, with his character issues, lack of size and basically being relegated to #4 receiver at the start of last year, it just seems that he might be the obvious choice of WR's that might not make the team next season. The Bills are getting bigger at WR and Roscoe isn't.

Don't get me wrong, I like Parrish but his lack of size is a hinderance. The Bills, and most of the NFL are getting bigger at WR and unless Roscoe reallys wows the staff this upcoming camp, his days as a Bill might be over.

This is actually a pretty good draft for some depth players along with at least 2 starters almost right away and Ellis possibly taking over for any one of the 3 DE's in the near future. Players come and go in this league and the way the Bills have drafted so far, they are sending a message to a few guys on the team that they need to put up or move on. It's obvious that the Bills really are adding some quality depth for now and the future. They will have a VERY competitive team.

Call it a hunch but it's quite possible that he could possible unseat Roscoe on this team. Granted, Parrish brings a lot to special teams but really doesn't do much offensively. With the fact that the Bills have drafted a couple DB's and have at least one DB with great return ability, the writing might be on the wall for Roscoe.

I don't know how he says he misses many tackles, here is the write up on him from NFL.com: He led the nation in solo tackles (95) and tackles per game (12.92) as a junior and was the team leader in both categories in his two years starting for the Cyclones.

I've posted in other threads that NFLN's coverage puts ESPN's to shame. They had McKelvin going to the Bills while ESPN's morons were actually talking about which QB was the best available for the Bills. NFLN was discussing how good a CB McKelvin was, when the ESPN talking head were then blabbering on about which CB might be the best pick when the card was being walked up on stage. ESPN has really gone with having a "show" without substance as opposed to NFLN having substance without the "show"

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I like the Hardy pick and all but can someone please point out what Marv had to do with this pick or anything relating to the Bills. I might have missed something along the way here but I thought Marv retired again from the organization and doesn't have anything to do with the decision making.

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ESPN has been a joke thus far in this draft. The only thing they have going for them is that they are braodcasting in HD, otherwise, NFL Network has beaten them to the punch on every pick, especially talking about the Bills going WR in round 2 over the QB's ESPN were talking about. ESPN is a joke today.

Without moving up or down, the Bills addressed both needs and got great value with both picks. Mckelvin might be the best corner overall considering the return possibilities and Hardy was by far the best BIG receiver in the draft considering what the Bills were looking for. A very nice one-two punch so far.

Funny, I was flipping between NFLN and ESPN and NFLN had basically announced the McElvin pick while ESPN was still talking about NE and figuring out which direction the Bills might go. ESPN has really lost a lot of it clout when it comes to the draft, IMO. Unfortunately, NFLN doesn't broadcast the draft in HD so they might lose some points there but overall, NFLN is head and shoulders above and beyond ESPN with content and description of what's going on with everything related to the draft.

One of my reasons for thinking that drafting Thomas (with the #11 pick) will upset the apple cart, so to speak, is the fact that his agent is Rosenhaus and the turmoil that he tends to cause. I just don't know if taking a WR at 11 is the best move for a team that really has very few veterans that lead in the locker room and Evans is one of the most tenured leaders on this team. He already has asked to re-negotiate/extend his contract to stay in Buffalo and the drafting of a WR higher than he was picked might hasten his exit. My thinking with taking Harvey is that, IMO, Schobel is expendable. Word is that he (Schobel) isn't the best locker room guy, doesn't like to practice and doesn't like to show up for the off-season work outs. Couple that with his ridiculous contract and lack of production for a guy being paid in the top 5 at his position, he can be replaced by a high draft pick.

Ellison won't be on the team this upcoming season regardless who the Bills pick 1st overall. They will draft an OLB at some point this weekend to take over as backup for the oft rolled over, beaten in coverage Ellison.

If this were to happen, you can just about count on Lee Evans playing out the final year of his contract next year, if he even shows up without a trade demand. Thomas would probably want to be a #1 receiver, given the fact he was the 1st receiver drafted this year and picked even higher than Evans. Just too many negatives down the road making this pick, IMO. Take Harvey and let Schobel and/or Kelsay/Denney walk.

Regardless of who gets paid what, is it possible that this guy could and would be an upgrade over any of the DE's on the current roster? I say probably an upgrade over all with the possible exception of one, but after last year, he could come in and be the best DE on the team. With that as a possibility, I think that any time you can upgrade a position that is VERY hard to upgrade at all, Harvey is by far the best choice at 11, if he is still there.

Any Boise State player on the Bills is never a bad idea. Carr was an exceptional player for the Broncos but went undrafted. He would definitely add some needed depth at Safety and would be an upgrade on Special Teams since Aiken and Wire are gone. He fits into that Taskeresque mold.

Basically, what it boils down to regarding the Bills choice at WR is that they wanted to keep Lee Evans. If the front office signed Johnson to a long term, over-inflated contract, you could have pretty much kissed LE goodbye. Personally, I would rather see the money invested in a known commodity in Evans, than a hope he pans out Bryant Johnson.

I just want to add that I am not comparing JP to JK in any way here or the team that was built in the late 80's to the current team but that the moves being made are similar in some ways and that there is obviously a plan in place to build this team around a certain core of players.

I don't know if this point has been made recently concerning the movement of Spikes, Fletcher, McGahee and Clements along with last years departure of Milloy, Vincent and Moulds. I think it's pretty obvious that Marv and Dick are assembling a locker room that will be lead by the young leaders of tomorrow. J.P., Lee Evans, Jason Peters, Donte Whitner, Ko Simpson, Keith Ellison, Chris Kelsay and Aaron Schoebel, along with a few slightly older veterans such as Melvin Fowler, Derrick Dockery, Larry Tripplett and Kiwaukee Thomas. For the most part though, if you look at the current roster, this team is now JP Losman's team. The same thing happened back in the late 80's when Jim Kelly, Andre Reed, Thurman Thomas, Kent Hull, Bruce Smith and Darryl Talley joined the Bills. There were a lot of veterans that were jetisoned to make room for the new core of players. Players such as Jerry Butler, Greg Bell, Carlton Bailey, Jestin Cross, Ken Jones, Tim Vogler and Charlie Romes were all shown the door in that late 80's era. The point is, change happens, sometimes good veteran players get let go or get traded to make room for a New Attitude in the locker room. Every player that the Bills have lost over the last two years has been part of a losing team which isn't their faults individually but collectively, they were part of a losing atmosphere at One Bills Drive and something needs to change. This team is JP's team now, like it or lump it, just as back in '88 and '89 when several players were shuffled out to make room for new ones to build around. Marv and Dick have a plan and they are basically weeding out the older players who ran the locker room to make room for the young guys such as Losman, Evans and Schoebel to become the new leaders of the Bills of the future and the futre is now with these guys. So, instead of harping on the negatives with the loss of a few older guys, look at the positives and similarities that the future of this team holds with a new core of leaders with this team.

I heard it on the Dan Sileo morning show here in Orlando yesterday.

Has anyone else heard that the Bills are one of several teams interested in his services?

Good post. I in Florida and have Directv since '97 and honestly wouldn't know what to do without it. I catch every Bills game and nearly every Sabre game throughout the year and love it. It by far is the best invention ever with the DVR a close second. IMO