KevinRome

Pat Kerwin talked about this on his show yesterday. He did the same thing as the above posters, looked at last year's trades and added up the points per the chart. They matched up pretty closely. So even though the chart is old (putatively started by porkface Jimmy Johnson), it is still being used as a basis to value trades.

It really tore my heart out to see teams run the ball down our throat. We couldn't stop the run. Our defensive stats were skewed - it looked like we were good against the pass. In fact, teams didn't have to pass.

Gilmore, 4.38 Graham, 4.41 Bradham, 4.53 Brooks, 4.38 For the LB, hopefully this is the counter to Welker and Gronk.

This.

My vote for a pick that we wanted but was taken before us is WR Rueben Randle at pick 63. It may explain why Chixly unexpectedly traded to drop three spots in the 3rd.

Hairston moves to RT, Glen moves into LT.

This is relevant data - thanks so much for taking the time to collate it.

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Anyone hear this interview on Sirius? Sims looked at a bunch of tape on several on the quarterbacks that are in the draft, and the Tannehill comments were interesting. He said that Tannehill played in the most pro-style offense compared to all the others. Tannehill made a lot of sideline throws, going for single coverage. I'm guessing Sims is referring to the deep out route. Sims wouldn't guess where he'd go in the draft, however Kerwin had him going to Miami. That would help our chances of someone we like falling to 10.

I general I'm not a fan of selling the farm to move up, however you have good reasoning to justify it. If Kalil is a 10-years starter, then it's justified. Our evaluation of players is completely dependent on the talking heads, so I can't argue how good a player will or will not be. What do you think about the possibility that the OTs other than Kalil are good enough for the 10th pick?

A lot of people make predictions, but to nail this one on 22 May? Either prescient or the poster has really good observation and logic skills. He even got the draft pick round correct.

Awesome, thanks for the data on the D. I didn't see the game. If you don't mind doing this for the next game, I'd appreciate it.

A cop friend of mine told me that when they have the aftermath of a bridge crash and no skid marks, they call it a suicide. You nailed it, good observation.

None of the previous posters have mentioned that Hardy was chosen, because of his size, to catch balls in the endzone in redzone situations. Pat Kirwin of Sirus radio has said that he can't run routes that well. If that's the case, I can't imagine the light is going to suddenly come on. The front office has to ask itself if he can fill the redzone roll. If he can rack up TDs, then he's worth having. If he can't, and someone else is better in the roll that the offense requires, then I wouldn't have a problem getting rid of a former 2nd rounder.

It's probably not going to happen, but Cushing could clean this up by confessing at his news conference. He should just say: "ya, I was wrong in taking 'roids over last summer to bulk up, and then taking HCG to afterward. I accept the punishment and won't do it again".

... might they have moved to #9? The Bills put their pick in so quick (what's up with that?) that we'll never know if SD would have tried to get Spiller. SD swapped #1s and gave up a 2nd and a 4th. Could the Bills have had this deal or better?

Oh my. We're gonna be okay.

Justnzane, I applaud the effort, and keep doing pregame shows. I'll watch what you post. Don't let the critique get you down, your efforts will eventually be rewarded.

I'm with you brother. My local classical FM radio station plays his recordings often, and I also hear him on one of the Sat radio classical channels. Love his stuff.

It's agreed that since we went 0-6 in the division last year we need to improve, so the question is how does the team put in extra effort to do that? The OP suggested game planning far in advance of game time. My question is: is this feasible? Part of the mantra of sports is to focus on the next game to be played, rather than being distracted by games down the road. This is true for coaches as well as players. Could a team employ people to specialize on our division opponents? At least one person per the three division foes. They could be charged with gathering information for the coaches (watching film, stuying the opponents full-time throughout the season). During game week for a particular team, they'd present the weaknesses, strengths and creative strategies that the coaches have the choice of utilizing. Do teams already do this? How else do you put extra effort into winning division games?

I watched some of his videos, and I like this tackling technique. There were several open field tackles in the highlights, he appears to have been well coached.

+1, TE is now the key. It takes years for a QB to develop, so it could be argued that he's on schedule. We still don't know if he'll be really good, but the potential is there. We really need the light to turn on in a Brady-esque kind of way. The FO has put the weapons on the field for him, now it's up to him to take it to the next level. There were a lot of open receivers last year that he didn't see. Last year I was bothered at the defense not being able to stop the run. With FA and the draft, so far nothing has changed in that respect (were our linebackers the issue?). But a potent offense might be the remedy. If the O can light it up, the other teams might have to hoist the ball against us rather than grinding it out on the ground.

Very intriguing, thanks for posting. I'm definitely in the camp of people that think our receiving corps creates enough miss matches that we don't need a pass catching TE. A blocking TE would be great, but this idea is pretty cool.

Ding Ding Ding Ding - we have a winner! With Lee Evans, TO, and last year's #2 receiver playing the slot (where Reed is better suited), I'm wondering why there hasn't been any discussion in the past about just using a blocking TE instead of going nuts over Pettigrew. We have enough pass threats to really cause problems for the opposing D's secondary. The issue now is Trent reading it all and making the right decisions.

Jauron was interviewed on Sirius - he said that they talked to the kid about playing guard, and he'll start that way. Hartgardner will play center.