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Kill yourself. Wait, maybe that was a little harsh. How about this, go away and never come back. Then kill yourself.

Seriously, how can people complain? Larry Tripplett is on the verge of being a premier DT in this league. He's young, fast (for a DT), and agile. He wasn't an official starter for Indy because they had Corey Simon and Monte Reagor. But even as a role-player he was a playmaker. He was high on my FA list of DT's. Robert Royal has been recieving some real unfair criticism on this board. He may be a relative unknown to most, but i've watched my fair share of 'Skins games (my grandfather LOVES them) and he's a young, quality player. He was overshadowed by their H-Back Chris Cooley, but Royal was a threat when he needed to be and one helluva blocker. He's also a pretty funny guy. I remember once when I was listening to Rome (I know, he sucks) on the radio that someone had bailed on Jim as a guest for his ESPN TV show later that day. So he announced on the radio that anyone listening (who was a pro athlete) who wanted to be on "Rome is Burning" that day would be on the show. I was kind of intrigued to see if anyone would be on the show and when I tuned in, he had Robert Royal on. He was saying that he was listening to the show and being a blocking TE, he couldn't pass up on an opportunity to get some face time lol He has something that this team REALLY wanted. What that is, i'm not sure of yet. But I guarantee you we HAD to pay him what we paid him if we wanted him. Because Washington would have done the same. Andre Davis is an interesting pickup to me. He's definitely a quality playmaker. He always was coming out of Virginia Tech. He's had some injury problems that has hindered his stardom. He's too good (and too expensive) to be a #4 on this team though. I'd put him at the 2nd or 3rd position. So does this mean that our starting WR's will be Lee Evans, Andre Davis, and Roscoe Parrish? I personally don't have a problem with that. As a matter of fact, it could be an incredible trio as long as they can all stay healthy. Let's face it, Roscoe wasn't drafted in the 2nd Round to be a #4 WR and PR his entire career. Let's see what he's got. All in all, I love the signings thus far. I like that Ryan Pickett's coming in. But i'm holding out hope that we can get Rocky Bernard, Ma'ke Kemoeatu, or Grady Jackson instead. And can anyone answer these questions for me? 1.) What is our cap situation after these signings over the weekend? 2.) Do we have enough room to sign all of these guys?: - Rocky Bernard - Tank Williams - Kevin Mawae

You're right, it shouldn't. But how can you say it'll never happen? If New Orleans signs Drew Brees, it's a damn good possibility that Young will be there.

Seriously, think about it: -Houston has a committment to David Carr and Reggie Bush to the city -New Orleans is the supposed front runner for Drew Brees -Tennessee WILL take a QB -New York has resigned Chad Pennington and apparently has all but traded for Patrick Ramsay -Green Bay selected Aaron Rodgers with their 1st pick last year -San Francisco selected Alex Smith with the 1st pick overall last year -Oakland is one of the front runners for Culpepper I hate to say it, but could we see Vince Young taking Holcomb's number next season?

I agree with the drafting of Wroten and the trade down. However, I don't agree with making two Rookies our starting DT's (and essentially, that's what you'd be doing drafting them that high). We will be signing a veteran DT in FA (Dear god, it's me Alan. Please bring Rocky Bernard to Buffalo. I'll be good, I promise). There are tons of holes on this team and you can get a starting calibur player in the 2nd round for another position. Plus, I think Bunkley at 11 is way too high. He'll most likely go in the 20's. Here's what i'd do to change your mock: 1.) Winston Justice, OT USC 2a.) Marcedes Lewis, TE UCLA 2b.) Claude Wroten, DT LSU With Justice, you can move Peters over to LT and Gandy over to LG (which he has more experience at). Justice would be a more fitting pick at 11 than Bunkley. Your line would look like this: Jason Peters Mike Gandy Kevin Mawae (I think we'll sign him) Chris Villarial Winston Justice Marcedes Lewis would jump in and be a legitimate starting TE. He's been unfairly overshadowed by such a DEEP TE class. Grab the veteran DT (which will happen) and pair him with Wroten. Anderson and Sape will be the backups.

VERY GOOD! Everything is going according to plan (See my post on Bills offseason below) The reason why Mawae is a perfect fit is simple. We shouldn't go out and spend tons of money on someone like Bentley. Duke Preston may very well be our Center for many more years to come. But right now it's WAY too risky to throw him into the fire. So you go out and sign a solid, aged veteran who will improve the line until you know for certain what you have in Preston (thanks to the GENIUS using him as a Guard last season)

First off, i'm noticing a lot of places and people say that Buffalo will most likely be interested in Ryan Pickett (formerly of St. Louis). I like Pickett. But I don't think he's a star or has star potential. I feel that we will sign a veteran DT and draft another to make up our D-Line. There's a number of people i'd like to see in Buffalo who play the DT position. But far and away, the guy on the top of my list is...... Rocky Bernard. Sure, he's not going to come cheap. But i'd bet we can get him. Especially with them paying HUGE for Shaun Alexander and tagging Hutchinson. He's a young, STUD, agile DT. He's at the top of my list. Someone else i'd be after who will also be expensive is Steelers SS Chris Hope. I think that's the guy the Bills were after when they let go Lawyer Milloy. For the amount of money Milloy was costing us, we could most likely get Chric Hope; who would be an upgrade. On the offensive line, i'd go a little cheaper and a little older in C Kevin Mawae. I think he wouldn't be expensive because of his age. But he would make an immediate impact and improvement on our pourous O-Line. The reason you sign Mawae is because you don't know what you have in Duke Preston yet. He wasted his Rookie season as an OG under Mularkey. To simply throw him in the fire with all the problems we have would be VERY dumb. If he's nothing else, Mawae would be a quick fix until Preston was ready. And let's face facts: Eric Moulds doesn't really want to be a Bill anymore. He may not come out and say it, but you're ignorrant if you don't see it. His play isn't worth the money we'd spend on him either and he's become more of a cancer than a leader. It's time he be replaced and we save ourselves close to 5 mil. Now i'm not ready to hand the reigns over to JUST Evans and Parrish quite yet. So i'd bring in a FA. Someone young, someone who won't cost as much as a T.O. or a Randle El, someone with skills comparable to Moulds. That man would be Antonio Bryant. Sure, he had problems with the Tuna; but who doesn't? He was Cleveland's leading WR last year and he's one helluva prospect. He's just the guy i'd want. So after cutting Moulds and the new CBA falling into place, we'd (allegedly) be looking at around 22 mil under the cap. Would it be possible to get: Rocky Bernard Chris Hope Kevin Mawae Antonio Bryant .....with that? I think Bernard and Hope would cost around 12 or 13 combined for this year (and some big bonus'). Mawae and Bryant could probably play for much less, so I think it's possible. But certainly not cheap. In the draft, I have a gut feeling the Brick will fall to us. Call me crazy, but here's what I see: 1.) Houston - Reggie Bush 2.) New Orleans - Matt Leinart 3.) Tennessee - Vince Young 4.) New York - Jay Cutler 5.) Green Bay - Mario Williams 6.) San Francisco - Vernon Davis 7.) Oakland - A.J. Hawk 8.) Buffalo - D'Brickashaw Ferguson Every year, someone falls who NO ONE suspects. That's just how these things work. No one is certain to go anywhere. Here's my Day 1 Mock: 1.) D'Brickashaw Ferguson, OT Virginia 2.) Marcedes Lewis, TE UCLA 3.) Claude Wroten, DT LSU 3.) Omar Jacobs, QB Bowling Green In Jacobs, we get an insurance policy to Losman. As a 3rd, he wouldn't put the pressure on Losman that a 1st or 2nd rounder (or veteran) would. He could be a career backup if Losman did work out okay. Claude Wroten had some issues. But whatever they were, he was acquitted of. His stock dropped from Round 1, but in the 3rd; he's too talented to pass on. I'm sure Marv could look past one screwup, especially for his talent and value at that pick. So that's my story and i'm sticking to it. No matter how many people call me crazy.

Whatever report you are reading is OUTDATED! He sure showed his below average speed by recording the fastest time for a TE in the history of the NFL Combine If D'Brickashaw Ferguson or Mario Williams is there; you have to take one of them. But if they aren't (and they won't be), Vernon Davis is the selection if you have the chance to pick him. Far and away he would be the better choice between him and Haloti "I show up when I want to and am a 1,000,000 and a half lbs." Ngata.

Of course! We all KNOW that 3rd round project Kevin Everett, who was projected as mediocre on draft day, and blew out his knee in mini-camp and has never played a down in this league; must be our guy

Top 15 based on skill and value. Not by need.

About a month ago I posted my Top-15 draft board. Everyone seems to have their own with different players ranked at different places. Here's mine; tell me what you think and post yours: 1.) Reggie Bush, RB USC 2.) Vince Young, QB Texas 3.) D'Brickashaw Ferguson, OT Virginia 4.) Matt Leinart, QB USC 5.) Mario Williams, DE N.C. State 6.) A.J. Hawk, LB Ohio State 7.) Vernon Davis, TE Maryland 8.) DeAngelo Williams, RB Memphis 9.) Jay Cutler, QB Vanderbilt 10.) Michael Huff, S/CB Texas 11.) Haloti Ngata, DT Oregon 12.) Lendale White, RB USC 13.) Tamba Hali, DE Penn State 14.) Chad Greenway, OT Iowa 15.) Santonio Holmes, WR Ohio State

I know Kevin Mawae's getting up there in age, but I don't think we can just plug Duke Preston in there quite yet. Especially since he was used as a Guard all last season Kevin Mawae could be good for a year or two until we feel the Duke of Preston is ready. With how HORRENDOUS our line is, we can't afford to put in a 4th round (for all intensive purposes...) Rookie in there and hope he's ready to go.

Yeah, he's right VA. It was nowhere's near the amount that you're speculating. Not to mention, it was trafficking (sp?) and not useage. Whatever it was, the case was dropped. The speeding thing you're talking about is news to me. From all the sources I see, Wroten was supposed to be a 1st round pick. Then this happened and even though he was found innocent, it made him drop a round or two. To say that he's done is downright silly. The NFL frowns on drug users more than dealers (as said as that is). The fact that he got off and claims innocence combined with the fact that he was found to not be a user helps a lot. Antaaj Hawthorne was a 2nd rounder who failed a drug test at the combine and he was drafted in the 6th. There's NO WAY Wroten goes undrafted.

I don't understand why everyone wants Ngata so badly. He may be the bes player at his position, but he's not that elite, "once in a great while" guy like Vernon Davis or Michael Huff. Honestly, i'd much rather see us go with one of them and then draft a Gabe Watson, Claude Wroten, or Orien Harris in the 2nd because I don't think they're that far off of Ngata. Then i'd make a V-Line (or is it B-Line?) for a guy like Rocky Bernard, Grady Jackson, or Brentson Buckner in FA. I think it's much easier to fill the need of DT then it is to fill SS or a good TE.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?i...ht&lid=tab1pos2 How the hell are we only 2 million under the cap?! Especially after cutting Mike Williams and Sam Adams. This worries me because last year ESPN dropped a bomb that we had no money...... and they were right!

What are you talking about? Off the top of my head I can think of Rocky Bernard, Grady Jackson, and Larry Tripplett (Not to mention most likely Big Ted). And last year I can think of Pat Williams and Corey Simon just off the top of my head. Name me one STUD TE available this year or last. You can't argue that DT's are much easier to come by. There's the "black and white" look I was referring to (Ignorrant may have been a strong word). While you're right, they are the best players at their position; Davis is a MUCH better TE (I.E. Quality of Player) than Ngata is a DT. Ngata might be the best DT available, but I argue that he is a stud at his position like Davis is. And I think everyone is downplaying the TE position pretty badly. It is a very important position and a lot of you are acting like it isn't. A TE is arguably more important to a QB (especially a youngin like Losman) than WR's. For the record, Kevin Everett was a 3rd round PROJECT to begin with. Then he blew out his knee. Behind him is an injury prone, average, young TE in Euhus and Mark Campbell who is declining worse than Jay Riemersma. How people can say Everett is going to be the guy is beyond me.

Alright, here I go with another post that i'm sure people will become beligerent (sp?) over. But I feel it has to be said. I feel that everyone on this board is getting downright ignorrant when it comes to this team. By that I mean everyone seems to be saying, "YOU MUST DRAFT ON THE LINES FIRST!" period; end of statement. While I agree that the #1 person on the board is D'Brickashaw Ferguson and if he's there, you MUST take him; I disagree with anyone else at OL and maybe even DT there. There seem to be too many people here who are black and white. They see Haloti Ngata rated as the #1 DT in the draft and say that should be it. But think about this. What if we sign Rocky Bernard? What if we sign Larry Triplett or Grady Jackson? You see, every year there is a handful of talented DT's available. But what about a TE that runs a 4.3? Better yet, what about a talented TE period? While DT's are a dime a dozen in FA, you almost never see a franchise TE even hit the market; let alone be enticed to leave his team behind. Not to mention the fact that this draft is very DEEP at DT. Gabe Watson (who I think is just as good, or not to far off from Ngata) could probably be had in the 2nd. Claude Wroten could almost definitely be had in the 2nd, as will Rodrique Wright and Orien Harris. I predict that we'll get another DT in FA. I think with Adams, another big guy (I.E. Bernard, Washington, or a cheap alternative), and a 2nd; we should be solid. Both lines will be addressed, don't get me wrong. But I think we're far better off addressing the bulk of it with veterans instead of repeating Mike Williams. Over the years i've noticed the risk involved with drafting an interior guy that high seems to be greater than a lot of the skill positions. I think Vernon Davis is a RARE talent at a position of definite need for this team. TE is the security blanket that J.P. was missing all last year. With Eric gone, we'll need him. That's why in my opinion if it comes down to Ngata vs. Davis, you have to go with Davis.

Just because Marv says something doesn't mean he has to stand by it. He could be doing the old "look at the left hand while I smack you with the right" trick.

Definitely Bentley

I think we're getting WAY too carried away with the lines. Our first pick was a DT and our next three picks (considering Eslinger seems to be the next pick) are O-Lineman? How many do we need people? Let's start looking at some DB's or skill players now (gasp!)

Did anyone catch the Combine today? Marcus Vick was interviewed today and I must say, he played the game for once. In that I mean he finally said all the right things. He said that he was downright emberassed about what he did at the VT bowl game. He said his family wouldn't talk to him for weeks and that he was ashamed of himself. He just got caught up in the heat of the moment and he's learned from that mistake. He was also asked what he thought his position could have been next year if he stayed in school. He said he's not concerned with it and that he knows he would have obviously went higher. He said he made some mistakes and he's learned from them and how to stay away from these situations in the future. He doesn't care what Round he's picked in or what an NFL team asks of him. He just wants someone to take a chance on him so he can play in the league. Vick will also entertain any team's request of anything. He promised to participate in all of the drills and interview with anyone. The only thing that was kinda funny was that he said the McDonald's incident was blown out of proportion. That he never pulled a gun on anyone stating that gun's are far too dangerous for his likeing and that if you look him up, you'll see he doesn't have one registered to him. He said that the only thing he was holding was a cell phone. Interestingly enough, two of the men who said that Vick pulled a gun on them; were arrested for armed robbery. So even if Vick did pull a gun on them, their character will be called into suspicion. Combine that with brother Michael's money and I guarantee you Marcus will walk. I wouldn't be surprised if Marv thinks he can help Marcus out if he says and does all the right things.

Wow! I think that's pretty cool. I love Brodie Croyle. He has a bionic arm and is VERY accurate. His only knock has been he's thin as a rail and has about as much muscle as Napolean Dynamite. But I never understood why this was such a problem. You'd think that an NFL Strength & Conditioning coach could fix that in a few months.

Marcus Vick in Round 6 ....... after Michael pays to get him off of course

REAL well. Too good to be true well. By the way, it's pretty bunk that they moved this over here. But anyway, here's what I did: 1.) Oakland - Vince Young, QB Texas 2.) Oakland - Manny Lawson, DE/LB N.C. State 2.) Oakland - Tye Hill, CB Clemson 1.) San Francisco - Lendale White, RB USC 2.) San Francisco - Anthony Fasano, TE Notre Dame 3.) San Francisco - Brodie Croyle, QB Alabama 3.) San Francisco - Demetrius Williams, WR Oregon 1.) New York Giants - Antonio Cromartie, CB Florida State 2.) New York Giants - Claude Wroten, DT LSU 3.) New York Giants - Devin Hester, KR/CB/WR Miami I'd add the numbers they were picked at and the trades that I did; but i'm at work right now

Actually, he's not a free agent until next season. But don't let facts stop you.