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zow2

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  1. You can't make a living running the ball as a QB in the NFL. I think its great to have mobility to convert a 3rd and 3 or whatever or extend plays but the long scampers (ala Vick and Vince Young) are short lived. The body cannot take that abuse too much. Even those guys have tried to be QB's now and not scramblers that play QB. I concentrated on Newton's throwing ability tonight. He has a great arm but I just don't know how his total game (smarts included) will translate to the NFL. I still think Mallett will be the best QB from this draft... He shows more Quarterbacking skills imo.

  2. I hate putting all my stock in a guy into one game...but I'd like to see Cam throw well and make good decisions tonight. If he does, i have no problem with the Bills selecting him at #3. Let's face it, Chan said it himself...Fitz is the guy now but if you have a chance to set yourself up for the next 10 years..and you are in a position to do it, you do it. It will be fun to watch tonight.

  3. It would be cool if TWC still wasn't sticking it up my ass years later by not coming to an agreement with the BFL Network.

     

    I know it's not their fault. :censored:

     

    Well, that's why i get Directv. To avoid all that nonsense. Although last year i was cursing their name up and down when Versus was blacked out due to a contract dispute. I guess you really can't avoid the nonsense!

  4. If either Gabbert or Mallett fell to our pick in the second round, I'm fairly confident that Buddy & Co. would pull the trigger on that one. Not saying that I think we need to draft a QB that high (or at all for that matter), but based on value AND need, I think they would almost have to make that pick.

     

    That elusive "franchise QB" is still the hardest position to fill. Both Gabbert and Mallett will be top 12 picks, maybe even top 8. The Bills won't sniff those guys unless they use #3 to grab one of the big QB's.

  5. Hopefully people here can get past the Lynch thing. Here's a newsflash, up until that ONE sick run on Saturday, people in Seattle were disappointed with Lynch. His usual statline was 18 carries for 58 yards or whatever. Just a few weeks earlier he had two brutal fumbles at New Orleans that cost Seattle any chance to win. He had one great run last weekend but overall, I'd much rather have the draft pick we got because Lynch is not going to be a special player for them over the long haul.

  6. To me, the best RBs in the pros have that downhill running style. You see it from Starks, Freddie, Jamaal Charles, etc.. These guys get the ball and don't try to juke your socks off. They hit the seam hard, make one cut at most and always seem to fall forward for that extra yard.

     

    As for Spiller, he claims to have learned this lesson late in the season. We'll see, hopefully for us Bills fans he has.

  7. Yup.

     

    Starks - undrafted

    Fred Jackson - undrafted

    NFL rushing champ A. Foster - undrated

    Runner up: J. Charles - 3d round

    2d runner up: M. Turner - 5th round

     

     

    Sure there are a number of first round RBs starting around the leauge, but the RB is the easiest piece to find to have a good running game. OL and a QB that has to be respected are far greater priorities.

     

    FYI- Starks was a 6th rounder in 2010

  8. Awesome game by Starks. Great to see UB represented! He and Namaan looking good from that class. Now I'm gonna throw out an opinion. I like Spiller's potential but this is what bothers me about picking a RB at #9. You see a kid like Starks...a 6th rounder who is literally under your nose at UB and you pass. Then you see a guy like Legarrett Blount for TB who is an UDFA and these are just two example of many RB's who you can get for practically nothing.

    Starks is an athletic downhill runner, not alot of wasted movement. He kinda reminds me of a faster Freddie Jackson...gets the ball, makes one cut at most and runs north-south.. I like it!

  9. i hate knee jerk reactions to determine major rule changes. People want to react and change the rules b/c Seattle had a crummy regular season. If it happens in 5 of the next 6 years ok, lets consider something...but this is just one season. Big deal. New Eng missed the playoffs with 11 wins a few years ago. Strange stuff happens sometimes.

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