MikeSpeed
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Look again! Are you sure I don't have a booger hanging out?
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I guess Seatle doesn't have a player standout enough, so they used the 12th man.
Maybe this was discussed before, but haven't we had the 12th man up on the wall of fame at the ralph for what seems like forever? Must be the Apple vs. Microsoft all over again. Who is better means nothing; it all comes down to marketing.
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Draft Mark Ingram.
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To put my confusion in its simplest form... If the owners all get together and decide only to pay certain size salaries it's considered collusion, but if the players all get together and decide they won't play unless they get a certain amount of money it's considered a union?
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I'm glad you pointed out Rivers. You're correct there. Rivers was a top 5 pick because up to that point Brees wasn't working out as hoped. Rodgers on the other hand was a later first round pick and had a HOFer ahead of him. Rodgers doesn't apply since we're talking third overall not where Rodgers was picked (24th). Fact is a QB picked in the top 5 plays much sooner rather than later.
I mentioned Palmer you reminded me of Rivers. That's 2 in the last decade. If you got more to mention I'll be happy to hear of them. But those guys were the exception not the rule.
I think you're extrapolating more from my post than I intend. If you read my post completely you'd see I thought if the Bills are in contention then the rookie QB will sit. If they have 2-3 wins by November they'll be essentially out of it and Bills fans will be demanding the new guy plays. I've seen it happen before in this town, if you think the fans will be content if the Bills are muddling around the bottom of the conference again and not demanding change, well then I don't know what to say because that's just not reality.
Give it up man! I started a post (one only a handful I've ever done) arguing these same points and got crucified. They just don’t get the politics of football. Sanchez, Ryan, Stafford, Bradford are the rule, NOT the exception. They were drafted high, and became the starter day 1. If Fitz is good enough for this year, then what makes him so bad for next? If he’s not good enough for next year then play the rookie and let him learn for next. Otherwise draft a QB in a later and develop him.
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I would be shocked if Newton does not go in the top three. He would have to pull a Rothlesberger to fall out of the top five. Newton is the most talented football player athlete to come out of the draft in many years.
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Weather he can play in the NFL has yet to be determined.
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I think it's you can't tip your hand, man. As in, don't hold your hand of cards
so that others can see them. Tipping your hat is a polite gesture.
Yeah but when you tip your hat it's in your hand. So you can tip your hat and show your cards but be polite about it.
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I side with the fans...
In a way, I don't care about what the players & owners decide. They're all making more than everyone on this board combined, so just figure out a way to share the sandbox so we can all be happy.
Maybe we should team up with some other cities and start our own league. A league full of Greenbay Packer type ownership. A league for the fans by the fans.
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Cam Newton at #3, because we need another RB. That will make 4 in 9 drafts. To those who think he is a QB… He had 24 more pass attempts than runs. (280 pass attempts, 264 runs) That doesn’t even include the number of planned runs that went for a loss of yardage. For Qb’s they call them sacks.
To Those quoting Cam Newton when he said “Colleges were afraid I was too much of a pocket passer”, you do realize you are quoting Cam Newton? You’ll say just about anything when you are trying to debunk a sigma about yourself, true or not. I’m not saying that he didn’t get that from a college coach, (although I have yet to see a quote from anyone but him), I’m saying that he thinks the evidence shows that he is a running QB and he knows he has to try and convince everyone else.
264 rushing attempt for a QB in the NFL will get you killed. Fred Jackson only had 222 last year.
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We share alot of the same reasoning. I was pissed however we Took Whitner over Ngata. I thought we would def draft Ngata. That kinda erked me.
At first I wasn't upset with the Maybin pick. He was projected in the top 20. I'd love to go back to the 09 fantasy draft guides and see for sure where he was projected. I think he was pretty highly rated. But then once we drafted and I heard Jauron talking about him, how he was a situational pass rusher, I thought, oh Great, Erik Flowers 2.0. That was the most bone headed pick ever. When you draft 10th overall, the damn guy better be on the field making a difference!!!!
Same with This year's Draft. #3 guy better be an immediate difference maker. Buddy You're on the clock, you better get it right!!!
Don't say this too loud or the "Draft a QB to sit behind Fitz for a year or 2" crowd will stone you to death.
The last First round pick that I didn't vomit to was Lee Evans, but I would say I jumped for joy either.
Spllier was the latest head in hands crying no pick.
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So when is he scheduled to appear on Project Runway?
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Are you really implying that Brady and Manning are only accurate passers because of the weapons they have? Do you REALLY want to make that argument? Think it through. Tom Brady, Manning, Brees and other elite QBs make their receivers better. Not the other way around. Brady is one of the more accurate passers in the league and he's done it without the benefit of a stable receiving corps. Look at how good Deon Branch was with Brady and how little he did without him. That's just one example of many.
Accuracy is, in my opinion, one of -- if not THE -- most important quality in an NFL QB. It's something Fitz has never had. To say otherwise is just false. It's not the weapons. It's the QB.
That's not to say that lines aren't important. They are. But it's far easier to find a pro-bowl caliber LT or DE than it is QB. That's just the way it is. Fitz is NOT an elite QB. Can he become one? Maybe. Anything is possible. Is it likely though? That's the question.
... re-read what I wrote.
Doug Williams?
I love that bold statement. It's true, but it's also doesn't prove the poster point very well. Just because you draft a QB anywhere in the draft doesn't mean they will become an elite QB. (as is true with any position) Drafting one high allows you to draft one with better credentials, but still leaves no guarantees. If you really want to raise your odds of getting that elite QB you should draft one with every pick. Newton Rd#1, Locker Rd#2, Ponder Rd#3... The real issue here is not to draft a QB at #3, but is there an elite QB in this draft worthy of being drafted at all? IMO as QB drafts go, this is the weakest one in quite a while.
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Rating the players on this defense is like rating the ugliest girls at a plus size beauty contest.
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I'm usually not much for hypotheticals, but I think this is a real possibility, so here goes...
Let's say we draft Cam Newton #3, and he spends all of 2011 on the bench (like many here would like to see). The team is so bad that we end up with the #1 pick in 2012. So we are sitting there staring at Andrew Luck with the #1 pick, and have an unknown QB in our pocket. What do we do? There would be options to trade I'm sure, but man, passing on Luck for a still unknown.
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40 of Cam Newton's father's closest friends?
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Confucius?
It was either Led Zeppelin, Robin Williams, or Fog horn Leg Horn, I can't remember which.
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Consider the past, or you're doomed to repeat it.
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What do these high first round QB picks all have in common?
P Manning
M Ryan
E Manning
C Palmer
S Bradford
M Sanchez
J Flacco
B Rothlesberger
M Stafford
A: They were all starters from day 1. Most of the rest of the league's top QB (Brees, Brady, Vick, etc) were also ready from day 1 and only briefly waited for an established vet to get out of the way.
You don't spend a #3 pick on any player that has to sit on the bench and "learn" how to play his position.
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I'm tired of seeing first round projects!
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And just who would be that can't-miss QB prospect?
As I see it, there is NO player available in this year's draft at a "position of need" for the Bills that is worth a #3 pick. The names I keep seeing on this board are either questionable or not what's most needed. The names brought forward that might help the Bills this year are all rated much lower than #3.
I'll never understand why trading back is so difficult. The stupid draft points system should be revised especially after a rookie cap gets implemented. If we get the guy in the first round we are targeting anyways, why should it matter that we swap firsts and only get a 3 rounded and not a 2nd rounder if we move down 3 or 4 spots? To me we got what we wanted and got a bonus. Instead teams demand too much, end up staying where they are, and "reach" for someone. Teams meaning the Buffalo Bills.
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Bowers scares the bejesus out of me. He would be the one pick I'd have a second thought about at #3. I wouldn't poo-poo it, but I'd be holding my breath his entire rookie season until he showed he was going to live up to the hype.
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Other than Suh and Matthews, not many rooks on DL or LB make a big impact in their first year. BJ Raji didn't and he's looking good now. Ngata didn't set the world on fire early on as well. To call Troup and Carrington a project at this point is just wrong. We should expect good things from them this season if there is a season.
I hope you're right! And this is one case I believe you are. Typically rookies that will develope will flash their potential they're first year. Like Steve Johnson in his rookie year. Troup and Carrington both showed flashes, something Spiller IMHO did not.
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Back in the 90s when people started streaming radio, they were being shutdown. Radio stations can stream now because they PAY for it. And not every radio station streams -- not for technical reasons (well, I'm sure some do), but because they haven't paid for retransmission rights.
Do you know if it is possible for TV stations to stream their content if they pay for it?
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I can see blocking illegal movies and music downloads, but the NFL games are broadcasted over the air by the visiting team's channel at least. Would it be illegal if I had a big enough antenna that could receive every over the air broadcast in the USA? Wow I could make millions selling that antenna.
Almost all TV companies stream their content (Non-sporting events) within a week of the broadcast now. And why does radio get to stream everything live and not TV? I'm in Detroit right now, but I can listen to 97 Rock on-line. The local radio stations here aren't whinning about it.
ESPN3 streams the college football games, and can still blackout regions somehow. So why can't the NFL stream all the games and blackout the regions too? The NFL Sunday Ticket that's why.
It just seems like pick and choose what is legal and what is not. Or maybe it's not a legal problem but just the NFL being extremely greedy. If that's the case, is it really a federal goverment issue? Wouldn't it be more of a civil issue? I'm so confused?
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What crap. The Bills drafted for need for the 10 years before Nix became GM. That is exactly why the Bills have done so poorly. Looking at the best teams talent wise they routinely take the Best Player Available in the first round. In later rounds where the talent is more of a mixed bag you draft for need as the Packers and Steelers and all successful teams so often do. But in the first you should grab the best player possible.
I love that so many people slam the Bills for taking Spiller, but if they would have reached and taken an OT who flamed out everyone would be whining about how they didn't take the BPA. BPA is a strategy, and if Spiller develops into all he can be, he will be a cornerstone for the Bills offense and part of the reason they finally dig their way out of futility.
Dolts like DiCesare would have the Bills reach for Gabbert, Newton etc then they would spend the whole next year saying it was stupid to reach. If the Bills had been drafting BPA for the past 11 years they'd be an annual playoff team.
The BPA for the last 5 first round Bills picks (based upon the consensus rankings at the time):
2010: CJ Spiller, RB
2009: Brian Orakpo, DE / OLB
2008: Chris Williams, OT
2007: Darrelle Revis, CB
2006: Haloti Ngata, NT
If they simply followed the ESPN rankings of BPA and took them in the first round for the past 5 years this is what they’d have right now. So for those who are against BPA I dare you to find me a better track record than this.
Tony Dungy was asked about drafting best player availiable by NFL Network during the combine one year. He said "You draft for the best player availiable in a position of need." Otherwise if your team needs a DT most, TE 2nd, and a CB 3rd, and the BPA of those positions at the time is a CB, you draft him.
That being said... This past year I think we drafted Spiller because Chan wanted him not because of need or BPA.
Forget About a QB this draft and STACK the D
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Wow you and I have way different philosophies. I say the draft is deep in D so get the best of the best at 3. The draft is week at QB so take a chance on someone late if at all. An average QB drafted early is still an average QB.