Lofton80

My fear is an Eric Flowers like experiment with an off season weight gain and limited experience. We cannot whiff with this pick.

I say no. I think Mack from Cal, Jerry from Miss, Raji from BC or any of the USC linebackers would impact the 2010 team more than a TE. Enough with the skill positions early.

I can't agree with Prisco post the TO trade. How could the team need a TE more than an interior lineman, OLB or defensive tackle ? Prisco's biggest need can be filled by Coffman, Nelson, Casey or the Florida TE in round 3. I like Casey a lot.

Belichek drafts athletic lineman. I recall a draft report where they like Offensive lineman with wrestling backgrounds like Mankins, Light and Neal. Drafting a quality lineman early is never going to hurt matters with one notable exception from the University of Texas.

My concern is his confidence. That Cleveland night game he was afraid to throw the ball downfield. if he can't get away from checking down every dropback, we have a problem.

Jennings is forever injured. McCargo is a dog. I guess I take Jennings if he could play guard. Concussion issues scare me though.

Well played General Buffalo's "stay on the field all damn day" version of the cover 2. Sad but true

Rey is tough, we lack toughness. No more finesse players.

Unfortunately Bill, I agree. I could live with waiting on the offensive line for the def line but the reality is we will pick a safety, a lighter framed faster lb whose strength is pass coverage, a fb who will never play and a Schouman/Fine style HBack like TE. This team needs to address the interior OLine and the front 7 with an emphais on toughness. No more team captains and high SAT scores. Get some guys who excel at football.

It isn't happening. I like Cutler, he is tough and this team lacks toughness.

Nice job DazedandConfused ! "The simple fact in the real world is that getting draft choices in exchange for proven NFL players is almost certainly a loser's strategy". I look at this current Bills team as a part of what Marv started post TD. So in my mind this team has already been rebuilding for 4 years. Brandon and Jauron have both said publically, that the time to win is now. Dumping players for draft picks is what you do when you are in Detroit's situation, not Buffalo's. Sign Peters, sign a vet guard like Goff and draft some tough players no more wideouts and cb's. Cold weather, battle tested tough guys.

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Everything on that D starts with the front 7. Losing Rolle and McAllister is not an end to anything. I like Ryan's coaching but they had some good fortune with Marvin Lewis too as I recall.

Sign Peters and move on. These fantasies of picking replacements through a draft are comical. Peters is our most physically tough player. He ragdolls defenders. This team lacks toughness, getting rid of Peters is a step backwards.

I wonder if the Peters contract negotiations are influencing their next moves. if one of the olb's signs, they will move to sign the other between June, Crowell and the Colt's lb.

Overthinking this a bit. I hope he scores double digit touchdowns. I don't care what locker he has or what nightclub he goes to. A 7-9 team coached by Dick Jauron has so many other things to worry about.

Absolutley correct. An athletic LT is near impossible to find. Draft picks take time to develop particularly offensive tackles. I would pay Peters and enter the draft with the #11 pick. Not sure but I think a lot of people OVER RATE draft picks...

I am going to sit at 11 and let the draft come to me. If a QB like Stafford or Sanchez is there. I want to play my cards to go back and grab an extra #2. If we can move back to the 20-25 range, I grab Tyson Jackson. In the second, I take Duke Robinson and one of the TE's (Coffman, Nelson or Casey). If no traders, I am looking at the best impact guy for 2010 (no development guys). I imagine they have 2-3 guys they expect to be there and I expect a DT or DE to be the pick. Jerry or the Texas pass rusher.

Trading that pick would be ideal for the Bills needs. Just never seems to happen. -Trade the #11 Pick and our 3rd Rounder (#75) to Philly for their #21 Pick in Round One and Second Rounder (#53) -Draft: 1. Brandon Pettigrew TE, OK State (#21) 2. Robert Ayers DE, Tennessee (#42) 2. Eric Wood C, Louisville (#53) 4. Kraig Urbik G, Wisconsin (#106) 5. Patrick Turner WR, USC (#139) 6. Arian Foster RB, Tennessee (#170) 7. Clinton McDonald DT, Memphis St. (#202) Any Takers?

Mort's biased attitude is so obvious. He is a bust as an "insider" .

Yes though it would never happen

Maybin is a lot like Chris Ellis. If they go DE, I expect Tyson Jackson to be the pick.

Better yet if someone had a meeting like that with Jauron last year after the Cleveland game or the Jets game. TO is the least of Buffalo's problems.

Good news is those teams won a lot of games. I thought about Bruce Smith myself when TO signed, he was a huge ego yet loved in Buffalo. The main difference between Bruce and TO is TO will need someone distributing him the ball whereas Bruce could just rush upfield.

I have been thinking about the same thing but with a different view. I think Josh Reed is going to post upgraded numbers if anyone. TO is also going to get a lot of passes as he can run those intermediate routes that Edwards can throw. Evans longer routes take time and Trent will need some renewed confidence to hang in there long enough to throw those passes. We need to get an offensive guard before I see Lee Evans excelling.