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http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ap-source-ryan-jackson-among-bills-coaching-candidates-172946605--nfl.html As reported by John Wawrow. Scroll down in the article.

They can open camp 15 days before the 1st pre-season game, so that's July 27th. Rookies can come in a couple days before that but not veterans. I'll hunt for a link.

Just received word.

Jaws has Fitz at #24 and basically said that he can play at an elite level at times but his MECHANICS (footwork and throwing motion, both) are too inconsistent to keep him there. So can David Lee get Fitz to be consistent with his mechanics????? The answer to that question will be the answer to our playoff drought or not.

He was in academic trouble for not taking care of his schoolwork, not because he's dumb. To put to rest all of the non-sense in this thread. Aaron Wilson ‏ @RavensInsider LSU defensive back Ron Brooks scored a 22 on the Wonderlic, according to a league source with knowlege of the result. http://twitter.com/#!/RavensInsider/status/187717555186696192

That's exactly what he is....Lee 2.0, an element that the team needs.

He's not a guard....you must listen to Kiper....

Every team outside the top 2 is looking to trade down....the question is are there REALLY any teams that are going to trade up...maybe 1, 2 at the most

If he's a special player, you take him. You don't pass up on a potential superstar/difference maker in the top 10 to get a decent starter at another position. BPA means just that. Drafting for need in the 1st round is how you get busts....whitner, mcmuffin, etc.....take the best guy, he will make the team better right away, you can never have enough elite players, even if guys played well at times at the position....

You hit the nail on the head!!!

While all the MEDIA has their idea of what players are, who knows what OBD or even the other teams value the players for real. With that being said I'm going to say. 1st - Glenn-OT 2nd - One of these guys, depending who is left on the board with the pick Randle/Hill - WR or Robinson-DC

That's not how they measure hands. It's from the end of the pinkie to the end of the thumb across, not from the wrist up to the end of the middle finger.

RT had the K-State game won in overtime with a great 4th down play to extend the play and throw a TD pass then on the 2 point play he hit Fuller in the chest for the win and Fuller dropped it. If you actually watched the A&M games you will see how many balls his receivers dropped this year. Just want the Senior Bowl stuff this past week and you'll see how many balls Fuller was dropping there. A&M doesn't have 2 top flight WR's on their roster. Fuller is a shell of his 2010 season and Swope is a good college slot WR but he had his share of drops this year as well. Fuller had one good game all year and it was the bowl game. RT did make some ill advised throws, turning the ball over but he also made a ton of throws that most QB's cannot make. Most talented QB make ill advised throws because they trust their ability more then they should and only experience can help in this area. RG3 did it a ton early in his career and still did it this year as well. He got away with a lot of throws because the DB's dropped some balls but he was out of his mind for some of the throws he made. RT would definitely benefit from another year as a starter to work out some of the bad decisions but to blame the loses on him, is ridiculous. He's the guy that got them the huge leads in those games. The defense allowing teams back into the game and the offense going into conservative mode in the 2nd half was the real issue, costing Sherman his job. Tannehill would then be asked to turn it on at the end of the game to get the lead back. There is no slam dunk at any pick and it's mostly a crap shoot but you can't deny that he was a major factor in A&M winning their final 6 regular season games last year and he's not the sole reason they lost games this year. If Nix/Gailey believe he's a frachise QB then get him. It's a good situation to sit behind Fitz and be brought along the right way to become a franchise guy. During Nix's career he's been around Namath, Kelly, Brees & Rivers, if he thinks that RT is a franchise guy, who are we to argue.

Actually Manning didn't win anything. Danny Wuerfel and Florida won everything while he was at Tennessee, but who is the better pro QB????? Moore is closer to Wuerfel than he is Manning.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/don_banks/09/14/week.1/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_t11_a2 He has it about right for this early in the season. This weeks game will be a good challenge and in order to be taken for real, they need to win.

Yeah because the secondary really shuts down the Pats and Jets receivers. Tell me who is going to start at both DC's for ALL 16 games if they don't Williams? On top of that they're in nickel half the time with all the 4 WR sets teams use now. Teams really should pick DC's every year, you need 5 healthy ones and it's hard to keep those guys healthy for 16 games each year. They are getting rid of the smaller defensive players and starting to get men to play defense. I'm all for the pick, bigger, faster, stronger....defense wins championships.

McShay just said the Bills are having a great draft as well, on sportscenter. Said of the teams that don't have the extra picks and are just staying with their picks and selecting excellent players the Bills can't be beat. Got the best player in the draft. A very good corner/safety that adds defensive versatility and a run stuffing ILB. He sounded shocked.

It actually makes good sense. Teams are scouting college seniors all year long and then they have just 3 months to do all of the work on juniors that they do in a year on a senior. More exposure can't be a bad thing. Plus, who wouldn't want to see the BEST players in the country play in an all star game. Think how good that game would be!

I guess you didn't see him play last year against the 2 best OT's in the last 2 drafts and he used his hands and was stout against the run. Yeah your right, he's not a football player, he only has 27 sacks in the last 2 years in the 2nd best conference in college football, but I guess that doesn't count as being a football player. Find me any player in the country at any level that has that many sacks the last 2 years....and if you want we can throw in TFL's, forced fumbles, PBU's and INT's....but hey I guess you expect the guy to get a sack on every pass attempt. He may have somewhat similar build to Maybin, he is far more explosive and flexible, not to mention he is way faster. He can cover WR's, as A&M had him do. Can you see Maybin's stiff herky herky body in coverage. Nope....

How many guys coming from college actually use their hands effectively to get off blocks??? Not many at all. And I guess no one here expects players to get any better once they get to the NFL...part of the draft process is projecting how good can a player be. He is far and away a better player than Maybin. It's not even close. Maybin can't hold Miller's jock. Maybin is lighter and no where near the athlete than Miller is. Wait until the combine and he runs in the high 4.5's at worst and his shuttle times are better than most safeties and will be in the mid to high 240's...

He DOMINATED in the NEBRASKA, OKLAHOMA and TEXAS games in 2010, just to name a few.

I'll take the other side of that bet....great he beat up a really bad OT from Virginia. Only 1 play did he actually make a great play. The QB rolled to him on most of those. He's got talent but not #3 talent.

+1

The RT is supposed to be the dominant run blocking tackle and the LT is the pass blocking OT, so moving Bell to RT defeats the purpose. Draft a good RT that is a run blocker first and serviceable pass blocker and we will be fine. Then Bell can get help from a TE on run plays to his side if you want to power run on the left.