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Speaking of STs, I was listening to Sirius radio a few weeks back, just before we traded Jason Peters, and Bobby April was on, matter of fact I think that it was his birthday, well anyways he went on and on about the Patriots' new ST coach Scott O'Brien. I guess that this guy and April know each other well and have gone toe to toe with each other in the past and the impression that I got from April is that this guy is as every bit as good as he is. I check out his bio and he looks it. When we play the Patriots don't count on our STs as being a big advantage. This O'Brien guy might very well be able to counter it.
O'Brien was in Cleveland when April was in Pit, so they saw each other quite a bit. Around the time Eric Metcalf was on Clevelands team, some time in the 90's. He also coached in Car with Steve Smith returning kicks.
O'Brien didn't do great in Den last year after taking the prior year off. It will be interesting to see what he brings to the table, he'll have a pretty good starting point as far as talent.
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Even if that guy was a corner, how do you let yourself get driven 15-20 yards down the field? Try a spin move or something... jeez.
That dude was going nowhere. Levitre had the clamps and a lot of pounds on him.
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I'm optimistic that those guys will come back healthy, and it will be like adding an extra 3 players to this year's draft. Plus, Schobel's coming back, and he was probably missed more than anybody.
There is a reason they drafted Ellis, and if you read his profile, you will see that the Bills were not alone in assessing his talents.
I personally believe a new DL coach will make a huge difference with Ellis and especially McCargo.
Maybe the Bills can discuss the Mike Williams story with them. Don't let this happen to you! (and us)
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I'll play.
A good way to look at the trade is: The Bills turned their 3rd round pic into a 2nd, but it cost them their first 4th round pick.
But, saying the traded their 3rd rounder and 4th rounder for the pick is correct. It is what actually happened. The Cowboys got both of those Bills picks.
Sorry, I'm over it seems like he is too. Semantics, I'm okay that he's correct.
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Im just saying rankings wether on a website like drafttek or a magazine have limitations. They dont have a medical staff, dont interview players one on one. Dont know how a player fits in with a specific team. Though if you do want to use them for discussion give us Oaklands total reach number so far.
I'm just looking for his thoughts, that's all. Don't care about Oakland, Al is obviously way too close to the process for their own good, but I like that he leaves better players for us. I'm not looking to judge our draft, just discuss it.
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Well obviously drafttek has better TE ratings than every GM in the NFL. I got no problem with what we did with Levitre, can play more than one position also.
A lot of people do a lot of work to come up with those rankings. Since Astro sinks a lot of time into it, I'm asking his opinion.
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I don't understand why some people keep saying we gave up 2 draft choices for Levitre. We exchanged our 3rd rd pick for an additional 2nd rd pick. "We didn't have this 2nd pick up!" To do this we gave up a 4th rd pick. All we "gave" away was the 4th rounder.
Terribly sorry to offend you.
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Of Course. I'm a Draft Droid. Me like stats.
Here goes:
11 A Buffalo Aaron Maybin OLB43 Penn State -12 Reach
28 A Buffalo Eric Wood OC Louisville -16 Reach
42 A Buffalo Jairus Byrd CB Oregon -8 Reach
51 A Buffalo Andy Levitre OG Oregon State -27 Reach
121 A Buffalo Shawn Nelson TE Southern Miss +58 Value
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Net = +5
Thanks. How do you feel about it overall? I guess my concern is Levitre, giving up two picks to get him will hopefully work out.
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At DraftTek we gave Nelson a +58 Value, meaning that he went 58 slots later than our consensus mock. That is huge.
Sorry if it's already posted, but do you have the value for each Buf player so far?
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jaurons on espn
Was that a grinch smile he had? Looked odd, whatever it was.
Top notch with the pullover on top of the shirt and tie.
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Maybe we'll see Pittsburgh give us a four for Roscoe this round? That would give us a little more flexibility to go after Scheff...
Pittsburgh drafted a return guy in the 3rd.
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Typical Bills fan
leave out our best lineman from your starting lineup
they should move Butler to LT now that they have some talent to play at G
Walker is too slow to play LT
Really, how did did he grade out? Who was second, etc?
I'm just hoping we don't resign Denny, Walker and Kelsay to starters money when their contracts come up. For me that means Ellis makes some strides this year and Maybin doesn't bust the year after that and Bell develops.
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um dude news flash. mckinney is a depth pick. new starting o line is this:
LT - Walker
LG - Butler
C - Wood/Hangarner?
RG - Hangartner/Levitre?
RT - Chambers
this is actually a solid, solid O-line. I think Langston is more than serviceable at LT. Butler is a solid LG, Either of those guys is good at center or RG and CHambers was a very solid RT. All in all, the bills improved their O-line without reaching for a tackle. not to mention, we may have stole a terrific FS. I hate to admit it, but i think Brandon is flashing some football knowledge here. mildly impressed...
It seems to me that the people we have are flexible enough so that we can get the best five on the field. Having to decide at this point who the best five are is a nice problem, no complaints from me. The one thing it looks like though is Bell will not be competing for a guard spot.
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So you're saying he's going to be suspended for steroid use....?
I think he's saying it's a positive Maybin didn't test positive.
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I like the pick alot. The Bills line needs good players. Wood will be the starting center & Levitre will play guard. Two young guyd playimg their natural position- not trying to make a someone play a postion they are not comfortable with.
Or a center playing guard and a guard playing tackle.
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I wonder what DJ thinks of it? Sounds like a player to develop instead of playing right away. Not as bad as the McGahee pick/Gregg Williams, but a couple steps that way?
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You think the Chargers would have passed on Maybin and taken English? I'm not making it to 12 slots ...
Do you think Maybin can play OLB for us, or will he strictly be a DE?
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Um....what?
I guess if we had gotten #21 for Peters.
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Can he play olb?
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I'd love to see Buffalo get a high 2010 pick for him at the trading deadline this fall, but not now.
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Trying to get Buffalo to jump Jax to get an OT, if the report is true.
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None. Considering the amount of time 32 teams spend looking at these guys, I don't pretend to know on draft day that "this guy is better than that one". My explosions come when they actually hit on players but don't keep them.
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My big question is will Pettigrew fill the Bills' need? In that if he's not the fully complete blocking/receiving TE who can stretch the field, is it worth it investing No. 11 at that spot? Would he be a vast improvement over Royal, who was a very good blocker, but useless in the flat? Or asked another way, do we want to use up No. 11 to get the next Daniel Graham?
But, but we need a TE -> he's the best one available, therefore we need him. Stop asking all those questions!
No TE on the first day until we make the playoffs.
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Guess we don't need a TE, huh? Huh??
After we make the playoffs, we have to many other holes. Do you notice that the 20-25 range is a nice place to pick up a quality TE?
Why Dockery became expendable.......
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Really? What do you think of Chambers' effort on the play? How about Oman's?
A clip like this shows why sacks are not a recorded stat. Whose fault is it? If all three guys come, how does the blocking scheme pick them up? How about two of them?
When someone talks about an oline "gelling" they mean that someone on the line will pick this type of rush up. Either Chambers slides over or Oman steps up or Dock blocks him. I agree that one of them need to block the guy, that's for sure. Look for more of this kind of stuff in 2009 as our young line begins the learning process.