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That sould be a great move if we want to target a QB. Gets us ahead of the first 10 picks of the 2nd round.
Guys I would love to target are Elam the S from Florida, one of the tops TEs from ND or Standford, and a top rated G.
Great call. Bills would make an ideal trading partner for the 9ers. Team with lots of holes and not enough picks and a team with tons of picks and very few holes.
Am I really the only person that thinks they'll simply let them go to waste...??
Fortunately for the collective board IQ, yes.
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They are going to rebuild with mid to low tier FA's that are affordable and fit the system. When they want too much they will let them go. They have a number they feel each position and player is worth. Funny...some team that is in our own division does that and did it since day one their current owner took over.
Yep, just blindly trust OBD to have a viable plan in place. They are always one step ahead of the competition.
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I think the reason why the Bills haven't signed then is because they are either in no hurry (obviously) or they are going to "blow it up" and start all over. Again.
Everything they are doing points to the latter. The astounding thing is that the person who assembled the crumbling foundation in the first place is apparently in charge of rebuilding it.
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McCarron
Bridgewater
Manziel
Murray
Boyd
Shaw
Carr
mariota
case mccoy
mettenburger
bryn renner
thomas
Paschall
Marcus Mariotta, who was a redshirt freshman this year and will be draft-eligible in 2014, should be at the top of this list. He is a smoother, more fluid version of Colin Kaepernick. He has it all.
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It is but there are a lot of people on this board that hated the Troup and Williams picks when they were made not just in retrospect
That's true, but even if folks here loved the picks when they were made made, they still have the right to criticize the Bills for making them if they bust. "In retrospect" is the only way to evaluate a GM. GM's are paid to be smarter than the fans and, more importantly, smarter than other GMs. No matter how "popular" a GM's picks were on draft day, if they can't play on Sunday, he will (and should be) fired, at least in organizations that maintain accountability.
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Absolutely correct.
I thought you would support this signing; it most likely means they will not take a corner in the first two rounds of the draft. I'm in favor of it for that reason alone. And I don't think McKelvin is that bad.
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I found a list of the largest cities in the US. Charlotte was #19 and only 12 of the cities bigger than it had NFL teams, including NY which had two.
It was city population and not the 'greater metro area' but it ranked above Boston and DC FWIW
Well, the fact that Charlotte ranked above Boston and DC demonstrates that the list you are looking at only considers the population within the city limits, which is pretty much irrelevant for purposes of determining the size of an NFL market. I am quite familiar with all three of those places and the Charlotte area is much, much smaller than both the DC and Boston metro areas. The only NFL metro areas I can think of that are smaller than Charlotte would be Green Bay, Jacksonville, Nashville and maybe KC, New Orleans and Buffalo. Cincinnati might be close, too but it is only an hour from Louisville and two hours from Columbus, as well as other sizable cities in Ohio.
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With Nix what you see is what you get. He is a very stolid GM
Please don't use fancy words like this. You are likely to confuse folks around here into thinking that you are a Buddy supporter.
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And yet we all scream about Nix and Gailey not taking kaepernick and talking about how great he is..........
What is your point? That Kaepernick isn't very good after all and that Buddy was smart to draft Aaron Williams instead? Are you serious? Did you watch Kaepernick play at all this year?
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I'd like to add a little 1st round draft trivia factoid if I may:
All 3 of Buddy Nix's 1st round selections are still on the roster, either performing at a high level, or pro bowlers. Seriously think about that for a minute. I know the team's fortunes haven't been all that great, but it really says a lot when the team is now hitting on their 1st round picks for once, and that they are very good additions to a team that has been starved of talent for a very long time.
Given the excellent info provided by the OP, that says a lot to what Buddy has contributed so far. Not all is doom and gloom in the front office, well with the exception of douche-bag Russ Brandon.
Sorry, but the information contained in the OP does not in any way support the idea that Buddy is a good drafter. It simply shows that not that many 1st rounders in the 2005 draft are still with their original teams, and even fewer 2d rounders are. Not surprising; in fact, I'm surprised that many are still with their original teams, especially since 2005 was not a great draft.
As for Buddy's first round record, Spiller appears to have been a good pick albeit at a position of zero need at the time. Too early to tell with Gilmore. And if you are giving Buddy props for drafting Dareus at no. 3 in the 2011 draft, then I don't know what to say to you.
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2nd this year and conditional mid round next year.
So much for the predictions in these parts that Smith would simply be cut by the 49ers. Obviously, (1) there was a pretty strong market for Smith's services and (2) the idea Smith is no better than Fitz is not wide held around the league.
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Question is, would the Pats actually make that trade inside of their own division?
And if they would be willing to do it, why? Is that a red flag? The Bills don't have a great track record when it comes to acquiring Pats' cast offs.
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Not exactly under the radar, but Manti Teo, LB, Notre Dame. Could be an excellent value in the 6 or 7th round for the Bills.
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Not to interrupt the Junior High fest, but does anyone know what the average MLB runs?
If T'eo continues to slip, he starts to fall into the range of the Bills' 2d round pick.
Not sure, but 4.8 is definitely in the bottom half of the LBs at the combine. Given Teo's no-show in the championship game, legitimate questions about whether he is nothing more than a product of the Notre Dame hype machine, and the whole fake girlfriend fiasco, I think he'll drop like a stone.
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Dude is a product of super hype and media attention from being at Notre Dame. Don't forget Notre Dame has a contract with ABC or all of their games. It's easy for him to be in the spotlight and be over hyped.
Not a first round prospect.
Yep. After today, I doubt he is even a second round prospect. Would not be surprised to see him taken in round 4 or even later. That time is slower than a number of offensive lineman.
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What would you give to get an AJ Green / Julio Jones?
Who (other than Buddy, who passed on both of them) wouldn't want Green or Jones? The difference is that Green and Jones were both highly productive in college. Patterson really wasn't. Doesn't mean he stinks; just means he is a higher risk, especially at no. 8. At no. 8, I would want someone with good measurables AND great production in college, preferably in a big time conference.
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Trade done, according to Jason La Canfora.
He thinks it's either with KC or JAX, but nobody can know until March 12th...let the rumors begin!
Will be interesting to see what the 9ers got for him. I say a third.
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This kid really caught my eye as a late round pick up. I was really impressed watching him catch the ball. He has natural hands. Reminds me a bit of amendola. Would be a good slot option as he doesn't have great speed. Very fundamentally sound.
Is this the kid from Duke? If so, I completely agree.
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Saw the same. Top receivers today...Robert Woods USC, Kenny Stills Okla, Wheaton Ore.st. little Tavon Auston WVU.
Agree with your list. I also liked the guy from Duke. Would love to have Goodwin, too.
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Patterson looked awful today at the combine. Ran a pretty good 40 but looked sluggish and dropped a lot of balls in the drills. Frankly, looked like a lack of effort. Given his lack of production in college as well, I say no thanks.
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No reason to suspect otherwise.
Except that three of this year's playoff QBs (including one who was a whisker away from winning the Super Bowl in his 10th start) were highly mobile first or second year QBs capable of picking up first downs and scoring TDs with their feet as well as their arms. If you don't think that signifies a serious trend, you probably belong at OBD. The fact is, until this year, there really have been very few "running" QBs in the NFL. As more such QBs get a chance to play (and start) it's safe to say that one or more of them will find themselves winning Super Bowls.
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Nix may think he's limited mentally
Hard to imagine . . .
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Well, I've heard of him, so . . .
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This guy is extremely fast. I believe he fnished ahead of D'Anthony Thomas last year in the PAC-12 100-meter championships; there is a video of it on youtube somewhere. And he can catch the football, unlike some other field-stretching wide receivers. I expect him to do very well at the combine.
Nix not close on re-signing anyone.
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Buddy, don't you have some college game film to watch?