Rockinon

Look, you can argue till you're blue in the face about this, but the guy is hands down, the best offensive play maker in this draft. And so what if he is not a big bruising back. Big bruising backs don't have his kind of speed. As far as your argument about filling needs, I don't much care for that either. If you want to win in today's NFL, you don't fill needs with mediocre talent. You create mismatches by using the skills of exceptionally talented individuals. Just try to imagine how difficult a time a defense is going to have with multiple play makers on the opposing offense at the same time. Spiller can be a running back, or receiver out of the backfield or line up as a slot receiver. Add Fred Jackson, Lee Evans and Roscoe Parish to the equation and things really start to get interesting. And another thing you seem to be missing is that we now have an offensive minded coach who isn't going to continue with the "no imagination Jauron pop warner" mentality. You are simply zeroing in on this one pick because it does not conform to your narrow minded view of how this all works. Open up your mind and look at the big picture. There are 6 more rounds left and the way you are reacting, it's all over before Nix & Co. have even come close to finishing out the draft. Now, I am not saying that we don't need guys in the trenches. What a lot of people are missing is that we picked up two early round offensive linemen last year. We have acquired some depth at RT in the off season. Bell got some experience at LT, though most agree that he is not likely the answer there. So we need a left tackle, agreed. We are switching to the 3-4 and could use some help on that side as well, agreed. Again, we have 6 more rounds. The philosophy that Nix & Co. are sticking to is that they are picking the most talented football player when their turn on the clock is up. He has all ready said that you are not always going to fill positional need if the value isn't there. The whole idea is that when you pick the most valuable player all the way down the draft rounds, you improve your team as a whole by a bigger percentage than when you put more emphasis on positional needs than talent level.

3 running backs went off the board in the first round. Some teams may be starting to warm up to the idea of getting Lynch.

No. They have said that LT is a definite position of need.

You left out some variables in your equation. Spiller + Edwards + Gailey + six more rounds in the draft = ?????? I believe we have something to work with here. Gailey will have a much higher percentage of quality plays than the Jauron led team. Spiller is also a quality receiver and returner. We just improved in three areas with a single pick.

Well giddy for you.

Look at the film. He finds holes and hits them fast. Unlike Marshawn's dancing last year.

I wonder if that player is still on the board?

I see a lot of negative reactions to the Spiller pick. OK. Doesn't seem to make sense to some because of current RB talent all ready on this team. There is one other variable to add to the equation though. Chan Gailey. We are not going to see the same offense. Why? This is a coach who is known for his ability as an offensive mind, which is a big difference from last year. The addition of Spiller + Gailey = results. Yes, we still have needs. Lets see what the rest of the draft produces. We have 6 more rounds and maybe another trade or two. We could very well surprise some people before this thing is over.

What? and grabbed another running back. That's 3 RBs in the first round?

Tebow just went to Denver.

Who said anything about suicide. I just thought the guy needed a rope.

Yea, right.

Want a rope with a good slip knot? I'll send you one.

That's because you have no conscience and certainly not a daughter who lives in western NY.

Were you drinkin' when you wrote that Sixburgh?

What if the Rams are looking to trade down......wouldn't surprise me a bit.

Agreed. Finding a trade partner is the only problem. I wish this would turn out to be a viable option. I hope they don't pick #9 then trade up. I have seen Buffalo do that in the past and end up losing an additional pick. Just don't like like that method.

I think that every year nearly every team in the NFL is looking for a way to trade down and get more picks. Once in a while, a team will bite like Buffalo has and trade up to get who they think is their guy. It would not surprise me if they did the same again.

It worked for Travis Henry.

True that passing plays generate bigger yards, but also less likely to succeed. You can say what you want about running plays, the number of times you actually produce positive yards/play is greater with running plays. You also eat up more clock time. True that having one of the worst passing attacks is one of our offenses biggest faults, but that does not mean you abandon the run.

There are a lot of spread formations, but it is not always intended to be a pass. The pistol offense for instance is really meant to be more of an advantage for running plays. People assume that spreading receivers out automatically means a pass play, but when defenses see a spread, they have to respect the pass and can't put as many men in the box to rush the passer. This can be used to the advantage of a running play. Now it is true that the percentage of passing plays in today's NFL is increasing, but to say that run and stop the run is no longer relevant is just plain dumb, just like saying pass and stop the pass is not relevant. The game is all about finding mismatches. They can be found in both the running and passing offenses.

This is a sport with fans that root for their team. Are you saying you would root for a team knowing the guy is guilty? Or even might be?

No, it's not.

yes, we do.

Why we want Clausen? Because we like tormenting ourselves?