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Bills signed rookie free agent kicker Chris Hazley out of Virginia Tech. He was all-ACC after hitting 20 straight his senior year. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/hokies-journal/post/seven-undrafted-hokies-will-sign-with-nfl-teams-as-free-agents/2011/07/26/gIQA3WyoaI_blog.html

Defend him all you want, but it goes beyond a few players selling some memorabilia. He knew about it the whole time yet failed to take action... that is the issue. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/ncaa/wires/05/30/2060.ap.fbc.ohio.st.tressel.timeline.1488/

Here is Modrak's inglorious legacy with high draft picks: 2002 Mike Williams Texas Tackle 2003 Willis McGahee Miami (FL) Running Back 2004 Lee Evans Wisconsin Wide Receiver 2004 J.P. Losman Tulane Quarterback 2005 No 1st Round Pick, Roscoe Parrish (2nd Round) Miami (FL) Wide Receiver 2006 Donte Whitner Ohio State Safety 2006 John McCargo North Carolina State Defensive Tackle 2007 Marshawn Lynch California Running Back 2008 Leodis McKelvin Troy Defensive Back 2009 Aaron Maybin Penn State Defensive End/Outside Linebacker 2009 Eric Wood Louisville Center 2010 C.J. Spiller Clemson Running Back How this guy remained employed for a decade is beyond me. Great move to fire him IMHO... I'm strangely starting to like Buddy Nix more and more...

Well, there is no doubt that he's hungry.

I live in Nashville, but have never even heard of Bethel (had to look it up). It is a little Christian NAIA school in the middle of nowhere about 2 hours west of Nashville in McKenzie, TN between Milan and Paris... Tennessee! Someone posted earlier about the last pick being one where you should take a flyer... well here ya go!

The food costs are training camp are going to skyrocket!

For once, a first round pick that just makes sense. Huge, strong, and productive at one of the top programs in the country. Can play any of the defensive line spots and played in a similar 3-4 in college. Very safe pick... Love it! ...and for once, we don't have to look high and wide to justify our first round pick!

Wow, can this thread be any gayer?

I watched Moch play on two occasions at Nevada this year and he is the real deal. Combine numbers are one thing, but this guy absolutely dominated on defense. Did anyone see the classic Boise State - Nevada game this year? Moch was unblockable.

There is a school of thought in weight training that says that what matters is total weight moved over the course of a set. So, for example, 15 reps at 100 lbs. (1500 total lbs.) is better than 6 reps at 200 lbs. (1200 lbs.). By that measure, Paea lifted over 11,000 lbs. in less than a minute. That is absolutely freakish. And, while it is true that the other guys who held the record all never made a splash in the league, Paea is two-time Pac-10 defensive lineman of the year. He is quick as hell to go along with the freakish strength.

Thanks for posting. I've always liked Kaepernick. Kid is a hell of an athlete. Glad to see he did well throwing the ball. Hopefully this will quiet the talk about Newton at #3.

49 reps at 225 is absolutely ridiculous. Paea broke the previous bench press record by a full 4 reps!

He certainly has what it takes to be a pretty good mall cop.

Maybin certainly has what it takes to be a premier waste of a draft pick. First round picks don't sit the bench unless there is something seriously wrong... he'll be out of the league in less than a year. BTW - Hasn't this been discussed about a million times already on this board?

I'd be surprised in Rock Carmichael (CB, Virginia Tech) lasts until the 5th round. He had two picks in day 1 and Matt Bowen tweeted that he was the most impressive player at any position during north drills. VT corners are always fundamentally sound.

Someone please explain to me why I'm more optimistic about the Bills than I've been in about the last decade or so... this is a team I normally think can do no right... but I find myself applauding move after move lately...

Not true. He took a redshirt year so academically he is finishing his junior year. And to reiterate what many have pointed out, in economic terms this is a bad, bad move. He can finish his education at any time but has a finite, diminishing window of opportunity to play in the NFL.

... but an economist might not be pleased with his decision to stay in school. If one assumes, for example, that a good quarterback on average plays until he is 35 (i.e. each player has a fixed amount of time that he will be athletically gifted enough to play in the league) then by not coming out he is shaving one year off of his total career. This, of course, negatively impacts his cumulative earnings (ignoring the myriad of other things that could impact earning potential). There really is no good economic reason for staying in school if you are likely to be the #1 overall pick. A player can finish his education whenever he retires or during the off-season (and, of course, many do).

IMHO, I think people on this board who aren't familiar with him will see just how dominant Fairley is when Auburn plays Oregon in the national championship game. He's this year's version of Suh - disruptive and unblockable with just a single lineman. That said, I get the feeling that he might not get past Denver at pick #2 (they can't stop the run at all and need a d-lineman).

The #1 overall pick is an absolute no-brainer for Carolina.

That third down throw by Luck toward the end of the 3rd quarter was ridiculous.

Mel Kiper Jr. has Nick Fairley (DT Auburn) as his #3 overall prospect. Great player as a 4-3 tackle, but I wonder if he could play end in a 3-4? Seems we could use a linebacker more than anything... Akeem Ayers? Is there a better LB prospect out there?

I think we've now seen why Brohm (2nd round pick in 2008) couldn't beat out Matt Flynn (7th round pick in 2008) in Green Bay.

Fitz made me look bad today... I didn't start him in my fantasy league and lost because of it. Urgh. (but I still love him)

I gotta agree with this. I actually have a partial tear of my left achilles right now and it's about as frustrating of an injury as you can have. It feels fine most times, you can do the bike, stairs, walk... but as soon as you try to run on it or do any sort of explosive movement (i.e. Merriman practicing for the first time) you realize that it is not right. It is the definition of a nagging injury that just won't heal without significant rest. Shawne is out for the season if it's an achilles.