BeastMode54

I wonder what everyone thinks is worse, felony battery charges or a misdemeanor hit and run? The only reason I'm asking is that the Vikings McKinnie has 4 charges against him including felony battery and has seen no discipline, yet, from the NFL. This makes me feel like its more likely Lynch won't be suspended

So much for the possible excuse of "I didn't know if I hit her"

The Marshawn Lynch legal case is expected be resolved in the next few days. Perhaps the Bills have pressured Lynch and his lawyer to stop stonewalling. It appears the case should get resolved before any Bills players or executives have to testify to a grand jury. Hopefully he gets no jail time and no suspension

I haven't chimed in on this whole ML thing, but I am just getting frustrated at reading too many ridiculous posts. So many of you are taking it personally, or a sign of Marshawn's character that he hasn't spoken to police. I don't understand why it isn't painfully obvious that this is exactly what he is being INSTRUCTED to do by his LAWYER. It's not like he has whatever attitude towards this investigation. He is just doing what he is told

No way that he gets suspended. Didn't Leonard Little kill someone with his car, and then two years later get a DUI. I don't remember him getting severely punished. Maybe he got 4 games

In the NFL leadership is shown in many different ways. There are those players that lead by example. Others stand up and make sure they are heard in the locker room. Some leaders are most effective on the field, while others do their best work away from the action. Bills strong safety Donte Whitner, who already established himself as a leader in 2007, and is just entering his third NFL season, has taken his leadership to another level. Beginning this week, Whitner will be putting Bills top pick Leodis McKelvin up at his home with the intent of shortening the rookie's learning curve for the pro game. "I'm having him stay with me until he finds a place of his own," said Whitner. "Each night I'm going to teach him a little bit more about the defensive scheme. It's hard as a rookie because you're going to make mistakes. So I'll try to slowly bring him up to speed on things and be a sounding board for him if he has any questions." McKelvin was a bit floored by the offer extended to him by Whitner, but happily accepted the invite. "He told me he was in the same position I was and he told me he wanted to get me more comfortable with the playbook and get me through the plays faster to get me on the field faster," McKelvin told Buffalobills.com. "He's trying to help me out." Whitner can relate to McKelvin's situation. He too was a top pick of the Bills taken eighth overall in 2006. He knows what kind of expectations are out there that McKelvin has to live up to as a rookie and plans to help the cornerback fulfill them. "I feel I can help him make the transition," said Whitner. "Everybody doesn't get that type of mentor around them to help them make that transition into being a pro. Just because you make it to the NFL doesn't mean you're a pro. You have to learn how to eat, practice and sleep. You have to learn how to be a pro. I feel like I can teach him that." With a home theater just installed in the basement of his home, Whitner has the perfect environment to school McKelvin on film study and review practice tape. "I have all of the film at my house. I have the same tools that the coaches use to show us the film and the things that we need to know I have at my house," said Whitner. "So he and I have time to go one-on-one and I get the practice film from practice and show him what he did wrong in practice and how he can improve. We'll have the playbooks and anything else that he needs." "With him being on the field all the time the past two years and him knowing what he's got to do and helping me with my mistakes on the field, the fewer mistakes I'll make and the better I'll get as a player," said McKelvin. Cornerback was a thin position for the Bills until they signed veteran Will James in free agency and then drafted McKelvin as well as cornerbacks Reggie Corner and Kennard Cox. Now expected to be one of the more competitive positions in training camp this summer, Whitner realized that it would be best if he provided McKelvin with what he needs to know at his position. "Any time you come into a situation whether it's your teammates or anybody you have guys that want to compete so they might be a little reluctant to share information that can help you in fear that you might take their spot," said Whitner. "And that's natural with every team and every individual at every position. Me being a safety and him being a corner I naturally have to talk to him on the field anyway and get him lined up and tell him what's going on, so I feel the relationship will work better that way instead of another corner taking him in and helping him." "He makes all the calls so I listen to him whenever he's making a call anyway," said McKelvin. "With me and him working together personally I'm going to know exactly what I've got to do. It's a great benefit for me." Not playing the same position it's easier for Whitner to recognize the likelihood that the Bills at some point this fall will need to rely on McKelvin's talents. So Whitner believes if he can reduce the rookie's learning curve it will improve McKelvin's chances at making an impact in year one. "If you're going to be realistic about it, we drafted him that high because we needed somebody at that position," Whitner said. "I'm not knocking anybody else, but we need somebody at that position. He has all the physical tools. He runs hard to the football and he's not out there dogging the workouts and he really wants to learn. When you talk he listens. You don't meet a lot of guys like that and that's why I think he could be a great addition to our team and to this league. He's going to help us this year so it's never too early to try to get him ready." And knowing how rare it is to be presented with the offer he received from Whitner, McKelvin is looking to make good on his new teammate's expectations as well as everyone else's in Western New York. "It feels real good that he's put himself out there to help me with the playbook," said McKelvin. "You don't see that every day. I just have to learn from him and learn what he tells me and take it from there."

HAHAHAHA. WOW!!!

Thanks for the info!

does it have to do with military duty? Just thought someone might know

I'd love to see Bentley and come in and compete if he proves to be healthy. However, I don't see it happening

Free agent DL Anthony McFarland will hold a private workout for NFL teams on June 4. Booger will try to show he's recovered from a torn patellar tendon that kept him out all last year. He nearly signed with the Steelers in late March, and since the team didn't address its line in the draft, could still end up there.

LOL!! I noticed that too. Funny stuff

not that I'm aware of. I got tht article on bb.com

When Donte Whitner was roaming the secondary as a college player for Ohio State, their game plan each week was pretty straightforward. On a roster blessed with more than its share of top flight athletes, most of the time the coaching staff would leave the secondary in man-to-man coverage knowing their cornerbacks could handle it. In his three seasons playing for the Buckeyes Whitner can only remember one exception, Indiana receiver James Hardy. "The only guy we ever based our defensive coverages around was him," said Whitner of Hardy. "We didn't game plan for a lot of receivers, but we did game plan for him." In the three games prior to Indiana's matchup with Ohio State, Hardy in his first full collegiate season of football had racked up 478 receiving yards on 29 catches (16.4 avg.) and five touchdowns. That included a ridiculous 12-catch 203-yard and two touchdown performance at Iowa the week before. Standing over 6'5" with a vertical leap of 37 inches, even the highly-ranked Buckeyes had to give Hardy extra attention. "Playing Indiana we didn't care about the receiver on the other side, even if they put five receivers on the field we didn't care," recalled Whitner. "We played everybody else man-to-man and we kept two guys on him. He's a mismatch." At the time Hardy was not accustomed to being double teamed on every play and aside from him the Hoosier offense didn't have much else. Hardy finished the game with just two catches for 27 yards as Indiana passed for all of 95 yards on the day in a 41-10 final. But after facing double teams for every game after that for three seasons, Whitner is convinced that Hardy can make an early impact for Buffalo even if given the same attention he attracted in college. "Hardy is a seasoned guy," said Whitner. "He was the focal point of their offense at Indiana. Whenever you're on a football team and you're the focal point you're going to get double teamed and triple teamed. So he's used to that." That being said Whitner doesn't believe Hardy will see as many double teams as he did in college due to the simple fact that a proven wideout in Lee Evans will be lined up on the other side. "When he's singled up it's going to be a breath of fresh air because he's coming from a team where he was the only offensive threat," said Whitner of Hardy. "Now he's going to be singled up. We'll see what happens, but I believe he'll come in and make a lot of noise this year and give us that threat we need in the red zone." The red zone, which was a major area of deficiency for the Bills last season when it came to scoring touchdowns, might be Hardy's favorite place on the field. "I feel (if you) just put the ball in my area I'll be able to come down with it," said Hardy. Adding Hardy to Buffalo's receiving corps obviously has Whitner excited. He believes that a receiver with the size and ability of Hardy will force opposing defenses to make tough choices when it comes to coverage. "Any time you have a guy that's 6'5" or 6'6" with the speed that he has and with Lee (Evans) on the other side and guys like Roscoe (Parrish) and Josh (Reed) in the slot, you have a dangerous receiving corps," Whitner said. "So now when we get down in the red zone we don't have to come up with little schemes or tricks to try to get in the end zone. You can just throw the ball up to him and if he's double covered that means Lee is probably singled up. And I'm taking Lee 95 percent of the time against any corner in the league one-on-one. If you try to double both of them you have a guy like Roscoe in the slot. And I don't believe that anybody can cover him one-on-one in the slot in true man to man. I truly don't believe it. So now you have a very dangerous receiving corps." As much impact as Whitner believes the addition of Hardy will provide to Buffalo's passing game, he also sees it benefiting the Bills ground attack. "You have to worry about Marshawn because now you can't load eight in the box if there are two dangerous receivers on the outside," said Whitner. "So you have to pick your poison now. You can load eight in the box and let us beat you with the pass or you can play some of those two-deep shells with a double team on one side and some combination coverages, but then Marshawn is going to get loose." Buffalo's running game has Hardy convinced he'll be able to make plays as a rookie, because opponents won't be able to devote as much attention to him as they did in college. "The running game here in Buffalo is so much better that it will open things up more than at Indiana where we were mostly a spread offense and they just threw me the ball," Hardy said. "Overall I feel I'll be able to contribute." Whitner has already talked to Evans about the addition of Hardy and both are very interested to see just how well he'll blend into Buffalo's attack. Having already seen him up close and personal on the field Whitner sounds sold on the difference Hardy will make for the Bills offense in 2008. Said Whitner succinctly.

I stand corrected. Current NFL players I would have to say Big Pat Williams

Bruce Smith, hands down

I'm on it...

Does this mean we beat the Broncos this year?

The more I read about him, and the more I hear him in interviews, the more excited I am to have him on the team. I think he is going to be a great player for us, with the possibility of putting up some impressive TD numbers this year as a rookie.

WOW. He's in deep sh--. Sounds like he really did it. I thought he was a good guy

I like that idea too, however it seems as if he excels most on punts

Ok, if you said yes, then who takes a seat. Does he take punts from Roscoe, or kickoffs from McGee

I'm luke warm on the McKelvin pick. If he can be the player that we think he can be in covering opposing WR's, playing wel against the run, and being a ball hawk, obviously I will be very happy. I'm just wondering if any of you think they will actually use his ability on ST. After watching a lot of highlights, he seems to have great field vision to go with amazing speed. I know we have Roscoe and McGee, but I wonder if he might spell them on occasion to reduce injury risk. Basically, my question is, will McKelvin return punts or kicks for us this year?

NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was just curious. I don't think we should do it, never thought we were going to do it either. Just a random question about the draft