You have to love the moves on OL.

[HHURRICANE]

Peters, Dockery and Fowler make an above average line. I'm not sold on Walker but with Butler, Merz, Preston, Pennington and Whittle all available to play the right side we certainly have enough competition to make that side better than it's ever been.

The OL is better and that means that the whole Offense is better.

So before we freak out about the impact signings that the Jets and Pats have made let's not forget that they already had OLs. We just got ours after being mismnaged for 7 years. Be patient.

Plus Miami still sucks.

[Don't Panic]

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As an aside to this, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if A-Train is the starting back behind that line. The logic is that a guy of Thomas' ability can churn out 4+ ypc behind that line, so why invest anything more right now, especially if there's no sure thing out there? That's why I hope we grab Leonard. Give A-Train a compliment back there who can do some different types of things and see how they do together. Next year, go feature back and let him follow Leonard blocks. Not to mention what all of this does for freeing up our TEs (come one Everett... time to do something).

[Philagape]

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I'm still open to grabbing a right guard in the second round if available. Then our line could be sick, making everyone else on the offense better, as you said.

[Don't Panic]

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I'm still open to grabbing a right guard in the second round if available. Then our line could be sick, making everyone else on the offense better, as you said.

I wouldn't be opposed to that... 2nd or 3rd to make it devoid of major weakness... sound slike a great idea. Still crossing my fingers on Walker, though.

[THATHURMANATOR]

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We have too many holes to pick Olinemen on day one IMO... Preston/Merz/Whittle may the best man win.

While I wouldn't be suprized if Atrain is named "starter" I can't imagine there wouldn't be a day 1 rookie that will be splitting time with him.

[Jersey1031]

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I'm still open to grabbing a right guard in the second round if available. Then our line could be sick, making everyone else on the offense better, as you said.

Didn't last years draft of OL late for us end up paying off? Why use up a 2nd for quality we can still get later on?

[THATHURMANATOR]

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I look at Walker like this. Pennington was actually playing fairly decent last year. Marv and Co. obviously think that Walker is a better player otherwise why give him that kind of cash? Sounds good to me. Our line could be a strength this year rather than the crushing weakness it has been for the last decade.

[THATHURMANATOR]

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Didn't last years draft of OL late for us end up paying off? Why use up a 2nd for quality we can still get later on?

Agreed.

[Philagape]

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Preston/Merz/Whittle

That's a hole.

[justasportsfan]

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I'm still open to grabbing a right guard in the second round if available. Then our line could be sick, making everyone else on the offense better, as you said.

we now have more pressing neeeds than OL.

They way things are now, the Ol is no longer our weakness.

Been wanting to say that for years.

[HHURRICANE]

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We almost have to draft Willis at #12. To take a RB there is way too much of a luxury. I believe our #2 pick will be RB and than we will go DT and DE until the 5th. Everyone forgets that Denney is in his last year and they are going to want to develop a younger player at DE. OL is going to be a very late pick up, if at all.

We might even draft 2 RBs.

[Don't Panic]

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I feel the same about Willis... he is looking more and more like the pick with each passing day.

[Philagape]

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Didn't last years draft of OL late for us end up paying off? Why use up a 2nd for quality we can still get later on?

Did it pay off? Only because the linemen we had either sucked or got hurt. They got into the game by default. Doesn't mean they're the answer. Signing Walker means the Bills obviously think Pennington isn't sufficient. Same for Whittle.

Quality players can be found in later rounds for many positions. For example, we got Kyle Williams in the fifth, so why draft a DT early? We got Ellison in the sixth, so why draft a LB early?
Until there's a crystal ball that says who the bargains and busts will be, there's a reason players are projected to go in the second round, and that's being expected to be better than those projected for the lower rounds. And that goes for all positions.

[Philagape]

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we now have more pressing neeeds than OL.

They way things are now, the Ol is no longer our weakness.

Been wanting to say that for years.

They'll have to play some games for anyone to know if they're a strength or weakness. Dockery's the only proven upgrade; I have no reason to believe the right side is any better.

[justasportsfan]

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They'll have to play some games for anyone to know if they're a strength or weakness. Dockery's the only proven upgrade; I have no reason to believe the right side is any better.

so would anyone we draft regardless of position which is why I'm opposed to drafting OL in the first rd. Most OL players take years to develop. Merz, Pennington and Butler are already ahead of any OL in the 2nd rd.

We've dished out a ton of $$ on the guards this year.

McNally and Marv think they can always find one in the later rds.