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Warming up to Lynch
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Posted By: Chris Brown | Time: 1:39 PM ET | Link
WARMING UP TO LYNCH: A lot of the emails I've been receiving from Bills fans concerns their first pick and whether Adrian Peterson will slip to 12 or whether Buffalo would take Lynch. I've mainly responded by saying I'm not convinced the Bills would take an offensive player early after addressing offense almost exclusively in free agency. I was also concerned about Lynch's off field resume.
But impressed with Lynch's abilities as a player I decided to dig a little deeper into his off the field stuff. Last June when he was the intended victim in a drive by shooting (he wasn't hit), I found that he was attending his sister's high school graduation and that it was a case of mistaken identity. In fact someone called Lynch's mother not long after the shooting to apologize for the incident saying Marshawn was not the intended target. Didn't know gangs had enough compassion to do something like that, but it says a lot.
The domestic and sexual assault incident last January that his ex-girlfriend filed a complaint about was dropped because of lack of evidence. The woman had no visible injuries and had no photos of injuries. A witness also refuted the accuser's story and the accuser's story was said to have inconsistencies according to police.
No doubt the Bills and every other team in the league is doing far more background checking than I did on Lynch. But it looks like a lot of the off the field stuff checks out, which has me a lot more excited about the dimension he could bring to Buffalo's offense. He has the versatility that's needed to take the Bills offense to the next level. Cal coach Jeff Tedford put this guy in the slot at times. He threw two touchdown passes in his college career as a tailback. He averaged 6.6 yards per carry for his career. And he doesn't have the miles on the tires that Adrian Peterson has, having split time with J.J. Arrington and Justin Forsett the past three years.
I guess I'm on record saying I wouldn't mind at all if the Bills took this guy with their first pick at 12. I'm just not convinced they're going to use a high pick on another offensive player with the holes to fill on defense.
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Today
Posted By: Chris Brown | Time: 1:39 PM ET | Link
WARMING UP TO LYNCH: A lot of the emails I've been receiving from Bills fans concerns their first pick and whether Adrian Peterson will slip to 12 or whether Buffalo would take Lynch. I've mainly responded by saying I'm not convinced the Bills would take an offensive player early after addressing offense almost exclusively in free agency. I was also concerned about Lynch's off field resume.
But impressed with Lynch's abilities as a player I decided to dig a little deeper into his off the field stuff. Last June when he was the intended victim in a drive by shooting (he wasn't hit), I found that he was attending his sister's high school graduation and that it was a case of mistaken identity. In fact someone called Lynch's mother not long after the shooting to apologize for the incident saying Marshawn was not the intended target. Didn't know gangs had enough compassion to do something like that, but it says a lot.
The domestic and sexual assault incident last January that his ex-girlfriend filed a complaint about was dropped because of lack of evidence. The woman had no visible injuries and had no photos of injuries. A witness also refuted the accuser's story and the accuser's story was said to have inconsistencies according to police.
No doubt the Bills and every other team in the league is doing far more background checking than I did on Lynch. But it looks like a lot of the off the field stuff checks out, which has me a lot more excited about the dimension he could bring to Buffalo's offense. He has the versatility that's needed to take the Bills offense to the next level. Cal coach Jeff Tedford put this guy in the slot at times. He threw two touchdown passes in his college career as a tailback. He averaged 6.6 yards per carry for his career. And he doesn't have the miles on the tires that Adrian Peterson has, having split time with J.J. Arrington and Justin Forsett the past three years.
I guess I'm on record saying I wouldn't mind at all if the Bills took this guy with their first pick at 12. I'm just not convinced they're going to use a high pick on another offensive player with the holes to fill on defense.
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