Listening to Marv and Modrak

[ghz in pittsburgh]

• You can pretty much rule out Michael Bush. They are not going to carry a guy who may not play this year, especially with the running back situation here.
• There must be a hell of story behind the McGahee trading decision. The way they admitted a high need for RBs, a seasoned and prudent guy like Marv would never willingly leave his team with such a big hole.
• If the report of the imminent departure of Modrak after the draft is true, Modrak must be a very professional man because I see no signs of it. In fact I see a man who's at ease. He implied the difficulty of ranking players because of coaching changes, but appraised Jauron and his staff for their involvement. That says something for a guy who could not get along with Andy Reed and to a lesser degree, Mularkay.
• You get a glimpse of how Marv operates here. Marv pretty much talked about philosophy, how to approach thing stuff whereas Modrak opened his mouth with draftee stats and details. Mrav mentioned the "concrete example of Kyle Williams and Ko Simpson" last year and he said the word of a vote. A vote? That must be unthinkable to most GMs out there. Can you imagine Donahoe, Polian, AJ Smith types accepting a vote on rejecting their choices? I know Modrak is a stubborn opinionated person, I wonder if he can find a better accomodating GM (including his friend Donahoe) in NFL.
• I doubt there will be trades for Bills' draft. Marv said he doesn't believe in them. Take it for what he said, unless, like he alluded to, that he sense the vote is against him.

[Neggie Nancy]

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marv loves trading.

[jamesiscool]

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marv traded back into the first last year....

and why doesnt he believe on trading picks again?

[Mr. Miyagi]

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Peterson will be gone no later than #10, at least I hope so.

I think if Willis is there, he's our pick. Otherwise it'll be Lynch.

There are no other alternatives.

[jdbillsfan]

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Peterson will be gone no later than #10, at least I hope so.

I think if Willis is there, he's our pick. Otherwise it'll be Lynch.

There are no other alternatives.

So you would rather have Lynch or Willis instead of Peterson?

[The Answer]

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So you would rather have Lynch or Willis instead of Peterson?

Yes because Miyagi San thinks that Adrian Peterson is the same calibur of back that Chris Brown/A-Train is.

~The Answer

[Elminster]

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So you would rather have Lynch or Willis instead of Peterson?

I'd rather expend the #12 on Lynch or Willis than the #12 and #74 on Peterson. He has more question marks than either Lynch or Willis....

[Saratoga Slim]

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Other things I thought were interesting from the draft luncheon comments:

1. We're not likely drafting a fullback. Marv says they're more inclined to "go deeper" at TE and then use one of the TEs as a fullback if the need arises. Frankly, a TE should be able to block and catch, and most can probably catch better than your average FB, which would make FB more of a weapon out of the backfield than we've had with Shelton. I can't find fault with that.

2. Dick and Co. really want to use the TE more in the passing game. Marv said on two occasions that they're hoping strengthening the interior OL will free up the TE to catch more passes. Also, having a TE running routes instead of staying home to help block will possibly take some pressure off Lee Evans.

3. We're probably going to draft more than one LB. Levy "we have to add players at the position definately."

4. They are interested in a WR, but it's probably not as high a priority as LB or RB. "We have not closed the book on wide receiver. If the right one is there at the right time wherever that would be....the book is not closed on it." I could be reading too much into it, but sounds like they want to strengthen the position, but aren't necessarily placing a premium on it.

[Mr. Miyagi]

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So you would rather have Lynch or Willis instead of Peterson?

Yes. I see Peterson as Chris Brown Jr.

[Mr. Miyagi]

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Yes because Miyagi San thinks that Adrian Peterson is the same calibur of back that Chris Brown/A-Train is.

~The Answer

Not A-Train. Peterson's running style is asking for big hits. He'll never play a whole 16 game season. Mark my words.

[jdbillsfan]

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Yes. I see Peterson as Chris Brown Jr.

It's easy to say something like that, but there doesn't seem like there is much to back it up, except that they both run more upright. Is Peterson Eric Dickerson Jr too?

Chris Brown was a 3rd round pick.

Modrak described Peterson as a player with "it" who is the top ranked player on their board. Seems like Peterson is in a total different class as Chris Brown.

Marshawn Lynch is JJ Arrington Jr.

[Neggie Nancy]

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Yes. I see Peterson as Chris Brown Jr.

in the words of my son.. You are "a little bit wacky"

[Mitchy moo]

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Not A-Train. Peterson's running style is asking for big hits. He'll never play a whole 16 game season. Mark my words.

If he hits big holes that our 1 ton line makes, he might.