Adibi is better than Rivers

[Mitchell55]

Look, Rivers is a good player but Xavier Adibi we can get in the 2nd or possibley the 3rd. He had far better stats and played on a average team. He is a more well rounded version of Rivers. Here are videos and stat comparisons.

. http://video.google.com/url?docid=-4...E9WkonJT2tK7pA


http://video.google.com/url?docid=-2...Xta93o4fyz1dZg

Adibi
Stats Senior- 115 tackles and 2 ints last season, 3 sacks, 12 tackles for loss, 14 games
career- 11 sacks, 291 tackles, 8 ints, 30 tackles for loss, 47 games



Rivers

Senior- 78 tackles, 0 INTs, 5 for loss, 12 games
Career- 240 tackles, 2 ints, 18.5 for loss, 49 games

[Confused]

Re: Adibi is better than Rivers

couchscout.com rates him better than rivers too. He'd be a great pickup following the lackluster free-agency period i foresee. WR,TE,OLB. good draft to compensate for ralph trying to take money with him....

[gr8slayer]

Re: Adibi is better than Rivers

couchscout.com rates him better than rivers too. He'd be a great pickup following the lackluster free-agency period i foresee. WR,TE,OLB. good draft to compensate for ralph trying to take money with him....

I'm actually fine with the lackluster FA period. I would much rather have a team full of guys that we drafted with a few big name guys like Dockery sprinkled in here and there. Give me a great draft over a bunch of overpaid FA's any day.

[yordad]

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I'm actually fine with the lackluster FA period. I would much rather have a team full of guys that we drafted with a few big name guys like Dockery sprinkled in here and there. Give me a great draft over a bunch of overpaid FA's any day.

We have money under the cash to cap model. Hoping we don't spend it is a horrible idea, IMO. As long as we use cash to cap, hiring over priced FAs is better than not spending it at all. Either way, the money is gone.

[gr8slayer]

Re: Adibi is better than Rivers

We have money under the cash to cap model. Hoping we don't spend it is a horrible idea, IMO. As long as we use cash to cap, hiring over priced FAs is better than not spending it at all. Either way, the money is gone.

True, but I would hate to see us do something like give Marcus Trufant the $90,000,000 that he's asking for. That's the kind of overpaid FA I'm talking about.

[Confused]

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True, but I would hate to see us do something like give Marcus Trufant the $90,000,000 that he's asking for. That's the kind of overpaid FA I'm talking about.

I just dont see us spending any money on starters. we will do the typical bills FA in that we pick up a bunch of third stringers and has beens and busts(see teyo johnson) and try to make a championship caliber team from the dreggs of the NFL. Its so frustrating. hard to get amped up and buy those season tix i have said i was gonna buy for soooooo long.

[gr8slayer]

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I just dont see us spending any money on starters. we will do the typical bills FA in that we pick up a bunch of third stringers and has beens and busts(see teyo johnson) and try to make a championship caliber team from the dreggs of the NFL. Its so frustrating. hard to get amped up and buy those season tix i have said i was gonna buy for soooooo long.

Trust me, you're preaching to the choir.

[venis2k1]

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I just dont see us spending any money on starters. we will do the typical bills FA in that we pick up a bunch of third stringers and has beens and busts(see teyo johnson) and try to make a championship caliber team from the dreggs of the NFL. Its so frustrating. hard to get amped up and buy those season tix i have said i was gonna buy for soooooo long.

Can we actully wait till March before we start calling the bills cheap? Teyo Johnson and Darian Barnes were players that the bills signed durring the playoffs, I hardly think the bills brass see them as peices of the championship puzzle.

[gr8slayer]

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Yeah, everyone needs to remember that teams sign players like T. Johnson every year to fill in slots for training camp. Sometimes you strike gold and one of them will make the team, most of the time they won't even make the team.

[Nighthawk]

Re: Adibi is better than Rivers

I'm actually fine with the lackluster FA period. I would much rather have a team full of guys that we drafted with a few big name guys like Dockery sprinkled in here and there. Give me a great draft over a bunch of overpaid FA's any day.

Great points. You have to choose carefully who you go after in FA and then try to hit a homerun with your draft. This is the only way to win a championship.

[Bone]

Re: Adibi is better than Rivers

Yeah a lot of people love Rivers and I guaruntee he is a late 1st or second round pick.

[Nighthawk]

Re: Adibi is better than Rivers

Yeah a lot of people love Rivers and I guaruntee he is a late 1st or second round pick.

I don't think so...he'll be gone in the first 14 picks of the draft. IMO

[Confused]

Re: Adibi is better than Rivers

I understand how the offseason should go night hawk. 'splain to me why it dont so much happen here in buffalo?(yes, the '07 draft was great, love the o-line, still a sceptic, think we got lucky in ways.)
I admire your optimism venis. every year i hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Im from western NY. Its in my blood.

[Nighthawk]

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I understand how the offseason should go night hawk. 'splain to me why it dont so much happen here in buffalo?(yes, the '07 draft was great, love the o-line, still a sceptic, think we got lucky in ways.)
I admire your optimism venis. every year i hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Im from western NY. Its in my blood.

I hear ya. I don't understand why we can't finally put all together. I believe it has to do something with Ralph Wilson and the bad karma he brings to the team.

[Oaf]

Re: Adibi is better than Rivers

Back to the topic at hand, Adibi does seem to be an intriguing choice, although I don't know much more about him than what you stated MLynch. Frees up our 1st for Sedrick Ellis.