Pat, come on now.. you know dmn well you're as PRO-we need TE as it gets..Np pun so i ask you "Please bro, keep you're guard down"...
I agree with the exception of CENTER. The FS would have to be like a Sean Taylor type, hype, skill etc. And Most likely from UM. But Guard would again like FS have to be something very special. Like The Eagles Sean Andrews who converted to Tackle. LT at that i believe.. Or last years Brandon something. The awesome Guard that the Chiefs selected.. But normally GUARD is nothing but a lineman not good enough skill wise & ESP not good enough Physicaly. That's why Guards are always looking like fat slobs etc..
Edwards Era, Why would you just say you disagree then haul-ass? Tell me what ya disagree with since there we're many things i said in my post bro....
---As of right now. This week...If i had to list our draft needs and lets say for conversation that we have the 14th pick. since we are seriously on a downward spiral :grr:
--14th pick---
In order~~~
-And of course assuming we draft on need, which for most positions it's ******ED unless it's a position a rooki can jump in from day-1.. If not, then why draft based on that offse3asons need if that said player won't be on a elite/capable starter/contributer for couple or more seasons???
-But here goes my need list
-#1 biggest need is DE---As much as i love Kelsay & Denney & ESP Schobel, i admit/confess that we need a better pass rush. I want all of em to stay on teh team, but we need better production from the LEFT side... I say we move Schobel to LE where he can frakkin D-O-M-I-N-A-T-E. And man would he. He is a fumble causer and relentless!!! But mainly we need a high motor RE like Schobel is/was.. Michael Strahan & Schobel are the best examples of the kind of motor i have in mind..A guy who plays just as hard on 3rd down in the 4th quarter as 1st down in the 1st quarter...
---OLB--Actually i think OLB is a 2nr or 3rd round need. We have POZ,DiGeorgio,Kamika,Ellison, I guess this was a super stacked position before Crowell F-*&^D us...Crowell is 100% gone IMO.. And OLB is the kind of poistion that you need to be strong at or your screwed. SO lets hope we could score Lorinitus or someone like POZ is to MLB..Lorinitus is the only LB i know of since i could care less about college until draft magazine time...
RT--Man Langston Walker sucks.. And i say that with experience watching him play.. When i was watching the Jets game and the Dolphins game with my wife i noticed he was only blocking in 1 instance, instead of making sure the LE or LB was outta the play from start to finish.. I dunno how he is on running plays. i honestly admit that i havent focused on him in the run game,,,but he is a major liability in the passing game..If anyone rewatches any game so far, just focus on Langston Walker on passing plays.. What he does 7 times outta 10 is only only block for 1 second and his guy is what forces Trent Edwards to throw the ball or take the sack...But mostly he's throwing the pass premature....And those
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--It's my hostest opinion that RT & LT and pretty much all offensive lineman are best when the pedigree is at it's highest..Like a kid projected to be a very high 1st rounder,,,,or a kid from a major university who was really very highly recruited and he played all 3 or 4 years at a high level from a very powerful school like Alabama,Arkansas,USC,UM,Oklahoma etc. You get the point...Where de'S ARE ALMOST AS GOOD IN THE 2ND OR 3RD,,,OR from smaller schools like Texas Tech or TCU,FAU etc...So although LT/RT isn't as big a need, but if there's a highly rated TACKLE on the board from USC or Oklahoma then i'd say grab him and go DE in the 2nd round even though DE is sighty more pressing......Who agrees with that philosophy? and disagrees
I was out last night, thats why I didnt reply.
I disgaree that its not a need. It is.
The question is more around what the biggest need is.
As far as our biggest need on the field now:
1) DE- According to ESPN, we are tied for 6th in the league in sacks with 23 total. I just looked at BB.com and it says we have 13 and our opponents have 23, maybe they just grabbe dthe wrong info. Thats without Schobel or a few games. I wouldnt mind a DE upgrade to Denney or someone to push Schobel or Kelsay.
2) S- I think you have to look at what area of the field we are making changes to try to get better. Thats been S when we moved Whitner to FS and then promoted Bryan Scott. Hes not our future at SS. And basically Simpson got demoted. This is one of only two positions where we demoted a starter this year.
3) C- The other spot where we demoted the starter (Fowler) and went with Preston. But Preston and Fowler are both UFA's... more on that later
4) OLB- We lost our starter (Crowell) for the season, hes a UFA after the season and is likley gone. That leaves a hole.
Then we need to look at whos set to be a FA:
<table width="70%" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr><td>Pos</td> <td>Player Name</td> <td>FA Status</td> <td>Previous Team</td> <td>Current Team</td></tr> <tr> <td>QB</td> <td>Gibran Hamdan (http://www.kffl.com/player/7329/NFL)</td> <td>UFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>QB</td> <td>J.P. Losman (http://www.kffl.com/player/9412/NFL)</td> <td>UFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>RB</td> <td>Fred Jackson (http://www.kffl.com/player/13666/NFL)</td> <td>RFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>WR</td> <td>Justin Jenkins (http://www.kffl.com/player/9116/NFL)</td> <td>RFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>WR</td> <td>Roscoe Parrish (http://www.kffl.com/player/11247/NFL)</td> <td>UFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>TE</td> <td>Kevin Everett (http://www.kffl.com/player/11318/NFL)</td> <td>UFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>OG</td> <td>Kirk Chambers (http://www.kffl.com/player/9609/NFL)</td> <td>UFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>C</td> <td>Melvin Fowler (http://www.kffl.com/player/5667/NFL)</td> <td>UFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>OL</td> <td>Duke Preston (http://www.kffl.com/player/11262/NFL)</td> <td>UFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>DL</td> <td>Copeland Bryan (http://www.kffl.com/player/13868/NFL)</td> <td>RFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>DL</td> <td>Ryan Neill (http://www.kffl.com/player/14115/NFL)</td> <td>ERFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>LB</td> <td>Angelo Crowell (http://www.kffl.com/player/6084/NFL)</td> <td>UFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>LB</td> <td>John DiGiorgio (http://www.kffl.com/player/14245/NFL)</td> <td>RFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>LB</td> <td>Keith Ellison (http://www.kffl.com/player/13552/NFL)</td> <td>RFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>LB</td> <td>Kevin Harrison (http://www.kffl.com/player/12322/NFL)</td> <td>RFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>CB</td> <td>Jabari Greer (http://www.kffl.com/player/9845/NFL)</td> <td>UFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>FS</td> <td>George Wilson (http://www.kffl.com/player/9456/NFL)</td> <td>UFA</td> <td>Buffalo Bills (http://www.kffl.com/team/9/NFL)</td> <td>Free Agent (http://www.kffl.com/team/38/NFL)</td></tr></tbody></table>
I think Hamdan will be resigned but JP is gone. Crowell is gone, Fowler is probably gone after being demoted. Preston may want more money than this team is willing to pay for a average starter. Greer may be gone due to the emergence of Youbouty and us drafing McKelvin. Wilson, who knows. I think our RFA's will be kept but some may go and it wont be a huge loss, Fred Jackson would be a big hit so I expect us to resign him.
So whats most important?
Id say filling our possible starting holes is number one and to that end id say... C, OLB, and S. We all may want to upgrade other positions but I dont see how you can skip any of these to upgrade somewhere else.
At the mid to late round 1 I think you rlooking at guys like:
OLB- Aaron Curry, maybe Sean Weatherspoon
C- only Alex Mack and even he may not rate out high enough
S- William Moore, maybe Taylor Mays
So we may be looking at not being able to fill any of the immediate needs in round 1. Then we could look to spots where we want pgrades. That puts DE, TE, G, maybe DT on the table. We brought Hardy in for scoring, and he hasnt done much of it yet. I could argue that WR is still on the table, but its obviously got youngsters who may be able to fill the shoes. I could see guys like:
DE- Hardy, Selvie, Johnson (yes he may fall out of the top 10), Orakpo, maybe Tyson Jackson if he steps up a bit. Some are better fits for the 4-3 like Johnson, or Hardy some may be better for the 3-4 like Orakpo or Selvie.
TE- mid to late round 1 is usually where the top TE goes, that makes guys like Pettigrew, or Gresham possible.
G- With Butler being in the fold longer term I dont see us going here but Duke Robinson might be a fit.
DT- Sen'Derrik Marks is a stud, maybe Terrence Cody, or Atkins
I think our T's are our strongest positon on the o-line, we have them longer term, no im not looking to upgrade that.
So yes, due to the way the draft may fall, what we need, and what may fit, TE is very much on the table IMO. Where in the hell would we be if we didnt use Fine this past game? What if we had a guy much much better than Fine? Whatr could that do for our offense?