Pete Prisco says Bills trying to trade up for Roy Williams or Larry Fitzgerald

[baalworship]

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[BillsRockSOMUCH]

The Patriots and Bills are both trying to trade up to get a big-play receiver. The Bills have the 13th pick, and would love to move up to possibly get a shot at one of the premier receivers in the draft, Roy Williams of Texas or Pitt's Larry Fitzgerald. New England, which has two first-round picks (21 and 32), is also looking to move up to possibly get one of those two. They have talked with Detroit about the sixth overall pick. Both teams need big-play receivers, so these discussions make a lot of sense.

Bills coach Mike Mularkey said he plans to use Travis Henry and Willis McGahee in the same backfield some this season. Henry is penciled in as the starter, but McGahee looked good last week during the team's minicamp and he is a first-round pick who sat out last year recovering from ACL surgery. Henry has two years left on his contract, so perhaps the Bills are readying McGahee to take over after Henry leaves in 2006, unless, of course, he beats him out.

[juice]

Primetime player with an immediate impact.

[The Spaz]

Oh the excitement of draft time!

[Novacane]

Pete Prisco is one source I do not trust at all.. I am against us moving up in this draft. It will cost too much.

[TigerJ]

Also in Prisco's column, he stated Mike Williams is dropping like a rock because of questions about attitude, conditioning, speed, and versatility. He has trouble catching balls on the right side of the formation, being a southpaw. Interesting.

[Novacane]

The consensus at this week's owners meetings was that USC receiver Mike Williams is falling like a rock off a roof. Will he fall out of the first round? No. But don't expect to see him in the top 10, either. Williams will work out for scouts April 8, but that is too late for a lot of teams, many of whom who have already started stacking their draft board.



Writing stuff like that is what makes him uncredible in my eyes. Saying that having his work out too late will make him drop because many teams have have already started stacking thier draft board? That is just outright stupid.

[The Natrix]

That would be a bad move. Get a receiver in the second if they insist on adding a WR.

Anyway, since Prisco said it, it probably won't happen.

[lordofgun]

Originally posted by TigerJ
Also in Prisco's column, he stated Mike Williams is dropping like a rock because of questions about attitude, conditioning, speed, and versatility. He has trouble catching balls on the right side of the formation, being a southpaw. Interesting.

That's funny. I saw Mike Williams catch EVERYTHING thrown his way all year. Prisco doesn't know crap.

[mypoorfriendme]

it doesnt make sense for us to trade up (which would take a lot) when someone is bound to fall to 13, or we can wait til rd two and grab someone like rashaun woods or michael jenkins OR we can wait until the third and fourth and get someone like pk sam

[baalworship]

It all depends on how you rate the players. If you really feel Roy Williams or Larry Fitzgerald is a SPECIAL blue chipper moving up from 13 to 6 is possible. I calculated it would take roughly a 2nd and 4th in addition to our 13th to get the 6th overall.


Tom Donahoe would only move up if he thought someone was head and shoulders over what he could get by holding at 13.

[Novacane]

Originally posted by baalworship
It all depends on how you rate the players. If you really feel Roy Williams or Larry Fitzgerald is a SPECIAL blue chipper moving up from 13 to 6 is possible. I calculated it would take roughly a 2nd and 4th in addition to our 13th to get the 6th overall.


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I really think it would cost us more than that. If TD moves in this draft I want him to move down.

[mypoorfriendme]

i dont think the level of play between larry fitzgerald and whatever other wr's are there at 13 are worth a second and a fourth, especially in this years draft

[mikemac2001]

TD wont move up, if a playmaker aint there get more picks

[Dozerdog]

Makes you wonder if Prisco trades putting out smokescreen stories like this for a few GMs in exchange for inside info.