Alright Bro, good work...This will not be your last one(uses force)..After FA starts and we score a couple guys & lose a couple then you can do it again with the focus on the draft since we will have a better picture...aight?
--I'm giving you a C+--The "+" is for effort & balls. And draft knowledge.. I dunno *** yntil my annual SPorting News draft guide is on-sale..((By the way--I'm looking to purchase or trade for some sporting news draft guides. I need all of em before 2005. I promise that a trade will be more then worth anyones while
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---Back on topic---Congrats on avoiding another Billszone beatdown by deciding to re-sign Freddy Jackson. LOL..Esp after last week eh...
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---I don't like Schouman being #3 on the depth chart.. You saw,as well as i saw & all Bills fans saw that he out-performed Derrick Fine. And i'm ignoring teh super training camp he had..He showed some skills with RAC/YAC.. And some very reliable hands in the Josh Reed mold.
-Schouman will be #1 on the depth chart unless we do something stupid in the draft, or we score a trade or free agent.. IMO Robert Royal is super finished! That 4th quarter drop just has to be the final straw RIGHT?
-Schouman has pretty much everything we seek & need at the position. average or better blicking,,hands,bulldozing,mean streak, decent wheels & most of all the staff like him because of his work ethic. IE: Lunchpale,motor guy. I hate that term. Just sounds
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---Also THANK-YOU for not ruining this draft by taking a TE in the 1st round...Since i confessed that i dunno who's who from watching college ball, i base my draft discussion on others insight and MAINLY BY POSITION, college stats,school and again POSITION.. And my opinion is with Trent Edwards loving short passes to non WR's ALOT, imo a more skilled FB is needed. Since we are a bad team & the GOLDEN RULE IS "BAD TEAMS DO-NOT DRAFT TE's IN THE 1ST=THAT'S A LUXERY GOOD TEAMS HAVE.. We can address this by drafting a TE later or better yet we can draft the best Brian Leonard type FB..The FB who is more like The Pats FB yesterday & opposite of the Sam Gash,Lorenzo Neil type..I'll come back to FB later in post...So i like you're mock draft based on the position of TE in the 3rd. But I only like it because it's not in the 1st or 2nd..So That doesn't help you're grade,,,but it doesn't hurt it either bro..
--Jabari Greer---I'm sure you musta explained yourself at somepoint about lettting Greer walk.. BUT With McGee being more like a solid #2, then a #1 -AND- Jabari Greer being a #1, i don't understand letting him walk..The Bills,WE are not & will not be(FACT) hurting for cap space & IMO The Ralph is in his last 5 years, IMO he won't break the bank(Vikings,Redskins),he will spend modest IMO. And that starts with Freddy Jackson & Greer and maybe even Parrish. ALthough Parrish deserves a better role soemwhere else. His super speed is wasted with Short throwing Trent Edwards. agreeed?
---So next year we put Greer at #1 and he S-T-A-Y-S- @ #1 until Leodis McKelvin takes it form him. And that's not until atleast mid-season next year, if next year at all. Nothing at all wrong with Leodis being a stud #2 for a couple-few years. Just like Nate Clements was when we had his superstar tackling Winfield mentoring him..It's nooo secret whatsoever that Nate Clements learned hard tackling tecnique from Winfield & Terrence McGee learned it from Clements & hopefully & Leodis McKelvin learns it from McGee..In all fairness to McGee, Clements is alot bigger & bulkier then McGee, so that's why he doesn't hit RB's so hard that they fumle like Clements & Winfield did. lol. But he is a solid tackler. I would request you explain(maybe again if i missed it) why Greer is walking away from us. It is quite possible that he dislikes the staff,city & players etc & maybe wants to goto a playoff team like the Giants...
--Dope Preston--&--CENTER---I'm decided i don't want him here anymore. That scuffle right before halftime was MY final straw..I'll categorize that with McNabb not knowing that games could end in a tie. ******s! I want more from the center position then Preston or Fowler. A very late 1st rounder or our 11th in the 2nd round sounds like a very sound investment for Center. Similar to The Jets and Nick Mangold. But 2nd is early enough IMO... Man, MItch, do remember Kent HUll? The dude was a beast! Just a true nightmare. Overshadowed by Demonti Dawson(Steelers), but he was probably top3-4 best Bills lineman ever. We have been missing a BEAST-Center for waay too long now... Preston never progressed into a high caliber center.. He progressed, but not at a level to be worth a dmn as a starter. depth is fine, but then again i am F-I-R-M that i want our Center depth to be a player with pure upside, depth but a chance that he develops into a star. BUt i can't expect two rookie Centers
------Hank Baskett//&//WR's----- Sure, no beef here...Roscoe Parrish, it's been real, Thanks for you're under-used toughness & speed..The kid GOES over the middle. for a shrimp that carries weight with me.. I will be happy if he goes soemwhere & succeeds. In the Snatana Moss & that Redskin,former STeelers fast WR(forget his name) I think he was a College QB...But i'd like to see Parrish LEAVE US..TRENT EDWARDS NEEDS CLUTCH/POSSESION WR's,,,NOT SPEEDSTERS!!
--Josh Reed & Steve Johnson will have large roles next season. Reed is a lock to be important because he is Trent's freaking Valentine.. (rolls eyes),,Throw it to Evans!
--Hey,,atleast defenses respect Lee Evans enough to still double him when he streaks, so we do get our moneys worth one way or another. I still feel that we woulda been better off with T.J Houshmanzadeh, or Anq. Boldin,Roy Wllliams,,or types like them...STRICLY because they fit Trent Edwards better then the speedy LEE Evans....I love Lee EVans & esp so because i love our own(drafted)..BUt we all have good eyes & We see what Trent does & Wants.. There's always James Hardy too..Not like his career is over..He's a athlete & he's young,,he'll heal.. He looked really sweet on those endzone fades..We'll see....
---Trade Chris Kelsay--& D-line-----Cmon bro--this aint Madden..Do you know how much money we lose? All his guaranteed money would be a cap penalty..NO way we trade him..Lets bring this to Phil Hansen dmnit!!! We don't need a probowler at LE. But we do need one at RE. & I'M DOUBTFUL (i'm 90%) that Schobel will ever be what he was..He looked like total ass before he got hurt.. I gave Schobel the free pass last season because he was still abeast, it's just his sack stats we're down. He forced ALOT of fumbles and was creaming QB's, just not getting the sack stats. but he wasn't even doing close to that the
1st part of this seaosn before injury...RE is the problem 100% More then Kelsay is teh problem..Kelsay also plays better when we have a RE who is better then the GARBAGE WE've used all season in Ryan Denney..ALl Ryan Denney has is height & tackling. 11 tackles yesterday and a handful for a loss. Not bad,,,but mediocre as usual at getting pressure on the QB..All our pressure this season has come from Kelsay & no-neck(Kyle WIlliams). Kelsay isn't the problem,,but i'm not gonna de-rail by getting into that...Schobel & the RE position is E-A-S-Y- our #1 BIGGEST TEAM NEED. Well QB, but that might be a fan team need, as the staff might be 100% pleased with Trent. I dunno..
---Mike Goff G----- L-O-V-E- I-T! We need some veteran lineman with some skill/talent.. My former roomate (!0 years ago) is a Virginia Tech alum And he would talk me to death for two years about how lineman only get better with age & that they hit their prime at 30,,not 26 like LB's..I agree! So a Free Agent Lineman who's 31-32 would be a awesome move for us. Lets not always think of using the starting lineup for grooming the future,,lets field the starters to execute now!
---Barton--LB--- I love it! Despite that easy INT he dropped yesterday.
I've always liked him & I view him as a VERY-HARD HITTER! He destroyed every ball carrier in a Jets game i watched in his 1st season with them..I've been secretly impressed ever since.. I would welcome him...
---I didn't read that thread yesterday about POZ. The negative thread. Because i was already ***** & dumpty about the loss & Shutout etc...But i did idle on the title & i fall right into that category of over-rating him because he was a beast in college and he's got stardom written all over him before he earns it..He's a Urlacher,Shane Conlan hopeful.. My mom & wife drool over him(rolleyes)..Lets face it,,he's very likeable. But i agree that he struggled. Would get lost & outta position..Here's a Einstein decision from a fan who makes about a million+ less a year then Dick J. Lets put him back at his natural position at OLB and let Digi be our starting MLB... poz could roam alot better at OLB without the structure of MLB..Digi & MLB is irrelevant to Poz moving back outside..It's not like he is a bust & sucks. FACT, he doesn't! But i'ma thinking OLB is his home. Bye Crowell. Although Chris Brown said he met with OBD today and it was a very positive meeting..I admit that he is awesome on the field & we would be stacked with Mitchell,Poz,Digi,Barton/or/Crowell =wow! sweet! Digi being the obvious depth,,but LB's are always getting hurt &/or they get spelled alot,,so Digi would see plenty of action regardless if he's penciled in as starter or not..Something about Digi that i like. I mean after all i call him that/tthis ridiculous nickname..Guess it's him making the team as such a longshot that year & being a UDFA and all..But yeah bro, Eric Barton sounds great if we don't re-sign Crowell..Sounds like a dream if we signed both and let Ellison walk. But that's pushing it..
---Kyle Boller---I dunno---Lets see who gets cut...He's a loser man. I want expensive,reliable insurance bro.. QB makes & breaks us every frakking season.
----Bobby APril--- I have a feeling That The Ralph is grooming him, or keeping him around with plans of him running teh show...
Do we have to Promote Bobby APril again to avoid teams stealing him? I hope we keep him regardless... If that means we MUST promote him to head coach then i'm not sure. I'm leaning towards it. It's a F-A-C-T! Fact that our SPecial Teams success is from Bobby APril & not the players or luck..We've been OWNING since McGee was taking them past the 50 almost every time.. WE've been the best in the league, NUMBER 1 over the last 5 years(5 years efficiency avg)...What the hell, sign me up for April for HEAD COACH! Exciting eh? woot!!!
---Great job Mitch
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