Plaxico?

I never heard anyone quesiton his work ethic or maturity, two concerns for Hardy. Still, he is big.

Points in the paint. Can’t just load up versus Lynch inside the 20.

Seven inches taller than the next Bills reciever.

If Marv was there he would not have taken the guy with character questions.

I’m surprised that a guy with issues in his past was higher on the Bills’ board than Kelly and Sweed. I can understand being higher than Kelly if they are really worried about his knees but higher than Sweed?

I really wanted Limas Sweed. But, obviously, there is something other teams don’t like about him.

Time to start doing my research on James Hardy.

I guess beating women is considered ‘intensity’.

Hardy will make us a better Red zone team, but we MUST get a pass catching TE who can stretch the seam and take the load off of Lynch a little bit.

the 2007 Indiana versus Penn State game?

They should have grabbed Sweed or Kelly

Davis is still on the board as are Kelly and Sweed….. It shouldn’t cost much…

And then grab Davis maybe in the 3rd?

I will reserve judgment on Hardy, but a woman beater won’t get a honeymoon. I like the size, buth the character? like i said, i will reserve judgement.

any possibility of a trade back into the second for a TE (Davis?)

Dpn’t compare his situation to Lynch’s. Totally different. Read the Indianapolis Star articles and compare it to Lynch’s situation. Hardy’s Pacman Jones on offense.

how can you go wrong with a Tulanne star/

Fact is, he is a Bill, so, let’s hope the fact he has not been in trouble since 06 is a good sign. Buffalo goes character and if they evaluated him and deemed him alright, I think I will trust their judgment over yours.

Bills scout Tom Roth said, “I think he had a rough upbringing. I don’t think he’s a bad kid at all. He just had a rough upbringing and that’s the way I see it. You can’t knock him for that. You have to give him some credit just for what he’s been through. I wouldn’t say he’s a character risk.”

I think everyone is concerned because the league is coming down hard on character risks -

blaming it on a rough upbringing is ricockulous! Lots of kids came from rough backgrounds and didn’t beat women.

(so Sweed and Kelly must really have injury concerns for them to fall like this!)

... since I’m the Big10 guy on this board… i’ll post all the Indiana torrents that I have in the FanShots page in a few min… Everyone needs to seed as long as possible… especially the PennState vs Indiana game where Hardy puts up 141yrds and 2TDs.

FortWorth….Give me a few mins.

If Davis is still around when pick 55ish rolls around I’m hoping the Bills offer their 3rd, 4th and a 4th next year until someone accepts or until someone takes him off the board.

from CNN/SI says that James Hardy was the most underrated WR in the draft.

“All I know is, for a league obsessed with size, the NFL, you would think, couldn’t go wrong with a guy who’s 6-foot-5 1/2, racked up 1,125 yards last season and scored 36 touchdowns in three years. Hardy was an absolutely dominant performer for the Hoosiers and there’s no reason to think he won’t become a go-to NFL receiver.”

nobody is degrading his skill level – but does his character risk outweigh his redzone production?

I’m a little concerned that people can just say he was young and made a mistake – it’s not like he just smoked a little weed or stole something – it was way worse. But he caught some tds so it’s all good.

I’m just saying Marv would not have approved.

They’re interviewing Henne now and asking how he’s staying relaxed. I’d think it was hysterical if some player, instead of giving the standard stock answer, said that his girlfriend was just below camera view making sure he was relaxed and feeling no pain.

Avery, Nelson, Hardy, Royal, and Simpson all came off the board betore Sweed and Kelly. Kelly’s knees must really be bad and Sweed must have shown deception when Mike Shanahan hooked him up to a polygraph and asked, “Did you ever kill a man in Reno just to watch him die?”

first off, does anyone use bittorrent?.. secondly, i’m not going to waste my bandwidth if nobody wants these games.

Sweed or Kelly should hear their name called. If they don’t then, man, something really must have scared teams away.

Don’t they have Cooley? Why Fred Davis?

Devin Thomas & Fred Davis…

That’ll help Donavan alot

Wow – Malcolm Kelly must have really bad knees!!

If he’s on the board in the 3rd round will the Bills take him?

Not sure what the Skins are looking to do there

Never would have thought I would ever say that about those two teams, ever.

Maybe their new coach developed some double Tight End plays in Madden 08?

Thomas, Davis, and Kelly?

Teams must really hate Sweed!

just drafted the Bills’ fans pre-draft wet dream round 1 and 2!

Is a very heavy proponent of the old school West Coast style football. Makes you wonder if he and Snyder aren’t looking to clear house after the draft?

Anyone believe that we might make a trade to move back into the 2nd round???

We might shoot around the board a bit more tommorrow due to our 4tha dn 7th round picks,

Sweed is now off the board – the Steelers took him. Don’t think the Bills will move up now.

Steeler’s made out real well today

He has drafted pretty well today

Guess Brett Favre isn’t coming back, not with Brian Brohm going to the Packers. Poor Aaron Rogers – three years behind Favre and now Brohm might push him out!

Don’t know how many people are watching the quotes on the bottom-right of the ESPN screen, but I love this one from a Fins fan:
“Jake Long is the right pick… but I wish they would have picked a player who I can actually have fun playing with in Madden ‘09.”

thanks everyone was very interesting love the new format. looking forward to tomorrow should be good lots of picks.

Funny how when the ESPN guys pick who they think the winners of the day are, it always seems to be the teams with the most picks.

This has been the most fun I’ve had in a long time on draft day. Not to many Bills fans out here on the west coast to meet up with and share the fun, so thanks for having me in today so to speak.

I couldn’t believe that McKelvin was still onthe board at #11, and there had been only 2-3 receivers taken. Kelly sounds like a prima donna, and I’ve heard that Sweed may have injury concerns.
I saw an interview with Hardy, and he sounds like he understands what it’s going to take to excel at this level.
Anybody think we’ll take Cottam (TE, 6’8”, 265) in a later round?
I’m real excited to see what happens tomorrow

Know I haven’t posted in FOREVER, but I’m here reading and keeping up every day, and just wanted to throw in a “keep up the good work”. I started posting pretty much around draft day last year, so this is sort of a one year anniversary for me and Rumblings. It’s really become a great place for Bills fans.

Now that I’m done telling you things you already know, I’d just like to add how ecstatic I am about Buffalo’s opening draft day. Though I preferred DRC, the more I read about McKelvin, the happier I am with the pick. Seems like a nice corner and may finally be able to bump McGee from KR duties. Could see him as a cornerstone of the Bills D for years to come.

As the pick approached for Buffalo in round 2, I, unlike probably a lot of Bills fans, really wanted Hardy to be the pick. The guy is really a freak athletically and physically, and was simply kept out of the first because of some non-football stuff. I mean, the Bills are already a really, really high character team and can afford to take a risk on an “off-field past” guy like Hardy. I think his problems are behind him, and I look forward to him catching some…correction, many… 5-10 yard jump balls in the endzone from TE in the years to come.

Anyways, good job Brian and congrats on graduation soon, fellow Geneseo alum.

was a strong pick, he will adapt well to the NFL, after goin through a tough schedule last year he should be able to participate right off the bat