The Rebuilidng Should Start with the Defense
by BRIANMULHALL on Dec 24, 2009 11:36 AM EST
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PrintI know we need to first get a solid FO and HC and then assemble a coaching staff and that part of it is the most important thing to creating a winning team but i will assume for this post all that has been completed and we are now looking at the roster moves needed to create more wins and less losses.
The Bills are a team that has three very glaring problems and that is the Quarterback Position, Run Defense and the Offensive Line. The Run defense IMO can be addressed through the Draft with the Bills most likely to pick 8th they can pick the best MLB or a DT depending on who is available. I think they could also get a steal in Carlos Dunlap in the second round much like Rey Maualuga who slid last year. So with two new rookies on board with size up front the Bills would be much stronger at the point of attack. They can continue to fortify the defense with FA'sby signing Tank Johnson to help inside if we miss out on McCoy which is a real possibility but we wont miss out on McClain so we could end up with a new DT, DE, and MLB and that could make all the difference in the run game. This is how third and longs are created and then Maybin and Scobel if still playing can rush the passer.
The Oline can be addressed thru FA and i think that a serviceable tackle can be signed someone like Nick Kazcur from the Patriots looks like he will lose his starting position to Sebastian Vollmer and he could come play LT for us with Brad Butler coming back and Richie Incognito filling in unitl Wood recovers. Other options at LT are Levi Jones, Chad Clifton, Mark Taucher or maybe Tra Thomas becomes available he is Jaguar now but doesn't start. But I prefer to sign a veteran as opposed to drafting a rookie and having to wait till he gets up to speed in the NFL
LT Nick Kazcur
LG Andy Levitre
RG Richie Incognito
RT Brad Butler
Depth - Eric Wood G/C, Jonathon Scott T
The most important part of this quick turnaround is to find a QB that can come in and be a leader on a team that lacks true veteran leadership. There are some FA's that are significantr isks but also come with a possibility of great reward. Chad Pennington is a player like that IMO he is very familiar with the AFC East and can come to Buffalo and create a winner with his careful approach to playing the game. By limiting turnovers leaning on the running game and giving the OLine time to come together we could have a decent Offense but for the most part we would have to take advantage of turnovers and get off the field quickly on Defense in order to give our offense the possessions to get into a rhythm and Pennington offers that kind of player who can lead a team to victory in close games and that is my recipe for turning the BiIls into a winner. I know i have advocated for drafting Bradford but i don't think we will get him in the draft. I wanna fix our run defense because there is nothing worse than getting gashed on Sundays for big yardage on first and second downs So our draft should concentrate on the front seven on defense and even a FA signing there too could help alot we have good Special Teams and a good deep secondary we have good RB's and our receivers could come around with a better QB and a more consistent OLine.
I wanna draft Defense early in the Draft and sign veterans at the LT and QB position and that could get us into the playoffs because the AFC East is more wide open then I previously believed the Pats are beatable and the Dolphins and the Jets have young QB's so lets get ahead of those teams by playing with vets at key positions.
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I’m very open to this strategy because I don’t think we are going to have good options in the early rounds of the draft to fix the big problems on offense and also because I think we may have the players we need for that already on the roster.
Everyone and his mother thinks we need a new LT, but they are forgetting how well Bell was playing before he was injured (go back and look at Brian’s film study day-after pieces and you will find a number of comments on how Bell was starting to look good). I doubt we can find any OT in the first or second round of the draft who will play better than Bell will next year now that he has his rookied season behind him. Signing a veteran OT like Kazcur for insurance would be a smart move, though.
As for a QB, if Ryan Mallett is available when we make our first pick we should certainly take him, but otherwise I don’t see any prospects who will be better than Brian Brohm based on Brohm’s college record. We should give Brohm a real opportunity next year to see how he can do, although again adding a vet like Pennington for insurance would be good if the cost isn’t prohibitive.
This draft looks like it is going to be strong in DT’s and LB’s, while it is weak in QB’s and OT’s. We should probably take advantage of that.
If a draft is strong in DTs and LBs, doesn't that mean good ones can be found later?
Which would mean we should take an OT and QB early.
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Not if your looking for the best player available
QB’s and OT’s are similiar, neither can be expected to perform at high level in year one. DT and LB still have same gamble with less odds of being a immeditate flop. We will have to wait to see what type of defense we will run next year, but the run defense should be an easier fix thru the draft.
Excuses are a sign of weakness!!!!!!
There has to be a balance between BPA and need
How anyone can look at the currently situation with our O-line and not recognize that as our biggest need is beyond me. Two exceptions exist. Suh and a franchise QB, which I am not convinced exists in this draft.
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I strongly agree with the premise, but disagree with the conclusion. I don’t think the OL is a big enough need to rule out players who would provide exceptional value or fill another need, namely Gerald McCoy and Rolando McClain. But if Buffalo doesn’t go OT in round one, it’s a need that has to be addressed, even at the expense of BPA in the 2nd or 3rd round and ideally in FA too. I think that McCoy is too good to pass up on unless Buffalo really loves an OT or QB prospect and McClain might be that good too while still filling a pretty significant need.
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I have been asking the same thing on a couple of other posts. What about a LB in the first round? I like your philosophy of trying to get a little more veteren presence on the Oline to go with our promising youth. I haven’t heard any concensus picks for QB that would work in Buffalo, so why not a Pennington or dare I say Vick. We really need a GM in place to give this organization a steady direction and leadership.
Well we tried the no offense huddle, why not give the no huddle offense a go?!!
I want Rolando McLain, LB, Alabama.... he's a freakin beast....
… and then we could move Poz outside.
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by SERGEANT MAJOR THOR on Dec 24, 2009 5:41 PM EST up reply actions
Very few LBs are worth top ten picks. They always slide on draft day.
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 26, 2009 6:30 PM EST up reply actions
6 in the last 4 drafts.
Or the same number as QBs.
by twoeightnine on Dec 26, 2009 7:48 PM EST up reply actions
But that doesn’t mean they are worth it. :-) Linebackers, specifically those expected to go in the teens, always drop. Brian Cushing, Clay Matthews, Rey Maualuga all dropped lower than expected.
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 26, 2009 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
Cushing went 15th.
Or right around where he was expected to go. Matthews was expected to be a late first rounder right where he went. Only Maualuga slipped and it wasn’t that much. It’s not like he was Aaron Rodgers or Brady Quinn.
by twoeightnine on Dec 26, 2009 8:22 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, turns out that I was dead wrong about it, but I didn’t think Cushing was a top 20 prospect and thought he was more of a late first rounder. I could have told you this time last year that Maualuga was going to drop like a rock. His draft stock was always overhyped. Sometimes those guys who play MLB at the big time schools get overrated because it’s a high profile spot. The QB of the defense.
I think Brandon Spikes falls into that category this year. He’s a really good LB, but I think he’s more of a Maualuga type prospect who’s a late first to mid 2nd rounder.
McClain on the other hand is the real deal. I think he is very versatile and those are the kinds of LBs who don’t see their draft stock slide leading up to the draft. Cushing was versatile, So were Matthews and Curry. When you’ve got a 3 down LB who can get after the QB a little bit too, they’re much more likely to go early than a Maualuga or Spikes who most teams would bring off the field in nickel packages.
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gosh I would love a LT in the first and Spikes in the second.
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Nick Kaczur is barely passable as a right tackle in New England, and now he’s a desirable left tackle? Negative, sir.
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by Brian Galliford on Dec 24, 2009 1:07 PM EST reply actions
The FA OT's you listed
Two of them are not of them are going to be FAs next season. Kaczur signed a new 4 year deal this season. Tra Thomas was signed by Jax last season so he can mentor the two rookie tackles they have and to step in if they get hurt.
by Brennan McCoy on Dec 24, 2009 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
i think they'll get cut thats why i think theyll be available
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I think your Oline is a disaster waiting to happen
Aside from Levitre and Butler, you have got depth players in starting roles and don’t even have Bell listed as depth? Butler should be listed as depth, because he can’t stay healthy.
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its iffy ill give u that
but FA is slim pickings and if we use our draft picks on tackles then we cant get defense which is what the post is all about…i just dont wanna reach in the frst on a LT and have them not really pan out when there are potentially good players on the draft board
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by BRIANMULHALL on Dec 24, 2009 8:55 PM EST up reply actions
S: Bryan Scott / Jairus Byrd / George Wilson / Donte Whitner – good enough
CB: Terrence McGee / Drayton Florence / Leodis McKelvin / Reggie Corner – good enough, though Mcgee gets injured a lot; corner might get better; late round flyer wouldn’t hurt.
LB : Kawika Mitchell / Paul Pozluszny / Keith Ellison – could use a pick here. KM is average at worst, PP is very solid, KE would make a very solid backup, but should probably be replaced. If that means drafting a MLB and bumping Poz to the outside, so be it. Rolando McClain wouldn’t be a bad route to go in the 1st.
DT: Kyle Williams, Marcus Stroud, Spencer Johnson, John McCargo – KW is fantastic, Stroud is old but could be solid if we find a 3rd great guy to rotate. Should use a high pick on DT, whether that is a 1st if we can snag McCoy, a high 2nd for maybe the Duke or Syracuse DT, or whoever falls in the 3rd. Not as big of a need right now but this is planning for the future to provide a smooth transition to a new DT oppo KW – best time to do it too while the draft is deep.
DE: Aaron Schobel (please don’t retire), Chris Kelsay, Aaron Maybin, Chris Ellis – DE needs to be looked at immediately. AM might be solid in the future, wasn’t expecting much out of him in his first year. AS might retire, if he doesn’t he should be solid for another 2 years or so. CK should be a backup. Yes he’s playing well this year, but only in comparison to his previous work, not towards other NFL DEs. CE’s prospects look worthless at this point.
So, if by re-building you mean finding a new DT to eventually replace Stroud, finding a new DE to eventually take over opposite Maybin, and a new LB? Then yes, we should start with Defense, though it appears we don’t really need to do that much. IMO at least, all it looks like we need is 1 DE, 1 DT, and 1 OLB.
To judge from the age of the players and the porous run defense that we have all been watching the last several years I’m afraid we do need to address the Front Seven in a serious way.
the front 7
the biggest problem we’ve had is that our DEs and OLB couldn’t run contain this year. I believe our DT problem is one specifically of age and not entirely production (i.e. letting the run through). It appears that our DTs were halfways competent in run defense this year. the rest cannot be said for the front seven, though losing Mitchell, and to a lesser extent Ellison, certainly hurt.
by NordicBillsfan on Dec 24, 2009 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
Take best player available!
Bills should draft either an offensive tackle, would love it if Russell Okung was there from Oklahoma State; Or they need to address defense, whether it is a solid linebacker or run-stuffing tackle.
Yeah, I’ll vote option C as well. Best player available at a position of need regardless of how big the need is and which side of the ball he plays on.
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The bills are one of the worst teams in third down conversion percentage, passing yards, scoring, and overall competence. one of the defenses biggest problems is the offense playing almost a complete game less than the d over the course of this season. they need to fix the ills of the offense, namely the line and qb, then address the offense.
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by fansince83 on Dec 24, 2009 6:21 PM EST via mobile reply actions
that arguement makes alot of sense
a really good offense always produces a defense that plays aggresively and has the confidence that a mistake wont take them out of the ball game so i see ur point but i wanna be a competitive team next year and i think that FA can yield decent results at QB and LT while we build a formidable defnseive front id like to think that McClain and poz and mitchell can become a solid trio and a Second rd DT or DE can hopefully produce in the run game
with that kind of defense we could hopefully shut down the jets and dolphins running attack and split our series with the pats if we went 4-2 in our division we would be in good position next year to make the playoffs because well have a forth place schedule so we play KC and the Browns we get the NFC north so the lions and the bears too and the AFC north will be tough but not if we can stop the running games of cincinati and the ravens theres the potential for a 9 or 10 win season IMO
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by BRIANMULHALL on Dec 25, 2009 9:44 AM EST up reply actions
No, I never said a really good offense produces an aggressive confident mistake free defense. I said our defenses biggest problem this year was being on the field too damn long. We could have the best guys in the world, but they’re going to get tired. When they do, they slow down, and get run over in the 4th quarter, just like our D has all season long.
It’s easy to pick on the defense this year, because that’s all we watched. We didn’t see enough of the offense to judge talent because they were never on the field. Granite, there are a couple of weak spots on D, but the whole offensive unit is a weak spot, and needs to be addressed.
Trample the weak, hurdle the dead!
First off… way to not use any periods. Good for you not being bound by the constraints of punctuation.
i wanna be a competitive team next year
I do too but not at the expense of long term prosperity. The free agent QB crop is mediocre at best. I like the idea of Pennington for a year but what if we miss on him? It’s nobody. Of course we’ll know by the draft if we have him signed or not. The free agent LT list is god awful which is why they are free agents. Don’t fool yourself into thinking you can just sign one of those listed guys and plug him in no problem.
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 26, 2009 6:34 PM EST up reply actions
Giving a little different point of view
Our D is solid overall. Now before I get killed, let me explain. I think we need a new Starting LB and rotational depth at DT. I think the bigger problem is the amount of time our D is on the field. We need a more consistent offense. With that I do not see our D wearing down as much. With all of this being said, as of right now I want to see thge Bills draft McClain out of Alabama in the first.
D v O
The only positive about Buffalo’s roster is that they can draft best player available for the whole draft…it’s absolutely (don’t kid yourself, homers) that bare right now. RBs and DBs should be put on the back burner for now and every other position should be fair game come April…Levy’s folly (the Jauron era) won’t be solved in a year; we’ll have to be patient. Focus on targeting a QB, and getter better up front on both sides of the ball as we begin to ship out this awful roster. My guess is that no more than 6-8 players currently getting paychecks from Wilson will be on the roster when this team turns it around…just draft the best player this year and if you do that well, by April 2011, we can start worrying about needs.
Aaron Maybin is Chris Ellis 2.0.
Really? Only 6 to 8?
Aaron Schobel (pending retirement)
Marcus Stroud (as part of a rotational DT front – hey, he’s getting old)
Kyle Williams
Aaron Maybin
Paul Pozloszny
Kawika Mitchell (has his flaws but not terrible – no way we fill both OLB in one draft)
Keith Ellison (solid backup – forced in a role he shouldn’t be, much like Reed of the last few years)
Terrence McGee (injury concerns, but a solid CB)
Leodis McKelvin (had a terrible year, but has the ability to learn and bounce back – he’s young)
Drayton Florence (at worst solid depth at nickel or dime if he loses his step)
Jairus Byrd (FS of the future)
George Wilson (Backup FS of the present and coming years)
Donte Whitner (Starting SS of the present and coming years – pending massive pay reduction)
Lee Evans (not a WR that will carry this team but great if we can find a complement/decent QB)
Fred Jackson (should be part of a solid 1/2 punch for the next few years)
Marshawn Lynch (talented – if he can turn his life around [others have reportedly done so] he will be a great back for years to come)
Eric Wood (pending successful rehab, he should be a very solid starter at C/G)
Andy Levitre (transitioned very well to G and should be there for quite some time)
Demetrius Bell (at worst a decent T backup – he has the talent, but shouldn’t have been asked to do so much so soon. Imagine Maybin if we cut Schobel and forced him to start)
Brad Butler (like McGee, injury concerns but a solid competitor. Would rather have him at G where this would not be as big of an issue, appeared to be solid at T before someone fell on the back of his knee [which i wont attribute to being injury prone])
Geoff Hangartner (some like him at C, i think he’s average at worst. Would rather have an interior of Levitre/Wood/Butler, and even if this happened Hangman would make for very good depth)
James Hardy/Steve Johnson – both deserve their shot at playing time. SJ managed to make the team as a 7th rounder. JH has loads of potential that has been merely delayed at this point. We wont know for another 2 years or so if they are worth keeping, but throughout the coming two years, if they are worth it, we will see flashes of this talent and it should be more consistent as time passes.
Brian Moorman – if he isn’t here until he retires there is a problem.
Rian Lindell – has his ups and downs, still solid.
What is the point of my post? We have talent at many positions. It just happens that much of that talent is young and raw, and must be sculpted. This year will prove to be big towards our O-Line’s development, though it may look saddening. Yes, we need a QB. Yes, we need to start finding replacements for some of our older talent (See Schobel, Aaron). However, believing only 6-8 players from this list survive until we turn it around seems like folly at this point, brought on by bitterness over how this year has ended.
by NordicBillsfan on Dec 26, 2009 12:06 AM EST up reply actions
in the NFL ur only as good as ur last game
Byrd is awesome and edwards sux thats how it goes…. a good season will turn around peoples attitude about our roster and that starts with a solid coaching staff IMO but to draft a defensive starter in the draft will help keep us in more games so will pennington and veteran LT …we can all agree reaching in the draft is not gonna help so lets gets the BAP and i thnk that player will play defense
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by BRIANMULHALL on Dec 26, 2009 8:54 AM EST up reply actions
no just in the minds of the fans
everyone has a short memory …that much is obvious
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by BRIANMULHALL on Dec 28, 2009 8:26 AM EST up reply actions
couldn't disagree any more
I think you fail to reconize the percentage of turnover that occurs year to year on an NFL roster within the same regime, let alone when there is a major front office/ coaching overhaul like Buffalo is about to begin. Take a look at Buffalo’s Jauron rosters in 2007 and 2009. Even if the players you listed were as useful as you make them out (and I don’t agree on thje most part), most of these players will be gone within a year or two. These next two drafts will not be about patching the holes that Jauron left; they will be about building frokm the ground up and rightly so. Be patient. This process should have begun at this time last year, but we are where we are and it’s going to be a major job ahead.
Aaron Maybin is Chris Ellis 2.0.
I don’t think you’re talking about replacing 45 guys though (only 8 guys stay to 2011). Go back and look at the change from Mularkey to Jauron. I bet it’s more than 8 guys two years later. Do a whole fanpost on it. Prove me wrong. :-)
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by MattRichWarren on Dec 26, 2009 6:36 PM EST up reply actions
I think it’ll be a good amount higher than 6 or 8 guys, but I agree with you. Looking at teams that brought in an outside coach (Detroit, STL, Denver, Cleveland, KC and the NYJ), they average about 9-10 starters who weren’t on their roster the year before. That’s a huge number and one that I don’t think Bills fans would expect without really thinking about it. Maybe Buffalo will be on the lower end, but major changes are coming. It’s just the nature of a coaching change and the league in general.
It’s really easy to pencil in current guys as long term players, but Chiefs fans didn’t think that Bernard Pollard and Derrick Johnson, their two leading tacklers last season, would get cut or lose a starting job to a guy like Corey Mays. Denver traded their young QB. The Rams let Torry Holt walt, cut their leading 08 tackler (Tinoisamoa) and traded one of their best players (Will Witherspoon). The Jets roster was actually in really good shape for a coaching change and they still made some major additions and traded a bunch of Mangini’s marginal starters back to Mangini. Coles walked and so did Eric Barton and Kerry Rhodes ends up in a rotation (I think he’s playing out of position). Cleveland had those same Mangini changes, their big FA grab from last year (Corey Williams) is a backup and they traded their two offensive weapons (Winslow and Edwards). They added a couple offensive lineman too. Detroit didn’t have much to begin with and still traded their best defensive lineman (Redding). Changes are coming. Some will be predictable, others will not.
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An Iffy O-Line and no future solution to QB will get us nowhere fast on offense.
I know that your post is all about building around the D, and I’m deffinatly not against that. But we do need a franchise LT and I don’t see us getting that anywhere out of round 1 this year (or any year for that matter). And like you said, the FA options are slim pickings, so why even go to that. There is only one possible available starter that might be out there that I would want and thats Matt Light (he’salso more likely to be cut with just the one year left on his contract). And even then I’d still draft an LT in the first and then concentrate on the D in the rest of the draft. Kazcur is in no way an option to play LT for us, even if he was available.
Also, you seem to have totally written off Bell when he was far and away our best LT this year (which is a sad statement in and of itself, but still true). The kid still has some growing to do, but he has a bright future. At the very least he should be our RT next season.
One last thing, you say that our three most glaring needs our Run D, O-Line and QB, yet you suggest that we use the first 3 rounds to draft on D? What gives? And why draft a DT early when we have one of the best DT combos in the league in Stroud and Williams? I agree that the run d has be awfull this year, but all the big runs that we give up are not to the inside, but rather to the outside. That tells me that the real problem is at run-stopping DE and OLB, NOT DT!!! Not against drafting a DT this year, but not before the 4th round. And I would much rather do as you suggested and sign a guy like Johnson to fill out the rotation instead od usin g an early pick on DT.
As for QB, I want us to sign Pennigton, desperatly! I love the guy and think that he would be a great mentor to whoever we draft at QB. We should also put a priority at drafting a QB in the second or third round. I say seond or third because if we can get our hands on a guy like Dunlop in the second then we shouldn’t pass him up.
So while I don’t disagree that we should fix out D, this year’s early round picks should be spent on the Offense (an LT and a QB), and the third pick should go to LB. The rest of the draft should probably be spent shoring up deffensive depth as our offense is actually pretty good if you fix the O-Line and get a decent QB.
by CanadianBillsFan on Dec 26, 2009 11:03 AM EST reply actions
Stroud is old.
Using a 2nd round pick on a DT makes a lot of sense this year with the level of talent that is available.
by NordicBillsfan on Dec 26, 2009 4:51 PM EST up reply actions
Agreed, on a talent level at least/ But as far as actually improving ou team, DT is way behind in terms of priorities. There will be a few good rotational guys out there for us to chose from the FA pool. Why not pick up one of them?
Of course all of this is a mute point if we switch to a 3-4 D (which I hope that we do).
by CanadianBillsFan on Dec 27, 2009 4:12 AM EST up reply actions
Stroud is old.
And I always hate that argument. We let Pat Williams go because we though he was getting old. He’s had a few Pro-Bowl years in Mini since we let him go. I say that as long as Stroud keeps on performing at the level that he is, no replacement is needed.
Lets use our high draft picks on positions that we desperatly need NOW. You know, like QB, LT and LB. The DT position can wait another year before we draft a guy in the early rounds.
by CanadianBillsFan on Dec 27, 2009 4:15 AM EST up reply actions
and i agree completely.
but look at Pat Williams. He plays two downs. I would love to keep Stroud for that long, but would feel better if we had his successor spotting him every now and then during the game and as our #3 DT, while keeping Spencer Johnson as a #4.
by NordicBillsfan on Dec 27, 2009 12:46 PM EST up reply actions
no i dont wanna draft a dt
i thought signing Tank Johnson was worth a look in FA to add depth up front…i say draft a LT if u want but this draft seems to be one that will be top heavy and have more defensive prospects thats where my selections come from…and i wanna fix the D that IMO will make us more competitve..im sticking wiht pennington tho i think he is a winnner and a leader …
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