My perfect FA & Draft

I don’t think we’ll be nearly that active in FA, unfortunately. 1 starter, hopefully, would be nice. I think we’ll retain more of our crappy FA’s that bring in depth from other teams.

If we could get Brown and Jones/Wilson, I would be stunned and absolutely thrilled.

As for you draft, eh, I’m not a huge fan of it. I don’t like Maualuga in our scheme and I really don’t like Poz at OLB. Why does everyone keep talking about him as a potential great OLB? I just don’t see it. He’s not very quick and I think that would be his biggest issue. I think MLB is his best position in the pros.

I really don’t like Robiskie, especially in the 2nd round. I don’t think he has as much upside as many of the WR’s in this draft. I like the idea of a WR as I’ve mentioned many times before with Kenny Britt, but I just don’t like Robiskie, unless it’s later in the draft.

You aren’t going to find any of those TE’s anywhere near the 4th round. They are all 2nd rounders with Casey maybe slipping to the 3rd. I’d look at Cornelius Ingram in round 3 instead of Wood since you signed Jason Brown already. There’s no need for Wood, we can get a C prospect that isn’t ready to play later in the draft.

Why didn’t you draft a pass rusher? Kalimba Edwards isn’t going to do much to improve us there. It’s like upgrading from a Fiat Strada to a Yugo. Ick and ick.

I would never take a FB before the 6th round. That’s just me. I like Johnson though, but I can’t see him being taken before the late 6th.

Consider that picking up Jason Brown is going to cost a lot of money. Reportedly he is looking for a Faneca type deal around 8 to 9 mil a year. If that is the case I would much rather have the Bills jump into the Albert Haynesworth race and pay a little extra there, around 12 mil per year, and hope that Mack drops to us in the second. I actually think there is a good chance the Steelers go Unger or Robinson with their pick and let Mack drop to us. I would also be fine with Unger or Wood in the second instead of giving Brown so much money when if we are going to make that much noise we could be trying to buy Haynesworths services.

You have to draft a defensive end keysh, Kalimba Edwards is a situational pass rusher no more. With your plan we would be putting off addressing a huge problem for yet another year. I do think, like you, that Ellis will start contributing next year.

Like Kurupt pointed out, none of those tight ends will be there in round 4. Cook is going to be nasty and I would consider taking him in the second if the circumstances were right.

After watching him at the combine I think its time to start considering Pat White to be our back up if he’s there in the 4th round. His arm looked awesome, he impressed me more than Sanchez.

A couple of thoughts…

- I don’t think they’ll go after Joey Harrington, because when Jauron took over for the fired Steve Mariucci at the end of 2005, he benched Harrington in favor of Jeff Garcia. I doubt there’s a strong enough connection there to justify bringing him in. Rex Grossman and Kyle Boller are much, much stronger candidates.

- The two safeties you list are too good to list as #3 targets. They’ll be gone once the first two items are knocked off your list.

- I don’t like your draft scenario for two reasons – Wood isn’t going to last until the third, and the Bills won’t take a wide receiver unless it’s in the later rounds of the draft. I do like the logic behind the Maualuga pick, though. His Cover 2 experience is going to be a huge selling point for this coaching staff.

Other than that, it’s good work. Good, sound logic behind most of it, and it’s got a degree of realism that most of these “plans” don’t have. Good work!

We’ve heard OBD has been sniffing around Maualuga so that pick would not surprise me. If Orakpo is gone before we pick and we don’t trade down, he could very well be our pick. After listening to the coaches interviews I’m thinking they will not want either Brown or Maybin. So as of now I’d put my chips on Orakpo or Maualuga if we stay at 11.
Your scenario works best if we trade down. Obviously we don’t get Maualuga but do get Robiskie or Britt. That would work. We seem to be in no man’s land regarding Mack. But after watching Wood I can see why Brian says he and Mack are rated about even. And Unger is close behind. If we want a top flite center we must get one in the second round. I’m not very high on short armed Shipley.
Also after the coaches interviews OBD will want an every down TE. Daniels, Pettigrew and Nelson fit that bill. So a trade down and taking Pettigrew is looking like another doeable plan. I think Brian said that the interviews suggest we will focus on offense this year, especially in the draft. Agree. With that said, if Jason Brown becomes available, he is free agent target #1. Saturday is #2. A vet center in free agency really opens up our draft possibilities.
What I wonder about is if OBD trades down and takes Pettigrew, then what do they do about DE other than Kalimba? He should go cheap but we are still weak there.
I like your overall scenario. We sure would look different on offense next year!

But Nelson will likely go in 2nd and Robiskie in the 4th.

All the Mocks had 4 being taken in Rd 1 and only 1 went. This year only Maclin and Crabtree are Rd 1 worthy and heads above the others – so Rd 3 and Day 2 is where alot of WRs will go.