2009 Buffalo Rumblings NFL Draft Big Board
by Brian Galliford on Apr 23, 2009 2:00 PM EDT
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In our constant efforts to provide you, faithful Buffalo Bills fans, with the most expansive NFL Draft coverage that we possibly can, we present to you...
THE 2009 BUFFALO RUMBLINGS NFL DRAFT BIG BOARD.
(Note: Board is best viewed in the blog's "Wide" format. Click the "Wide" link in the user panel directly under our goofy red Buffalo logo.)
Take a gander. On the Big Board, Rumblings has ranked 270 draft prospects at every position by round. At the very least, it gives you a rough estimate as to where a player may be drafted and a fairly accurate estimation (to me, at least) of how deep and/or top-heavy this draft class is at certain positions.
The 22 Rumblings Scouting Report profiles that this blog's editorial staff put together are linked on the Big Board as well.
You can't comment on the Big Board itself, so if you've got feedback for future iterations of this project or just want to pick it apart, this is the spot to do it. Enjoy.
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Before someone says it...
This is where we think the Bills would consider someone… not where they will eventually be drafted. Other teams may value picks higher than the Bills and take them earlier.
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by MattRichWarren on Apr 23, 2009 2:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
To add to that, I expect to see some “there aren’t 32 players with round one grades!” comments, too. I set the board up this way because a) obviously I’m posting from a Bills bias, and b) if we’re not hitting on 4-5 potential targets in each round, our draft is going to suck. So I staggered it back that way to maximize value.
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by Brian Galliford on Apr 23, 2009 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
and by "we" and "Rumblings"
it means Brian!
Haha. Good job on this one, Brian.
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
by Kurupt on Apr 23, 2009 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, excellent Brian. Thanks for this.
No exaggeration, I could not love a human baby as much as I love this blog.
by thatguy34 on Apr 23, 2009 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
True...
I meant the proverbially “RUmblings” Brian referred to in his story.
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by MattRichWarren on Apr 23, 2009 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed....that is Hell-a-cool :-)
Why hasn’t it had the snot rec’d out of it?
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by Joe P. on Apr 23, 2009 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The names in the deeper blue or highlighted. What does that mean
by Bob on Apr 23, 2009 2:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
They are links to our Scouting Reports, as mentioned.
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by Brian Galliford on Apr 23, 2009 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was wondering
when you were going to start using the other picture formats in your Stories. I really like this format, with the long, thinner picture.
Pretty good that we were able to cobble together 22 scouting reports. Maybe next year we can get a bunch more.
We’ll have to check to see how correct you were on these rankings come Sunday night!
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
by Kurupt on Apr 23, 2009 2:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It’d be better to gauge correctness this time next year…
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by Brian Galliford on Apr 23, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
nice work to all..........
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 23, 2009 2:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Great Job
I hope my printed version looks as good as this Draft board. I will laminate it and bring 4 colored grease pens:
1. Wants or Needs (Bills only)
2. Cross offs, Gone (All)
3. Selected (Bills only)
4. Holy crap picks or trades (All)
I all ready have two seats reserved at the Sports Zone Bar (Ohio) and a $20.00 pre paid tab already paid for.
I just heard Atlanta has a deal for Gonzales (KC), that should help us with Pettigrew…Yes… reported on ESPN
by tomsbills on Apr 23, 2009 2:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
or it will force the Eagles to take Pettigrew…..
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
by Kurupt on Apr 23, 2009 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m trying to have a good day, "K’ Let me believe
by tomsbills on Apr 23, 2009 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ok….or now there’s one less team to go after Pettigrew
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
by Kurupt on Apr 23, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He( Gonzalas) went for a second round pick .NEXT YEAR.. We could have done that with maybe a 4th this year too
by tomsbills on Apr 23, 2009 2:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Not if he didn’t want to play here. Matt Ryan > Trent Edwards.
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by Brian Galliford on Apr 23, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
City of Atlanta > City of Buffalo
No exaggeration, I could not love a human baby as much as I love this blog.
by thatguy34 on Apr 23, 2009 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
except for taxes
no, Atl is not greater than Buff… And I will go so far as to say that other than mentioned, Buff far exceeds Atl, especially in the “things to do”, and pure hospitality… I’ve been here since ‘92, and keep moving further from the city… Yeah, maybe I’m just homesick…
by Cinga on Apr 23, 2009 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Colin Cowherd talked about it yesterday on ESPN radio...
he talked about Atlanta with longing. How it has so much more to do than Indianapolis. I have never been to either city so I don’t know.
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by MattRichWarren on Apr 24, 2009 9:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good trade for ATL. I wish he wanted to play here, because I’d probably have done that deal.
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
by Kurupt on Apr 23, 2009 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is this print friendly? I want to take it to the bar with me!
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by BillsNYC on Apr 23, 2009 2:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I actually have no idea if it’s print friendly. Hope so!
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by Brian Galliford on Apr 23, 2009 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Print in landscape a little easer to read, over all the printed" Draft big board "will work. I will have to laminated it to keep it dry (I’m hoping it will be a beer or two being spilled on it, from excitement and not tears of a disappointing draft
by tomsbills on Apr 23, 2009 3:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, you're hardcore
laminating the draft sheet is awesome!
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
by Kurupt on Apr 23, 2009 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Indeed. That is a new level of spectacular.
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by Brian Galliford on Apr 23, 2009 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You should be proud. Your writing will be someone’s placemat or coaster this weekend!
~K
"As the governor of Louisiana once said, the only way Chris Kelsay can lose his job is if he got caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy."
by Kurupt on Apr 23, 2009 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The fact that anything I write is worth the money and ink to print AND THEN laminate is very worthwhile, even if peanut shells, booze and a little elbow grease end up all over it. All in a day’s awesome.
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by Brian Galliford on Apr 23, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Is this print friendly? I want to take it to the bar with me!
if not – DL a pdf creator like primopdf or cutepdf and create a pdf from word etc…
The rest of you go get the goods on Stan. His mom grounded him once for setting something on fire. Let's find out what that something was and then lie and say it was a puppy.
by J2 on Apr 23, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah – just highlight and copy the spreadsheet – go to excel – paste “special” as HTML
then you can print it that way or if you want PDF quality just dl the progs in my first post – works great
nice job brian!
The rest of you go get the goods on Stan. His mom grounded him once for setting something on fire. Let's find out what that something was and then lie and say it was a puppy.
by J2 on Apr 23, 2009 3:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
also – if you want the gridlines – in excel just highlight the whole copied area – right click – format cells – border – click on inside cells.
i’m lamenating it tonight – o.k. i’m not that big of a geek
The rest of you go get the goods on Stan. His mom grounded him once for setting something on fire. Let's find out what that something was and then lie and say it was a puppy.
by J2 on Apr 23, 2009 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
what time does the draft start?
Football. Bloody Hell!!
by gregeng on Apr 23, 2009 3:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
4PM EDT on Saturday.
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by Brian Galliford on Apr 23, 2009 3:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that would be 9pm UK time?
Football. Bloody Hell!!
by gregeng on Apr 23, 2009 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha....
You’re the expert on that aren’t you? If the Bills have a late game 4PM starting time, what time does it start there? That’s your answer.
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by MattRichWarren on Apr 23, 2009 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
yes
but is the US on Summer time? so it could be 9 or 10.
Football. Bloody Hell!!
by gregeng on Apr 23, 2009 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, we are on summer time.
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by Brian Galliford on Apr 23, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In England
we differntiate, GMT in the winter BST in the summer, because the states has 4 times zones you use the same designators all year round
Football. Bloody Hell!!
by gregeng on Apr 23, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Looking at the available players...
I highly doubt we go after Pettigrew, when so many other TEs could be had in later rounds.
I noticed that you have Ayers as a 2nd round grade, but almost all of our recent mocks have us taking Ayers at 11.
by NorCal BillsFan on Apr 23, 2009 3:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I noticed that you have Ayers as a 2nd round grade, but almost all of our recent mocks have us taking Ayers at 11.
Yes. Exactly.
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by thatguy34 on Apr 23, 2009 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who the heck did that?
Only an idiot…. oh wait…. I did that…. I’m not sold on the kid but I think the Bills will like him, possibly enough to draft him at 11.
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by MattRichWarren on Apr 23, 2009 3:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep. I did this a while back, before Ayers grew on me a bit. I should probably fix that…
There’s no way Ayers lasts that long anyhow. But you can say that about dozens of other players on the board as well.
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by Brian Galliford on Apr 23, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Orakpo is a consensus top 5 pick and he’s snubbed below Ayers who is predicted to be in the later stage of the 1st half?
by J.D on Apr 23, 2009 3:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Haha, wow, I JUST moved Ayers and I can’t keep anyone happy. :)
I like Ayers better than I like Orakpo. What can I say?
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by Brian Galliford on Apr 23, 2009 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps you could create an individual 2009 Buffalo Rumblings NFL Draft Big Board for each rumblings member? You got time right?
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by thatguy34 on Apr 23, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with on Ayers .Orakpo got thrown around like a little girl by Pettigrew .
by BigUgly on Apr 23, 2009 4:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i am so excited about this year’s draft, more so than in recent memory. i think we will select a good player pretty much regardless of what position we go with.
by chaucer on Apr 23, 2009 8:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Excellent Job....
to all involved… Gonna try to be here on Sat with ya’ll… I know with the growth of Rumblers, it’ll be even better than last year was!!!
Kudo’s again to all!!!
by Cinga on Apr 23, 2009 11:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If the Bills could get Shonn Greene in the 3rd
I would cream my jeans. He is going to be a great RB in the NFL. (I know Buffalo has 3 good RB’s)
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by the Uncommon Denominator on Apr 24, 2009 3:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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