Video Time: Bills rookies as seen on film

by Brian Galliford on Apr 30, 2009 6:00 AM EDT in NFL Draft Comment 19 comments

We feel quite confident that some of you have already taken a poke around the Interwebs looking for as much as you can on the Buffalo Bills' eight 2009 NFL Draft picks. For those of you that have not, however, we'll do a bit of the dirty work for you.

We found a few videos on seven of Buffalo's eight drafted rookies for your perusal this morning. (Poor Ellis Lankster - no one wants to give him any YouTube love.) For the other seven prospects, here's the best we can find - and for more videos, particularly on the more prominent prospects, check out our FanShots section, where you can view previously uploaded videos as well as upload any more you find.

DE Aaron Maybin

OG Eric Wood

FS Jairus Byrd

OG Andy Levitre

TE Shawn Nelson
Well... Shawn doesn't get any YouTube love, either, but you can view a FOX Sports highlight video on Nelson here.

OLB Nic Harris

CB Cary Harris
Cary gets YouTube love, but it's better to view it here, as it doesn't play friendly with the blog platform.

Enjoy, folks!

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Is it just me

Or does Maybin look like a wide receiver?

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by BillsNYC on Apr 30, 2009 9:12 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

thats because he played at 230ish only a little bit heavier than a receiver like Owens

by LIBi on Apr 30, 2009 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I’m thinkin’ TO could take him. Hopefully he can put some meat on his butt, otherwise opposing tackles and even TE’s will whip him like a ragdoll. speed isn’t everything.

by dzil on Apr 30, 2009 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I saw a combine/pro day video of Maybin, I dont know which it was, and the dude looks like a bodybuilder.

Side note: For anyone who has watched a lot of football…Was there ever a time when DE/LBs who were chasing down the QB didn’t make the tackle near the ball? For some reason I think that technique used to strip the ball away from the QB is a somewhat current one. Please confirm or deny.

by TrentEdwardsHoF2018 on Apr 30, 2009 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe I exagerated a little bit...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-lFOTLQg7M

He looks like an NFL player though. Whatever that means.

by TrentEdwardsHoF2018 on Apr 30, 2009 11:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

maybin is going to get manhandled by the bruising right tackles

and out finesed by the left tackles. He’s too small and too inexperienced. If we wanted a one dimensional speed rusher with sky high potential, we could have got mike johnson in rd2 and not still have Ellision at OLB.

Im tryin not to be bitter about this, but its hard when your team wastes its first pick on a player that prolly wont ever amount to much.

We will regret this pick for years.

BTW, thanks for the vids.

by BuffaloChip on Apr 30, 2009 11:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Find me an “experienced” rookie, please.

He’s got a lot of room on his frame for more weight, and he is rather solid. His potential is better than Johnson’s IMHO, and to dismiss him as one-dimensional and small is plain ignorant- Freeney’s done just fine for himself while small and speedy.

Who else would you have rather taken at #11, if you’re so against Maybin? Oher? Orakpo? Pettigrew?

He’s not a guaranteed star, but to say that he won’t amount to much and we’ll regret this pick for years is insane.

Penn Staters belong at Penn State. The problem with a lot of kids is they just don’t know they are Penn Staters yet. -jesse. @ BSD

by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Apr 30, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

How does getting Michael Johnson mean we wouldn’t have Ellison at OLB?

~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 30, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Maybe by taking Cushing or Matthews at pick 11 and then taking Johnson in round 2? Of course, then the Bills still would need a guard; finding one that could start in round 4 would be difficult.

by Krenn on Apr 30, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah lets reach for an OLB, when we have the best pass rusher in the draft sitting right there.. makes perfect sense because...

we all know that OLB is a much more important position than a rush DE (sarcasm of course).. putting pressure on the qb is much more important than getting ellison out of the line up.. a better pass rush makes our entire defense better, and that’s a fact..

by Shovel51 on Apr 30, 2009 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

and i'm sure the same things were said about jason taylor, and plus

the kid just turned 21 years old, he put on 20 good pounds in the last 2 months.. are you ignorant to the fact that he is capable of putting on more weight? he will come in on passing downs this year be told to get the qb we don’t have to worry about him having to play the run this year, and i’m sure he will do fine rushing the passer. afterall we have 3 guys that can play the run very well kelsay, schobel, denney, and we needed a pass rush specialist and thats’ exactly what we have, and now people complain about that.. let me guess you guys saying he is undersize are probably the same guys that would have preferred brown??

by Shovel51 on Apr 30, 2009 1:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Shawn Nelson youtube highlights

Did you not type in “Shawn Nelson” to search? Haha

~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 30, 2009 11:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Here’s a Jairus Byrd one too…

~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 30, 2009 11:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Andy Levitre

~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 30, 2009 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah

those vids don’t work too well unless you go to the youtube pages…..I can’t wait to hear throughout the off-season how these rookies progress…….I mean can you imagine the possible impact of 2 new starting OL, and Maybin, Nelson and Byrd playing prominent roles? THat’s a lot of youth on the field

MARVelous - "I went from America's team to North America's Team" Terrell Owens

by MARVelous on Apr 30, 2009 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs