Mock Draft: 2.0 | National Football Post
First thing's first: apologies for not meeting my two-articles-a-day quota at all this week. Just been really busy; things should pick up in the near future.
In the meantime, take a look at the latest Mock Draft from the National Football Post. Wes Bunting is one of my favorite NFL Draft analysts, and while Buffalo's pick here is rather run-of-the-mill, he makes a lot of compelling points for some interesting picks.
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I can barely get through a day of classes with just 1 article per day! Can’t wait ‘til you’re back on your grind.
Thinking the same thing, I look forward to both articles. I’m such a loser.
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Better than Buffalo Ramblings. :)
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by Brian Galliford on Feb 24, 2010 6:45 PM EST up reply actions
classic
Buff a blow, gotta remember that one!
by buffalobacker on Feb 24, 2010 7:38 PM EST up reply actions
Hahahahh....
Buff a blow wumblings
I bet sireric has got that website bookmarked :-)
If we end up with Vick, T.O., Richie I., and Porter….that is really pushing the dbag density limit for one team.
Or Buffalo Redundancies
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by SERGEANT MAJOR THOR on Feb 24, 2010 7:36 PM EST up reply actions
LOL, My ex-wife hates this site and heted me coming on here all the time. I still like the Rumblings better, it’s a better use of my time!
The more I see, the les I know.
by CanadianBillsFan on Feb 24, 2010 10:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
One of the keys on draft day I think will be both Berry and Haden being selected before pick #9. Got to get the players the Bills aren’t likely to select off the board.
forget the quota
there’s barely anything going on… but we’re still here everyday, so I salute the committment
Still waiting for the playoffs.... Go Bills 2010 !!!!
First thing’s first: apologies for not meeting my two-articles-a-day quota at all this week.
Yeah Brian, thats just unacceptable, simply unacceptable. ;-)
Just kidding, what you’ve mised in numbers you’ve more then made up with in quality. Keep up the good work!
Good draft too, I like Davis as a pick, although Bulaga is really growing on me!
The more I see, the les I know.
by CanadianBillsFan on Feb 24, 2010 4:06 PM EST reply actions
CanadianBillsFan…just curious where you are from…Ottawa here
by Buffalo Brad on Feb 24, 2010 4:11 PM EST up reply actions
Hey man, I’m in Ottawa too. Nepean to be precise!
The more I see, the les I know.
by CanadianBillsFan on Feb 24, 2010 4:19 PM EST up reply actions
Actually officially Gatineau here but growing up in Ottawa would rather to say I ’m from Ottawa…Actually heading out your way to catch the hockey game at Local Hereos on Merivale
by Buffalo Brad on Feb 24, 2010 4:29 PM EST up reply actions
GO CANADA 7-3 BABY!!!!!!
We’re gonna get our second chance against the americans!
The more I see, the les I know.
by CanadianBillsFan on Feb 24, 2010 10:48 PM EST up reply actions
It’s about time the team played like a team….Nabokov didn’t look that great but Canada sure played damn good for once.
by Buffalo Brad on Feb 24, 2010 11:34 PM EST up reply actions
Two MAJOR things have changed since our loss to the Americans.
1. We have finally found lines that work (outside of Marleau-Thornton-Heatly).
2. We are starting the right goalie. Luongo is our best goalie and he’s playing at his home rink. He’s lost maybe 5 games at home this year. And he was solid tonight too.
I honestly think that if we keep on playing like we did tonight, the only thing that stands between us and a gold medal is Ryan Miller. If we can solve hiom, then we have the Gold.
The more I see, the les I know.
by CanadianBillsFan on Feb 25, 2010 12:42 AM EST up reply actions
1. That line hasn’t been together all tournament? Why not? They are all SJ guys!
2. To be fair, Luongo did allow three goals. The difference was the offensive production in front of him.
And, I don’t think the US will give you what Russia gave you. They had three forwards waiting at the blue line, constantly gave up the puck in the neutral zone and then didn’t hustle to cover, and it seemed like every player was playing too long of shifts. They wouldn’t change up when there was an offensive opportunity, and then got stuck on the ice in the defensive zone.
I’m hoping USA-Canada gold medal game. It would be great.
by bluecollarbuffalo on Feb 25, 2010 6:43 AM EST up reply actions
Nepean is in Ottawa?
In Little League we’d play some East Nepean team from Canadia every summer in the All-Star tourney. I always wondered where those clowns were invading from.
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by Kurupt on Feb 24, 2010 5:33 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Nepean is the largest subburb of Ottawa. In fact when it was its own city (Ottawa and all of its subburbs amalgimated in 2001) it had it’s own designated subburbs, and East Nepean was one of them.
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by CanadianBillsFan on Feb 24, 2010 10:47 PM EST up reply actions
horrible mock
bradford 1 and tebow in the first round, what is this guy smoking lol
50-50 on that
Doubt Bradford with all of the questions marks goes #1. Tebow probably will go in round 1.
That would make me very happy if true
so, please tell Adam Schefter it is – therefore – highly unlikely.
Me and Adam aren't really on speaking term's these day's.
Sorry. If he’d just quit being friends with Graham, then we can be friends again. lol
yeah, that blew the whole mock IMO...
When you start showing guys getting drafted so early that it doesn’t make sense, then neither do any of the other picks until you get almost halfway through the 1st.
by NorCal BillsFan on Feb 24, 2010 5:39 PM EST up reply actions
I think you’ll get a lot more support on the Tebow point than the Bradford point.
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by Brian Galliford on Feb 24, 2010 6:46 PM EST up reply actions
Yup. 7 of the last 9 players taken first overall were QBs. Suh could be a much better prospect at his position than a QB, but a team like St. Louis would much rather draft the next Eli Manning, Matt Ryan or Joe Flacco (guys who are good so far, but not necessarily great QBs) instead of the next Darnell Dockett or Kevin Williams (dominant DTs) because the QB position is so much more impactful than everything else. The money is so enormous for the first pick that a QB can be a smarter investment since you’re paying 10 mil for any good starting QB anyways, but even the top 3 picks at other positions who work out are overpaid throughout their rookie contract. If STL believes in one of the QBs, they’ll take him.
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Isn't It
True that the lack of talent at QB coupled with impending lock-out is making it prudent to wait on next years QB for both $$ and talent reasons? Something I read brought up that issue, implying it would cost a team far less next year am I confused?
by buffalobacker on Feb 24, 2010 7:11 PM EST up reply actions
No your not wrong...
since the NFL is trying to strike up (pun intended) a rookie pay scale in any new CBA… And I think you’ve made a great point too….
Thank-you
Also learned even if the season is cancelled the NFL gets paid by TV networks, Cable etc.. seems like owners won’t mind sitting…..
by buffalobacker on Feb 24, 2010 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
NFL gets paid by TV networks, Cable etc.. seems like owners won’t mind sitting…..
that part I highly doubt….
That is, in fact, true.
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by MattRichWarren on Feb 24, 2010 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
To me it’s more about the networks being dumb. The Players have always had a lot more to lose from a lockout.
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by MattRichWarren on Feb 24, 2010 8:53 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah
Learning just how much must be considered when looking at draft. Kinda mind bending…ouch
by buffalobacker on Feb 24, 2010 7:46 PM EST up reply actions
Its in contract
season or no season they get paid
by buffalobacker on Feb 24, 2010 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
The NFL said earlier this week that that isn’t true. I’ll try to find a link if I can.
by bluecollarbuffalo on Feb 25, 2010 6:46 AM EST up reply actions
Well, I got it sort of right. The league says they would have to pay it back:
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/02/22/league-reiterates-position-on-5-billion-lockout-fund/
by bluecollarbuffalo on Feb 25, 2010 6:50 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah
looks like it will serve as a slush fund of sorts for the owners. Definitely points to owners having the most favorable position over players union. Thanks for the research Bluecollarbuffalo.
by buffalobacker on Feb 25, 2010 11:13 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, but perhaps they “don’t get paid” either way. In that case, it looks like they would receive less for the years after a lockout. I wonder what the language of the agreement actually is.
by bluecollarbuffalo on Feb 25, 2010 1:59 PM EST up reply actions
This is why I think it is best to wait until next year...
a rookie pay scale in any new CBA
I hope whoever the Bills eventually draft to play QB will be our long term starter for a decade, but chances are he may not be. So I dont want to be hamstrung by a huge contract when possibly next year, the contracts will be decisively more agreeable. Do we want a possible J. Russel on our hands if Clausen or Bradford dont work out. I would take the more-likely-to-be-a-sure-thing player if they are getting guaranteed money. Again, IMO, you dont invest/gamble big in a risky proposition unless the payoff is more than the investment/wager and I dont see that with either of the top 2 QBs in the draft. I would take the best OT/DT/DE available IF they are the BPA or within a certain acceptable range, say for example if you have a guy graded out as the 11th best player, take him at 9 if you cant trade back a spot for whatever reason even over a guy you have graded out as the 8th best player at a position you dont need.
by NorCal BillsFan on Feb 25, 2010 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
If Dan Williams is available that late
I can see the bills pulling a trade to move up similar to McCargo a few years back to snag him at the end of the first. That would make me very happy to see a OT and DT taken in the first round both with starting potential
by BigTex_BillsFan on Feb 24, 2010 5:27 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
That'd be nice
Especially if we trade vets for draft picks to have some to play around with…
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by Kurupt on Feb 24, 2010 5:35 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Here's where I'm at on that draft....
and more so prolly….
I’m not sold on Davis, in fact, don’t really like him…. I’d prefer Bulaga, but recognize 9 might be too high… BPA advocate I am, I’d HAVE to pick Bryant!!!
OK… let the “hate that pick” remarks come, but even if both QBs were still on board, I’d lean really, really hard on Bryant. On offense anyway, he’s tops on my board on offense behind Okung…
Overall… Suh, McCoy, McClain, Okung, Berry, and Bryant… Give me a top 5-6 player at 9 anyday…..
Spiller
Is he a value pick @ #9? Does it seem that with the release of Westbrook that the whole trading picks (and/or other “assets”) with the Eagles just got a little more interesting?
Spiller is a beast
He’s a dynamic Running Back and Kick returner, with a nose for the endzone. But as to the eagles they have there heir apparent at RB in LeSean McCoy. So I doubt they’ll be hugely interested in Spiller. San Diego on the other hand………..
Or Houston before San Diego.
This is like dumping a new puzzle from it's box. Now let's start putting the peices together. I guess this is what we all asked for.
Houston/San Diego
Well, this guy has him going to Houston @ #20.
As has been pointed out here before, San Diego is also an intriguing trade partner, but do they have the juice to swing up to #9? (I can’t recall the excellent trade scenarios presented here a few days ago.)
They could also throw in ARC
We need cover-man corners and he is a good one.
by NorCal BillsFan on Feb 25, 2010 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
The Eagles WILL NOT take a running back in round 1. My prediction for them? They sign Chester Taylor to couple w/ McCoy.
by bluecollarbuffalo on Feb 25, 2010 6:47 AM EST up reply actions
Just my 2 cents and I'll get killed for this
But IMO Spiller is the best player in this draft. And if the Bill’s took him at 9 and kept him, I’d actually like it.
Yeah
I too like him, but I’m fighting over whether RB on 1st pick or OT. Kinda leaning toward OT. Seems like most pressing need. Maybe Johnathan Dwyer, in second rd. If we shore up line maybe Lynch/jackson combo would work. Plus Dwyer…..
What exactly would Dwyer do for this team?
Especially if Lynch is still here? The RB this team needs is a big play guy, not another between the tackles runner like Dwyer.
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O.K.
He’d fit the gailey style of power foootball, and insurance for the highly dependable Lynch. Like I said would love to have C.J. Spiller but he’s going in 1st rd. And I’d rather use 1st rd pick on OT. What team doesn’t covet a big play RB? We need alot of things. Who you see at 41st pick that spells RB “big play guy” ?
Legarrete Blount(sp)
Big fast power gback. But he seems to have some pretty good breakaway speed. To bad he’s had some issues.
Not Spiller
But Dwyer runs 40 in 4.4 and is suppose to be ‘quick" in accelerating. Just a thought really, Buffalo truly has alot of needs. Was just trying to find a RB in second rd. to compliment Jackson 30yr old. And yes i know we need a speed back, but the best are gone by first rd. So do you address O/L or something else with first pick? That’s the million dollar question.
by buffalobacker on Feb 25, 2010 11:20 AM EST up reply actions
Best may fall...
his injury concerns and all, I dont expect him to, but I wouldnt be surprised either. The RB from Ole Miss (D. McCluster) is good too.
by NorCal BillsFan on Feb 25, 2010 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
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