Great read on "Draftniks" and "Value.
Article by Bleacher Report
Title says it all. They cut QB Aaron Corp, T Adam Grant, K Chris Koepplin and TE Joe Sawyer to make room.
The Bills have traded LB Kelvin Sheppard to the Indianapolis Colts for LB Jerry Hughes.
[Just click the pic above to expand] The graph below compares combine (and pro day for Goodwin) results for the two players compared to the average combine results for all receivers since 1999. The values are standard deviations from the mean. (68% of the population lies within one standard deviation of the mean in either direction, 95% are within two standard deviations. Anything more than two standard deviations from the mean in a normal distribution is rare.) I found this on reddit if anyone was wondering.
ESPN Stats Inc on Why Bills drafted EJ
Manuel was the only person Woods congratulated yesterday. Are these guys buddies or was this just serendipitous? Congrats to my boy @ejmanuel3 congrats bro!!!— Robert Woods (@robertwoods) April 26, 2013 (I have no idea how to embed a Tweet like Brian.)
Oregon LB Kiko Alonso made 3-4 impact plays in every game I studied. He's had some off field stuff but he's a rock solid 2nd rd pick on tape
— Daniel Jeremiah (@MoveTheSticks) February 19, 2013