From BuffaloBills.com (http://www.buffalobills.com/blog/index.jsp?post_id=3308):

BILLS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT WR KELLY OUTBURST: Much has been made of Oklahoma WR Malcolm Kelly's criticism of his own school after he ran some disappointing times at his pro day earlier this month, even here in this space. He criticized Oklahoma for switching the venue of his pro day from an astroturf surface to field turf. It wasn't a good way to handle adversity, though one could understand with his NFL future on the line why he was upset after the workout. Bills scouts Joe Haering and Shawn Heinlen tried to set the record straight on Kelly.

"No one thought he was an elite speed athlete, but the combination of his size to go with the speed he has is good enough for him to be a very productive receiver," said Heinlen who was in attendance at Kelly's pro day. "There is a laundry list of guys that have played receiver in the NFL that have not been 4.4 guys and been very productive. Granted, he was probably just very frustrated at the workout. He was a young guy that came out early and he's not been put in that kind of situation before."

"He probably thought he was that fast and the time didn't come out and he got a little upset and vented," said Heinlen. "His interview was literally right after he finished working out. He didn't have time to talk to anyone. He just got a little upset I think. I don't think it's an issue talking to the coaches. They all love the kid and speak very highly of him from a work ethic standpoint and his character. There's no issue there. He was just upset he didn't run as well as he hoped to run."

Scout Joe Haering who evaluated Kelly on tape believes Kelly he's fast enough along with his size to be a "good player in our league." Haering also cleared up the misperception that timed speed is end all be all factor.

"The most important thing is how the guy plays which is called playing speed because the guy has pads on," said Haering. "Then there are the guys that run fast when they're on the track with shorts. Sometimes the guy runs real fast in shorts and not with his pads on. I thought he ran fast enough. When you're playing the game especially at receiver and he comes across the middle and gets punched in the mouth and his nose is bleeding maybe some guy running 4.4 is running a 4.8 the next time. My point is when I saw him he is fast enough to play. He has good playing speed."

So although the draft gurus interpreted Kelly's disappointing pro day as a significant blow to his draft stock, in all likelihood most NFL teams haven't dropped his grade all that much. I had less of an issue with his timed speed than I did how he handled adversity. Knowing that interview came right as his workout concluded eases my concern about it a bit. Where does that put him in the draft? I'm guessing but probably the lower third of round one.

Workout (April 16, 2008):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyGnt_RecDs

Kelly is still the Bills no1 man. They also think they can get him lower than 11. Ideally, Harvey is still available at 11. He becomes trade bait for another team wanting him. If Harvey is available, they trade down to no lower than 20, get Kelly and another good pick. Great strategy. Get Martellus in the 2nd. Then play the field. The only caveat here is if one of their chosen CB's is available at 11. I like Kelly's ability to move the chains and as a red zone target.

Not to mention that fact that no one will ever be able to grade this draft class for 3-6 years to come.  But that's what blogs like this are for I know.

I think we all need to make our final predictions at some point this week.  

Look no further than, NOSTRA-MARVELOUS to make my predictions later this week in a diary.