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Buffalo Bills Draft Thread

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:07 pm
by Next Coming
With less than week left until the big day I think it's time to get some Draft Discussion going.

Since we addressed our Interior D-line with the trade for Stroud and the signing of Spencer Johnson we addressed one of our major needs.

Signing Kawika Mitchell also eliminates going LB on the first day.

That leaves us with WR, TE, DE, CB as our major needs.

O-Line depth, D-Line Depth, LB Depth, ST's as our Secondary needs.

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:19 pm
by Next Coming
Wide Reciever
1. Devin Thomas-Michigan State

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2. Limas Sweed-Texas

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3. Malcolm Kelly-Oklahoma

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4. Earl Bennett-Vanderbilt

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5. Jordy Nelson-Kansas State

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Honorable Mentions: DeSean Jackson, James Hardy, Mario Manningham, Early Doucet, Adrian Arrington, Keenan Burton, Andre Caldwell, Steve Johnson, Jerome Simpson

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:27 pm
by Next Coming
Tight End

1. John Carlson-Notre Dame

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2. Martellus Bennett-Texas A&M

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3. Dustin Keller-Purdue

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4. Jermichael Finley-Texas

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5. Fred Davis-USC

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Honorable Mentions: Craig Stevens, Brad Cottam, Martin Rucker, Jacob Tamme, Gary Barnidge, Kellen Davis

Regarding Limas Sweed

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:42 pm
by PhillyB
SWEED'S WRIST: Texas WR Limas Sweed is another player with an injury concern coming off a bad wrist injury. Bills scout Shawn Heinlen who put together reports on Sweed said ultimately whether an injury is an issue that affects a player's draft grade comes down to the team's medical staff

http://www.buffalobills.com/blog/index.jsp?post_id=3310

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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:06 am
by Latrell
A wrist injury isn't something you should be concerned about.

NC, would you like to see the Bills draft a WR with their 1st pick? Personally I'm not enamoured with this WR class at all. As a Colts fan with a late 2nd rounder as our first pick I'd pass on pretty much any WR and that is a position of need for us with Marvin's career in question.

I see Sweed as somewhat intriguing for you guys though. He's a tall WR which would be a nice complement to Lee Evans.

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:22 pm
by Next Coming
Latrell wrote:A wrist injury isn't something you should be concerned about.

NC, would you like to see the Bills draft a WR with their 1st pick? Personally I'm not enamoured with this WR class at all. As a Colts fan with a late 2nd rounder as our first pick I'd pass on pretty much any WR and that is a position of need for us with Marvin's career in question.

I see Sweed as somewhat intriguing for you guys though. He's a tall WR which would be a nice complement to Lee Evans.


I'd like to go DE with the first pick. I've been pimping Derrick Harvey I just doubt we go in that direction.

The WR class isn't like year's past but there is still some players to be had. I'm not sure a WR at #11 is what we should do but it looks like we're going in that direction with Devin Thomas being the front runner.

I like Sweed but I think his height really masks how he plays. He's not all that physical well not as physical as Devin Thomas is.

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:35 pm
by Next Coming
Defensive Ends

1. Derrick Harvey-Florida

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2. Jason Jones-Eastern Michigan

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3. Phillip Merling-Clemson


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4. Quentin Groves-Auburn

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5. Brian Johnston-Gardner Webb


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Honorable Mentions: Trevor Scott, Chris Ellis, Kendall Langford, Louis Holmes, Kenny Iwembena

Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:46 pm
by Next Coming
Cornerbacks

1. Antoine Cason-Arizona

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2. Brandon Flowers-Virgina Tech

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3. Leodis McKelvin-Troy

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4. Mike Jenkins-South Florida

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5. Dominique Rodgers Cromartie-Tennessee State

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Honorable Mention: Aqib Talib, Justin King, Charles Godfrey, Antwaun Molden, Tracy Porter, Chevis Jackson, Tyvon Branch

Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:00 am
by Latrell
Next Coming wrote:-= original quote snipped =-



I'd like to go DE with the first pick. I've been pimping Derrick Harvey I just doubt we go in that direction.

The WR class isn't like year's past but there is still some players to be had. I'm not sure a WR at #11 is what we should do but it looks like we're going in that direction with Devin Thomas being the front runner.

I like Sweed but I think his height really masks how he plays. He's not all that physical well not as physical as Devin Thomas is.


I think Harvey is much better value at #11 than any WR in this draft.

Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:33 pm
by Latrell
Leodis McKelvin picked at 11. Thoughts on this pick?

Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:59 am
by Next Coming
Latrell I've loved what the Bills have done with McKelvin and Hardy.

I know I had McKelvin rated behind Cason and Flowers but he's been the consensus highest rated CB so I'm pretty pleased with that.

James Hardy is a 6'6 WR who is going to win jumpballs in the redzone and with the Bills having a lot of hard time punching the ball in the endzone in the 20 he's going to be a major boost.

Put Hardy alongside Evans and his numbers will increase, Lynch will have more open holes, Trent Edwards will be better and if we address the TE position on Day 2 we've built ourselves a pretty good nucleus.

Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 4:23 pm
by Latrell
You guys have had 2 VERY solid drafts in a row.