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Direckshun · 03-05-2008, 04:21 PM

Well the Bills are in a hard place. They see the sharp decline in quality of a lot of positions they have been aching for. They need a good possession receiver, but it's too early to pick Malcolm Kelly, when they believe that he's more of a mid-to-late 1st than an early-mid 1st. Plus this is a deep draft for possession receivers so they think they can grab a great one in the 3rd of 4th.

At the same time, they need desperate help to rush the passer, especially with the addition of Stroud and Spencer Johnson. They weren't very strong at DE, but the dropoff after Gholston and Long is significant -- the next on their board is Philip Merling, and they believe it'd be a slight reach for him at #11 anyway.

But the Bills have a few players left on their board that they genuinely cannot believe are still out there. They aren't very popular picks; you won't find them in many mocks because they are 100% value.

The two that they can immediately discard as "ain't happenin'" are RBs Jon Stewart and Rashard Mendenhall. They spent their 1st on Lynch last year, and an additional pick last year at RB, and they may draft another RB this year, but it will almost certainly be in the later rounds.

Ryan Clady is the highest person on their board right now. He's got incredible upside, and they believed he's a Top 10er that's dropped. But Jason Peters was All Pro last year at LT, and RT isn't worth the #11 overall pick. So they make the Broncos happy and move on from him.

That leaves Mike Jenkins, another player they figured to be a Top 10er. While the Bills aren't exactly hurting at CB with Youboty and McGee, neither one of them are the productive shut down corners that Nate Clemens was. They've also cut three CBs to start the offseason, and aren't thrilled with their remaining depth.

They were planning on going CB much later in this Draft, but they're going with Mike Jenkins now, because they believe he's got the speed, size, and toughness to make their young secondary even better.

DE and possession WRs will have to wait for future rounds.

With the 11th pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, the Buffalo Bills select CB Mike Jenkins from the University of South Florida.

03-05-2008, 04:21 PM	#86
Direckshun __ Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Springpatch Casino cash: $2033447	Well the Bills are in a hard place. They see the sharp decline in quality of a lot of positions they have been aching for. They need a good possession receiver, but it's too early to pick Malcolm Kelly, when they believe that he's more of a mid-to-late 1st than an early-mid 1st. Plus this is a deep draft for possession receivers so they think they can grab a great one in the 3rd of 4th. At the same time, they need desperate help to rush the passer, especially with the addition of Stroud and Spencer Johnson. They weren't very strong at DE, but the dropoff after Gholston and Long is significant -- the next on their board is Philip Merling, and they believe it'd be a slight reach for him at #11 anyway. But the Bills have a few players left on their board that they genuinely cannot believe are still out there. They aren't very popular picks; you won't find them in many mocks because they are 100% value. The two that they can immediately discard as "ain't happenin'" are RBs Jon Stewart and Rashard Mendenhall. They spent their 1st on Lynch last year, and an additional pick last year at RB, and they may draft another RB this year, but it will almost certainly be in the later rounds. Ryan Clady is the highest person on their board right now. He's got incredible upside, and they believed he's a Top 10er that's dropped. But Jason Peters was All Pro last year at LT, and RT isn't worth the #11 overall pick. So they make the Broncos happy and move on from him. That leaves Mike Jenkins, another player they figured to be a Top 10er. While the Bills aren't exactly hurting at CB with Youboty and McGee, neither one of them are the productive shut down corners that Nate Clemens was. They've also cut three CBs to start the offseason, and aren't thrilled with their remaining depth. They were planning on going CB much later in this Draft, but they're going with Mike Jenkins now, because they believe he's got the speed, size, and toughness to make their young secondary even better. DE and possession WRs will have to wait for future rounds. With the 11th pick in the 2008 NFL Draft, the Buffalo Bills select CB Mike Jenkins from the University of South Florida.
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