Monday, April 20, 2009

Bills 2009 NFL draft options @11 LB

By Steve

Clearly this is the Bills most pressing need. Lets face it, DE isn't as glaring a hole on this team as linebacker. They have over $12 million locked up in Kennelshobla and all three suck balls. Ellis was a third round pick last year and seemingly all will be back on the team. Unless Kelsay gets cut/traded linebacker is a more pressing need, problem is the answer just may not be there @ 11.

Aaron Curry OLB
He is the clear cut best linebacker available in the draft according to nearly every source. Height: 6-2. Weight: 254. Combine 40 Time: 4.56. The dude appears to be a straight up stud. There is some chatter he could fall outta the top 10!, but I doubt it. The 49ers could take him at 10 which would kill me obviously but whattaya gonna do. If it is the year of the QB/WR/OT he could fall to the Bills at a 11 but it still seems highly unlikely.

Next is anyone's guess. The concern I have is that the next three could and probably are ALL USC linebackers. That yells out to me that all three probably aren't outstanding and made each other appear better than they truly are. Cushing and Mathews are nearly identical at 6'3 245 but are either worth the 11th pick? The third is Rey Maualuga 6'2 249 and he plays inside. If the Bills loved him at 28 he probably would be a steal, problem is 11 is too high and it would force the Bills to move under performing Paul Poz outside. Is that shuffling all worth it? Probably if Rey is for real. Problem is, are any of these three Trojans for real?

The final guy some are talking about is a white dude outta the Big 10, sound familiar? James Laurenaitis 6'2 244. He also plays inside and could/should be available at 28. Again i'm not in love with moving PP this early in development (he missed his rookie year pretty much) but if Modrak and co. really love either of these two interior LBs at 28 or maybe luckily at 43 I would really like the selection.

If not hunker down and find a sleeper in the second round. The Bills moved up for Paul early in the second round two years ago and with an extra 4th that is a distinct possibility if they are targeting someone to replace Crowell after #28.

2 comments:

  1. Last time we picked 11th, Patrick Willis was available at 10 and San Fran took him. The same thing will probably happen again this year. Is moving ahead of San Fran via trade to get Curry possible or just stupid?

    -Coast

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  2. Coast Curry is a top 3 pick. Some say the Lions might even pick him, although it wouldn't make much sense seeing as they got Julian Peterson this offseason.

    If he is available at 5-10 we have to bust a move. Dude is a stand out and reminds me of me. No JK but seriously he is the next P Willis.

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