Countdown to the 2010 NFL Draft

by Steve

Wait what, the NFL draft is in a week? God damn. Why the hell is it on a god damn Thursday again? (Rd. 1: Thurs., April 22, 7:30 p.m. ET Rds. 2-3: Fri., April 23, 6 ET Rds. 4-7: Sat., April 24, 10 a.m. ET) Sabres game 5 is also Friday night so get your second tv out of the closet. Um, but who are the Bills going to draft? Here is the first in several posts breaking down the 2010 NFL Draft.

The needs are obvious. quarterback, wide receiver, tackle, guard, defensive end,, defensive tackle, linebacker, safety, holy shit this team blows. Drafting at nine isn't complicated. Take the most talented player at the biggest need or most likely to make an impact immediately. (Also we are assuming the Bills aren't moving out of nine even though they should)

There is no quarterback in this draft worth a top 10 pick so throw all of them out. There is likely to be three offensive tackles taken in the top eight so throw that idea out. Wide receiver, no way, guard, never, and the Bills took a DE/OLB hybrid tweener last year so that has to be out also. So that basically leaves two positions, inside linebacker or nose tackle.

Both positions are glaring needs in this new 3-4 scheme. There is absolutely no NT on the roster, Poz is injury prone, Mitchell isn't good and there isn't much else unless you really like Andra Davis or Nic Harris.

Meeting this criteria the only two or three players worth a look are Terrence Cody NT Alabama, Dan Williams NT Tennessee, and Rolando McClain ILB Alabama. I'm not going to waste time with this post breaking down these dudes so I'll cut to the chase...

My Pick:

Rolando McClain