2007 Draft Day Thread... Day 1

[TheNextStep]

Well, that's odd. I edited the options, but I'm still not in the "well hung, good looking guys" club.

That sucks.

I guess I'll have to get used to being stuck in the "it might be small, but your mom was screaming my name" club.

[Limee]

BOOOOO. I am never going to see a hundred page thread now.

[Knight]

If Mass is only only on page 25, it means we have quite a bit of work to do to reach 100. You guys go ahead and start, I'll check back later.

[Jack's sore libido]

I've got a 101-page thread. And I like it that way.

[Knight]

BOOOOO. I am never going to see a hundred page thread now.

Hey now, hey now. Don't dream its over!

[hawaiianboy]

I guess I'll have to get used to being stuck in the "it might be small, but your mom was screaming my name" club.


Well, with no offense to Arkie, I guess that's better than being stuck in the "it might be small, but your dad was screaming my name" club...

[Banter]

Just throwing this in here. I read on a Cleveland board today that Phil Savage was on the Jim Rome show and he stated that JaMarcus was the #1 guy on their draft board.

[R4Life]

A little tid bit from the Bills

As Buffalo's third-round selection (#92) approached it became obvious to the Bills that Stanford quarterback Trent Edwards was their only realistic option in terms of value. No other player on the board was close to him in terms of grade.

The only fear was having another team leapfrog Buffalo and take the sliding quarterback before the Bills 92nd pick. That fear came a lot closer to being reality when the Saints called Buffalo's draft room four choices prior to the Bills' selection.

"New Orleans had called about a trade and gave us an offer and we turned it down," said Bills head of college scouting Tom Modrak.

The Saints had just taken Akron guard Andy Alleman with the 88th overall pick, but were apparently determined to trade back into the bottom of round three. Armed with two fourth-round picks and a fifth-round selection New Orleans had the ammunition necessary to pull off a deal.

Even though Modrak denied them the opportunity he knew the Saints would continue to try and find a trade partner in that area of the round.

Worse still with just two quarterbacks on the Saints' roster, including aging veteran Jamie Martin, the prospect of them trying to take a young quarterback was very realistic.

The picks slowly closed in on Buffalo's selection.

Green Bay at pick 89 took Virginia Tech safety Aaron Rouse, Philadelphia grabbed Penn State running back Tony Hunt with the 90th pick. New England was suddenly on the clock and the Bills were on deck. All seemed well. The Patriots had a Pro Bowl caliber quarterback in Tom Brady and a young backup they like in Matt Cassel. The threat of a quarterback pick was minimal.

That was until word came down that New England was trading the pick away. Was it New Orleans?

"Our assumption was that the Saints were going to try to make a trade with New England when we heard the Patriots were making a trade," said Modrak. "The Saints were trying to make a trade with everyone in that area. So we assumed it was them and my feeling was New Orleans wanted a quarterback."

But time was running out on the Patriots to complete the trade. Bills equipment manager Dave Hojnowski, who works at the Bills draft table in New York City every year, was on the phone with Bills head athletic trainer Bud Carpenter in Buffalo's draft room at One Bills Drive, and told him that the clock was winding down on New England.

"The Patriots got down to about 45 seconds left and the two guys that take the cards from the teams up to the head table suddenly go running from the Patriots table all the way across the room to the Oakland table," said Hojnowski. "In the meantime I'm telling Bud on the other end of the phone that we have 30 seconds before the pick is over. So Bud gives me Trent Edwards' name to write down so we have the card filled out."

Hojnowski is so busy filling out the card that he doesn't mention to Carpenter that Oakland is the team that has made the trade with New England.

So back in the Bills draft room the head decision makers are still fearful that New Orleans is the trade partner.

Meanwhile in New York a league representative approaches Buffalo's table.

"The guy from the league table sends one of his assistants to come to our table," said Hojnowski. "At this point the time has expired and we're on the clock officially. However they didn't turn the clock over up front, but our runner was taking our card up to the front with our pick."

The trade had taken so long to consummate between New England and Oakland that Buffalo was now in position to jump ahead of them and make their selection first. They wanted to try and get their pick (Edwards) in before the other team whose identity was still not known to the Bills brass back in Buffalo. They thought the other team wanted Edwards too.

As Buffalo's runner is heading for the league table to turn in the Edwards pick, the other runner leaves from the Raiders' table with Oakland's card. Hojnowski is adamant that Buffalo's card arrived first.

"I know our card got in there first and all of a sudden the league decided they were going to accept the Raiders' card," said Hojnowski.

"The league said it was a tie," said Modrak. "I guess you had to be there."

Buffalo's draft room was silent. Hojnowski ran back to the Bills table and got back on the phone.

"It's Oakland," he said. "The league is letting them pick first."

While this didn't please the Bills in the draft room, they were somewhat relieved it wasn't New Orleans. Then Oakland's pick was announced.

'With the 91st pick the Oakland Raiders select Mario Henderson, offensive tackle, Florida State.'

Modrak jokingly snapped his fingers as if Henderson was the player Buffalo wanted all along, but a smile quickly crossed his face.

"Oakland did us a favor by being the team that traded with New England," said Modrak. "If it was New Orleans odds are it would have been the guy we wanted. So it worked out well for us. We got our guy."

Buffalo promptly took Edwards and the rest is draft history. But for the head men in Buffalo's draft room and for Hojnowski at the draft table in New York City it was an edge of their seat moment.

http://www.buffalobills.com/news/news.jsp?news_id=4770

[Knight]

Since we are putting random stuff in here, I'll add this. The month I post the most in this forum is the same month I get my first ever PotM votes at KFFL.... I think they are trying to tell me less is more. :p

[007]

I thought Buffalo was stupid to take Edwards, considering some of their needs and the fact that Losman is a bonafide player.

[Jack's sore libido]

If we get a fourth-round pick out of it, AND still get Kalil, or Ugoh, or Miller -- all guys we'd have all been happy to take at 2.1 -- isn't that a successful trade?

... misty water-colored memories ...

[007]

I thought Buffalo was stupid to take Edwards, considering some of their needs and the fact that Losman is a bonafide player.

This...Not so much. :o

[Jack's sore libido]

Oh, there's plenty of bad stuff from all of us in here.

[007]

Oh, there's plenty of bad stuff from all of us in here.

Cool. Im gonna go through it for shits and giggles...

I do however like Losman quite a bit. I still say he throws the best deep ball in the NFL, and in a good offence, he could start and be solid.

/saving face

[007]

Calvin Johnson to the Lions...

Raiders trade Moss...

Lions trade Mike Williams to the Raiders...


Book it...

Holy shit.

He called this BEFORE Oakland picked Russell.

Megaprops.

[massraider]

Geez, whatever happened to Turo?

[007]

If history says anything, we'll take the last guy I changed on my Lil Al...... which is Zach Miller...


Alan Branch in a run heavy division just makes too much sense for us to actually do it... Hopefully Rob Ryan is pushing like hell right about now..

Haha, this is fun.

[007]

Geez, whatever happened to Turo?

Knight too.

He doesnt post 'round here anymore...

[007]

I think I had some other TE cocksucker in the third. Oh well. At least I'll beat TG (again).

LOL!!!

Comedy relief.

[007]

Mario Henderson is a wet, dripping pussy.

Hate the pick. Love the rest of Day 1, though.

My all time favorite post.