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[quote=BigHairedAristocrat;672200]No one on the planet would trade up to 4 to take Clausen, but if either one of Suh and McCoy were left on the board, our phone would be ringing off the hook. Unless I got an [I]amazing[/I] offer, I'd take Suh or McCoy and feel like the luckiest team in the draft.[/quote]
Dude, if we ad one of these dt's to our dline, it is going to be sick. Of course with out any change to our oline, its is still sickly..

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No one actually wants to hear my thoughts on Brady Quinn, but if the choices end up being to trade a 4th or 5th round pick for Quinn's rights or to take Jimmy Clausen with the 4th overall pick, this seems like such a no brain-er that I would probably have to blacklist those who didn't agree with me.

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[quote=Buster;672183]He took it as a Jr and scored 14, then again as a Sr and scored a respectable 28, same as Peyton Manning. So if anything, he's studious, as we've seen.


Heath Shuler had a 16...and is now helping run the country. Yikes.

Check out that list I posted...a good score means nothing for football. :D[/quote]
those type of scores are pitiful, I mean they're middle school level tests

some of these guys probably couldn't even get enough on the asvab to go army infantry (not a knock on .mil)

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[quote=GTripp0012;672212]No one actually wants to hear my thoughts on Brady Quinn, but if the choices end up being to trade a 4th or 5th round pick for Quinn's rights or to take Jimmy Clausen with the 4th overall pick, this seems like such a no brain-er that I would probably have to blacklist those who didn't agree with me.[/quote]

I imagine your thoughts on Quinn are the same as they were three years ago. Maybe we could get Tim Rattay to back him up?

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[quote=SmootSmack;672208]Not sure what you mean[/quote]

yeah didn't word that too well

the rumors are basically over, but it took awhile for it to get to the media?

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[quote=SmootSmack;672214]I imagine your thoughts on Quinn are the same as they were three years ago. Maybe we could get Tim Rattay to back him up?[/quote]Or maybe we could trade up for Sam Bradford, and back him up with Jevan Snead and John Skelton :tongue

The shorthand version: for one-reason or another, all other options are sub-optimal to keeping Campbell, and playing him behind a rebuilt OL. But in terms of developmental prospects, Quinn would be one of many options that could be picked up at the cost of a mid-to-late rounder. And not all of those options are equal, according to me.

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I'm intrigued about the possibility of signing Larry Johnson...wonder what he has in the tank?

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[quote=GTripp0012;672219]Or maybe we could trade up for Sam Bradford, and back him up with Jevan Snead and John Skelton :tongue

The shorthand version: for one-reason or another, all other options are sub-optimal to keeping Campbell, and playing him behind a rebuilt OL. But in terms of developmental prospects, Quinn would be one of many options that could be picked up at the cost of a mid-to-late rounder. And not all of those options are equal, according to me.[/quote]

I wouldn't trade up for Bradford, and I don't think Skelton fits here

But I'd rather spend a 5th on Snead than trade one for Quinn.

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[quote=SmootSmack;672223]I wouldn't trade up for Bradford, and I don't think Skelton fits here

But I'd rather spend a 5th on Snead than trade one for Quinn.[/quote]But...then we have Jevan Snead, and not Brady Quinn.

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[quote=tryfuhl;672216]yeah didn't word that too well

the rumors are basically over, but it took awhile for it to get to the media?[/quote]

Well rumors tend to pick up again after a dead period sometimes. But I also wouldn't say they take awhile to get to the media. I mean how do you think I hear most of this stuff. It can take a while to get from the media to the public because more often than not it's not worth bringing up

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[quote=GTripp0012;672226]But...then we have Jevan Snead, and not Brady Quinn.[/quote]

Exactly

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[quote=SmootSmack;672229]Exactly[/quote]Just clarifying.

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[quote=SmootSmack;672228]Well rumors tend to pick up again after a dead period sometimes. But I also wouldn't say they take awhile to get to the media. I mean how do you think I hear most of this stuff. It can take a while to get from the media to the public because more often than not it's not worth bringing up[/quote]
I don't know, just figured some stuff didn't get reported, like you said. Either that or there are rumblings but they're waiting to report until there's something more solid instead of pulling a Florio.

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Bears just signed Eddie Williams, that's four former Redskins that have found work this past week now

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[quote=SmootSmack;672240]Bears just signed Eddie Williams, that's four former Redskins that have found work this past week now[/quote]Color me surprised. I figured that Randle El would get picked up, but that Mason/Williams/Collins/Yoder/Smoot would not get any play after release. So this, I think, does have meaning.