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Old 10-07-2010, 12:31 PM   #11
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Re: On Brian Orakpo and holding

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Orakpo is so, SO good. No idea how we got him with the 13th overall pick in the draft, considering how scrutinized the process was.

Buffalo got to see all the tape on Orakpo at Texas, and STILL took Aaron Maybin (likely, though, that was a marketing-driven move instead of a football driven-move). And people are going to blame the coaching/quarterback situation for that team's struggles.
I think Ralph Wilson had such an astounding record of drafting or signing Texas busts that he simply decided he wasn't going to grab another Longhorn for the rest of his life.

See:
Mike Williams
Derrick Dockery
Jason Peters
etc
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