Cross Terdell Sands off your wish list

[Nick]

Reports indicate he's reached a four-year extension with Oakland.

http://buffalobills.com/blog/index.jsp?blogger_id=1

[MASSIVE]

I started to cry as soon as I read your post Nick.:\

[Dr. Defense]

Now with him gone where does this leave us in terms of getting someone to play lane plugger? Is there anyone else young out there that we have a shot at, that could fill this gap for multiple years, or is it all people like Keith Traylor that do 1-2 years?

[Country]

Ian Scott is next on the list.

I hope this means that they are letting Tommy Kelly walk.

[Nick]

Ian Scott is next on the list.

I hope this means that they are letting Tommy Kelly walk.

Kelly's a restricted free agent so he's not going anywhere without compensation. Besides, there are rumors that the Raiders may move him outside to DE, I believe. If that's the plan, it's conceivable they'd like to lock him up as well.

As for Scott, I agree that he's probably near the top of the list. He has starter experience at nose tackle and is young, though he doesn't have the mammoth size we've been looking for. Don't rule out Kenderick Allen as part of some kind of rotation; the Rams tried to get him last spring but he ended up going to Green Bay.

[Country]

Kelly's a restricted free agent so he's not going anywhere without compensation. Besides, there are rumors that the Raiders may move him outside to DE, I believe. If that's the plan, it's conceivable they'd like to lock him up as well.

As for Scott, I agree that he's probably near the top of the list. He has starter experience at nose tackle and is young, though he doesn't have the mammoth size we've been looking for. Don't rule out Kenderick Allen as part of some kind of rotation; the Rams tried to get him last spring but he ended up going to Green Bay.

With the desperate situation that the Rams DT position is in I could see them goign after a RFA and giving up some compensation,

A 3rd round pick [if that is what it stays at] for Randy Starks from Tennessee is a great value theguy had 40 tackles and 3 sacks last year. Those are better than Kennedy's career numbers.

[Nick]

A 3rd round pick [if that is what it stays at] for Randy Starks from Tennessee is a great value theguy had 40 tackles and 3 sacks last year. Those are better than Kennedy's career numbers.

He also had an arrest for domestic assault for roughing up his fiancée and is in anger management classes. He's coming from a team that ranked one position higher and allowed one yard fewer on average defending the run than we did. Furthermore, Starks strikes me as more of a well-rounded defensive tackle as opposed to the massive road-grading nose we need. We're not even sure he's going to get the third rounder tender; chances are he gets a higher tender anyways. He's a good player, but I'm not sure he's the player we should be spending significant compensation on.

[Country]

Starks is well rounded, and I did not know about the arrests, and as far as I can see we need all the help we can get.

Scott is now numbner 1.