Aaron Maybin released

[Guiness]

Another high first round LB was released today - Aaron Maybin was released by the Bills.

No surprise, I guess, he was a healthy scratch for a few games last year. Still, he shouldn't have been very expensive to keep at this point in his contract, so they must have given up all hope in him, a la Vernon Gholston. I wonder if, in a similar fashion, someone will pick him up in hopes that Buffalo was wrong. I don't see it though, the Bills have had some pretty good LB's, so it's not like the position coach screwed him up.

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taken 2 spots ahead of orakpo, and 15 spots before CM3

oouch

i'm sure other teams will give him a look, but i would say his career is in jeopardy. a college DE that was converted to OLB in a 3-4 who showed up at camp around 225. that just doesn't work

[Lurker64]

taken 2 spots ahead of orakpo, and 15 spots before CM3

oouch

i'm sure other teams will give him a look, but i would say his career is in jeopardy. a college DE that was converted to OLB in a 3-4 who showed up at camp around 225. that just doesn't work

There were five players drafted to play OLB in a 3-4 defense in the first round that year. In order: Aaron Maybin, Brian Orakpo, Larry English, Robert Ayers, Clay Matthews. Bills aren't the only ones kicking themselves for passing on CMIII.

[bobblehead]

Wasn't there serious steroid speculation? I thought a before and after picture even.

[Guiness]

Wasn't there serious steroid speculation? I thought a before and after picture even.

Ya, he bulked up in an awful hurry. Packer Chatters had a thread (waiting for the ban hammer for this link posting!!!!)

http://www.packerchatters.com/4ums/index.php?showtopic=13929

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Wasn't there serious steroid speculation? I thought a before and after picture even.

cushing had a lot of talks about that, and pictures

[Deputy Nutz]

There were five players drafted to play OLB in a 3-4 defense in the first round that year. In order: Aaron Maybin, Brian Orakpo, Larry English, Robert Ayers, Clay Matthews. Bills aren't the only ones kicking themselves for passing on CMIII.

Orakpo would be the only one I would even consider in Mathews league at this point.

[Upnorth]

So th eguy is a bust as a first rounder, but can he contribute at any level? Special teams? Is he worth working out just to see if there is potential?

[Lurker64]

So th eguy is a bust as a first rounder, but can he contribute at any level? Special teams? Is he worth working out just to see if there is potential?

Our coaches' time is probably better spent working with the guys who are already on the roster than on also-rans. Jamari Lattimore is essentially the same player as Maybin (undersized speed rusher, though Maybin's arms are longer), and Lattimore is cheaper and we don't know yet whether or not he can be made in a player whereas the early returns on Maybin are poor.

[smuggler]

Maybin is done. He took shortcuts in college, and when those shortcuts weren't available in the pros, he lost 22lbs and vanished. He's a massively undersized linebacker and a slow safety with no coverage skills.

[KYPack]

Orakpo would be the only one I would even consider in Mathews league at this point.

Orakpo went to the Pro Bowl last season to replace Clay bc of the Super Bowl. The other 3 #1 picks are all busts. Big time busts. I saw a Bills game 2 years ago. I wanted to check out Maybin. It took me several series to figure out which one he was. Eventually, I discovered he was the shitty LB. No shed, no pass rush, no instincts and terrible against the run. This kid was the NFL equivalent of the invisible man.

This is the reason I have given up on trying to figure out the prospects for the NFL draft. It doesn't matter what these kids do in college. They get all these sacks against other kids. It doesn't matter how fast they smoke a 40 or did in gym class. Until they take NFL snaps, it's all a big, fat guess.

Give me a list of who we drafted and I'll watch 'em in camp.

[mmmdk]

Bears are actually interested in Maybin according to Chicago Tribune.

[KYPack]

Bears are actually interested in Maybin according to Chicago Tribune.

That'd be cool. The Barelys already signed Vern Gholston from Ohio State. They could start an all-time #1 draft pick pass rusher bust club or something.

[Joemailman]

That'd be cool. The Barelys already signed Vern Gholston from Ohio State. They could start an all-time #1 draft pick pass rusher bust club or something.

Hope they fare better than Gaines Adams.

[KYPack]

Hope they fare better than Gaines Adams.

That's stone cold, Joe.