On talent alone, I give it an A. On draft value, I give it a B. After reading reports, it leads me to believe that Whitner would have indeed been gone by the 15th pick, so if this is our guy, then a trade down would have been pointless. I think Whitner will be great.
The only one i'm still wondering about is trading up and taking McCargo so high, but there are reports that the Giants were set to take him at #32, so who knows. The next best DT wasn't taken until 40+ picks later, so maybe it could have been a good move even though 26 was a little high for McCargo. He's not a bad Dlineman though.
After these two picks, everyone was ready to hang themselves, but the Bills found a steal in round 3 with Youboty. It kinda balanced off day one.
IMO, the Bills may have found the best value in the whole league with finding Ko Simpson in round 4. I'm very high on this kid and think he will be a player.
You all will be very surprised to see that Kyle Williams isn't anything like Tim Anderson or Justin Bannan. You want someone who can destroy a center at the point of attack, that's Williams. He has great persuit and is very quick.
While Butler seems like an ass, i'm just glad he's on our side. From interviews, he reminds me alot of what i've seen from Kyle Turley all those years in New Orleans. All indications are he could develop into a solid starting tackle in 2 years.
I think Ellison very another very good value pick. He's a little on the light side for an NFL LB, so he will need to bulk up a bit. He's a project in work, who is fast and could rush the passer from the outside.
Pennington and Mertz are both mauler type olineman who can beat up the guy in front of them. Both need work on technique, but both are very smart and have potential.