billsfan5121

I would have rather had the chiefs suck. Does that count?

I think this situation was unique, and one most fan bases can’t even relate to. Sure, hindsight enables us to sit back and think that getting the 1st or 2nd pick in the draft was better long term. But I can’t imagine anyone would have said at the time that they would have traded that feeling of getting the weight lifted off our shoulders. I know I wouldn’t trade it. Heck, I go back and watch the videos every so often. I was jealous of the people who were in buffalo. I live and have always lived in Virginia, and I seriously considered driving up there to experience it with the locals. Being from Virginia means I don’t share the common favorite team with everyone. So I constantly hear ridicule about the drought, and buffalo sucking. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked why am I a fan of buffalo. It gets old. So to be relevant again meant everything to me. Even for just one week. I guess that’s why I’m on the trade everything for a qb crusade since I joined. I love buffalo, it feels like a second home to me, and I want the city to feel proud of their team. And I want to be proud from afar. And for one week last year, I felt that. So no, wouldn’t trade it at all.

You say give AJ the keys and go 5-11 and get a qb next year? Isn’t that what we did last year? Ride out the season and go get a qb this year. That’s always the plan it seems, but it never happens. If we can’t jump on it this year, when will we, or why would next year be the better time? I’m so confused by this logic. Next year is always the time, until next year gets here. This is the year to grab a qb. AJ should get a chance to start, and if he does well, we have a Bradford with philly situation. If a rookie starts, it means he was better than AJ. To me, grab a qb and it’s win win. If they both suck, then so be it but we tried. But if we stay at 12 and 22, and draft a LB and WR, and they both suck, then what? And what makes next years crop of QBs worth waiting for? I don’t follow college closely, but I haven’t seen anything to suggest we should wait. Between the FAs and rookies this year, it was the year to swing. We didn’t take a big swing on the FAs, so I think we can assume we are swinging for the draft. I hope it works out. We’ll see soon enough.

I think the problem with this logic is that it doesn’t account for what happened prior to the bad game. For example, I’m pretty sure Manning’s 6 Int game came against the Chargers in prime time. If that’s correct, I’m pretty sure that was in the mid 2000s. He had already established himself in this league before that game took place. I was ok with the peterman decision so I won’t pretend that I thought it was a terrible move, but that game didn’t do anything to give anyone confidence that he is the answer to our qb problem.

There’s nothing wrong with the pick. I think this year especially, if we move up, or stay where we are at, we are going to see a lot of people divided in whatever decision was made. If we move to 2 and take Rosen, some will think we should’ve taken Mayfield or Darnold if available. If we take Darnold, a group will say we should’ve taken Rosen. We see this now as people make their case for each prospect. Me personally, I just want to move up and get one of the top prospects. I prefer Rosen, but will be just as happy with Darnold or Mayfield. But I’m no scout and know far less than many others. I just want to take a swing. The only thing that would really upset me on draft day is trading up and taking a different position. Heck, someone can probably convince me to take Allen at this point. At least it would be exciting.

The only thing that matters....... FACT: you can only hit on a qb if you take a chance at getting one. FACT: you will never hit on a qb if you keep pushing it to future years. I don’t think gore advocating not getting one but I just want to try.

I swear every time I see someone has visited or we signed somebody, I feel like we are just plugging holes the best we can with limited space so that we can move up in the draft.

This is my first post but I have been here since the demise of the BBMB. I signed up just to try and understand this topic of drafting qb high by trading up to get our guy. I don't understand what the issue is with trading up. My question is this- If this is not the time to trade up and draft a qb, and you think we are better off using our picks to fill holes, when do you suggest we finally take a chance? Is it best to just wait until we have a 3-13 season to mitigate the risk? Would it be better to use our picks this year to collect talent and then push the decision down the road further? I feel like this is what we have always done. We just minimize the importance of the qb position and act like building a talented team is sufficient. I don't understand this logic. You draft the qb, and if you hit, you are a perennial contender. You draft all the other positions, and you hit on all of them (not likely), then you are a contender for what, 4 to 5 years before you have to pay 6 players a new contract? I feel like the Seahawks are a great example of how you cannot build a team and expect to keep them all around. I understand they paid Wilson, but they had to pay Chancellor, Thomas, Sherman, Bennett, Wilson, Lynch at one point, Baldwin, etc. It's much easier to build a consistent contender by finding your qb. I feel like this is the time we have all been waiting for. Not only that, but this is what the regime has been building towards all along (my opinion). There is no better time than now to do this. Maybe it costs quite a bit of capital, but that what we have been accumulating it for, isn't it? Now when the time comes, everyone wants to pick apart the qb class and say the top guys may not pan out. That is the case across the board. We could make 6 picks in the first three rounds and miss on some or all of them. If we hit on them all, great, we get a few years of contending. If we hit on the qb, we have a decade plus of contending. I'll take that all day long. I am beyond tired of sitting around hoping our team is patched together enough to compete for a Wild Card birth. I am beyond tired of watching the Rodgers and Bradys of the league light up the scoreboard every week. How many times did someone here comment last season that they watched the NE game, or a Pittsburgh game and say on here, "After watching them, I realized how far away we truly are from contending." If you said that, why did you say that? Did you say that because you thought Gilmore and Butler were great? Was it Clay Matthews in GB? Was it Shazier (good player) in Pittsburgh? No. You realized how far away we were because we don't have a qb that's in the same stratoshpere as those guys. I'm done ranting now. I just want a qb. I don't personally care the cost. You can call me out and say "If they trade the farm and he busts, you'll probably be here wanting everyone fired." Nope. I certainly won't. I just want to take a shot at having a top prospect at qb. Maybe he doesn't pan out. But I can tell you that I will not lose a second of sleep knowing we swung for the fence, drafted Rosen or whoever, and he flopped while we missed out on a WR, DT, RT, RG, LB, or whatever. I just want to be relevant again. This past season was great, and lifted a huge weight off this franchise and the fans. But there's not one single person on this board who ever thought we had a chance past Jacksonville. And that feeling sucks. Just making the playoffs was our Super Bowl. That's pathetic and we need to hope for better. Maybe my opinion is wrong and that's why I'm not a GM of a professional sports team. But I know the qb position is the most important position in all of sports, and you have to try and get one eventually. You can't keep pushing it off like one is just gonna fall into our lap. We have to be proactive and aggressive. We set ourselves up for it. Now go do it.