bills in va Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I said yesterday that Nix would NOT go LT with #9. His drafting philosophy is to take O-Lineman in later rounds. His first pick ever was Tomilson and he did it again with Spiller. Even if Williams or Okung were available, Spiller was his guy. He wants excitement and to sell tickets. we already have 2 backs but he zeroed in on Spiller anyway. Now if we trade Lynch for a 3rd and take a Tackle with the extra pick I will be singing his praises. I would love for them to take either Clausen or McCoy tonight; trade Lynch to provide us 2 thirds where we take 2 tackles it would be one hell-of-a draft no matter what we do Saturday. There is a chance we could get Spiller, Clausen, 2 Tackles, OLB, WR and OG before its all over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebug Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Can you give me the lotto numbers for tonights draw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerville Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I said yesterday that Nix would NOT go LT with #9. His drafting philosophy is to take O-Lineman in later rounds. His first pick ever was Tomilson and he did it again with Spiller. Even if Williams or Okung were available, Spiller was his guy. He wants excitement and to sell tickets. we already have 2 backs but he zeroed in on Spiller anyway. Now if we trade Lynch for a 3rd and take a Tackle with the extra pick I will be singing his praises. I would love for them to take either Clausen or McCoy tonight; trade Lynch to provide us 2 thirds where we take 2 tackles it would be one hell-of-a draft no matter what we do Saturday. There is a chance we could get Spiller, Clausen, 2 Tackles, OLB, WR and OG before its all over. I did a mock draft and picked Spiller #9...do you want an internet medal for being right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic Table F'er Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I said yesterday that Nix would NOT go LT with #9. His drafting philosophy is to take O-Lineman in later rounds. His first pick ever was Tomilson and he did it again with Spiller. Even if Williams or Okung were available, Spiller was his guy. He wants excitement and to sell tickets. we already have 2 backs but he zeroed in on Spiller anyway. Now if we trade Lynch for a 3rd and take a Tackle with the extra pick I will be singing his praises. I would love for them to take either Clausen or McCoy tonight; trade Lynch to provide us 2 thirds where we take 2 tackles it would be one hell-of-a draft no matter what we do Saturday. There is a chance we could get Spiller, Clausen, 2 Tackles, OLB, WR and OG before its all over. .. ? I think he just took the best guy available. Don't over think it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyVanMiller Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I did a mock draft and picked Spiller #9...do you want an internet medal for being right? Or maybe a cookie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyT Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I don't understand all the hostility. People usually love know-it-alls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerville Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I don't understand all the hostility. People usually love know-it-alls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsVet Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I said yesterday that Nix would NOT go LT with #9. His drafting philosophy is to take O-Lineman in later rounds. His first pick ever was Tomilson and he did it again with Spiller. Even if Williams or Okung were available, Spiller was his guy. He wants excitement and to sell tickets. we already have 2 backs but he zeroed in on Spiller anyway. Now if we trade Lynch for a 3rd and take a Tackle with the extra pick I will be singing his praises. I would love for them to take either Clausen or McCoy tonight; trade Lynch to provide us 2 thirds where we take 2 tackles it would be one hell-of-a draft no matter what we do Saturday. There is a chance we could get Spiller, Clausen, 2 Tackles, OLB, WR and OG before its all over. Evidently Buddy Nix made every great pick in SD without input from anyone else. A.J. Smith and John Butler obviously deferred to his omniscience the entire time they were GM's. Sammy Davis, Toniu Fonoti, Tay Cody, Reche Caldwell, Antoine Cason and Craig Davis were not his picks during his time in SD as well. Nix was a PART of a fine front office in SD that found talent. Giving credit to him for the good picks must be balanced with at least a shred of logic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meark Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Or maybe a cookie? I called the Spiller pick too. May I have a cookie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Yet again, a look at Buddy Nix's probable involvement in the Chargers' drafts: Many people here are still not clear on Buddy Nix's role in San Diego. When Nix arrived in San Diego with John Butler, Nix was initially the Chargers' Pro Personnel Director, meaning he did what Doug Whaley is doing now for the Bills...scouting NFL players. After Butler stepped away from his duties due to illness and A.J. Smith was promoted, Nix became Assistant GM and Director of College Scouting. You may want to believe that A.J. called the shots and was a megalomaniac...perhaps he was. But probably Nix, as the Director of College Scouting, had quite a bit of say in the drafts from 2003 till 2008. The drafts that Butler was involved with (pre-2003), Nix probably had very little involvement at all. Here are the players Smith/Nix selected in the first round from 2003 till 2008: 2003 Sammy Davis DB 2004 Eli Manning (Phillip Rivers) QB 2005 Shawne Merriman Pass Rusher 2005 Luis Castillo DT 2006 Antonio Cromartie DB 2007 Craig Davis WR 2008 Antoine Cason DB It's not much to go by. Small sample size...and his exact role and amount of clout is also unknown. Personally, I'm not confident we can predict what position Nix will take in the first round based on past history. If you say that based on past history, Nix won't draft a tackle, you'd have to say that he is likely to draft....a defensive back. During Nix's involvement the Chargers took 3 first round DBs in 7 years...and took Quentin Jammer in the first round in 2002. So to the original poster, Buddy Nix didn't "draft" a running back in the first round either. Just because the Bills didn't draft a tackle doesn't mean you were right. Nix had two tackles that he would have taken were they available...Trent Williams and Russell Okung. Both were taken by the Bills pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurlyBurly51 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Biggest "douche" move: coming back on an internet message board bragging "Told You So!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountDorkula Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I said yesterday that Nix would NOT go LT with #9. His drafting philosophy is to take O-Lineman in later rounds. His first pick ever was Tomilson and he did it again with Spiller. Even if Williams or Okung were available, Spiller was his guy. He wants excitement and to sell tickets. we already have 2 backs but he zeroed in on Spiller anyway. Now if we trade Lynch for a 3rd and take a Tackle with the extra pick I will be singing his praises. I would love for them to take either Clausen or McCoy tonight; trade Lynch to provide us 2 thirds where we take 2 tackles it would be one hell-of-a draft no matter what we do Saturday. There is a chance we could get Spiller, Clausen, 2 Tackles, OLB, WR and OG before its all over. You cant even get which board to put this on. This is off hte wall, where we talk about thing unrelated to the Bills, I thought you knew everything... I was wrong... Thanks for getting my hopes up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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