Doc Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Bulaga was drafted as a left tackle, and the long term plans at Green Bay have been for him to play that position. http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/sports/pack...e-at-left-guard That being said there was a position of need, Bulaga is being given the opportunity to play there, but there's no indication as of yet that he isn't still being considered for LT. Not that we neede a LT anyway. He can be considered for QB for all it matters. Until he plays there, and plays well, it means little. Same goes for Anthony Davis, or Charles Brown, or any other LT prospect the Bills passed-up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennesseeboy Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 He can be considered for QB for all it matters. Until he plays there, and plays well, it means little. Same goes for Anthony Davis, or Charles Brown, or any other LT prospect the Bills passed-up. Actually..the same goes for Clausen, Stafford, Okung and....oh my god!!....Spiller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Actually..the same goes for Clausen, Stafford, Okung and....oh my god!!....Spiller. True. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoner7 Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 I do not agree on Bulaga. There was no reason to waste a ist round pick on a guard, which is what he was being projected at. As for draft day last year, I think your "85%" is a bit off, on this board and by NFL scouts in general. There was plenty of disagreement on Maybin vs Orako, and plenty of questions about Oher. Hindsight is great. There was no consensus on any of these guys at the time. That was meant as 85% of this board would have taken Oher over Maybin at teh time of the draft - which was the OP i was referring to. Orakpo was rightfully in the debate and should have been the pick over Maybin and Oher IMO, but he was no in THIS discusse, so I left him out. I believe what he meant is that since the Bills drafted 2 interior OL last year, there was no reason to draft another this year. Much less 9th overall. Ok so lets say at worst he PLays G. We still need another G (and slide Wood to C) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Ok so lets say at worst he PLays G. We still need another G (and slide Wood to C) I believe the plan is to eventually switch Wood and Hangman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayFinkle Posted August 12, 2010 Share Posted August 12, 2010 Jonathan Ogden played a year at guard before moving to tackle. Doesn't really mean much except that they want him to get his feet wet. Of course there are also plenty of 1st rd lineman who never made it. Only time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalonian-at-Heart Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 It's not a good analogy. You know a fridge or sump pump will work (and if it doesn't, you can return it for one that does). You can't send back a player that doesn't work. Depends on how long you've had it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Depends on how long you've had it. What a funny bunch we are! A topic about Bryan Beluga hatches a polemic about sump pumps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 People will haul out any arguement to justify their belief the Bills should have reached for a LT prospect rather than draft a player at 9 who is much more likley to help them this year. There is a reason Bulaga fell so far in the first round. As for the Bills, he did not fll a need nor was he the BPA. Time will tell how all these picks pan out, but this guy would have simply duplicated skills the Bills already have - not worth a first round pick for them. The tackle situation will resolve itself in time, and this will take more than 1 year. Bulaga would have duplicated skills the Bills already have? Oh, please. The day of the draft he was better as an RT than anyone we have on the team, including Cornell Green. And while there's a chance Bulaga might not be a successful LT, nobody on this team has a chance anywhere near as great. There's still hope for Wang a few years down the road, but you are absolutely kidding yourself that we have guys with Bulaga's skills. We don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 Bulaga would have duplicated skills the Bills already have? Oh, please. The day of the draft he was better as an RT than anyone we have on the team, including Cornell Green. And while there's a chance Bulaga might not be a successful LT, nobody on this team has a chance anywhere near as great. There's still hope for Wang a few years down the road, but you are absolutely kidding yourself that we have guys with Bulaga's skills. We don't. Bulaga has done nothing in the NFL so far. Let's wait until he has before we canonize him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted August 30, 2010 Author Share Posted August 30, 2010 (edited) Well, the latest news is that Bryan Bulaga will start the season as the Packers' top backup at left guard and left tackle. He's been slowed lately by a nagging hip injury but in reading the article, it sounds like Bulaga never challenged for either job. It's a good read. http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2010/aug/29/bc-fbn-packers-colledge/?sports&nfl Edited August 30, 2010 by San Jose Bills Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIE HARD 1967 Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Nobody and I mean nobody cried more then me when we failed to draft a LT #1 On further review, I was wrong. Spiller was the right choice. We will get a LT, somehow we will get one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted August 30, 2010 Author Share Posted August 30, 2010 Nobody and I mean nobody cried more then me when we failed to draft a LT #1 On further review, I was wrong. Spiller was the right choice. We will get a LT, somehow we will get one! Actually, there were a few other posters just as adamant than you and kudos to you for posting. In fairness to you, the story hasn't really been written yet, but so far, the Bills and their fans have to be very happy with that first round decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 (edited) Bulaga was drafted as a left tackle, and the long term plans at Green Bay have been for him to play that position. http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/sports/pack...e-at-left-guard That being said there was a position of need, Bulaga is being given the opportunity to play there, but there's no indication as of yet that he isn't still being considered for LT. Not that we neede a LT anyway. So in a roundabout way what your saying is that they took the BPA and by doing so, were able to successfully maximize talent on there offense filling an unexpected need this year and hopefully a separate one down the line? Weird how getting the best players out there allows you to be flexible. Obviously the pats don't take a qb in the first, but in general you will have 2-3 guys ranked closely, and you take the one that does fit your team best, but you don't reach by 15 picks in the first round. You don't pass elite talent for good players. Last - the argument that you were just saying that he was four because they had 3 rbs on the roster is just silly. Turns out the packers probably had about 10 lineman too. It was just a dig to get people upset, and frankly, unneeded. Edited August 30, 2010 by NoSaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Bulaga has short arms for an elite NFL tackle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Pouncy is competing for the starting position at Center, no less with a super bowl starter. It looks like Hartwig may get cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 I believe the plan is to eventually switch Wood and Hangman. And upon what is your belief based? That Wood played C in college? I read a lot of posts by people presuming this to be the Bills' plan, yet there's not one shred of evidence that is the case. Ok, Wood got some backup snaps at C recently. Big deal. The Ross Tucker article posted last week gave a pretty thorough explanation as to why C is the "least important" position on the line, and Wood's position (RG) is either 2nd or 3rd (after LT/RT). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Nix had the entire offseason to do something about it and did relatively nothing (Cornhole & 5th rounder). I would rather have Bulaga at 9 and play tackle for 10 years than to have 3 starting RB's. So when spiller plays we have 2 starters, including a 1st rounder, on the bench. The long term success of the team wuld have been better served by giving up some value to sure up the biggest hole on the team. I don't care who's in our backfield because having the worst tackles in the NFL is too much for a horrible offense to overcome. Spiller better be able to vanish into thin air and then reappear 10 yards down field because he'll never get past the line of scrimmage without being plastered. I expect a retraction. Going with talent is never the wrong thing to do. The long term success of any team is better served with the acquisition of exceptional "playmakers" who are very difficult to find. The OL (OTs) still needs to be upgraded. Cornell Green is one of the worst OTs I have ever seen. At least with Bell there is a prospect of development. With Green he is what he is: less than a pedestrian player. His signing never made sense. The Raiders got rid of Green and signed Langston Walker. They made out in that exchange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yungmack Posted August 30, 2010 Share Posted August 30, 2010 Bulaga could have beat out any tackle on our roster for a starting spot. We've got a bunch of injured-penalty taking-false starting- pansay asses playing tackle for us. Thanks for the insightful and highly informed analysis of the tackles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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