Tortured Soul Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Week-16-rookie-report-card.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Written by Buffalo native and former Director of College Scouting for the Chicago Bears, Greg Gabriel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahnyc Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I think this analysis points to the biggest problem with our rookies: our draft picks did not contribute enough this year. Spiller has been very disappointing and Gabriel confirms what many of us have suspected: Troup and Carrington are developmental projects with upside. The Bills need to get better value with their picks and more of an immediate impact. I appreciate that not every draft pick can contribute in the first year, but the reality is that we received very little production from our top four picks in last year's draft. For a team that is lacking overall talent, it is a bad sign that our top picks did not make an impact this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganesh Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I think this analysis points to the biggest problem with our rookies: our draft picks did not contribute enough this year. Spiller has been very disappointing and Gabriel confirms what many of us have suspected: Troup and Carrington are developmental projects with upside. The Bills need to get better value with their picks and more of an immediate impact. I appreciate that not every draft pick can contribute in the first year, but the reality is that we received very little production from our top four picks in last year's draft. For a team that is lacking overall talent, it is a bad sign that our top picks did not make an impact this year. And neither did the guys from the previous draft. The draft is the sole bloodline for success for small-market teams like the Bills and with a decade of horrible scouting and drafting is reflective of the W-L record at the end of each season. The sad part is that we are still no close to bridging that gap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgrid Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 It's a fair accessment. he forgot David Nelson tho! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hindsight Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 (edited) It's a fair accessment. he forgot David Nelson tho! Nelson was undrafted... edit just read the article...he should have included him my bad Edited December 29, 2010 by Hamdan's Revenge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortured Soul Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 It's a fair accessment. he forgot David Nelson tho! It was based on the last game, and Nelson missed most of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColdBlueNorth Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Week-16-rookie-report-card.html This could end up on reflection being a very solid Nix draft... I did say "could". I am not sold that we have reached the ceiling on the potential of Moats and Carrington who are working at their transition into new roles and positions from college while still contributing. The reps they have received this year will only make them better next year (if there is a season next year). Troup has had a year to get stronger and learn how to occupy and shed blocks. If Easley, Batton, Wang, and Brown are still on the team and contributing in some fashion next year - even simply serving as depth for other starters, then you are looking at a draft where we only jettisoned Kyle Calloway. That is not too shabby. I would like to see Troup put on about 20 more pounds of muscle (or fat) and truly take on that 2 gap NT position and dominate it - the jury is still out on whether he can do that. If he can we could then move Kyle over to RE - He is already used to occupying two blockers and that shouldn't stop if teams are smart, but that would free up our LBs to make more stops in the running game. I have an easier time picturing Kyle ditching blockers and making stops from that position than Kelsay who certainly does not occupy two blockers when we use him on the line - an average TE can usually nullify his presence. We then only have the LDE to fill via the draft and serviceable guys that can fill in on rotation, or let go if their contracts are up, or trade away if we can get anything for them. I will always remember when we had Ted Williams and Pat Williams side by side "the Package". Whether we ran the 3-4 or the 4-3 teams just could not run on us. Then Ted would not take another pay cut demanded by Donahoe and he was allowed to leave and play for the Patriots - he later helped them go on to win a Superbowl. Donahoe then jettisoned Pat Williams to the Vikes. We owe him so much for what he did for this team during his tenure God I am tired of Pittsburgh cast-offs ruining this show. I cannot believe they went to that well again for Whaley as assistant GM...but when he was with the Steelers he was credited at being a guru at spotting and drafting defensive talent. That, and supposedly getting caught sending emails with porn. Nix seems to be good at evaluating offensive talent, between the two of them perhaps we can purge the stench left behind by a decade of scouting and drafting incompetence and first round misses (and no, I am not ready to pull the plug on Spiller yet. He looks like he is fully recovered from his hammy pull, and the Bills finally had him run a real pass route. I would like to see more of him in the passing game, but he really needs to learn how to protect the ball no matter how they use him). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 The good news is, "we're building through the draft". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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