Hapless Bills Fan Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) It wouldn't shock me if Kelly turns into and all-pro but it also wouldn't shock me if he turned into a complete bust too. Low risk (Mr. Irrelevant in the draft) and potentially a high reward guy for the Broncos. As fun as it would have been if the Bills had taken him in the last round I think both the Bills and Chad are better off with him playing somewhere else. The interesting thing is that although he has been humbled by his fall in the draft I get the sense that if he got the chance to play and started getting attention his ego would grow and he would do the same stupid things he did before. I think you are right. Kids who have grown up with the attitude of entitlement Chad Kelly has shown (and continued to show after being thrown out of the Clemson program by getting arrested) don't typically grow up from the next dose of reality, especially with 'ol "Unca Bill Polian" stroking his ego. It takes years if ever. Even money if he develops into a decent QB or into Ryan Leaf If the Broncos release Chad after training camp, I hope the bills pick him up. Release Yates and keep peterman and Kelly No. Just....No. I wish Chad Kelly well, I hope he succeeds but B'lo is NOT the place for him to try. Mr Bean does this and my BS detector goes from "withhold judgement" to "welp, another 3 years gone by" Edited September 7, 2017 by Hapless Bills Fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 His problem is that he won't get a chance to play this year and the Broncos will probably draft a QB high next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billzfan23 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Chad Kelly could turn out to be a good player, but my opinion remains the same. If he was a Joe Blow, or a Ryan Leaf, or something other than a Kelly, most Bills fans would not bat an eyelash that he's not on this team. While maybe the Bills missed on some kind of late-born, transcendent talent, I'd rather that they right the ship and to start winning games than to take another risk. Moral victories like diamond-in-the-rough types of players, or guys who outplayed their draft value and got a second lucrative second contract are nice stories, but I'd choose 10-6 and going deep into the playoffs over moral victories any day of the week. True, but fans LOVE the Mr. Irrelevant story of a late round draft pick having success. I live in Patriots country - and I get VERY tired of hearing about Brady falling to the sixth round and how amazing he is. Just imagine if the Bills took Kelly in the 7th and he ended up being a stud. Would have been a great story to dish out some of that as a fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NeckBeard Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 True, but fans LOVE the Mr. Irrelevant story of a late round draft pick having success. I live in Patriots country - and I get VERY tired of hearing about Brady falling to the sixth round and how amazing he is. Just imagine if the Bills took Kelly in the 7th and he ended up being a stud. Would have been a great story to dish out some of that as a fan. It would have been a nice story, I agree. Still, had the Bills drafted Kelly, and he ended up IR or reserve-NFI (I think he is the latter as of this moment) and ended up missing a season, could you imagine the outrage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 It would have been a nice story, I agree. Still, had the Bills drafted Kelly, and he ended up IR or reserve-NFI (I think he is the latter as of this moment) and ended up missing a season, could you imagine the outrage? There wouldn't have been outrage. Unless they drafted him high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NeckBeard Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 There wouldn't have been outrage. Unless they drafted him high. Are you sure? It seems that many enjoy the rage factor of it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobChalmers Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 I don't doubt he's the most talented QB on the team. Marcell is the most talented player on the Bills. Talent does not equal value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Are you sure? It seems that many enjoy the rage factor of it all. If they took him in the 7th, there would be no rage factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JESSEFEFFER Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) He's the kind of person and athlete that feels compelled to act on his emotional impulses when challenged. In the heat of competition, this can work for him. Out in public, not so much. His behavior at Ol' Miss was pretty good. Better than Hugh Freeze, apparently. He put the time in the filmroom and showed he wanted to succeed there. Coaches, fans and teammates seemed to genuinely appreciate him and he acted like he knew it was his last chance. He was fun to watch while there. Even my 82 year old aunt was searching out the Ol' Miss games every week. As far as his brother's high school game, how does it play if the story was "Chad stayed in the stands while his little brother was buried by the pile during a melee on the other team's sideline because it was a smart career move." I don't think Chad's ego is much different than Jim's except Jim had his brothers to box it in and he didn't grow up in the age of hyper social media. Talk at the time of the draft was that Denver was going to "red shirt" him. As it is now, he can't even throw to any active member of the team so his post practice reps are vs. air. I agree that the politics would have been much worse as a member of the Bills. Edited September 7, 2017 by JESSEFEFFER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemac2001 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 I'm glad he is a bronco let him mature and learn there and when they let him go in 3/4 years he comes to Buffalo as a mature gunslinger to win 8 straight Super Bowls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevWarRifleman Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 What kind of a preseason did he have? I assume he made the 53, third on the depth chart? Anything else anybody knows? Just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) He didn't play. He's still injured. He's not currently on the depth chart at all - he's on the NFI list. Edited September 7, 2017 by YoloinOhio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Chad+Kelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBatty is alive Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 He had a near perfect pre-season: zero bar fights, no duis and no inappropriate solicitations to porn stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 He had a near perfect pre-season: zero bar fights, no duis and no inappropriate solicitations to porn stars. ...that we know of... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 What kind of a preseason did he have? I assume he made the 53, third on the depth chart? Anything else anybody knows? Just wondering. IN case you don't know... he's probably out for the entire year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty McFly Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Non football injury list at Denver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoTom Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 He had a near perfect pre-season: zero bar fights, no duis and no inappropriate solicitations to porn stars. ... and no interceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 He didn't play. He's still injured. He's not currently on the depth chart at all - he's on the NFI list. ...wasn't it a brain cramp?............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 He's so good Elway is stashing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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