Reed83HOF Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 21 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said: Wrong. QB trumps all..........if the Bills had simply stayed put and drafted the next best QB every year during the drought they'd have picked HOF QB's like Brees and Rodgers and another SB winning QB like Flacco. ANY of those QB's would be more impactful than ALL of those star players you mentioned combined. And to be clear........the Bills have NEVER traded UP to make their first selection of the draft a QB.........in fact, they've never even selected a QB with their originally slotted first pick in round 1. Rojo and Bledsoe were attempted shortcuts........as was JP.........if you liked JP as a franchise QB how could anyone pick Lee Evans in front of him? The EJ pick was just a hedged bet in a bad QB year. And yet.......amazingly......despite fielding ONLY one of their own original first pick round 1 players in the game at Jax.........the most recent one, Tre White.......they managed to win 9 games and make the playoffs in 2017. If you can win 9 games with almost zero help from any of the previous 18 years worth of first rounds.......you should've just kept trying your hand at QB. The mistake they've continually repeated is never being all-in on a QB prospect on draft day. Even Norm Pollom was down to pick Tony Hunter before for either Jim Kelly OR Tony Eason on draft day(which.....upon reflection his recollection became became Dan Marino instead of Eason). The Billsy way is to continue draft guys for your Wall of Fame instead of drafting the guy that can LEAD you to a SB win. You nailed this! Great Post! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, thebandit27 said: That's a salient point as well, so yeah, you could put Mahomes as the 2017 guy. Indeed...be bold about it. Take your shot. The best pick they've made in the last 10 years--from an organization-building standpoint--was EJ. They were in position to have their pick of any QB in the draft and they took it (not without trading down first, which wasn't the gutsiest move); they need to show the next step kind in committing to the position moving forward. Totally agree about the EJ pick........he was clearly a compromise and not a gifted pocket passer........but I said it at the time.......it was only the wrong pick if they used it as an excuse to not go get another QB they liked better the next year and the next year etc.. An example of a bad first round pick from an organization-building standpoint was the Shaq pick............and Shaq may turn into a good or at least serviceable 6-10 year veteran in the NFL.........doesn't matter.........the first round in particular is where you should be shooting for the moon as far as franchise changing talents.......and most definitely not for patching holes. But that's where unstable regimes and so many on-paper-hole-patching fans meet.........they aren't willing to pay the price to invest in the long term success. Edited March 6, 2018 by BADOLBILZ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samwell Tarly Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Just pick a qb already! You need one, there's a bunch available. If you get it right, awesome! We watch exciting football for 10 years. You get it wrong, you win 4 to 8 games and do this dance all over again anyway. This is entertainment, not a shareholders meeting. Play to win, not to avoid losing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Always go get your QB if you don't have one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 23 minutes ago, MJS said: Always go get your QB if you don't have one. Be smart about it, but if you don’t have a QB, you need to make a move. After you’ve filled the most important position in all of sports, I lean heavily to BPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinceThe70s Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 Always is never right and never is always wrong. Apart from that I hope we draft a QB this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cripple Creek Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 9 hours ago, Pete said: Overreaching for QB's I will never understand. The depth of this draft is front 7 and interior oline. So I would load up on front 7 and interior oline, and contemplate a QB at 21. I would not overpay for moving up. Since 1998, the Bills have overpaid four #1's for Bledsoe, RJ, EJ, and JP instead of drafting BPA and stacking roster with talent. so 1st on JP instead of drafting Steven Jackson or Bob Sanders or waiting until 90th pick and selected Matt Schaub so 1st on EJ instead of drafting Leveon Bell or DeAndre Hopkins a #1 for RJ instead of drafting Takeo Spikes or Randy Moss a #1 for Bledsoe instead of drafting Troy Palamuiu or Anquan Boldin Einstein's definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results That is why you don't overreach for QB, you don't squander draft picks, and you ALWAYS DRAFT BPA! Thanks Buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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