Best and worst Bills draft picks

[Foreigner]

So here we go, Thursday night, the 2018 NFL draft.

 

Let us go back say 5 years, because 2013 was year that has set the franchise back, back so that here we go again,

looking for a prospective franchise QB. We must be near the bottom of the NFL during this time, with no pro bowlers

in the draft, and in my mind the worst pick during this time has been EJ Manuel.  I can argue that moving up for

Sammy Watkins ranks right up there because what do we have for Watkins on the roster now.

The best pick has to be last years Tre'Davious White pick.

 

You want to go back more than 5 years go to it, but what do you guys think about this  topic.

[BillsfaninChicago]

I will go back to the 2006 draft, the organization was left in shambles by the bungling Tom Donahoe. We had just brought in Marv and there was hope that he was going to bring us back to the glory years. With the 8the pick there was some serious talant on the board and we take Donte Whitner. A guy we probably could have gotten if we had still traded down and some even had 2nd round grades on. We then procced to trade back into the first round and who do we take Jon McCargo. Yeah for me that was the moment I look back on as the crossroads of the drought and we took the road that kept us futile for the next 10 years.

 

Interesting to note I would say in the drought era we probably got the best draft pick in that draft based on value with Kyle in the 5th round.

Edited April 22, 2018 by Leonhart2017

[BuffaloRush]

I’ll go ahead and state the obvious.  The worst pick in Buffalo Bills history was trading two #1’s to draft Sammy Watkins.  Doug Whaley was under the guise that Sammy was a “generational talent,” and that he could help prove everyone wrong about a QB that he had a heavy hand in drafting - EJ Manuel (another bad draft pick).  It was a very rich WR and many of the WR’s selected under him outperformed Sammy.

 

Of course, some Bills fans had an odd love for Doug Whaley and will defend the pick.  But this huge whiff, is one big reason why Whaley was fired.  Good riddance too.  

14 minutes ago, Leonhart2017 said:

I will go back to the 2006 draft, the organization was left in shambles by the bungling Tom Donahoe. We had just brought in Marv and there was hope that he was going to bring us back to the glory years. With the 8the pick there was some serious talant on the board and we take Donte Whitner. A guy we probably could have gotten if we had still traded down and some even had 2nd round grades on. We then procced to trade back into the first round and who do we take Jon McCargo. Yeah for me that was the moment I look back on as the crossroads of the drought and we took the road that kept us futile for the next 10 years.

 

Interesting to note I would say in the drought era we probably got the best draft pick in that draft based on value with Kyle in the 5th round.

 

The Whitner pick was very bad and I was upset both at the time of that selection and after seeing Whitner play on the field.  To his credit, Whitner did make the Pro Bowl multiple times.  There have worse picks though.  

[26CornerBlitz]

Trading back into the 1st round to draft JPL in 2004 and subsequently missing out on Aaron Rodgers in 2005.

[BillsfaninChicago]

Just now, 26CornerBlitz said:

Trading back into the 1st round to draft JPL in 2004 and subsequently missing out on Aaron Rodgers in 2005.

Yeah good call on that one. If you want to rank reasons for the drought that move by Donahoe could arguably rank at the top.

[BuffaloRush]

1 minute ago, 26CornerBlitz said:

Trading back into the 1st round to draft JPL in 2004 and subsequently missing out on Aaron Rodgers in 2005.

 

This was especially bad when you consider Donahue had a deal in place to move up and draft Big Ben, but got cold feet.  He then panicked and traded up for JP... terrible pick which essentially sealed his fate

[BillsfaninChicago]

5 minutes ago, BuffaloRush said:

I’ll go ahead and state the obvious.  The worst pick in Buffalo Bills history was trading two #1’s to draft Sammy Watkins.  Doug Whaley was under the guise that Sammy was a “generational talent,” and that he could help prove everyone wrong about a QB that he had a heavy hand in drafting - EJ Manuel (another bad draft pick).  It was a very rich WR and many of the WR’s selected under him outperformed Sammy.

 

Of course, some Bills fans had an odd love for Doug Whaley and will defend the pick.  But this huge whiff, is one big reason why Whaley was fired.  Good riddance too.  

 

The Whitner pick was very bad and I was upset both at the time of that selection and after seeing Whitner play on the field.  To his credit, Whitner did make the Pro Bowl multiple times.  There have worse picks though.  

Yeah in fairness he did have a good career but I just remember being so aggravated by the pick not so much because we took him but where we took him. The pick came so out of left field.

[BuffaloRush]

Just now, Leonhart2017 said:

Yeah in fairness he did have a good career but I just remember being so aggravated by the pick not so much because we took him but where we took him. The pick came so out of left field.

 

I hated it too.  I remember the analyst (I believe it was Mel Kiper) was like “you don’t take a safety like Whitner at #8, I’m shocked he’s gone this early.”  Turned out he was spot on