Buffalo86 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Which non-Bills' pick stung you the most on draft day? Was it a player you really wanted, taken one spot before us? A seemingly great pick by the Jets or Dolphins? A guy from your alma mater, snatched up by the Patriots in the middle of the day? A Long-Snapper who broke your heart? My #1 has to be the Panthers taking Kuechly @ 9 in '12, just one pick before us. A lot of mocks had us taking Mark Barron, so I was relieved when the Bucs picked him. My relief was soon replaced with horror at the announcement of the Panthers' pick. Remember that Christmas Eve '11, 40-14 beatdown of the Tebow/McGahee Broncos? It made the holiday that much more enjoyable for many of us... but it came with a price. Honorable mention to the Patriots fielding a ~75% Rutgers secondary for the past 6 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsGuru4 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Orakpo 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardyBoy Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Roethlisberger 6 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) Gronkowski still bothers the ***** out of me. A team that has literally NEVER had an elite tight end had one fall into their laps -- one who was FROM Buffalo and raised as a Bills fan, no less -- and they passed on him due to supposed "lingering back problems" to reach for a Nose Tackle that had to retire due to, you guessed it, back problems. Meanwhile, the tight end went one pick later to the hated Patriots and helped extend Brady's career by several years. You can't make this stuff up. Edited February 9, 2019 by Logic 5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo86 Posted February 9, 2019 Author Share Posted February 9, 2019 5 minutes ago, Logic said: Gronkowski still bothers the ***** out of me. A team that has literally NEVER had an elite tight end had one fall into their laps -- one who was FROM Buffalo and raised as a Bills fan, no less -- and they passed on him due to supposed "lingering back problems" to reach for a Nose Tackle that had to retire due to, you guessed it, back problems. Meanwhile, the tight end went one pick later to the hated Patriots and helped extend Brady's career by several years. You can't make this stuff up. Yeah, that definitely sucked. I don't remember Gronk being on my radar, but I hated the Troup pick. Troup also had back problems in college. They might not have been the same exact back problems that ended his career, but that's just splitting hairs. 12 minutes ago, BillsGuru4 said: Orakpo Yes, hard to think of a worse pick than Maybin. 12 minutes ago, HardyBoy said: Roethlisberger I remember being a fan of Vilma & DJ Williams in that draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 I don’t see anything good coming from beating myself up playing this game. I hate intentionally dwelling on negative things that bring me down. Sorry, just a little balance....I had to vent. Carry on! ? 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderingsquid Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Mahomes 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonCents Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Trading up for Reggie Ragland and not taking Deion Jones. IIRC I went full melt down that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noacls Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Patrick Willis. Then its compounded by taking Lynch next and then making it worse Revis goes 2 picks later. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthomas Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) Gronk for sure. Watching him tear us up every Sunday for a decade has sucked. If we had drafted him at the very least he wouldnt have been so dominant versus us. Moving up for Watkins & passing up ODB or lets face it, Khalil Mack or anyone else. I wanted us to get Roethlisberger back in the day after seeing how he dominated at Miami OH. But the past couple years its been Mahomes. I know its become a meme of sorts around here, but needing a QB badly & passing up on one with the talent of this kid, just to watch him light it up for Andy too many cheesesteaks Reid's Chiefs will forever burn a hole in my heart. The only cure for which will be some Pepto Allen. I don't need Allen to be the leagues MVP but just don't suck it up out there & put up some wins & most of all, make me Billieve. If Allen works out all is forgiven Edited February 9, 2019 by brianthomas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatdrought Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Maybin over Orakpo, which was so obviously wrong to everyone. Not taking Mack also felt horrible. To get close enough and the not take him sucked. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizdomCalling Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Passing over Tom Brady 6 times In the 2000 Draft. Some1 had to say it. But other than the obvious ... There are so many I wish we would have selected Orakpo, Ngata, Patrick Willis, Gronk, Odell Beckham, Adrian Peterson (yes we got Lynch that year but AP was a monster!) The list goes on and on. I am now depressed.i kid. LoL ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 9 minutes ago, whatdrought said: Maybin over Orakpo, which was so obviously wrong to everyone. Not taking Mack also felt horrible. To get close enough and the not take him sucked. I was about to post that as I remember a few defenders that were projected in the top 10 slipping including Orakpo. I was hoping for either a trade down or Orakpo at the time. When I heard the one year wonder undersized Maybin who had the most "potential" I thought we made a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Romes Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Nada to Ngata for Whitner 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 It’s weird that Mahommes isn’t mentioned more due to a bunch of things: - It’s the most important position in football - Dude looks like a stud -He was literally picked with the Bills draft pick. - They traded away said draft pick with Mahommes still on the board. -Regency biased. - Literally every other single player listed doesn’t make the Bills roster nearly as improved as Mahommes does. - We could have used the increased draft capital in 2018 to build a better roster than we have now, rather than spending said capital on Allen and Edmunds. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffaloboyinATL Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Big Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, Mango said: It’s weird that Mahommes isn’t mentioned more due to a bunch of things: - It’s the most important position in football - Dude looks like a stud -He was literally picked with the Bills draft pick. - They traded away said draft pick with Mahommes still on the board. -Regency biased. - Literally every other single player listed doesn’t make the Bills roster nearly as improved as Mahommes does. - We could have used the increased draft capital in 2018 to build a better roster than we have now, rather than spending said capital on Allen and Edmunds. Maybe he’s not mentioned more in this thread because it’s a tired subject after every fifth thread was about him for so long? This appears to be about different ways to beat yourself up and focus on different negative stuff, I think..... Just my guess... Any team’s fans can play this game. We are not unique. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PIZ Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Trading up for Watkins. I wanted Mack. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clyde Smith Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 DeSean Jackson. I believe we passed on him because we needed a tall receivers so we drafted Hardy instead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haplo848 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 So a little less depressing, I was a grad student at Penn State, and in my first semester there, taught three Penn State football players in a lab class; Johnnie Troutman, who played a couple years as a guard in San Diego, Nick Sukay, who was briefly on the Bills practice squad (I thought it was REALLY amazing he was on the Bills, but he didn't last long), and Jared Odrick, who was projected to go in the first round. We didn't have any picks anywhere around where he was expected to go (we were drafting early, he was expected to go late first), so unless he somehow fell to us in the second, I wasn't expecting too much, and was just thinking it would be cool to follow his career, root for him personally. The problem? He got drafted by the Dolphins! I'm just sitting there on draft night, stunned, thinking "how the hell can I root for you now!?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reks Ryan Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Russell Wilson. It was exciting when he was still in the board in the 3rd round.and the Bills were trading up to get him! And then they accidentally turned in the card for TJ Graham. Who is that and why isn’t he on any of the draft rankings? that was a strange one.Ty Hilton slipped to the 3rd round that year too. Missing Roethlisberger by one pick was thought. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in Chicago Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Aaron Rodgers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Whitner over Ngata, Maybin over Orakpo, Troup just before Gronk, TJ "Stone Hands" Graham over Wilson. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wppete Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Gronk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Agree with most of the above, so I'll throw in my dark horse. CJ Spiller instead of Bulaga. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Russell Wilson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 I don’t always take anti-depressants, but when I do, I prefer to take them after reading threads like this . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 7 hours ago, HardyBoy said: Roethlisberger Oh, jeez. Don't remind me. That hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddo Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Taking Maybin, over just about anyone - although Orakpo was still on the board. When it was obvious we were going to go RB (again) in the 1st round, I seriously would rather we had traded up for Peterson, or traded a 2nd rounder for the guy who spelled LT in San Diego. Lynch was by no means a bad player, but either of the other options would have been better value, imho. AP was head and shoulders above anyone else in that draft. Passing over Gronk was also annoying. The Bills and TEs don't seem to work well together any more, whether it's drafting them, or FAs. We probably have a better chance in FA tbh. Mahomes, not because I knew he was going to be a stud, but because I think it was a chickenshit move. McDermott waiting until Beane got here before drafting a QB with serious talent. Poor management and decision making imho, and might have slowed the franchises latest attempt to become a consistent contender, by a year or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Patrick Willis was the one dude I thought for sure was going to be great and was going to fall to us He goes pick 11, we get Marshawn at 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Reading the thread, I’ve come to the conclusion that Gronk is the Bills’ Kylo Ren. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSBill Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Arron Maybin . . . anyone else in the next 5 rounds would have been a better pick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) In 2008, the Bills had Pick #11. They chose Leotis Mc Kelvin. The Bills were as usual, in desperate need of blocking and went for a db. Par for the course of stupidity. The next player selected was LT Ryan Clady. The truth is that I didn't know much about him. I was screaming for Branden Albert, and was under the impression that he would be an all time great guard. Well not only was he a great guard, he actually made the rare transition of moving from guard to left tackle and was highly successful there as well. In 2003, the Bills once again had a horrible offensive line and picked at #23. I was hoping for Eric Steinbach, a totally solid guard. The Bills chose Willis Magahee. He was a good player but the Bills had to wait a full season plus 4 games to see him due to a very serious injury. That's right.....20 games. Steinbach was taken with the 1st pick in round 2 by the Bengals and was an excellent left guard for years. There is no way that a fan like me should ever be better at drafting players than an NFL GM. Not ever and it happened year after freaking year. Teenage kids with a copy of NFL Weekly could select better players than the Bills drafted. Edited February 9, 2019 by Bill from NYC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSBill Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 7 minutes ago, Bill from NYC said: In 2008, the Bills had Pick #11. They chose Leotis Mc Kelvin. The Bills were as usual, in desperate need of blocking and went for a db. Par for the course of stupidity. The next player selected was LT Ryan Clady. The truth is that I didn't know much about him. I was screaming for Branden Albert, and was under the impression that he would be an all time great guard. Well not only was he a great guard, he actually made the rare transition of moving from guard to left tackle and was highly successful there as well. There is no way that a fan like me should ever be better at drafting players than an NFL GM. Not ever and it happened year after freaking year. Teenage kids with a copy of NFL Weekly could select better players than the Bills drafted. Unfortunately, I have to agree with you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill from NYC Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 4 minutes ago, CSBill said: Unfortunately, I have to agree with you. If you want to get a little more depressed, read the edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincec Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Russel Wilson right after the Bills traded up to take TJ Graham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justnzane Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Fat Mike over McKinnie or Freeney. Though the Whitner and Maybin ones also sting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Boo Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 11 hours ago, Buffalo86 said: Yes, hard to think of a worse pick than Maybin. Mike Williams was worse. Orakpo was a decent player, had a good career, but the Bills didn't miss out on much there either. Passing on Haloti Ngata for Donte Whitner was the Billsy'est move that I can remember. Marv was a horrible GM! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelger Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 12 hours ago, BillsGuru4 said: Orakpo Haloti Ngata 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef4131 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 The JP Losmen trade causing us to miss out on drafting Rodgers the next year 5 hours ago, Thurman#1 said: Oh, jeez. Don't remind me. That hurt. Big Ben does not bother me....I know the Bills did everything in their power to trade with the Jags @9 to jump the Steelers of course we could always complain about how late season meaningless victories actually do more harm to a teams long term success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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