This roster is a disaster however…..

[GoBills808]

5 minutes ago, folz said:

 

Not sure I understand what you mean.

 

Josh was a top 10 pick, Keon was a 2nd round pick, but we only traded back 5 spots from #28 in the first round to #33 in the second round (still using our first round pick on him, we just got some extra compensation for the trades). I wasn't trying to say those picks are somehow of equal value, I was just looking at our recent top picks (mostly first rounders, with Keon included because he was our first pick even if it was early second round). I only included Josh and Tremaine in the conversation to point out that they were both kind of projects as well (despite being early- and mid-first round picks---rather than late first round picks). Many teams were scared off by Josh being too raw, bad completion %, etc. And it did take 2-3 years for Josh to develop (even though he showed tons of flashes in those first couple of seasons).

coleman was a second round pick

 

you wouldnt say we used pick #12 to draft allen

[folz]

4 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

coleman was a second round pick

 

you wouldnt say we used pick #12 to draft allen

 

Fair enough.

[GoBills808]

Just now, folz said:

 

Fair enough.

im not trying to be pedantic. i think the way we phrase these things impacts perception

 

if we say we used a first on coleman, the perception is that he's a much bigger miss than what he actually is- a second rd WR who we almost certainly were not enamored of, hence the multiple tradebacks that landed us in that spot