Sisyphean Bills

The Colts have drafted a number of great QBs. And the Broncos don't mind it.

Word is that Petty is a Not For Long prospect. The concern with him was he couldn't read a defense, and he didn't do enough in year one to convince the Jets any different.

OK, you got it dialed in with that.

Buddy's back, fooling everybody.

The simple answer is that NFL teams have an evaluation process. It's not just about the highlight tape. There are medical evals and psych evals, etc. Then the decision-maker has to weigh all these factors and make the best decision. Nobody wants to draft the next Rae Carruth, Aaron Hernandez, Johnny Football, etc. We just saw Tunsil's fall. Character matters. We just saw Jack's fall. Medical matters. The worst news would be if the Bills took a likewise cavalier attitude themselves. "Big whoop. Who doesn't want a blowjob from a prostitute?" and didn't do their own homework. Like I said, hopefully this guy just made a dumb decision and turns into an All-Pro. That'd be great, and most people won't care about this red flag. (I say most because there will always be talk. There is still talk about Bruce, Jim Kelly, Thurman, etc.)

"it" being the rehab?

Well, Hackenberg is already gone, so if they really want to work with a guy with accuracy issues, the choices are dwindling ...

Dude, it's Tampa.

So, does that narrative go something like this? There once was a choir boy. He ate his peas and carrots and helped little old ladies across the street. One day he got out of bed, and (perhaps, see up thread) bought a gun even though his priest/coach told him not to. He was tired of nursing injured baby animals back to health, so he accidentally headed down to the red light district and asked some woman on a corner to give him a blowjob. It'd only take a minute. There was plenty of time before choir practice. I don't know what this guy does in his free time. I suspect very few people do know. And, yeah, it could've been a one-time thing, or it could've been he got caught for the first time. I have no idea. Hopefully he gets his act together and becomes an All-Pro for the Bills. And sacks Tom Brady a lot.

If it's a character thing (see Manziel), the player isn't going to give a rat's blowhole about strong (or weak) veterans or locker rooms or much else. Just hope the scouts and shrinks get it right and the kid's mistakes were immaturity leading to bad/dumb decisions.

Consider that the Bills have drafted into the strength of this draft, which was D-line. In years past, they have drafted "against the tide" and taken positional needs in draft classes that were very weak at those positions. Other than a temporary filler, those moves backfired in their face, leaving the Bills going right back again to re-address those holes.

Maybe Whaley lost an edge and took a header into the boards with this one.

Look how Tom Brady turned out after his humbling experience in the draft ... oh wait.

I think there are similarities to JMR in some respects (raw, etc.), but also great differences. CJ didn't go into the draft after the championship (which may have been a mistake). CJ isn't going #1 overall and it would blow away most everyone if he went in the 1st round. The comparison is good in that both are boom-or-bust prospects. It also doesn't feel very fair to CJ given the path JMR's career took with its crash-and-burn ending. On the third hand, NFL teams in today's NFL are giving players a limited window to develop. I don't know how many 3rd or later round QBs get a second contract if they're still getting "coached up" as a long-term developmental long-shot at the end of the first one, but there seems to be a lot more Tuels than Thigpens on the list of former QBs...

Cam Newton was a one-year wonder, but he actually played a full season.

Somehow I'm thinking that if Brady were drafted by the Bills, his career would have gone a tad differently.

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There are plenty of addicts passed out on the streets. Manziel has company were he is going, even if it doesn't include many other Heisman Trophy winners.

He's a poor man's Fitzpicks.

Well, what's number 2?

I've heard of him.

The point that there is a "premature onset buyer's remorse" phenomena when it comes to QBs is true though. And it might not be limited to fans in the stands. Some drafting histories read like a playbook and the results smack of futility. QB is quite simply the most important position on a football team. Moreso now than ever.

There is an irony in your points about Nix and Whaley. Who hires a guy who has never held a position to "coach up" someone who has never held the position either? Maybe the thought process was more that with two greenhorns, the chances were better one of them would put the saddle on the horse the right way? Chan's biggest flaw is his borderline masochistic disposition to see the good in any random stiff QB. He will grind and grind and grind away trying to turn every piece of tin he has at hand into gold. I'm actually wondering if he is telling people inside the Jets organization that he can fix Geno. I do think Chan is capable of wringing every last drop of production out of random stiffs at the QB position. It would be interesting to see him work with an elite talent at the position. What would happen if Chan tried to develop an Andrew Luck instead of the Tyler Thigpens? Corollary: when Chan Gailey gives up on a QB, one might as well stick a fork in the guy. Trentative, here's one for you.

Yesterday, a rant was about Fitzpicks. One of them commented something like: "Besides he already got his life-changing contract in Buffalo." Apparently, that was funny.

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