Dawgg Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 The Bills could have had both Revis, David Harris, and Nick Mangold. Instead, Marv Levy took Whitner, McCargo, and Poz. Hiring Marv was the biggest mistake Ralph Wilson made. I look forward to improved drafts under Buddy Nix.
nostyle126 Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 I'm not defending Marv, but did any of us know how good revis would be? I don't even think the Jets knew he'd be this good. Sometimes you stumble onto greatness.
bills_red Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 In a mock draft game I picked Revis for the Bills. But that year we took Lynch not D.Whit.
davefan66 Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 I'm not defending Marv, but did any of us know how good revis would be? I don't even think the Jets knew he'd be this good. Sometimes you stumble onto greatness. Don't forget. Good coaching helps.
nostyle126 Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 In a mock draft game I picked Revis for the Bills. But that year we took Lynch not D.Whit. It's hard to fault Marv on the Marshawn pick because the guy we pegged to draft (Patrick Willis) got taken one pick ahead of us. Marshawn was the 2nd highest rated RB in the draft at a position that we could've used an upgrade. Grabbing Poz in the 2nd sort of eased the pain of missing out on Willis (at the time). But, in general, drafting a RB so high is against my philosophy. RBs are a dime a dozen. Find yourself a fred jackson (there are lots of 'em) and give him the best offensive line possible. That's my take.
bills_red Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 It's hard to fault Marv on the Marshawn pick because the guy we pegged to draft (Patrick Willis) got taken one pick ahead of us. Marshawn was the 2nd highest rated RB in the draft at a position that we could've used an upgrade. Grabbing Poz in the 2nd sort of eased the pain of missing out on Willis (at the time). But, in general, drafting a RB so high is against my philosophy. RBs are a dime a dozen. Find yourself a fred jackson (there are lots of 'em) and give him the best offensive line possible. That's my take. Marv said they had Poz as the #1 LB
Astrobot Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Marv said they had Poz as the #1 LB The prosecution rests.
nostyle126 Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Marv said they had Poz as the #1 LB That might just be what he was saying to the media after the fact. Could you imagine if he didn't draft Willis if he had the chance? Wow.
lets_go_bills Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Hindsight is always 20/20. Every team in the league could've drafted Tom Brady but he went in the 6th round.
AxelRipper Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 and we could've also had tom brady... EDIT: beat me to it.
dave mcbride Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 The Bills could have had both Revis, David Harris, and Nick Mangold.Instead, Marv Levy took Whitner, McCargo, and Poz. Hiring Marv was the biggest mistake Ralph Wilson made. I look forward to improved drafts under Buddy Nix. I actually don't think Harris is any better than Poz. Yeah, he's good, but Poz turned into a very, very good player this year. I guess the issue is whether they needed to trade up for him when they could have had Harris, a functionally equivalent player.
dave mcbride Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 The prosecution rests. Again, Poz is a good player. Also, of course he's going to say that he was their #1 target after they didn't get Willis.
uforesircher Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 The Bills could have had both Revis, David Harris, and Nick Mangold.Instead, Marv Levy took Whitner, McCargo, and Poz. Hiring Marv was the biggest mistake Ralph Wilson made. I look forward to improved drafts under Buddy Nix. yada yada yada - give it a rest already - try looking to the future
Dawgg Posted January 24, 2010 Author Posted January 24, 2010 I actually don't think Harris is any better than Poz. Yeah, he's good, but Poz turned into a very, very good player this year. I guess the issue is whether they needed to trade up for him when they could have had Harris, a functionally equivalent player. Harris was rated above Poz on a number of boards, and rightfully so. Poz is a pretty good player. Harris is a Pro-Bowl caliber player.
Dawgg Posted January 24, 2010 Author Posted January 24, 2010 Hindsight is always 20/20. Every team in the league could've drafted Tom Brady but he went in the 6th round. There was no hindsight. The Bills were the laughing stock of the draft when they took Whitner and McCargo in the first round. It was obvious then, and it's even more obvious now watching these players excel in the playoffs.
John Cocktosten Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Marv said they had Poz as the #1 LB He had Butkus #2
VADC Bills Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 I actually don't think Harris is any better than Poz. Yeah, he's good, but Poz turned into a very, very good player this year. I guess the issue is whether they needed to trade up for him when they could have had Harris, a functionally equivalent player. Reality check... Poz is not a very, very good player. He is a very, very, mediocre player. He played better in the latter part of the season but he was only mediocre at best and he is not very tough. Harris is a much better player. He reads the play better and he is a much harder hitter and he can shed blocks better. Poz may be better than Harris at checkers, soccer and parcheesi but Harris is a better football player.
Dawgg Posted January 25, 2010 Author Posted January 25, 2010 Poz may be better than Harris at checkers, soccer and parcheesi but Harris is a better football player. Pretty much sums up my thoughts.
generaLee83 Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 Marv said they had Poz as the #1 LB Marv had terrible drafts and for a guy who aimed for "character" players he whiffed big time on that.
generaLee83 Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 There was no hindsight. The Bills were the laughing stock of the draft when they took Whitner and McCargo in the first round. It was obvious then, and it's even more obvious now watching these players excel in the playoffs. This board has collectively made better decisions than the front office in the last 4 years.
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