Rate Buddy's 1st Bills draft

[SawchukBills]

I for one am thrilled at this draft. Spiller was by no means the consensus pick at 9 but I think he will prove to be a game changer.

 

1) Drafted two OT without reaching for someone with a high pick

2) got the QB some may have believed was the primary target of Nix and Co

3) a DT to man the middle with Kyle Williams,

4) a WR that should push Hardy/Stevie/Jackson

5) more pieces for our 3-4 swtich

[Saint Doug]

Where the DB? FAIL.

[Slayers]

I for one am thrilled at this draft. Spiller was by no means the consensus pick at 9 but I think he will prove to be a game changer.

 

1) Drafted two OT without reaching for someone with a high pick

2) got the QB some may have believed was the primary target of Nix and Co

3) a DT to man the middle with Kyle Williams,

4) a WR that should push Hardy/Stevie/Jackson

5) more pieces for our 3-4 swtich

 

I give him an A even thou there is only 1 big name player I think he drafted what we really needed and after looking for info on the players he got I think he did a good job

[26CornerBlitz]

I for one am thrilled at this draft. Spiller was by no means the consensus pick at 9 but I think he will prove to be a game changer.

 

1) Drafted two OT without reaching for someone with a high pick

2) got the QB some may have believed was the primary target of Nix and Co

3) a DT to man the middle with Kyle Williams,

4) a WR that should push Hardy/Stevie/Jackson

5) more pieces for our 3-4 swtich

 

 

A vote other than wait and see is pointless at this juncture IMO.

[ash]

Solid B.

 

Troup, Carrington and Easley were reaches at their draft numbers, but good picks nonetheless. Not taking Claussen in the 2nd or LeFevour in the 6th might have been a mistake.

 

This years draft plus last years have the Bills building in the right direction.

[Cash]

Positives: Addressed D-line early, especially at NT, the most important position. Got the consensus best player at one position at #9, & wasn't considered a reach. Did attempt to address O-line to some extent, although it may have been too late to make much of an impact.

 

Negatives: Passed a potential franchise QB twice. Passed on some potentially solid starters at LT (Davis, Bulaga, Staffold) once, passed on another (Brown) twice. May have reached for a couple of picks; probably could've traded down & still got their guy(s). Ignored positional value and long-term rebuilding strategy by going RB in the first round.

 

It's really a wait & see, of course. If Buddy's bizarro vision turns out to be true, and the presence of Spiller transforms our 30th-ranked offense, led by Trent Edwards behind Demetrius Bell, into a good offense, then this is an A+ draft. If none of the OTs that they passed on pan out, that would also help the grade. Clausen busting would be a major boost to the grade.

[Leonidas]

A vote other than wait and see is pointless at this juncture IMO.

 

+1

[OCinBuffalo]

Spiller has the potential to make everyone not care about anything else in this draft. Possibly makes it an A+ all by himself.

[buffaloboyinATL]

I voted wait and see because there is no real way to judge yet but if I graded how I like it so far I'd say B. We got some very good players at positions of need and an absolute difference maker at RB in Spiller. So far so good.

[26CornerBlitz]

FWIW:

 

Charles Davis of NFLN gives our draft a C+

 

Former NFL Safety turned draft guru Corey Chavous gives our draft an A

[Chilly]

I think it was an interesting draft. I like that Buddy realizes you have to get real difference makers at the #9 spot, and didn't reach for someone far down his draft board. I also like the fact that we got some size, and teams like Buddy Nix's San Diego Chargers made a living off of getting good, solid offensive linemen in the later rounds.

 

I don't have a problem with the strategy, I just hope he picked the right players. That's really the key - if all of these picks pan out, they'll be a much improved football team.

[toddgurley]

Have to wait atleast 1 season possibly 3. But i would not give anything over a C. Did nt get a good qb or an highly rated LT-2 of our biggest needs

 

the troupe pick bothers me. I dont mind if you take him, just trade down and get him next round. i.e. NEW ENGLAND (even though i hate NE, they know how to trade picks and get more out of them)

[playman]

B here

 

woulve loved 2 c kindle here as i think our new NT wouldve been there rd 3.

 

absolutely LOVE the wang-pick.

 

but overall a very solid draft.

 

if we can get 4 starters out of this it will be an A+.