bobobonators Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 The bills select AJ Green from Georgia at #3. I really don't see it being beyond the realm of possibility: 1. Chan is an offensive guy; 2. I'm sure Chan heard plenty of AJ hoopla while he was coaching down there at GT; 3. AJ is arguably the best player in the entire draft; 4. We need offense. Discuss.
bobobonators Posted January 12, 2011 Author Posted January 12, 2011 It could happen..... Would you like it though? I've seen comparison to Moss and Keyshawn thrown around re: AJ.
Tortured Soul Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 Would you like it though? I've seen comparison to Moss and Keyshawn thrown around re: AJ. How can you compare Moss to Keyshawn? They were very different players.
Buffalo Barbarian Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 ( not to you the bills) rather have Blackmon but we better go D or there will be mutiny.
BillsObserver Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 Would make sense if they traded Lee Evans for something decent. Otherwise we'd have TOO many receivers. The thing is - we aren't at the point where we can make this type of move. We SHOULD NOT be drafting any receivers or running backs with our top pick for a variety of reasons unless this guy is the next Jerry Rice. The thing that makes Lee Evans attractive in a trade is his relatively low salary for the next 2 years.. But we'd have to get a real good pick in exchange otherwise it wouldnt make sense to replace him (unless you absolutely knew AJ Green is the better receiver) We need to draft D, D and some more D. JMO.
Astrobot Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 I simulated taking AJ Green in the first to see if this "Spiller-type" pick would hurt: 3 Buffalo A.J. Green WRF Georgia 34 Buffalo Stephen Paea DT34 Oregon State 68 Buffalo Jeremy Beal OLB34 Oklahoma or Matt Reynolds OT BYU 99 Buffalo Luke Stocker TE Tennessee 121 Buffalo Wayne Daniels OLB34 TCU 130 Buffalo Chris White ILB Mississippi State 164 Buffalo Derek Hall OT Stanford or Greg Romeus OLB34 Pittsburgh 195 Buffalo James Brewer OT Indiana www.DraftTek.com Green and Stocker give Fitz more weapons, Paea and Jeremy Beal,along with Chris White generate more pressure, and Hall and Brewer can be in the mix with Urbik, Wrotto, etc. for line positions.
ajzepp Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 One of the best things about AJ Green is that he's got a solid work ethic. He'd be more like Charles Johnson than Randy Moss in that sense. He's not a huge diva who puts himself before the team. He doesn't take plays off, doesn't know the meaning of alligator arms, and will give you 100%. As much as I want to go D, I would not be upset if we picked this kid. He'd be the perfect type of WR for Fitzy.
Tipster19 Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 with all due respect to the OP I really feel that once again we didn't improve this team in the areas that are needed. It's long overdue in addressing the defense. The perpetual carousel that this franchise has been displaying the last several years, drafting players at positions that have adequate talent (RBs and WRs) has run it's course. We are never are going to make progress by replacing our starters, we need to have new defensive players, primarily the front 7. Having a blue chip WR is great if you already have a great QB and OL in place but unfortunately we don't. When you build a team in baseball, defensively you start by building up the middle. We need to employ this philosophy because this is we are the weakest. Build the front 7 and watch how our secondary will be able to take over a game.
bigdogtim Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 But wait, we have Wang, Wood, Hangartner and Levitre in our middle, as well as a Johnson hanging off the end.
bobobonators Posted January 12, 2011 Author Posted January 12, 2011 How can you compare Moss to Keyshawn? They were very different players. it's not a comparison of moss to keyshawn, but rather that AJ is a hybrid of both...the speed of Moss, with Keyshawn's ability to go over the middle with all due respect to the OP I really feel that once again we didn't improve this team in the areas that are needed. It's long overdue in addressing the defense. The perpetual carousel that this franchise has been displaying the last several years, drafting players at positions that have adequate talent (RBs and WRs) has run it's course. We are never are going to make progress by replacing our starters, we need to have new defensive players, primarily the front 7. Having a blue chip WR is great if you already have a great QB and OL in place but unfortunately we don't. When you build a team in baseball, defensively you start by building up the middle. We need to employ this philosophy because this is we are the weakest. Build the front 7 and watch how our secondary will be able to take over a game. i would definitely want defense at #3 (dareus/bowers/fairley...heck, maybe even Quinn)...i'm just curious as to how people would welcome the possibility (and probably a decent one at that) of the bills taking AJ at 3. he's an amazing talent without a doubt. Evans would probably be traded for a 5th rounder somewhere.
The Senator Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 One thing we know is that, with the Bills, anything can happen on draft day. That said, this is from Allen Wilson's article in the Buffalo News Bills season post-mortem series... Outlook: Wide receiver should be low on the offseason priority list. The top seven return as will Marcus Easley, who impressed before a knee injury in training camp ended his rookie year. The newfound depth has some people believing Evans should be traded. Gailey said an Evans trade is unlikely, but added, "I'm not gonna say anything's impossible." Getting rid of Evans would be risky because there's no guarantee the young receivers will duplicate this season's performance, and none of the other receivers can make defenses respect the deep ball like Evans. Link - Receivers catching on quickly
Hapless Bills Fan Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 Would you like it though? No. No, I would not.
sllib olaffub Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 ...unless he was the next Jerry Rice. I have to say, Jerry Rice wouldn't have had the career he had, wouldn't be the Jerry Rice we now know, if he were drafted to the Bills with the roster we have now. He was the right guy in the right place at the right time. Talent is always good to have, no matter where, but look how Arizona's offense was this year without a good QB - as opposed to the Warner days. Sure, A.J. Green might be great for our future threesome on offense - with Spiller as the R.B., and, who knows, maybe we snag the right QB in the second or third, and our offense begins tearing it up this year. If we took him and our offense ended up lighting it up this year, then no one would complain - we could still fix the defense next year. Let's face it - although our offense looked markedly better than our defense, both were statistically bad. I think we all, mostly, want defensive players taken in an attempt to fix it - to make it our strong unit, and then we can finish polishing the offense next year, since it is capable of keeping us in games as is, as long as we don't need to score 30+ points a game. But, if we could fix our offense for good this year, then fine - I believe we're only 4 players on defense away from being legit. The thing is, though, with a pick this high - and this has been brought up already - the player should be of the type that can't get had on the free agency block: QB's, D-Linemen, superior LT's. That, I think, is really the key point. If we're using the 3 pick, we should get the guy we can build a unit around. That, to me, looks like one of the big 4 defensive players - Bowers, Fairley, Quinn, or Dareus, or, the right QB - if he is good enough to solve our problems at QB, and to be "our guy" for the next decade.
NoSaint Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 it's not a comparison of moss to keyshawn, but rather that AJ is a hybrid of both...the speed of Moss, with Keyshawn's ability to go over the middle i would definitely want defense at #3 (dareus/bowers/fairley...heck, maybe even Quinn)...i'm just curious as to how people would welcome the possibility (and probably a decent one at that) of the bills taking AJ at 3. he's an amazing talent without a doubt. Evans would probably be traded for a 5th rounder somewhere. Evans can't be traded until a CBA is signed
Special K Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 (edited) The bills select AJ Green from Georgia at #3. I really don't see it being beyond the realm of possibility: 1. Chan is an offensive guy; 2. I'm sure Chan heard plenty of AJ hoopla while he was coaching down there at GT; 3. AJ is arguably the best player in the entire draft; 4. We need offense. Discuss. I know we had our disagreements re: Fitz vs. Luck, but I really think this could happen.....especially if Fairley is off the board. I think trading Lee Evans and 4th rounder to the Chicago Bears for their 2nd rounder might be possible as well. The Bills could use their 2nd to draft a RT(Demarcus Love, Marcus Cannon, Derrick Sherrod), and use the Bears 2nd to draft a DL--prefferably LSU's Drake Nevis. Lets build an offense with our first two picks that Andrew Luck can walk right into when we draft him with the first pick in the 2012 draft. Flame Away!!!!!!! Edited January 12, 2011 by Special K
reddogblitz Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 If we take him, which I wouldn't be totally POed about, why would we have to trade Evans? Roscoe, SJ, Donald Jones, David Nelson, Roosevelt, Easley maybe are all decent players. But this is the bigs. You need monster talent everywhere. You need more than one hoss reciever (which is really all we have now). If we take him, trot him AND Lee out there along with Roscoe/SJ/Nelson. Look at Baltimore. They had Derek Mason and Anquan Boldin and then went and got TJ WhoseYerMama. (Why didn't we pick up TJ?) But then again, defensive front 7 would make me happier.
nucci Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 (edited) The bills select AJ Green from Georgia at #3. I really don't see it being beyond the realm of possibility: 1. Chan is an offensive guy; 2. I'm sure Chan heard plenty of AJ hoopla while he was coaching down there at GT; 3. AJ is arguably the best player in the entire draft; 4. We need offense. Discuss. We need defense. Edited January 12, 2011 by nucci
NewEra Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 The bills select AJ Green from Georgia at #3. I really don't see it being beyond the realm of possibility: 1. Chan is an offensive guy; 2. I'm sure Chan heard plenty of AJ hoopla while he was coaching down there at GT; 3. AJ is arguably the best player in the entire draft; 4. We need offense. Discuss. he could be the #1 player on their board. If he is and he's there, he'll be a bill. Wouldnt be surpised at all. Even if we hit on every pick this year and upgrade our D bigtime, our offense isnt ready to compete for a title. We're still years away, why not grab a stud WR if we deem him can't miss?
CSBill Posted January 12, 2011 Posted January 12, 2011 This team needs defense, or more help on the o-line. If there are no worthy defensive players at the number three spot, trade down. A wide receiver in later rounds would be understandable, but not at number three.
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