San Jose Bills Fan Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 Jim Miller, former NFL quarterback told USA Today writer Jim Corbett that the Bills would have traded back into the first round if Christian Ponder had not been selected at #12 by the Minnesota Vikings. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2011-05-03-jake-locker-sw_N.htm?csp=34sports&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UsatodaycomNfl-TopStories+%28Sports+-+NFL+-+Top+Stor If true, this confirms the widely-held belief that the Bills only considered two QBs from this draft class…Cam Newton and Christian Ponder…to be "franchise quarterbacks."
symbiant Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 If true, this confirms the widely-held belief that the Bills only considered two QBs from this draft class…Cam Newton and Christian Ponder…to be "franchise quarterbacks." Thanks for spilling the beans Andre Reed. JK.
Peter Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 (edited) This sounds right. It was clear the Bills liked Ponder (as do I). The Vikings' picking him where they did was a surprise. Thanks for spilling the beans Andre Reed. JK. It is not a coincidence that the CIA deliberately did not tell either Pakistan or Andre about the OBL mission. Edited May 4, 2011 by Peter
GOBILLS78 Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 But this is just more speculation, right? Sure, the Bills likely liked Ponder, but I find it hard to believe they would have given away picks to get him.
San Jose Bills Fan Posted May 4, 2011 Author Posted May 4, 2011 This sounds right. It was clear the Bills liked Ponder (as do I). The Vikings' picking them where they did was a surprise. It is not a coincidence that the CIA deliberately did not tell either Pakistan or Andre about the OBL mission. Or Michael Jasper.
zow2 Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 His career will be interesting to follow. Some day maybe Minnesota can shove it in everyone's face if he turns out to be a really good pro.
San Jose Bills Fan Posted May 4, 2011 Author Posted May 4, 2011 no way. may drafted him in the 2nd, but thats it In the week before the draft, the consensus speculation was that teams were gonna come after Ponder…in the first round. It was virtually a given…as much as anything can be a given in the NFL Draft.
Mr. WEO Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 Yikes--trading back into the first to reach for a QB? That always works out well for us.
San Jose Bills Fan Posted May 4, 2011 Author Posted May 4, 2011 I'm not buying this at all, seriously. I'm all about dissenting opinions and good discussion but do you actually have anything to base your opinion on? Do you think the fact that the team was highly complimentary of him during and after the Senior Bowl carries no weight? How about Andre Reed tweeting about welcoming Ponder to the Bills before the draft? The testimony of an NFL insider? If you want to be a contrarian fine…but please enlighten me.
symbiant Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 (edited) I'm not buying this at all, seriously. There was a lot of chatter with a lot of teams wanting to move up into end of round 1. And apparently the Titans and Vikings believed that rumor and stayed pat and "reached". Edited May 4, 2011 by symbiant
The Wiz Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 Yikes--trading back into the first to reach for a QB? That always works out well for us. There were only 2 that I can remember. One failed miserably. The other was pretty good(and I'm not sure if this was a draft day trade or not, too young to remember).
starrymessenger Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 I'm not buying this at all, seriously. Frankly I am inclined to believe it. I don't think the Bill's are risk averse if they see a reasonable reward. Clearly Cam was in Buddy's gunsights and Cam at or near the top of the first is an extremely risky pick. Chan and Ponder go back a long ways, Chan having attempted to recruit him for GT and made no secret of his liking him (and with justification in my opinion). Ponder played in a pro type offence at FS and he's another guy who had a strong Senior Bowl week and game.
OnTheRocks Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 (edited) I'm no Tom Modrak, but I believe Ponder will be the best QB in this years draft class and I would have been thrilled if the Bills had been able to trade back into the first to grab him. Edited May 4, 2011 by OnTheRocks
nucci Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 Yikes--trading back into the first to reach for a QB? That always works out well for us. I think it's only been done once before.
Delete This Account Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 I'd bet Bills would've traded back into the first round if Blaine Gabbert was still available in the 20s. jw
justnzane Posted May 4, 2011 Posted May 4, 2011 There were only 2 that I can remember. One failed miserably. The other was pretty good(and I'm not sure if this was a draft day trade or not, too young to remember). that pick we used for kelly was acquired in 1982 for Tom Cousineau. So, it wasn't a draft day trade
San Jose Bills Fan Posted May 4, 2011 Author Posted May 4, 2011 I'd bet Bills would've traded back into the first round if Blaine Gabbert was still available in the 20s. jw Just a hunch, John? Or based on conversations?
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