Big C Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 With all the negative talk about EJ as usual, I thought I'd take a look at the 2013 draft and see if EJ was really that bad of a pick all things considered. Please look at this list of picks and consider what they accomplished last year. Did we really make the wrong pick? 1 1 Kansas City Chiefs Eric Fisher OT Central Michigan MAC [9] 1 2 Jacksonville Jaguars Luke Joeckel OT Texas A&M SEC 1 3 Miami Dolphins Dion Jordan DE Oregon Pac-12 from Oakland [R1 - 1] 1 4 Philadelphia Eagles Lane Johnson OT Oklahoma Big 12 1 5 Detroit Lions Ezekiel Ansah DE BYU Ind. 1 6 Cleveland Browns Barkevious Mingo DE LSU SEC 1 7 Arizona Cardinals Jonathan Cooper G North Carolina ACC 1 8 St. Louis Rams Tavon Austin WR West Virginia Big 12 from Buffalo [R1 - 2] 1 9 New York Jets Dee Milliner CB Alabama SEC 1 10 Tennessee Titans Chance Warmack G Alabama SEC 1 11 San Diego Chargers D. J. Fluker OT Alabama SEC 1 12 Oakland Raiders D. J. Hayden CB Houston C-USA from Miami [R1 - 3] 1 13 New York Jets Sheldon Richardson DT Missouri SEC from Tampa Bay [R1 - 4] 1 14 Carolina Panthers Star Lotulelei DT Utah Pac-12 1 15 New Orleans Saints Kenny Vaccaro S Texas Big 12 1 16 Buffalo Bills E. J. Manuel QB Florida State ACC from St. Louis [R1 - 5] 1 17 Pittsburgh Steelers Jarvis Jones LB Georgia SEC 1 18 San Francisco 49ers Eric Reid†S LSU SEC from Dallas [R1 - 6] 1 19 New York Giants Justin Pugh OT Syracuse Big East 1 20 Chicago Bears Kyle Long†G Oregon Pac-12 1 21 Cincinnati Bengals Tyler Eifert TE Notre Dame Ind. 1 22 Atlanta Falcons Desmond Trufant CB Washington Pac-12 from Washington via St. Louis [R1 - 7] 1 23 Minnesota Vikings Sharrif Floyd DT Florida SEC 1 24 Indianapolis Colts Björn Werner DE Florida State ACC 1 25 Minnesota Vikings Xavier Rhodes CB Florida State ACC from Seattle [R1 - 8] 1 26 Green Bay Packers Datone Jones DE UCLA Pac-12 1 27 Houston Texans DeAndre Hopkins WR Clemson ACC 1 28 Denver Broncos Sylvester Williams DT North Carolina ACC 1 29 Minnesota Vikings Cordarrelle Patterson†WR Tennessee SEC from New England [R1 - 9] 1 30 St. Louis Rams Alec Ogletree LB Georgia SEC from Atlanta [R1 - 10] 1 31 Dallas Cowboys Travis Frederick C Wisconsin Big Ten from San Francisco [R1 - 11] 1 32 Baltimore Ravens Matt Elam S Florida SEC I don't see anyone I would have rather had last year. Sheldon Reichardson was a beast, but we didn't have a need at DT. I like Vaccaro and Reid, but S wasn't a pressing need last year either. Our 3 big needs last year were QB, WR, LB. We knocked it out of the park in round two (thanks to a brilliant trade by Nix/Whaley) to cover the second two, and have since continued to build on those positions. TE was a lesser need than the aforementioned. We didn't really address that, but is there a substitute we should have made? Jordan Reed instead of Goodwin? Probably not. We may see a lot of these guys step up in 2014, but we may also see EJ do the same. He seemed to be improving in camp, maybe we'll see it on the field soon too. Just my thoughts at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Player Available Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Were having fish for dinner tonite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr1 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 What's DeNarius McGhee up to these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I know I was thrilled when the Dolphins took Dion Jordan at three!!! He is NOT the second coming of Jason Taylor. I love our pick compared to that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 I'm getting a pedicure next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSaint Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 I won't say he was the best choice but taking the #1 qb on your board there was the right choice either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 (edited) The 'wrong pick' was made during previous drafts when they didn't address the QB issue. By 2013 they were desperate and forced to pick from a bad draft class. Edited August 9, 2014 by KD in CT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCinBuffalo Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Tonight = /thread. It's a bad night for the EJ haters. Talking about when he was drafted is now irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
run dat back Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 The 'wrong pick' was made during previous drafts when they didn't address the QB issue. By 2013 they were desperate and forced to pick from a bad draft class. Yeah, I will keep saying it until I'm blue in the face but Graham over Russell was criminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryCletus Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 I know I was thrilled when the Dolphins took Dion Jordan at three!!! He is NOT the second coming of Jason Taylor. I love our pick compared to that! But it IS the second coming of Aaron Maybin!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
run dat back Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Tonight = /thread. It's a bad night for the EJ haters. Talking about when he was drafted is now irrelevant. We've seen this movie before though. Flashes of excellence, but can he sustain it for multiple games at a time? Also, I thought EJ was a bit of a reach at that position. Partly because it was a poor year for QBs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOKBILLS Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Were having fish for dinner tonite I'm getting a pedicure next week. OK...I don't know what this is...But I like it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 What's DeNarius McGhee up to these days? Ha ha, I used to watch DeNarius tear it up for my alma mater, the mighty Montana State Bobcats. He was a heck of a player. In Division 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 But it IS the second coming of Aaron Maybin!!! We can certainly hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 OK...I don't know what this is...But I like it... It means that the topic means as much as my post comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowery4 Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 I just ate pancakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 No one wanted the Bills to NOT draft a QB in 2013. So the Bills did what we wanted. What's the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellyto83TD Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 The 'wrong pick' was made during previous drafts when they didn't address the QB issue. By 2013 they were desperate and forced to pick from a bad draft class. ^^^ Is 100% correct. We should have been good enough at QB by now to pick someone else with that pick last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamrock Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 I'm getting a pedicure next week. You sure you're not reaching for that pedicure, maybe you should consider a foot rub or upgrade your sandals to those orthopaedic sandals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 Yes, Cordarrelle Patterson last year, trade up for Bortles or just draft Johny Manziel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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