2014 draft, revisited.

[FireChan]

Let's assume we redraft the 2014 class. Do you switch picks or do you stick with the Sammy trade? Assume picks #1- 3 are unreachable. First and second rounds only.

1 1 Houston Texans Jadeveon Clowney DE South Carolina SEC 1 2 St. Louis Rams Greg Robinson OT Auburn SEC from Washington ^{[R1 - 1]} 1 3 Jacksonville Jaguars Blake Bortles QB UCF The American 1 4 Buffalo Bills Sammy Watkins WR Clemson ACC from Cleveland ^{[R1 - 2]} 1 5 Oakland Raiders Khalil Mack LB Buffalo MAC 1 6 Atlanta Falcons Jake Matthews OT Texas A&M SEC 1 7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Mike Evans WR Texas A&M SEC 1 8 Cleveland Browns Justin Gilbert CB Oklahoma State Big 12 from Minnesota ^{[R1 - 3]} 1 9 Minnesota Vikings Anthony Barr LB UCLA Pac-12 from Buffalo via Cleveland ^{[R1 - 4]} 1 10 Detroit Lions Eric Ebron TE North Carolina ACC 1 11 Tennessee Titans Taylor Lewan OT Michigan Big Ten 1 12 New York Giants Odell Beckham, Jr. WR LSU SEC 1 13 St. Louis Rams Aaron Donald DT Pittsburgh ACC 1 14 Chicago Bears Kyle Fuller CB Virginia Tech ACC 1 15 Pittsburgh Steelers Ryan Shazier LB Ohio State Big Ten 1 16 Dallas Cowboys Zack Martin G Notre Dame Ind. 1 17 Baltimore Ravens C. J. Mosley LB Alabama SEC 1 18 New York Jets Calvin Pryor S Louisville The American 1 19 Miami Dolphins Ja'Wuan James OT Tennessee SEC 1 20 New Orleans Saints Brandin Cooks WR Oregon State Pac-12 from Arizona ^{[R1 - 5]} 1 21 Green Bay Packers Ha Ha Clinton-Dix S Alabama SEC 1 22 Cleveland Browns Johnny Manziel QB Texas A&M SEC from Philadelphia ^{[R1 - 6]};

2012 Heisman Trophy winner ^{[N 1]} 1 23 Kansas City Chiefs Dee Ford DE Auburn SEC 1 24 Cincinnati Bengals Darqueze Dennard CB Michigan State Big Ten 1 25 San Diego Chargers Jason Verrett CB TCU Big 12 1 26 Philadelphia Eagles Marcus Smith LB Louisville The American from Indianapolis via Cleveland ^{[R1 - 7]} 1 27 Arizona Cardinals Deone Bucannon S Washington State Pac-12 from New Orleans ^{[R1 - 8]} 1 28 Carolina Panthers Kelvin Benjamin WR Florida State ACC 1 29 New England Patriots Dominique Easley DT Florida SEC 1 30 San Francisco 49ers Jimmie Ward S Northern Illinois MAC 1 31 Denver Broncos Bradley Roby CB Ohio State Big Ten 1 32 Minnesota Vikings Teddy Bridgewater QB Louisville The American from Seattle ^{[R1 - 9]} 2 33 Houston Texans Xavier Su'a-Filo G UCLA Pac-12 2 34 Dallas Cowboys Demarcus Lawrence DE Boise State MWC from Washington ^{[R2 - 1]} 2 35 Cleveland Browns Joel Bitonio OT Nevada MWC 2 36 Oakland Raiders Derek Carr QB Fresno State MWC 2 37 Atlanta Falcons Ra'Shede Hageman DT Minnesota Big Ten 2 38 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Austin Seferian-Jenkins TE Washington Pac-12 2 39 Jacksonville Jaguars Marqise Lee WR USC Pac-12 2 40 Detroit Lions Kyle Van Noy LB BYU Ind. from Minnesota via Seattle ^{[R2 - 2]} 2 41 St. Louis Rams Lamarcus Joyner S Florida State ACC from Buffalo ^{[R2 - 3]} 2 42 Philadelphia Eagles Jordan Matthews WR Vanderbilt SEC from Tennessee ^{[R2 - 4]} 2 43 New York Giants Weston Richburg C Colorado State MWC 2 44 Buffalo Bills Cyrus Kouandjio OT Alabama SEC from St. Louis ^{[R2 - 5]} 2 45 Seattle Seahawks Paul Richardson WR Colorado Pac-12 from Detroit ^{[R2 - 6]} 2 46 Pittsburgh Steelers Stephon Tuitt DE Notre Dame Ind. 2 47 Washington Redskins Trent Murphy LB Stanford Pac-12 from Dallas ^{[R2 - 7]} 2 48 Baltimore Ravens Timmy Jernigan DT Florida State ACC 2 49 New York Jets Jace Amaro TE Texas Tech Big 12 2 50 San Diego Chargers Jeremiah Attaochu LB Georgia Tech ACC from Miami ^{[R2 - 8]} 2 51 Chicago Bears Ego Ferguson DT LSU SEC 2 52 Arizona Cardinals Troy Niklas TE Notre Dame Ind. 2 53 Green Bay Packers Davante Adams WR Fresno State MWC 2 54 Tennessee Titans Bishop Sankey RB Washington Pac-12 from Philadelphia ^{[R2 - 9]} 2 55 Cincinnati Bengals Jeremy Hill RB LSU SEC 2 56 Denver Broncos Cody Latimer WR Indiana Big Ten from Kansas City via San Francisco ^{[R2 - 10]} 2 57 San Francisco 49ers Carlos Hyde RB Ohio State Big Ten from San Diego via Miami ^{[R2 - 11]} 2 58 New Orleans Saints Stanley Jean-Baptiste CB Nebraska Big Ten 2 59 Indianapolis Colts Jack Mewhort OT Ohio State Big Ten 2 60 Carolina Panthers Kony Ealy DE Missouri SEC 2 61 Jacksonville Jaguars Allen Robinson WR Penn State Big Ten from San Francisco ^{[R2 - 12]} 2 62 New England Patriots Jimmy Garoppolo QB Eastern Illinois OVC 2 63 Miami Dolphins Jarvis Landry WR LSU SEC from Denver via San Francisco ^{[R2 - 13]} 2 64 Seattle Seahawks Justin Britt OT Missouri SEC

 

Got halfway through editing the format before I stopped bothering. Apologies.

Edited September 28, 2014 by FireChan

[machine gun kelly]

I don't know if Bridgewater is the guy. The real question is all FO the dumb decisions by Buddy in the last four years, as well as passing on Alex Smith, as you almost never see a real QB up for free agency.

[PearlHowardman]

No. Idea.

 

All I know is that Pegula is going to need at least 3 years to have a competitive Buffalo Bills football team.

 

Good luck to him!

[bbb]

Trade down and pick Benjamin.

 

Like I said before, during and after - anything but give up next year's #1

[Wiz]

While I didn't agree with the pick because I knew EJ wouldn't be able to throw the ball down the field with any accuracy, I still believe that Watkins will pay off in the long run after we get a real qb to get him the ball.

[Section242]

Sammy dropped a couple of balls. Still hard to make a pick when the QB is pathetic.

[thewildrabbit]

Trade down and pick Benjamin.

 

Like I said before, during and after - anything but give up next year's #1

Kelvin Benjamin & Brandin Cooks are both tearing it up.

 

It wasn't just the 2015 first round pick, it was also a 2015 4th rounder. I like Whaley but this move could cost him his GM job

[Dragonborn10]

It is never the wrong idea to trade down

[djp14150]

I'm fine with getting Watkins. He should be that elite receiver. These type of receivers you just can't get in the mid teens or later in a 1st unless they have problem child risk factors.

[FireChan]

Trade down and pick Benjamin.

 

Like I said before, during and after - anything but give up next year's #1

 

Benjamin has been producing pretty consistently, I think he had one bad game. That's rare for a rookie. I have a feeling Jameis misses him.

[Not at the table Karlos]

I don't know if Bridgewater is the guy. The real question is all FO the dumb decisions by Buddy in the last four years, as well as passing on Alex Smith, as you almost never see a real QB up for free agency.

alex smith was traded. I believe it was a 2nd round pick

[Buffalo Barbarian]

trade back for MANziel

[voodoo poonani]

I wanted to trade down and get LB Mosley, I still would have been ok with it.

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

No. Idea.

 

All I know is that Pegula is going to need at least 3 years to have a competitive Buffalo Bills football team.

 

Good luck to him!

 

I actually think we are much closer than that. Just an average to slightly below average QB would have this team at 3-1 right now, maybe even 4-0. And on top of that, the division as a whole looks to be at it's weakest point in a long time.

[boyst]

I'd have gone for Kelvin Benjamin if I could move back to 19-24. If not, I would like to say I would have gone with Cooks.

 

Round 2 I would not have drafted Kouijanblow. I would likely have got Carlos Hyde and no Dixon. Or more likely Ealy or a QB - Grapalo.

 

I liked round 3 getting an ILB - Brown. I may have gone DT if anyone was great but getting more youth and bodies on the DL is good, depends if I got Ealy.

 

Round 4 - I liked Cockrell watching him at Duke and wanted DB. Always draft a DB.

 

5 - I'd have gone with McCarron if I did not get Garropolo and assuming I got Ealy.

 

7 - because I haven't addressed OL - I'd go OL. Both picks. And likely end up with Henderson because I don't give a crap if I have a big mean OL. I want big mean OL. At 7, why not!?

 

 

I'd have drafted:

Benjamin somewhere at pick 14-22

Ealy/Hyde

Brown - I guess

Cockrell

McCarron

Henderson

Big OL

Edited September 29, 2014 by jboyst62

[Johnny Hammersticks]

Zach Martin is one hell of a guard.