GunnerBill Posted April 19, 2017 Posted April 19, 2017 None of the O linemen. Agree with that too. I have a bottom of the 1st grade on Lamp (as a guard) and he is the first offensive lineman on my board. That said I think 3 or 4 go in the back half of the 1st, but personally I wouldn't touch them there.
DriveFor1Outta5 Posted April 19, 2017 Posted April 19, 2017 Malik Hooker We're not a team that historically makes "cute" 1st round picks at all. Whitner,Watkins,Spiller,Maybin,and McCargo are just a few that come to mind.
JohnBonhamRocks Posted April 19, 2017 Posted April 19, 2017 We're not a team that historically makes "cute" 1st round picks at all. McGahee, Parrish, Maybin, and Spiller come to mind as far as somewhat recent drafts go.
White Linen Posted April 20, 2017 Posted April 20, 2017 McGahee, Parrish, Maybin, and Spiller come to mind as far as somewhat recent drafts go. McGahee was 14 years ago which proves my point Maybin wasn't a cute pick and was 8 years ago Parrish maybe Spiller yes So one maybe and one yes in 20 years or so - yeah that definitely proves we have a history of taking "cute" picks. Care to try again?
3rdand12 Posted April 20, 2017 Posted April 20, 2017 McGahee was 14 years ago which proves my point Maybin wasn't a cute pick and was 8 years ago Parrish maybe Spiller yes So one maybe and one yes in 20 years or so - yeah that definitely proves we have a history of taking "cute" picks. Care to try again? cute, is a bit of a broad term of course
Dragonborn10 Posted April 20, 2017 Author Posted April 20, 2017 Parrish was a second round pick. Spiller was such a bad pick in so many ways.
ny33 Posted April 20, 2017 Posted April 20, 2017 Marlon Humphrey or Georon Conley Humphrey is one of my favorite players in the draft. He is aggressive, has NFL bloodlines, and is confident. I think he will do well out of the gate.
Thurman#1 Posted April 20, 2017 Posted April 20, 2017 (edited) McGahee was 14 years ago which proves my point Maybin wasn't a cute pick and was 8 years ago Parrish maybe Spiller yes So one maybe and one yes in 20 years or so - yeah that definitely proves we have a history of taking "cute" picks. Care to try again? Maybin was NOT a cute pick? I'm thinking the two of you have completely different meanings in mind for the word cute here. Maybin was a classic cute pick, IMHO. So was Whitner. Spiller too. Watkins the pick, no. But Watkins the trade-up, absolutely yes. We were sure we were much smarter than everyone else and had to trade up for a WR in a year that was a historically terrific WR draft year. Sigh. Manuel. Flowers. Maybe even Lynch though it turned out to be good value. If he hadn't lost interest in all things Buffalo he might have been an all-time bright spot. Maybe not, but he's on the bubble. McGahee too. I supported a couple of those picks at the time, but a lot seemed cute. And most of the cute ones didn't work out. That's a lot for a franchise that hadn't gone cute for more than a decade or so before that. Edited April 20, 2017 by Thurman#1
GunnerBill Posted April 20, 2017 Posted April 20, 2017 Maybin was NOT a cute pick? I'm thinking the two of you have completely different meanings in mind for the word cute here. Maybin was a classic cute pick, IMHO. So was Whitner. Spiller too. Watkins the pick, no. But Watkins the trade-up, absolutely yes. We were sure we were much smarter than everyone else and had to trade up for a WR in a year that was a historically terrific WR draft year. Sigh. Manuel. Flowers. Maybe even Lynch though it turned out to be good value. If he hadn't lost interest in all things Buffalo he might have been an all-time bright spot. Maybe not, but he's on the bubble. McGahee too. I supported a couple of those picks at the time, but a lot seemed cute. And most of the cute ones didn't work out. That's a lot for a franchise that hadn't gone cute for more than a decade or so before that. So I think Maybin was cute and Spiller was cute it was the classic "we have a higher value on these guys than the rest of you because we are going to be able to use them in a way the rest of you simply can't fathom." Whitner was not a cute pick for me... that was just a reach for need. They were taking a safety in the 1st because they had a desperate need.... Huff was the 1st one on their board but went before the picked so rather than looking at "who is next on our board?" they asked "who is the next safety on our board" and took Whitner. That was a need reach not a trying to appear smart reach. I put EJ more in the reach for need category as well rather than "cute". To me a "cute" pick is where a team is trying to be clever and show they aren't constrained by the orthodoxy. That was Maybin and Spiller for me and I agree you could argue the trade up for Sammy (though not the actual selection).
WideRightRevenge Posted April 20, 2017 Posted April 20, 2017 Anyone with Initials in lieu of a full first name CJ Spiller EJ Manuel Or One Year Wonders Aaron Maybin
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