Should Bills pass on Draft Prospects that

[Putin]

4 hours ago, 8-8 Forever? said:

yep.  Mayfield is too short for the NFL. I want 6-3 or better.  

This line of thinking is part of the reason why were still in QB purgatory!!

 

[KGun12TD]

Who cares what they do at that point. Question is: Can they help us win a Super Bowl? Yes? Draft that Mofo.

Edited December 10, 2017 by KGun12TD

[Putin]

18 minutes ago, Jpsredemption said:

Well don't forget McDermott and Beane are culture guys so this will mean passing on plenty of good talents because of work ethic, character concerns. 

 

We will see how far they get..my guess is not very. It's a coaches job to make players buy in....obviously this is asking too much.

I completely disagree !

What's asking too much - is giving your new HC about 3 years or less  to build this team in to playoff contender , and then dictating/or having any influence on which players he needs to get !!

 

[MAJBobby]

14 hours ago, klos63 said:

Just wondering, is this an issue, or are you just curious in case it happens?

 

I have read a couple places that it turns teams off when it started happening a couple years ago. Not sure if it is a wide spread or even here in Buffalo that it does. 

 

But with the DNA and Earn it stuff from this regime makes me wonder if skipping a Bowl Game would matter to them

[Chadwick Bay Chad]

Anyone who skips a bowl game is selfish, money hunger person.  No need for them

[NoSaint]

14 hours ago, Buffalo716 said:

Its football. Injuries happen

 

people said  Luck should skip his entire RS JR year and then enter the draft 

 

Baker doesn't have much to lose by playing. He is a late first - early second round guy. If he blows out his knee he will still go top 2-3 rounds

 

Jaylon smith did nerve damage to his knee and was still taken in the second 

 

 

And some guys do fall out of day 2 with injury. Each injury, player and gm is different 

 

even a minor slide from 5 to 7 on a handful of qb boards can bounce you pretty far (or change nothing in other cases)

52 minutes ago, MAJBobby said:

 

I have read a couple places that it turns teams off when it started happening a couple years ago. Not sure if it is a wide spread or even here in Buffalo that it does. 

 

But with the DNA and Earn it stuff from this regime makes me wonder if skipping a Bowl Game would matter to them

 

 

Its a fair debate. two equal prospects and one makes business decisions and the other runs through brick walls every Saturday simply because he loves the game- which do you take?

 

how far does the other one drop? A couple slots? Pull him completely? 

 

I think the guy that sits ends up losing all “tie breakers” but wouldn’t drop him behind clearly lesser players 

[MAJBobby]

12 minutes ago, Dunkirk Don said:

Anyone who skips a bowl game is selfish, money hunger person.  No need for them

 

What an asnine take

10 minutes ago, NoSaint said:

 

 

And some guys do fall out of day 2 with injury. Each injury, player and gm is different 

 

even a minor slide from 5 to 7 on a handful of qb boards can bounce you pretty far (or change nothing in other cases)

 

 

Its a fair debate. two equal prospects and one makes business decisions and the other runs through brick walls every Saturday simply because he loves the game- which do you take?

 

how far does the other one drop? A couple slots? Pull him completely? 

 

I think the guy that sits ends up losing all “tie breakers” but wouldn’t drop him behind clearly lesser players 

Yeah i can get on boar with that. 5 equally graded players the guy that sits the bowl would lose out to the other 4. 

 

I think that is the extent I am taking any downgrade though. 

[Chicken Boo]

1 hour ago, Dunkirk Don said:

Anyone who skips a bowl game is selfish, money hunger person.  No need for them

 

There's always one.

 

The NFL is a business, first and foremost and no amount of high horse judgement will ever change that.

[OldTimeAFLGuy]

...any idea what would happen to this place if OBD tagged guys pre-draft with "no thanks" for skipping bowl game and YOUR guy(s) were right there when Buffalo picked but passed?....oh boy......should be a REAL boon to season tix sales.........

Edited December 10, 2017 by OldTimeAFLGuy

[Buffalo716]

2 hours ago, NoSaint said:

 

 

And some guys do fall out of day 2 with injury. Each injury, player and gm is different 

 

even a minor slide from 5 to 7 on a handful of qb boards can bounce you pretty far (or change nothing in other cases)

 

 

Its a fair debate. two equal prospects and one makes business decisions and the other runs through brick walls every Saturday simply because he loves the game- which do you take?

 

how far does the other one drop? A couple slots? Pull him completely? 

 

I think the guy that sits ends up losing all “tie breakers” but wouldn’t drop him behind clearly lesser players 

For sure some injuries can change the game 

 

but when top top prospects get hurt it usually doesn't slide them from the first to the 6th

 

a fringe Prospect who gets injured can be taken off boards entirely though 

[billsfan714]

Anybody remember Melvin Bratton for the U, i wouldnt hold it against anybody for skipping a bowl game.    

[Chadwick Bay Chad]

We need character players. People that love the game more than their paycheck

[BigDingus]

Bills should look at all prospects. They should be judged primarily on their college career in the games they played. The combine matters to a degree, but it's what they do on the field. Whether or not they play in a bowl game doesn't matter.

If they have 24 games or more of on field experience, that's what they should go off of.

[Augie]

So they should not......

[Beast]

Could you imagine if a pending UFA skipped the NFL playoffs?

[MAJBobby]

1 minute ago, Binghamton Beast said:

Could you imagine if a pending UFA skipped the NFL playoffs?

 

Yeah too bad it doesnt work that way