BadLandsMeanie Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 I'm not trying to make anybody more stressed than we already are. But I have a question and I genuinely don't know. Who on the staff has proven to be good at picking skill players? The most looming pick being the one for QB coming up. Pre-Beane they did a great job picking defensive guys in the draft and free agency.\ Not so much with the offensive skill players we picked up. At least not so far. Beane isn't a scout. He knows about scouting, but he isn't a scout. So who's opinion will count the most? I know we can say they will arrive at a group decision and have blind trust. But do we have anything more than blind trust to go on? I'm just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatdrinks Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) Beane is the GM, he's the one calling the shots. We just don't know who ( if anyone) on this staff specializes in offensive skill position players. It was obvious from the Bills FO decisions last year they were betting on their own ability to draft players. Big. We will find out if they have the touch to pull it off. It's just one draft, but 2017 didn't inspire confidence in this area. Zay Jones is a huge question mark, Benjamin trade is inconclusive. FA signings were a mixed bag, mostly bad. The 2018 draft doesn't seem deep in the WR department. The QB situation is a non starter for FA WRs. Beane and co will have to produce some draft magic to improve the passing game this year. Edited March 25, 2018 by Boatdrinks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddo Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 I think it's a legitimate question. While you would assume that a good scout, knows all positions well, somewhere, someone, has to be able to know who is going to be good or not. McDermott seems pretty well capable of identifying defensive talent that will suit him, but on Offense, who knows. You sort of feel that it's going to be slam dunk guys they pick on offense, as they don't necessarily know who the best fits might be. Hopefully Daboll has some serious input into what he's going to be working with. In response to the above poster, I've read in a few places, that there is depth in the WR class this year, just not anywhere near some of the high end guys we have seen before. Plenty of 'high floor' guys, but not many who have the huge ceiling to match. Plenty of solid 2nd/3rd round guys, but hardly any 1st round talents. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#34fan Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Nobody on offense, that's for sure... They can barely COACH that side of the ball, let alone assess talent. Honestly, I'm not holding out much hope for Daboll to be an improvement, but we'll see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadLandsMeanie Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 3 hours ago, #34fan said: Nobody on offense, that's for sure... They can barely COACH that side of the ball, let alone assess talent. Honestly, I'm not holding out much hope for Daboll to be an improvement, but we'll see. Well, what you say is my worst case. I was hoping someone would show me the light. Which you did not in your post here. They got Dawkins last year but besides that, they laid an egg. A big one. We did get a new scouting staff in here though. Some left already. But I wonder if anyone we have remaining is experienced at picking offensive skill players? I hope so. I don't know. Beane isn't taking my calls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Come on. I don't know every single scout and each of their skill sets but I do know they overhauled things and that the group he's put together is highly thought of around the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodman19 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Get a QB and suddenly everyone looks like a genius on the offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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