If Zay pans out, McD's first two drafts are awesome

[Da webster guy]

I know there are varying degrees of involvement by coach McD with each of the picks in the past two drafts, but now that Zay has somehow emerged as a good receiver our last two years we have

TreD

Zay

Dawk

Milano

 

Last year

Josh

Tremaine

Harry

Taron

Teller

 

Obviously Josh is the wildcard here, but currently this is 9 starters in two years through the draft.   Almost half of the 22 man starting team in two years, all under rookie deals.   I don't have time to look it up, but that's likely tops in the league, nine starters who are either rooks or sophomores.  There's a little Whaley influence, and Beane obviously, but if McD has been significantly involved in these past two drafts like they say he has, it's a very encouraging sign that we have a knack for identifying and developing the right kind of players here.

 

 

 

[billsfan1959]

Shhhhhhhh…...

[Soda Popinski]

It will be very interesting to see what they do with 10 picks, and 80 mil in cap space. 

[teef]

i have a feeling this thread is going to anger some people.

[Heavy Kevi]

Really looking forward to how this all pans out. There is a good reason for hope.

 

I believe there is a legitimate chance that McD will be a long-term coach in Buffalo.

[whatdrought]

I would say that if he turns into a decent #2, and Allen turns out to be a top 15 QB (which some may see as a stretch right now) and the others continue as they have, this could be considered a historically good two drafts.

[Jauronimo]

If Allen pans out the drafts were awesome.  If he doesn't they're not looking so hot.

[MJS]

Just now, Jauronimo said:

If Allen pans out the drafts were awesome.  If he doesn't they're not looking so hot.

 

That's partially true, but I think the number of other good players is impressive.

[Jauronimo]

Just now, MJS said:

 

That's partially true, but I think the number of other good players is impressive.

the number of players (and the picks) traded to get the picks which were packaged to move up to 7 needs to be factored in. 

[Teddy KGB]

Juju already panned out

 

Same with Watson and the MVP front runner.

 

Allen is gonna need to show up strong 

[Guest K-GunJimKelly12]

I think it is safe to say the Zay has panned out. 

[Perry Turtle]

1 minute ago, K-GunJimKelly12 said:

I think it is safe to say the Zay has panned out. 

So he's a legit NFL WR1 or WR2 on a playoff caliber team?

 

I don't think he's there just yet.

[NewEra]

Why are we still talking about McDermott.  Wasn’t he fired?

[ProcessAccepted]

4 minutes ago, Perry Turtle said:

So he's a legit NFL WR1 or WR2 on a playoff caliber team?

 

I don't think he's there just yet.

Agreed, but while he still has a ways to go he is trending in that direction.

[ghostwriter]

I have tremendous hope for Zay Jones. I think if he continues on his current path he'll be a guy we can count on. He's steadily shown that he is a great route runner, a very good route runner. Can't emphasize that enough.

[vorpma]

12 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:

If Allen pans out the drafts were awesome.  If he doesn't they're not looking so hot.

Ya, I do have to agree with this!

[dubs]

I’m bracing for the inevitable Mahomes comment followed by fire Beane (even though he wasn’t on staff but apparently was running the draft from Carolina or something like that). 

 

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[vorpma]

16 minutes ago, teef said:

i have a feeling this thread is going to anger some people.

No hate, no anger, no negative rants, no temper tantrums and no call to fire everybody now and next year! And some honest thought put into it - yup this will set some of our angry posters off!

[End The Drought]

Didn’t everyone wanna fire this guy a week ago? Lol 

[teef]

1 minute ago, vorpma said:

No hate, no anger, no negative rants, no temper tantrums and no call to fire everybody now and next year! And some honest thought put into it - yup this will set some of our angry posters off!

it's all so foreign to me!