truth on hold Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Mike Williams (02', 4th overall), JP Losman (04', 22nd overall) and now McCargo (06', 26th overall.) Three 1st round busts in the last 5 drafts who played long enough to draw a conclusion. Geez, let's just hope McKelvin works out and breaks the string of 1st round busts every even year.
SDS Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Mike Williams (02', 4th overall), JP Losman (04', 22nd overall) and now McCargo (06' 26th overall.) All 1st round busts in the last 6 drafts. That's one 1st round bust every other year. Geesh, let's just hope McKelvin works out and breaks the string of 1st round busts every even year. According to Polian - 1/3 of all 1st rounders do not pan out as expected.
BillsD#1in2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 uhh lets see though...Whitner, Lynch, Leodis is good on kick returns....but we are getting better just look at the last 2 drafts as far as complete drafts
Fingon Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 According to Polian - 1/3 of all 1st rounders do not pan out as expected. Whitner - star McCargo - bust Lynch - star Marv has done us well.
truth on hold Posted October 15, 2008 Author Posted October 15, 2008 uhh lets see though...Whitner, Lynch, Leodis is good on kick returns....but we are getting better just look at the last 2 drafts as far as complete drafts Go back to 03' and you also had Willis McGahee and I think given he missed his entire rookie season and he's no longer here, he's kind of a bust too. I think the brightest spot was Evans in 04'(14th overall.) The thing that's troubling about McCargo is his selection came in the Jauron-era, whereas the gimmicky picks of McGahee and Losman, and biggest (and fattest) bust of all, Williams, were all Donahoe era.
JinVA Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 biggest (and fattest) bust of all, McCargo, were all Donahoe era. McCargo was Levy.
truth on hold Posted October 15, 2008 Author Posted October 15, 2008 McCargo was Levy. sorry, corrected to Williams in original post
justnzane Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Go back to 03' and you also had Willis McGahee and I think given he missed his entire rookie season and he's no longer here, he's kind of a bust too. I think the brightest spot was Evans in 04'(14th overall.) The thing that's troubling about McCargo is his selection came in the Jauron-era, whereas the gimmicky picks of McGahee and Losman, and biggest (and fattest) bust of all, Williams, were all Donahoe era. I think it is not fair to compare the son of satan's regime to the ones of marv and russ.
todd Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Tom Donahoe was bad at 1st round picks. I think Marv and DJ get the benefit of the doubt. You can't hit on them all. Whitner and Lynch seem to be great picks. McCargo sucks. We're fortunate to get a 4th round pick, considering he probably doesn't play and would have been cut in the offseason. Mike Williams (02', 4th overall), JP Losman (04', 22nd overall) and now McCargo (06', 26th overall.) Three 1st round busts in the last 5 drafts who played long enough to draw a conclusion. Geez, let's just hope McKelvin works out and breaks the string of 1st round busts every even year.
Flbillsfan#1 Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Go back to 03' and you also had Willis McGahee and I think given he missed his entire rookie season and he's no longer here, he's kind of a bust too. I think the brightest spot was Evans in 04'(14th overall.) The thing that's troubling about McCargo is his selection came in the Jauron-era, whereas the gimmicky picks of McGahee and Losman, and biggest (and fattest) bust of all, Williams, were all Donahoe era. Willis is no longer here but Trent is here in his place so I guess you don't like Trent if you call the drafting of Willis a bust. Let's hope they draft a good player with the pick they got from Indy for McCargo.
truth on hold Posted October 15, 2008 Author Posted October 15, 2008 Willis is no longer here but Trent is here in his place so I guess you don't like Trent if you call the drafting of Willis a bust. Let's hope they draft a good player with the pick they got from Indy for McCargo. They would have had many chances at Trent even without the pick from Willis.
Andre Speed Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Go back to 03' and you also had Willis McGahee and I think given he missed his entire rookie season and he's no longer here, he's kind of a bust too. I think the brightest spot was Evans in 04'(14th overall.) The thing that's troubling about McCargo is his selection came in the Jauron-era, whereas the gimmicky picks of McGahee and Losman, and biggest (and fattest) bust of all, Williams, were all Donahoe era. i think we can guess that jd1 meant that mike williams was the infamous big-fat bust, since he was such a high pick, and tipped the scales at over 500.. er.. i mean 400 pounds(is there really that much difference?? ) at times. given TDs track record, and the fact that we now seem to have a special QB, yeah, i'd say lets give marv a break. i never liked the mccargo pick from the start, but they had to be thinking "OMG, we better find a relacement for pat williams or else". of course the gamble didn't pay off, but they did come up with kyle, who mans pat's old post in serviceable fashion. so in a sense, they more or less got that job accomplished, but not at all in the way they expected. of course, getting a 4th round pick for your recent 1st round tradeup feels like.. trading suzy kolber for a pack of condoms. however, if suzy wouldn't actually kiss you, that would pretty much force your hand. (OMG, like ZERO pun intended there !!) AS
SDS Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Whitner - starMcCargo - bust Lynch - star Marv has done us well. Looks like he hit the average to me.
RayFinkle Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 The Bills aren't that bad overall with their own 1st round picks over the past years. It is when we try to use somebody else's first rounder that we get in trouble.
drnykterstein Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Looks like he hit the average to me. Alright. This thread is solved. What else can we cover?
truth on hold Posted October 15, 2008 Author Posted October 15, 2008 Looks like he hit the average to me. At this point I'd say a more realistic assessment is: Whitner = solid, but definitely not another palamolou McCargo = bust Lynch = great rookie season but struggling a bit in 2nd year. jury remains outstanding on "star" potential
Captain Hindsight Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 At this point I'd say a more realistic assessment is: Whitner = solid, but definitely not another palamolou McCargo = bust Lynch = great rookie season but struggling a bit in 2nd year. jury remains outstanding on "star" potential As long as they help the team win on sunday it was a good pick IMO
truth on hold Posted October 15, 2008 Author Posted October 15, 2008 As long as they help the team win on sunday it was a good pick IMO What about trading Bledsoe for our 1st round pick in 03'? Do you feel that was a bust?
BuffaloBill Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 While the focus is on first round picks you also have to look at what is done in the other rounds and what the team does to sign undrafted free agents. Marv picked up Ko Simpson. Keith Ellison, Brad Butler, Trent Edwards Kyle Williams, John Wendling, Fred Jackson and PaulPozlusny outside of the first round. McCargo proved to be a bust. Time to say goodbye at least we don't just cut him and get nothing in return
Dibs Posted October 15, 2008 Posted October 15, 2008 Mike Williams (02', 4th overall), JP Losman (04', 22nd overall) and now McCargo (06', 26th overall.) Three 1st round busts in the last 5 drafts who played long enough to draw a conclusion. Geez, let's just hope McKelvin works out and breaks the string of 1st round busts every even year. The last 5 drafts..... 2004 Lee Evans(13) 2005 -none- 2006 Donte Whitner(8) 2006 John McCargo(26) 2007 Marshawn Lynch(12) 2008 Leotis McKelvin(11) Last 5 drafts don't look too bad to me.
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