Peter King: The Bills should have taken Boss Bailey

[Ebenezer]

On WGR this afternoon, when asked who the Bills should have taken instead of Willis McGahee, Peter King said "Boss Bailey".

To paraphrase:


Bailey would have upgraded the position currently occupied by Jeff Posey. Now the Bills have to wait for a year to collect on this draft where they could have upgraded the defense. This team is this close and Bailey would have vastly improved the defense.

[Mr. Miyagi]

WHAT?

We just got Posey. No one knows how good he'll be on our defense, along side with Spikes and Fletcher.

[TedMock]

and he's 20 lbs. lighter than Posey and has trouble taking on blockers. yeah, that've been just what we need.

[Pride]

yeah, maybe in round 2.

I usually agree with Peter, but not on this one.

[Tatonka]

i think peter should have taken slimfast in the first round.

[The Spaz]

A pack of slim fast at that!:) Go Bills!

[Ingtar33]

Bailey, a 46 Sam backer? Peter better stop drinking, because that is absurd... I'd rather Bailey at SS in a 46 than at Sam.

[venis2k1]

If anything, i would have taken Eric Steinbach

[Lone Stranger]

Picking Bailey would have been worse than McGahee. Talk about an uproar. I still would have liked William Joseph. The Giants apparently agree with me..

[DraftBoy]

Alot of people say Joseph is a product of his teams amazing DL and LB's. Not to say its true but Joseph is no easy pick to swallow himself.

[WG]

Originally posted by Mr. Miyagi
WHAT?

We just got Posey. No one knows how good he'll be on our defense, along side with Spikes and Fletcher.

That's right! He could absolutely suck like he did for 5 out of 6 seasons.

Originally posted by TedMock
and he's 20 lbs. lighter than Posey and has trouble taking on blockers. yeah, that've been just what we need.

Funny! But Crowell, who's the exact same weight but only a fraction of the speed and 3 inches shorter is gonna do what for us???

Like I said, a wasted 3rd rounder.

TD is good at free-agency, but his drafts other than top picks are far from anything inspiring at this point!

[Schobel94]

Boss Bailey is overrated, he is fast, thats it, he can't tackle for beans. And he is STRICTLY a WLB, so who are we gonna bench, Spikes?!? That would not ahve been a wise choice.

[WG]

King is right about one thing; we're close!

Henderson would have helped and I agree that I wouldn't have taken Bailey either.

But some players for this season instead of "future years" may very well turn out to be a part of the difference this year.

[colin]

King is a great writer, and has a good eye for the behind the sceens stuff, but is the worst talent evaluator ever.

[THATHURMANATOR]

"TD is good at free-agency, but his drafts other than top picks are far from anything inspiring at this point!"

Yeah this draft was pretty bad!
2001 Pick Name Pos. School
1. Nate Clements CB Ohio State (21)
2a. Aaron Schobel DE TCU (46)
2b. Travis Henry RB Tennessee (58)
3a. Ron Edwards DT Texas A&M (76)
3b.^ Jonas Jennings OT Georgia (95)
4. Brandon Spoon LB North Carolina (110)
5. Marques Sullivan OT Illinois (114)
6a. Tony Driver S Notre Dame (178)
6b.^ Dan O'Leary TE Notre Dame (195)
6c.^ Jimmy Williams CB Vanderbilt (196)
7a. Reggie Germany WR Ohio State (214)
7b.^ Tyrone Robertson DT Hinds JC (238)

I only see 5 starters and 3 backups in that one HORRIBLE!
Sullivan in the 5th? A steal!


This one only had 3 starters in it and 2 backups EVEN WORSE
2002 Pick Name Pos. School
1. Mike Williams T Texas (4)
2a. Josh Reed WR LSU (36)
2b. Ryan Denney DE BYU
3.^ Coy Wire S Stanford (97)
5. Justin Bannan DT Colorado (139)
6. Kevin Thomas CB UNLV (176)
7a. Mike Pucillo G/C Auburn (215)
7b.^ Rodney Wright WR Fresno State (250)
7c.^ Jarrett Ferguson FB Virginia Tech (252)
7d.^ Dominique Stevenson LB Tennessee (260)

Thomas in the 6th and Bannan in the 5th looks pretty decent to me for later round selections.