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  • Commissioner
    Registered User
    • Dec 2004
    • 1083
    #1

    New GM or new head coach... usually means get a QB!!

    I really can't imagine the Bills going through this draft or free agency without making a move to identify a franchise QB... unless they think Fitz is the answer... which i highly doubt.

    Look at how most teams successfully rebuild when they get a new GM or Head coach... they start by bringing in someone to be a franchise QB.

    NO and Sean Payton... brings in Brees. Wins superbowl!
    ATL and HC Mike Smith... Matt Ryan. 2 playoff appearances?
    DET and Jim Schwartz... Matthew Stafford. Started to look like a gamer.
    HOU and Gary Kubiak... Traded for Matt Shaub.
    WAS and Shanahan... Traded for McNabb. Looks like a miss but it was an attempt.
    ARZ and Wisenhunt... Brought in Warner. Went to Superbowl.
    KC and Haley. Traded for Matt Cassel.
    STL and Spagnuolo. Drafted Sam Bradford.
    NYJ and Ryan ... Mark Sanchez.

    Now look at the teams that seem to be struggling year in and year out to rebuild...
    BUF
    MIA
    OAK
    CLE
    ....... the common denominator is we have been rebuilding without successfully investing in a franchise QB.

    Back to my original point. Why would the Bills with their new GM and head coach think they could rebuild successfully without first identifying or investing in a franchise QB? It seems like the first order of business for new regimes is to find a franchise QB and build around him. I have a strong feeling this year the Bills will be going after a QB some way or another.
    Last edited by Commissioner; 02-05-2011, 07:47 AM.
    Draft Gabbert at #3!
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  • ddaryl
    Everything I post is sexual inuendo
    • Jan 2005
    • 10714
    #2
    Re: New GM or new head coach... usually means get a QB!!

    At this point Gabbert is the only QB worth picking at #3, and we could possibly trade back a few picks and land him, which would be my preferred model, but that would mean one of the other QB starved teams makes a trade for Kolb reducing the chance they try to move up

    Newton comes with red flags and lack of college experience worthy of a high pick. He will have ot have an amazing workout and combine, but my eyes will be on his wonderlic. Does he have the cognitive ability necessary to match his athleticism.

    But yes it would be nice to have a "Franchise" QB, this year is just a little weaker then I thought it was going to be for QB's. At the end of last years college season I thought there would be 4 or more top QB's to be had early, but that never materialized, and some top names actually regressed some, or didn't improve much over their previous season
    Last edited by ddaryl; 02-05-2011, 08:01 AM.

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    • better days
      Registered User
      • Jan 2010
      • 22028
      #3
      Re: New GM or new head coach... usually means get a QB!!

      Well, Miami did draft Henne..................but they should have drafted Ryan.

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      • Night Train
        Retired - On Several Levels
        • Jul 2005
        • 33117
        #4
        Re: New GM or new head coach... usually means get a QB!!

        If they pick one high, they better get it right or it's 5 more years of losing.
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        • Nighthawk
          Getting old waiting for a championship in Buffalo!
          • Jul 2002
          • 15437
          #5
          Re: New GM or new head coach... usually means get a QB!!

          Originally posted by Night Train
          If they pick one high, they better get it right or it's 5 more years of losing.
          But that is the case with any player we pick at that spot...doesn't matter if it is a QB, DL, CB, WR, whatever...it is important that player plays and plays well at a position of need.
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          • Commissioner
            Registered User
            • Dec 2004
            • 1083
            #6
            Re: New GM or new head coach... usually means get a QB!!

            Originally posted by Nighthawk
            But that is the case with any player we pick at that spot...doesn't matter if it is a QB, DL, CB, WR, whatever...it is important that player plays and plays well at a position of need.
            That's true...

            This year though we have the potential to draft any QB we want.... Hopefully they can identify one as a franchise QB.

            I grew up watching Jim Kelly.... i'm sick of watching scrubs. I want another franchise guy to enjoy watching.
            Last edited by Commissioner; 02-05-2011, 10:08 AM.
            Draft Gabbert at #3!

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            • ZEUS
              My bedroom is covered in posters of naked men.
              • Jul 2005
              • 132
              #7
              Re: New GM or new head coach... usually means get a QB!!

              They have their franchise qb. Fitz is the man. I wish you all would quit whining about drafting a qb.
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              • Commissioner
                Registered User
                • Dec 2004
                • 1083
                #8
                Re: New GM or new head coach... usually means get a QB!!

                Originally posted by ZEUS
                They have their franchise qb. Fitz is the man. I wish you all would quit whining about drafting a qb.
                That's sad.
                Draft Gabbert at #3!
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                • YardRat
                  Well, lookie here...
                  • Dec 2004
                  • 86148
                  #9
                  Re: New GM or new head coach... usually means get a QB!!

                  I agree that they'll probably look for another QB, but doubt they'll spend the third overall pick on one.
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                  • Commissioner
                    Registered User
                    • Dec 2004
                    • 1083
                    #10
                    Re: New GM or new head coach... usually means get a QB!!

                    Originally posted by YardRat
                    I agree that they'll probably look for another QB, but doubt they'll spend the third overall pick on one.
                    I think if they draft a QB, it will be at #3. Anything after the 1st round is a developmental QB which we already have in Brohm, and Brown. I think they guy they get this year through the draft or free agency is the guy that Gailey will want as his franchise QB.

                    I think last season was all about assessing the players on the roster.
                    Draft Gabbert at #3!

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                    • Nighthawk
                      Getting old waiting for a championship in Buffalo!
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 15437
                      #11
                      Re: New GM or new head coach... usually means get a QB!!

                      Originally posted by ZEUS
                      They have their franchise qb. Fitz is the man. I wish you all would quit whining about drafting a qb.
                      LoL...yeah, OK...
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                      • ZEUS
                        My bedroom is covered in posters of naked men.
                        • Jul 2005
                        • 132
                        #12
                        Re: New GM or new head coach... usually means get a QB!!

                        I think they put some better players around Fitz and see how it goes. If we make the playoffs Fitz will remain the qb of the future. If not, they will surely be looking. There is not a better qb in the draft or free agent that is better than Fitz out there.

                        Nighthawk, where's your Spiller avatar. A little dissapointed in you glamour pick?

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                        • mayotm
                          Registered User
                          • Jul 2003
                          • 2333
                          #13
                          Re: New GM or new head coach... usually means get a QB!!

                          Most people won't argue that the Bills need a franchise QB. The question is whether or not there is a franchise QB in this draft. Personally, I don't think there is. Thus, I think the Bills will go in another direction at three and draft somebody later for Fitz to groom.
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                          • Nighthawk
                            Getting old waiting for a championship in Buffalo!
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 15437
                            #14
                            Re: New GM or new head coach... usually means get a QB!!

                            Originally posted by ZEUS
                            I think they put some better players around Fitz and see how it goes. If we make the playoffs Fitz will remain the qb of the future. If not, they will surely be looking. There is not a better qb in the draft or free agent that is better than Fitz out there.

                            Nighthawk, where's your Spiller avatar. A little dissapointed in you glamour pick?
                            You'd need to put an all-star team around Fitz to make this team a winner...that is unrealistic. As for Spiller, he was not my choice, but I'll admit it, I bought into the hype and he didn't deliver. More of reason why you don't take the BPA, but take the BPA at a position of need.

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                            • Joe Fo Sho
                              Making Spirits Bright
                              • Mar 2006
                              • 6194
                              #15
                              Re: New GM or new head coach... usually means get a QB!!

                              Oakland got a QB...several actually

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