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Yes for now and as for the past, what free agent or NFL draft QB the Bills could've easily had gotten, but passed on and in hindsight, should've taken him.
It's not that simple. Remember, even the Patriots passed on Brady 5x before selecting him. Brady wasn't even a full-time starter in college. It was one of those rare times when literally no one thought he could be as good as he is. This org has made a lot of mistakes, but I can't fault them for not taking Brady. They had no way of knowing.
If the Bills hadn't traded away their 2005 first round pick during the 2004 draft to move up for Losman, they could have drafted Aaron Rodgers in 2005. If I could go back and change one thing it would probably be that.
As for Brady, I believe he was a beneficiary of being in the right situation at the right time. He's obviously become a HOF qb, but I don't believe he would have had the coaching or personnel around him at the time to be successful early on in Buffalo.
So either way at this point I would rather have Rodgers than Brady.
Agree with Ed - hindsight being 20/20 and all, the trade back up into the first round in 2004 never happens and then they pull the trigger on a sliding Rodgers in 2005.
Of more recent vintage, I am curious to see how some of the first and second year guys develop. If someone like Locker or Wilson turns into a stud and the Bills flounder, the front office will have to be held accountable.
It's not that simple. Remember, even the Patriots passed on Brady 5x before selecting him. Brady wasn't even a full-time starter in college. It was one of those rare times when literally no one thought he could be as good as he is. This org has made a lot of mistakes, but I can't fault them for not taking Brady. They had no way of knowing.
Yeah, if they had taken Brady right before New England did then the Bills would have not been able to get Leif Larsen. I'm not sure I'd go there.
Question #1- OK Bills fans, if you were the Bills owner and you wanted a decent QB running the offense, who'd you pick?
Question #2- Which free agent QB or NFL Draft QB the Bills should've gotten, but never bothered to get.
Your second question implies that the answer to the first question as someone not already on our roster. I refuse to participate in such biased questionnaire.
It's not that simple. Remember, even the Patriots passed on Brady 5x before selecting him. Brady wasn't even a full-time starter in college. It was one of those rare times when literally no one thought he could be as good as he is. This org has made a lot of mistakes, but I can't fault them for not taking Brady. They had no way of knowing.
Well in fairness that same Patriots staff plucked Matt Cassel out from USC a few years later who started even less games and became a starting QB for the Chiefs. They knew something many other teams didn't.
Its not always about passing over a guy because you dont know if he'll be good or not.
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Originally posted by Dr.Lecter
We were both drunk and Hillary did not look that bad at 2 AM, I swear!!!!!!
It's not that simple. Remember, even the Patriots passed on Brady 5x before selecting him. Brady wasn't even a full-time starter in college. It was one of those rare times when literally no one thought he could be as good as he is. This org has made a lot of mistakes, but I can't fault them for not taking Brady. They had no way of knowing.
Never said it was a mistake for not taking him, but the question was not what our worst mistake at qb was this decade, its what qb should we have gotten? If anything Brady proves the draft is a crapshoot. Now if you want to know what our worst qb mistakes this past decade are, well that's simple: RJ over Flutie, trading for JP in 2004 when we could have had Rogers in 2005, and trading for RJ in the first place in 1998.
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