So the guys I like are going like crazy...

[X-Era]

I wanted any of the following:

Nassib
S Thomas
JC Tretter
Dion Sims
Gerald Hodges
Barrett Jones

The guys left that I like:

Vince Williams
Brandon McGee
Braxston Cave
Michael Mauti
Jordan Poyer
Cornelius Washington
Devin Taylor

So I'd be good with a few curve balls:

Marcus Lattimore
Chris Gragg
Ryan Swope
Aaron Mellette
Matt Scott
Kenny Stills
Da'Rick Rogers

[ServoBillieves]

Re: So the guys I like are going like crazy...

I can't find the world's smallest violin, sorry.

[Novacane]

Re: So the guys I like are going like crazy...

I'd like to see them take a flyer on Lattimore in round 5 or 6. If he doesn't recover to his old self who cares. How many5th- 6th rounders become difference makers? Hell, what % even make the team? If he does recover they got a steal.

[clumping platelets]

Re: So the guys I like are going like crazy...

No more WR's unless they are UDFA

[BertSquirtgum]

Re: So the guys I like are going like crazy...

I'd like to see them take a flyer on Lattimore in round 5 or 6. If he doesn't recover to his old self who cares. How many5th- 6th rounders become difference makers? Hell, what % even make the team? If he does recover they got a steal.

Fred is old and slow. Time for a different direction in that aspect, imo.

[psubills62]

Re: So the guys I like are going like crazy...

Want to see them address a few of our other needs (OLB, OL, TE, CB) before going after more WR's, ILB, etc.

[Mouldsie]

Re: So the guys I like are going like crazy...

Rogers may be worth a flier now. Character concerns would fit in with this class haha

I also like Quanterrus Smith. We need more pass rushers IMO

[Novacane]

Re: So the guys I like are going like crazy...

Lattimore gone to 49ers

[IlluminatusUIUC]

Re: So the guys I like are going like crazy...

Want to see them address a few of our other needs (OLB, OL, TE, CB) before going after more WR's, ILB, etc.

Drafting for need in the 5th is the wrong way to go about IMO. After the 4th these guys are longshots to make the roster so if you are playing with low risk picks then go for high reward ones.

[DraftBoy]

Re: So the guys I like are going like crazy...

Next pick should be one of;
Jordan Poyer
Cornelius Washington
Quanterrus Smith
Da'Rick Rogers

[psubills62]

Re: So the guys I like are going like crazy...

Drafting for need in the 5th is the wrong way to go about IMO. After the 4th these guys are longshots to make the roster so if you are playing with low risk picks then go for high reward ones.

I wouldn't say they're longshots to make the roster. At least, they shouldn't be, even if they have been the last couple years. You can still go for talent at positions of need. Especially at a position like TE, where you can find contributors late. Even OL this late can contribute (Hairston, e.g.).

[clumping platelets]

Re: So the guys I like are going like crazy...

Jesse Williams

[IlluminatusUIUC]

Re: So the guys I like are going like crazy...

I wouldn't say they're longshots to make the roster. At least, they shouldn't be, even if they have been the last couple years. You can still go for talent at positions of need. Especially at a position like TE, where you can find contributors late. Even OL this late can contribute (Hairston, e.g.).

The numbers say they are. This isn't just a Bills phenomenon, go back to the 5th round in 2010. There's only one star (Chancellor) a few backups, and a ton of camp fodder and guys who are already out of the league. And that was only 3 years ago. The same ratios pretty much seem to hold. The majority of players in the late rounds will just end up as deep depth or wash out of the league entirely. So go for the highest-ceiling guys and wehn you hit (Kyle Williams, Richard Sherman) you hit big.

[X-Era]

Re: So the guys I like are going like crazy...

Fred is old and slow. Time for a different direction in that aspect, imo.

Lattimore went but Ellington and Stepfan Taylor are still out there.

[psubills62]

Re: So the guys I like are going like crazy...

The numbers say they are. This isn't just a Bills phenomenon, go back to the 5th round in 2010. There's only one star (Chancellor) a few backups, and a ton of camp fodder and guys who are already out of the league. And that was only 3 years ago. The same ratios pretty much seem to hold. The majority of players in the late rounds will just end up as deep depth or wash out of the league entirely. So go for the highest-ceiling guys and wehn you hit (Kyle Williams, Richard Sherman) you hit big.

Are you arguing if they're longshots to be starters/significant contributors or longshots to make the roster? You started with the latter, now you seem to be moving towards arguing the former.

I guess it's impossible to take players with high ceilings...at positions of need. We still need depth at a lot of these positions at the least, so I don't see what the problem is with taking guys who can/will be depth.