Jimbo Fisher on EJ pre-draft ........wow!

[streetkings01]

Being an FSU fan I saw that Jimbo never trusted EJ and dumbed down the playbook for him. He trusted Winston way more then EJ as a freshman.........he trusted Ponder more then EJ as well.


The Buffalo Bills can't blame Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher for overselling them on quarterback EJ Manuel, who was benched last week.


Fisher was adamant throughout the pre-draft evaluation process that he didn't believe Manuel had the tools to be an NFL starter and he shouldn't be any better than a third-round pick, according to sources.


The Bills selected Manuel with the 16th overall pick in the 2013 draft. He has started 14 games for the Bills since being drafted, posting a 6-8 record.


Fisher was extremely positive about Manuel as a person and as a hard worker, but he was very open and honest with teams about how limited he felt Manuel was as a quarterback prospect.


He also told teams that even if Manuel were eligible to return for another season, he had a redshirt freshman quarterback he had been developing, who was waiting in the wings -- a player by the name of Jameis Winston.


Veteran Kyle Orton will make his first start for the Bills on Sunday against the Detroit Lions.

http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=11646532

[Guest]

Re: Jimbo Fisher on EJ pre-draft ........wow!

So the Bills brass were not listening?

Buddy Nix is hard of hearing.

[Albany,n.y.]

Re: Jimbo Fisher on EJ pre-draft ........wow!

More evidence that no truer statement was ever made than when Buddy Nix said he wasn't the smartest person in the room. The problem was he repeated it in a room at an appearance at a school for the mentally challenged and was still 100% correct.

[BillsImpossible]

Re: Jimbo Fisher on EJ pre-draft ........wow!

The entire 2013 draft class of quarterbacks was a giant bust.

[IlluminatusUIUC]

Re: Jimbo Fisher on EJ pre-draft ........wow!

The entire 2013 draft class of quarterbacks was a giant bust.

Oddly, the one who's probaly shown the most is Glennon, and I thought he looked like the weakest of the major prospects.

[BillsImpossible]

Re: Jimbo Fisher on EJ pre-draft ........wow!

Oddly, the one who's probaly shown the most is Glennon, and I thought he looked like the weakest of the major prospects.

Last year against the Bills, Glennon completed 9 out of 25 for 90 yards, 2 TD's and 2 INT's and won 27-6.

The whole 2013 draft class of quarterbacks probably won't be in the league 3 years from now.

The Bills (and their fans) felt compelled to draft a QB in 2013.

Swing and another miss in the first round, which is why I don't mind the Watkins trade up.

Sammy Watkins proved he isn't a bust in training camp.

Doug Whaley was like, "We suck at drafting in the first round, so why not just give up next years first rounder and get it right for once?"

[Joe Fo Sho]

Re: Jimbo Fisher on EJ pre-draft ........wow!

http://floridastate.247sports.com/Bolt/Jimbo-Fisher-disputes-ESPNs-Adam-Schefters-report-on-EJ-Manuel-31782946

Jumbo Fisher is disputing this report and released a statement, if anyone really cares about this.

[swiper]

Re: Jimbo Fisher on EJ pre-draft ........wow!

Here's the take away advice. Never draft an FSU QB.

[Skooby]

Re: Jimbo Fisher on EJ pre-draft ........wow!

He's benched, next.

[Mace]

Re: Jimbo Fisher on EJ pre-draft ........wow!

I guess I still have an issue with drafting a developmental QB you don't know how to develop that high, sticking a spread guy into a west coast, not getting a reliable west coast vet qb to mentor him, not having a qb coach, thinking your kid college oc can be qb coach, hiring a bad qb coach, and being amazed your dev QB has not dev'ed, sticking him behind a behemoth power game line that zone blocks in a scheme for agile linemen......drafting him too high and desperate, then seeming confused why he didn't work right.

[bleve]

Re: Jimbo Fisher on EJ pre-draft ........wow!

Buddy Nix: "We neeed to geet ourselves a korterback"

[GreedoII]

Re: Jimbo Fisher on EJ pre-draft ........wow!

So the Bills brass were not listening?

Buddy Nix is hard of hearing.

Buddy just picked the big athletic looking dude. Other than that he had no clue

[Dr. Who]

Re: Jimbo Fisher on EJ pre-draft ........wow!

http://floridastate.247sports.com/Bo...anuel-31782946

Jumbo Fisher is disputing this report and released a statement, if anyone really cares about this.

And the rest of the thread goes on as if Fisher's repudiation of the report never happened. Unsurprising.

[DraftBoy]

Re: Jimbo Fisher on EJ pre-draft ........wow!

And the rest of the thread goes on as if Fisher's repudiation of the report never happened. Unsurprising.

Well you have to keep in mind that Fisher has to denounce the report. Everyday he's sitting in a kids living room or on the phone with a recruit trying to get him to come to FSU. Many of those kids are top rated with NFL aspirations, how do you think they'll react to a coach who will call a NFL team and badmouth his own player? It wouldn't go over well at all.

So for most people his denial means very little.

[better days]

Re: Jimbo Fisher on EJ pre-draft ........wow!

Oddly, the one who's probaly shown the most is Glennon, and I thought he looked like the weakest of the major prospects.

Glennon was the guy I wanted the Bills to draft & he had a good game against the Saints yesterday even though the Bucs lost a tight one.

Happy the Bucs drafted him since the Bills didn't.