Best and worst drafting teams in Round 1- ESPN

[Zero]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/draft2016/story/_/id/15414561/ranking-best-worst-drafting-teams-round-1-carolina-panthers-houston-texans-top-list


30. Buffalo Bills (http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/buf/buffalo-bills)

Surplus AV per pick: Minus-4.2
Biggest hit: Marcell Dareus (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/13992/marcell-dareus) (No. 3, 2011 draft)
Biggest miss: Aaron Maybin (No. 11, 2009 draft)
The Bills have not made the playoffs since 1999, the longest drought in the NFL, and their first-round misses certainly have played a part in that streak. Aaron Maybin was the most egregious of the misses. He recorded only 24 tackles and no sacks in two seasons for the Bills before being released after the 2010 season.


Its been a rough 16 years...

[DraftBoy]

I just threw up a little.

[Joe Fo Sho]

I like how the Colts biggest draft miss was Jerry Hughes.

[coastal]

Aaron "little boy hips" Maybin beat out Erik "EA Sports Madden baller" Flowers?!

[k-oneputt]

We could go on all day with the Bills 1st rd. misses.

ot- Baby Mike Williams from Texas tops my list.

[feldspar]

Blah, blah, blah.

They used Pro Football Reference's Approximate Value (AV) metric to figure this out...well, so did this study according to Rotoworld:

"Bills Rank High in Recent Draft Value History

Whether it’s draft pick value over the past three years or the past five years, the Bills are one of the few teams in the NFL who sit above the trend line."

...more.

http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2016/04/26/bills-rank-high-in-recent-draft-value-history/

So spin it however you like, but these aren't your grand-daddy's Bills or whatever. What they do NOW is the most important thing.

[Night Train]

This is Whaleys 3rd draft as GM and Pegulas' 2nd as owner. Anything before that is being erased from my memory.

[cookie G]

Aaron "little boy hips" Maybin beat out Erik "EA Sports Madden baller" Flowers?!

They only went back to 2006.



Cleveland has had an NFL-high 13 first-round picks in the last decade, but more than two-thirds of them failed to meet their draft slot expectations.

And yet...Buffalo did worse.

[The King]

JP Losman is by far the worst in my opinion. Mike Williams sucked, Aaron Maybin sucked, but we were able to replace both those guys with mid grade vets, the JP Losman experiment literally dismantled this team.

Oh.. looks like this is just the past ten year. But either way **** JP Losman.

[Joe Fo Sho]

Here's a fun fact: As of right now, the Seattle Seahawks only have one first round draft pick on their roster.

[cookie G]

Here's a fun fact: As of right now, the Seattle Seahawks only have one first round draft pick on their roster.

They've done an outstanding job of picking people in the later rounds.

Wilson in the 3rd
Sherman and Chancellor in the 5th
Byron Maxwell in the 6th
Bobby Wagner and Max Unger in the 2nd
And guys like Red Bryant in the 3rd and JR Sweezy in the 6th.

Their scouting dept. definitely earns its pay. They remind me of what the Bills used to do when Polian took over and Butler was the scouting guru.

For those who insist on drafting DB's high and often, 3/4 of the Legion of Boom was taken in rounds 5 and 6.

[SpikedLemonade]

LT Mike Williams was not a bust from the get go.

He actually had a couple good first seasons with the Bills before falling apart.

As I maintained at the time, his turning point was when he got married to that sweet little wife. After he was getting pussy on a regular basis, he started to play like a pussy. He couldn't even concentrate and rolled his vehicle on the way to Ralph for a game.

In the end, he was a great disappointment, however he was clearly the correct pick and the Bills were applauded by all the draft pundits at the time.

[BuffaloRedleg]

All I learned from that article is that how good a team drafts (by their metric) has little to do with team success. It's all about QB drafting.

[YardRat]

LT Mike Williams was not a bust from the get go.

He actually had a couple good first seasons with the Bills before falling apart.

As I maintained at the time, his turning point was when he got married to that sweet little wife. After he was getting pussy on a regular basis, he started to play like a pussy. He couldn't even concentrate and rolled his vehicle on the way to Ralph for a game.

In the end, he was a great disappointment, however he was clearly the correct pick and the Bills were applauded by all the draft pundits at the time.

That's being generous, especially considering the team passed over Bryant McKinnie in favor of MW.

[swiper]

I like how the Colts biggest draft miss was Jerry Hughes.

Beat me to it. LOL. One man's garbage is another man's gold.

[Thurmal]

That Maybin pick is still infuriating. I never watch college football, and even I could tell by watching only highlights that Matthews, Orakpo, Cushing, etc. would be better than him in the pros.

Another classic example of the Bills' brass pulling a "we're perennial losers, but somehow we're still smarter than the rest of the league" pick. (hat tip to Whitner over Ngata).

[SpikedLemonade]

That's being generous, especially considering the team passed over Bryant McKinnie in favor of MW.

Sure but no draft pundit was suggesting drafting BM over MW prior to the draft.

MW was by far the safest pick but he became a pussy.

[coastal]

They only went back to 2006.



Cleveland has had an NFL-high 13 first-round picks in the last decade, but more than two-thirds of them failed to meet their draft slot expectations.

And yet...Buffalo did worse.the Bills brand of dysfunction has a longer shelf life than that.

[POTLAND PSILBYLO]

That Maybin pick is still infuriating. I never watch college football, and even I could tell by watching only highlights that Matthews, Orakpo, Cushing, etc. would be better than him in the pros.

Another classic example of the Bills' brass pulling a "we're perennial losers, but somehow we're still smarter than the rest of the league" pick. (hat tip to Whitner over Ngata).

Berman's pick announcement on ESPN was hilariously Eeyore-like. "Aaron Maybin, uhhh oohhh ohh"

[TacklingDummy]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/draft2016/story/_/id/15414561/ranking-best-worst-drafting-teams-round-1-carolina-panthers-houston-texans-top-list


30. Buffalo Bills (http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/buf/buffalo-bills)

Surplus AV per pick: Minus-4.2
Biggest hit: Marcell Dareus (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/13992/marcell-dareus) (No. 3, 2011 draft)
Biggest miss: Aaron Maybin (No. 11, 2009 draft)
The Bills have not made the playoffs since 1999, the longest drought in the NFL, and their first-round misses certainly have played a part in that streak. Aaron Maybin was the most egregious of the misses. He recorded only 24 tackles and no sacks in two seasons for the Bills before being released after the 2010 season.


Its been a rough 16 years...

Considering the Bills could of had Patrick Peterson, JJ Watt, AJ Green, Julio Jones, Andy Dalton, and many others in the 2011 Draft...I question considering Dareus a "hit".

[POTLAND PSILBYLO]

"I'd run right at him - looks a little light in the ass...'

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