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09-03-2003, 05:40 AM
In Buffalo at least, Donahoe doesn't always get the credit he deserves. When he traded a draft pick to the New England Patriots for Drew Bledsoe in the spring of 2002, he took undue criticism. In part it was because of the bizarre worship fans place on the draft. But would any first-round pick guarantee a quarterback of Bledsoe's calibre?
There was more of the same this year when the Bills used their first-round pick to draft running back Willis McGahee, the University of Miami star who suffered a knee-shredding injury in last year's Fiesta Bowl.
Time will be the jury on this one as McGahee might not even play this season. But drafting a potential superstar with the 23rd pick doesn't seem like backing a 99-1 shot.
Story (http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/Sports/2003/09/03/174808.html)
Comments ?
I tend to agree that the NFL draft has taken on a life of it's own, almost a quasi-religious status. It'd be interesting to look at the relative successes of teams who build through the draft vs through free agency moves in today's NFL era of free agency/salary cap ?
Is drafting players high worth the bother ?
There was more of the same this year when the Bills used their first-round pick to draft running back Willis McGahee, the University of Miami star who suffered a knee-shredding injury in last year's Fiesta Bowl.
Time will be the jury on this one as McGahee might not even play this season. But drafting a potential superstar with the 23rd pick doesn't seem like backing a 99-1 shot.
Story (http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/Sports/2003/09/03/174808.html)
Comments ?
I tend to agree that the NFL draft has taken on a life of it's own, almost a quasi-religious status. It'd be interesting to look at the relative successes of teams who build through the draft vs through free agency moves in today's NFL era of free agency/salary cap ?
Is drafting players high worth the bother ?