Hagan

[Slim]

Some think he will slip into the 3rd round beacuse of issues catching the ball... This guy was conisdered a first round pick a few months ago... He's 6'2 and runs a 4.42..... Should we consider him with one of our 2 picks in the third..


thoughts....

[Dozerdog]

We do not need WRs - we got too many as it is.


If there was an all- world guy at #8 like the next Randy Moss (minus headaches) or some once in a decade guy- then maybe. But let's fix the areas of the team we have zero depth first.

[Slim]

Im not neccisarly saying im for it, its just a thought... We are paying Josh Reed lots of money to be the 3rd or 4th WR...

[LifetimeBillsFan]

No!

Hagan's hands are awful and his technique is poor--that's why he's no longer being considered a high draft pick. The kid from Eastern or Western Michigan who hasn't played much against top competition has passed Hagan by like a supersonic jet because of Hagan's inconsistency at catching the ball.

The problems with Hagan are four-fold: 1.) he catches a lot of balls with his body, which you can't get away with in the NFL; 2.) when he tries to catch the ball with his hands, he drops more than he catches; 3.) he's not a great route runner and has had problems getting separation from coverage; 4.) he really hasn't improved his game much over the last two years. Hagan has a lot of physical talent: he's long and lanky, has good speed, long arms and can jump pretty well. But, none of that matters if he has problems running routes and catching the ball and, for whatever reason, doesn't seem to be able to learn how to get better.

Now, that's not saying that the light bulb won't suddenly go on for him or that he won't be able to learn to overcome these issues--if he does, he could turn out to be a real steal in this draft--but the odds are against that happening and he has all the signs of probably being a bust written all over him. Now, some team that can afford to take a chance on him will probably draft him in the middle rounds because this is such a weak draft at WR, but the Bills can't afford to risk drafting a guy like Hagan at WR, which is a position that they already have a lot of young guys with more positive potential than he does. Andre Davis is nearly as tall, faster, has better hands and more experience than Hagan and was more successful on the college level--and a lot of Bills fans have doubts about how much he will be able to contribute to the team--so what can Hagan do for them that Davis can't?