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With Lawyer Milloy in Atlanta and Troy Vincent clearly on the downside of his career, Buffalo has qeustions at safety. However, it has far grater needs at offensive tackle and defensive tackle. Taking Whitner is a one of the biggest reaches we have seen.
Some picks are more difficult to explain than others. It's true that defensive tackle is one of the Bills' needs, but taking McCargo here is one of the biggest reaches we've seen in years.
How can you make this judgement until the guys actually play?
Well, you can say that about any player in the draft so of course anything anyone says at this point is all conjecture.
But given the following....
1. Our needs on offense.
2. What was on the board when we picked Whitner, not projected to be in the top 10 by most if not all analysts
3. We traded UP to get McCargo, a DT projected to be 2nd rounder by most if not all analysts.
...it is more LIKELY that Marv reached for these picks when he could have gotten more value with what was available.
Could they turn out to be good picks? Sure. I don't have a crystal ball. But IMHO....and in the opinion of more than not...these picks were reaches. And it is not like reaching for a QB or RB where they can completely change a team. While important, S or DT are not foundations to build a franchise upon....so you don't reach that far for them.
Well, you can say that about any player in the draft so of course anything anyone says at this point is all conjecture.
But given the following....
1. Our needs on offense.
2. What was on the board when we picked Whitner, not projected to be in the top 10 by most if not all analysts
3. We traded UP to get McCargo, a DT projected to be 2nd rounder by most if not all analysts.
...it is more LIKELY that Marv reached for these picks when he could have gotten more value with what was available.
Could they turn out to be good picks? Sure. I don't have a crystal ball. But IMHO....and in the opinion of more than not...these picks were reaches. And it is not like reaching for a QB or RB where they can completely change a team. While important, S or DT are not foundations to build a franchise upon....so you don't reach that far for them.
With the Reyes signing we really only need an OT. Justice obviously wasn't as highly regarded as we thought so I am glad we passed on him.
Check out what London Fletcher says about Whitner. If Fletch is right, and our luck with Ohio State secondary players continues, we may have a winner in this kid
There is NO justification for those terrible picks. What was the weakest link on our team? Offense. What did he do? Over-reach for defensive players.
The weakest link of the team was by far the defense.
Youboty was drafted to replace Nate next year when Nate gets tagged and traded.
The Bills needed Safties and drafted 2, they needed DTs and drafted 2, needed Oline help and drafted 2, needed Depth at LB and drafted 1.
Only thing I don't agree with is not trading the 8th pick and still getting the player you wanted at a lower spot. And trading up to get a player they probably could of got if they stayed put.
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