I am getting this poll up first???
Meathead
A - Great Job!!!
B - Pretty good, could have been better
C - Meh. Average
D - Not very good
F - This was uglier than Rosie O'Donnell
I am getting this poll up first???
Originally Posted by mysticsoto
BTW, I generally hate grading drafts until the players play, but every media outlet will do the same tomorrow.
I'm siding with my boys Bert and Ernie or whatever his name is.
B. i wish we had drafted a different TE. But i am thrilled with McKelvin, Hardy, and Simms. The later round players i don't know enough about to have an opinion, yet.
I think whenever you can come out of the draft with two starters you can consider your draft successful. We plugged are two biggest holes with the top guys on our board. I like that we took a pass rusher. I think our draft took a different direction when Rucker was taken a few picks before us. I wish we got a better TE, but all in all id consider it a success.
I gave it a C since +/- were not avail. Ill have a more indepth review done tonight and hopefully posted by tomorrow on the FP.
COMING SOON...
I'm not going to give it a grade yet, but to repeat what I said in the 'different perspective' thread I think we did pretty well. Would've like to see a center and maybe a DT mixed in somewhere, but what the hell, you can't have it all.
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C.
First two picks are good- it reminds me a little of last year. If someone said 3 days ago that we'd end up with McKelvin and Hardy without trading up, everyone would think they were nuts.
I also like the Ellis pick- I've never been a big fan of any of our DE's and he could be an upgrade. At the very least he'll add to the rotation and we won't have to see Ryan Neill on the field on crucial 4th quarter drives. My only complaint about this is that we didn't go offense- we're basically out of options for fixing the O now.
After that, it goes downhill fast. Did we really need 3 CB's in 10 picks, especially with the offense being in such dire straits? Fine sounds like a Schouman clone and Johnson sounds like a Josh Reed clone, although adding another big receiver isn't entirely a bad thing. Bell and Bowen could provide needed depth.
The Omon pick just boggles the mind- why would we take a small school RB when RB is probably our strongest position?
My biggest complaint is that the draft was our last chance to improve the offense, and the only potential contributor we added was Hardy. I don't see it being enough.
If Reggie Corner can handle Wes Welker I'll give the draft a B.
B.
McKelvin is a very good CB, however I wish the Bills would have taken a little more time and tried a little harder to trade down. Hardy is a good pick, he fills a need that hasn't been addressed for a very long time. Ellis was the best DE left on the board and with some good coaching I think can come right in and make a difference. The Corner pick was basically to try to stop the Pats 4 and 5 wide sets. Fine is questionable, not much of an athlete compared to some of the other TEs that were available. Bowen is a nice fifth round pick whom produced in college. I love the Omon pick, he can come in and compete for the second and third RB spots, he put up crazy numbers and can run for a 225 lb guy. Bell won't see the field until 2009 at the earliest, it's a good gamble to take in the seventh round. Johnson is a good size, speed WR, had 13 TDs is senior year. Cox can compete for a spot.
Don't the first two rounds carry more weight for you?
As for the RB, he was the best player out there. The idea of drafting to fill positional "needs" after the 3rd round boggle smy mind. There is not one NFL team that does that.
And who else could have they drafted after the 3rd round to improve the offense immediately?
B-.
James Hardy was an excellent pick. Leodis McKelvin was a decent selection. The rest... mediocre.
I gave them a D. I liked the first 3 rounds but they **** the bed on the rest of the draft. Reggie Corner and Derek Fine? GIVE ME A ****ING BREAK. I bet you we could of got Corner in the 5th, he isn't bad but we reached, imo. I'm really disappointed we didn't get Schmitt or Hillis, they both could've been had. We could've had Kellen Davis over a bum like Derek Fine, he wasn't even one of Kansas' main targets. I'm extremely disappointed right now.
Last edited by PECKERWOOD; 04-27-2008 at 08:54 PM.
Fantastic draft. A solid B maybe B+.
Filled holes with great players and added some solid depth. All you can ask for.
BERNIAC!
I thought it was great. I don't care if anyone laughs at me.
And it's about time they used our 1st for something we actually need.
I liked the draft too, but also enjoy laughing at you even if I need to create a reason. So
I was going to vote for F just because it was funny, but the draft was fine in my opinon. what the hell.. not many after the 3 rd make the team anyway... only like 25% of 4th rounders make the roster, so most of the action was in the first 3 rounds.. and we did fine there
In my day we did not have self-esteem... we had self-respect, and no more of it then we earned.
Even if you don't like the late rounds, you can't put nearly as much weight on them as the early rounds. They just don't matter as much. Therefore, B.
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Lets dispose of this twisted logic now. The draft is not considered successes or failures based on what you do on Day 1. The good GMs like Polian and Parcells are judged because they find talent on Day 2. If anything some people look at the success and failures rates in the later rounds as more important then in the early rounds.
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