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I didn't like the Maybin pick from the beginning, and so far he hasn't proven me wrong.
But give the kid a chance- no one is a wasted pick after 6 games, and he was projected to be a 2-3 year project anyway. I would have preferred getting someone who could play immediately, but unfortunately our FO is always building for a future that never arrives.
Pretty much my thoughts as well... We needed an immediate impact player not a project who came out of college as a sophmore.. but he is a Bill now so we grin and bare it and hope he developes.
I however think he should be used as a OLB some. Especially since we are decimated at the position. We drafted him in the 1st rd early therefore he should be good enough to be able to find creative ways to get him on the field.... he is being paid million, all the more reasons we should be finding ways to get him on the field. We should be able ot depend on him to make some sort of impact NOW....
I fail to see why we are not trying to get him some playing time OLB, I guess the Bills don't feel he is capable of it.. which then brings us back to why reach for the guy at #11
you guys got fooled into believing the hype that he was just going to come in an get one sack after another. He wasn't an every down DE and he had problems vs. the run at the college level.
you guys got fooled into believing the hype that he was just going to come in an get one sack after another. He wasn't an every down DE and he had problems vs. the run at the college level.
I think you need to narrow that down some.. many of us weren't on the Maybin at #11 train
in fact I thought Orakpo or Oher / trade back to draft Oher was the way to go
Wasted picks
Whitner
McCargo
McGahee
M.Williams
Ryan Denney
Chris Kelsay
Roscoe Parrish
Kevin Everett
J.Hardy (so far)
Leodis McKelvin (so far)
Poz (so far)
im not ready to call them all busts but so far to date not so good
and Modrak has a job
hilarious
He's being wasted by the coaching staff. With every other team playing their rookie DE's at LB, and with the Bills' injuries at LB'er, Maybin SHOULD be playing LB'er. WTF!
Playing LB in a cover 2 and in any other defense is completely different. You have to be a coverage LB to play in the cover 2 Maybin is not a LB let alone one that excels in coverage.
Simply too early to say, particularly with this coaching staff. You can't tell very much after 6 games.
But you know, if you do want to make judgments this quickly - and even if we whiffed on Maybin - this looks like a great draft. Wood, Byrd, Levitre and Nelson look like long term starters, and maybe stars, while Harris and Langster show some promise. If Maybin comes around, this could be one of the Bills' legendary drafts.
Should have known, way back in 1960 when we drafted Richie Lucas Number 1, that this would be a long, hard ride. But who could have known it would be THIS bad?
I don't think the Bills could have used Orakpo in the end.
I don't understand the point of threads like this, anyway. You offer ZERO insight into anything the Bills are currently doing. Yes, we get it, we should have drafted Orakpo. But why the heck are you trying it pound it into our heads? We're not the ones who drafted him.
I hate these stupid threads where people just pick out random players and say "this person sucks," or "we should never have picked this person," etc. You offer no insight, no new information, no solutions, nothing.
These threads have no value. If all you're looking for are zonebucks, I'll donate 100 to you just to stop your whining.
"Misguided political correctness tethers our intellects."
- Nicholas Cummings
Wasted picks
Whitner
McCargo
McGahee
M.Williams
Ryan Denney
Chris Kelsay
Roscoe Parrish
Kevin Everett
J.Hardy (so far)
Leodis McKelvin (so far)
Poz (so far)
im not ready to call them all busts but so far to date not so good
and Modrak has a job
hilarious
I agree with all you listed except Everett (how you put him here I dont know) and then McKelvin, Poz have been very good seeing they are young.
"'Clean up your room.', 'Stand up straight.', 'Pick up your feet.', 'Take it like a man.', 'Be nice to your sister.', 'Don't mix beer and wine, ever.'. Oh yeah, 'Don't drive on the railroad track.'"
Personally I don't like the way the Bills have handled this whole thing with Maybin, from drafting him untill now. I wasn't crazy about the pick to begin with.
Now he doesn't see much playing time. Call me crazy but other than a QB (whom I give some more time) I expect my first round picks to have an impact and contribute. They however don't give him much of a chance to play so.........whats the point ? We could have traded away our #1 pick for later round picks who won't see the field much in year 1 and you got the same thing. No production.
The Polian Curse
"They're a very special group of men. Cherish them, you will not see their like again."
February 4, 1993 Bill Polian at his closing press conferance after being dismissed as GM of the Buffalo Bills by Ralph Wilson.
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