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Re: Some info on Orton
Your statement makes little sense as did Jokeman's.
It's not as if you simply remove those players and have a 49 man roster. You would have drafted others.
My point was simple, if I were GM my eyes would always have the next three years in view, not simply the next season. It's an idiotic approach to wait until year five of a five-year contract with a QB (or any player), have him leave because you couldn't come to terms, and in the case of the Bills not getting something done in the offseason prior to the draft of that players last season, and then approach the following draft with your pants down because you didn't have the foresight to plan properly.
A good GM would draft players at positions which are rich in the draft because that's when you get good value. You don't do what we've often done and go for positions that are weak, like last year when we had to go for Manuel because we had no none and were forced into the pick, or Spiller in a relatively weak RB class as two primary examples.
I mean how come we had nothing at QB going into last year's draft (2013)? Poor planning is the only reason. Whaley was in charge, he's been the Asst. GM form '10 to '12 and the GM since then and the top personnel guy the entire time, blame him.
Perfect time to insert this point, but next year is supposed to be another rich year for QBs but we don't have a 1st round pick. One more bit of genius from Whaley. So once again we're screwed and have to make other plans regardless of who's running the show. All for what, Watkins who hasn't come close to living up to his status yet and can't even outperform a bunch of other rookies with comparable QB issues including Allen Hurns who wasn't even drafted and plays for Jacksonville.
Originally posted by Buffalogic
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It's not as if you simply remove those players and have a 49 man roster. You would have drafted others.
My point was simple, if I were GM my eyes would always have the next three years in view, not simply the next season. It's an idiotic approach to wait until year five of a five-year contract with a QB (or any player), have him leave because you couldn't come to terms, and in the case of the Bills not getting something done in the offseason prior to the draft of that players last season, and then approach the following draft with your pants down because you didn't have the foresight to plan properly.
A good GM would draft players at positions which are rich in the draft because that's when you get good value. You don't do what we've often done and go for positions that are weak, like last year when we had to go for Manuel because we had no none and were forced into the pick, or Spiller in a relatively weak RB class as two primary examples.
I mean how come we had nothing at QB going into last year's draft (2013)? Poor planning is the only reason. Whaley was in charge, he's been the Asst. GM form '10 to '12 and the GM since then and the top personnel guy the entire time, blame him.
Perfect time to insert this point, but next year is supposed to be another rich year for QBs but we don't have a 1st round pick. One more bit of genius from Whaley. So once again we're screwed and have to make other plans regardless of who's running the show. All for what, Watkins who hasn't come close to living up to his status yet and can't even outperform a bunch of other rookies with comparable QB issues including Allen Hurns who wasn't even drafted and plays for Jacksonville.
Originally Posted by pmoon6 
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