It's just disappointing is all. There is no guarantee Battle will ever amount to anything, but he sure as hell had a lot more upside than Hunter who we know is horrid. The idea that we signed a guy we know sucks and basically took a guy who has potential off the board is utterly ridiculous.Originally Posted by Mace
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Hunter isn't making this team anyways. Camp body.
La'el Collins' agent admitted his whole "return to the draft" was a bluff too, and we wouldn't even risk a 7th on him.
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sudzy (07-10-2015)
There is an almost 2 decade history of the Bills under evaluating the OL position.
Obtaining OL is always an after thought.
The draft history is one of very few early picks used on the OL.
When we do get a good OL, we tend to lose him to free agency or trade him away.
So what would you have given up for Battle?
So who did the Bills lose on the OL this year, the first under the new owner?
I was not aware the Bills lost anyone important at ANY position.
a 4th easily.
Mace (07-10-2015)
Clearly for Pegs and Co. the test will be what happens with Glenn et. al. in 2016.
So resigning & keeping Hughes was not an A+ in Pegs & Co. first test?
OK. Now we will have to wait & see who the Bills draft in the 4th next year & see how he compares to Battle.
And as I said before, Rex no doubt knows much more about Battle than anyone on this board or in the media for that matter.
The Bills may have put in a claim for Battle in the 5th rnd who knows?
But it is obvious the Bills did not consider Battle worth a 4th rnd pick.
Last edited by better days; 07-11-2015 at 07:45 AM.
Most of that was Ralph Wilson. He didn't think the line was that important and that guys could be had down in the draft that could handle the job.
One thing is certain. La'el Collins will be better than this Battle. IF the tackle position was such a problem, I still cannot understand why the Bills didn't use a 7th round pick on the guy. Them not doing that, makes all this Battle talk just sound stupid. They obviously were interested in Collins, having sent Rex Ryan himself down to meet with him. They could have had a better player at a lower cost had they done that.
Last edited by swiper; 07-12-2015 at 05:38 AM.
better days (07-12-2015),k-oneputt (07-12-2015),YardRat (07-20-2015)
http://blogs.buffalobills.com/2015/0...friday-7-17-2/B: Hunter is an insurance signing. Partly due to Seantrel Henderson’s spring, in which he didn’t make the first impression he had hoped on the new offensive staff. Henderson has time to redeem himself, but the Bills want a vet they feel they can rely on in the event of injury.
You need to look at Hunter as veteran insurance as a possible swing tackle, extra tight end in short yardage situations. Nothing more, nothing less.
Then they should have signed a vet they could rely on in case of injury. Possible swing tackle, extra TE in short yardage, would have been good if they could find one who maybe played a snap or was on a team the last 2 years, not like all the teams including Ryan's didn't want him for 2 years anyway because he's such a tremendous FA catch under the bottom of the barrel, not like you need the bottom of a barrel though when you can snatch a Wayne Hunter from 31 other teams who never even considered him for a couple years.
I'm sure glad Kromer is here to snap him together.
Last edited by Mace; 07-19-2015 at 07:40 PM.
YardRat (07-20-2015)
Well, Mr. Hunter, that's that.
Good call.
Mace (07-21-2015)
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