Why I am not an NFL General Manager

by BigBlueShoe on Oct 15, 2008 2:21 PM EDT in Analysis Comment 4 comments

Back in 2006, I wrote this about Marv Levy's first draft as GM of the Buffalo Bills:

Buffalo: F

Why, in God's name, does Buffalo trade up in the Draft to get DT John McCargo, a guy NO ONE projected as a first rounder? They also really reached on safety Donte Whitner as well. They obviously wanted Huff, and didn't think Oakland would take him at pick number 7. Buffalo could have moved up and taken Whitner at 26, and taken someone like MATT LEINART at pick number 8. J.P. Losman is terrible, and will never be a pro-level QB. Why pass up a guy like Leinart? Marv Levy was terrible yesterday.

Let this be a lesson to all of you: Never let me play franchise mode on Madden, let alone draft for a pro caliber organization.

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Leinart?

Leinart has proven nothing as an NFL quarterback. With some of the best talent in the world at wide receiver he still can’t get anything done. May be better than Losman, but not good enough to matter. So I think he’s ok based on that pick.

by Scooty4422 on Oct 15, 2008 2:36 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Ouch. Yeah, that’s pretty brutal, Shoe.

Not to mention factually incorrect. Donte Whitner was Buffalo’s #1 player on their board that season. They fell in love with his leadership abilities, a quality essential to the regime’s first draft pick. As far as quarterbacks go, Levy said post-draft in 2006 that Jay Cutler was their top-rated QB. Looks like he was right on that one as well. It’s also come to light that Detroit was set to take Whitner at #9; they instead had to settle for Ernie Sims.

by Brian Galliford on Oct 15, 2008 3:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh, and as far as McCargo goes – all the talent in the world, but he sort of gave up after the Bills went out of their way to get Marcus Stroud and Spencer Johnson this past off-season. Came into camp overweight and wasn’t working to get his job back. He wasn’t going to do anything in Buffalo; perhaps a change of scenery will change the equation.

by Brian Galliford on Oct 15, 2008 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Just wondering...

…how good the 2007 Bills draft looks now? Lynch, Posluszny and Edwards? Hell…that is looking to turn out into one of the best single-team draft classes in league history.

"I could have conquered Europe, all of it, but I had women in my life." - King Henry II of England

by Calvert on Oct 16, 2008 1:01 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs