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It says biggest (not only) difference, and "could be" (actually might be) is pretty important. This is also just one scouts opinion, who still said Austin is the better prospect.
Same here. The more I research each player, the happier I get.
Does it?
Agreed. Who is to say Manuel wasn't the top QB on a lot of boards by far? Why are we trusting the rankings of the same media idiots that seem to get so much wrong every year?
I admire the optimism, but it seems extremely unlikely. There's a very realistic chance that Manuel would still be available if Buffalo didn't select him.
It would be more accurate to say that the only similarities between Austin and Goodwin are size and speed than the only difference being a coach the knew how to use them. TJ Graham (sp) is a speedster too and he's no Tavon Austin.Still, speed has obvious value and Buffalo might have the most speed in the league at the skill positions now. Hopefully that translates to the field.
As opposed to the stellar track records of team personnel departments?
It's a mostly positive report. Why do you say it's "brutal"?A stastistical scouting report on EJ Manuel.
Warning, its pretty brutal.
http://secondroundstats.com/2013/02/08/ej-manuel-statistical-scouting-report/
A stastistical scouting report on EJ Manuel.
Warning, its pretty brutal.
http://secondroundstats.com/2013/02/08/ej-manuel-statistical-scouting-report/
Seems pretty good to me.
Agreed. And even that has some misleading stuff. A 42% down field completion percentage isn't that bad. In fact, it's only 2% lower than Luck's was his senior season.And saying that Manuel's receivers helped him out is only sort of true. They did make some nice plays on the ball on some jump ball type throws he made, but I would argue that those are catches good NFL receivers should make anyway. And as I detailed earlier, his receivers dropped a ton of balls too. In the 5 games I watched today, they dropped 20+ passes that hit them right in the hands and should have been pretty simple catches. That's a whole lot of freaking drops. His completion percentage on the year could have easily been over 70% without all the drops. Even up into the 72-73%. I'm not sure where that guy gets his receivers only dropping 5% of his passes unless they just never dropped the ball in the other games I didn't watch.A stastistical scouting report on EJ Manuel.
Warning, its pretty brutal.
http://secondroundstats.com/2013/02/08/ej-manuel-statistical-scouting-report/Seems pretty good to me.
I agree. He's not a Gronkowski/Hernandez/Graham but he's pretty solid, especially in the red zone. He doesn't stretch the field like those guys, but he gets the job done. And frankly, I don't think they need a TE to stretch the field in Hackett's offense. Especially not with guys like Spiller, Graham and Goodwin.I think the biggest concern with him is the injury. He may not even be ready to start the season.But with defenses all trying to load up to stop those athletic tight ends, spreading them out with purr speed could destroy those defenses. Miami just spent their off season throwing a ton of money at Ellerbe and trading up for Dion Jordan. Have fun watching those guys sit on the sidelines when the Bills go 5 wide with Stevie, Spiller, Graham, Goodwin and either Woods or Rogers. There isn't a safety or dime corner in the world with a prayer of covering Graham or Goodwin in that formation, let alone linebackers like Jordan and Ellerbe.
You've got to be excited about both of these prospects. Hopefully at least one will pan out.
I like Chandler as well, but the guy blew out his knee in week 16. If he's even able to play in the beginning of the season it would be a pleasant surprise, nevermind be near 100%. They have zero depth at TE- their #2 had 13 yards on the season. I think TE certainly is a need.
I think they are moving him to WR.
Let's hope so. He's the most worthless player on the team, considering how much he's getting paid.
not sure it's worth getting bent out of shape over 5th through 7th round picks. They are mostly special teams players and aren't that much more likely to make the team than undrafted free agents.
Agreed. I hated seeing Levitre walk, and I won't be happy if we lose Byrd. Having said that, safeties and to a lesser extent guards are expendable. The front office seems to have its priorities straight on this one.
OK, then go ahead and draft ONE safety. The second pick was absolutely superfluous and prevented the team from shoring up other areas like, oh, I don't know, maybe GUARD (ahem, Levitre).
I get bent out of shape because that means it's one less opportunity to build depth where you actually need it... OL, LBs, CBs, etc.
Nix said in his press conference that Williams is versatile enough to play nickel CB, which is one of the ways they plan on using him. Meeks is strictly a S.
I think it's pretty telling that this is the first draft since Ralph Wilson relinquished control of the organization, and all the sudden the Bills are drafting like the other 31 teams.
I disagree- how did they have absolutely no choice but to draft a QB from this weak class? They could have gone with another need, like Jarvis Jones for instance, and stuck with Kolb for a year (besides drafting a QB much later obviously).
If they were just going to just stumble along with a placeholder at QB, then they might as well have kept Fitz.
Okay, but they still had a choice. If they didn't like the QBs in this class, it would be insanely foolish to spend a high pick on one "just because". There are plenty of other options.
Who do you think has the higher upside, Manuel or Nassib?
I don't think marijuana and alcohol issues are necessarily all that bad. Lots of kids make stupid mistakes with those substances and eventually learn from them as they mature.
Rogers got into a fight outside of a bar. Someone in the thread on Da'Rick said that there were people there that said that Rogers almost stomped some security guy to death.
Hopefully that's just talk because that would be a lot bigger deal and character flaw than some substance issues.He was also involved in a bar fight before he even took the field at Tennessee in which a police officer got hurt. He was charged at the time with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
