I think Maroney was a flop. He was productive and all, but he wasn’t a world-beater, and now he’s hurt enough to the point where the Pats might take another RB in round one.

So there. I went ahead. :)

Also, I never said Whitner was a good pick. But he is a starter, and he’s hovering near flop territory. I already said that McCargo was a bad pick in hindsight, which you seem to have missed.

You said “2006 killed us”, and that general statement is what I disagreed with.

I never called Meriweather a flop. bb90 just mentioned in his post that if one were to consider Meriweather a flop, the Pats should get a pass because he was the 24th pick. And that made no sense to me.

I’m not sure on Simpson. the reason I say that is because it was towards the end of the year that he didn’t see as much playing time. you would think he would get more playing time as the confidence in his ankle comes back. but this did not happen

Simpson became a starter by default. He wasn’t that good his rookie year and definitely hasn’t shown any improvement since….

He’s played in 30 games over three years, not even two full seasons because he keeps getting injured.
1673 career rushing yards, 12 TDs.
That gives him 56 yards a game.
Do you really think your first round running back should be getting only 56 yards a game?

Our first round running back is averaging 77 yards a game and has 15 TDs in his first 28 games with JP and Trent as his QBs.

If you want me to sit here and debate Maroney’s impact or his numbers I can but the fact is he is an injury-plagued, less than productive running back. Joseph Addai was picked a couple picks later. Deangelo WIlliams was picked a few picks later. Maurice Jones-drew was taken in the second round.

Has Maroney been better than McCargo? Sure. He’s got McCargo beat by a mile.

so look at the guy and he’s good. Interesting argument I give you that.

He is elusive and punishing enough that he doesn’t average 1000 yards on a season? Stats are misleading, sure, but for a running back it’s production and you can’t do that from the bench. Even when he is in his numbers aren’t great.

With the same logic you can say that the only thing holding McCargo back is laziness, otherwise he’s a good player.

If Maroney was on our team I would be around here with you guys blasting him as a flop and trashing him. Face the facts, it’s a bad example to use.

LOL Judas Priest. What are we, eighth graders?

McCargo was the Bills 2nd pick. If you look at the first 2 picks you see a different story. Chad Jackson anybody? The Pats took him in the second round in 2006. He is a major flop. Maroney and Jackson is just about as bad as Whitner and McCargo

Yes i read it
It still baffles me that Bills fans expect every pick the bills make to be perfect. To harp on the fact that McCargo was a bad pick (a point I will not argue) and start comparing the Bills past drafts to other teams USING ONLY THE 1ST ROUNDERS is silly to me. I understand that you are simply replying to Matt, I just find the inability to except the fact that all FOs make blunders on draft day unrealaistic.

Every team makes a bad pick or two here and there

So my patriots example wasn’t good enough huh? ok.

then Luis Castillo later in the round…. but if you recall that was the year they got really good (2004) cause BRees started playing lights out. Not important…