Rookie S Jairus Byrd elected to Pro Bowl

the Orakpo Brigade doesn’t want to hear this blasphemy

Actually, I feel like an idiot now. This is a post about Byrd and he’s the perfect example. Very few people liked the Byrd pick and I don’t think Bills fans were really excited about trading up for Levitre either, especially since they passed on an OT with those two picks. What we should do is all take turns randomly bringing Byrd and Levitre and writing fanposts about how great Buffalo was in drafting them. Just rub it in everybody’s face who was wrong about it over and over and over again until they go crazy.

Because that’s what annoys me most about the whole Maybin thing. Fine, he doesn’t look great and Orakpo has been a stud. Those of you who wanted Orakpo, congrats guys, you were right. Personally, I wanted Oher, although I’m not going to waste everybody’s time by crying about it. But those same people were pissed about Byrd and pretty meh about Levitre. So …. Buffalo 2, Orakpo fan club 1. You guys aren’t always perfect, just like Buffalo isn’t always perfect.

That’s why I really want people with strong offseason opinions to do a mock offseason in real time. I know this is basically my Orakpo because I bring it up a bunch, but you really do get a different perspective on things. That, or maybe people would just brag about the things they got right while completely ignoring what they were wrong about (like they do with Orakpo). At the very least, people should sit down with a lap top or a piece of paper in front of them and simply try and do the draft live. Let Buffalo handle the FA and try your hand at drafting. Don’t cheat and change your picks. You take a guy when your on the clock and then you wait until your on the clock again. It’s really, really hard. There’s a reason why every team isn’t great at drafting. I think it’s really fun to try.

unfortunately. i think he needs to do some kick return work in the offseason, learn to see holes a little better.

of course, half those picks were layouts, so you can’t yell at him for that.

Yeah, he’s actually only got about 120 return yards on those INTs. Brandon Merriweather and Louis Delmas both have more despite having a combined 7 INTs. Darren Sharper has 375 yards in INT return yardage. Byrd returned punts at Oregon and seems like he should be a natural at making plays once he’s got the ball in his hands. It’ll be interesting to see whether Byrd can pick off a bunch of passes next year and whether he have a couple big returns in the process.

if I recall correctly with all of his interceptions he still has yet to get a pick-6

this is called “looking a gift horse in the mouth.”

Byrd is a FS. Asomugha is a CB. Totally different. The QB cannot just throw away from the FS.

I was actually thinking that that was the main reason why those records were set during rookie seasons.

I’d like to see what the record for INT’s by a rookie FS is, and how it matches up to those guys’ careers. By comparison Ed Reed only had 5 INT’s and 99 tackles his rookie season while starting all 16 games and has been averaging 5.75 INTs per season for his 8 year career. Mind you he’s also had 4 seasons with 7+ INTs.

It ain’t all that much fun either. Not as bad but not great.