Green will have me seeing Red

Chix has stated that they will go franchise player at pick #3. Who that will be, we will all have to wait to find out, but A.J. Green is certainly one of them.

Last, I have faith in Stevie. If you want to drink the Fitz or Spiller koolaid, more power to you, I haven’t lost all hope that these guys might bring us to the promised land. While I don’t Scuba (btw, why did that nickname lose so much ground this year) see him going up and over someone making a one handed catch a la AJ/Megatron/FitzG/Nicks, yet he his stats speak volumes (11th in total yards, 7th-t in TDs, and 5th in YAC) – why would you ever want to stifle his growth as a #1 WR?

 This is by far your weakest argument. You made some great points about how little of an impact a big time WR can have and backed it up with good examples. But if Steve Johnson is as good as everybody thinks and or hopes he is then he will succeed no matter who we draft. Most teams line up at least two WRs on every play, they could play next to each other.

Second, is what many call the Matt Millen effect.

Well Millen only drafted WRs in the first round 3 years in a row not 5. And I doubt that if Carlos Rodgers had panned out than he would have drafted Mike Williams. Taking 1 WR in the top three 1 year hardly makes the Bills like those Lions teams.

I completely and totally agree that the Bills don’t need to take a WR in the draft. IF they were to take one then Green would be the guy. I mean they probably aren’t going to draft a WR in the 7th round that is better then Easly, Jones, Nelson, or Parrish. So if you are going to get a guy who is better then you would have to draft high. I would rather see a DT or DE of some sort but at the same time I realize that the draft is several round deep. they can address those positions later.

In fact, I’ll even go so far as to say you’ve severely dampened the odds of my being able to get behind picking AJ Green.

I never liked the idea to begin with, so maybe Im more inclined to be swayed towards disliking it. Either way, I think you make a strong case against AJ Green to Buffalo.

I know it wasn’t the point of your post but since you mentioned playing against Revis twice a year it got me thinking about it. I’m not supporting a selection of Green (I’m a Dareus supporter and probably will be until we draft) BUT I have to admit that watching Green and Revis battle it out would be AWESOME!!! I woudn’t even dare to place a bet on who would win that contest.

Please do not make me hate all the blind optimists who post rants after a spot we don’t need is filled by a high draft pick again.

Wait – only “blind optimists” can be rational?

I find these types of posts tiresome (and I don’t mean to pick on you specifically, KGun; yours was just the latest). The only way you should be seeing red is if Green is the pick, and then he has a Spiller-esque rookie season. Judging a draft pick the second it’s made is asinine.

drafting based on need Vs BPA isn’t it?

^Those are arguably our biggest needs at the moment^ As it stands…

Unless our pick is OLB or DE, there is no position of need listed above worthy of our 1st pick. After Marcell Dareus (my personal favorite) or Von Miller (starting to warm up to the idea) or even Robert Quinn (hesitant about), the only explanation for our pick should be strict BPA. Dareus, Miller and Quinn are the only three players that represent talent-value at a position of need (don’t think Bowers/Fairley fit with us). Everyone else is just a talent-value BPA pick. At this point we’re left with trading down, selecting a very polished and athletic wide receiver, or an elite potential corner back.

Personally, I see no reason not to select AJ Green. I’d draft him over Patrick Peterson in a second, and would consider passing up Dareus to take him. Our offense is nothing to brag about at the moment and adding a WR of his talent could almost certainly give it a shot of adrenaline. In my opinion there are three primary reasons for the failure of the T.O. experiment:

1) Our O-line was in shambles due to injury.
2) Our Day 1 starting QB didn’t take enough shots when the opportunity presented itself (exacerbated by T.O.’s untimely drops)
3) Our offensive play-calling left much to be desired

To me all three of those have been fixed (point 3 to a certain extent). Our O-line is solid at many positions, and our QB takes the requisite shots down field to keep defenses honest. Our play-calling has improved, though we don’t run the ball enough. Because of this, AJ Green wouldn’t likely go to waste.

Next, covering the 3wr set of AJ Green – Steve Johnson – Lee Evans would present quite a few challenges to many of the defenses in the league. Tell me a team that could match 3 CBs worthy of covering each receiver at any one time. AJ Green’s size and hands could also come in very handy for a QB that tends to overshoot his receiver some time. His route running is also considered very polished for a soon-to-be-rookie, and his speed is very solid.

While he is not the deep threat Evans is, Green would be a very solid replacement for the aging Evans, and would likely give the Bills the opportunity to rely on Evans less as his body ages over the coming 3-4 years (unless Evans is still running fast and strong 4 years from now).

In conclusion, though AJ green is only my 2nd preferred selection for our 3rd overall pick, I salivate a la Homer Simpson thinking about the potential of a 3 wide receiver set featuring the combo of size, quickness and hands Green brings, the shiftiness Johnson has, and the blazing speed of Evans — and with Spiller in the backfield, this could be a very explosive offense.

That is my point, not are they willing to pay 1 WR top money, are they willing to pay 3?

good point

i think we should go for it. lee is getting up there plus he is a speed wr. they dont last to long really. i would love to see aj green in buff. when he turns out to be great for someone else its going to be too late for shoulda woulda coulda. plus cj is not a bust just yet. darren mcfadden wasnt that great in his rookie season either but he is pretty good right now

and i would love him on this team

I’m not sure how the BPA grading works but I assume there are many players of equal grade at the top of the draft. We chose that ‘difference maker’ with the #9 pick last year, and it didn’t help much because our line still isn’t strong enough. I will be very disappointed with a WR at pick #3 for the same reason.

Trade down, get an extra 2nd rounder, choose (1) LB, (2) OT, (2B) TE, the rest Defense.