Bills vs. Cowboys: Buffalo, Dallas Replacing Injured Starters

Kelsay, Merriman, Bell, and Cornell Green are obvious points of contention.

And if we had a choice of Von Miller and Marcell Dareus, and we chose Miller, everyone would be complaining about why our run D is complete garbage and that we should have chose the double-team drawing player rather than the one that gets QB pressure.

And if we took Tyron Smith we’d be complaining about how we have no one on the line besides Williams that can be dominant (Dareus) and that we have no one getting QB pressure (Miller).

another position is to not draft the player we took.

CJ Spiller – alright, not necessarily a big need but we did need an explosive player.
Torell Troup – our run D was garbage, switching to 3-4, needed a NT.
Alex Carrington – our run D was garbage, as was QB pressure, switching to a 3-4, need a DE.
Marcus Easley – physical beast, good run blocking WR, needed to bolster our receiving corp
Ed Wang O-line wasn’t exactly good in 2009. Wang was depth and potential project player.
Arthur Moats – needed STers and 3-4 OLBs to pressure QB.
Danny Batten – needed STers and 3-4 OLBs to pressure QB.
Levi Brown – didn’t knowingly have the QB of the future on our roster, also it’s the 7th round, who gives a flying rat’s rump roast.
Kyle Calloway – once again, 2009 OL not great, once again it’s the 7th round who gives a flying rat’s pin cushion.

Marcell Dareus – Williams is a beast, still need D-Line help, and elite help is certainly nice to have.
Aaron Williams – McGee is very solid but constantly hurt, McKelvin is hella inconsistent, and Florence is inconsistent to a lesser degree. Two of our top CBs getting up there in age. Needed the depth and eventual starter.
Kelvin Sheppard – needed ILB help BEFORE we lost Poz. Sheppard has good size, comes from a good program where he was a leader, and can become a worthy starting 3-4 ILB.
Da’Norris Searcy – STer and DB depth. Suppose we could have taken another OLB here, but was there someone worth it? Maybe Searcy takes over Scotts role as nickle LB one day or replace George Wilson in years to come.
Chris Hairston – D. Bell was solid in 2010 but we weren’t good enough on the O-line that we should have ignored the OT position, especially at RT.
Johnny White – haven’t seen much from him, but it’s the 5th round and he was an ATH for UNC. Write-ups remind me of Jackson in a versatile runner sense. Maybe he learns from Jackson and can emulate his playing style and be a good RB for us. Maybe he just is a STer and decent 3rd string back. Who knows.
Chris White – 6th round. STer. Sure, maybe there was an OLB that could have fulfilled this role for us that had a chance to become a good starter. Maybe.
Justin Rodgers – 7th round, who gives a flying fudgemonkeys. STer. Maybe he develops into a good CB. We always need more CBs.
Michael Jasper – letting him fall out of the 1st was risky enough. We had to take him at this point.

Looking at all the picks, who should we have not drafted? Was there a better prospect still available that was an OLB? A CB? An OT? Sure, some haven’t contributed due to great players being in their way (CJ Spiller, Troup), and some have had a lingering issue in their 2nd year that doesn’t mean it will last their entire career (Troup). It’s only year 2 for some, year 1 for others. Way too early to judge in most cases. And either way, IMO and possibly others, they were all legitimate needs that might have gone unfilled if we chose other positions (even if said other positions were needs themselves).

I dont think Demarco Murray is going to break 100.