Should The Bills Bet The Farm For Andrew Luck?

I voted yes, but I disagree that Indy would give them the option.

Peyton Manning turns 36 this offseason and isn’t a guarantee to come back from his neck problem.

They’ve got the worst defense in football. The key players that drove that defense during the playoff runs turn 32 and 31 this offseason (Freeney and Mathis). Their secondary is a mess (they’ve got a measly 6 INTs this year). Despite drafting some RBs, they still struggle to run the ball and are in the process of rebuilding the OL from scratch.

I can’t imagine that the mindset in Indy is to reload for another couple years of Manning. Polian is too smart to pass on a franchise QB.

I voted yes, but 3 first round picks is far too much. We’re not moving up from the mid 20s. We’ll be moving up from slot 9 at the most. Two firsts and maybe a 2nd is the most I’d give up.

O.K. – hands up – who is sick of watching the Bills?

More like disinterested

Should The Bills Bet The Farm For Andrew Luck?

Yup

I just don’t understand how anyone can be ok with not doing all we can to go and get the proverbial “franchise QB”.

First of all,
Pulling a Falcons won’t do it, he would go for more. I think it would be closer to a Ditka in order to sway the Colts to give him up. But in the end, they’d be crazy to pass him up – it ain’t going to happen.

Just for argument sake, let’s assume a Ditka would do it, then we’d be giving up our complete 2012 draft plus our #1 in 2013 in order to move up and get Andrew Luck. The problem is that we are missing way too many pieces on Defense to ever consider ourselves a playoff team. Without a decent pass rush we’ll never be able to compete. I’d argue that we also need some important pieces on our O-Line and well as a true #1 Receiver and Playmaking TE

If the only addition to our team for the next two years is Andrew Luck, I doubt we make the playoffs until 2015. If this team doesn’t get back on track soon, what’s going to happen when Ralph exits? Maybe having a QB like Andrew Luck would secure that future? Maybe it would motivate someone to buy the team and relocate it to LA, thinking Andrew Luck would fill the seats?

So as much as I would love to get luck, the price is too steep and it would push us into 2015 before maybe being able to make the playoffs, too steep of a price IMO

I see almost no chance that Andrew Luck is not a Colt next year. From their standpoint, they unexpectedly have a chance to draft the highest rated quarterback prospect in more than a decade. From Manning’s standpoint, he’s 36 years old and the greatest QB of my lifetime in my opinion; I see very little reason for him to come back from his injury to finish his career on an 0-16 team.

I would go all-in on betting that Andrew Luck is a Colt next year and Peyton Manning is starting somewhere else. Trading Manning for picks and drafting Luck allows for a best case scenario for all parties involved. I see almost no way it doesn’t unfold this way.

Give this years 1st, 2nd, 3rd, both 4ths and our 5th round pick to Indy, in exchange for the #1?

Thats 6 draft picks and all could be used this coming year to make Indy better for a short window with Peyton.

Also this way we dont have to give up anything for 2013.

Im not sure how the chart matches up with this for what each draft position is worth, but Id have to imagine that Indy is coming out on top here, as far as total points is concerned.

I think our best realistic dream is that with the Colts taking Luck and some other QB needy team (that picks before us) getting P. Manning then maybee we have a shot at RGIII or Barkey just out of the top ten.

No one player is wortg setting your team back 5 years.. Luck is good but our defense needs fixing.. A TE is needed.. And we don’t have the pieces Luck had in college to make him successful yet.. So build and then get a QB when giving the opportunity without imploding the future of our team..

I’m more comfortable with getting RG3.. But a top WR, CB, or OLB would make me smile too(in that order, OLB last bc we have Eddins)

We can’t give up our future we’re too close to throw it all away for ONE PLAYER..

I know he’s a “sure thing” but there is no such thing in the NFL. Just looking at QBs taken in the first, there have been some very serviceable quarterbacks thrust into the starting rotation as of the past 2 years or so which is a good sign of how prepared QBs are coming out of college these days. Still, betting the farm on someone is a huge risk knowing how many first round QBs end up (i.e. jamarcus russel, couch, leaf etc), gotta err on the No on this one

I’m completely and utterly BORED with the Buffalo Bills right now. I don’t even get excited for the games anymore, and I used to have season tickets just last year!

With a 29 year old starting QB who is (most likely) close to his ceiling potential wise, I just can’t get excited about the future, either. Considering I’m a guy who believes success in the NFL is largely dependent upon QB play, I have been just waiting for the Bills to pull the trigger on their “franchise QB” for a few years now.

Trading for Andrew Luck, no matter what it takes (literally, no matter what), would instantly get me excited for the future of the Bills again. Only selecting a first round QB would have such an impact on me, and getting Andrew Luck would obviously be the best case scenario.

No matter how good Luck appears to be right now, there is no such thing as “sure thing.” And this team has way too many holes to invest that many picks in one player, no matter how great he is “supposed” to be. The Falcons going all in for Jones made more sense for them because they were already a good team that was looking for that difference maker to push them over the top and help them get from “playoff team” to legitamate “superbowl contender.” The Bills on the other hand are in the middle of a complete overhaul and trying get from bottom dweller to playoff contender. They still need so many pieces to get to “superbowl team” that giving away all the picks required to pry Luck from the Colts hands, (which would be way more than it took for the Falcons to get Jones) would be too costly. What good does a young, up and coming Franchise QB do for a team that still needs at least two starting OLB’s, a CB, a WR and legitamate depth across the board with no serious draft picks to use to fill those holes? And thats if Luck turns into the player everyone expects him to be. Imagine what would happen if he’s the next bust in a long line of first round QB’s not to make it in the NFL. Kiss being a contender away for another 8-10 years. Just my opinion, but I think he would be way too costly to go after.

We will most likely win 1 or 0 games the rest of the year. We will have a high pick and will be in the running for a QB or BPA. Fitz is good enough to win games if you have a D that does not let up 30 points a game.

We need to spend some money on a pass rusher and a WR.

This team needs more than a QB and trading the farm would certainly set us back.

This team has more holes than a good piece of swiss cheese. As it stands right now and given the Bills record for horrific first and second round busts, it will take years to build through the draft. Trading away any of those picks that might be a fluke(for the Bills) and actually be a great player only sets this team back further. Lets face it, the Bills look to be at least 3-5 years away from even having a shot at being competitive and thats only if they suddenly learn how to run a football team at OBD. They should keep every pick they have and hopefully they make a coupe of mistakes and actually get a couple of good players in the first or second rounds.

This was a tough call, but I voted YES, because it’s the Bills we’re talking about.

1) Luck is the surest thing to come out of the draft since Manning.
2) Who the hell trusts the Bills NOT to screw up all the picks they’d be trading for Luck, anyway? We waste so many picks on busts, so why not go all in for a franchise QB?

If we can draft RG3 or barkley they are both going to be really good. Or maybe Tannehill Der Jaeger. We need to have our draft picks this year, we need to pick up 2 OLBs, a CB and a WR, within the first 4 rounds. We need more talent on this team. 1 player won’t change this team much.

i voted no, i say go get blackmon or alshon and then draft nick foles in the 3rd rd and then draft d the with the rest of their picks

It is just to much to give up. With the Bills inability to attract top notch FAs, they need those picks badly to patch the many holes the Bills have on offense and defense. As much as I would love to have Luck, you don’t need Peyton Manning or Luck to win a SB….sure it helps, but plenty of great QBs were first round picks just not the number one pick in the draft. The ‘83 draft is a perfect example……what if the Bills would have traded the farm to get Elway? I doubt they would have been able to amass the talent that made them a great team. As it turns out, they didn’t have to. Could this draft offer a similar opportunity? Luck, RG3, Barkley, Tannehill, and Jones…..seems like a pretty strong group of QBs. Do CHIX have the ability to look beyond the “no brainer” pick and identify a franchise QB?

I voted No because I feel that giving up that much would most likely set us back in the future and would hinder the success of Luck. But even if the Colts would decide to trade their first pick, which I doubt they will unless the package they’ll receive is a no brainer. There’s no way the Colts would pick anyone other than Luck. I think that if we trade all those picks it will hurt our defense greatly. I think that in order to be successful you need to build up a solid defense first.

This idea gives me flashbacks to Ditka, the Saints and Ricky Williams. That didn’t really pan out too well. Unless OBD began investing HEAVILY in free agents (getting them here in the first place seems to a major problem for one reason or another) this would be a horrible idea just based on the lack of premier talent currently on the roster. I think this draft class is going to resemble 1983, and we should be able to land a great QB if we end up with a top ten pick. Jim Kelly may not have been John Elway, but he was still awesome.

Voted NO.
If I were a betting man, I’d say the Bills don’t draft any quarterback next year.

Yes. Absolutely. Any team should. Indy isn’t going to give up the pick, and if they were, it wouldn’t be easy for a team to slide in.

The rookie wage scale makes drafting him a non-factor. The Colts can likely secure their future with him behind center, completing a task not too dissimilar from the type of success the 49ers had from the 80’s until Young retired. (Yes, Young was stolen from TB.) There couldn’t have been a more perfect season for Manning to be out and for the Colts to stink. 1 HOF QB potentially done. Well, let’s draft his replacement, the guy whom most believe is his equal in potential.

But…if the Bills could do it, i’d say giving up the bulk of 2 drafts wouldn’t be too much. Insanity? I beg to differ. Look at the last two drafts the Bills have had. You wouldn’t trade vitually every pick for a QB like few others? (I’ll give Dareus a hall pass.) I don’t care if there’s potential he busts. All this year’s picks, plus rounds 2-7 next year. Get it done. Get that QB. They have enough money to get fancy in free agency and to do it right, fixing the defense.

Should the Colts draft Luck, it’s likely we’ll see what difference he can make on a team with no defense. That Colts team all around isn’t too different than the Bills, in terms of talent, ability, and being terrible. So anyone who says the Bills need to fix the defense, i’ll present the Colts, who likely could benefit as much as, if not more than, the Bills by getting tons of picks to fix the denfense – but who won’t go that route, passing on an elite QB prospect.

Fitz…Two first rounders..two second rounders…:)

Andrew Luck is overrated just like Cam Newton was underrated.

If there was a time to move up and grab a QB it was Newton when we held a valuable 3rd pick.

Andrew Luck is not as good a prospect as everyone claims just like Cam Newton was not as much trouble as everyone claimed. I thought so last year and I still do, Cam Newton is the better NFL QB. Luck is not worth an entire draft.