Poll: Best Buffalo Bills Draft Pick During Playoff Drought

1. The most competent pass rusher drafted in my lifetime was Bruce Smith. #Legend.

2. The Stevie Johnson love is ridiculous.

3. I voted for “Other” .. b/c I believe in 4-5 years it’s going to be Dareus.

McGee would be number 2 in my book. A 4th round draft pick that was a lethal return man and until injuries caught up with him was one of our most consitent corners over the last decade. It’s too bad he just can’t stay healthy anymore.

I, too, voted Schobel. Though I was fortunate enough to witness the drafting of Bruce.

stupid Tom… hopefully our #10 pick and him get acquainted real soon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7nYIogZ8V0

Seriously, these are our only choices?

Nope. Hence the write-in option in the poll. I anticipate someone, somewhere, will make an impassioned plea for 2006 fifth-round pick Kyle Williams.

I’ll ask you a question I’ve been asking a lot of commenters lately: why?

I’ll tell you why I left him off the list (and I almost took Stevie’s name off for Kyle’s): because as good as he’s become, he’s not done anything significant in franchise annals. And yeah, it’s tough to do it from that position, but it’s also tough to put someone on the list that is good, but may not be remembered.

The greatest play I ever remember from him was that MNF loss against the Pats. The sack, fumble, TD play.

Terrible pick in my opinion. Didn’t work out and now they’re still trying to replace him.

He’s been our best cornerback for a decade, not one capable of “shutdown” status, but always doing a workmanlike job at the position. About the worst thing that can be said about him is that he hasn’t been durable. In the first half of the decade he was one of the most dangerous return men in the league. He’s still got playmaking ability and he covers with speed and veteran savvy.

My second choice would be Aaron Schobel, followed closely by Kyle Williams. Honestly, I don’t think franchise annals has anything to do with who’s been a better player. Stevie Johnson’s good, but Kyle’s better.

I also went with Clements for pretty much the same reasons. He was a good pass defender, made plays, was decent against the run, had the size we currently crave and was just a darn good football player.

Schobel was too patchy as you allude to – 10 sacks in a season but would have zero in 12 of those games and 10 in the other 4 games.

Steve Johnson nearly got my vote being a 7th rounder, but then I thought it really should be for the best player regardless of where they were selected !

McGee was a nice selection, but in my book he’s just like Kyle Williams who didn’t even make the list: a couple of great seasons, a few good seasons (then with McGee throw in some lost ones too) Hard to vote in McGee when in my opinion he doesn’t belong on the list vs Kyle.

Lee Evans – how he made this list I’ll never know unless I were to ask Brian :-) Solid player but not in out top 5 picks over the last decade.

Would have been my vote had he done better in SF when he tried to live up to the RIDICULOUS 10 year/$80mil deal.

but that dude was exciting… as a CB and PR.

I could never vote for Clements simply because of that Jacksonville game where he went for the pick instead of batting down the pass….someone else here remembers that play, right?

Byrd made my list of final contenders, if it makes you feel any better.

So did Travis Henry.

Agree. Although I think it’s really Schobel, I voted Other because I wish Byrd were an option, at least.

I assume he doesn’t count since he was drafted in 1999?

You assume correctly. Winfield was a rookie when the Bills lost to the Titans in the post-season.

Also, Kyle Williams in the fifth is the correct answer, if we’re truly weighing the draft position.

Chan should give Andy the Bills MVP award for how awesome he was this year at being so versatile.

Wow. He’d be so heavily penalized and fined for that today. WOW.

Because he wasn’t drafted? :) But your sadly right he is a bright spot regardless of draft/FA acquisitions. Should have a best FA pick-up in last 12 yrs. poll next!

I also think Byrd deserved to make the cut.

Byrd is currently my favorite Bill.

I really don’t want to type this name – but it was Ko Simpson who he replaced – which is also likely the reason you don’t remember it.

I cannot believe that FS was once considered not a position of need whilst being manned by Ko Simpson (George Wilson had a few spot starts by that stage as well).

Stevie was an incredible valur for a 7th. I think crooked5 might have talked me into Stevie.