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The Buffalo Bills have just wrapped up the fourth NFL Draft run by GM Buddy Nix. In those four years, Nix has been responsible for adding 35 players to the Bills' roster - and we're always interested to see how fans approve (or don't) of the picks as they're made.
Votes are still trickling in - you can cast them for each player in this StoryStream if you're interested - but at a preliminary glance, this year's draft class is all over the spectrum. For example: second-round pick Robert Woods has a higher Rumblings approval rating than any pick since Marcell Dareus. E.J. Manuel, the team's historic first-round pick, has the lowest approval rating of any first-round pick under Nix. Weirdly, the least-popular pick of the year is not the sixth-round kicker, but the fifth-round safety; go figure.
Clearly, these approval ratings of ours don't have any tangible meaning when it comes to how the picks pan out; you only need scroll down five names on the list before finding the first player that isn't on the roster anymore. This list does give you a sense, however, of the expectations that Bills fans had for each pick, and how satisfied they were in the immediate aftermath of the selection. It's something to keep in mind as we move into the summer and look forward to 2013 training camp: things will almost definitely not be what they seem today.
Year | Rd | # | Player | Pos | College | Approval |
2011 | 1 | 3 | Marcell Dareus | DT | Alabama | 96 percent |
2013 | 2 | 41 | Robert Woods | WR | USC | 95 percent |
2012 | 5 | 144 | Zebrie Sanders | OT | Florida State | 94 percent |
2012 | 2 | 41 | Cordy Glenn | OT | Georgia | 92 percent |
2012 | 5 | 147 | Tank Carder | LB | TCU | 91 percent |
2012 | 4 | 105 | Nigel Bradham | LB | Florida State | 89 percent |
2010 | 7 | 216 | Kyle Calloway | OG | Iowa | 88 percent |
2013 | 7 | 222 | Chris Gragg | TE | Arkansas | 87 percent |
2010 | 5 | 140 | Ed Wang | OT | Virginia Tech | 83 percent |
2013 | 4 | 105 | Duke Williams | S | Nevada | 81 percent |
2011 | 4 | 122 | Chris Hairston | OT | Clemson | 81 percent |
2013 | 2 | 46 | Kiko Alonso | LB | Oregon | 78 percent |
2012 | 1 | 10 | Stephon Gilmore | CB | South Carolina | 77 percent |
2010 | 6 | 178 | Arthur Moats | LB | James Madison | 77 percent |
2011 | 6 | 179 | Chris White | LB | Mississippi State | 77 percent |
2010 | 6 | 192 | Danny Batten | DE | South Dakota State | 76 percent |
2011 | 7 | 245 | Michael Jasper | OG | Bethel (TN) | 75 percent |
2012 | 4 | 124 | Ron Brooks | CB | LSU | 71 percent |
2010 | 7 | 209 | Levi Brown | QB | Troy | 71 percent |
2011 | 5 | 133 | Johnny White | RB | North Carolina | 68 percent |
2011 | 3 | 68 | Kelvin Sheppard | LB | LSU | 66 percent |
2010 | 3 | 72 | Alex Carrington | DT | Arkansas State | 65 percent |
2011 | 2 | 34 | Aaron Williams | CB | Texas | 63 percent |
2013 | 3 | 78 | Marquise Goodwin | WR | Texas | 63 percent |
2013 | 6 | 177 | Dustin Hopkins | K | Florida State | 62 percent |
2012 | 6 | 178 | Mark Asper | OG | Oregon | 62 percent |
2011 | 4 | 100 | Da'Norris Searcy | S | North Carolina | 59 percent |
2011 | 7 | 206 | Justin Rogers | CB | Richmond | 59 percent |
2010 | 1 | 9 | C.J. Spiller | RB | Clemson | 56 percent |
2013 | 1 | 16 | E.J. Manuel | QB | Florida State | 51 percent |
2012 | 3 | 69 | T.J. Graham | WR | North Carolina State | 49 percent |
2010 | 2 | 41 | Torell Troup | DT | Central Florida | 46 percent |
2013 | 5 | 143 | Jonathan Meeks | S | Clemson | 45 percent |
2010 | 4 | 107 | Marcus Easley | WR | Connecticut | 44 percent |
2012 | 7 | 251 | John Potter | K | Western Michigan | 42 percent |