| Jeff Risdon. 3rd May, 2007 - 1:54 pm
 The picks:
1st round, #12 overall--Marshawn Lynch, RB, California
2nd round, #34--Paul Posluszny, LB, Penn State
3rd round, #92--Trent Edwards, QB, Stanford
4th round, #111--Dwayne Wright, RB, Fresno State
6th round, #184--John Wendling, S, Wyoming
7th round, #222--Derek Schouman, TE, Boise State
7th round, #239--C.J. Ah You, DE, Oklahoma
Best pick: Posluszny
Worst pick: Edwards
Analysis:
About 6:30 on Saturday I had the Bills penciled in as clear-cut winners. Then they made the rest of their picks. Lynch (should) immediately become the starting RB, a powerful runner who can break the big one outside. Even though I’m not a fan of his, the Bills had to take him there. Posluszny is a tremendous value at #34, worth the trade up to get him. He could be every bit the pre-injury player of the man he’s replacing, Takeo Spikes. And then comes the craziness. Edwards got lots of love from the pundits, but the plain facts are that he’s a walking bruise who never made the inadequate talent around him any better. Neither of those attributes ever change in the NFL. When you consider they already have an expensive, capable backup QB in Craig Nall and an emerging leader and star in starting QB JP Losman, it’s simply a horrible pick. Wright is basically a clone of the power RB they’re using him to usurp, Anthony Thomas--a big, slow, punishing pile mover. Wendling is a capable utility DB, but they spent two picks on very good young starting safeties last year. Schouman and Ah You are marginal prospects who should not be on a good NFL roster, and they bypassed several more talented prospects at positions of need (CB, WR, G) to select them.
Grade: C-
Lynch and Posluszny are as good as any other teams’ 1st two picks, except Cleveland and maybe San Francisco. The rest of their draft makes absolutely no sense, considering their roster and what was available to them. |
