Bills Have Great Draft
It is too early to see if the 2009 draft will go down as one of the best in Buffalo Bills history. At first glance the Bills had a great draft.
Many fans are upset that the Bills by passed defensive end prospect Brian Orakpo for defensive end Aaron Maybin. The fact of the matter is that Maybin should be a Pro Bowl player.
Many are worried about Maybin’s weight being 250 pounds. However, people are forgetting in 2002 one of the best Defensive Ends in the league right now in Dwight Freeney was also 250 pounds.
Not only do they have that in common both players were selected with the 11th pick overall, which in the 10 drafts previous to the 2008 draft had nine out of 10 picks made the Pro Bowl.
With the draft pick they got in the Jason Peters trade the Bills took center Eric Wood. Wood is expected to be moved to start at the left guard position, which according to the Bills front office did well playing at in the Senior Bowl.
In the second round they got their defensive back that has tremendous skill to be a play maker at the free safety position in defensive back Jarius Byrd.
Byrd in college played cornerback and in three years recorded 17 interceptions. Drafting Byrd allows the Bills to leave Donte Whitner at the strong safety position.
Then the Bills did what I hoped they would do and that is not standing pat, and trade back up in to the second round.
The Bills traded their third round pick and first fourth round pick to move up to the 51st pick to take offensive lineman Andy Levitre.
Levitre played both guards and tackle position in college and according to the Bills offensive line coach Sean Kugler, who addressed the media after the second round, feels that he is so versitle that he will take the Organized Team Activities to figure his best position.
The fact of the matter is that offensive tackles Demetrius Bell and Kirk Chambers will have to bring their A game to crack the starting lineup. Especially, since according to Kugler Levitre, and Wood, are gym rats, which means that it will come down to their technique for them to instant impact starter, because they are already so strong.
The fact of the matter is that they took two offensive lineman and a defensive lineman in the first two rounds of the draft.
Now, it is up to the coach staff to put things together as they finally have the talent. That includes defensive tackle once they realize that defensive tackle John McCargo is better than fellow defensive tackle Kyle Williams.