Buffalo Bills
There is a very good reason the Bills haven’t made it to the playoffs since 1999. And don’t say Tom Brady. This team just doesn’t know how to draft a quarterback. Period.
Since Jim Kelly retired, Buffalo has gone though a number of options — none of them sustainable or very good. When it comes to the draft, the franchise is typically too scared to use a pick on a passer. Then the one time in recent memory the Bills did take a quarterback high, they struck out magnificently reaching for EJ Manuel.
General manager Doug Whaley wasn’t directly responsible for the team’s decision to draft Manuel, but he was the assistant GM at the time and took over in May of 2013, after the draft.
Since then, he’s done a decent job of providing defensive talent but his offensive selections have been a mixed bag. Aside from Sammy Watkins, who struggles to stay healthy, offensive players drafted by Whaley that have impacted the team positively are few and far between.
The Bills have been looking intently at the top quarterbacks this year and have the No. 10 overall pick. They have Tyrod Taylor for at least one year, so they’re not in a huge rush to play a rookie. But this team is on the verge of reaching for a passer again, and if it does the results won’t be pretty.