K1: Which Quarterback the Bills Should Draft if Anyone?

This year the Bills are “looking” for that franchise quarterback. Ever since Jim Kelly has retired the Bills have had a long line of pitiful quarterbacks come here. The only quarterback that had any sense of relief was Doug Flutie because he helped lead the Bills to the playoffs.  The Bills have been looking for that quarterback ever since. Last year there were two guys that were considered heads and shoulders above the rest, Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III (RGIII). Ryan Tannehill while not making the playoffs like the other two did show he could be the franchise QB. The one that Bills fans and Bills personnel have to be kicking themselves about is Russell Wilson. The 5’10” product of Wisconsin was sitting there on the Board when the Bills were up to pick and they drafted T.J. Graham. Wilson helped lead the Seahawks to an 11-5 record. This year the quarterbacks are much different. There are no “true” franchise quarterbacks and they could all use a year of sitting on the bench, but teams will reach high for the guy that they want. Many project that the best of the bunch; Geno Smith is projected to go anywhere from 1-7 and many project that he will be off the board before the Bills draft. Many speculate teams like the Chiefs, Eagles, and Cardinals will have their eyes on him. If Geno Smith gets past those teams to the Bills, then that is the number quarterback that they need to draft because he is the best there is in the draft, but that is all theoretical and I don’t want to get into that. Here is a list of the top QBs other than Geno Smith:

·         Matt Barkley, USC

·         Ryan Nassib, Syracuse

·         Tyler Wilson, Arkansas

·         Mike Glennon, UNCS

·         Landry Jones, Oklahoma

·         Tyler Bray, Tennessee

·         EJ Manuel, Florida State

Those are the top QBs other than Geno Smith and three of them and have been really the subject of the draft in Buffalo; Mike Glennon, Ryan Nassib, and Tyler Wilson. I’ll tell you right now one QB that is catching my attention is EJ Manuel out of Florida State. He was the MVP of the Senior Bowl and proved he has all the tools to be a great NFL quarterback. Now let’s be theoretical here (yes I will contradict myself here), the Bills want to draft a QB in the first round and truly the only “first round” grade that a qb should receive is Geno Smith. Geno is a big strong quarterback, with a big arm and decent mobility. Geno passed for 42 tds and only 6 int. and was an early Heisman candidate before West Virginia fell apart. The truth is that the Bills probably shouldn’t trade up to draft him even though he is the best QB in this draft, because you saw the ransom the Redskins had to pay St. Louis to draft RG3 (3 1^st round draft picks and two 2^nd round draft picks), and Geno Smith is nowhere near that good of a quarterback. The best thing for the Bills to do is to wait until the 2^nd or 3^rd round to draft a QB because they have some other needs to fill ahead of a QB.