WR or Tight end in the draft?

(This was "borrowed" from sn Evans555 on Buffalorange.com )

2000
Peter Warrick (4)
Plaxico Burress (8)
Travis Taylor (10)
Sylverster Morris (21)
R. Jay Soward (29)

4 out of 5 are busts. Burress is a very good player.

2001
David Terrell (8)
Koren Robinson (9)
Rod Gardner (15)
Santana Moss (16)
Freddie Mitchell (25)
Reggie Wayne (30)

1 is elite (Wayne), one is decent (Moss) and the others range from disppointments to flat out busts.

2002
Donte Stallworth (13)
Ashley Lelie (19)
Javon Walker (20)

Walker is the best of this bunch but only has had two good seasons out of his six in the NFL. Stallworth and Lelie certainly aren't #1 WR's that you'd hope you would get with a first round pick. Stallworth only caught over 60 balls once.

2003
Charles Rogers (2)
Andre Johnson (3)
Bryant Johnson (17)

Andre Johnson is on the verge of being a dominant WR in this league. He has suffered from being on a team that hasn't been very good and has been about their only threat on offense. Rogers is a flat out bust. Johnson is a 3rd WR with Arizona.

2004
Larry Fitzgerald (3)
Roy Williams (7)
Reggie Williams (9)
Lee Evans (13)
Michael Clayton (15)
Michael Jenkins (29)
Rashaun Woods (31)

3 of these guys are the real deal (Fitz, Roy Williams and Evans).
Reggie Williams has been very disappointing for Jax considering he was taken 9th overall. Clayton had a great rookie year and followed that up with 3 pretty bad seasons, Jenkins seems like he has turned into a viable option as a 3rd WR, and Rashaun Woods has played 7 games in his NFL career.

2005
Braylon Edwards (3)
Troy Williamson (7)
Mike Williams (10)
Matt Jones (21)
Mark Clayton (22)
Roddy White (27)

Edwards and White are the class of this group. Both have developed nicely and are considered legitimate weapons. Clayton is a servicible player who seems to be no better than a #2 or #3 WR, but still decent.

Williamson, Williams and Jones are on the verge of all being busts. Actually, Williams is already there and the other two are right on his heels.

2006
Santonio Holmes (25)

Is turning into a nice #2 WR that can score from anywhere on the field. Probably would have about 60-65 catches if he remained healthy this season.

2007
Calvin Johnson (2)
Ted Ginn Jr. (9)
Dwayne Bowe (23)
Robert Meacham (27)
Craig Davis (30)
Anthony Gonzalez (32)

Way too early to tell on any of these guys but Johnson's season has to be considered a disappointment for all the hype he had coming out of college. Ginn seems like an exciting player but has only caught 27 passes. Dwayne Bowe is a legitimate horse. IMO, this guy seems to be the real deal. Meacham hasn't seen the field this year and Craig Davis has put up very small stats.

Now for the Tight Ends....

2000
Bubba Franks (14)
Anthony Becht (27)

Both Becht and Franks started off promising but both have faded severely in the last four years. I'd consider both disappointments.

2001
Todd Heap (31)
Alge Crumpler (35)

Both Heap and Crumpler have been very successful in their NFL career. I don't know what else to say abouth either of them other than I'd be thrilled, as I'm sure most of you would be, to have a player at TE like either one of these two.

2002
Jeremy Shockey (14)
Daniel Graham (21)
Jerramy Stevens (28)
Doug Jolley (55)

Shockey is an absolute monster when he is healthy. The other three? Blah. Not much from any three of them at any time in their careers. #2 TE's for sure.

2003
Dallas Clark (24)
Bennie Joppru (41)
L.J. Smith (61)
Teyo Johnson (63)

Clark has developed into a legitimate threat but has other legitimate threats surrounding him that may have helped him. Regardless, his stats are impressive.

Bennie Who???

L.J. Smith had pretty decent stats up until this season in which he has only played 10 games. Solid, but far from elite.

Teyo Johnson is just a step above Bennie Boy in this draft and that isn't saying much.

2004
Kellen Winslow (6)
Benjamin Watson (32)
Ben Troupe (40)

After a slow start in his career due to his own stupidity, Kellen Winslow Jr., has deveolped into maybe the biggest threat at TE in the NFL.

Watson is a decent TE that has had problems staying on the field. Nothing great, but not bad at all.

Ben Troupe started with two very nice seasons and followed them up with two pretty bad seasons where he hasn't seen the field very often. It has been well stated he fell into Jeff Fisher's dog house last season. The potential is there but will it ever be realized?

2005
Heath Miller (30)

At first glance his stats look pretty average...until you see 18 TD's in 3 seasons and 74 of his 117 career catches have been for 1st downs and 18 for TD's. I think he is a very solid player.

2006
Vernon Davis (6)
Marcedes Lewis (28)
Joe Klopfenstein (46)
Anthony Fassano (53)
Tony Scheffler (61)

Davis had a slow rookie season followed up by a pretty solid 2nd year on a very bad offense with bad QBing. He looks pretty darn good to me.

Lewis has had a better 2nd year than rookie season but I would think Jax would like to see a little more from him.

Klopfenstein hasn't been doing good at all in St. Louis.

Fassano is being used as a blocking TE with Whitten on the roster.

Scheffler has had a pretty decent 2007. Seems to be developing into a reliable TE...solid but definitely not spectacular.

2007
Greg Olsen (31)
Zach Miller (38)

Olsen has had a solid rookie season and is on pace for 40 catches.
Miller's season almost looks identical to Olsen's as he also is on pace for near 40 ctaches.
Pretty decent rookie seasons for these two.



Seems the Bills should definitely avoid a WR in the first round of the draft. Troy Williamson of the Vikings seems to be on the outs and either cut or traded in the offseason. Go defense first round and probably second look for a possession WR in the 3rd and look tightend via free agency.