Re-Grading the Buffalo Bills’ 2011 NFL Draft Class

March 4, 2014   ·   Erik Frenz   ·   Jump to comments

There's always a mad rush to grade each team's haul in the NFL draft. The opinions pour forth like an avalanche of snow, and when they've stopped, we tend to forget it all happened.
In truth, it should be the exact opposite. We should be waiting before rushing to place grades on the draft, and although I'll undoubtedly be one of those analysts providing grades in the immediate "draftermath," it's only fair to take a look back once we've seen the players in the league for a few years.
The players drafted in 2011 have been in the league three years now, which seems like a good sample size to get a better idea of how they really fared.
At the time, analysts were very high on the Bills' selections. ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. gave the Bills a B, saying that the Bills didn't do a good job of addressing needs but did a fine job of finding value. Adam Caplan of Fox Sports gave the Bills a B+ for similar reasons, saying, "For a change, the Bills actually drafted for value and don'...

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