Lessons Learned from Buffalo Bills’, Buddy Nix’s 2012 NFL Draft Strategy

July 17, 2012   ·   Sigmund Bloom   ·   Jump to comments

Buddy Nix took over as general manager for the Buffalo Bills in time to pilot the 2010 draft and took it on the chin for adding an entire class that has done little to help the team win games outside of a good month by CJ Spiller last year—and he was a top-10 pick. The 2011 class was a major recovery, with Marcell Dareus, Aaron Williams and Kelvin Sheppard all looking like stalwart starters in the making entering their second season. What can we learn about what Nix learned by looking at the 2012 class?
 
Nix Trusts His Talent Evaluators
Which makes sense, because he was originally hired by the team as a national scout in 2009. This is apparent in the selection of Cordy Glenn at No. 41, strictly as a left tackle. The draftnik community was split on whether Glenn would be better as a guard or right tackle, but very few had left tackle as his optimal position.
T.J. Graham has speed, but his football skills were subject of great debate in the draftnik commun...

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