Archives for April 26, 2016

'Then there's a personnel director telling The Journal Sentinel "The guy has disaster written all over him" … another saying "he’d be a guy you give a big contract to and he’d be happy" … and a scout adding "He doesn’t just think football, football, football 24/7."'

'Scouts dub this one of the best defensive line draft classes in history. It could prove foolish to take zero swings at the plate. Buffalo released the lethargic, overpaid Mario Williams and are currently very thin up front. A large Bills contingent was on hand to see Reed light up position drills at Alabama’s pro day. When Reed needed to nix his flight to Buffalo due to the birth of his second child, the Bills took matters into their own hands.'

'"Some in the NFL" might not be anyone in Buffalo, but the note is interesting. Hackenberg would be a reach at No. 19, but he seems to have done some rehabilitation of his draft stock in the last few months. After a standout freshman season at Penn State, Hackenberg floundered the last two seasons after Bill O'Brien left and was replaced by James Franklin.'

'The Chiefs have Jeremy Maclin in place as the No. 1 wide receiver, but Williams should compete with Albert Wilson, Rod Streater and Chris Conley for targets opposite Maclin.'

'Unless Hackenberg’s draft stock is suddenly skyrocketing in war rooms around the league, he should be able to be grabbed by the Bills at least at pick-49 when they select in the second round, and possibly even a round after that.'

'"Maybe I should have got hit up side the head earlier in the game… I probably would have played better cause I think I threw two touchdowns when I had a concussion…I had no clue where I was"'

'Just about everyone that cares about the Buffalo Bills has an opinion on what the club should do with their first-round pick and on day two of the draft for that matter. Early round picks typically are, or become a team’s starters and core of the roster. Here is a collection of opinions from some of the noteworthy NFL draft analysts on the direction the Bills should take early in this week’s draft.'