‘“We give every scout [a] team,” Beane said. “You’re the GM of the Giants, the Raiders, whoever. Our pro guys go through what each team’s needs are – what we see their needs are. Obviously, you’re not necessarily supposed to draft for need, but teams still do it. At that point, you start looking and see where need and skill level fits. It’s nice when you still fill a need.”‘
Archives for April 16, 2019
Vic Carucci: Josh Allen says Bills have ‘a lot of work to do,’ but that won’t diminish expectations
‘“It means we’ve got a lot of work to do,” Allen said. “A lot of different, new minds trying to work with each other now, trying to build that camaraderie, especially using this time to develop that team chemistry. There’s a lot of new guys, obviously, coming into a new system.’
Josh Allen takes on new leadership role as Buffalo Bills begin voluntary workouts
‘“That’s a big piece of what phase one is all about,” McDermott continued. “Guys who may have played on other teams, now they’ll be side by side in the locker room and share stories, get to know one another, build that love for each other that embodies all good football teams.”’
8 things Bills GM Brandon Beane said about NFL Draft 10 days out
‘”If you do it enough times it naturally will present different scenarios and sometimes there’s maybe a scenario you didn’t think about,” Beane said. “At nine there’s probably going to be less scenarios than what we were dealing with last year at 12 and 22. But there will still be a lot of variations. The goal is to hopefully you practice a scenario that actually presents itself, which makes it real easy.”‘
2019 NFL Draft: Bills’ Lorenzo Alexander names 3 ‘impact’ players; trusts Brandon Beane
‘”What Brandon has done in the past, I definitely trust whatever he decides to do,” Alexander told NYUP at a recent appearance with fans at Spot Coffee on Transit Rd. “Because you can probably take any one of those guys that’s going to be available at nine for us and they’re going to be impact players. Not only are they talented but they’re probably great guys, know how to work, and will be coming in here just like Josh (Allen) and Tremaine (Edmunds) did last year.”‘
Buffalo Bills wide receivers a bottom-three unit, says SI.com
‘Buffalo did what they could this offseason. It’s not perfect, but Josh Allen is in a better place than he was a year ago.’
Quarterback Allen Welcomes Bills’ Numerous New Additions
‘”It didn’t take a whole lot of effort to do it,” Allen said, discussing how many of the newcomers revealed how impressed they were in the quarterback being among the first to greet them. “I was just trying to let them know that I’m happy that they’re with us, and just trying to reach out and get my foot in the door and start that relationship as early as possible.”‘
Bills begin offseason program
‘[Phase One consists of only strength and conditioning exercises and rehab work. Only strength and conditioning coaches are even allowed to be on the field with players.’
Beane and staff getting ready to do own mocks as final draft prep begins
‘“We got Josh, but there was no scenario where we got Josh and Tremaine,” he said. “I told you, I screwed that up last year. Sometimes I do dictate the mock and I do say, ‘You can’t take this player’ or ‘these three players have to be gone before we pick,’ just to mix it up so we don’t end up with the same thing going. Last year, I screwed that up and we did all sorts of trade-ups and trade-backs with the first one, but I never did it with pick number 22. We always made a pick at 22 or, in scenarios, used that pick to move up, so we didn’t have it.”’
Value of pre-draft visits goes beyond drafting players
‘Although many believe teams use some of their pre-draft visits to throw other teams off the track and make them think they’re interested in drafting a player they aren’t, Beane says that’s not the case with the Bills. He told me that although there are players who visit he knows they might not draft in the end, he doesn’t use the visits as flat-out smokescreens. Each team only gets 30 of them and there’s a purpose behind each one. He said that if a player come in, it means there are questions the team needs answered about them, whether that’s character, medical, off-the-field issues, or of course on-the-field related.’