‘“I always try to play with a chip on my shoulder and play with extra motivation,” Epenesa said. “I was No. 54. There were 53 other players picked in front of me. It’s not the number, I guess, but all I needed was one team … I’m going to give (Buffalo) everything I got.”’
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Football: Bills weren’t passing on Epenesa
‘“What we know about (Epenesa) is he’s a competitive guy. The first thing I said to him was that I didn’t know why he fell. Sometimes there’s a run on other players or maybe people feel they don’t fit what their doing. We saw those mocks and I definitely thought he was going to go higher. We feel fortunate he was there. Buffalo is a lot like Iowa and he’s going to fit in here,” Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane said in an interview with reporters Friday.’
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‘“It’s a gamble when you’re talking about a guy like Eason compared to Fromm from a dependability and a maturity standpoint, but this is the game that we play in the scouting world,” Riddick said. “It’s all about what do you want. Do you want upside or do you want the safe pick? Right now, people are banking on the upside.”’
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‘He especially helped his stock during his performance at the Senior Bowl where he was 4-4 on PATs and made two field goals, including a 56-yarder.’
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‘Epenesa, at 6-6 and 280 pounds, isn’t flashy but he’s big and powerful and is seen as a foundational piece who could be used situationally behind Addison, Jerry Hughes and Trent Murphy. Hughes and Addison are also over 30 and Murphy will be 30 by the end of the regular season.’
Bills defensive line is flush with versatility
‘I’ll start by saying I don’t believe the Bills have the league’s best defensive line – it’s really pretty solid all around, but it may not even be featured in the top-five of NFL defensive lines. Having said that, they’re likely the most versatile in terms of position flexibility and overall player makeup in all of football.’
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‘Brandon Beane could afford to be more speculative after getting terrific value for edge-rushing depth in Epenesa and a perfect complementary back to Devin Singletary in Moss.’
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‘Fromm is similar to former USC QB Matt Barkley, who played a lot early and is a high character guy but doesn’t have the tools the NFL covets. Barkley is smart and solid and probably will be in the NFL as a backup for close to a decade. That’s who I think Fromm could be. It was interesting to me that Fromm ended up getting picked in the fifth round by the Bills, the team where Barkley is the backup.’