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Greg Rousseau completely dominated KC and was a massive reason we won. He's not Bruce Smith.... Other than that he's one of the more dominant des in the NFL. I've watched football for many years and have compared him to Sean Jones and Charles Mann. Calling him Chris kelsay is just silly

Actually, nothing to see here. I deleted the post bc looking into it more, he blacked out his profile pic a while back. Dudes just clickbaiting.

If he’s scrubbing the Bills from his socials already he’s a bigger headcase than we thought. Keon, people liked the Macy’s jacket because you knew the price and got it on sale, so we thought you were grounded and that’s cool. Not because you’re a fashion icon.

Well that's just it. If you're picking at the bottom of Round 1 at the highest and especially if you're picking one in Round 2 or 3 - you're not getting someone who's considered a difference making, stud prospect at premium positions. Positions like RB (James Cook), OG (O'Cyrus Torrence), TE (Dalton Kincaid), MLB (Terrel Bernard, Tremaine Edmunds) you're going to get more bang for your buck because they aren't a premium position. Just like any pick anywhere, you could get lucky and they exceed the expectations of their scouting report. But 'lucky' is the keyword there.

Beating the same dynasty 5 years in a row, then Losing by literally 1-2 plays for basically 4 of the 5 years to the same team that's a dynasty means KC has more accomplishments. It doesn't mean they're better. If anything its about luck when it's that close I understand it's frustrating but that's just the truth. Sometimes things just don't go your way. It doesn't mean things are wrong or a team in sports isn't great. If anything that's why so many people are frustrated. Because the team is great and has proven to be great in many moments they just don't have the trophy....

His bigger hits have been at low value positions, like RB, TE, or OL or they have been starter level and not elite talent. Hes done well in value in later rounds, but just very few difference makers. I mean, what Ed Oliver? And that was 9th pick in the draft. Next best 1at rounder is Groot. Maybe he finally gets an early round hit at a difference making position in Max. His roots are in administration and cap management. He’s certainly not a scout and didn’t play the game (not even sure if he ever played). Not past high school though for sure.

Kincaid has had a few good games and can’t stay healthy. Hairston again, he’s spent the majority of his rookie season injured, so I’ll have to reserve judgement. If he can stay healthy, maybe he finally got one. Rousseau is a solid player, really difficult to call him anything other than that. He’s not a sack monster as mentioned, and he’s supposedly all world against the run, but the Bills are currently the worst team in the league vs the run... It’s kinda hard to quantify his actual impact out there when he doesn’t get to the QB regularly and the run D is currently at an all-time low. He’s not a game changing difference maker. Personally, I think it’s a waste of cap to pay $20 million a year for a guy who can’t regularly pressure the QB as an edge rusher. He’s basically Chris Kelsay… I’m tired of the excuse “they’re always drafting at the end of round 1”. Trade up, draft better players, trade your picks for proven commodities, there are ways to do it. Beane’s way clearly ain’t it, because the other two teams always drafting at the end of round 1 along side the Bills keep popping up in the Super Bowl…

He’s set for life on Macy’s jackets with his rookie deal. Anything more is just gravy.

Sure on the surface it may seem that way. But KC was defending champs that year. Even though they struggled during the regular season they had that championship experience to draw from. The Bills have had playoff failures year after year. They don’t have a reservoir of playoff success to draw from. Now add on regular season struggles and it’s hard to imagine they’re thinking everything would be fine come playoff time.

Yeah, it really goes without saying that if you land on two future Hall of Famers in Round 2 and Round 3 within 2 or 3 years of each other - you're going to be in really good shape... But that takes *incredible* luck. 9 times out of 10, in Round 2 or Round 3 you're way more likely than not getting something with a ceiling of a low to mid level starter, a role player, and the floor of a flat out bust. Especially if you're picking premium positions like WR, CB, DE, or OT.

Let’s run some 11, let Josh find guys *downfield* Cook can run wild out of the spread too! Leave it all out there, boys

I think Bills fans can recognize that Brandon Beane drafts above league average overall while still having legitimate concerns about how he has handled the wide receiver position. Those two things don’t conflict. The main issue is that in a historically deep WR draft class, the Bills only took one swing with Keon Coleman. And now, with Coleman a healthy scratch and questions about his work ethic popping up, that decision looks even riskier. This was the exact kind of class where you either double dip or move up for premium, blue chip talent to support a franchise quarterback in his prime. To be fair, Beane did sign Curtis Samuel, and that deserves acknowledgment. But Samuel has yet to become a consistent focal point in the offense, and relying on one veteran plus a single rookie from a loaded class still left the WR room without the kind of depth and long-term investment this team needed. The frustration many fans have isn’t about Beane’s overall ability as a GM. It’s that wide receiver has been a recurring blind spot during an era where the Bills needed to be proactive, not reactive. Losing both Diggs and Davis in the same offseason should have been the moment to flood the position with young talent, especially given the board. Beane drafts well overall, but the criticism around wide receiver prioritization is completely valid. You can be a successful GM and still mismanage a key position group. And with Josh Allen at the center of everything this team does, wide receiver is not the place to take minimal swings.

Allen can throw thru that with ease. That's nothing

I think the main thing missing from this conversation is a realistic understanding of how the draft actually works league wide. The way you are framing it makes it sound like because good players exist in rounds 2 and later, a GM should be able to consistently find them, as if landing strong mid round starters is some kind of yearly expectation. But the league wide numbers do not support that idea at all. The truth is that far more drafted players fail to become meaningful contributors than succeed, even in Round 2. That is not a Beane issue, that is the nature of the NFL draft itself. Treating every non hit as a GM failure ignores how volatile the draft is and how rare consistent mid round success really is. When you look at Beane in that context, his performance is objectively above average. His draft classes have produced an Approximate Value of about 428 compared to an expected value of roughly 362.5. That is around 118 percent of expected value, which means he is getting more real on field production out of his picks than the average NFL GM over the same span. It is also fair to say he has not hit a true home run since Josh Allen. That is a valid criticism and it is something fans understandably want more of. But franchise level players are extremely rare and almost always found in Round 1. Cook might end up being a home run from Round 2, but we still need more time to see how he develops. The larger point is that consistently landing good or solid starters at all is a genuine success. Acting like every GM should routinely find Kelce and Chris Jones level players in rounds 2 or 3 is just not grounded in how the draft actually works. Even great drafting teams miss constantly, including the Chiefs. On AJ Epenesa specifically, he is actually a good example of why expectations need to be realistic. A second round pick who has stayed in the league for five seasons, carved out a real rotational and part time starter role, and continues to contribute is already outperforming the league norm. The average NFL career is about 3.3 years, and many day two picks flame out after two or three seasons and never become starters at all. Epenesa lasting this long and playing real snaps makes him a plus outcome relative to what most teams get from that draft slot. The idea that Beane stands out as a GM who has not produced results also does not match reality. The Bills have won the division four straight years, made multiple deep playoff runs, and maintained one of the league’s most consistently competitive rosters, all while drafting above league expectation in cumulative value. So yes, Beane is not perfect, and he has not hit another Allen level home run. But his draft record is above average, his picks have exceeded league expectation, and expecting any GM to consistently uncover stars outside Round 1 is simply not realistic. Good and plus starters are wins, and Beane has produced those at a rate better than the league baseline. https://www.cover1.net/buffalo-bills-brandon-beane-nfl-draft-success-rate/ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/about/approximate_value.htm