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Of course if the Bills have locked up their seed [like 2024] and the week 18 game is at The Ralph, we could be sitting starters for the last game.

Having visited family at the Villages, GC accidents & fatalities/injuries are not uncommon.

Yesterday Ryan Wilson of CBS gave the Bills a surprising A+ grade, praising the Hairston, Walker and Hawes Picks. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/ranking-each-teams-2025-nfl-draft-class-bills-raiders-49ers-come-up-aces-browns-bengals-raise-questions/ Maybe we are underrating this group.

Aaron Donald will be a 1st Ballot HOF selection, 6'1" 280. Ed Oliver 6'1" 287.

Aaron Donald, same size and position as Ed lasted ten years in the league. Not saying Ed is comparable, but this is his 6th year, so one would think he has two more quality years left. Ed does need to get better in run defense where he grades out in the lower 3rd of the league, although McDermott limits his snaps in obvious run situations.

IMHO our weakest position group is safety, - amazing in two short years we go from a reliable Poyer & Hyde duo, to Question Mark and the Mysterians. In the past there have been late career corners have made the transition to Safety, but with Tre's injury issues and reputation as a poor tackler, I don't see that in the cards.

I imagine they will throw in the Eagles after their bye for good measure.

Like last year when Worthy was on the board and we traded the pick to our nemesis...

Right now I have us at 91 including reported UDFA and Minicamp invitees. Do we get an IPP waiver for the Canadian?

Def would make the all-name team.

4.48 speed tho.

or a rugby player

We basically have 4 on the roster if you count Gilliam, 3rd & 4th TE will be core special teamers.

Hawes is clearly a smart guy, and has a reputation as a nasty blocker. Perhaps Bills version of Ingold or Jusczyk?

Special teams experience on the kick coverage, punt return, punt coverage, and field goal block units

This is from his coaching Bio. 1989 Combine was coaches only, not a media event like today. He was invited to NFL combine trials in Indianapolis in 1989 where he (and Deion Sanders) ran the 40-yard dash in a record-setting 4.25 seconds.

Watching Beebe catch Leon Lett from behind in the Super Bowl, he def had the "golden wheels". Beebe's 4.25 matched Deion as the fastest 40 up to that time.

Antoine Winfield was undersized, but a feared tackler, played 14 years in the league.

Right now we don't have a proven CB2, and Hamlin, Rapp & Bishop at S don't exactly scare any OC in the league. Bradberry had a bad 2023 before he got hurt [Passer rating allowed of 108]. McD is a supposed secondary whisperer so it will be interesting to see how he solves this. Not great when your HC is a defensive mastermind and Bills have to put up 4 TD's every week to win games.

If Josh had someone with Beebe's speed [4.21 40] in the lineup, DC's would have to be a lot more honest. I always thought the threat of his speed translated to better opportunities for Reed & Lofton. Beebe averaged almost 16 ypc during his time in Buffalo. He had a huge season in Green Bay in '96 17 ypc. Duby averaged 18 ypc for his career.

Press report says he's been made a trusty in prison, his assignment until recently was working at the governor's mansion, recently moved to a halfway house within a mile of the stadium in Vegas.

Yep I turn 76 next week and been a Bills fan since I was 12.

So I took Pro football Reference, Approximate Value for a career, - I only picked players with 5 or more Buffalo seasons, and the top three CB's using that rubric are Butch Byrd [Career AV 11}, Robert James [Career AV 9], and Tre White [Career AV 8.9]. After that long drop off to the next 3, Nate Odomes, Mario Clark & Nate Clements. FWIW. - Deion is the highest graded NFL CB of all time, Career AV of 15.

yes Butch was 42, From Watervliet [Albany area] played at Boston University before the Bills.

Agreed, I was a HS kid in the 60's, AFL was a passing league, he was the definition of a shut down corner.