RyanC883

I like it. And we can designate the 2 hour window with, "At 7pm, the Bills select......". @...... is on the clock unitl 9pm.

I agree, I think there is a bit of a drop off between "elite" talent in the top 11 or so picks, and "very very good" the rest of the first round. Ideally, we grab "elite" at 9, and trade back into the first for someone who is "elite" that falls (Simmons, etc.). We did this last year when Edmunds fell.

I'm in to continue. To speed it up, you could do a 2nd-3rd no trades, or 2nd no trades. could do a 3rd round after the 1st, and then only players not taken are available? Just throwing ideas out there.

Make the pick remotely. come on NFL, get this done!

I was torn between Crosby and Dru as my other pick with Love.

Dru Samia Bryce Love

I can see this. But I'm not too worried about other teams. I think whatever happens before our pick, an elite, game changing, perennial pro-bowl prospect will be there at 9. I can't see a scenario where that isn't the case.

I love Hock, and he will be a great and dependable TE in the league for many years, but I do not see him as a "game changer" that other teams will need to plan for. He is very very good in all TE attributes, but he does not seem elite. He seems like a slightly souped-up version of Heath Miller. The NFL has had such poor blocking TE's for a long time that Hock looks like something unusual. I think he is a very important piece for an offense that is a TE away from elite status. Perhaps someone like the Chargers. But for the Bills, and a top 10 pick, we need a legit game changer that other teams plan around. Someone like Oliver, Sweat, Dillard, etc. A very good TE, and perhaps even someone that the Bills could use more out of the gate, will be available in Rd. 2-5 most likely. And as noted by @Reed83HOF, drafting TE's in the first round usually produces sub-optimal results. I'm wondering if the college game makes certain TE's look better than they will be in the NFL, and hides other TE's with more potential? At any rate, even if this is nonsense, I stand by my first two paragraphs. No Rd. 1 TE for Buffalo.

I'd prefer Deebo Samuel from South Carolina, but I'd be good with Parris. I'm thinking we are targeting a taller WR with some speed. Likely Harris.

totally agree. And Buffalo has an adequate night life, IMO. (and I don't live there). Compared to a city like KC, it's more than adequate. It's like how Jim B recruits players to Syracuse when asked about the weather, he said something like, "during winter you are always in the guy. After the season it's spring, summer and fall." And if a player wants to be "the guy" in a city, going to NYC will not do that. Too many athletes competing for attention. In Buffalo, you can be the guy.

I'd take Sweat at 9. His heart condition did not even stop him from doing the combine, where he dominated. Also dominated in college. Simmons (guy was dominant when healthy), in late 1st. Was Tillery really an early 1st rounder? I'm asking, I have no idea. I hear he has "motivation" issues? Gary I want no part of. He is a classic underachiever. 5-star who did not produce in college. Not sure why he is ever considered a top 10 pick. I don't even want him in the 2nd! 3rd or later, okay.

I think you get the BPA. Both Edmunds and White have the ability to play anywhere. You just don't pass on a talent like White because you have a similar player. We have a dominant LB corp for years with White. Then get a DL (Simmons) a bit later. BOOM.

If Devin White is available and we take Hock that would be insane.

If we move back with Texas, I want Clowney.

If the ticket office does not have that many seats together, I'd use Stubhub or NFL Ticket exchange. They can both guarantee seats together. Are you guys coming from Wyoming?

A good topic, BUT, I'd rather keep next year's first, and either stay at 9 or trade back. I think Simmons has the ability next year or even later this year to be as good as Williams. I'd stay at 9, hope Sweat is there. Then grab Simmons in Rd. 2 or trade back into 1. There is your dominant D-line. Use later picks on TE's and WR's, of whom there are still many.

that's a great pick for Carolina. Also funny you didn't know you were in the draft. I'd agree with this. I think the Bills here would go Dillard (best pass blocker in the draft); Simmons (tremendous value, and then get a DL such as Wise or Slayton later); then Hock. I envision the Bills going TE and WR later in the draft. Both are very deep. There is no one near Dillard in the 2nd round, IMO.

If this is the case, and I think it will be, this presents the Bills with a great player at #9, or by trade-down. It also opens the possibility: will an unexpected run on LB's occur in the 1st round? No other LB's really have a 1st round grade, but if some team is drafting for need, they could, as Bean says, screw themselves.

With the 14th pick, the Falcons select Montez Sweat, DE, Mississippi State. The Falcons are excited to get what they consider a top-10 talent and elite rusher at 14, and put pressure on Drew Brees in the Falcon's quest to win a SB in the Matt Ryan era. @Virgil and @BuffaloHokie13 and all of us...the Buffalo Bills, are now on the clock.

Good point. I could see the Raiders doing it. Trading Mack was crazy, I could see them trading up and justifying the picks needed as replacing Mack with #1 pick.

I suppose being the worst is better than the 2nd worst. People will remember Peterman. I liked the guy, even though he was awful. Didn't really like him playing, but still hope he gets in and finds it as a backup game-manager type.

I agree. And if Rosen falls flat or something, then trade up for Tau or another QB next year. Time for the Cards to shore up the lines. I could also see them trading back a bit and going OT, DL, etc.

Can't believe that was 15 years ago. What a guy, to give up millions of dollars to serve as an Army Ranger. GOD Bless.

Bean said a while ago that Allen needs to take/make more intermediate passes to get those 5 yard gains that make it 3rd and manageable. This, along with Beasley, are pickups that enable him to do that. We now have 2 speedy receiving options (Foster/Brown) and two intermediate route options (Beasley/Yeldon, and perhaps a TE). I like it.

totally agree. Depth needed there. Some decent guys look available in the mid-later rounds: