OldTimer1960

Can he hold up there? I understand that it is rare to find Reggie White types who are great pass rushers and great run stoppers, but I would worry that Ojulari will be destroyed in the run game or, if he bulks up will he lose his speed and rush effectiveness? I am not saying that I would be disappointed if they took Ojulari, only that he doesn't seem to fit the Bills' defense that well - at least at present. If he can put on 10 pounds of muscle without losing speed/quickness - well, he would still be quite small for a 4-3 DE.

I think it is stretching things quite a bit to say that McKenzie is starting caliber. I *hope* that Hodgkins can be a contributor, but he was a late pick for a reason. His redshirt year last year didn't make him faster or more sudden (the reasons he was drafted late). Other two listed are camp bodies with possibility to make the team, but not guys who should deter a team from drafting a WR. Where would Ojulari play? I like that he can rush the passer, but are you going to play him at LB in the Bills' D or can he hold up at DE being 240lbs?

Interested in what you like/don’t like about Jones. You seem to like him quite a bit more than most draft analysts. I know that you watch lots of video on these guys.

Is Patrick Jones worth a pick before round 4?

Welker was also undrafted and Edelman was a 7th rounder. I was making the argument that slot receivers aren’t generally drafted high. Not to say that there aren’t exceptions... I can’t think of many examples of pure slot receivers being drafted very high and panning out.

I think Moore will be available at their 2nd pick and may still not be best player available, though would be a candidate. Who are the best pure slot receivers in the league and where were they drafted? I’d say guys like Wes Welker, Julian Edelman, Cole Beasley and a few others are highly valuable, but not highly valued on draft day. I haven’t looked I can up, but all of those listed were late picks, if drafted at all. I would be shy about touching Moore before round 3.

I could imagine a CB taken at 30 challenging for a starting job this year. Same with RB, but I don’t see a TE that is likely any upgrade over Knox- at least not worth th 30th pick. Same story at DE, a good rookie could play a significant role, but who will be available at 30 that is that good? No thank you - his brother was a similar athlete and never panned out. Additionally, Syracuse was a pretty weak D for having draftable players at CB and S - I think those players might be over-hyped.

I don’t agree with the premise that their first round pick must be an immediate starter. I like the long view and if they think a player will be a long-term contributor even if they are a backup this year, it is OK.

If you mean that Owens out-produced his draft position, then I understand.

Aligned, but they aren’t likely to find a very good pass rusher late in the first round of a poor DE class. Now, maybe they can find a good CB prospect there.

How is Terrell Owens a comparison to a small slot receiver?

I disagree with the comparison of Phillips to Myles Garrett and Chase Young. Without the injury concerns, he is probably a top 10 prospect in this draft, but not a prospect like Garrett/Young @ least in my opinion... I think this is a really weak TE draft after Kyle Pitts. I think considering Freiermuth at 30 would be a big reach and he will go before 61 because the class is so bad. If they had a 4th round pick, maybe they could throw it at a TE, but not sure they’d find anyone who is a better prospect than Tommy Sweeney.

Yes he did. He was beaten and battered on a really bad team in an era when QBs were not protected at all, much less like they are today.

I wouldn't say *easily* worth the risk, but certainly tempting if he were available.

I am not advocating for drafting a WR early, however Diggs is the only sure-thing in this group for the future. Davis certainly was promising last year, but that doesn't guarantee that his star will continue to rise. Beasley is getting up in age and played hurt a lot last year - he might not make it to the 2022 season, though I hope he does. Sanders is a very nice vet fill-in for this year, but counting on him for 2022 at age 35 seems a risky plan. McKenzie isn't more than a minor role player and Hodgins has not shown anything one way or the other. If there were a very good WR available at the Bills' pick in the first, second or third, I would think they would be in play. No doubt that DE and CB are more pressing needs, but if the WR options are clearly better than the options at either of those positions, I wouldn't be upset if they nabbed one.

The 30th pick is almost the 2nd round. Often there aren’t 32 “first round talents” in a draft. The 30th pick is almost the 2nd round. Often there aren’t 32 “first round talents” in a draft.

Such a move would likely cost the Bills’ 3rd round pick this year. That wold leave them with no picks for all of the 3rd and 4th rounds. That is too big of an investment, in my opinion. I like Collins, but are you going to play him at DE with little tape on him playing that position?

Not completely ruined, but cast away to the scrap heap before finding success later on good teams.

Again, OL run blocking was pretty bad last year. You might note that Etienne “regressed” statistically last year with a lesser OL than he had year before.

Allen was exciting early, but do you not remember the low completion %, I’ll-advised prayers that he heaved or the panic looks when he could not find anyone open? I disagree - did you see Dennis Shaw getting destroyed behind a bad Bills OL or Dan Pastorini in Houston or Jim Plunkett in NE?

Singletary has become the latest TBD whipping boy. It is an honor that has been bestowed on some really decent solid pros like Chris Kelsey and Shaw Lawson more recently. Singletary was a a 3rd round pick who had a very good rookie year, but did suffer behind an OL that never settled in last year due to injuries and position swaps. I don’t know why people seem to love to zero in on a particular player and decide that he deserves to be berated by fan board “experts”. It seems to feed on itself as more people join into “player x sucks” and becomes emotional. Is Singletary the best RB in the league? No. Does he suck? I don’t think so. I think he has performed pretty close to expectations for his draft position.

Yes, but you don’t want to reach for a lesser prospect at a “more valuable” position either. A so-so DE prospect isn’t (necessarily) a better pick than a very good prospect at a “lesser” position. To be clear, I am not advocating for Harris or Etienne.

I’m not a card carrying member of the “never-rb-in-first” club. I am just not sold that Harris (or Etienne) are really likely to be elite in the NFL.

I won’t be distraught if they pick Harris, but I am skeptical that he will be more than an average NFL back, especially with the Bills weak run blocking OL. With the re-signing of Williams and Feliciano, it isn’t likely that the run blocking is going to be much better in 2021.

I can’t tell if Harris is really good or not. His OL was so dominant that he was untouched on many big plays. He will definitely not be running through holes like he had at Alabama anywhere in the NFL and for sure not behind the Bills’ OL.