GunnerBill

How big is the board this year @BringBackFergy?

I probably would trade back but TJ Sanders is sticking out so far on my board.... given the way this draft has gone it would be mad to pick him but he is the best player remaining by a long, long way.

They are taking Amos if he is there at 30. I am increasingly convinced of it. On Phillips, while I'm here, I watched his tape before the Shrine Bowl and was really excited to see him in that game and thought he's dominate and he was just okay in the game. I like the kid a lot and an all star game isn't the be all and end all but it would just give me slight pause.

They were trying to get him the NCAA rushing record. Actively. So if he was out there they were running him rather than using him more multi functionally as they did the previous year. Which meant teams knew he was running at them and he still ran at them for 7ypc. Impressive.

He is a little lower on my board - just outside the top 100 - but I think if you want a Cook replacement that you can find a way to roster with Cook for a year in 2025 he is the way to do it. Because you can roster him as a 4th back but mainly have him play teams this coming season so he essentially replaces Codrington on the 53 and then takes over as one of the main ball carriers in 2026.

Hmm. To me it is a recipe to continue finding good players but not great ones.

That is the very essence of drafting for need though. None of the next tier of corners belong here IMO. I'm higher than most on Zy Alexander and I think he is a scheme fit for the Bills.... but he doesn't belong here either. If that's what they do we will be looking back in two years going "man that guy they passed on who went 3/4/5 picks later would have been nice"

All of those guys are reaches here.

Agree. I don't think it is beyond the realm of possibility that he ends up undrafted.

100%. No contest since Stef left.

Oh I'd take Mac as a backup. Just no world in which I'd take him as a starter. The other factors with Hurts are his worth ethic and leadership which are off the charts. I also think the year with Lincoln Riley was pivotal. I think Saban recruited Quarterbacks rather than developed them. That isn't a dig at Saban. He developed plenty of defensive guys and some offensive guys too but when I think of that run of good 'Bama QBs I don't think many of them were demonstrably different guys when they finished than when they started. From Baker, to Kyler, to Jalen to Caleb every Quarterback Lincoln has worked with has improved as a passer. I'm not sold on him as a Head Coach but as a guy who helps Quarterbacks learn how to play the position in a way that gives them a chance in the NFL, I think he is the best in college football.

Yea it is not debatable. Mac was a better college QB than Jalen Milroe. That said Mac was arguably a better college QB than Jalen Hurts too and we have seen how that went in the pros. I thought Mac was overdrafted. I thought his ceiling as an NFL QB was a game manager and the game is getting increasingly dynamic at the position. Jalen is dynamic though needing lots of refinement. So I might take an argument that Jalen has more going for him than Mac did as an NFL prospect at the spot (I'm not saying that is a slam dunk but I think a reasonable argument can be made). But you are unquestionably right about who was better in college. That is beyond debate.

Yep. He is an early to mid third for me. Not got my board infront of me right now but at this point he'd be 13th or 14th BPA roughly.

He definitely doesn't count as a sleeper on this board, he's been talked about more than some first round players! He is my WR15 and I have a mid 4th on him. I wouldn't mind the Bills taking a shot, because they need a vertical element but I am less confident than you that he can be more than that. It wouldn't surprise me if he sneaks into the end of round 3 though... in that comp pick range. I sort of feel similarly about him and Kyle Williams (who is my WR12). If either gets to #109 I'd be fine with taking them. I think both probably go third round and they aren't guys I'd move up for.

If had just been grading Coleman as an X I'd have a higher grade on Harris than I had on him. I did have a slightly higher grade on Keon (Keon was a 6.1 and a low second by my scale, Harris is a 5.8 and a high third) but that was really because of his ability as a big slot. That is still where I think he should be playing. Trying to force him to be an NFL standard X is a pointless endeavour IMO. He is never going to be better than average at that. I don't disagree in Royals as being maybe more the type the Bills need. But I have him a couple of points below Harris, Royals is the 18th best player remaining by my board at this stage. Now you can probably bump that up a place or two if you are making a Bills specific board at the point because I think there are a couple of non-scheme fits for Buffalo I have in that range but I feel like it is a bit of a reach past better players.

Having thought about it overnight I am reluctantly switching my vote to Sanders. He is a full half round clear of the next player on my board once you discount Bond and as much as I hate the amount of resource Beane keeps throwing at DT every freaking year and I hate the fact that is bails him out for his FA disasters with the drug brothers I just think it is a case were a guy is so clearly the best available. I was asked in v1.0 whether I'd get on them in future years for not going BPA with Nolen (who I love) because of fit next to or behind Oliver in 3 years time if Amos is only okay. I justify that in terms of round 1 is really for premium positions and DT isn't that especially when one of your best players is already at that spot. But the difference between Sanders and Williams by my board is bigger than the difference between Nolen and Amos and Sanders to Harris is more than half a round.... I can't justify that kind of reach especially for a receiver that doesn't bring anything we don't already have.

Cos Beane loves drafting slow receivers....

I do see the double at DT with Sanders theory. He is kinda sticking out on my board. That probably is what they should do. But this regime at throwing resource at D Tackle.... jeepers creepers.

Without the off field I'd take Isaiah Bond, no question. With it... Tre Harris.

No I wouldn't take Alexander here. If I was drafting for more of a man coverage heavy team I would consider Nohl Williams sneaking into the end of round 2 but I think if he ends up with a team that plays the Bills style of zone coverage he is gonna suffer a similar fate to Kaiir Elam where his eye discipline and clunky transitions are going to cause him issues. If the Bills wanted to trade one of the picks and move back into the top 12 picks of the third then Alexander would be in my mind. Here you would be reaching through a tier of players and I don't think you can justify that.

1. TJ Sanders, DT 2. Isaiah Bond, WR *off field 3. Aireonte Ersery, OT 4. Cam Wiliams, OT 5. Alfred Collins, DT 6. Demetrius Knight, LB 7. Charles Grant, OT 8. Tre Harris, WR 9. Omarr Norman- Lott, DT 10. Harold Fannin, TE

So my board has Sanders, Collins and Norman-Lott all higher than the next corner. And then Alexander (who I see has just gone) with the same grade as my next corner. And my next corner is Nohl Williams who I don't really think is a Bills fit. I then have CJ West and Zy Alexander on the same grade as well. I think Zy is a Bills fit - although his ceiling is very much a CB2. So basically 5 defensive tackles in play before the corner (altough equally fair to say not sure TJ Sanders is a fit either).

With the 52nd pick in the 2025 TSW Mock draft version 2.0 the Seattle Seahawks select: Donovan Jackson, Interior Offensive Line, Ohio State Back to back Buckeyes in the second round for the Seahawks. We are confident we have one of the best young left tackles in football in Charles Cross and right tackle Abraham Lucas is capable when healthy. Unfortunately our interior offensive line is a mess, manned entirely by late day 3 picks from our past two drafts. Jackson played left tackle most of this year on Ohio State's National Title run because of injury to Josh Simmons but we still see his home as being left guard in the NFL. He is an immediate and significant upgrade and I'm happy that these two picks have added some toughness to the trenches on both sides of the football. @CNYfan and the Buccaneers are now on the clock.

With the 50th pick in the 2025 TSW Mock Draft version 2.0 the Seattle Seahawks sprint to the podium to select: Tyleik Williams, Defensive Tackle, Ohio State Seattle drafted Byron Murphy, the defensive tackle out of Texas, in last year's first round. However, they then miscast him as a nose tackle in their 3 man front, resulting in an underwhelming rookie season. Here I bring in a proper nose tackle in Williams, who can regularly take on double teams and play the run, allowing Murphy to slide to the 4i and concentrate on doing what he does best - which is getting upfield penetration and hurrying Quarterbacks. @LEBills and the Denver Broncos are now, briefly, on the clock.... if I could get it back within 45 minutes before I got to bed that would be much appreciated

I like Mbow a lot. Not sure he is a tackle but not sure it matters for the Dolphins. If he ends up at guard or even center (where I see him long term) he is still an upgrade.