GunnerBill

We know the Chiefs had him as their next guy after McDuffie. The GM admitted thst to the Athletic.

I agree his first round picks always feel need driven. But the bigger issue remains evaluation IMO.

It's almost always a mix of the two. They definitely misevaluated him. 100%. But often when you need X position you end up comvincing yourself that the guys who might be options at the spot are better than they are. So they misevaluated him in the first place and then he ends up with another grade boost because he played a spot they had a huge hole. Beane's line was he was the last first round grade. I'm sure that is true. How he got thar grade is the interesting bit.

Honestly, it's probably Ezeiruaku at #30. It's not that I don't think he is a decent player but to me it would be a repeat of last year, a low ceiling use of our first selection.

I still love Scourton. I don't think edge is still in play at #30 though sadly.

Trust me Fergy's board is bigger than that. He always has the biggest boards. Huge.

I saw it earlier. Wouldn't mind that. Starks is a top 10 guy in this class for me. Don't love Farmer but Revel and Swinson at those spots are great value. Like Smith late and Bartholomew is one of @gonzo1105's sleeper guys and I trust his judgment! Would prefer a different receiver. Lane to me is a slot guy

It is a good point on age. He is just (in March) turned 23 at least Amos. Kincaid turned 24 during his rookie season. That hasn't typically been their MO. Tremaine Edmunds is still only 15.

I don't think they have had Grant in for a visit have they? And interestingly we haven't seen any of the most likely round 1 DTs in. The guys they have had in are Norman-Lott, Williams, Sanders, Walker, Robinson.... more day 2 and 3 guys. That doesn't have to mean anything. They met Grant and Nolen at the Combine (as well as Farmer and Collins). But as I said earlier Kincaid apart this regime has had every first round pick it has made in for a top 30 visit (Rousseau's being virtual because of covid). They are one of the more consistent teams in that regard. They have had all those expected late first / early 2nd corners in - Amos, Hariston, Revel, Morrison. It's tea leaves reading but I think the signals are pointing very much to corner at 30.

I can't comment on Levy as a coach. Before my time.

In fairness I think we hit on by far the most likely pick at #30 the first time around and as a result he was barred from selection in version 2.0

Year Grier surviving this time around is bad news for McDaniel IMO. It woulda been pretty easy to blame the GM for some of their roster issues, fire him and let McDaniel help choose a new GM. After all he is well above .500 as Head Coach (28-23 in the regular season) and his two playoff losses have come to the two best AFC teams of this era - KC and Buffalo. The fact he held onto Grier a year screams "I want to clean house but it is too early to can McDaniel so I'll wait a year."

I didn't know that story, but I respect McDaniel a ton for that. Kinda had a similar journey in soccer in that I played a pretty low level of semi-pro soccer when I was still living up north and when I moved to London and went to summer try outs for my local semi-pro club which was a couple of levels higher up the pyramid I made it from like 100 guys through 3 rounds of cuts and when they did the cut to the final 20 man squad to start the season the manager pulled me and said "to be honest ability wise I'd have cut you two rounds ago but you caught my eye for how you communicate and the quality of the information you pass on to other players, so I am going to sign you but I don't really want you to play, I want you to coach and be there as a break glass in case of emergency player." I was 24 and at the time the youngest coach in the top 4 tiers of the non-league game.

He didn't run because he would be bottom 10 percentile in terms of speed for outside corners in the NFL. I even wonder if a team drafts him then moves him to safety.

Yea, the Bills offense was moving the ball with Trubisky (he isn't great but he can play at a serviceable level with starters around him) so McDermott had to take action. Mike White was laughably bad.

This is what it comes down to. When you are about to enter a two-year tear down you can afford to be a bit more patient on it because you are guaranteed other shots at QBs. If they like Shedeur they should take him. If they don't think shouldn't. I think Cleveland and the Giants should take a Quarterback almost whatever happens. I don't think they WILL but they should.

Have we? Hadn't seen that. I like Simmons as a late day 3 1T option. I think he is exactly the sort of guy you take rounds 6 or 7 and he spends his rookie contract as at least your backup 1T. Which avoids Beano chucking $4m at it every March.

And has been on a 30 visit. The Bills are one of the teams for whom that really matters with the first rounder. 2017 - White visited 2018 - Allen and Edmunds visited 2019 - Oliver visited 2020 - no pick (Diggs trade) 2021 - Rousseau (had a zoom, no visits, covid) 2022 - Elam visited 2023 - the one anomaly - Kincaid did not visit 2024 - Coleman visited

Yea he is one of my guys too. I have a 4th on him. Reminds me a bit of Jordan Magee out of Temple who I really liked last year that same sort of athletic, sub-package linebacker profile that these days can be on the field a ton. Magee went in the 5th to the Commanders and mainly played STs as a rook and it wouldn't surprise me if that is Buchanan's route too. But if the Bills want someone in the system who might be a long term Milano replacement...... he would be a decent choice.

Oladejo? Late 3rd I think. Not in front of my board rn but definitely within top 100, think he is 80 something.

They definitely should not do it. I agree he will be a better pro. Same as Cook is.

I genuinely think any corner left on the board here is a bit of a reach. There are 9 guys that legit belong in the first two rounds then I have a gap until like mid 3rd in my corner rankings. If the Bills are in this spot and desperate to pick a corner they should trade back first and do it to at least maximise their value.

For sure, he isn't the best tackler in the run game. But the Bills need to defend the pass better. Grant doesn't help us there. Hariston does.

Or right in the mix with AJ and Groot. Hence meh.

Matt Millen announcing to his entire staff the day before the 2005 draft that "if DeMarcus Ware is there we are sprinting in the card no matter what!" Only to then allow a national scout to talk him into wide receiver Mike Williams while he was on the clock..... meaning he had taken a receiver in the top 10 three years running. Fire Millen indeed.