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Ran anywhere between low 4.5 and 4.57 depending on the stopwatch is what I saw

My personal 2025 WR rankings: WR23 Jaylin Lane WR VT (Rd 6-UDFA) -Sub 5’10’’. Thick build with long arms and big hands. 9.53 RAS -YAC threat that has averaged above 8 YAC in each of his college seasons -Slot WR that was used on tunnel screens, crossers and end arounds -A capable punt returner What does he do on film? https://youtu.be/4lSTjB1raFc?si=ncysBxn5-Bo7OGmX -High end comp would be Khalil Shakir -The goal for the VT offense was to give him some room in space to let him create -As such most of his catches were near the line and so his route running is very lacking Conclusion: Team fit is going to be very important for Lane. A team that can scheme him touches may be able to use him in packages. Most likely path to a roster is at a punt returner and developmental WR.

I would be really happy with Hairston or Amos at 30. I’m not sure they would go first round if we don’t select them. Hairston is slender and missed half the year, Amos lacks top end speed despite how he timed in the 40. I don’t think the Bills will select Morrison due to his hip injury. Thomas I actually liked quite a bit more than I was expecting, though he had to grow on me. Seemed to get better as the games went along and got a feel for things and he totally beat WRs up by the end of games. Though you have seen more of him than me. Not sure if he fits the Bills defense great unless we do make a philosophy switch. My fear is we miss out on those guys though because the next tier of CBs is rough. If we don’t get one of those 4, I would just wait for Kone, Bryant or another day 3 prospect that makes it to our 4th round pick.

When I watch Farmer I see our old pal Jordan Phillips with his ability to knife into gaps. Some of the YouTube scouts think that some of his struggles in the run game and with inconsistency was with how he was coached at FSU. You certainly would be more familiar with that aspect of it, I know FSU was in tough shape this year.

Beane was at South Carolinas pro day. TJ Sanders, Kyle Kennard, Tonka Hemingway, Deandre Jules are all likely to be drafted from their DLine. Not to mention Demetrius Knight, Nick Emmanwori, and O’Donnell Fortune. (Dang writing those names out is like writing the transcript of that Key and Peele sketch). Bills took Landon Jackson out to dinner the night before his pro day. Bills met with Billy Bowman the night before his pro day And they met extensively with QB Taylor Elgersma at the UB pro day These are all per Tony Pauline: https://www.sportskeeda.com/author/tony-pauline-dda89

Yea I think the problem is Beane will overdraft for need. I think Hairston, Morrison (medical red flag), Amos and Thomas are early second rounders that may not make it to our pick.

Yea I think we basically have to go corner Rd1 because it’s a shallower draft there. Their will be good DL available day 2

My personal 2025 WR rankings: WR24 Andrew Armstrong WR Arkansas (Rd6 - UDFA) - Led the SEC in receiving yards this year (1140) - Is a hitch route merchant, catching 27 of these routes for 324 yards including 9 15+ yard explosive gains. -9.49 RAS, second in career yards per game behind Tet McMillan and a career Yprr of 2.57 What does he do on film? Very QB friendly -:17 large catch radius on errant throws -5:38 works his way back to QB on scramble drill Downfield ability -6:11 Does a nice job against the press to maintain good space between him and the sideline. Excellent ball tracking to come up with the over the shoulder catch. - 7:10 rinse and repeat - 11:42 ditto Toughness after the catch - 10:17 hit a lot of crossing routes throughout this season. When able to make the catch on the run has enough speed to get to the corner on underneath defenders - 10:30 a player who gains yac by running through defenders rather than away from them - 14:52 you see throughout the highlights Armstrong running slants against off coverage, giving his QB an easy target. Weaknesses: -Armstorng will be 25 in October, what you see is what you will get -Takes a long time to accelerate and does not have top end speed to run away from defenders -Lack of twitch means his best routes are the ones Arkansas ran him on - hitch, crossers, slants and 9s - where he can use his body to block off defenders and run through them after the catch Conclusion: Experienced WR with ability to make explosive plays but not home runs. Ball tracking skills are one of the things I look for as a baseline competency and he has it. Depth WR at best in NFL.

https://www.nfl.com/news/2025-nfl-mock-draft-daniel-jeremiah-3-0 Daniel Jeremiah’s recent mock: 30. Kenneth Grant

Some good talent evaluators are comparing him to Puka. Honestly I can see shades of it he just isn’t quite the athlete Puka is. Imagine he will go to a Shanahan protégé.

I’m going off this site, which could be wrong or not weighed for the missed game https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/2024-snap-counts.htm I think even at 66% for Ed their is still probably space for TJ if that’s what Beane desired

Yea I’m not sure if it’s TJ or Kennard or Jules that would be the person they were most interested in there. If they think TJ is one of the top DTs in the class - which I would agree with - I think you just take him and figure it out. Ed played 54% of snaps last year so their is playing time for TJ I think

Beane was on hand for the South Carolina Pro Day that was chalked full of DLine prospects: TJ Sanders, Kyle Kennard, Tonka Hemingway, Deandre Jules and LB Demetrius Knight Sanders clocked his forty as low as 4.94 after weighing 297 at the combine. https://www.sportskeeda.com/college-football/news-insider-notes-south-carolina-pro-day-patriots-eye-dt-deandre-jules-cowboys-high-lb-demetrius-knight-jr-191f4a30

Bech is getting comparisons to Puka and honestly you can see shades of it. Puka was a better athlete tho. Golden is another good route runner. And critically both of them play outside a vast majority of their snaps. Other outside receivers who have shown separation ability are Tory Horton and Jayden Higgins. I think my dog Tre Harris shows it too but doesn’t have many opportunities. Then you have guys that are (likely) better in the slot in the NFL like Egbuka, Restrepo, Bond, Felton, Tez and Noel.

Correct, Berry spoke to a Bills source about Kincaid and the person said Kincaid was more injured than people realized. He asked the same person about Amari where the person said he was done. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/matthew-berry/news/matthew-berrys-25-most-interesting-things-he-heard-at-2025-nfl-combine #22

Yes! Which group has more invested into it? DL: Oliver (first round pick), Groot (first round pick), Bosa ($12 mil), Daquon ($8 mil), Big O ($10 mil, suspended), Hecht ($7 mil, suspended) AJ (second round pick) WR: Keon (2nd), Palmer ($12 mil), Shakir ($15 mil), Samuel ($8 mil)…then a couple minimum guys. Even if you include TE: Dalton (1st) and Knox (3rd) Josh can do more with weapons then this coaching staff can do with DL investments.

It’s so frustrating the de-emphasis people are placing on at least investing into WR this year. The teams that did better than us last year: Chiefs - 1 first round pick and 2 second round picks on WRs in the last three years. This is in addition to having HoF Kelce on the roster those three years and the greatest play caller in my time watching football. Eagles - AJ Brown ($33 million/year), Devonta Smith ($25 million/year) Bills- 1 WR drafted in the first three rounds (Keon Coleman) since Diggs was acquired (2020, no longer with team). Shakir (15 mil/year), Palmer (12/year), Samuel (8/year). yes our defense needs to be better. Those teams had studs throughout their defense and we should draft DL and CB a lot this year. But the Eagles offensive weapons made life easy for Jalen Hurts to put up points on the Chiefs defense. We need to at least take a shot at one premiere pick going to WR to improve the group’s talent level. To me it’s not more talented than our DLine right now (2 first rounders, 3 other free agents making at least $8mil a year) and I’d really like to give Josh more weapons.

Tre Harris 🤤 Dont’e Thornton is going to go much earlier than people expect right now

I don’t think there is a more Bills-y pick. I wouldn’t hate it but probably would be disappointed it wasn’t one of the players left on the board

Yes we need much more speed, plus Hairston is already great in zone defense so the transition to the Bills should be smooth. Yea I like Frazier too as a developmental guy, good size and ball skills.

Yup I’ve turned my attention from DL to CB. One early and one day 3. Hairston from Kentucky at 30 (assuming the top guys are all gone) and Kone from Western Michigan day 3 are my hopes. I also REALLY like Morrison from ND early, but am worried about his injury. If we only came away with Kone I think he could be a good starter for us.

The receiver room as it stands is underwhelming. We should draft 2 WRs and keep 6 on the roster. We are tied into Coleman, Palmer, Shakir and Samuel this year. Beane has started to prioritize weapons for Josh since we got blown out by the Bengals in 2022…and it is helping! But as much as I like Shakir, it’s him as a slot WR and then a bunch of role players. Keep drafting (and signing) playmakers for Josh until one emerges next to Shakir as a bona fide WR1. Having a second WR that teams actually have to worry about is how you take the passing game to the next level.

Yea can’t say I’m excited those guys stay together. These contracts make the Bengals margin for error less because the rest of their teams depth is going to be shallow. But if they get good injury luck, and Golden stabilizes the defense, they are going to be a tough team those years. If they don’t get lucky, it’ll probably be like this year for them. But it only takes one year to go on a Super Bowl run.

Yea what I love about CJ is that he anchored the Indiana line that gave up the second fewest rushing yards in college football. The only team that was better was Ole Miss who is gonna have their entire line and most of their defense drafted. Love that he crushed the combine too because I think peak athleticism is important at the DT position if the player is ever to have a shot to be a dominant player. If his arms were just longer he would probably be a day 2 guy, may still be. From all reports I saw Phillips dominated the practices which are much more important. But it’s clear he really doesn’t know how to rush the passer from his time at MD. As you had said in a previous thread, could see either of them getting lots of playing time at 1tech as rookies.

Bills were among a handful of teams that met with Zeek Biggers at his Pro Day according to Tony Pauline https://www.sportskeeda.com/college-football/news-insider-notes-georgia-tech-buffalo-pro-day-top-prospects-look-ft-jordan-williams