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The only thing that may save Flowers from that fate is Belichicks white hot hatred for Mac Jones haha. But they coached Flowers at the East West Shrine, local college guy, loyal by never leaving crappy BC, good all around kid so I think he winds up there unfortunately for him.

I agree on JSN or Addison. I actually think the Patriots are going to take Flowers in the first which is a death knell for that poor guy haha.

May not need to. Any WR aside from JSN may slide this year especially after Addison was smaller and slower than expected. Wouldn’t be surprised if he went after JSN, Flowers, and Johnston and if so that would be a coup for the Bills.

Ji’Ayir Brown and Siaki Ika

The Bills have “reached out” to Yaya Diaby DL Louisville per the player himself in the 4th paragraph from the bottom https://247sports.com/college/louisville/Article/Louisville-football-NFL-Draft-defensive-end-Yaya-Diaby-Pro-Day-207525689/Amp/

Would rather have Bergeron but Harrison would be a fine pick.

What a throwback, I remember watching that cut up prior to the 2011 draft desperate for the Bills to find a QB. It actually reinforced to me how different Kuechley was compared to Campbell. Tho granted it is against Nevada and not BIG football. :16 - chased Kaep to the sideline 1:07 - avoids the RT, fills the outside gap and stops Kaep 1:40 - gets driven back by Guard 1:45 - fights off the guard and stops RB at the LOS 2:26 - comes from depth to meet the RB just beyond the LOS on the swing pass 2:57 a Flows with the play to the right, Nevada runs the reverse, Kuechley scrapes down the line and meets the WR just beyond the LOS. Incredible change of direction and range. 3:07 drop into zone for the pick. Campbell did have a similar play against Stroud. 5:35 - starts filling the gap for the play action handoff and then chases down the TE Virgil Green on the Bootleg pass 5:45 avoids the OL and knifes into the backfield for a stuff it almost looks like a highlight tape, it’s crazy how good he was. I like Campbell and he is a good player but I don’t think he has the range Kuechley did. I guess we will all see in a few years tho!

I had passed over Freeland because I didn’t think he did well at the Senior Bowl. Of course he blew up the Combine so I had to go back. I think he is going to be a second round pick because of his athletic upside tho I think he is behind Bergeron and Harrison as a talent. Rewatching him with the BYU OLine I thought he showed enough to project as an eventual starting tackle. He actually reminds me of Spencer Brown. He is quick so he is able to wall off defenders in the run game and he is able to get to them on the second level easily. Not as good at pass protection but he is certainly fast on his feet and does a good job keeping tied to his guard to mitigate the inside rush that gets him a bit. But I agree overall, I would be disappointed if he was out OT solution.

This is how I feel. He is a good player and a good athlete there is no doubt, but I see a player that knows the role he should be playing and gets to that spot. Maybe with coaching he could maximize his skills and be a Fred Warner that can cover players one on one but I don’t think he is that fluid despite what the testing says. I don’t see the violence of a Shaq Leonard when he hits and he doesn’t have quite the wingspan of Leonard (79 vs 82 inches). The comp that gets thrown around is Kuechley because of McDermott. But I really don’t see a player that caliber. I know the testing is similar but I remember watching Kuechley at BC and players just did not outrun him. Campbell is pretty fast but players can get out wide of him and he doesn’t have the closing burst to meet them. Also Kuechley is still the second all time tackle leader in college history over 10 years ago and that was with 3 years starting. He was incredible. Campbell is good. The biggest problem is what you are missing out on other talent to fill this spot. At the end of the first you are going to have OT and WR that could immediately impact the offense. OT has some depth into round two but from what I have watched of prospects it degrades after Bergeron (who is going to go higher than people expect), Harrison and Freeland. WR I think you miss out at the end of round one and you are either trading up or waiting till day 3 because the most talented will be gone pretty early like what happened last year. so in essence I like Campbell the player, just not that much and would rather wait till round 2 or 3 to draft a MLB to compete with what we have. But Beane does draft for need in round 1 so we will see.

You know you hate the Chiefs when this guy using an exclamation point to end his sentence annoys you.

I tend to agree, even if it’s not Hopkins. For example, the Commanders are a mess (no QB, projected less than $3 million in cap space). I would trade our first in a low quality draft class for Terry McLaurin who has a very manageable $2 million salary this year. He will just turn 28 when the season starts so best years are ahead. McDermott also has a relationship with Ron Rivera despite what happened with McKissic. But we really need a WR2 and trying to find one in the draft seems like a big risk. Beane has done it once before with Diggs, let’s hope he can pull off one more big trade to get Josh a second weapon.

I have only seen him in coverage a few times, most of the time he is rushing the passer from the edge. Probably would take a lot of training to get him to an off ball player. I think if you are looking for guys that maybe could learn to be good off ball players, Yasir Abdullah has the most potential. I’ll link to my post in a previous thread below. He was a big time edge rusher but was played off ball and in space a good amount and did well.

Im going to throw a fourth name into this discussion and it’s Yasir Abdullah from Louisville. He played both on and off the ball at Louisville and was really an exceptional pass rusher for them. But he is small and will be served best if a team takes him under their wing and make him off ball the entire time. His RAS is top notch as well: And watching him, he has shown me a lot of flashes of what you want from your Linebacker. Maybe the most impressive is blanketing a WR on a wheel route for the pick: https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkx8512w6wUZTinKx_HIWg-esTnSZ6CTU3p He had himself a game against FSU, blowing up one screen coming from the other side of the field https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxLn9kCB_OiotUc4cPDDVWczTP_mfdx6Pt One screen where he avoided the lineman https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxYnZf9c3C150Jx62v0fhgglaZWo48ARIe and two interceptions, this one was a bit more impressive watching the QBs eyes: https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxKbXim2QpIg6zlTdedDFumv87Mid3kq-9 And was able to chase down the speedy Sean Tucker on a screen pass out of the backfield. https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxWGZTnythkHIZ0dg0g7VrDpiDsI8r1iEt I think he may last until day 3 due to his tweener status but he would be a great addition to our LB room, especially if he gets to sit a year to focus on off ball LB. Plus he adds pass rush which is a nice bonus

Wow that’s some real safety help 1.7 million dollars? Haha

I believe Campbell was released and so that wouldn’t affect comp picks

Need a none option

I know JMS is listed as the top Center basically everywhere, but I think he is at best a third rounder and would rather have Tippman and Avila over him assuming a gap run scheme. Schmitz is older and probably close to maxed out, his balance is not great and he winds up on the ground way too much because of it. He is athletic for his position but I don’t think he is as athletic as Tippman or anywhere near as strong as Avila. Tippman is Mitch Morse and I would be ok with the Bills drafting him in Rd2 to keep that kind of presence in the middle of our line once Morse has to hang them up.

I would still be skeptical it had been reported earlier that day that the Bills had Edwards in for a visit and a few hours later he tweeted he was going to sign. He may have sources but it is still could have just been a good guess

Ooof, gotta go OT with the first pick. Can’t screw around

As long as he is OT4 or 5 and for little money it’s an ok signing. Can’t go into the season with him as OT3 again

Thought he was already retired

Yasir Abdullah is more of an Edge rusher/OLB but man is he talented and would love him on the Bills. Play him like they did Zo Alexander.

I mean the Bills brought him in for a visit so they must still be looking. I am a little incredulous that Sherfield or Harry will be long term answers in our WR room. This is a great year to get a slot superstar between JSN, Flowers, Downs, Dell and Jarrett. Certainly missed that in our offense last year.

Bergeron in a trade down into the second and Tank Dell in round three would be an excellent beginning of the draft

KC also swapped their first rounder for the Raven second rounder and Orlando Brown which by the value chart was worth about a second round pick. They paid Joe Thuney $80 million over 5 years at LG and just paid Juwan Taylor $80 million over four years. And they hit on their Center pick at #63 as well as their RG pick in round 6 or who knows what they would do there in the future. Andy Reid has always invested in the OLine going back to his Eagles days. We need playmakers but getting 4 out of 5 of our starting lineman to be high performing players helps the offense too.