HappyDays

I wonder what's going on with Swinson? I thought for sure he'd be gone by the end of R3.

The worst part is the Bills are responsible for the Chiefs dynasty. So many of our draft decisions, coaching failures, and player mistakes you can point to that have directly made them a perennial Super Bowl participant. And every year there is at least one more mistake to add to the list.

Sigh

Yeah I've listened to WGR

Man I don't know. Their plan last year was Claypool competing against MVS. I thought after trading for Cooper they had learned from their mistake. But would it be a huge shock if the plan is Laviska Shenault competing against some Claypool-esque reclamation project? They have told us and continue to tell us they just don't value the position.

I really hate that I always have to be this guy, but why does this regime continue to undervalue WR more than any other position? They have spent none of their top picks giving some help to their MVP. It's so on brand it's almost parody. Maybe I'm wrong about Royals and/or Horton and they'll still be on the board at the end of R5. I'll hope so.

Ugh that is a major disappointment. I didn't think Walker was a Bills DNA fit at all.

I'd be happy with Bowman in R5 as a potential Taron Johnson replacement in 2026. He's worryingly small but he does a little bit of everything which is what we ask our NCB to do.

Chimere ***** knows how to really ***** the ball out of the air

It's funny because we had this same discussion in one of the TSW mocks where Nolen was on the board at #30. My response then is the same now - I just don't worry about how you get him on the field. Talented pass rushers will eventually find their way on the field no matter what. If it mostly comes in 3rd down packages, so be it. If nothing else that helps us fix our biggest problem on defense last year which was of course 3rd down conversions. Philly won a Super Bowl not because they had exactly 4 good DL players, but because they had waves of pass rushers that they were able to relentlessly send after Mahomes snap after snap. So drafting a 3T over a 1T in the 2nd round was always my preferred outcome. I'll also throw out there that we're drafting for 4 years and hopefully beyond, not just year one. When we drafted Bernard and Dorian Williams in consecutive years most fans thought it was a waste of resources on a position that was seen as a strength, but both of those picks ended up being vitally important. I don't expect this to happen but we can save $13M on the cap in 2027 if we cut Oliver that year. It's sensible to have options in the pipeline that make that sort of scenario possible.

I'm sorry but this just isn't true. Our backup safety is not going to play more snaps than our #5 WR. In case of injury, sure. But the #5 WR is basically a starter and is expected to contribute in every single game. Our top 5 last year were Shakir, Hollins, Coleman, Samuel, and MVS. They ended up replacing MVS with Cooper because he wasn't contributing at all. That's how important that spot is on the roster. It isn't just a backup position. Thankfully I don't believe Beane agrees with you. We heavily scouted and met with all of the vertical WRs in this class so I expect us to draft one today. I'm hoping it happens within the first 10 picks of the 4th round after a trade up.

The #5 WR on our depth chart right now is Laviska Shenault. That can't still be the case at this time tomorrow. That would represent a huge failure to address the position and would probably force us to bring back Amari Cooper who might be washed. We don't need to draft a superstar today but we need someone that pushes Shenault off the roster and adds a skill set that doesn't currently exist in the room. If your only response to that is "4th round players don't scare defenses" then you're not really giving serious thought to the discussion.

You know I've been thinking Ward and the Titans are the biggest beneficiaries of this whole fiasco. Has there ever been less buzz over a #1 overall QB? They get to dodge all the usual scrutiny that comes with such a selection because the media is too busy paying attention to the circus.

You can predict the fanbase's reaction to a pick by how often that player was mocked to the Bills. Seriously. A CB was a common 1st round pick in mocks but not usually Hairston so the reaction was somewhat mixed. No one mocked Sanders or any 3T to the Bills high so fans mostly hated that pick. Jackson was mocked to us by just about everybody so fans universally loved the pick.

I want you to explain this player comp.

Yeah probably have to trade up. And I'd do that for sure. We don't need three 5th rounders.

So now it is down to Royals or Horton in the 4th round for me.

Did anyone else just feel like they were having a stroke when the same person walked onto the stage and made the same exact speech?

If someone takes him with the very last pick and makes him Mr. Irrelevant I'll believe it's deliberate collusion.

At this rate you'll hear my name called before Shadeur

I guess the interviews at the combine really were THAT bad

Yeah I mostly agree, despite being the #1 WR advocate on here I was fine going defense early because that's where the value of the class was going to be. I am happy with the players we selected where we selected them. I just hope all the defensive investments end up mattering when it counts.

I do understand the strategy. If you just look at the stats especially in the playoffs it seems obvious on the face of it we need defense more than offense. I still feel like over investing in the offense would have been an equally viable strategy, but they went in the more expected direction. I just hope all of the investments create a different result. We apparently don't want to give Allen that alpha that can make a clutch play for him at the end, so the defense needs to be good enough that we don't need that clutch play at the end.

Two of our 5ths could get us to the top of the 4th. I'd be looking to do something like that for Royals, Felton, or Horton, whoever happens to still be on the board. I'll be disappointed if our vertical WR addition ends up being like Arian Smith in the 7th. I want a legit prospect.

They punted more times in the Super Bowl than they've punted against us in all 3 playoff matchups combined. Let's be real, our defense has been a massive disappointment in those games. So we gave McDermott all his toys. I'm not going to totally hate on the strategy. But the strategy needs to produce a different result.