HappyDays

"The human is the greatest opponent you can have." We just drafted a Terminator so that's fun.

I'm sure he'll be a fan favorite. I just wish he wasn't our first offensive pick.

Hopefully they can smooth things over with Cook because that is the only explosive offense we are getting this year.

Hawkes is seen as the best blocking TE in the class and has played over 400 special teams snaps at Georgia Tech. Fine enough selection to fill out the roster at this point in the draft.

I've gotten myself here. And I hate myself for it. But we've gotten to a point where the upside outweighs the risk.

9.82 RAS score and plays nickel. I figured they'd take someone like that on day three. If he develops well we can move on from Taron next year and save $6.7M in cap.

Laviska Shenault vs Tyrell Shavers for the #5 spot. Who you got?

Damn. That wipes out the WR board

I didn't think the knee injury was too bad because he still ran the 40 and ran a 4.41 at that, but you never know what the doctors will find.

I think a very simple benchmark is that we need to force KC to punt more than twice when we inevitably face them in the playoffs. In three tries we have failed to meet that benchmark. After spending almost all of their cap dollars and draft picks on that problem, if they still can't do it then there is no reason to believe this regime ever will.

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.