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Cam Lynch compares him to Edmunds. Honestly, looking at his tape a bit … I see it. Obviously doesn’t have the freak size Edmunds has, but he processes, reads and reacts much more instinctually. If he can win the MLB, I’m starting to think this guy might be a stud in our defense. Unlike Edmunds, he plays with bad intentions.

This is where I’m leaning, but then I don’t believe there’s any chance Hopkins is a Cardinal by the time mandatory camp starts … so where is he going? If I believe he’s getting traded, I think we’re in it as much as anyone else. That being said, Beane talks about Shorter as him making the roster is a given and then we gave a UDFA WR who’s apparently a ST monster a 3 year deal so…. We’re suddenly looking at keeping 7 WR’s potentially, without a Hopkins trade.

Im pretty sure he graded out as one of the worst DL in the league last year. I was intrigued when we signed him, but he gave us nothing last year.

I don’t mind, at all, in the modern NFL going with slimmer, faster linebackers.. my only worry is that we start an undersized 3T and have only one 1T on the roster. Give me Milano, Bernard, Williams behind some big bodies and I’m intrigued … but we’re really looking like a finesse bunch up the middle. Beane did say they are looking to add on the DL in FA, so this could certainly change.

Part of me wonders if the Bills see Tee Higgins over in Cincinnati and said let’s see if we can get one of those. Shorter could become that .. he could be out of the league in a couple years. There weren’t any polished comps in this years draft, but in RD5 the Bills drafted a guy with good hands who is 6’4 229 runs a 4.55 compared to Tee Higgins at 6’4 218 running a 4.54.

I agree they may keep 7 WR, but it sounds pretty much guaranteed that the Bills are going to sign at least 1 DL piece soon. That being said, I don’t know if Settle or Basham are completely safe.

I liked AT Perry. Every time I watched Wake play, he dominated. That being said, he’s a tall wiry guy, not sure if he plays ST’s and has drops/physicality issues. Shorter is a freak specimen, plays ST’s, had good hands and wins jump balls. Two very different WR’s. Bills don’t have a guy like Shorter on the roster. Perry, imo, is a safe bet to stick around as an end of the roster WR… perhaps with a WR 2/3 ceiling. Shorter could eventually be a WR1 in the Tee Higgins mold. He could also be out of the league in a year or two.

I wouldn’t disagree that the Bills got an A on this draft. We’ll have to see what our defensive scheme/philosophy under McDermott is before anyone can properly evaluate the Dorian Williams pick, but the reviews/analysis of him are pretty favorable. Kincaid and Torrence don’t just make our offense better, they completely change the narrative. That soft offense that couldn’t protect Josh and resorted to chucking it down the field in our playoff loss has been transformed by adding a monster people mover at G, who is also elite at pass pro, and giving Allen a weapon to attack the middle of the field with. Day 3, they took a swing on a traitsy WR and then punted on a bad draft… accumulating picks next year and then taking two RD7 guys they knew probably wouldn’t come here as UDFA’s. There were two ways the Bills could truly upgrade the Offense in the draft. Kincaid, Addison or JSN. A top tier OL. They managed to get both.

Hopkins wants out. He’s not going to make it easy on them. Maybe he doesn’t come here, but Arizona knows he won’t be a good soldier on a team with zero intentions of being a contender for anything this year.

Jets are far better. Dolphins and Pats are better. Not overly concerned because the Bills are also better and still have the best QB in the division.

I went B+, but readily admit that it’s tinted by us using a RD3 pick on a head scratcher LB for the second year in a row. Kincaid and Torrence are home run A+ game changing picks. I actually like a lot of what I see and hear about Dorian Williams, but Bernard being such a year one non-factor bleeds into my view of this pick. I’m not in love with our WR room.. it has potential, but Shorter doesn’t alleviate my concern that we have Diggs and then question marks.. Can Davis be a high level WR2, can Harty stay healthy and make an impact, can Shakir develop into the receiver so many think he can be? If the answer to those questions are yes, then we have one heck of a WR room, but that’s a lot of questions. I love that we traded back accumulating two more RD6 picks next year.

Hes not a move guy.. for as good as he is, his lack of pulling mobility and lack of position flex is why the best pure Guard in the Draft was there for us at 59. He’s going to start. The guy is a stud. Has the potential to be an All-Pro IOL. Just let him take care of 1/5th of the OL and don’t overthink it.

Beane sure seems to talk about Shorter like he’s making the 53. A Hopkins trade could change things, but Hopkins doesn’t play ST’s and they clearly envision Shorter as a core ST’s guy and big WR to develop behind Gabe. The UDFA WR is also a wild card given reports he’s a monster gunner.

I don’t want to let go of Morse either, but the OL was bad when he was out, partly due to lack of talent around him. The OL looks much improved as we sit here today, not even accounting for a jump the staff is clearly banking on from Spencer Brown.

Obligatory late round corner

In a random Bills segment they talked about him as being an underwhelming WR given his traits but as having all the potential in the world.

I mean, in fairness to the Bills, after the first two rounds, they seemed done with the draft as well. We’ll see what the plan is for Dorian Williams, and given the multiple meetings between Bills/Shorter they clearly viewed him as a mid-late round developmental WR they wanted, but after that … they were literally trading away picks for next year.

We now have 10 picks next year and are interested in trading for a guy who has a 19M cap hit this year / 15M next year. IF we made the trade, something’s gotta give.

Sounds like a guy who has a lot of positional flex and decent game tape but tested poorly .. leading to him being available in RD7.

Bills are looking at up to 6 open DL spots and anywhere from 0-3 safety spots to fill next year. Loading up on picks to remake the defense on a budget is fantastic GM’ing.

Is Voorhees still available? If we’re basically done with this draft, might as well take a flyer on him before the draft ends as, basically, another pick for ‘24.

“Sir, Philadelphia keeps drafting all the Bulldogs” (spins SEC wheel / lands on the Gators)

I think I read teams viewed Shorter as potentially converting him to a TE. He looks like, as of now, he’d make the team as outside depth. Gabe Davis body type and found a way to win deep at Florida despite not being a burner… again, similarly to Gabe. Looks like a physical freak and was an elite recruit, but hasn’t put it together.

Which is why I said (physically) as in his body type. I’ve seen him in person in warm ups. He’s a physical specimen. He’s definitely not DK. He’s not even Gabe. He looks great off the bus.. hasn’t put it together.

Wins deep similarly to Gabe. Not a burner, but has enough speed for a big body WR. Definitely not the prospect Gabe was though.