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  1. 16 minutes ago, FireChans said:

    Oh man, that must be why every other second round pick by every other GM was a bust. Or was it because COVID only happened in Erie County?

    Only two explanations are incompetence or malfeasance.

    Saying every other pick is a bit overzealous, and I think you're intelligent enough to know that.

     

    And while there were a few good picks in round 2 that draft there are a lot of misses early (rounds 1 and 2). Without the time this morning to contrast and compare earlier seasons it looks to the eye to be a higher number of misses league wide then an average year.

     

    When you combine the lack of normalcy that year with what looks in retrospect to have been a fairly weak draft class, yeah, it played into that pick. 

  2. 24 minutes ago, FireChans said:

    exactly. That’s why Boogie Basham is gonna be an All-Pro, because there’s no way some folks on here could be right about him being a complete and total bum, while Beane thinks he’s worth a second rounder. 

    Wasn't Boogie drafted off the COVID off season? You know, the one that GMs couldn't go to Pro Days, do as much deep digging as usual? Couldn't get in person with the draftees? 

     

    You know, the season that NFL GMs were pretty much relegated to having only slightly more information available to them than fans normally do? And they missed on that pick? Shocker.

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  3. 5 hours ago, Alphadawg7 said:


    All you did with this thread and tell everyone you literally know nothing about Coleman and Davis.  If you did you wouldn’t have started it with these inaccurate and lazy comparisons.

     

    And I don’t know why this is so hard for people to understand…but Beane isn’t trying to bring in Davis 2.0 and Diggs 2.0 so stop trying to say well this guy must be this guys replacement.  Its not at all what they are doing.

    This drives me crazy as well. It's like for years whenever there's a really good LBer in the draft we have to hear people say "Well McD has to have him so he has his Luke Keuchley". 

     

    Teams that are coached well evolve to the players on the team. They change over time based on a number of things to include how the the league changes. 4 years ago the Diggs/Davis combo was not a bad set of skillets to have at WR.

     

    Now with defenses showing more deep looks and taking away the big play what is offense turning into? WR screens. Hello Curtis Samuel. Tougher contested catches and plays in the middle of the field. Hello Keon Coleman. Some pounding runs to keep ahead of the sticks. Hello Ray Davis and Pran-Granger.

     

    Sure, we need someone that can stretch the field and be that deep threat. Let's see if they bring in a DJ Chark for that. If KJ Hamler can stay healthy I'm not sleeping on him either. This offense is setting up to play against what NFL defenses are evolving to. Will it work? Time will tell. But I think they are moving in the right direction. 

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  4. 4 minutes ago, Poleshifter said:

    RB Christian Wade had to wait for his blockers to be BEHIND him. 

     

    I don't see that as a problem for a OG/OT. Perhaps we can give this guy a chance before dismissing him.

     

    Not dismissing him. Anything can happen. But even late picks that have played the sport their whole life, trained and have experience for 15 years have difficulty making a career for themselves. Doing it while trying to learn and train your body at the highest level of the sport adds many new layers of difficulty and unlikeliness. Anything can happen for sure. The road just is a bit tougher.

  5. 4 minutes ago, TheWeatherMan said:

    Is there a chance that the Bills didn’t draft a single day 1 starter for 24-25? 

    Well, I think Bishop will have his chance. If not start I think he'll see some significant snaps. The Center from Georgia supposed is good enough to complete. And while most don't want to think about it right now...Keon Coleman starts day 1. Beane pretty much laid that out last night IMO.

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  6. 1 minute ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

    Gabe Hall still available. That's a surprise to me. Would be a good grab at this point. As is Brendan Rice.

     

    At this point, we're just getting a jump on UDFA's.

    Our late picks are important for that reason. With a team without as many projected open roster spots it makes it harder for an UDFA to make teams like Buffalo, KC, SF. So if there's someone there they want better draft em. 

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  7. Did I see that right? 16 sacks last year? Man, dude can close it down. 

     

    Add into that the ONE thing that we can still count on with Von Miller is his teaching camp being pretty good...this guy has potential to learn from someone with a ton of knowledge. This could be a steal. Or he could flame out of the league. What the hell do I know😂

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  8. 10 minutes ago, Billl said:

    Then why in the world didn’t Beane trade all of this 5th round picks to move up?  I guess I don’t understand your position.  Do you really think there are no players left who will make NFL rosters or have solid careers?

    As for your first question, he said yesterday he wasn't planning on moving up round 4. This shouldn't be a shock. There was still value on the board when they picked as per his draft board.  And he has already turned one of those 5ths into a 4th next year. Pretty nice day at the office.

     

    As per your second question, of course there will be guys drafted that make rosters drafted late. Practice squads as well. It's about finding value meeting need meeting fit this late. 

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  9. Just now, Billl said:

    Brugler is one of the most respected draft analysts in the business.  If you don’t have his top overall Safety as a draftable player then you’re doing something wrong.  Brenden Rice is still on the board, and that’s his 103rd overall player.  Gabriel Murphy is his 127th overall, and he’s still available.  

    Super. 

     

    Again, what do their medicals (which he does not have access to) look like? What about their interviews with teams? How deep does he dip into each players background and interview past teammates? 

     

    A draft analyst looks at film and gives his perspective based off that (which is subjective). 

     

    We are in the 150s. If his opinion was shared by the teams those players wouldn't have gotten passed over. Obviously, for whatever reason 32 NFL GMs disagree.

  10. 38 minutes ago, KingBoots8 said:

    I think he wore it in college at some point though so at least it makes some sense i suppose. He’s not getting 4 from Cook that’s for sure.

     

     

    Also, I thought 24 was Elam’s number but maybe he changed it this offseason and I forgot. Would have loved him to wear 8 personally.

    Elam switched to 5

  11. 10 minutes ago, Billl said:

    Jaden Hicks was Brugler’s #1 Safety, 39th best player overall, and he went 133rd.  There’s plenty of draftable players still out there.

    Cool. What team is Brugler working for?

     

    As we all should know by now media and "experts" draft boards are very different than actual teams draft boards. Bet Brugler had T'Vondre Sweat and AD Mitchell taking up spots on his board as well. I can say with confidence that they (along with many other players) were off of some team boards like players are every year. When experts say they have "150" draftable grades, it's not taking into account medicals, behavioral issues, scheme specific gradings. Many teams boards are much smaller 

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