Trust The Process

The problem with Coleman isn't his lack of speed, but rather his lack of separation.

Excellent pick!!!

We have 10 draft picks yet a lot of Bills fans think the sky has fallen after 1 stinking round

Unlike Granato, Lindy will toughen this young team up.

I'm guessing La'el Collins will play the role David Edwards played last season

I didn’t presume. I did my homework on Samuels with analytics, scouting reports, and how he was used in Washington and with Joe Brady in Carolina. I expect to see mostly the same in Buffalo with slightly better stats. Samuel’s career yards per reception is not impressive, and isn’t a big play threat despite running the 40 yard dash in 4.31 seconds which means he doesn’t play fast.

Who helps Allen and our offense most? Sign Derrick Henry for the money we spent on Samuel, and draft a X WR within the first 2 rounds? OR… Sign Samuel and draft a X WR? Sign Samuel and draft a RB?

My complaint with Beane is bad asset management and for not being skilled at reading the draft board in a WR rich draft. I can replace Davis with a rookie in the first 2 rounds of the draft for a lot less money than what we paid Samuel who only plays 58% of the snaps. The rookie I draft can be Diggs future replacement with a snap count similar to Diggs. Beane just need to do his job and hit on the receiver he drafts. It’s a calculated risk. I can replace Sherfield with a day 3 rookie WR who’s a lot cheaper with much more upside than Hollins.

Huge safety free agency class and we get nothing. Deep WR draft and we sign Hollins and Samuel. We trade Bates but we release Morse And we sign Morrow and depth guys instead of addressing starters. Once again, Beane is doing the opposite of which makes sense. He did the same thing the year we traded for Diggs. The depth at WR was strong in that draft and what Beane chose to do is trade for Diggs instead of drafting Jefferson. We shouldn’t have had to waste additional draft picks and a ton of valuable cap space on Diggs.

The WR depth in this draft is strong. Why spend $8M per year on a JAG like Samuel who’s lucky to get 100 targets when you can draft a WR for a lot less money to do the same? Once again, Quintessential bad asset management by Beane. Also, Samuel lines up 53% of the time in the slot which will take snaps away from mostly Shakir followed by Kincaid which is a huge mistake. When Samuel lines up as a X Receiver he’ll compete for snaps with the player we draft. In 2023, Samuel’s snap share was 56.7% which is what I envision he’ll get here in Buffalo. In my opinion that’s not a good return on investment when I could draft a WR for a lot cheaper in a strong receiver draft. Hollins shouldn’t have been signed for up to $3M per year either when we could’ve drafted a WR on Day 3 to do the same or more for a lot less money.

My post is not about who’s likely to re-sign with us, but is about what I’d like for us to pay. “So nobody then? We gonna put a hotdog vendor at DT”? that’s what Free Agency and the Draft is for.

We have a grand total of 23 players we need to replace on our roster. 14 DEFENSIVE, 7 OFFENSIVE, and 2 SPECIAL TEAMS. Beane has a lot of work to do, especially on the defensive side of the ball. BILLS DEFENSE: 14 (3 DE's, 5 DT, 1 LB, 3 CB's, and 2 SAFETYS) DE AJ Epenesa DE Shaq Lawson DE Leonard Floyd DT Tim Settle DT Jordan Phillips DT DaQuan Jones DT Linval Joseph DT Poona Ford LB Tyrel Dodson CB Tre White CB Dane Jackson CB Cam Lewis (also plays Safety) SS Micah Hyde FS Jordan Poyer OFFENSE: 7 (3 WR's, 2 RB's, 1 C, and 1 G) WR Gabriel Davis WR Trent Sherfield WR Deonte Harty RB Ty Johnson RB Latavius Murray C Mitch Morse G/C Ryan Bates SPECIAL TEAMS (2) ILB Tyler Matakevich CB Siran Neal (also plays CB)

The biggest complaint that I have with Beane is he historically mismanages cap space. The bottom of the roster, especially the Special Teams, gets paid too much. He also hands out too many mid-tier player contracts. For example, instead of paying big free agent dollars on one elite or Pro Bowl level DT, he'll sign 2 good DT's for around the same money the great one received. Since Beane got hired, for the most part, has failed miserably at signing Free Agents along the DL and at spending premium draft picks along the DL within the first 3 rounds of the draft which is where you find blue chip prospects and foundational pieces of your team, and where the margin of error must be at its lowest because precious cap dollars are invested in those picks. Every mistake is multiplied. Another thing that I noticed is Beane is an impatient person. Want proof? He traded up 4 times in the past 6 drafts, and signs an above average amount of players before the beginning of Free Agency. He needs to relax and let things play out and let things/opportunities come to him. He needs to improve at reading the draft board in the first 3 rounds and at reading the Free Agent pool. Want proof? 2020 was the year we traded for Diggs, and that was the year the NFL Draft was LOADED with WR's. And, despite it being a strong receiver draft, what did Beane choose to do? He chose to trade our first-round pick (No. 22 overall), a 2020 fifth-round pick, a 2020 sixth-round pick, and a 2021 fourth-round pick for Diggs and a 7th round pick. Pick number 22 overall ended up being Justin Jefferson. Beane panicked, he didn't trust himself enough to hit on a receiver in the draft instead.

Hard NO to Settle who's just another guy I can replace with someone else cheaper. Hard NO to Phillips, gimp, can't trust his availability. Hard NO to Lawson who's just another guy. I'd rather draft his replacement on Day 3 of the Draft. I'd bring back Floyd but only for less than market value which isn't going to happen anyways. Jones for no more than $3M per year for 1-2 years Epenesa for no more than $5M per year