Trust The Process

No

BILLS WR CORE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT Shakir: 6’0, 190 lbs Samuel: 5’11, 195 lbs Coleman: 6’3, 215 lbs Hollins: 6’4, 221 lbs Shorter: 6’4, 223 lbs Shavers: 6’4, 211 lbs Claypool: 6’4, 238 lbs Cephus: 6’1, 208 lbs Isabella: 5’9, 188 lbs Hamler: 5’9, 178 lbs Last season 6 WR’s made the Bills final 53 man roster, and I expect the same amount this year. The first 5 WR’s at the top should all make the 53 man roster. 1 of the other 5 names will compete for the 6th WR spot on the 53 just like we carried last season. Some of the rest will make the Practice Squad. As you can see we’re a much bigger WR room this season as opposed to the past. This is by design. Bully ball is coming to Buffalo.

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)