MrEpsYtown

I agree, but I do think all the top corners will be gone by the time we pick in round 2.

I am doubling up on DT here with Collins. 6-6, 335 with 35 inch arms is something we don’t really have. So drafting traits here. But he’s massive. Harris is a good player, but I am not sure he is what this offense needs.

Azareye'hThomas and Donovan Jackson have been selected already in draft

Yep I agree 100%. It’s a really strange pattern. I guess it’s better than the teams who leave a million holes like the 49ers I just drafted for. They need a OL, DL, CB, edge and off ball backer. So no one knows where they might go. I give credit to Beane filling most of the holes, but leaving that one spot open really forces their hand and makes them pass on guys like Tyler Linderbaum, Tyler Smith, George Karlaftis and Jermaine Johnson in 2022. Both those edge guys went way later than expected and were there for the taking. But we absolutely had to have the corner so could not take BPA. It’s incredibly short sighted, and for a really intelligent front office, it’s really really dumb.

Agreed 100%. I think the depth at D-tackle allows you to get one later with much less drop-off. The dropoff in corner to the next tier is significant imo. Probably looking at Dorian Strong, though according to draft people this is high for him. I think a small trade back is possible, but some of the draft people are saying they don’t foresee a lot of trade ups, unless maybe it’s a team desperate for extra picks.

Looks like Morrison is the last corner standing

I think with where the board is the Colts would take Tyler Booker, guard, Alabama

I think it’s Amos or Hairston in round 1

Morrrison and Thomas are what’s left here in this range. I think that’s the issue skipping CB in round 1, but we shall how it plays out. There are some interesting rounds 3-4 guys but we don’t have a third so that’s tricky as well.

With the 43rd pick in the TBD mock draft 2.0, the San Francisco 49ers select Trey Amos, CB, Ole Miss The Niners have a ton of needs and I think this was good value at a position of need and a really good system fit. Some draft guys feel like Amos is perfect for what the Niners want to do defensively. We’ve talked about Amos a ton on here as a possible Bills target, and I am hopefully they draft him. I thought about DL here, but it seems like the Niners are targeting more 3rd roundish guys. I am happy to come out of this draft with 2 instant starters in Banks and Amos. The Cowgirls and @Might Rather are on the clock.

Bass’s career field goal made percentage is 84.5%. Gay’s is 85.5%. Gay was really good with the Rams over 92%. They are both extremely average. Bass does not deserve the contract he has. Gay did deserve the contract he got when he signed it. He is not worth that anymore. Point being, unless you have an elite kicker, don’t bother paying one. 85% FG percentage is dime a dozen stuff. I know people get emotional about players. The Bills should be looking for an upgrade at the position. He’s a dime a dozen kicker.

I like the fit. What do you think? If he and Revel were not hurt are they projected significantly higher?

I feel like Ulofosio is. He was a core special teams guy towards the end of the season. The other guys are whatever.

I voted Grant, because I think if he or Harmon are there at 30, you probably take one of those guys. However, I really don’t think the Bills will do that. They will take a corner. The chances of there being a corner in the second round at our pick are probably slim imo, whereas there are a bunch of really good defensive tackles still on the board who may be there in that range. But I am very interested and curious to see how it all plays out with this exercise. You are banking on one of Amos, Revel, Morrison, and Thomas somehow making 26 more picks and I just think it’s highly unlikely. JMO. I suppose you can trade up from 56 into the 40s. Porter could possibly be there but I think he will go higher than projected. But when you take Grant here you have to be ok settling for Dorian Strong or Zy Alexander or Dane Jackson starting corner and I am not sure I am there.

Okay yeah I thought that’s what I had heard. It makes sense.

I think that was Kiper’s mock…Sanders to the Saints, play in a dome etc. Some other draft prognosticator, maybe McShay, was saying that Saints new head coach Kellen Moore was used to having QBs Dak, Herbert, Hurts, with big arms and mobility and would prefer Jaxson Dart. But that 9 spot is def a QB spot imo.

Post June 1 cut, Bass saves about 4 million.

This draft has a few top players, then a glut of guys middle of the first to like the third who are all similarly rated imo. The strength of the draft is that 15-60ish place and we have 3 picks in there. So I think it makes sense to stay put.

Just never pay a kicker. The difference between an average kicker and bad kicker is minuscule. Top guys are a different story. Bass is average and is being payed like a top guy.

I think once he got beat out by Christian Benford, his career in Buffalo was over. It's hard to overcome being the chosen one the team traded up in the first to get and get beat out by a 6th round pick from Villanova. It's the old Heath Shuler-Gus Ferrotte situation.

It kinda makes it better that, if true Elam was our guy, that KC in fact, did not "jump us." But jeez, what a scouting fail if Elam was their guy all along.

Agreed. I am guessing if they trade up it's probably for Golden. IMO, if they stay put, they are taking a corner.

This is probably his last year with the Bills, unless he stays healthy and is the same player he has been when healthy a warrants a mini extension. I hope he's a Bills lifer. They have Williams and are scouting off ball backers this year.

I like Harmon a lot. It seems there is zero chance he makes it to 30

I just don't think any of those guys make it to our pick in the second round, maybe Morrison because of the injury. Perhaps we may have to make a small trade up for one. Last year, the first corner did not go until pick 22, and then 6 more corners went through pick 42. So from 22-42, you had 7 corners selected. 3 more went towards the end of the second round. So 10 in the first 64 picks. I think we could see something similar. Hunter, Johnson Barron early, then the next group somewhere between 25-45 all go. So you could trade down from 30 or try to trade up from 56. But I think it's unlikely those three guys make it down to 56 (aside from Morrison with the injury. Hunter, Johnson, and Barron feel like first round locks. Then it's Revel, Hairston, Amos then probably Morrison and then Thomas and Porter. So that's 9, and then I think there is a dropoff to the next tier of guys. Waiting until 56 is playing with fire IMO, especially because McDermott likes a very specific type of corner. His preferences on length etc probably elimates a few of those guys, making it even more difficult to wait until round 2. But we shall see what happens