Yantha
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I'm down to a top 5:
RT Dawand Jones, Ohio St.
LB Daiyan Henley, Washington St.
IOL Luke Wypler, Ohio St
DT Keanu Benton, Wisconsin
DT/NT Siaki Ika, Baylor <----extremely impressed how this guy can collapse the pocket.
I'd be happy with any of these 5.
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7 minutes ago, Virgil said:
Delete your account and never post on a Bills board again. I can’t have you spreading this kind of sickness around hereLOL don't kill the messenger! The board speaks! haha... Henley or Wypler would be nice but (crap I just jinxed it).
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This mock is looking increasingly like it's going to be a DT consideration in round 2 for the Bills. I wasn't expecting that going in!
...unless of course you want a pass rusher. Lot's of those on the board....
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25 minutes ago, Einstein's Dog said:
I think you are taking someone's subjective thoughts on needs a little too much as gospel. To me, as in the website below, NYG is a real threat.
Yes. If I wish hard enough, NOBODY selects linebacker. EVER......
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Let's just work out DJ Fluker already....
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Trade up in the first including a smart package with Ed Oliver. Select OT.
then package our 2d and 3rd and a 2024 pick to move up for jack Campbell.
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5 minutes ago, NewEra said:
It’s definitely looking like we should trade up in rd 2. Maybe some of these OL fall…. But I really don’t think they will. It’s really such a weak class, seems like everyone needs OL help, inside and tackles. There’s just a real shortage of good OL play and there look to be some solid prospects. I think the OL we hope slip to us in rd 2 are gonna be gone- same for MLB- same for WR……
We’re definitely going to draft DL and DB with our first 2 picks 🤣
Sadly, the draft seems to be deepest in positions we don't need... lol.
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9 picks to go.
My top 9:
2 DTs
1 OT (Dawand Jones)
1 LB (Daiyan Henley)
1 OC (Luke Wypler)
Reaches: 3 Safety prospects, or DT Saiki Ika (the big dude)
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Just an FYI Chad Reuter just posted his mock on NFL.com....
Traded up to 20 for Edge Defender Nolan Smith.... I've seen numerous mocks with the Bills selecting DE. Are all of us missing something or.....
I drafted Nolan Smith at 36 for the Bucs.
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Amazing. Happy to see him back.
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I'm always chill.
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Not sure where this should go. Several teams reportedly only have ONE WR with first round grades:
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9 minutes ago, MrEpsYtown said:
Solia was a massive nose tackle. And Star was a nose tackle with pretty good size.
Yeah I checked out Star, and thought he was much heavier. 315 I think?
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46 minutes ago, CNYfan said:
Much too slow.
This is too slow yes.
It's Easter weekend so there's family gatherings etc, but I think it's on the participants to know roughly when they'll pick and make somewhat of an effort to be available. Can't leave the draft hanging for 2 hours just because.
Easy to step away for a quick check in once in a while.
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You know.... I'm not going to die on this Nose Tackle hill.... I love big physical DT's, but looking back at McD's Panthers' roster (that includes Luke Kuechly), the DL had starters around 310-315 lbs (no "nose" measurables....). If McD's influencing Beane, and we know he is..... I think that Nose tackles will not be a major focus in this draft. Love the players though.
What this exercise has taught me though, is that Beane/McD have to be thinking that Campbell is the closest thing to building out this roster with a "Kuechly"-esque player that is currently missing on the roster.
I'm willing to BET that Campbell will be our "reach" in this draft. (not to hijack my own thread LOL).
Panthers Defense when McD ran the show:
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10 minutes ago, Chandler#81 said:
Wasted thread, imo, while McDermott is HC. He’s strictly a 4-3 guy. No sense dreaming about alternatives.
There's some truth to that. McD does have a history of the 4-3 dating back to Carolina, carried over to the Bills. But even in a 4-3, having a bigger DT gives versatility. Defensive Ends in a 4-3, depending on their measurables will play on the line or off ball. Von Miller is that type of player. A hybrid DE/OLB. When you have a stout DT that COMMANDS double teams allows your Ends to drop back if needed.
Bottom line is you need the versatility of personnel to make it all work.
12 minutes ago, mjt328 said:Depends on what you mean by a Nose Tackle.
Traditionally, the NT position is a 0-Tech defensive lineman in a 3-4 scheme. Since Sean McDermott does not run this alignment and probably never will, I don't see us using any resources on a player with this skillset.
Now I have occasionally seen the 1-Tech lineman (4-3 scheme) also referred to as a Nose Tackle, although that's not the most commonly used positional term. This is the spot played by DaQuan Jones on our defense. Personally I would like to sign Jones to an extension and keep him as the starter. But I wouldn't be opposed to adding a backup on Day 3.
This.
What I mean moreso is a bigger bodied 4-3 DT that commands double teams on most snaps. Allows for more flexibility at DE.
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2 minutes ago, Beck Water said:
Yantha, while you're scratching below the surface, it probably needs to be pointed out that the Bills play a 4-3, in which the "pure NT" role best maps to the 1TDT.
Those would be DaQuan Jones and Tim Settle. Neither are under contract past this season. Jones is 31 and Settle 26.
Overall, I would assess that Jones was a pleasant revelation and let us see what Star Lotulelei and Harrison Phillips should have been doing in previous years. Tim Settle did injure his calf early in the season and was playing through it, but he did not at all measure up when he was asked to do so, and he saw his snaps slide to 25-35% until Jones was injured in the playoffs.
My point is that while the Bills do need to plan for the future on DL, it seems a bit misleading for this year to mention trading Oliver (who fills a different role, 3TDT, in McD's offense) or not mention that we in fact do seem to have a capable guy filling the 1TDT role for this season, in Jones. An upgrade at backup would be good.
Yep, I agree with everything you are saying here. Just wondering if we will see a mix of different schemes that call for a different skill set. The defense COULD look very different this year. You never know what Beane/McD have planned....
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16 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:
I haven't got my board infront of me atm... in the pub. But I think it looks quite different. Round 3 is my DT bulk for a start. I think I have fewer than 15 second round grades left.
I agree that quite a few of my DTs have third round grades as well, but I've got them in round 2 due to "need". This draft has a LOT of WRs, cornerbacks and edge rushers in round 2 grades but since I'm leaving them out of round 2 for this mock (since we drafted Addison), it pulls up some 3rd round graded prospects (like OT Morris, Oklahoma, and S Jammie Robinson, Florida State). Some of my guys would be reaches admittedly.
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I'm just starting to scratch the surface on this question, but I have to say I'm majorly impressed with that Baylor dude.... Watch his brute strength in the highlight video. A man amongst boys. I actually feel bad for those Centers! lol
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Change is coming in the 2023 season. We will have a new DC, with a different philosophy, we've lost our starting MLB and questions remain as to who the starting linebackers will be. I think it's fair to say that our DL depth is better than our LB depth, but another question has arisen. "Should we trade Oliver?".
Other questions I've seen come up is IF Bernard is the next man up, will the DL need a Nose Tackle to eat up blocks and help Bernard play to his attributes/abilities? I'll add that even IF we draft Campbell (or any other rookie MLB...), maybe a nose tackle would help the team overall anyways.... even if Tremaine was still here.
This thread is to discuss defensive schemes, and whether a pure Nose Tackle should be part of the conversation during this draft. I'm listing profiles of some prospects that can be discussed here as well.
DT Siaki Ika, Baylor (335 lbs) - projected 3rd rounder
DT Keondre Coburn, Texas (332 lbs) - Projected 4th round
DT Brodrick Martin, W. Kentucky (330 lbs) - projected 6th round
Sorry, no highlight video....
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So right now with the Packers on the clock, Bills are 15 picks away.
My top 15 players on my big board have the following positional breakdown:
5 DTs
3 OTs
1 LBs
2 IOLs
4 Safeties
Considering that OT and LB are arguably the bigger need... I'm staring down only 4 preferred prospects at positions of greater need.. Fingers crossed.....
Going BPA outside of bigger need, I can add a handful of TEs / RBs....
Thinking that Addison was a luxury pick considering the value in round 2 at the WR position (Downs, Dell, Wilson, Rice, Perry, Tillman - at least 1 of these 6 could be available in round two for the Bills).
Jack Campbell + Tillman would be great, for example.
Addison + ????? is the question.
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Fantasy football tracks this metric..... but not for specific players, just positional groups.
Ironically for this concern of the Bills covering Kelce, the Bills allow the FEWEST points to opposing teams' TEs!
Best in the league in that category particular category.
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Happy he's there.
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Jets are on the clock.
Boooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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TSW Mock Draft 1.0 - Completed!!!
in The Stadium Wall
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Like Eli Manning drafted by the Chargers and immediately traded for a boatload of picks.