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    McBeane's constant use of premium draft picks on role players

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    7 minutes ago, BillsFanSD said:

    This is a slightly-unconnected observation, but I'll put it here anyway because it's close enough:

     

    Other teams play their rookies.  This team is absolutely allergic to letting their rookies see the field. This has been a consistent theme of McDermott's tenure -- remember Frank Gore trying to fall forward for positive yards late in games while Singletary was standing on the sidelines?  Our general attitude toward the draft should be that anybody good enough to be drafted in the first 2-3 rounds should be good enough to start and we failed as a coaching staff if they can't see the field.  It was infuriating to see players like Elam, Cook, and Shakir have their rookie seasons go to waste like this.

     

    This is probably why James Cook looked so sad when he got drafted by the Bills, they don't play their damn rookies! This is how we end up losing solid talent like Teller and Hodgins.

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    We’re on to the draft!

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    1 hour ago, DCofNC said:

    Absolutely agree his philosophy is less than ideal, he’s continually reached for needs.  No great GM has ever said, “I took the best player available, that met the needs”.  You take BPA period.  There’s no time ever that somebody has said, sure we drafted a HOF player at X position, but it sure would have been nice to have an average player at the place of need.   He got hung up on a pas catching RB, there’s a second wasted, wanted a cover LB, there’s a wasted 3rd rounder, not to mention panicking about DB and trading away and extra pick to get the consolation prize because he wasn’t willing to go get the guy he wanted for what was basically the same cost.  This last draft was an absolute ***** show and honestly, most have gone the same way.  He gets hung up on a need and won’t budge.


    2022 draft was painful, it was so clear they picked based on need. I gave them the benefit of the doubt but this draft is already looking bad. They draft Cook as a receiving back and they don’t even use him for that. Bernard was picked because his coach is buddies with McDermott, useless pick there with good talent available at that spot. 
     

    The usage of Elam and Shakir was also baffling this year. I’m not sure if they are worse at drafting, or developing talent, neither are good though.

    The Unusual Suspect

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    9 hours ago, H2o said:

    Last week Beasley came out of nowhere to have a really solid game, making some big catches and scoring a TD. Who is your unusual suspect that comes out of the shadows to make an impact on Sunday? I'm gonna pull one out of the hat and say Reggie Gilliam has himself a game this week. I'm guessing 3 catches for around 30 yards with a TD, also opening up some nice lanes for Cook and Motor. 


    Gilliam has been pretty quiet lately, he was pretty involved at the start of the year but tailed off, so maybe he’s due! He also came off the field holding his arm last game but appears to be fine, would love to see him score a TD! 

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    Texas RB Bijan Robinson

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    27 minutes ago, FireChans said:

    No.

     

    Pittsburgh model.  Mike Wallace in the third in 2009.  Emmanuel Sanders in the third in 2010.  Antonio Brown in the sixth in 2010. Markus Wheaton in the third in 2013. Marty Bryant in the fourth in 2014. Sammie Coates in the third in 2015. Juju in the second in 2017.  James Washington in the third in 2018.  Diontae Johnson in the third in 2019. Claypool in the second in 2020. Pickens in the second in 2022.

     

    Do you know why they always have a great WR group?  Because they draft the ***** out of them.

     

    When Pittsburgh drafts a WR in the second round, they're a guaranteed stud. When the Bills draft a WR in the second round, they get Zay Jones lol. The team is probably still traumatized from that.

    Texas RB Bijan Robinson

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    18 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:

    Beane has spent 3 day 2/3 picks on RBs over the past three years… those are high picks… and at the same time they seem to hate to spend those high picks on WRs for a passing offense with arguably the best QB in the game. Head scratching strategy. 


    The WR draft strategy has been waiting on WR in loaded draft classes, 2020 they got Davis late and 2022 they got Shakir, both looking like great values and solid players but not stars. I think if they want a home run WR, you gotta take them early but it seems like most teams are reaching on them in the early rounds, so they’re tough to get. 

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    Texas RB Bijan Robinson

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    I’d be all for the Bills taking Bijan, but he’ll be gone for sure, he’ll probably destroy the combine and he just looks unreal. 
     

    I also don’t think James Cook can shoulder a huge workload, he needs to be splitting with someone else. Whether it be Singletary or whoever they bring in via free agency or the draft. 

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