BuffaloRebound

No way Dawkins isn’t a Bill this season unless he completely lets himself go in the offseason. If somebody unseats him at left tackle, then he’ll start at left guard. Dawkins is still a people moving beast in the run game. It’d be nice if he showed up in better shape come training camp. Maybe drafting Bowry that high lights a fire under him.

definitely a 20 sack guy given those choices. 7 sack guys are too easy to neitralize. I’d probably take 2 double digit sack guys over a 20 sack guy though.

He’s a really good player when healthy, but there was always a risk with a converted hoops players who didn’t start playing football until his senior year of high school. He definitely needed to get stronger but can his body hold up.

Rousseau definitely a high IQ player, especially for a guy with his physical gifts. Extremely impressive dude. Didn’t realize how well he drops into coverage.

Elarms-Orr has the clearest path to start. Bernard would not have been brought back if his contract wasn’t terrible. It’s cheaper to keep him than cut him. I could also see Parker, IGB, KEO and Kilgore having significant roles this year. Even the Penn State DT. Leonard has no connection and nothing invested in any of the returning guys.

I think all 6 defensive picks even the 7th rounder have a huge opportunity with a new defensive coordinator and scheme. Beane had a strong draft and strong offseason. Leonhard now has a lot of talent to work with. And the offense lost a starting guard but otherwise lost nothing off a top unit and added some nice OL depth plus DJ Moore and Skyler Bell at WR.

These are awesome, but I’m sure we’re not seeing 1/10th of what is actually going on. Did they have a guy they would’ve traded up for in the 1st. who would they have taken at 26, 28 or 31? I know they can’t divulge that but would be awesome to see the raw footage of the whole draft.

It’s a good question and also why it’s beyond time to get rid of comp picks. The formula seems arbitrary and overly complex. Not sure what problem comp picks are still trying to solve. If you have a good QB and good coach, losing players to free agency is almost irrelevant.

Agreed. How many starting inside linebacker positions are actually available right now? Especially when a fair amount went in the first 75 picks.

Maybe has a Ray Davis type resurrection returning punts. I’d get him on special teams. Find a way to contribute.

It actually makes the draft class even better. Beane added 10 players for $3m total. Most of them will make the roster and at least a couple of them will play a lot.

Mcdermott’s back 7 was completely dedicated to stopping the pass as he never played man and never had guys who could cover 1v1. Also didn’t help having Epenesa and Bosa setting the edge in stopping the run. Leonhard will actually use his front 7 to stop the run and rush the passer.

I think this defense is gonna bring the hurt. No more Epenesa’s and undersized Linebackers and nickel CB’s and Hamlin’s getting mauled. We’re basically replacing Taron with Chubb and Parker and revamped our secondary so we can play a more aggressive style of coverage.

Also why I can’t see Milano coming back. He gets completely washed out in the middle of the field. We have true edge setters now in Rousseau, Chubb and Parker, which is where Milano made the majority of his plays but was also a big reason why we got gashed in the run as he didn’t set the edge but was too small to hold up inside. Bernard has the same problem as Milano. Too small to hold up inside. If Bernard was a free agent this year, he wouldn’t be brought back.

Maybe he’s moved on from thinking he can still play basketball.