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    In light of Beane’s weak drafting maybe he should move up in the early rounds.

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    14 minutes ago, Beast said:


    Be honest, did you or anyone else have an issue with Gabe Davis being our 2nd WR at this time last season?

     

    Please show me a post from last off-season where you were saying WR was a weakness.

     

    Last off-season the Bills were looked upon as a big favorite to win the SB for a reason.

    I've been pounding the table for a 1st round, or early-round WR every year for a long time.

     

    I didn't want Davis to be the only option. It was very much up in the air whether he could be the prolific full-time starter we needed him to be. Last year my attitude was 'yes we have Davis who has a chance to be good but don't get caught with your pants down at such an important spot.' Also if Davis works out and so does the new draft pick, great, now you have three of em!

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    In light of Beane’s weak drafting maybe he should move up in the early rounds.

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    6 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

     

    Multiple elite defenses that included Tre White. That is the difference. They under valued corner for years and when White went down it forced them into a position where they had to draft a corner early.

    So Tre White will miss a few months...panic? Mortgage the future and make a poor decision for your roster? You ignore huge needs on offense because you have a short-term injury? Now Tre White is back and we have a waste of resources and poor talent around Josh Allen.

     

    Really WR should have been addressed prior to that draft though, I'll give you that. But Kaiir Elam was a luxury pick on a roster that wasn't as good as they thought it was.

     

    In light of Beane’s weak drafting maybe he should move up in the early rounds.

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    3 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

     

    I agree you don't need two 1st round zone corners. The problem was they had ignored the position since drafting Tre. No outside corner between 2018 and 2021 before round 6. That was a chronic UNDER investment in the position. Then when Tre did his ACL they were between a rock and a hard place. They had Dane Jackson, a 7th rounder with less than a year's starting experience and basically nothing else. They forced themselves into a spot where they kind of forced a pick. 

     

    That said, Elam is a man corner. I presume part of the thought process was to allow them to be more aggressive outside. Then their safeties were decimated by injury and they backed off that. 

     

    I am not disagreeing that they have also chronically UNDER invested in wide receivers. You will get no argument from me there. But it hasn't been to take defensive backs. It has been to spend resource after resource on the defensive line. Between 2018 and 2021 they spent 5 of their original 12 day 1 and 2 picks on defensive linemen. And as of yet the one that hit FA they let walk and none of the other 4 are guaranteed 2nd contracts. 

     

    I have no problem people pointing out some of the flaws in the draft strategy. But let's stick to the facts.

    Usually it has been the defensive line but last year's 1st was Kaiir Elam.

     

    The Bills have had multiple elite defenses with Levi Wallace starting at corner. They have Levi Wallace copies now in Dane Jackson and Christian Benford.

     

    They are always going to be a primarily zone defense under Derm and Frazier.

     

    The upside, the ceiling of your 1st rounder being to go from 30% man to 38% man is a horrible waste of resources.

    In light of Beane’s weak drafting maybe he should move up in the early rounds.

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    38 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

     

    He did. And that guy was a first team all pro.

     

    No. Beane didn't draft White. Beane drafted Taron in the 4th and Kaiir in the 1st. His other defensive bacm picks are day 3. 

     

    The Bills have NOT overprioritised DBs under this regime. The evidence is very clear. 

    You don't need 2 1st round corners for a zone defense. Over-prioritized.

     

    A lot of good it did us against Cincinnati.

     

    I wonder what Josh Allen could do with WRs like that?

     

    Na, let's have 2 of 3 starting WRs be dudes who can't catch while we burn 2nds and 3rds on defensive backups.

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