John from Riverside Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 55 minutes ago, blacklabel said: I tend to think that OL might be something they look to fix in free agency rather than the draft. I understand they wanna build thru the draft as much as possible but OL is a position with a steep learning curve from college to the pros. All these guys play in offenses where they rarely line up with their hand in the dirt. Even the highest rated OL prospects are gonna need some substantial time to acclimate to the game at the NFL level. If they go thru free agency then they get a guy who already has NFL experience and would only need to adapt to the blocking schemes that the Bills use. But of course I'm not opposed to them going OL at some point in the draft. This kid has the ideal McBeane qualities, senior (actually a grad student), has plenty of experience, seems to be high character. Yeah, I'm sure he'll be on their board somewhere. As time goes on I am becoming more and more torn on what I want to do in free agency. I was total Jonah at LT and moving Dawkins to LG and Teller to RG but......DJ Metcalf is very intriguing to me......the guy is not just a huge physical freak WR he also runs in the 4.4 range and looks like he will fight for a ball.........maybe the correct answer here at the end of the day would be Say we draft around 8 and the draft plays out with defensive talent being the premium - Trade down picking up an additional 2nd and 4th pick Metcalf in the 1st Tight end in second Offensive linemen in the second Pass rusher/LB in the 3rd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacklabel Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 (edited) 17 hours ago, John from Riverside said: As time goes on I am becoming more and more torn on what I want to do in free agency. I was total Jonah at LT and moving Dawkins to LG and Teller to RG but......DJ Metcalf is very intriguing to me......the guy is not just a huge physical freak WR he also runs in the 4.4 range and looks like he will fight for a ball.........maybe the correct answer here at the end of the day would be Say we draft around 8 and the draft plays out with defensive talent being the premium - Trade down picking up an additional 2nd and 4th pick Metcalf in the 1st Tight end in second Offensive linemen in the second Pass rusher/LB in the 3rd Yeah, I don't think they'll shift players around on the OL, I think Dawkins and Teller are set on the left side. Center is a question mark, Bodine can cut it but not by much and Groy isn't who they thought he could be. Don't know if they still see John Miller in the mix and again, I don't think Jordan Mills has been too bad this season, but I think his contract is up after this season. I'm sure he'd consider staying here if the Bills offered him an extension. So, maybe C and RG is something they need to create competition for. Looking at Carolina's draft history while Beane was there and they drafted a tackle in the mid-late first a couple of times but they mostly took OL players in the 2nd, 3rd or 4th rounds. It's just gonna depend on how the board falls to them. Defense is definitely where the value is this year and Beane has already alluded to the fact that a defensive player could be their first overall pick. I don't know if he's kind of trying to foreshadow things for us so half the fan base doesn't lose their marbles when they pick a DT or a CB first lol. I mean, if you look at any big board right now, if it's 32 or 50 players at least 65% of it is defense. Beyond that, the DL prospects are stacked this year and in years past in Carolina, they would spend their first round pick on DL despite already having a very good d-line. There's no problem with adding to a strength though. Kyle may retire after this season and yeah, I think Harrison Phillips can play well but I'm not sure if they see him as the full-time replacement for Kyle just yet so they may be intrigued with taking one of these top DT prospects. I like Metcalf too but if the Bills end up in the top ten picks, they'd have to trade down the board a little ways before considering Metcalf with their first round pick since the value just wouldn't be there in the first ten or even the first 20-25 picks, that's how many good defensive players are available. There aren't any first round running backs and at the end of the day I think we see maybe two or three receivers go in the first. Gonna be an interesting off-season, that's all I can say. Edited December 7, 2018 by blacklabel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 21 hours ago, jabu said: Not too sure about him. https://thedraftnetwork.com/2018/05/27/2019-nfl-draft-player-profile-jesse-burkett/ Especially this: Smallish frame that could use more mass, especially in the lower half. Limited to zone usage in the NFL and may never succeed if power issues aren’t sussed out. Yeah having your center bullrushed repeatedly into your QB all game isn't a recipe for success... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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