Seoulful Soul Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 The Buffalo Bills made plenty of waves in free agency, signing nine players to help bolster the roster for the 2019 season. Although the Bills have already made plenty of moves to upgrade the roster, free agency is still young around the National Football League, and the NFL Draft is coming up in about a month in Nashville, Tennessee. After the whirlwind week, Bills general manager Brandon Beane joined John Murphy and Chris Brown on One Bills Live to talk about the team's aggressive free agency plan and what is next for the team going forward. https://wgr550.radio.com/articles/news/beane-draft-drafting-best-player-available-free-agency-all-about-your-needs This I completely agree with and it explains McBeane's process and philosophy. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Except its all BS. He drafted for need last year. He drafted QB, MLB, CB, G. With four of the first five picks. All need picks. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Ethan in Portland said: Except its all BS. He drafted for need last year. He drafted QB, MLB, CB, G. With four of the first five picks. All need picks. BS. EVERY position was PON last year. Edited March 17, 2019 by Nanker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddo Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 It's not so much BS for this year though, and hopefully for the future. Last year, was definitely about need. I do think they got a bit lucky in that the Edmunds pick, gave them the value they wanted, to take him there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boca BIlls Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Ethan in Portland said: Except its all BS. He drafted for need last year. He drafted QB, MLB, CB, G. With four of the first five picks. All need picks. Well it is BPA acording to your draft board which is done by need. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1105 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 How people don’t see we’re taking a DE/DT is beyond me. We didn’t sign on in FA. We have a need at DE/DT, and the value at pick 9 is like 90% going to be one of those two positions unless we trade down. Pure BPA every GM says every year then you constantly see people picking for need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 21 minutes ago, Buddo said: It's not so much BS for this year though, and hopefully for the future. Last year, was definitely about need. I do think they got a bit lucky in that the Edmunds pick, gave them the value they wanted, to take him there. ....we never really know what OBD's Phil Ivey will do versus what he says....cool customer IMO........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fansince88 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Ethan in Portland said: Except its all BS. He drafted for need last year. He drafted QB, MLB, CB, G. With four of the first five picks. All need picks. Last year he couldnt work the FA. He was cap strapped. Pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 2 hours ago, Ethan in Portland said: Except its all BS. He drafted for need last year. He drafted QB, MLB, CB, G. With four of the first five picks. All need picks. Actually it's more about value than need. QB is always the pick in round 1 if you don't have one. After that, is it so hard to believe that they went by their board? Were they drafting purely for need, they could've stayed put and taken LVE or Leonard. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Every GM and Head Coach says BPA, but amazingly they always somehow find BPA that coincidentally are of need at least in the first three rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebandit27 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) 6 minutes ago, machine gun kelly said: Every GM and Head Coach says BPA, but amazingly they always somehow find BPA that coincidentally are of need at least in the first three rounds. Nah. This can be picked apart pretty easily by looking at the top 10 picks in any recent draft. The best prospects always end up going first...plus QBs, because need at QB will always trump everything else. Just look at last year: was RB the Giants' biggest need? No way. Did Denver really need to add an EDGE rusher to the group of Miller, Barrett, and Ray? Of course not. Cleveland had already added multiple cornerbacks in FA; was Denzel Ward a need pick? Hardly. I agree that some GMs draft for need, but it's definitely not all, and doesn't really look like a majority either. Edited March 17, 2019 by thebandit27 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffAlone Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Ethan in Portland said: Except its all BS. He drafted for need last year. He drafted QB, MLB, CB, G. With four of the first five picks. All need picks. Except those players were BPA at the time of those picks on McBeane's big board. So there's that too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Pretty much every GM says draft BPA. Not always the smartest play. See NYG and Denver above... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyK Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 The fact he had to trade up in he 1st round twice shows he thought they were the BPA and that he could not stay where he was to get them! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEpsYtown Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 I think it's okay to draft for need late in the draft if the grades on guys are close. But never do it in the first three rounds. Especially not in the top ten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick the Greek Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Ethan in Portland said: Except its all BS. He drafted for need last year. He drafted QB, MLB, CB, G. With four of the first five picks. All need picks. 4 hours ago, Nanker said: BS. EVERY position was PON last year. Glad we took our QB last season though because there was so much talent to choose from. This year, not so much. Allen was the best QB available in the last couple draft classes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnCoke11 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) By the looks of it if Allen keeps progressing like he did to finish last season we probably did get BPA at the time. Edited March 17, 2019 by CaptnCoke11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codyny13 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Boca BIlls said: Well it is BPA acording to your draft board which is done by need. Your draft board isn’t done by need. It’s done by grade, but if the value and grade match up with a position of need you take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Ethan in Portland said: Except its all BS. He drafted for need last year. He drafted QB, MLB, CB, G. With four of the first five picks. All need picks. Maybe that's because $50MM in dead cap stops you from doing much in free agency? Edited March 17, 2019 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyBills Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 3 hours ago, fansince88 said: Last year he couldnt work the FA. He was cap strapped. Pay attention. Exactly lol. All by design. Had a ton of flexibility in FA and will have a ton of flexibility in the draft. The Bills will arrive in 2019. I been saying this. I think ppl are starting to Billieve and understand the vision 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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