stevewin Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Brandon Beane on Sirius NFL Radio Movin’ the Chains 4/29 - Great offseason for Buffalo - Thanks - we like what we’ve been able to get done, the draft was fun. We felt like going into free agency we were able to hit enough of our needs that we didn’t have to go chase a certain position. The 3 tech was probably the one , losing Kyle Williams, that if you were going to pick a hole that we really wanted to come out of there with we did. We didn’t know if it would fall our way but we were sure thrilled that Ed Oliver was there at 9. - Oliver - It’s hard to be patient, believe me prior to the draft I made a lot of calls up and down, you know behind us to but especially – you know partly to find out who’s willing to move and who’s not – that way you kind of get an idea of who’s already sold on who they’re picking, and we kind of got an idea of the teams that were willing to move and then we also got an understanding of the teams who have a guy and based on what you’re hearing behing the scenes or putting two and two together of mocks of kind of who they like. We went through a lot of mock scenarios ourselves – think we did about 8 - we did some of just the first round, some of the first two rounds, and one all the way to our 74th pick in the 3rd round just to kind of give us an idea of the options we may get at 9. - Cody Ford - We thought he was a perfect fit, we had high grades on him, high enough that we looked as it got into the late 20s of the draft on Thurs night we were looking and talking. This draft was deep in a lot of areas, we didn’t want to throw too much at it. We had conversations, but we decided that along with him there were some tackles on the board that people may chase – so we remained patient but they started to come off pretty early in round 2 and fortunately for us we only had to move up two spots and give up the 5th to secure Cody - Singletary - I told our local media here he was the funnest guy I watched of all players. When you put the tape on he can make you miss in a phonebooth, he’s not a home run hitter, but his lateral quickness, his vision, I would say is rare. He’s an instinctive runner. He’s not tall but he’s got a good lower to him. His contact balance is very good. We just saw a guy who could crate on his own. One of the things you look at is what are the holes these guys are running through – at all levels – and I wouldn’t say he had a lot of holes – I would say he created a lot of that on his own. There were some plays that could have been a 3-4 yd loss and he got 5-6 out of it and you’re going how the heck did he do that. We liked him, we do think he fits, he brings a young guy in. We got a couple older guys in Lesean and Frank and we thought this was a good time to draft a new guy and let him learn from these guys - Vosean Joseph, Jaquan Johnson, Darryl Johnson - Vosean if you watch him is a very instinctive player, a little undersized maybe – but he makes a lot of plays, he plays bigger than his size. In this league you can have 2 down or 3 down backers and we feel this guy can match up and cover RBs and TEs . We just like his upside, he played with his hair on fire – we think he’ll help us on special teams to start out and then kind of learn – we go Lorenzo Alexander here who’s a veteran who can teach him and hopefully in year 2 he can compete to start at one of our outside spots. Jaquan is just a really good football player. He’s not a guy that tests well in T shirt and shorts – that’s one of the things we talked to the coaches about. I don’t think this guy is going to flash in May or June necessarily, but I think in 11 on 11, you get the pads on he’s just a really good football player. I saw him live at his bowl game and he was one of the best players on their defense. I think his game will translate – also a good special teams player Darryl Johnson, smaller level school – we sent one of our coaches and one of our personnel guys to spend some time with him and work him out. He’s got a lot of raw skills – we like it we think some it translates, awe thought it was worth a shot there. You’re always looking for rushers. Looking forward to getting him up here and start working with him - Knox - Opposite of some of the other guys I was talking about - he tests really well. Really good athlete, walk-on, kind of came in with a chip on his shoulder – former QB, realy smart, really understands the game, can see the wide lense of the field conceptually. At Ole Miss he did have a couple injuries that I think lowered his production. He’s also playing with AJ Brown, Metcalf, Damarkus Lodge so he wasn’t the first target. We think he’ll help our offense. The TE is a big part of this offense. He’s a fast guy who can work down the seam – he wasn’t asked to block a lot but when he was you saw a guy that would stick his face in there. He needs to clean up some technique but we like him as a dual threat that we can develop - Sweeney - Saw him a the senior bowl. Just a tough – not saying he’s a sexy pick but I think he’s a guy who’s going to learn the ropes and going to play in this league. Looking forward to getting him in here. Super smart, super tough, he’s just a really good football player. - Trades - I try to follow the board. When you can also answer a need that’s the perfect fit. If you’re in the 3rd round you don’t want to be reaching down to the 4th round to get guys. The Knox move, we had just picked Singletary and we saw some TEs coming off and we were worried – our next pick was 112 – and we’re like man I don’t think he’s going to be there – and then after that we just felt like it was going to start to drop off. So you go, you know if we want to get a TE, we need one, we’d like to get him at least at the value we had him. That’s my deal – if we can answer a need and do that without reaching then trade up – esp if he’s sticking out on your board that he’s worth the value – and he was the highest player on our board at that time. - Senior Bowl - I love it – the year before we drafted 4-5 guys from the senior bowl. I love the senior bowl. People for a while were leaning towards the underclassmen, the upside, but there’s something to be said for guys who have played 4-5 yrs. Maturity, they’re just older – maybe they haven’t been the guy that’s always been most sought after and they have the chip on their shoulder. A lot of these guys succeed – they want it more than a guy who’s maybe had his butt kissed a little bit. I really like those guys - it’s also an oppty to spend as much time with guys as we can. Last time to see these guys in pads. 3 7 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkeerie Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Thanks for posting this. Very good read! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, jkeerie said: Thanks for posting this. Very good read! Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Love the comment about the players whose butt are kissed; some of those cannot handle having to play special teams. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 1 hour ago, stevewin said: Brandon Beane on Sirius NFL Radio Movin’ the Chains 4/29 - Great offseason for Buffalo - Thanks - we like what we’ve been able to get done, the draft was fun. We felt like going into free agency we were able to hit enough of our needs that we didn’t have to go chase a certain position. The 3 tech was probably the one , losing Kyle Williams, that if you were going to pick a hole that we really wanted to come out of there with we did. We didn’t know if it would fall our way but we were sure thrilled that Ed Oliver was there at 9. - Oliver - It’s hard to be patient, believe me prior to the draft I made a lot of calls up and down, you know behind us to but especially – you know partly to find out who’s willing to move and who’s not – that way you kind of get an idea of who’s already sold on who they’re picking, and we kind of got an idea of the teams that were willing to move and then we also got an understanding of the teams who have a guy and based on what you’re hearing behing the scenes or putting two and two together of mocks of kind of who they like. We went through a lot of mock scenarios ourselves – think we did about 8 - we did some of just the first round, some of the first two rounds, and one all the way to our 74th pick in the 3rd round just to kind of give us an idea of the options we may get at 9. - Cody Ford - We thought he was a perfect fit, we had high grades on him, high enough that we looked as it got into the late 20s of the draft on Thurs night we were looking and talking. This draft was deep in a lot of areas, we didn’t want to throw too much at it. We had conversations, but we decided that along with him there were some tackles on the board that people may chase – so we remained patient but they started to come off pretty early in round 2 and fortunately for us we only had to move up two spots and give up the 5th to secure Cody - Singletary - I told our local media here he was the funnest guy I watched of all players. When you put the tape on he can make you miss in a phonebooth, he’s not a home run hitter, but his lateral quickness, his vision, I would say is rare. He’s an instinctive runner. He’s not tall but he’s got a good lower to him. His contact balance is very good. We just saw a guy who could crate on his own. One of the things you look at is what are the holes these guys are running through – at all levels – and I wouldn’t say he had a lot of holes – I would say he created a lot of that on his own. There were some plays that could have been a 3-4 yd loss and he got 5-6 out of it and you’re going how the heck did he do that. We liked him, we do think he fits, he brings a young guy in. We got a couple older guys in Lesean and Frank and we thought this was a good time to draft a new guy and let him learn from these guys - Vosean Joseph, Jaquan Johnson, Darryl Johnson - Vosean if you watch him is a very instinctive player, a little undersized maybe – but he makes a lot of plays, he plays bigger than his size. In this league you can have 2 down or 3 down backers and we feel this guy can match up and cover RBs and TEs . We just like his upside, he played with his hair on fire – we think he’ll help us on special teams to start out and then kind of learn – we go Lorenzo Alexander here who’s a veteran who can teach him and hopefully in year 2 he can compete to start at one of our outside spots. Jaquan is just a really good football player. He’s not a guy that tests well in T shirt and shorts – that’s one of the things we talked to the coaches about. I don’t think this guy is going to flash in May or June necessarily, but I think in 11 on 11, you get the pads on he’s just a really good football player. I saw him live at his bowl game and he was one of the best players on their defense. I think his game will translate – also a good special teams player Darryl Johnson, smaller level school – we sent one of our coaches and one of our personnel guys to spend some time with him and work him out. He’s got a lot of raw skills – we like it we think some it translates, awe thought it was worth a shot there. You’re always looking for rushers. Looking forward to getting him up here and start working with him - Knox - Opposite of some of the other guys I was talking about - he tests really well. Really good athlete, walk-on, kind of came in with a chip on his shoulder – former QB, realy smart, really understands the game, can see the wide lense of the field conceptually. At Ole Miss he did have a couple injuries that I think lowered his production. He’s also playing with AJ Brown, Metcalf, Damarkus Lodge so he wasn’t the first target. We think he’ll help our offense. The TE is a big part of this offense. He’s a fast guy who can work down the seam – he wasn’t asked to block a lot but when he was you saw a guy that would stick his face in there. He needs to clean up some technique but we like him as a dual threat that we can develop - Sweeney - Saw him a the senior bowl. Just a tough – not saying he’s a sexy pick but I think he’s a guy who’s going to learn the ropes and going to play in this league. Looking forward to getting him in here. Super smart, super tough, he’s just a really good football player. - Trades - I try to follow the board. When you can also answer a need that’s the perfect fit. If you’re in the 3rd round you don’t want to be reaching down to the 4th round to get guys. The Knox move, we had just picked Singletary and we saw some TEs coming off and we were worried – our next pick was 112 – and we’re like man I don’t think he’s going to be there – and then after that we just felt like it was going to start to drop off. So you go, you know if we want to get a TE, we need one, we’d like to get him at least at the value we had him. That’s my deal – if we can answer a need and do that without reaching then trade up – esp if he’s sticking out on your board that he’s worth the value – and he was the highest player on our board at that time. - Senior Bowl - I love it – the year before we drafted 4-5 guys from the senior bowl. I love the senior bowl. People for a while were leaning towards the underclassmen, the upside, but there’s something to be said for guys who have played 4-5 yrs. Maturity, they’re just older – maybe they haven’t been the guy that’s always been most sought after and they have the chip on their shoulder. A lot of these guys succeed – they want it more than a guy who’s maybe had his butt kissed a little bit. I really like those guys - it’s also an oppty to spend as much time with guys as we can. Last time to see these guys in pads. Thanks for taking the time to annotate this. Very much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yungmack Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Good reporting. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Thanks for taking the time to d9 this @stevewin. It’s apprecitaed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Formerly Allan in MD Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Thanks for posting. One thing I wonder is whether we preferred Singletary or Montgomery, who was picked shortly before Singletary. In any case, it was a fine draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Paulson Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 TY Steve!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippery Rubber Mats Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Nicely done, thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forward Progress Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 20 hours ago, stevewin said: prior to the draft I made a lot of calls up and down, you know behind us to but especially – you know partly to find out who’s willing to move and who’s not – that way you kind of get an idea of who’s already sold on who they’re picking, and we kind of got an idea of the teams that were willing to move and then we also got an understanding of the teams who have a guy and based on what you’re hearing behing the scenes I really liked this quote. It's clear that Beane is incredibly thorough in his preparation for the draft. By understanding the most probable actions of the teams ahead, he was able to sit patiently at nine to draft Oliver. From reading another quote from Beane, he had a trade partner in place to trade down if Oliver had come off the board. I think we are lucky to have the GM that we have. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eball Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Forward Progress said: I really liked this quote. It's clear that Beane is incredibly thorough in his preparation for the draft. By understanding the most probable actions of the teams ahead, he was able to sit patiently at nine to draft Oliver. From reading another quote from Beane, he had a trade partner in place to trade down if Oliver had come off the board. I think we are lucky to have the GM that we have. I'm glad you pointed this out because there are too many fans who don't give Beane credit for the preparation and think he just "got lucky" the pick fell into his lap. You can bet he had a sense of what Oakland and the Giants were going to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewin Posted May 1, 2019 Author Share Posted May 1, 2019 18 hours ago, Forward Progress said: I really liked this quote. It's clear that Beane is incredibly thorough in his preparation for the draft. By understanding the most probable actions of the teams ahead, he was able to sit patiently at nine to draft Oliver. From reading another quote from Beane, he had a trade partner in place to trade down if Oliver had come off the board. I think we are lucky to have the GM that we have. I also found that part especially interesting - the diligence to make those calls to help get an idea of what teams were thinking (to go along with the array of other data points) - Beane comes off more and more impressive to me each new interview I hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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