Simms breakdown of the game
I hadn’t seen this posted yet, but if it has, apologies. The basic takeaway: Simms sounds like us, and his recommendation — that the Bills need more Jimmies and Joes — makes a ton of sense. Specifically, he says they need one more top-level pass catching threat, an elite d-lineman that teams have to worry about, and another good cover corner. That all makes sense to me (I’ve been thinking for a while that they need an upgrade at the other corner spot).
I know that technically Beane wasn't with the Bills for the 2017 draft, but at the time word came out that they Panthers loved Zay Jones and Dion Dawkins, and the Bills traded up one slot ahead of Carolina to get Dawkins and a couple of slots ahead of Carolina to get Jones. I have to think that the conversations occurred between McDermott and Beane beforehand.
https://www.panthers.com/video/scouts-buzzing-about-zay-jones-18679168
https://www.espn.com/blog/carolina-panthers/post