Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 We are less than 48hrs out from the completion of the first found of the draft. What is your biggest hot take? Mine is Darnell Washington being the first tight end off the board. I think this still qualifies as a hot take. I have seen some recent rankings and mocks that have Washington as the first tight end off the board or the second highest graded right end in the draft. Still, the overall consensus I think is that he is a second round prospect and the #3 TE. Some rumblings of possible medical issues but those could maybe be smoke screens. And after seeing how Gronk’s career panned out after his serious medical red flags I think more than one GM will be willing to take a gamble on him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 16 minutes ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said: We are less than 48hrs out from the completion of the first found of the draft. What is your biggest hot take? Mine is Darnell Washington being the first tight end off the board. I think this still qualifies as a hot take. I have seen some recent rankings and mocks that have Washington as the first tight end off the board or the second highest graded right end in the draft. Still, the overall consensus I think is that he is a second round prospect and the #3 TE. Some rumblings of possible medical issues but those could maybe be smoke screens. And after seeing how Gronk’s career panned out after his serious medical red flags I think more than one GM will be willing to take a gamble on him. It's not an exact comp but Washington reminds me a lot of Johnny U's favorite target 1 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blitz Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Zay Flowers falls out of the first round. JSN Johnston Addison Only 3 WR go in RD 1. Unless we go Downs - I can live with Hyatt to I think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QLBillsFan Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 The Bills take Marte Mapu late in the draft and he plays a hybrid LB/S role ultimately winning the MLB starting spot by mid season. The Bills go WR early and miss out on Campbell and Sanders. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 (edited) Hot take.... Jack Campbell will still be on the board at #59. Edited April 26, 2023 by GunnerBill 4 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Matter_What Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 6 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: Hot take.... Jack Campbell will still be on the board at #59. If you're right, will he be on the board at #60? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NastyNateSoldiers Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 I’m sorry I got 2 #1 - Only 1 Wr will be drafted in the first rd #2- AdeTommy Adebawore will be a Pro Bowler by yr 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPoy88 Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said: We are less than 48hrs out from the completion of the first found of the draft. What is your biggest hot take? Mine is Darnell Washington being the first tight end off the board. I think this still qualifies as a hot take. I have seen some recent rankings and mocks that have Washington as the first tight end off the board or the second highest graded right end in the draft. Still, the overall consensus I think is that he is a second round prospect and the #3 TE. Some rumblings of possible medical issues but those could maybe be smoke screens. And after seeing how Gronk’s career panned out after his serious medical red flags I think more than one GM will be willing to take a gamble on him. my hot take is I’m going to laugh at all the beat, fat, old, whipped wannabe draft experts here that skewer Beane no matter who he picks just because he didn’t pick their guy. edit: it’s not actually a “hot” take, I’ve done it for several years now. Edited April 26, 2023 by JoPoy88 2 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 The Bills move up to #24 swapping 1sts with the Jaguars and giving them our 4th rounder. Similar to what we did last year. We leapfrog the Giants to take Jordan Addison or Zay Flowers (whichever one is left). 5 1 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefan66 Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Beane will draft BPA first round and then fill needs remainder of draft with trades if need be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 3 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said: It's not an exact comp but Washington reminds me a lot of Johnny U's favorite target IIRC Johnny was very upset when Leo Durocher stole this two sport athlete and future HR king. Rashee Rice will have one of the two best careers of WRs in this draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipster19 Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 The Bills will trade off Oliver to move up in the draft. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1105 Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 2 hours ago, GunnerBill said: Hot take.... Jack Campbell will still be on the board at #59. it’s only a hot take on this board. I think both you and I know that with the exception of maybe Simpson that those guys never were being picked in round 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Whoever we end up, taking in round one, even if I hated the night of by the time the next day rolls around, I will have found a way to like it 1 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1105 Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 All top 7 TEs are gone by the end of round 2. Mayer, Kincaid, Musgrave, Washington, LaPorta, Kraft, Schoonmaker. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEBills Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 If Will Levis is there at 14, he is a patriot 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78thealltimegreat Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 (edited) If true there’s really only about 15 players with consensus first round grades someone we all thought would be top 15 will be there when the Bills pick… The guys this year will be Notre Dame TE Michael Mayer and WR Jordan Addison Beane will skip them to draft Mazi Smith of Michigan Edited April 26, 2023 by 78thealltimegreat 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBaumer Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 All of this draft excitement and hype is hilarious because the bills won’t even be picking Thursday night 😂 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverOutNick Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 5 hours ago, Big Blitz said: Zay Flowers falls out of the first round. JSN Johnston Addison Only 3 WR go in RD 1. Unless we go Downs - I can live with Hyatt to I think. I’ll go opposite and say Zay Flowers will be the first WR taken. He’s who I want the bills to take but GMs know he’s the most talented WR in this class and he will go first 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirAndrew Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 This is a weak draft class, with very few guys who are going to be game changers. There also aren’t any franchise QB’s in this class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBeaneBandit Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 55 minutes ago, gonzo1105 said: All top 7 TEs are gone by the end of round 2. Mayer, Kincaid, Musgrave, Washington, LaPorta, Kraft, Schoonmaker. I'm very much expecting this.....I'm hoping we land one. This is the year to weaponize Josh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donuts and Doritos Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 (edited) Bills trade out of the 1st to the early 2nd round, pick up additional picks including another 3rd rounder. Edited April 26, 2023 by Donuts and Doritos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Teams trying to trade out of the end of the first round will be sorely disappointed in the offered returns. Most will choose to just make their pick. 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 6 minutes ago, TheBeaneBandit said: I'm very much expecting this.....I'm hoping we land one. This is the year to weaponize Josh. Hope whichever TE the Bills get can 'go long'...🤨 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBeaneBandit Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 4 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said: Hope whichever TE the Bills get can 'go long'...🤨 Don't worry, a new WR is gonna be added by early Saturday at the latest, one way or another. Trade, draft, maybe both, but it's definitely happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyndonvilleBill Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 First 3 picks will be on Defense. 😁 1 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProcessTruster Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 None of the Bills draftees starts week 1. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillyG Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 With the perceived lack of top end talent in round 1, team draft boards are all very different this year. This will lead to a TON of talk about teams "reaching" and many of the guys mocked in the 12-20 range will still be on the board when the Bills pick. This includes at least 1 of the top 4 mentioned QBs and wouldn't shock me to see either Levis or Richardson drop out of round 1 altogether. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NastyNateSoldiers Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 3 hours ago, Doc Brown said: The Bills move up to #24 swapping 1sts with the Jaguars and giving them our 4th rounder. Similar to what we did last year. We leapfrog the Giants to take Jordan Addison or Zay Flowers (whichever one is left). Don’t worry Both those scrubs will be there at #27. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akcash Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 I have a lot but mine is trade back as much as possible, draft big people, don't reach on LB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 1 hour ago, gonzo1105 said: All top 7 TEs are gone by the end of round 2. Mayer, Kincaid, Musgrave, Washington, LaPorta, Kraft, Schoonmaker. Interesting. I definitely have 6 going. Schoonmaker too would be an interesting development. 4 hours ago, No_Matter_What said: If you're right, will he be on the board at #60? Yea in the event he gets there I think they'd take him. I am not saying he definitely will but if I have a controversial (at least on this board) thing that I think might happen tomorrow night, it is Campbell falling much further than people expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1105 Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 3 minutes ago, GunnerBill said: Interesting. I definitely have 6 going. Schoonmaker too would be an interesting development. I don’t have any insight tbh but TEs in this game as we know have become vital. Once those top 6 come off there is a drop after 7 so I think someone reaches on schoomaker to make sure they get one of the top 7 compared to whoever they have at 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finn Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 With JSM long gone, Giants take Addison and the Chiefs trade up one spot ahead of us to take Flowers, leaving us with Johnson, who doesn't fit our needs, and three players who should be taken in the second-round: Hyatt, Downs, and Mims. I don't think that's the end of the world, since we could trade down and pick up a fourth or fifth. But a Hopkins trade would be imperative if we want to go all the way this year. Diggs, Hopkins, Downs, Davis, Shakir, Harty, Sherfield, along with Knox and one of the TE in the draft... I'll take that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunnerBill Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 8 minutes ago, gonzo1105 said: I don’t have any insight tbh but TEs in this game as we know have become vital. Once those top 6 come off there is a drop after 7 so I think someone reaches on schoomaker to make sure they get one of the top 7 compared to whoever they have at 8 So I have the drop after 6 personally. I like Schoonmaker (I understand the Bills like him too fwiw) but I'm not sure I see a day 2 talent there. I think he is a day 3 guy. But I can see a team towards the end of round 2 or the very top of the 3rd having looked at this class and thought "we'll get a tight end in the second" going on the clock with 6 taken and reaching. It wouldn't be the first time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1105 Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 1 minute ago, GunnerBill said: So I have the drop after 6 personally. I like Schoonmaker (I understand the Bills like him too fwiw) but I'm not sure I see a day 2 talent there. I think he is a day 3 guy. But I can see a team towards the end of round 2 or the very top of the 3rd having looked at this class and thought "we'll get a tight end in the second" going on the clock with 6 taken and reaching. It wouldn't be the first time. Yes that’s what I see happening . I have Schoonmaker as a 3rd rounder so it makes more sense I guess with my ranking than yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjv Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 If Bijon Robinson is on the board at 20, the Bills jump in front of the LA Chargers and draft Robinson. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Beanie trades down to get an extra 2nd, and then trades a 2nd for Hopkins. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoolhouserock Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 Anthony Richardson will be the most successful QB taken in this draft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantha Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 (edited) ONE of these top ranked players will slip to the bottom of round two or even to round 3. It seems to happen every year. Some round 1 talent takes an unexpected tumble. Last year for example, Utah Linebacker Nakobe Dean who was graded on most sources as a 1st round prospect, tumbled to the third round. I could see the same thing for SOMEONE on the list below. I've bolded a few that could have a higher chance of slipping... Christian Gonzalez CB OREGON Nolan Smith ED GEORGIA Calijah Kancey DI PITTSBURGH Brian Branch S ALABAMA Paris Johnson Jr. T OHIO STATE Myles Murphy ED CLEMSON Deonte Banks CB MARYLAND Michael Mayer TE NOTRE DAME Broderick Jones T GEORGIA Jordan Addison WR USC Anton Harrison T OKLAHOMA Emmanuel Forbes CB MISS STATE Lukas Van Ness ED IOWA Tyree Wilson ED TEXAS TECH Will McDonald IV ED IOWA STATE O'Cyrus Torrence G FLORIDA Dawand Jones T OHIO STATE Edited April 26, 2023 by Yantha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted April 26, 2023 Share Posted April 26, 2023 6 hours ago, GunnerBill said: Hot take.... Jack Campbell will still be on the board at #59. But he’s so athletic!!! 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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