The Bills will be better in 2024 and everyone overreacted

[transplantbillsfan]

On 4/25/2024 at 10:49 AM, transplantbillsfan said:

So... let's see how our roster improves starting tonight.  I said I think the Bills will be better this upcoming season... I still think they will. 

 

As of this moment, just hours before the draft, this is how I view the Buffalo Bills roster at the moment.

 

And yes, we can field a 53 man team that consists of zero guys I'd strictly put in the "Practice Squad" category.

 

LOCKS (1st-5th round rookies included)

Close to locks

Baseline rosterable depth 

Players the team seems somehow invested in

Rookie 6th or 7th round pick

          STARTER              2ND                                 3RD                              4TH

QB  Josh Allen              Mitchell Trubisky      Shane Buechele

RB  James Cook           Ty Johnson               Ray Davis          Darrynton Evans-

WR  Khalil Shakir          Justin Shorter          Tyrell Shavers

WR  Curtis Samuel       Andy Isabella.       Quinton Cephus          Bryan Thompson

WR  Keon Coleman      Mack Hollins         KJ Hamler

TE   Dalton Kincaid       Dawson Knox         Quintin Morris         Tre' McKitty

FB    Reggie Gilliam

LT    Dion Dawkins         Ryan Van Demark    Travis Clayton     Richard Gouraige

LG    David Edwards       Alec Anderson

C     Connor McGovern   Will Clapp

RG    O'Cyrus Torrence    Sedrick Van Pran-Granger         Kevin Jarvis

RT    Spencer Brown        La'el Collins.         Tylan Grable          Tommy Doyle 

 

            STARTER              2ND                           3RD                       4TH

LDE      Greg Rousseau   Javon Soloman        Kameron Cline

LDT      DaQuan Jones     Austin Johnson        Eli Ankou

RDT      Ed Oliver               DeWayne Carter.         DeShawn Williams

RDE      Von Miller              AJ Epenesa              Casey Toohill       Kingsley Jonathan

WLB      Matt Milano             Edefuan Ulufoshio

MLB      Terrel Bernard        Baylon Spector

SLB       Nicholas Morrow    Dorian Williams

LCB       Rasul Douglas        Kaiir Elam                   Kyron Brown

SS         Cole Bishop          Taylor Rapp          Kendall Williamson

FS          Mike Edwards         Cam Lewis                 Damar Hamlin

RCB       Christian Benford    Taron Johnson         Daequan Hardy           Ja'Marcus Ingram

 

            STARTER              2ND                           3RD                   4TH

PK        Tyler Bass

P          Sam Martin         Matt Haack

H          Sam Martin         Matt Haack

PR        Khalil Shakir         

KR        Khalil Shakir         Andy Isabella

LS        Reid Ferguson

 

53 man roster

41  LOCKS

10 close to locks

5  baseline rosterable depth 

5  Players the team seems somehow invested in

3 6th or 7th round draft picks 

 

*EDITED POST DRAFT... UDFAs not included*

 

So after the draft I believe we've filled out our roster pretty nicely.

 

Everyone is absolutely freaking out about our WR corps, but I think we've underestimated the likelihood that Brady has some planned role in this offense for Hamler or Isabella... whoever wins that 2-way competition. Those 2 guys are basically the exact player that would complement the drafting of Coleman.

 

And Justin Shorter still lurks at the bottom of our depth chart as that sneaky 5th round contributor Beane is known to draft.