Bills 6th Round Pick (#1) : Dorian Strong - CB - VA Tech

[bills6969]

McDermott in the war room drafting only CBs

 

 

 

[BuffaloBillies]

Love the depth - have to disaster check - what if someone blows out knee in camp. Sh*t happens

[Bag of Milk]

Not going to question it when the Bills take a CB in the 6th round. See Christian Benford.

 

Have to admit that this is very good value 

 

[The Jokeman]

  On 4/26/2025 at 7:53 PM, Beast said:

I wonder if they’ve seeing a decline in Taron Johnson’s play with all these CB’s.

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The kid from Ohio State looking like a S now. 

[Process]

Seems like a good value pick.

 

Think you can say goodbye to Jackson, Ingram and Lewis. 

[BigdaddyinOrlando]

Beane went to the restroom and McDermott picked his guy, Beanes card probably said Bond! Lol

[FireChans]

  On 4/26/2025 at 7:53 PM, Special K said:

Bills new revolutionary Defensive formation.....4 DT's and 7 CB's!!!!!!!

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The “Shilling” alignment 

[blacklabel]

I don't mind them going with three corners if that's what they think they needed. 

 

It does make me wonder if they have some concerns about Benford's health long term. I know they gave him the extension so I would assume all the medicals checked out well. But getting two concussions back to back like he did is no bueno. 

[Delete_Delete_Delete]

  On 4/26/2025 at 7:51 PM, Steptide said:

So uhhhh, Josh carrying the offense again this season

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If it ain’t broke…

[BillsFanForever19]

Wow. So we lost Douglas and Elam. We signed White and Jackson. Now we've Drafted Hairston, Hancock, and Strong.

 

There's going to be a lot of cuts at CB. 

[Brandon]

I like it.  The value at CB going into those three picks was just too high to ignore and I don't blame them at all for taking advantage of it.  

[JoeF]

From Dane Brugler - the Athletic (properly footnoted)

 

A five-year starter at Virginia Tech, Strong was the field cornerback in head coach Brent Pry’s coverage scheme. After suffering a season-ending injury in 2022, he started 25 consecutive games the past two seasons. He combined for 19 passes defended and five interceptions while allowing just 39.6 percent completions when targeted (36-for-91).

 

Despite having average length, Strong gets physical early and maintains positioning to make quarterbacks second-guess targeting constricted windows. He can function well in zone because of his pattern recognition and effectiveness in run support. Overall, Strong doesn’t have ideal foot speed or twitch for what some NFL teams desire, but he is a quick, instinctive player with the competitive profile other teams will highly value. He projects as a rookie reserve.

[Clyde Smith]

  On 4/26/2025 at 7:55 PM, Process said:

Seems like a good value pick.

 

Think you can say goodbye to Jackson, Ingram and Lewis. 

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More like Dane and Coddrington(sp).

[kitchen sink]

  On 4/26/2025 at 7:57 PM, BillsFanForever19 said:

Wow. So we lost Douglas and Elam. We signed White and Jackson. Now we've Drafted Hairston, Hancock, and Strong.

 

There's going to be a lot of cuts at CB. 

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Or maybe an end of camp trade for a 2026 5th round pick?

[nedboy7]

If White gets cut how much does he make?  I have no idea how salaries work.  LOL

[MAJBobby]

The secondary was an issue last year. 
 

and Dane Jackson and Tre on the twilight tour wasn’t fixing that. 
 

this has been a good draft in addressing the problem areas of the Bills. 
 

now we see if the players pan out. 

[Kaenon]

  On 4/26/2025 at 7:55 PM, The Jokeman said:

The kid from Ohio State looking like a S now. 

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Possibly.

Played a little bit of it I think.

[YoloinOhio]

  On 4/26/2025 at 7:54 PM, ExWNYer said:

 

It's 2025 in a passing league. He needs to get with the times. They have one of the better O-lines in football and addressed the defensive trenches earlier in the draft. They were horrendous against the pass last season.

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I agree, Benford going down at the beginning of the chiefs game and having to replace with Elam was one of the main reasons they lost 

[Doc Brown]

  On 4/26/2025 at 7:51 PM, Steptide said:

So uhhhh, Josh carrying the offense again this season

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We got our TE3.  LOL.  My expectations coming into this draft on offense was a TE3 and maybe an interior OL.  Our defense is what cost us a Super Bowl trip last year and we didn't lose any of our offensive starters from last year.  Maybe swap Palmer for Cooper.  No problem whatsoever with this draft.

[colin]

Benford and Bishop are the only two dbs that played last year who we can be certain will be on the roster next year.  This is getting ready for a house cleaning