Buffalo Bills Consensus Draft Grades

[ROCBillsBeliever]

One thing I keep coming back to in my mind is that if you're a team other than the Bills, the Bills are a few selections ahead of you, and Buffalo's already drafted a DT or a CB, you might think to yourself that your guy is going to be safe. 

 

Nope... Not with B.B.B. calling the shots.

 

Is it logical to keep hammering positions? Debatable.

 

Is it logical to suspect another team is going to keep going back to the CB or DT well? Nope... Not really.

 

That's part of some Beane magic: Making other GM's make mistakes and miss their guys. I like that aspect of what he did. 

[Goin Breakdown]

On 4/26/2025 at 10:44 PM, Johnnycage46 said:

I for incomplete is the only correct answer. The draft ended like 5 hours ago.

Incomplete!?  Name one bad play any of these picks have made in the last 5 hours. I'm waaaaiting. 

[MrEpsYtown]

Athletic article: 

 

The Bills used their first five choices for defense. After the draft, Beane went on offense by ripping critics who thought Buffalo should have done more to address the receiver position (the team waited until the seventh round to select one and later signed Elijah Moore).

 

Reactions from executives fell into two categories:

 

• Let it go: “Reading and listening to everything that is said about your team and collecting receipts is exhausting. Let it go.”

 

• More power to ya: “If it was anybody but a handful of GMs, I’d say that is bad form, but he has walked the walk, and he has backed it up. When you do that, you earn that. Their fan base and media are a little spoiled. Don’t forget how bad it was before.”

 

The second exec thought the Bills’ receiving corps is better now than it was last season, when Buffalo fielded the NFL’s second-ranked offense by EPA per play, per TruMedia.

 

But this draft was all about defense.

 

“They got a fast corner for the first time maybe ever,” an exec said of first-round choice Maxwell Hairston. “He is maybe the most athletic corner in the draft, a potential No. 1 corner. Anybody would take that kid, no matter what, because of the speed.”

 

The huge influx of personnel on defense points to a youth movement. The unit’s average age on a snap-weighted basis dropped from third oldest in 2023 to 13th oldest last season. By comparison, Buffalo’s primary AFC rival, Kansas City, has fielded one of the five youngest defenses by that measure in recent seasons.

 

Third-round pass rusher Landon Jackson will be a player to watch. The fit in Buffalo could be better than elsewhere.

“They figure they are going to be ahead in most games and play in sub all the time, so he becomes a designated pass rusher for them, which makes sense,” an exec said. “The miss factor for him would be if a 3-4 team tried to make a case for him.”

 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6324247/2025/05/01/nfl-draft-2025-afc-teams-browns/?campaign=13401462&source=athletic_targeted_email&userId=25693940