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Welcome back to the Buffalo Bread podcast.

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This week's show is titled Draftacular, Part 1.

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We're going to do a quick recap on what Big Ball are being as accomplished at this stage

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of free agency, this late stage of free agency, pre-draft, and then we're going to kind of

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hit our needs.

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And Dan and JJ are going to talk about our big board.

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Now that I've said, you know, reference myself on the third person, Dan, how are you feeling?

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Dan is feeling great, JJ.

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Dan is ready to talk about the draft.

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That's good.

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Dude, I have so good.

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Good, Dan.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, JJ.

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I love talking about the draft.

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This is kind of what I've been itching for.

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And I have to applaud your patience and your strength.

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So for those of you listening who don't know this, I have a very firm rule.

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I do not do any mock drafts until free agency starts.

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And this, this is simply not how one Mr. JJ opposite me operates.

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I begin getting mock drafts from you, sir.

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I think the day after the Super Bowl is over.

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That was the day after the Bill's playoff run ended.

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It is.

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The literal moment they were out of the dance, I was like, okay, let's see what we're going

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to do next year.

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You are single-handedly sustaining the cottage industry of mock draft that is now like ballooned

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in this, in this modern era of NFL fan talk that we live in.

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But um, but I applaud you because I, I, I say to you every year, dude, we cannot talk mock

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draft until free agency happens because too many needs, too many things could shift as

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a result of what being does.

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And every year you are patient, you are accommodating, and now is your time to shine, sir.

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We are now ready for mock draft.

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So it's gonna be a two-parter.

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All right.

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So, the news report has it got on social media.

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This week you're going to get part one, which is going to be our big board.

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Then next week you're going to get our full seven round Buffalo Bill's mock draft here

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of the Buffalo bread podcast.

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JJ, it is draft season, sir.

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Let's get into it.

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Finally, oh my God.

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Um, not to get, not to overstate the point that Dan made, um, but I actually joined the

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like beta testing team for the draft network last year when they were unveiling their new,

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you know, draft machine or their, you know, mock draft machine.

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And so I was in the discord with, you know, all the people checking out features.

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I had the like private link to go to the hidden page to check out the mock draft machine

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and test it out and provide my feedback.

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So that's the level of kind of insanity that we're talking about here.

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This is breaking news.

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I had no clue you were in the beta testing group.

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Oh my God.

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Yeah.

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Your commitment to this mock draft industry, sir.

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It sets you above and beyond any other podcast toast out there, sir.

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I appreciate that.

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Yeah.

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No.

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So if you use the mock draft machine and you like some of the features and the complicated

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trade, you know, metrics and back end system, I had a little bit of a feedback in different

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parts of that process last year.

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Um, so you may say your thank you bourbon to JJ.

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That's JJ.

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Um, yeah, let's not do DSS or so.

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So let's get going with the, the, there's no way to set, set the expectations of the

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draft without like you said, you know, free agency really sets the table.

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And there's been some moves since we last spoke for the Buffalo Bills.

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Um, we have signed Casey to will defensive end, Mike Edwards, safety, uh, will clap lineman

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interior kind of offensive lineman, mostly a center backup and then Austin Johnson.

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And so those are the four kind of major moves.

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I don't think did I miss any of them since we last,

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No, I think you got them all.

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So, um, to give a quick thumbnail on each of those signings for our listeners, uh, Casey

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to L defensive end previously played with the Washington commanders behind, um, sweat

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and, um, chase young, hasn't really done too, too much in the league.

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after the fact.

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Um, had five sacks this past year, which is kind of a career high is absolutely insane

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when it comes to the RS score.

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So he's an, he's an a plus athlete and an elite athlete at the position.

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Um, however, that has not really presented itself in kind of play speed on the field.

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The only thing I could say about his, you know, he's like an amazing motor and pursuit

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player.

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So he reminds me a lot of like a Harrison Phillips, you know, or Kyle Williams type,

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except a better athlete, but he does not give up on plays.

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Sean Watson when he was with Cleveland coming just because he would not give up on a kind

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of play as the Sean Watson left the pocket.

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to catch him from behind.

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And Casey to Hill has done that.

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So I think he's the kind of, he's exactly the kind of player the bills want as a kind

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of higher floor, lower ceiling, D E three, four, um, in order to come in for 20, 30% of

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the snaps on a rotational basis, um, does a solid job of setting the edge does a solid

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job of keeping his rush lane and not giving many escape routes for the quarterback.

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So that's one, um, any comments on any notes on Casey tool before we move on to Mike Edwards?

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No, he feels like a guy that if the bills swig and miss on the draft on an edge, he can

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fill in what the AJ up and as a role has been, which is about like you said, 30% of

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the snaps he's got a great motor.

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He is relentless.

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You know, he's a, he is the profile athletically of what the bills have been going for at the

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position.

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And every year they bring one or two of these guys in and they hope they can unlock something

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in that athletic ability that is beneficial to the roster.

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So we'll see with two Hill, but yeah, I agree.

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Rotational guy probably at best and likely competing for snaps with a rookie.

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And I think that as you mentioned, unlocking something is, is, is the key here.

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If Bill's mafia likes Casey tool, it's because they've, the bills find a way to do something

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no other team has done in his NFL career to this point, which is tapping into that extremely

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athleticism and his elite athletic profile and giving him the tools to use all of his

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juice because that's what, you know, you just don't see it on film with his, you know,

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speed and burst.

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It should be so much faster given how much of an athlete he is.

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And so hopefully, you know, with the two legit if Von Miller can't do, maybe he can teach,

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right?

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And interestingly, the order that we're talking about these people is the order they were

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signed.

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It's also a descending order of athletic profile.

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So Casey to Hill top of the RS RS score for his position.

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Mike Edwards, probably of all of the players I'm going to talk about the best starting

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caliber in terms of, you know, what he can offer day one for this football team on the

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roster.

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Mike Edwards, a safety who played with Tampa Bay for his rookie contract, won a Super Bowl

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when Tom Brady was there and then played for the Chiefs this past year for one year.

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And that actually was an injury fill in for the entire last five games stretch.

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And then the playoffs has a lot of interception production for limited starting roles, and

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is just kind of a solid guy, average athlete, but has good anticipation of where the football

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is going to be has good, you know, eyes for reading the quarterback gets dirty in the

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run game and run support comes up has a pretty high missed tackle rate.

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But that's, you know, largely because he's always inserting himself in the position to

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tackle, and sometimes, you know, it's a little bit off angle.

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But it's interesting because I watching Mike Edwards and we've seen a lot of him because

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he played with the Chiefs all year.

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It's I see the missed tackles show up not because he's a poor tackler, but because unlike

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other safety, he's always where the tackle is happening.

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And there's a lot of safety, so just will stay out of the mess and wait for things to

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happen as the last line of defense.

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Mike Edwards is not that he's very aggressive.

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He's not triggering clicking and closing downhill.

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And so I really like the signing.

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I think that, you know, between him and Taylor wrap, they both have sort of duplicative skill

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sets in some regards.

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But so I think there's still an opportunity in the draft to look for mid round, maybe

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third round, if they ever trade up into that round, safety to come in and kind of compete

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for one of the two starting roles, especially as a deep center fielder like that Mike hide

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position.

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What do you think about Mike Edwards?

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Yeah, I think the Mike Edwards position is as close as you're going to see to a free

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agency replacement for Jordan Boyer.

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You know, and it's interesting at the safety position, JJ, I tend not to worry too much.

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This is an area unlike offensive line, where the Buffalo Bills have my have my unconditional

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confidence that they're going to develop these guys into whatever they need them to

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be.

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The book on Taylor wrap when we signed him was that he was pretty much a box safety,

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he could have been good and run support and hit some guys, but then he ended up playing

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in injury in injury substitution for Mike a hide.

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He ended up playing that center field free safety floating coverage kind of role.

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And while he wasn't as good as high, not many people are at that.

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He showed some chops there.

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I think the bills think they can mold whatever skill set they bring in via draft or free

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agency at that position into whatever it is that they need.

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So this is one of the few times I will say, whatever these guys have been that we're talking

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about its safety in their previous iterations with other team or in college, kind of throw

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out the window, because the bills have this amazing ability to take any player with any

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skill set its safety and develop it for the most part, Jaco and Johnson being the exception,

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develop it for the most part and do exactly what they need to fill the role that they're

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asking that player to play.

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So it'll be interesting to see, but I agree with you.

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I think this pushes safety down the draft board a little bit as far as need goes, probably

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to a day two or even a day three selection.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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And as mentioned, kind of declining our escort, you know, two hills like a 9.5 out of 10.

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Mike Edwards is kind of the six to seven out of 10 range.

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And then we'll clap the offensive interior reserve lineman who's played most of his

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NFL snaps at center can has had some NFL snaps at left and right guard and has had snaps

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at kind of the reserve tight end heavy set tight end like David Edwards did all last

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year, checking into the eligible extra lineman on the line.

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Those are the kind of positions he's played.

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He's like a three out of 10 kind of very poor, athletically, and it shows on his film, he's

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got a super stout anchor, but not the player you expect to like be pulling wide around

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the edge of the line and, you know, getting blocks in space on the move.

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But does a solid job of setting the depth of the pocket has very short arms is not going

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to, you know, wow you with most of his reps, but his has been stable in his career has

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been a decent starter when he's had when he's been called upon.

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I like this too, because this is insurance.

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I think I agree with you that the the bills really hurt their depth on offense.

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And you've been making that point, you know, a few times is, you know, cutting more trading

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baits, doing this whole thing of sliding Conor McGovern over and inserting David Edwards.

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They went from a solid five with two excellent backups to I think a solid five period, right?

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Like end of end of story.

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If they incur any sort of injury, they're sort of in trouble at this point.

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And so I think that still leaves, you know, offensive line as a need.

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Any notes on will clap other than his excellent name to pair with Sean McDermott has an incredible

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name.

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Yes, and it pairs perfectly like a fine wine and cheese with Sean McDermott.

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But this is I mean, this is a move they kind of had to make clap to me as underwhelming.

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I would love for a rookie to supplant him for any meaningful rotational snaps.

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But again, it's to me, it's a signal that the bills, the bills took a strength in the

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offensive line.

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And it's the top five offensive line, I think, and arguably last year.

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And it is so hard, JJ, as we have talked about, to find these guys, particularly the play

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of the interior effectively, to find these guys in any substantial number.

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Look at how many teams the dolphins are still having issues putting together an offensive

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line.

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I don't know what the Patriots are doing with their offensive line.

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But if they bring a rookie into that situation, that is male practice for quarterback development,

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because that O line is still a disaster.

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some things.

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It's hard to find these guys.

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And the bills had not only found a solid starting five, but they also had really, really good

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depth and the moves they made with Morrison Bates didn't the Morse move I get from a salary

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cap perspective, but there was still a salary cap savings to be had by keeping him as well.

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Not as much as the 8.5 they ultimately got, but still could have saved against the cap

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had they restructured and Bates brought them almost nothing against the cap.

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The move to me is going to be the one that when we talk preseason about doing our segment,

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why the bills will win the Super Bowl, why they won't win the Super Bowl, offensive line

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and the shenanigans that this this Buffalo Bills for an office has played there is going

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to be the reason I am holding holding that opinion a bit to see what they do in the draft.

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But at the end of the day, like they took what was the top five unit and they decided

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to do this self imposed rebuild in that unit and and I just don't understand it.

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No, I get it.

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And I think that, you know, it's in a lot of ways.

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I think that it looks like at least from the moves they've made and making we can't be

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in the room so we only can read what they're doing.

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To me, it's a commitment to younger cheaper at the expense of strength.

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And that that's, you know, that's really it.

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That's all I'm seeing here is like, they really said, okay, we are not.

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We are not going to be able to afford Spencer Brown resigning.

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We are not going to be able, they're already probably not going to be able to afford Osiris

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Torrance.

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If he stays on the trajectory he's on considering Robert Hunt just signed five years 20 million

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or 100 million, you know, 20 million per year.

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Like that's, you know, that's what they're looking at right now.

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And so Osiris Torrance being a set the market player that I think it's a commitment to say

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like, okay, we need to get much, much cheaper on the line and we need to rejuvenate with

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youth and I hope that that trends because I will feel much better about it if they take

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a stab at a fourth round interior offensive linemen and then another stab at one in the

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seventh, right?

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Like somebody who they can just just check out and I trust Aaron Kroemer with guys like

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Alec Anderson as depth on the on the line to try to rebuild the interior.

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But really we don't know and that's the big that's the big problem is we went from years

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of projecting with elderly, you know, offensive linemen and hoping that they would, you know,

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have a career resurgence with the bills to now it's an opposite side of the spectrum

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of projecting with, you know, completely unknown quantities and hoping that they develop into

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something meaningful.

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All right, we've got one more to hit before we'll set our set our expectations and positions

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of need and go on our big boards.

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Austin Johnson, he was a college teammate at Penn State with DeQuon Jones.

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And he is the lowest of the lows in terms of these these four signings in terms of our

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RS relative athletic score is like a two like a 1.89 did not test well is not fast is not

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quick or twitchy does not have like the burst from jumping.

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But I'll tell you what he looks like he does.

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He looks like the greatest athlete you've ever seen, he's yoked, and he everything

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that he you would expect him to have problems with on film because of limited athleticism.

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He's one of those outlier he's like the opposite of Casey Tull.

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Casey Tull should be a 10 sack a year consistent starter based on his athleticism and how you

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know explosive he is, he hasn't put it together.

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Austin Johnson should be seventh string practice squad based on his relative athletic score,

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but he's a solid rotational interior defensive lineman and exceptionally good at setting

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the anchor in the run game.

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Exactly what you'd expect for somebody who's close friends with DeQuon Jones.

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They play similar games.

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DeQuon, of course, is a plus athlete.

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And Austin Johnson is not but a perfect kind of understudy in that role in the one tech.

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What do you think about Austin Johnson?

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No, I agree and I think you've described him perfectly.

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And I think he he like Jones is going to find a different level to his game in the scheme

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that the bills run very different from what he's coming from.

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It's going to let him focus in the areas of strength that you have seen him flash on game

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film.

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He'll really be able to specialize in this bill scheme.

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So this is actually my favorite signing of the bunch here in late for late round for

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agency that they've made JJ.

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I still think interior defensive line is going to be on the board for them in the draft.

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But this this feels like a really solid stabilizing move for a defensive line that really has

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been in flux.

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Absolutely.

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And with that said, I mean, I think that what we've seen is now, you know, the bill's

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open free agency creating their own holes in the interior of the offensive line depth.

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They had a plan for starting, but they had nothing behind it.

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They had incredible amounts of holes on the defensive line, which they showed up with

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what some of the recent resigning to Juan Jones, a Japan as a and some external signings,

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Casey tool, Austin Johnson.

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And then the safety position was a complete unknown, you know, with Poyer leaving hide

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still out there and undecided in terms of whether or not he's going to play football

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next year.

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And so they resigned wrap, they sign Mike Edwards and they resigned Cam Lewis.

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So we've got, you know, to me, it looks like this may be we may not see other moves until

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after the draft after the draft, there's always a shuffle, there's always bottom of

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the roster stuff that happens, there's always higher priced kind of veteran players, maybe

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on the down, down incline of their career, or the decline of their career, who end up

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on the street as free agents.

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And also after the draft, all of those, you know, signings will no longer count against

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the compend story pick formula, and that's when Brandon mean likes to do some extra work

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likes to hunt for some extra depth and some extra insurance policies at starting positions

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that they may not have hit on in the draft or may not be able to count on from a draft

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pick.

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And so I think that there's some likelihood there, and not to mention, you know, keeping

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keeping mind bills mafia, that as sad as it was to see Tredavious White goes go 10.7

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million comes on the books June 1 for the bills to use in free agency, to use, you know,

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kind of restructure extended signing some some different things they could maybe you

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know rework something with Rachele Douglas for another year, they could look to get Spencer

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Brown done early, there's a lot that could happen with that money.

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Absolutely, buddy.

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And I think given that that is likely to be the case unless there is a surprise to Davian

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Clowney signing by the bills and not the jets, which is possible, which is not how it's looking

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like.

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I will say that I think you are correct.

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I think the bills are done right now in this stage of free agency for the most part.

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And they are now focusing on the April draft, which is where we shall sir now turn our attention.

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So before we get into our big boards, right, so how we're going to do this is we're going

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to line up for you the positions of need that we think the bills have to address in the

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draft in April.

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From there, we're going to give you four, maybe five players at each position that

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can be had an either day one, which is round one, day two, which is rounds two or three,

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or day three, which is rounds four through seven, for the Buffalo Bills in the draft,

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we're going to give you some guys that we've talked about extensively like AD Mitchell

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and that kind of stuff at certain positions.

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We're also going to share with you some late round gems that we think could really bolster

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this Buffalo Bills roster.

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So JJ, why don't we kick it off and start with our areas of need?

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All right.

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Where do you want to start with the areas of need you think the bills need to address

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sitting in a post free agency world?

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Yeah, I think that, you know, like we do so often with the podcast, let's break it into

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halves of the kind of halves of the main kind of game offense defense, right?

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And let's start with wide receiver because that's still my number one.

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That's that's the position I want first, first pick in the draft to be a wide receiver.

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I love that you've come on board with this.

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Oh yeah, absolutely.

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No, absolutely.

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Because of what I've seen.

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Curtis Samuel is a reasonable replacement for the wire Z on a fee on the field, right?

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He's young enough.

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You don't have to worry so much about Stefan Diggs taking a step down or back or moving

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into the slot because Curtis Samuel can play that Stefan Diggs role.

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We don't have an X we don't have what Gabe Davis was supposed to be which is the big

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body 64, you know, 200 plus pound solid with blocking beats press coverage off the line

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deep speed threat.

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We don't have that guy on the on the bills roster.

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And now that free agency has kind of settled and it's not like they're trading for T Higgins,

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right?

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So it's it's a position where they absolutely need to plan for the future and to to go into

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this and if there is still like top five, six or seven of the you know, wide receiver

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class on the board at 28 and they go defensive end, I'm going to be pretty disappointed.

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I am to I think that's where it's likely headed though.

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And the Samuel signing is interesting.

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We dug into it a little bit, right?

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He gives you something you already have not something that you need.

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But I also think too, in a lot of these and a lot of these short area, short yardage situations

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where we saw Diggs come off the field last year, JJ, in favor of having Davis Shakir

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and Scherfield, all of whom are elite run blockers.

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I think you see Samuel out there more just to maintain the threat of someone potentially

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running around and catching a pass because listen, no shade of Gabe Davis, but when he

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was out there in those situations, everyone very much knew he was run blocking Scherfield,

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no one was scared of Shakir was really your only guy but still underdeveloped in his usage

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in the scheme at that point.

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I think Samuel is there for when Diggs comes off the field and those we could run or could

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pass short yardage situations where he is still a threat to do what Diggs does, but

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brings a little bit more utility in the run blocking game.

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I mean, I think that's really it's really all it is.

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It's a it's quite a it's a reasonable financial commitment to bringing in someone that can

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give you that kind of versatility.

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But I agree wide receiver is still number one on my board.

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And we'll get into who we think the bill should look at.

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But it's got to be a very specific profile of wide receiver, which is why I'm out on

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guys like lad McConkey, who I know will make some some people sad.

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I'm also out on guys like Xavier worthy like I love the speed, but he's a body catcher,

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right?

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And he's really, really tiny.

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So, so we'll get into that a little bit more.

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JJ sticking with the offensive side of the ball.

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I have offensive line is a blanket need.

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I go in this order, I go interior, and I go tackle.

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But for the Buffalo Bills, they're always looking for guys that have line versatility

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can play multiple positions.

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There are a few guys in this draft that they can target that do have three or even four

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position versatility that I think could address a multitude of needs for them.

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So I've got O-Lide as a blanket.

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I'd like to see them address interior first, particularly the center position center for

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the future.

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But then with Spencer Brown's contract coming up, I do think a developmental tackle is going

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to be in play for them as well.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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And I would agree with that 100%.

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And that sort of concludes my list on offense.

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I don't you don't want a tight end.

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You don't want to get another no, I don't want another tight end unless it's like, you

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know, just sort of like a camp body, sixth, seventh rounder, just to see if they find something

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and maybe has special teams ability.

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I will say sneaky need for me that may be addressed and may surprise some folks is running back

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because the bills, of course, you know, James Cook is their number one bell Kyle back at

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this point.

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Ty Johnson showed a lot and he resigned with the team.

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And I think that happened after the last time we spoke.

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So that was a good resigning.

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I you know, my definition, I think we saw that Joe Brady got a lot out of Ty Johnson.

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And so he's got some good upside.

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He's young, he's athletic.

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So there's advantage there.

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But I still think they're missing that kind of, you know, large, heavy back who can take

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some of the goal line touches away from Josh Allen, get him out of that mess that happens

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in the line in short yardage.

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And so, you know, I think that there's possibilities.

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And this is a bad running back draft, but there are some big body running backs who we've both

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talked about Audric Estime, Breylin Allen, who we've really, really liked that could

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be had potentially in the middle rounds.

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So we'll see.

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That's the last song with you wide receiver offensive line general.

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And then running back or that's that's it for me.

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I kind of just want Joe Milton, if you're going to pick a quarterback in this draft,

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give me Joe Milton out of Tennessee.

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And that's all I'll say about that.

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He's just an athletic freak and I've already talked about him.

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Yeah, absolutely.

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No, I agree.

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So those are those are needs in a lesser capacity.

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Those really are depth additions.

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And really, when you're talking running back, I think you're talking personal protector

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for Josh on clear third passing downs, because I don't think you have that with Cooker Johnson.

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So yeah, that's true.

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All right.

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So yeah, all right, dude, let's switch over to the defensive side of the ball.

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Again, I've got defensive line is a blanket statement here.

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And again, I'm going interior and edge.

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So I'm going interior defensive linemen and like wide receiver, there's a specific profile

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I think we're looking for.

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And that is the one tech.

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The Dequan Jones replacement of the future, someone who can come in, be an understudy to

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Jones and really provide a big gap eating double team eating body, they can really free

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up and unlock at Oliver.

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And then I've got edge because I think again, the epinezory signing was was great, but he's

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only on a two year deal.

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They are likely parting ways with Von Miller at the end of this season, just for salary

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cap reasons alone, and they can finally get out of that contract this year.

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And then Greg Russo, they got to make a decision dude on his fifth year option.

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And he I don't want to use the term injury prone.

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But for we've talked about for a guy with his odd body type, right?

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He has seen a lot of injuries, dinks, dents, that kind of stuff over the course of his

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bill's career, they got to make a decision about him long term too.

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So I think edge is definitely on the board here.

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And while I hate to say this, I think depending on how the board falls edge very well could

451
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be a day one selection for Brandon Bain.

452
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:08,640
No, and we've talked about this, I think it could be too, because it's with the talent

453
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:13,320
of this wide receiver class seven could go before the 21st pick, right?

454
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:17,000
Seven wide receivers could go there just couldn't be the talent, even in striking range for

455
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:20,120
these bills, especially without a third round pick.

456
00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:25,120
And so there could be a situation where they they kind of have to take the second best

457
00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:30,160
or third best edge because the board just demands that, you know, any other pick would

458
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:35,040
be a kind of a waste of position in the draft based on what's available.

459
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:36,200
But we'll see.

460
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:37,200
I agree.

461
00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:38,440
I think I would flip it for myself.

462
00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:45,160
I think edge is the number one of those two positions between edge and interior.

463
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:49,520
And then, you know, I do like some interior depth Austin Johnson, resigning to Juan Jones

464
00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:51,040
for two years.

465
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,200
Those things are like favorable to me.

466
00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:59,080
I feel like even just those three with that Oliver is a solid kind of starting point for

467
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:00,080
the season.

468
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:04,120
And then, you know, they could get some some depth in there from practice squad capable

469
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,360
players and the late round picks to just try somebody out.

470
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:13,240
So I'm not as I'm not in as much of a panic about interior, but I do think that the outside

471
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:18,760
edge rusher needs to be addressed in the top four rounds, at least.

472
00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:20,260
So yeah, I'm with you there.

473
00:29:20,260 --> 00:29:23,000
And then, you know, safety, what are you thinking of safety?

474
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:24,800
I'm thinking safety.

475
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:29,760
I would almost put we're not really ranking these with any kind of scientific system.

476
00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:34,680
I would almost put corner over safety at this point.

477
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:38,920
You know, Rizul Douglas is going to be your one Christian Benford, probably going to play

478
00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:43,280
on the outside opposite of him, Kayer Elam being allowed to compete.

479
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:47,320
You really need to fill that Dane Jackson role of fourth cornerback coming off the board.

480
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,480
And we've seen Christian Benford again.

481
00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:54,400
I don't want to use the injury prone tag, but he has been often injured early on in his

482
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:55,840
Bill's career.

483
00:29:55,840 --> 00:30:00,040
So you need to roll into the season with way more depth.

484
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:04,160
And given where the league has gone, you can never have enough guys that cover.

485
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:09,800
So again, I trust Mick D and that unit was safeties to mold whoever they need to into

486
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:11,400
doing what they need to do.

487
00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:15,640
But I think corner is a position I would put slightly over DB.

488
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:19,920
And again, depending on how the board falls, there are some fast physical corners in this

489
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:21,080
draft.

490
00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:25,800
Depending on how this board falls, I would not I would not be shocked if corner is not

491
00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:31,640
a day one consideration for the bills to really I would be surprised.

492
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,560
I would not be shocked at all.

493
00:30:33,560 --> 00:30:39,120
Based on what I'm reading and like again, you and I don't have insider info necessarily,

494
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:44,600
but there seems to be if you if you like listen to the Bruce exclusive or you read any of

495
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:51,120
the beat writers that are coming out of Buffalo, there seem to seems to be an active consideration

496
00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:55,800
that they really need to bolster their secondary in the face of the defensive line issues they've

497
00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:57,800
seen year over year.

498
00:30:57,800 --> 00:30:59,680
Yeah, no.

499
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:00,680
And I think that's possible.

500
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:05,760
I think that what we see with the bills is that there's a likelihood that they will,

501
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:09,240
you know, attack the big money five positions.

502
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:14,640
And the big five money positions are like, of course, quarterback, offensive tackle, and

503
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:22,000
then on defense, it's corner, it's edge rusher, and then wide receiver back on offense.

504
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:28,920
So those big money five positions are probably going to be the focus and, you know, it's

505
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:30,400
could be a cornerback.

506
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:36,280
I think for me with the bills, it's most likely that the approach to corners going to

507
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:41,000
be like a later in the round pick up for them than a first round.

508
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,480
And I know it's like, like I'm kind of contradicting myself.

509
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:44,760
I said it's a big money position.

510
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:49,680
They will attack that early because cheap contract of a rookie for four years or five

511
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:55,200
years, especially if you get the first round fifth year option is valuable.

512
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:59,400
But I also look at this bill's team and their history with drafting corners, the only one

513
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:04,440
they ever picked above kind of the fourth round was Kyrie Lom.

514
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:08,280
And that has not turned out very well for them because the expectations were very high

515
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,800
and the production very low.

516
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:16,720
And in a draft where the Buffalo Bills pick 28 in the first round, 60 in the second round,

517
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:19,800
and then not again until 128 in the fourth.

518
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:25,040
And then they have two fours, two or three fives, three sixes and a seventh.

519
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:29,560
So I just see corner unless the fit is absolutely perfect.

520
00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:34,800
Cooper DeJane, you know, in the first or somebody like that.

521
00:32:34,800 --> 00:32:38,840
Kool-Aid McHintree was the coolest name in the draft maybe.

522
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:44,040
Unless there's somebody like that coming out and hits right at their 28 pick that's unexpectedly

523
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:45,400
on the board.

524
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,920
I don't I don't see them picking corner early, but I do agree.

525
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:53,760
It's a big money five position and and it could happen there.

526
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,360
For me, though, it's like classic bills.

527
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:57,360
Fifth round.

528
00:32:57,360 --> 00:32:58,360
I know, right?

529
00:32:58,360 --> 00:32:59,680
They're going to go ham on CVs.

530
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:02,640
Let me let me give you a scenario.

531
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:06,680
Kyrie Lom traded draft day for a third round pick.

532
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:07,680
Right.

533
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:08,920
I think of that immediately.

534
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:14,160
I think I think if that happens, I think I think cornerback gets elevated, right?

535
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:20,040
So and and he is when you look at when you look at the bills desire to get back in the

536
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:24,440
third round, because I make no mistake, they thought their comp pick for Tremaine admins

537
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:28,160
was going to land them in the third round, which is why they traded the third round or

538
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:29,920
for a Zool Douglas.

539
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:33,440
They don't have a lot of assets left on the board unless they want to package some of

540
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:39,160
the 10 or 11 picks they have in this year's draft to try to get back up into that range.

541
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:44,280
But a guy like Kyrie Lom with the athletic profile that he has is the most tempting trade

542
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,760
asset they still have on the board.

543
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:52,400
And regardless of the coaching change that we've seen, it could very well be that the

544
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:56,240
bills are ready to kind of cut ties and start over and acknowledge that that pick was a

545
00:33:56,240 --> 00:34:00,080
mistake by trading him to get back into the third round as an asset.

546
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:05,240
I think there are I think there is some four dimensional chess around the cornerback position

547
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:10,080
going on right now at one bills drive, which is why I wouldn't necessarily take it off

548
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:14,600
the board being a day one pick, depending on how things land on the board.

549
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:21,280
Yeah, no, I think that's a completely valid opinion and I'm that changes the whole landscape

550
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:22,280
for me.

551
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:26,320
If they trade away Kyrie Lom, and they don't believe in him anymore to compete for one

552
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:31,440
of those roles at depth or starting, then I think absolutely it pushes that need way

553
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:32,440
up the board.

554
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:40,360
Yeah, so that's for me, I think that mid safety went from a high need to a mid round

555
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:46,200
fill in for me, and again, I'm with you, I trust the bills defense to the scheme and

556
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:52,320
McDermott and Bobby Babbage to develop and staff working for Babbage to develop whomever

557
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:56,960
they pick in the DB room to be a capable starter.

558
00:34:56,960 --> 00:35:01,640
It's really it's a it's a weird outlier that Kyrie Lom with his athletic profile has not

559
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:08,100
come more, because they've been able to turn a lot of a lot of players who have lesser

560
00:35:08,100 --> 00:35:12,960
athletic profiles into meaningful starters, Dane Jackson.

561
00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:19,720
Oh, geez, Levi will wallace like they do that with with players on a regular basis.

562
00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:23,920
And that's also why I was mentioning earlier, the bills have, you know, most of the picks

563
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:28,320
in their draft are fourth round and later, they only have two picks in the top and then

564
00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:29,520
nine in the bottom.

565
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:35,800
And so I expect some of that, you know, draft capital be used on defensive backs both in

566
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:37,320
safety and CB.

567
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:38,320
Absolutely.

568
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:41,760
And that is where Brena being is absolutely lethal on day three.

569
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:43,560
He really knows his stuff.

570
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:47,360
I'm almost not saying he doesn't have a third round pick, because that is usually the most

571
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:52,000
controversial pick of the entire draft that bean tends to make, right?

572
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:56,160
We're always debating the third rounders, whether it's running backs or linebackers,

573
00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:58,720
we're always debating his third round pick use.

574
00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:01,400
But all right, man, you want to get let's get into our big boards now.

575
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:02,400
All right.

576
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,160
Let's let's start on the offensive side of the ball.

577
00:36:04,160 --> 00:36:08,280
Right, and let's start with what you and I both agree is the number one need for this

578
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:11,000
team even if bean does not agree with us.

579
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,720
And that is wide receiver.

580
00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:16,480
So let's break it down for some day one, day two and day three options.

581
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,240
And let's start with you, sir.

582
00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:24,760
Where do you sit with day one pick 28 if the board falls favorably for the bills?

583
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:28,400
I mean, I feel like a broken record.

584
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:35,240
Of the true pure X receiver with that like wide receiver one talent for me, it's Brian

585
00:36:35,240 --> 00:36:40,960
Thomas, a D Mitchell, Troy Franklin, maybe like that.

586
00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:46,600
That's sort of it from that's if if none of those three are in striking distance, I'm

587
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:50,400
sort of out on a round one wide receipt.

588
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:54,400
And I would say my the way I'd rank them is Brian Thomas, a D Mitchell and then Troy

589
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:55,840
Franklin the way I said them.

590
00:36:55,840 --> 00:37:05,560
So you know, I think that it's tough because both a D Mitchell and Brian Thomas to some

591
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:10,000
extent are sort of their big years were the most recent years, which you want to see growth,

592
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:15,800
of course, Troy Franklin, I think has has been more consistent in terms of starting

593
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:19,560
in college and all three of them are kind of 6364.

594
00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:24,200
Brian Thomas is the only one with like the body composition that I look for in the first

595
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:28,840
round, because Troy Franklin and the D Mitchell are both the height, but they're not the weight,

596
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:33,640
you want to get above 200 pounds, so the player will hold up and press coverage kind of have

597
00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:38,960
that strength to kind of help with the run blocking and get off and have a good release

598
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:41,800
even against bigger corners in the NFL.

599
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:43,640
Those are my those are my first round talents.

600
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,920
How about you?

601
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:50,360
I have the exact same three and I debated about putting Xavier Worley in there because I do

602
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:54,200
think he could sneak himself into the ladder rounds.

603
00:37:54,200 --> 00:37:56,400
I just I watched a lot of his game film.

604
00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:02,920
I think he's he is a very polished route runner, especially being asked to do what he was asked

605
00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,240
to do in Texas.

606
00:38:05,240 --> 00:38:09,240
I've put up some comps between him and Stefan Diggs because I do think he is fast Stefan

607
00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:10,320
Diggs.

608
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:16,160
I am though like I am every year hyper focused JJ on wide receivers that can catch and secure

609
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:22,280
the ball and Josh Allen, our Lord and Savior who we love, doesn't always throw the most

610
00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:26,680
catchable ball and worthy tends to be too much of a body catcher.

611
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:30,600
And we've seen with some of these smaller targets, the Isaiah McKenzie is even though

612
00:38:30,600 --> 00:38:33,320
worthy isn't nearly as tiny as Mackenzie is.

613
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:37,840
But we've seen with some of these smaller, lighter wide receivers, they have a really

614
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:41,200
hard time bringing in a Josh Allen throw.

615
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:44,280
So worthy has had some drop issues in his career.

616
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,720
It was way worse in 2022 than it was in 2023.

617
00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:53,040
But his catching mechanics to me and his competition at the point of catch, take him off the board

618
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:54,040
for me for the bills.

619
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:59,080
If the Dolphins want to add another really super fast guy that's super tiny by all means

620
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,200
have fun was Xavier worthy, right?

621
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:06,520
But for me, it is 80 Mitchell, Brian Thomas and Troy Franklin.

622
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:10,760
I debated to is Xavier Leggetti here, but I think Leggetti is much much more a day to

623
00:39:10,760 --> 00:39:11,760
round two.

624
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:15,720
I think he's my like, if they got him in two, I'd be so happy.

625
00:39:15,720 --> 00:39:16,720
Absolutely.

626
00:39:16,720 --> 00:39:17,720
You know, it was interesting.

627
00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:23,040
I was listening to the Meenakheim's mini mock draft special.

628
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,720
I think she was doing it with Danny Kelly from the ringer.

629
00:39:25,720 --> 00:39:27,240
I can't quite remember.

630
00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:32,320
But they were actively talking about AD Mitchell is a culture fit for the bills.

631
00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:34,760
He's a scheme fit and he's a need fit.

632
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:39,600
But there is that they were openly debating whether or not someone like AD Mitchell would

633
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:45,440
mesh with a guy like Sean McDermott and his coaching style.

634
00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:46,440
And you know, it's interesting.

635
00:39:46,440 --> 00:39:50,480
There has not been a lot of AD Mitchell buzz coming out of Bill's camp.

636
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:54,960
There's been a lot more Troy Franklin, a lot more Xavier Leggetti, right?

637
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:55,960
I do.

638
00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:57,720
They're kicking the tires on AD Mitchell.

639
00:39:57,720 --> 00:40:02,200
But I feel like for them, it is Brian Thomas, Jr. or bust.

640
00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:06,320
And out of all the names that we've mentioned, he had the best college production, given

641
00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:11,760
it was only for one year, but he's a guy who actually matches traits with production on

642
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:12,760
the field.

643
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:15,560
And I think the bills are really going to be attracted to that.

644
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:20,200
So if Thomas isn't there, I think the bills potentially roll the dice and either trade

645
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,480
down or go defense with pick one.

646
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:23,480
Sure.

647
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:25,640
Yeah, I think that's possible.

648
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:34,080
And really, I mean, we'll talk about, you know, can I shift to kind of day two and beyond?

649
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:38,520
Because I like I mentioned Xavier Leggetti in the second round, I think it'd be a good

650
00:40:38,520 --> 00:40:39,520
pick.

651
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:43,720
He's got he's been compared a lot to Debo Samuel, which is a little bit unfair for,

652
00:40:43,720 --> 00:40:45,680
you know, a rookie.

653
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:50,760
It's mostly just because he's got that like really thick build and he has that explosive

654
00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:54,080
kind of after catch ability as a runner in space.

655
00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:58,720
And so I think that that's that's why he has that he also had an amazing testing at the

656
00:40:58,720 --> 00:40:59,720
combine.

657
00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:02,520
And so I think he's rising up the board a little bit.

658
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:07,280
Another second round target for me is Jalen Pult, who's a little bit shorter than the

659
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:12,520
other receivers we've talked about out of Washington six to, but he's sort of, you

660
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:18,040
know, a limited root runner, but he's good contested catch.

661
00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:23,040
And that's, you know, saying something because there's a lot of receivers in this class.

662
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:28,600
And then kind of as we move down, you know, it's it's sort of it gets light.

663
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,600
Brendan Rice has been a player, of course, Jerry Rice's son.

664
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:37,000
I think he's got a really high floor and will be a solid player.

665
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:41,160
I just know it's the kind of thing where when you watch him, you're like, what is his exceptional

666
00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:42,160
talent?

667
00:41:42,160 --> 00:41:45,160
He's just generally solid.

668
00:41:45,160 --> 00:41:51,680
So he might be a slight upgrade from Gabe Davis early on, but I don't know that he's

669
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:57,040
ever going to like you really supplant a wide receiver one.

670
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,320
And that's surprising given his lineage.

671
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:03,920
JJ, and this is the conundrum I think the bills are in if they don't go wide receiver

672
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:09,920
round one, they almost have to go wide receiver round two, pending their ability to get a third

673
00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:11,120
round pick.

674
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:15,600
Because once you start getting into third round and even day three, you're really talking

675
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:20,080
about guys that are not your wide receiver one of the future, they're not your stuff

676
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:24,200
on digs replacement, you could potentially develop someone in the fifth or sixth round

677
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:25,560
to do that, right?

678
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:28,520
I mean, we've talked and there's some guys that are going to be available that fit the

679
00:42:28,520 --> 00:42:32,120
profile that probably have a longer developmental arc.

680
00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:36,960
But if you're the bills, you have this clear glaring need on your roster.

681
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:41,840
And if you don't address it early in the draft, you really are kicking the can down the road

682
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:47,840
to 2025 and even 2026, when it is time to part ways with digs potentially, you're kicking

683
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:52,520
the can down the road and you're letting the need come up on you as opposed to trying to

684
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:57,280
manage the need proactively now, when the talent is in the draft class.

685
00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:59,800
And listen, there's always going to be guys available.

686
00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:05,960
But like we saw with last year's draft, every year, the class shapes a little bit differently.

687
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:10,560
Last year, it was a lot of slot guys, it was a lot of Z guys that were in the draft, right?

688
00:43:10,560 --> 00:43:17,920
This year, you finally have some really good, not generational, but really good X style talent.

689
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,200
And for me, the bills got a strike early.

690
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:22,520
So if it's not round one, it's round two.

691
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:26,040
And if they kick the can down the road to day three, JJ, while there are some guys that

692
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:30,160
are there, and we'll talk about a couple of those in a minute, it is very likely that

693
00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:35,680
we're seeing the bills address wide receiver again in 2025 and 2026.

694
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,440
Yeah, I think I think you're right.

695
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:43,440
And I'm a little bit, you know, I have that concern too of don't, you know, don't be the

696
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:46,480
team left in 20.

697
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:48,480
What was it?

698
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:52,160
2013, that amazing wide receiver draft.

699
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,760
When who's the Tampa Bay Buckingham?

700
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:57,000
Like Evans came out, a lot of players came out.

701
00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:58,000
Yeah.

702
00:43:58,000 --> 00:43:59,640
And that was a great draft.

703
00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:00,640
I'll pull it out.

704
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:01,640
Yeah.

705
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:07,960
Yeah, bills missed out because was that the year that they traded up for Sammy Watkins?

706
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:08,960
I want to say it was.

707
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:11,440
Yeah, Dan's gonna pull that up for us.

708
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:13,160
Thank you, sir.

709
00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:18,160
But the, you know, somebody's like legendary wide receivers classes come through.

710
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:23,120
You don't want to be the team that picks the fourth round guy when all these other teams

711
00:44:23,120 --> 00:44:27,480
have their solid locked in wide receiver one for the next 10 years.

712
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:31,400
And you're kind of left holding the bag or you got a defensive end or defensive tackle

713
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:37,000
who turned out to be a solid starter, but not an all pro, not a pro bowler, nothing,

714
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:38,960
you know, to say too much to his game.

715
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:42,400
And the class was absolutely outstanding at one position.

716
00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:43,400
Yeah.

717
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:45,600
2013 was the Robert Woods year.

718
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:48,560
That's when those drafted Robert Woods, but ahead of him.

719
00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:50,080
They got him in the second.

720
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:53,320
DeAndre Hopkins, Cordell Patterson, right?

721
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:56,080
Tavon Austin was in that draft and ended up being kind of a bust.

722
00:44:56,080 --> 00:44:58,280
I think Sammy Watkins was 2007.

723
00:44:58,280 --> 00:44:59,280
Wasn't it?

724
00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:00,280
Seven.

725
00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:01,280
Okay.

726
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:02,280
The Odell Beckham year.

727
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:03,280
Yes.

728
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:04,280
That's right.

729
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:09,600
I got those mixed up, but that's what I'm saying is like, you don't want to, I don't

730
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:11,240
want them to Sammy Watkins it.

731
00:45:11,240 --> 00:45:15,360
I don't want them to trade their entire future up for Roma Dunes, who I think is going to

732
00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:20,120
be exceptional, but everybody starting out, you know, the same, you walk into your thought

733
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:24,120
that Sammy Watkins would be the like best receiver to come out of college football

734
00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:25,760
in a decade.

735
00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:28,760
And he ended up being complete, complete bust.

736
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:32,720
And so, I mean, he had a good year with bad quarterback play in the bills.

737
00:45:32,720 --> 00:45:36,040
And then he sort of went crazy and fell off.

738
00:45:36,040 --> 00:45:37,360
So yeah, I agree.

739
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:40,840
I think that this, you know, if it's Brian Thomas or bust in the first, I'm good with

740
00:45:40,840 --> 00:45:46,160
that because, and I would even be willing to trick, you know, future picks if he got

741
00:45:46,160 --> 00:45:52,080
in striking range of the low, lower high teens to get up because like I, you know, I think

742
00:45:52,080 --> 00:45:55,280
that the bills are going to be very gunshot.

743
00:45:55,280 --> 00:46:00,120
I think Brandon Bean is going to be afraid of 22 and the Trent McDuffie, Kyrie Lowe

744
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:05,880
situation where they waited a little bit too long and they got sniped by Brett Beach.

745
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:09,960
And Trent McDuffie is basically an all pro and Kyrie Lowe can't get on the field.

746
00:46:09,960 --> 00:46:13,600
And so they have a clear need at wide receiver of the future.

747
00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:15,800
And ever other teams know it.

748
00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:19,920
Other teams have watched them, you know, the bills in free agency and they recognize that

749
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:22,800
there's still that, you know, that gap.

750
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:27,280
And so I could see, you know, them being a little gun shy about we.

751
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:32,560
And so I hope if it's Brian Thomas, Jr. of course, like I hope they get up and get him.

752
00:46:32,560 --> 00:46:33,960
How about some late round guys?

753
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:38,920
I know, you know, and this is a situation where late in the draft, you know, take a

754
00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:43,760
fly around some of these guys, even if you picked first at 28, you know, or 17 or 18

755
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:49,360
or something like that with a wide receiver, go again, dip into that pool because it's

756
00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:52,560
a lot of these players that are going to be picked in the fifth, you know, fourth, fifth,

757
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:57,680
sixth, seventh are players that in another draft class without that top level talent

758
00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:00,400
might have gone in the second or third round or the fourth.

759
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:02,120
Who do you got?

760
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:03,240
So I've got a couple guys here.

761
00:47:03,240 --> 00:47:06,920
I've got Luke McCaffrey, brother of Christian McCaffrey.

762
00:47:06,920 --> 00:47:11,520
I think he had, he ran with like four or five speed, which is fine.

763
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:15,560
He plays a little bit faster on game film.

764
00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:18,800
Pre-developed route runner, really good at the point of catch.

765
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:21,520
Like in this round, JJ, I'm looking for the basics.

766
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:22,800
Can you catch the ball?

767
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:25,920
Can you run around and are you reasonably athletic and fast?

768
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:29,160
And I think Luke McCaffrey absolutely meets that need.

769
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:34,400
Javon Baker, JJ, another one from the University of Central Florida I have on my big board.

770
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:40,040
I think he brings a real, real competitive attitude at the point of catch.

771
00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:44,600
He again, I think ran a flat 4.5 in the 40.

772
00:47:44,600 --> 00:47:48,920
But again, game speed is very different from running in a straight line in shorts.

773
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:52,000
So I think he's another one I would spend a day three pick on.

774
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:55,440
But JJ, this is my day three.

775
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:57,120
This is my day three guy.

776
00:47:57,120 --> 00:48:00,600
Bub means University of Pittsburgh.

777
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:02,440
I've talked about him three or four times.

778
00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:06,040
I've featured him a couple of times on the social media feeds.

779
00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:10,000
Bub means dude is an absolute athletic freak.

780
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:15,280
He is six to two 15 runs on the four fours.

781
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:20,840
Very polished route runner, but like wins with separation vertically down the field

782
00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:23,600
as well did it a lot in college.

783
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:30,720
His ability to adjust and track the ball in midair is already pro level and you need that

784
00:48:30,720 --> 00:48:34,840
if you're going to be catching 50 and 60 are bombs from Josh Allen.

785
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:38,160
Bub means University of Pittsburgh.

786
00:48:38,160 --> 00:48:40,760
Get this guy Brandon Bean.

787
00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:44,800
This is the guy that you need to grab in this draft.

788
00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:47,440
Yeah, no, I love that.

789
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:52,120
I want just for your sake, just because I want I want to be part of the celebration.

790
00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:56,760
If the bills pick, Bub mean means I want to I want to kind of watch and see you go through

791
00:48:56,760 --> 00:49:00,520
that because I think it'll be a special moment.

792
00:49:00,520 --> 00:49:05,800
And my kind of late round late round guy is is what I consider the wish version of a D

793
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:06,800
Mitchell.

794
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:08,720
He's also a receiver that plays in Texas.

795
00:49:08,720 --> 00:49:12,720
He's also like 6364 and you know, 185 pounds.

796
00:49:12,720 --> 00:49:15,080
So he's he's thin and tall.

797
00:49:15,080 --> 00:49:22,080
It's Joshua Cephas out of University of Texas or UT San Antonio Roadrunners.

798
00:49:22,080 --> 00:49:28,320
Smaller school, but he was a three year or maybe a four year starter and is a senior.

799
00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:33,920
I know that the bill sometimes they are willing to sacrifice a young younger age for somebody

800
00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:37,760
who has production consecutive consecutive years.

801
00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:41,640
And you know, so he's like a 900 snap per season guy.

802
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:47,280
And so has the experience could be a player has decent hands, not not a lot of drop rate

803
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:54,000
issues has shown, you know, very good against man coverage.

804
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:57,680
And so, you know, good receiving, you know, across the board.

805
00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:03,800
So just one of those like, take a take a flyer and I'm see if you see if you got anything.

806
00:50:03,800 --> 00:50:05,200
Let's move into offensive line.

807
00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:11,560
You want to hit that quick and kind of each give our each give our slate or menu of options.

808
00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:12,920
Yeah, absolutely.

809
00:50:12,920 --> 00:50:19,120
And I think I don't see the bills going offensive line in round one, unless there is like a

810
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:24,240
unless there is a supremely talented prospect that falls to them.

811
00:50:24,240 --> 00:50:28,480
And to me, there's really only two that would qualify as that for me.

812
00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:31,920
Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of really great tackles in this draft, but I don't see

813
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:37,200
any of the elite tackles in on day one falling to the bills of 28.

814
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:41,440
But there could be some interior line guys that do fall to them.

815
00:50:41,440 --> 00:50:44,200
Graham Barton from Duke is a day one guy for me.

816
00:50:44,200 --> 00:50:48,960
He has five position versatility across the line to mostly played tackle in college has

817
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:51,160
played some snaps at guard and center.

818
00:50:51,160 --> 00:50:56,440
He projects JJ at the next level to be a guard.

819
00:50:56,440 --> 00:51:00,680
All that being said, and he could probably really push David Edwards this year in that

820
00:51:00,680 --> 00:51:03,160
role to play next to Deion Dawkins.

821
00:51:03,160 --> 00:51:07,640
All that being said, though, his positional versatility is going to have him ranked high

822
00:51:07,640 --> 00:51:09,480
on a lot of teams, big boards.

823
00:51:09,480 --> 00:51:15,320
And if he were to fall to the bills at 28, it would be it would be, I think, tempting

824
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:17,560
for the bills to go in that direction.

825
00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:22,200
And then the other day, one guy I got is Jackson Powers Johnson, interior offensive linemen,

826
00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:24,600
mostly center from the University of Oregon.

827
00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:31,480
He seems to be with Barton competing for that top interior versatility position type of

828
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:33,720
guy in this year's draft.

829
00:51:33,720 --> 00:51:38,360
I think Powers Johnson is likely gone earlier in the draft to a team like Pittsburgh.

830
00:51:38,360 --> 00:51:42,320
I mean, honestly, a team like Miami could use that kid too, but I have no idea what they're

831
00:51:42,320 --> 00:51:46,840
doing this offseason other than doubling down on the same dumb stuff that they do every

832
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:48,920
year, which is fine by me.

833
00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:50,840
Please by all means, keep doing that.

834
00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:55,760
But as a Dolphins fan, our friend Steve, I think I would be able to be very frustrated

835
00:51:55,760 --> 00:51:58,080
with our offseason.

836
00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:03,880
And then and those would be really be the only two day one guys for me at that point

837
00:52:03,880 --> 00:52:07,960
on the offensive line, save for if one of the elite tackles fell to them.

838
00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:09,680
Yeah, absolutely.

839
00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:10,680
And I'm with you.

840
00:52:10,680 --> 00:52:16,600
I have no notes, both Jackson, you know, Jackson Powers Johnson and Graham Bartner,

841
00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:17,600
right?

842
00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:25,480
The only one I'd add into that mix is possibly Zach Frazier out of West Virginia.

843
00:52:25,480 --> 00:52:28,400
Ski scheme versus house center.

844
00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:34,560
He can play guard or any of the interior positions based on his athletic profile.

845
00:52:34,560 --> 00:52:39,160
He's been a center mostly in college or only in college, but I believe he has the capability

846
00:52:39,160 --> 00:52:45,280
that you know, sort of like how when the bills picked up Eric Wood, he started at guard,

847
00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:47,440
even though he was a center all through college.

848
00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:50,480
That's what I feel about Zach Frazier probably is going to go at the end of the first round

849
00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:52,080
or early second round.

850
00:52:52,080 --> 00:52:55,920
That's the only player I think day one would be in consideration.

851
00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:58,760
For me, I'll lead off with our with day two options.

852
00:52:58,760 --> 00:53:04,580
Patrick Paul at the University of Houston, um, six, seven, three, 15, sort of like leans

853
00:53:04,580 --> 00:53:10,400
into what they picked when they, you know, with the tackles they like to choose.

854
00:53:10,400 --> 00:53:13,560
And so I think that is being a possibility.

855
00:53:13,560 --> 00:53:17,440
And then some of the other players that I keep seeing come up whenever I'm doing kind

856
00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:21,960
of my mock drafts, which as you know, I do all the time, Matt Guncalves out of pit, they

857
00:53:21,960 --> 00:53:23,460
love pit guys.

858
00:53:23,460 --> 00:53:28,040
And he's sort of, um, he had a season ending, uh, torn ACL this past year.

859
00:53:28,040 --> 00:53:33,280
So his medicals at the combine would be very important, but he could play at, he's got

860
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:37,880
some tackle or guard flexibility, six, six, three, 30.

861
00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:38,880
And so that's one.

862
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:45,880
And Dominic Poonie, uh, Kansas, um, six, five, three, 20, and he's also possible kind

863
00:53:45,880 --> 00:53:49,520
of guard with start and potential who played tackle in college.

864
00:53:49,520 --> 00:53:54,440
A lot of times in college, if you have the athleticism to play outside in the next level

865
00:53:54,440 --> 00:53:59,880
in the NFL, you might not have the same athleticism, especially if you're a third or fourth round.

866
00:53:59,880 --> 00:54:00,880
Yeah.

867
00:54:00,880 --> 00:54:01,880
I love those guys.

868
00:54:01,880 --> 00:54:04,040
I'll add a couple more to the day two list here.

869
00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:06,880
I actually have Zach Frazier on my day two list.

870
00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:07,880
Okay.

871
00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:10,960
I think, I think, and I think he will fall today too.

872
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:11,960
I agree with you.

873
00:54:11,960 --> 00:54:16,840
I think there is some limited versatility for him to play guard or at least learn guard,

874
00:54:16,840 --> 00:54:20,080
but I think a lot, a lot of teams are projecting him as center only.

875
00:54:20,080 --> 00:54:23,720
And as a result of that, I think Zach Frazier might fall today too.

876
00:54:23,720 --> 00:54:27,500
Uh, Cooper Beebe out of Kansas state is another guy I got.

877
00:54:27,500 --> 00:54:32,480
This is like the twin brother of Osiris Torrance as far as body makeup goes.

878
00:54:32,480 --> 00:54:34,480
Large, large and wide dude.

879
00:54:34,480 --> 00:54:39,320
And if you were to put Torrance on the right side, Beebe on the left side, you were you

880
00:54:39,320 --> 00:54:45,160
have the makings of a young brick wall interior that will project Josh protect Josh Allen

881
00:54:45,160 --> 00:54:47,000
for the next three or four years.

882
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:48,000
All right.

883
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:53,800
And then finally, JJ, I've got Christian Jones out of Texas, a big, athletic, well balanced

884
00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:56,720
guy primarily plays right tackle.

885
00:54:56,720 --> 00:54:59,280
This could potentially be your Spencer Brown replacement.

886
00:54:59,280 --> 00:55:02,600
Like I will not be sad if they do not resign Spencer Brown.

887
00:55:02,600 --> 00:55:04,120
I think he's been fine.

888
00:55:04,120 --> 00:55:08,560
I think ultimately given the project that he was, I think he's been okay.

889
00:55:08,560 --> 00:55:14,080
I would not, I would not though, based on the salary cap situation of the bills, I would

890
00:55:14,080 --> 00:55:18,440
not shed a tear if they decided not to commit long-term money to him and reset the clock

891
00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:20,160
on that right tackle position.

892
00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:23,400
And to me, Christian Jones is a guy they could do that with.

893
00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:24,400
Sure.

894
00:55:24,400 --> 00:55:31,120
Um, my, my kind of later, later for Jevon Foster out of Missouri 65319 kind of a plus

895
00:55:31,120 --> 00:55:36,680
starter, again, a lot of experience, um, coming out of Missouri and Mizzou has produced a

896
00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:38,640
lot of good offensive linemen.

897
00:55:38,640 --> 00:55:39,760
And so that's a player.

898
00:55:39,760 --> 00:55:43,480
And then later in the rounds, Tanner Bertolini, we've already talked about a little bit out

899
00:55:43,480 --> 00:55:46,320
of Wisconsin at center.

900
00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:56,280
And the late, late, late round guys, Brandon Coleman out of Texas Christian, uh, 66320,

901
00:55:56,280 --> 00:56:00,880
just basically that's a projection to say like, okay, he played a lot of snaps the

902
00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:02,120
last two years.

903
00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:08,320
Um, but, uh, you know, has not been kind of a top of the class, of course, but somebody

904
00:56:08,320 --> 00:56:12,160
could bet on traits and him growing into his body a little bit and getting some strength.

905
00:56:12,160 --> 00:56:15,640
That's that's the biggest thing in strength and athleticism for Brandon Coleman has, has

906
00:56:15,640 --> 00:56:19,520
been a little bit lacking, but the bills have been shown to, he's a good technician and

907
00:56:19,520 --> 00:56:22,160
they've been shown to bet on that a little bit.

908
00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:23,160
Yep.

909
00:56:23,160 --> 00:56:29,160
I've only got one name to add to that JJ and that is Roger Rosengarten out of Washington

910
00:56:29,160 --> 00:56:35,240
tackle prospect, um, projecting right now, early fourth round day for day three type of

911
00:56:35,240 --> 00:56:42,560
selection, six, five, three, oh eight, uh, had an, has amazing athletic scores and could

912
00:56:42,560 --> 00:56:48,080
be the guy again that serves as like this backup high, high ceiling swing tackle for

913
00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:54,080
the bills or longer term, uh, positioning him as the Spencer Brown replacement.

914
00:56:54,080 --> 00:56:58,440
But this is a dude with his athletic profile that the bills absolutely love.

915
00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:03,600
And if they've got a ton of picks coming in the fourth round and on day three and generally

916
00:57:03,600 --> 00:57:07,520
as we've talked about, this is a guy who I could see bean packaging some of those late

917
00:57:07,520 --> 00:57:11,600
round picks to move up early in the fourth and snag right away.

918
00:57:11,600 --> 00:57:16,960
And I think, I think that would be quite the coup by bean if he couldn't manage that because

919
00:57:16,960 --> 00:57:23,480
this is a guy who played in college at the D one level to the level of expectation that

920
00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:25,560
they hoped Brown would play.

921
00:57:25,560 --> 00:57:29,520
This is a guy that comes in with some legit college production, not just the athletic

922
00:57:29,520 --> 00:57:30,520
upside.

923
00:57:30,520 --> 00:57:34,960
And I think it'd be great if they could finally marry the athletic profile with real college

924
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:37,480
production at that right tackle position.

925
00:57:37,480 --> 00:57:38,480
Absolutely.

926
00:57:38,480 --> 00:57:44,000
Um, I'll hit, uh, you know, I'll hit very quickly last offensive position for me.

927
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:47,160
I don't think it's going to, I don't think quarterbacks going to be a consideration

928
00:57:47,160 --> 00:57:50,080
unless it's a late round flyer on just a camp body.

929
00:57:50,080 --> 00:57:54,600
Um, but running back, I mentioned before, you know, we talked about having a personal

930
00:57:54,600 --> 00:57:59,640
protector for Josh Allen, Audric Estime, Notre Dame, Braylon Allen out of Wisconsin, both

931
00:57:59,640 --> 00:58:03,760
of them are above 220, um, both of them around six feet.

932
00:58:03,760 --> 00:58:08,800
Uh, so big time, you know, large body presence in the running back room that they don't really

933
00:58:08,800 --> 00:58:09,800
have right now.

934
00:58:09,800 --> 00:58:15,640
Um, both of them would probably not be available past the first, uh, fourth round pick that

935
00:58:15,640 --> 00:58:16,640
the bills would have.

936
00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:20,080
So it would be kind of a trade up into the late third or trade up into the early fourth

937
00:58:20,080 --> 00:58:25,240
for them, uh, and then the last person I have is like late round flyer guy out of Oregon

938
00:58:25,240 --> 00:58:30,920
state, D'Shawn Fenwick, uh, one of those big body guys, six, two, two, 20, um, could,

939
00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:32,360
you know, could develop into something.

940
00:58:32,360 --> 00:58:35,680
But again, if you're, if you're using a six or seventh on him, I don't think it's too

941
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:36,680
much of an investment.

942
00:58:36,680 --> 00:58:37,920
How about you, honey?

943
00:58:37,920 --> 00:58:41,600
No, I mean, Alan is the guy that I want out of Wisconsin.

944
00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:44,600
I think he pushes the bill at like 244 doesn't he?

945
00:58:44,600 --> 00:58:47,080
He's a, he's a big, big dude.

946
00:58:47,080 --> 00:58:48,680
Um, he's massive.

947
00:58:48,680 --> 00:58:51,800
I joked at a previous pod, but now I've kind of come around to it.

948
00:58:51,800 --> 00:58:54,520
I mean, that could be a Reggie Gilliam replacement at some point, right?

949
00:58:54,520 --> 00:58:59,280
I mean, that, that could be a very versatile athletic fullback with H back.

950
00:58:59,280 --> 00:59:01,800
Hey, oh my God, Mike, all stop.

951
00:59:01,800 --> 00:59:03,120
Let's bring it back, baby.

952
00:59:03,120 --> 00:59:04,120
Let's bring it back.

953
00:59:04,120 --> 00:59:05,120
Mike, all stop.

954
00:59:05,120 --> 00:59:06,120
Let's do this.

955
00:59:06,120 --> 00:59:13,200
But yeah, JJ, um, let's flip over to the defensive side of the ball and let's start with defensive

956
00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:16,360
line and we'll go with your number one need on the defensive line.

957
00:59:16,360 --> 00:59:19,040
First, let's start with our edge prospects for the bills.

958
00:59:19,040 --> 00:59:21,240
So where do you want to take us on day one?

959
00:59:21,240 --> 00:59:26,360
Oh, sadly, in reality, should that be the case for the bills at number 28?

960
00:59:26,360 --> 00:59:32,040
Yeah, I think that there's, there's, you know, three names, the top three in the class are

961
00:59:32,040 --> 00:59:37,840
Dallas Turner out of Alabama, Jared verse out of Florida state and Laatu Latu out of

962
00:59:37,840 --> 00:59:44,480
UCLA, watching Laatu Latu on film, it's sort of, he's amazed.

963
00:59:44,480 --> 00:59:49,080
Like in terms of just having the natural presence, balance, being able to kind of ghost dip

964
00:59:49,080 --> 00:59:52,280
the edge, all that stuff is there, the athletic profiles there.

965
00:59:52,280 --> 00:59:57,920
I think his, you know, he at one point was medically retired from football.

966
00:59:57,920 --> 01:00:00,400
And so, and that's a, that's a concern.

967
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:04,280
I think that might drive him down the board a little bit because he's a top 20 pick by

968
01:00:04,280 --> 01:00:07,720
most draft, you know, nicks.

969
01:00:07,720 --> 01:00:10,720
And but he, the medical will scare some teams.

970
01:00:10,720 --> 01:00:14,200
So he might actually drop down the board with bills.

971
01:00:14,200 --> 01:00:17,280
Those are the, those are the players that I think if they're there at 28, you absolutely

972
01:00:17,280 --> 01:00:18,560
pick.

973
01:00:18,560 --> 01:00:23,640
But then it gets into kind of second round talents for me with plus upside, Darius Robinson

974
01:00:23,640 --> 01:00:29,480
from Missouri is probably the player I would take if I were the bills over somebody like

975
01:00:29,480 --> 01:00:35,160
Chris Brasswell or chop Robinson late in the first round, just because Darius Robinson

976
01:00:35,160 --> 01:00:42,520
is more the bills for three body type player 65296 close to, you know, 300.

977
01:00:42,520 --> 01:00:47,160
So they like players that can, they can have position flexibility with chop Robinson and

978
01:00:47,160 --> 01:00:50,240
Chris Brasswell are a little bit light.

979
01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:54,920
They're long and light and not necessarily the type they're closer to the Casey to hill.

980
01:00:54,920 --> 01:00:58,120
The free agent, the bills just signed in terms of their body composition.

981
01:00:58,120 --> 01:01:01,480
So Darius Robinson definitely fits the size.

982
01:01:01,480 --> 01:01:04,200
Those are my possible first round targets.

983
01:01:04,200 --> 01:01:05,840
How about you?

984
01:01:05,840 --> 01:01:08,880
Chop Robinson, what do we feel about Chop Robinson on this spot?

985
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:14,040
I do not want, I do not want to mess with any Penn State defensive ends ever again.

986
01:01:14,040 --> 01:01:19,960
He is the, he's the only one I have on my day one big board, but he is, he is grossly

987
01:01:19,960 --> 01:01:24,960
undersized and this feels like no skills are polished.

988
01:01:24,960 --> 01:01:26,400
He has no moves.

989
01:01:26,400 --> 01:01:30,280
He is, he is all athletic upside at this point, right?

990
01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:33,160
Not a lot of college production undersized.

991
01:01:33,160 --> 01:01:38,640
He, he to me would be, and again, we're happy with the AJ Apanazza resigning, but he would

992
01:01:38,640 --> 01:01:43,800
be to me fit going with a guy like Apanazza, asking him to dramatically change his body

993
01:01:43,800 --> 01:01:47,880
type and you're not seeing any meaningful production from him for like two or three

994
01:01:47,880 --> 01:01:48,880
seasons.

995
01:01:48,880 --> 01:01:55,840
But, um, chop, listen, I've seen chop and mocks to the bills and he has the athleticism

996
01:01:55,840 --> 01:01:56,840
that they come at.

997
01:01:56,840 --> 01:02:01,920
And again, like any coaching staff in the NFL, they think they can take a lump of clay

998
01:02:01,920 --> 01:02:05,960
and turn it into like, you know, David, you know what I mean?

999
01:02:05,960 --> 01:02:08,240
So, so chop to me.

1000
01:02:08,240 --> 01:02:09,840
He puts on 20 pounds.

1001
01:02:09,840 --> 01:02:11,760
The bills feel like they can coach them up.

1002
01:02:11,760 --> 01:02:15,680
I am, I'm saying he's on my big board because I think he's on the bills big board.

1003
01:02:15,680 --> 01:02:21,240
I know don't necessarily think though I would take him in round one given the size concerns

1004
01:02:21,240 --> 01:02:23,800
sure and lack of college production.

1005
01:02:23,800 --> 01:02:26,720
So let's do so many things like in like no college.

1006
01:02:26,720 --> 01:02:27,720
Yeah, right.

1007
01:02:27,720 --> 01:02:31,080
I mean, it's all God, it's God, they got to stop doing this all athletic upside.

1008
01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:33,680
They got to stop doing this stuff at edge.

1009
01:02:33,680 --> 01:02:39,920
Day two, I got to be honest with you, if chop falls to day two, I like that pick more.

1010
01:02:39,920 --> 01:02:47,400
Yes, I don't have a lot of guys on my list at day two because I feel like at that point,

1011
01:02:47,400 --> 01:02:52,520
the bills are really looking at interior defensive line on day two or wide receiver if they screwed

1012
01:02:52,520 --> 01:02:56,000
up the 28 pick or if they trade back.

1013
01:02:56,000 --> 01:03:03,560
So I've got one dude again, remarkably undersized and I honest to God, don't think.

1014
01:03:03,560 --> 01:03:05,160
That the bill should go this route.

1015
01:03:05,160 --> 01:03:06,360
Is it Jonah Ellis?

1016
01:03:06,360 --> 01:03:09,280
No, it's Gabriel Murphy out of the way.

1017
01:03:09,280 --> 01:03:10,280
Yep.

1018
01:03:10,280 --> 01:03:13,400
So and he and he's going to be there because of the athletic profile.

1019
01:03:13,400 --> 01:03:16,080
He's six to but light 247.

1020
01:03:16,080 --> 01:03:20,080
Yeah, an amazing 40 time had some limited college production.

1021
01:03:20,080 --> 01:03:25,640
But again, it's the undersized nature of the player that I have my most concerns about.

1022
01:03:25,640 --> 01:03:31,680
If the bills JJ do not go edge in round one, I want them to skip over round two and then

1023
01:03:31,680 --> 01:03:35,520
go immediately to day three where I actually think there are some diamonds in the rough

1024
01:03:35,520 --> 01:03:37,480
that they could draft.

1025
01:03:37,480 --> 01:03:42,880
My day two is March on Neal and out of Western Michigan.

1026
01:03:42,880 --> 01:03:45,240
He against lesser competition.

1027
01:03:45,240 --> 01:03:48,960
He absolutely dominated, which is what you want to see again with a player who doesn't

1028
01:03:48,960 --> 01:03:52,560
play in kind of the SEC or something like that.

1029
01:03:52,560 --> 01:03:54,040
He's incredibly physical.

1030
01:03:54,040 --> 01:03:55,040
He's explosive.

1031
01:03:55,040 --> 01:03:56,800
He's got the size of the bills.

1032
01:03:56,800 --> 01:04:02,880
He's got 63275 was a year over year starter at Western Michigan, of course, but was able

1033
01:04:02,880 --> 01:04:04,800
to improve his game each year.

1034
01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:08,480
And so you want to see that upward trajectory of a long term starter in college.

1035
01:04:08,480 --> 01:04:12,200
And so March on Neal and as a player that if he's around in their second, you know, their

1036
01:04:12,200 --> 01:04:18,560
second pick at 60, definitely like and I do if chop Robinson fell, I wouldn't hate a second

1037
01:04:18,560 --> 01:04:24,560
round pick for him because he does have that kind of package and explosion explosiveness.

1038
01:04:24,560 --> 01:04:29,320
But you know, it still seems like such a, such a gamble for me.

1039
01:04:29,320 --> 01:04:34,880
Braille and Trice out of Washington in the second round at Edge would also be somebody

1040
01:04:34,880 --> 01:04:38,320
that I'd be cool with the bills taking if they took a wider step from the first to come

1041
01:04:38,320 --> 01:04:43,880
and get a, you know, another one of those big time money positions in the second.

1042
01:04:43,880 --> 01:04:46,400
And he is about 64274.

1043
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:52,280
So he's that kind of size that the bills pick in the top end of the rounds.

1044
01:04:52,280 --> 01:04:56,920
And it's fascinating to me because again, he's got size, he's got the athletic profile.

1045
01:04:56,920 --> 01:05:00,400
I think he peaked at Western Michigan with four and a half sex.

1046
01:05:00,400 --> 01:05:05,120
He is a dude to me that either will not be there at 60 or will be there in the third

1047
01:05:05,120 --> 01:05:11,720
round, but it's precarious for the bills either way, because if he doesn't fall, they might

1048
01:05:11,720 --> 01:05:13,040
need to trade out for him.

1049
01:05:13,040 --> 01:05:16,680
And if he does fall to the third round, they're going to need to trade off for him because

1050
01:05:16,680 --> 01:05:18,720
they don't have a third round pick, right?

1051
01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:22,880
So Neil, but Neil into me feels like a guy because of his traits and size is going to

1052
01:05:22,880 --> 01:05:24,800
go earlier than pick 60.

1053
01:05:24,800 --> 01:05:26,160
And I like I like Trice too.

1054
01:05:26,160 --> 01:05:30,640
I don't know that he's there at 60 either, which is why I left him off my day two board.

1055
01:05:30,640 --> 01:05:34,640
Dude Edge Edge is such a complex position for the bills this year.

1056
01:05:34,640 --> 01:05:40,640
And which is why again, I really think they're leaning to round one, because after that, it

1057
01:05:40,640 --> 01:05:42,440
becomes un-muddied for them.

1058
01:05:42,440 --> 01:05:45,280
And I feel like they think they can get a wide receiver at 60.

1059
01:05:45,280 --> 01:05:46,280
I really do.

1060
01:05:46,280 --> 01:05:52,640
I think that is the mentality, because again, the drop off and edge is severely less than

1061
01:05:52,640 --> 01:05:54,520
it is a wide receiver.

1062
01:05:54,520 --> 01:06:01,120
But there is enough, there is enough separation between a day one edge and a day three edge

1063
01:06:01,120 --> 01:06:03,240
to where I see the bills addressing that.

1064
01:06:03,240 --> 01:06:06,880
So they don't find themselves in that position of having to trade up in the second round and

1065
01:06:06,880 --> 01:06:11,560
potentially sacrifice assets they would need to get into the third round to add another

1066
01:06:11,560 --> 01:06:14,000
quality pick to the roster as well.

1067
01:06:14,000 --> 01:06:18,120
So it edges the most fascinating frustrating position for me, JJ.

1068
01:06:18,120 --> 01:06:22,160
But there are some dudes on day three that I think the bills could absolutely with a

1069
01:06:22,160 --> 01:06:25,920
lot of that late round ammo end up going for one guy.

1070
01:06:25,920 --> 01:06:34,400
I've got on my day three list that I absolutely love is Miles Cole out of Texas Tech 6627846740

1071
01:06:34,400 --> 01:06:37,320
his 10 yard split JJ was 165.

1072
01:06:37,320 --> 01:06:39,920
That's better than some wide wide receivers, right?

1073
01:06:39,920 --> 01:06:40,920
Yeah.

1074
01:06:40,920 --> 01:06:46,960
I'm absolutely off the charts score when it comes to RAS in both size and speed.

1075
01:06:46,960 --> 01:06:53,200
He is a guy on day three that I absolutely think the bills would covet and run to the

1076
01:06:53,200 --> 01:06:57,680
podium should he be available with one of their fourth round picks.

1077
01:06:57,680 --> 01:06:58,680
Sure.

1078
01:06:58,680 --> 01:07:01,240
Really that high, Miles Cole.

1079
01:07:01,240 --> 01:07:03,240
Yeah, that high.

1080
01:07:03,240 --> 01:07:04,240
Forth round.

1081
01:07:04,240 --> 01:07:05,240
Okay.

1082
01:07:05,240 --> 01:07:06,240
Yep.

1083
01:07:06,240 --> 01:07:07,240
For me, I like that.

1084
01:07:07,240 --> 01:07:11,680
I've not really watched him on film, but you know, just reading his profile, I'm like,

1085
01:07:11,680 --> 01:07:16,240
wow, that's somebody I have to look at more.

1086
01:07:16,240 --> 01:07:22,400
A fourth round pick that I think about is if Justin Igbo Igby from Alabama falls a little

1087
01:07:22,400 --> 01:07:28,400
bit, he is again, like I don't love this because I think we talk all the time about

1088
01:07:28,400 --> 01:07:33,000
how much we hate that the bills pick excellent run defenders who have not a lot of past rush

1089
01:07:33,000 --> 01:07:36,320
ability for edges.

1090
01:07:36,320 --> 01:07:40,000
But he is that I think he'd probably be a plus starter in that role and the bills rotate

1091
01:07:40,000 --> 01:07:44,840
so much that a first two down role for him would be good.

1092
01:07:44,840 --> 01:07:51,920
Jalen Green, JMU out of your alma mater could be had probably in the fourth or fourth or

1093
01:07:51,920 --> 01:07:57,040
fifth is the kind of player you're watching are like, wow, that person is not 6'1, 240

1094
01:07:57,040 --> 01:07:58,720
pounds, but he absolutely is.

1095
01:07:58,720 --> 01:08:02,000
He's undersized, but he plays so much bigger.

1096
01:08:02,000 --> 01:08:06,640
And so that's a player that I think has that kind of past rush specialist and probably

1097
01:08:06,640 --> 01:08:12,040
be an outside linebacker in a 43 or in a 34, but could offer the bill something and they've

1098
01:08:12,040 --> 01:08:16,920
shown, you know, with the signing of on Miller, that they're willing to take a chance with

1099
01:08:16,920 --> 01:08:22,400
some non traditional body types and archetypes in their in their line if it means having

1100
01:08:22,400 --> 01:08:23,680
that past rush juice.

1101
01:08:23,680 --> 01:08:25,520
So those are that's it.

1102
01:08:25,520 --> 01:08:28,840
I have, you know, I think that ever anyone else would be signed up sort of a projection

1103
01:08:28,840 --> 01:08:29,840
for me.

1104
01:08:29,840 --> 01:08:32,560
I mean, I've touched many of the late round edges because I think it's one of those money

1105
01:08:32,560 --> 01:08:36,280
positions that you tend not to get somebody who's a real contributor.

1106
01:08:36,280 --> 01:08:37,720
It passed the third round.

1107
01:08:37,720 --> 01:08:38,720
Yeah, yeah.

1108
01:08:38,720 --> 01:08:42,720
I love I love you bringing some JMU love into this conversation.

1109
01:08:42,720 --> 01:08:47,480
Jalen Green, the reason I stayed away from him on day three, it's the size profile, right?

1110
01:08:47,480 --> 01:08:52,160
I mean, he projects he projects more to be your surrounding replacement on special teams

1111
01:08:52,160 --> 01:08:53,160
right.

1112
01:08:53,160 --> 01:08:59,880
I think meaningful probably into the into the actual 11 man rotation on defense.

1113
01:08:59,880 --> 01:09:04,320
So all right, man, let's talk interior defensive line and then we'll get to cornerback and

1114
01:09:04,320 --> 01:09:06,640
we'll get to safety to land this plane.

1115
01:09:06,640 --> 01:09:12,880
So I and again, we're basing this on who we think will be available for the bills on

1116
01:09:12,880 --> 01:09:15,000
day one, two and three.

1117
01:09:15,000 --> 01:09:21,800
I do not have anyone on my big board day one JJ at interior defensive line, particularly

1118
01:09:21,800 --> 01:09:23,840
that one tech position.

1119
01:09:23,840 --> 01:09:27,600
If a guy like Byron Murphy were to fall, I know we're probably going to depart on him.

1120
01:09:27,600 --> 01:09:30,160
Should that actually be the pick?

1121
01:09:30,160 --> 01:09:34,040
The bills probably run to the podium and they probably take him right?

1122
01:09:34,040 --> 01:09:38,040
Johnny Newton out of Illinois, maybe another one, although he really projects more as the

1123
01:09:38,040 --> 01:09:39,280
ad Oliver type.

1124
01:09:39,280 --> 01:09:42,080
But I don't think either of those two guys are going to be there.

1125
01:09:42,080 --> 01:09:47,200
So for me, my board starts on day two with to bond to Vondre sweat out of the University

1126
01:09:47,200 --> 01:09:48,680
of Texas.

1127
01:09:48,680 --> 01:09:54,040
Big hulking 366 ran a five second 40 at the combine.

1128
01:09:54,040 --> 01:09:58,880
Dude is an absolute absolute gap eater, double double team eater.

1129
01:09:58,880 --> 01:10:00,320
He's a run stopper.

1130
01:10:00,320 --> 01:10:02,400
He's just not in every every.

1131
01:10:02,400 --> 01:10:06,080
He's not in every down defensive lineman at the stage of his career.

1132
01:10:06,080 --> 01:10:10,400
If you're looking for a developmental comp for him, I would point to Jordan Davis of

1133
01:10:10,400 --> 01:10:13,520
the Philadelphia Eagles out of the University of Georgia.

1134
01:10:13,520 --> 01:10:18,920
It has taken him two, two seasons to really kind of find his fit on that defensive line.

1135
01:10:18,920 --> 01:10:23,640
And I think a guy like sweat, while worthy of a day to pick, it is going to be the same

1136
01:10:23,640 --> 01:10:24,640
thing.

1137
01:10:24,640 --> 01:10:28,800
You bring him in and clear run run stopping downs to spell to Juan Jones and you let him

1138
01:10:28,800 --> 01:10:30,720
study up under Jones.

1139
01:10:30,720 --> 01:10:37,880
And you hope he eventually develops some pass rush ability over the next two or three years

1140
01:10:37,880 --> 01:10:38,880
of that position.

1141
01:10:38,880 --> 01:10:41,680
But I have no one on my day one list.

1142
01:10:41,680 --> 01:10:45,600
I just have one person on my day one list because I also don't think that Johnny Newton

1143
01:10:45,600 --> 01:10:47,640
or Byron Murphy are going to fall.

1144
01:10:47,640 --> 01:10:52,000
I don't like Byron Murphy as a player because what I watched on film was somebody who doesn't

1145
01:10:52,000 --> 01:10:55,800
have a lot of contact balance and gets out of the rush lane consistently.

1146
01:10:55,800 --> 01:10:57,680
Like he makes huge plays, right?

1147
01:10:57,680 --> 01:11:03,400
He's got this amazing burst and ability to kind of tackle and meet in the hole.

1148
01:11:03,400 --> 01:11:04,840
But he gets out of position.

1149
01:11:04,840 --> 01:11:06,280
He falls down too much for me.

1150
01:11:06,280 --> 01:11:10,000
So I worry about that quite a lot at the NFL level when everyone's bigger, stronger and

1151
01:11:10,000 --> 01:11:13,960
faster than anyone's been going against Texas.

1152
01:11:13,960 --> 01:11:18,640
But in the first round, Braden Fisk out of Florida State, I could see him creeping up

1153
01:11:18,640 --> 01:11:22,040
the board because he absolutely lit the combine on fire.

1154
01:11:22,040 --> 01:11:29,840
So he'd be at Oliver backup and kind of, you know, a little bit of run defense deficiency,

1155
01:11:29,840 --> 01:11:35,760
but plus pass rusher and has the profile to become an elite pass rusher based on how

1156
01:11:35,760 --> 01:11:37,600
fast and he's not small.

1157
01:11:37,600 --> 01:11:39,360
He's six, five to two 97.

1158
01:11:39,360 --> 01:11:43,960
So a little bit undersized to mix it up in the middle, but certainly nothing that, you

1159
01:11:43,960 --> 01:11:48,080
know, he's bigger than that Oliver has a lot more juice than Oliver did coming out of

1160
01:11:48,080 --> 01:11:49,080
college.

1161
01:11:49,080 --> 01:11:53,640
So Braden Fisk is my only round one interior that I think is is reasonable and striking

1162
01:11:53,640 --> 01:11:54,640
distance.

1163
01:11:54,640 --> 01:11:58,040
I'm with you 100% on to Vandrey Sweat watching Byron Murphy.

1164
01:11:58,040 --> 01:12:02,920
I actually was gravitating more towards to Vandrey Sweat because he for a big man moves

1165
01:12:02,920 --> 01:12:05,960
way better than you can believe he would.

1166
01:12:05,960 --> 01:12:08,640
And he has incredible contact balance.

1167
01:12:08,640 --> 01:12:13,280
He tends to stay on his feet in the muck and then the mess.

1168
01:12:13,280 --> 01:12:18,280
And it's just such a large human that they don't tend to move him off his spot.

1169
01:12:18,280 --> 01:12:23,200
And he has that that potential ability of somebody like a Ted Washington to one arm

1170
01:12:23,200 --> 01:12:28,000
extend and hold a blocker off of him and then use his other arm to scoop up a tackle.

1171
01:12:28,000 --> 01:12:32,000
So it's just, I really like him in the second.

1172
01:12:32,000 --> 01:12:38,240
The other player I think that, you know, could be worthwhile to take a swing on in the second

1173
01:12:38,240 --> 01:12:42,320
round, maybe a little rich, but you know, it's possible he could be a riser.

1174
01:12:42,320 --> 01:12:47,600
Mason Smith, I had him to might be down in the might be down in the third or fourth,

1175
01:12:47,600 --> 01:12:52,400
but might creep up board 663 15 could be a one or three tech.

1176
01:12:52,400 --> 01:12:54,080
He's physically gifted.

1177
01:12:54,080 --> 01:12:57,600
But again, it's kind of bet on traits with him because he'll need to develop for a year

1178
01:12:57,600 --> 01:12:59,640
or two before he reliable starter.

1179
01:12:59,640 --> 01:13:01,120
Yep, I totally agree.

1180
01:13:01,120 --> 01:13:05,360
I had Smith on my day two list along with sweat as well.

1181
01:13:05,360 --> 01:13:07,360
Day three, day three for me.

1182
01:13:07,360 --> 01:13:09,240
I've got a couple of names on here that I like.

1183
01:13:09,240 --> 01:13:15,800
And again, you're getting more into the territory of interior line versatility could play one,

1184
01:13:15,800 --> 01:13:20,840
could play three, three technique position, which I think the bills would be hopeful for

1185
01:13:20,840 --> 01:13:23,000
and looking for on day three.

1186
01:13:23,000 --> 01:13:28,040
And if they don't package JJ, if they don't package assets to move up in the draft at

1187
01:13:28,040 --> 01:13:34,000
any particular point, I could see wide receiver and defensive tackle being double depositions

1188
01:13:34,000 --> 01:13:35,040
for the bills.

1189
01:13:35,040 --> 01:13:42,200
So on day three, I've got Jaden Krumity out of Mississippi State 64301 sub five second

1190
01:13:42,200 --> 01:13:49,640
40 yard dash 1.69 second 10 yard split at was ranked third overall, I think in the shuttle

1191
01:13:49,640 --> 01:13:54,400
exercise at the combine with a 4.66 seconds on the shuttle.

1192
01:13:54,400 --> 01:13:56,120
So he's got the size.

1193
01:13:56,120 --> 01:13:59,960
He's got got the athletic traits that the bills are looking for.

1194
01:13:59,960 --> 01:14:03,800
I think it could be a really nice day three selection for them.

1195
01:14:03,800 --> 01:14:08,400
Another guy for me projects more at the one tech or three tech rather than the one tech

1196
01:14:08,400 --> 01:14:16,120
Logan Lee out of Iowa 65281 a little bit heavier than at Oliver, but could be a solid rotational

1197
01:14:16,120 --> 01:14:18,400
piece for them.

1198
01:14:18,400 --> 01:14:20,080
Sure.

1199
01:14:20,080 --> 01:14:25,400
I've just got, you know, two, two late later round picks.

1200
01:14:25,400 --> 01:14:28,920
Keith Randolph Jr. out of Illinois.

1201
01:14:28,920 --> 01:14:34,800
A solid starter, you know, over over three years through college every year, had some

1202
01:14:34,800 --> 01:14:40,680
injury stuff come up, but could be a possible and again, this is like fifth, sixth, seventh

1203
01:14:40,680 --> 01:14:45,760
rounder, Evan Anderson out of Florida Atlantic, smaller, you know, smaller schools, lesser

1204
01:14:45,760 --> 01:14:51,440
competition, but is that sort of, you know, plug in the middle 63350.

1205
01:14:51,440 --> 01:14:57,520
So sort of your discount to Vandre sweat that you can get late in the game who's not nearly

1206
01:14:57,520 --> 01:15:02,040
the athlete to Vandre sweat is, but could be a player, you know, especially if you just

1207
01:15:02,040 --> 01:15:07,960
need someone to fill that plugging one tech to kind of keep you anchored on rundowns.

1208
01:15:07,960 --> 01:15:12,760
Evan Anderson is a player for that.

1209
01:15:12,760 --> 01:15:13,760
Totally agree.

1210
01:15:13,760 --> 01:15:18,000
All right, sir, let's move on to let's move on to corner and we'll we'll wrap this thing

1211
01:15:18,000 --> 01:15:20,080
up here, I think with safety.

1212
01:15:20,080 --> 01:15:28,080
So now I don't, again, I think corner is a consideration for Bill's brain trust at

1213
01:15:28,080 --> 01:15:31,000
one bills drive in round one.

1214
01:15:31,000 --> 01:15:37,040
I don't think and I don't have any round one considerations at pick 28 for cornerback

1215
01:15:37,040 --> 01:15:38,040
on the board.

1216
01:15:38,040 --> 01:15:43,320
I think Cooper Dugene is very likely gone in the twenties, even in the teens, given

1217
01:15:43,320 --> 01:15:46,160
his positional versatility and athletic profile.

1218
01:15:46,160 --> 01:15:52,880
I think the only guy JJ and he's a guy who could potentially fall, depending on what

1219
01:15:52,880 --> 01:15:59,160
the value of the skill set of this, this really kind of diverse array of DB's in this draft

1220
01:15:59,160 --> 01:16:00,160
is.

1221
01:16:00,160 --> 01:16:05,440
I think if a guy like Kool-Aid McKinsey from Alabama falls to Buffalo, it picked 28.

1222
01:16:05,440 --> 01:16:10,400
I really do think it's going to be tempting for them to go with him because they really

1223
01:16:10,400 --> 01:16:13,600
don't have a clear successor for Tradavia Swight.

1224
01:16:13,600 --> 01:16:15,640
Now that they moved on from him.

1225
01:16:15,640 --> 01:16:21,480
I don't think even with the coaching change with the die coming in as the new secondary

1226
01:16:21,480 --> 01:16:29,160
coach, I don't think the the bills overall is an organization or sold on a Kyler Elam.

1227
01:16:29,160 --> 01:16:33,040
And I think Christian Benford again, while he is his flashed, I don't know that that's

1228
01:16:33,040 --> 01:16:38,920
your CB outside CB one of the future given his industry history and injury history and

1229
01:16:38,920 --> 01:16:42,400
what his overall athletic profile and ceiling could be.

1230
01:16:42,400 --> 01:16:47,760
I could see the bills wanting to avoid the mistake that they made when they picked Elam

1231
01:16:47,760 --> 01:16:51,960
and got forced into it by thinking about this need longer term down the road.

1232
01:16:51,960 --> 01:16:57,960
So if Kool-Aid is there, if it's like to Vandre Swet, Kool-Aid McKinstry and AD Mitchell,

1233
01:16:57,960 --> 01:17:03,080
all available at pick 28 JJ, I could absolutely see the bills going with Kool-Aid McKinstry

1234
01:17:03,080 --> 01:17:04,080
in round one.

1235
01:17:04,080 --> 01:17:05,080
Sure.

1236
01:17:05,080 --> 01:17:06,480
Yeah, no, I like that pick.

1237
01:17:06,480 --> 01:17:13,160
He was my kind of first round CB and you know, I also think that TJ Tampa has been mocked

1238
01:17:13,160 --> 01:17:15,920
to the build in the first round, six to 200.

1239
01:17:15,920 --> 01:17:17,520
So they like length on the outside.

1240
01:17:17,520 --> 01:17:22,640
He's from Iowa State can play any kind of outside corner role.

1241
01:17:22,640 --> 01:17:28,320
Don't know if he's worth that pick that level, but Kool-Aid McKinstry I feel absolutely is.

1242
01:17:28,320 --> 01:17:31,760
What do you think and I feel like we can just smash it together and talk about our safeties

1243
01:17:31,760 --> 01:17:32,760
in the first round.

1244
01:17:32,760 --> 01:17:35,400
Is there any safety for you in the first round for me?

1245
01:17:35,400 --> 01:17:36,760
I don't think so.

1246
01:17:36,760 --> 01:17:40,200
Tyler Neubin is getting mocked to the bills at the end of the first round.

1247
01:17:40,200 --> 01:17:41,200
I think he is.

1248
01:17:41,200 --> 01:17:47,000
I think he's the only safety in the entire draft who's worth a first or second round

1249
01:17:47,000 --> 01:17:50,480
pick, but I don't think he's he's fringe first, right?

1250
01:17:50,480 --> 01:17:52,160
He broke all of.

1251
01:17:52,160 --> 01:17:57,560
Ah, geez, the safety for Tampa Bay who just resigned this year.

1252
01:17:57,560 --> 01:18:01,400
Oh, God, when son of a bills.

1253
01:18:01,400 --> 01:18:03,520
Yeah, Antoine Winfield.

1254
01:18:03,520 --> 01:18:09,120
He broke all of Winfield's records at Minnesota in terms of, you know, interception production,

1255
01:18:09,120 --> 01:18:11,000
tackle production, all those different things.

1256
01:18:11,000 --> 01:18:15,440
And so I think that, you know, that's amazing, but I just don't know that that's that's

1257
01:18:15,440 --> 01:18:17,080
not a top five money position.

1258
01:18:17,080 --> 01:18:18,800
And so I don't see them spending a first on it.

1259
01:18:18,800 --> 01:18:23,360
If he's around in the second, I'd feel a little better out about it at 60.

1260
01:18:23,360 --> 01:18:28,960
But yeah, that's the only the only CBs I have are Kool-Aid McKinstry and TJ Tampa.

1261
01:18:28,960 --> 01:18:36,440
And as for safety, it's Tyler Neubin in the second in the second for CB, NS rake straw

1262
01:18:36,440 --> 01:18:39,160
out of Missouri is somebody that I like.

1263
01:18:39,160 --> 01:18:41,160
Yeah, that's a good one.

1264
01:18:41,160 --> 01:18:45,600
And Kyrie Jackson out of Oregon is another one I like 6 3 195.

1265
01:18:45,600 --> 01:18:49,400
So definitely the size profile, athletic combination doesn't.

1266
01:18:49,400 --> 01:18:53,640
It's like an uncommon size and athlete combination.

1267
01:18:53,640 --> 01:18:55,440
But he's he's developmental.

1268
01:18:55,440 --> 01:19:00,960
He's not going to come in day one and be a starter or compete for a starting position.

1269
01:19:00,960 --> 01:19:04,080
Do you have any day two kind of safety or CBs?

1270
01:19:04,080 --> 01:19:05,080
I do.

1271
01:19:05,080 --> 01:19:09,040
So at the CB position, I've got Cam Hart from Notre Dame.

1272
01:19:09,040 --> 01:19:10,040
I do not.

1273
01:19:10,040 --> 01:19:11,960
JJ, I love this dude.

1274
01:19:11,960 --> 01:19:20,360
6 3 202 ran a four 5 40 his hip fluidity, his footwork mirroring, absolutely elite at

1275
01:19:20,360 --> 01:19:22,520
this stage of his development.

1276
01:19:22,520 --> 01:19:26,600
And he is a guy as offenses are getting lighter and faster.

1277
01:19:26,600 --> 01:19:31,600
He is a guy who will fit well with the zones zone scheme and the nickel packages that the

1278
01:19:31,600 --> 01:19:34,000
bills tend to tend to like to play.

1279
01:19:34,000 --> 01:19:39,720
But also, dude, there are he could absolutely press man one of these like Jalen waddle types

1280
01:19:39,720 --> 01:19:43,440
into oblivion if you really needed to with his physical profile.

1281
01:19:43,440 --> 01:19:46,040
I really like Cam Hart on day two.

1282
01:19:46,040 --> 01:19:49,200
Unfortunately, I think he's going to be mid second round.

1283
01:19:49,200 --> 01:19:52,360
And I just don't think the bills unless they trade back are going to have a lot of assets

1284
01:19:52,360 --> 01:19:54,720
to play with in the second round.

1285
01:19:54,720 --> 01:19:58,920
But I absolutely love Cam Hart, his speed, his athletic profile.

1286
01:19:58,920 --> 01:20:03,600
I think he is a guy to me that screams Buffalo Bill on day two.

1287
01:20:03,600 --> 01:20:04,600
Okay.

1288
01:20:04,600 --> 01:20:05,600
Yeah.

1289
01:20:05,600 --> 01:20:06,600
No, I like it.

1290
01:20:06,600 --> 01:20:12,440
And he is he is projected right around the same area that Elijah Jones out of Boston College.

1291
01:20:12,440 --> 01:20:17,560
They've got almost the same kind of body type and production in college.

1292
01:20:17,560 --> 01:20:21,600
And so, you know, Cam Hart, Elijah Jones are two kind of interchangeable players for me.

1293
01:20:21,600 --> 01:20:24,280
I like them both.

1294
01:20:24,280 --> 01:20:30,080
And day two safety wise, I think, of course, Cameron kitchens is there for me and your

1295
01:20:30,080 --> 01:20:32,600
guy Cole Bishop out of Utah.

1296
01:20:32,600 --> 01:20:37,200
So Cole Bishop is actually my number one safety in this track.

1297
01:20:37,200 --> 01:20:38,200
Oh, yeah.

1298
01:20:38,200 --> 01:20:44,560
I his and his combine workout absolutely put him at the top of my list.

1299
01:20:44,560 --> 01:20:49,920
I know that from a college production standpoint, guys like Newbin, guys like the Washington

1300
01:20:49,920 --> 01:20:52,320
State kid, Jaden Hicks, right?

1301
01:20:52,320 --> 01:20:57,560
There's a little bit more on film, dude, his athleticism absolutely jumps off the page

1302
01:20:57,560 --> 01:20:59,000
at me.

1303
01:20:59,000 --> 01:21:03,880
And I do think he's going to be a sneaky second round pick for some team.

1304
01:21:03,880 --> 01:21:09,480
I don't know that the bills are prioritizing safety and round two.

1305
01:21:09,480 --> 01:21:14,880
I think they've got their designs set on Cam kitchens despite the horrible 40 40 time

1306
01:21:14,880 --> 01:21:16,600
that he ran at the combine.

1307
01:21:16,600 --> 01:21:18,400
All of his athletic testing was brutal.

1308
01:21:18,400 --> 01:21:19,400
Just absolutely brutal.

1309
01:21:19,400 --> 01:21:20,400
Right.

1310
01:21:20,400 --> 01:21:24,120
But I think because of the connection to a die and the University of Miami, I think they're

1311
01:21:24,120 --> 01:21:30,360
hoping he slides deep enough into the third round to where they can leverage a late a

1312
01:21:30,360 --> 01:21:33,040
day three pick to move up and snag him.

1313
01:21:33,040 --> 01:21:37,320
So I would love to see Cole Bishop, dude, and a Buffalo Bill's uniform.

1314
01:21:37,320 --> 01:21:42,600
But I do not believe that I do not believe that they are going to spend pick 60.

1315
01:21:42,600 --> 01:21:46,840
It should he fall to them or spend capital to get move up and get them.

1316
01:21:46,840 --> 01:21:51,320
But again, he is a prospect that screams Buffalo Bill to me in that secondary.

1317
01:21:51,320 --> 01:21:58,080
It would thrive thrive in a multitude of positions, be it the nickel, be it in the box, be it

1318
01:21:58,080 --> 01:22:03,280
in the free range center fielder, his athletic profile, he would thrive in the Sean McDermott

1319
01:22:03,280 --> 01:22:05,320
scheme for sure.

1320
01:22:05,320 --> 01:22:07,320
Nice.

1321
01:22:07,320 --> 01:22:11,680
There are a few day three kind of targets.

1322
01:22:11,680 --> 01:22:18,760
I think that I like Malik Mustafa out of Wake Forest is one at safety.

1323
01:22:18,760 --> 01:22:20,560
Live 11 to 207.

1324
01:22:20,560 --> 01:22:23,080
Yeah, you love him too.

1325
01:22:23,080 --> 01:22:29,280
He's your kind of throwback, you know, old school, you know, box safety gets in gets

1326
01:22:29,280 --> 01:22:31,640
nasty.

1327
01:22:31,640 --> 01:22:34,040
At CB I like Dwight McLeathern.

1328
01:22:34,040 --> 01:22:38,400
This is a player out of Arkansas, 62 about 180.

1329
01:22:38,400 --> 01:22:43,040
That's one who I have every almost every mock draft I have.

1330
01:22:43,040 --> 01:22:48,320
He sticks out on the board in like the early fourth or late fourth round.

1331
01:22:48,320 --> 01:22:53,520
And I grab him because he's he's kind of the prototypical size that the bills like in corner.

1332
01:22:53,520 --> 01:22:54,600
He's a good tackler.

1333
01:22:54,600 --> 01:22:56,200
He's good in coverage.

1334
01:22:56,200 --> 01:23:00,120
He can stick with people and man he's a he's a plus athlete.

1335
01:23:00,120 --> 01:23:03,600
He you know, has a lot of forced incompletions.

1336
01:23:03,600 --> 01:23:08,240
He has had touchdowns, you know, he's run run some back for touchdowns.

1337
01:23:08,240 --> 01:23:14,040
So he's just a solid all around player and isn't getting as much play out of Arkansas.

1338
01:23:14,040 --> 01:23:17,320
I think the level of competition hurts him a little bit.

1339
01:23:17,320 --> 01:23:21,440
But three years starter he I think he also missed some time with injury this year.

1340
01:23:21,440 --> 01:23:22,800
So that might worry some teams.

1341
01:23:22,800 --> 01:23:25,920
But you know Dwight McLeathern that's my guy.

1342
01:23:25,920 --> 01:23:26,920
Love it.

1343
01:23:26,920 --> 01:23:28,560
Day three at cornerback.

1344
01:23:28,560 --> 01:23:37,040
I've got Miles Harden out of South Dakota 511-195 again a four five 40 at the combine.

1345
01:23:37,040 --> 01:23:39,120
Athletically fits with the bills.

1346
01:23:39,120 --> 01:23:40,120
What to do.

1347
01:23:40,120 --> 01:23:43,680
He is he's coming from playing.

1348
01:23:43,680 --> 01:23:46,800
I don't want to say a lesser brand of football because you know me.

1349
01:23:46,800 --> 01:23:48,240
I'm a big FCS guy.

1350
01:23:48,240 --> 01:23:54,840
JMU recently made the jump from FCS to to bowl championship moving to the Sun Belt.

1351
01:23:54,840 --> 01:24:00,880
So I've watched a lot of FCS football in my time and do these dudes can absolutely play.

1352
01:24:00,880 --> 01:24:06,920
He is not the fastest but he does have amazing short area quickness and can close in on

1353
01:24:06,920 --> 01:24:07,920
guys.

1354
01:24:07,920 --> 01:24:14,960
And I think Harden for me JJ might be the most pro ready tackler on my day three list

1355
01:24:14,960 --> 01:24:21,040
just because the way he wraps guys up and like clings to them with every fiber of his

1356
01:24:21,040 --> 01:24:23,320
511-195 frame.

1357
01:24:23,320 --> 01:24:25,840
To me he is a guy that can wrap a guy up.

1358
01:24:25,840 --> 01:24:27,480
He can close the tackle.

1359
01:24:27,480 --> 01:24:29,480
But you know the bills like to swarm the ball.

1360
01:24:29,480 --> 01:24:33,480
He could be the tip of the spear and that's swarming type of scheme that they like to

1361
01:24:33,480 --> 01:24:35,000
play moving to the ball.

1362
01:24:35,000 --> 01:24:38,920
And he's a guy who can absolutely stop yak in a zone scheme.

1363
01:24:38,920 --> 01:24:43,560
So I really like Miles Harden and then on the safety side you hit on my who might be

1364
01:24:43,560 --> 01:24:48,920
my favorite not the best but my favorite prospect here Malik Mustafa.

1365
01:24:48,920 --> 01:24:51,600
This guy tackles everything.

1366
01:24:51,600 --> 01:24:53,200
He is a hammer.

1367
01:24:53,200 --> 01:24:55,040
Everything is a nail to this dude.

1368
01:24:55,040 --> 01:24:57,720
He is an incredible throwback box safety.

1369
01:24:57,720 --> 01:25:03,160
He would absolutely thrive in the run stopping game for the role that the bills ask these

1370
01:25:03,160 --> 01:25:08,240
DB's to do and dude he we've talked about Zach Moss saying he wanted to have people

1371
01:25:08,240 --> 01:25:10,720
make business decisions when they tackled him.

1372
01:25:10,720 --> 01:25:15,840
If you see Malik Mustafa coming for you in the open field you as a ball carrier need

1373
01:25:15,840 --> 01:25:19,600
to make a business decision about whether or not you want to take that hit or run it

1374
01:25:19,600 --> 01:25:20,600
out of bounds.

1375
01:25:20,600 --> 01:25:26,280
I love Mustafa to the bills JJ as a developmental box safety on day three.

1376
01:25:26,280 --> 01:25:32,920
Yeah, that developmental box safety for me is Keaton Oladapo out of Oregon State.

1377
01:25:32,920 --> 01:25:40,280
Six one about 200 pounds and he is the kind of player who really like he gets he he also

1378
01:25:40,280 --> 01:25:44,200
makes makes runners make business decisions about running out of bounds instead of meeting

1379
01:25:44,200 --> 01:25:51,200
him because his run defense grade according to PFF was top among all safeties.

1380
01:25:51,200 --> 01:25:55,680
And so you know I know that the bills put a lot of stress on that and yeah he's got

1381
01:25:55,680 --> 01:26:01,240
the size six one 200 plus pounds and he's a senior so he's been a three year starter

1382
01:26:01,240 --> 01:26:05,600
in college and each year has improved his game slightly so Keaton Oladapo is one of

1383
01:26:05,600 --> 01:26:09,520
those players I could see the bills taking a flyer on the late and trying to develop

1384
01:26:09,520 --> 01:26:14,720
him and then of course they're always a post there's always a possibility with this front

1385
01:26:14,720 --> 01:26:22,760
office that they're going to dip into the hit well and there's two CB's AJ Woods and

1386
01:26:22,760 --> 01:26:31,080
then MJ Devonshire both kind of smaller 511 players under 200 pounds but could be developmental

1387
01:26:31,080 --> 01:26:38,240
slot or outside CB's depending on matchups and both of them have the capability I think

1388
01:26:38,240 --> 01:26:45,120
to kind of understudy Brant behind Taran Johnson so those are that's that concludes it for

1389
01:26:45,120 --> 01:26:49,800
me with defensive backs for for the draft and targets that I specifically have been

1390
01:26:49,800 --> 01:26:51,240
watching or looking out for.

1391
01:26:51,240 --> 01:26:54,960
Yep I've got a lot of the same guys on my list say for the dudes are already talked

1392
01:26:54,960 --> 01:27:01,840
about JJ so before we wrap it up here do you have any other prospects that you want Buffalo

1393
01:27:01,840 --> 01:27:07,240
the Buffalo bread community to focus on at any other positions.

1394
01:27:07,240 --> 01:27:12,400
You know I don't want to overstate the importance of this position but I think that you know

1395
01:27:12,400 --> 01:27:18,920
this may be the most critical point of the draft Austin McNamara a punter out of Texas

1396
01:27:18,920 --> 01:27:25,360
Tech with so many fifth sixth and seventh round picks you know nine of them between the fourth

1397
01:27:25,360 --> 01:27:33,000
and the end of the draft I think that if the bills feel that their needs have been met

1398
01:27:33,000 --> 01:27:39,080
at that point using a seventh on a player that's probably a UDFA in most people's boards Austin

1399
01:27:39,080 --> 01:27:47,400
McNamara six four two ten Texas Tech punter they'd signed Matt Hawk they guaranteed Sam

1400
01:27:47,400 --> 01:27:52,520
Martin for the for his his salary this year so it's unlike but it's a low amount of money

1401
01:27:52,520 --> 01:27:57,920
it's unlikely that they're going to do this but I would like to see like I just love to

1402
01:27:57,920 --> 01:28:02,720
have consistency on the punting you know so in that part of the special teams year over

1403
01:28:02,720 --> 01:28:07,560
year from the Corey battles and Corey Bajorquez and then Sam Martin comes in and then the punt

1404
01:28:07,560 --> 01:28:11,960
God gets finangled in kind of legal drama and now he's he's on the chiefs like there's

1405
01:28:11,960 --> 01:28:15,960
a lot of you know instability at that position year over year I'm just so tired of it I want

1406
01:28:15,960 --> 01:28:21,520
to see them pick up a rookie who turns into a plus starter and just stick with him for

1407
01:28:21,520 --> 01:28:29,080
years and that's I think that's Austin McNamara Dan I I don't I don't dislike it I think it

1408
01:28:29,080 --> 01:28:33,760
is bold I think it is bold sir and it is a position of long-term need where the bills

1409
01:28:33,760 --> 01:28:38,760
could really use a young cost control so cheap role just like a punter coming out of the

1410
01:28:38,760 --> 01:28:42,840
seventh round is so cheap to have on the books especially compared to what you're going to

1411
01:28:42,840 --> 01:28:48,480
potentially pay a hawk and Martin you know holding for Tyler Bass is always a big question

1412
01:28:48,480 --> 01:28:53,720
with the punter but if this is a kid that could learn that I'm all about it I have another

1413
01:28:53,720 --> 01:28:59,720
I have another approach that the bill should take this season to punting they should eliminate

1414
01:28:59,720 --> 01:29:04,480
punting for from their repertoire and just go for it on fourth down if it's fourth and

1415
01:29:04,480 --> 01:29:08,800
seventeen you go for it you say Josh you're gonna bomb it downfield you're they're gonna

1416
01:29:08,800 --> 01:29:13,800
arm pump arm and inter interception or we're gonna we're gonna convert this fourth down

1417
01:29:13,800 --> 01:29:17,000
but I think the bill should absolutely go for on fourth every single time they have the

1418
01:29:17,000 --> 01:29:21,760
ball and forget the punting game Josh Allen gets the instruction of throwing to the deepest

1419
01:29:21,760 --> 01:29:26,960
man on the field no matter the jersey exactly just throw directly to whoever the deepest

1420
01:29:26,960 --> 01:29:31,480
man you see on the field is and if it's us awesome we we convert if it's them that's

1421
01:29:31,480 --> 01:29:36,240
an arm punt yeah absolutely do you know how I like it Josh would pin on the goal line

1422
01:29:36,240 --> 01:29:41,240
if he's throwing from his 40 I mean it'd be absolutely it's same absolutely just throw

1423
01:29:41,240 --> 01:29:45,520
it super high so they can get under it and then you know your wide receivers just need

1424
01:29:45,520 --> 01:29:49,520
to tackle just run the verts with your past catchers and be like you're either gonna catch

1425
01:29:49,520 --> 01:29:53,480
it you're gonna tackle good luck guys right I like it I like it love it man good note

1426
01:29:53,480 --> 01:29:58,760
to end on yep absolutely absolutely arm puns always a solid note so that is it folks that

1427
01:29:58,760 --> 01:30:07,080
is part one of our draft tackler the Buffalo bread big board for this year's 2024 NFL draft

1428
01:30:07,080 --> 01:30:11,680
so part two is coming next week and that is going to be our full seven round Buffalo

1429
01:30:11,680 --> 01:30:17,800
bills mock draft with commentary on where the board may land and each of the picks that

1430
01:30:17,800 --> 01:30:22,640
JJ and I are hoping that the bills are gonna make when the draft rolls around here in the

1431
01:30:22,640 --> 01:30:27,440
next few weeks so for those of you listening at home thank you very much and as I always

1432
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