‘Before the 2020 season was postponed, Brown was named a preseason FCS All-American. In the years prior, Brown started 33 of the 34 games he played for Northern Iowa. Brown lined up as the starting right tackle for the Northern Iowa Panthers in every game during the 2019 season.’
Archives for May 1, 2021
Spencer Brown sees Bills as a perfect fit
‘“I know it’s a hardworking organization, hardworking team, and blue-collar,” Brown said. “That’s what I’m anxious to be a part of, it’s part of my background. I grew up on a farm in Lennox [Iowa], then went to Northern Iowa in a blue-collar city. Being a part of Bills Mafia is perfect for a kid that grew up in a small town in Iowa.”’
Beane: ‘We really liked [Rousseau] through the process’
‘“We really liked [Rousseau] through the process,” Beane said on his Zoom conference call early Friday morning. “We spent multiple Zoom [meetings] with him, like we did a lot of guys. He’s a Grade-A young man, very mature for his age. He has the intangibles that we look for and he’s a guy that’s going to work. … We like who he is, and we think he’s a guy that in time will reach his potential.”’
Beane reveals Bills backed out of trade to draft Basham Jr.
‘“I kept thinking he [Basham Jr.] was going to get picked,” Beane said. “We had a deal agreed to with an NFC club. We told them if one player was there, which was Basham Jr, that we weren’t going to do the deal…. It would’ve moved us back into the third round and added some other picks. We felt like we were in a good spot.”’
Rousseau: Buffalo is ‘the one place I really wanted to go’
‘“I couldn’t be any happier,” he said. “That is the one place I really wanted to go. I’m genuinely saying this.”’
Opinion: Capaccio: Defensive end suddenly flush with competition for Bills
‘It’s clear what the Bills plan was going into this draft, and why. After watching Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs beat them twice on their way to a Super Bowl appearance, including defeating the Bills in the AFC Championship Game, and only sacking Mahomes once in both games combined, Beane and head coach Sean McDermott obviously felt they needed to add, and maybe even overhaul, their pass rush, in multiple ways.’
Opinion: Possible Day 2 draft targets for Bills
‘Here are my top players who also fit their needs and scheme, by position…’.
Bills add to their defense, select Carlos “Boogie” Basham Jr. in 2nd round of 2021 NFL Draft
‘”My mom’s childhood best friend used to babysit me when I was little,” Basham said. “I’d be jumping around and dancing and that’s what Boogie just came from.”‘
Bills add to their offense, select OT Spencer Brown in 3rd round of 2021 NFL Draft
‘”It’s a hard working organization, a hard working team. It’s blue collar,” Brown said. “Being a part of Bills mafia is about perfect for a kid from small town Iowa.”‘
Bills select Wake Forest DE Carlos “Boogie” Basham Jr. in 2nd Round
‘“Even when I play Madden I play with the Bills,” Basham said. “That defense is just something that I really love and I’m glad I’m a part of it now. That was the main thing I was thinking about when it was going through my head like this is a dream finally come true, things are starting to just take over.”’
Bills select Northern Iowa OT Spencer Brown with the 93rd overall pick
‘This is a depth move for the Bills as they return all five of their starters this season thanks to general manager Brandon Beane getting contract extensions done with like Daryl Williams and Jon Feliciano. So Brown has a chance to develop and learn without the pressure of needing to make an immediate impact.’
4 Notable Quotes: Bills GM Brandon Beane after day two of the NFL draft
‘What we try to do prior to the draft is just set us up to take the best player on our board and that’s what we’ve done. We took Rousseau last night, you’re not anticipating taking another pass rusher but Carlos was the best player on our board so we just followed that again. You can never have enough pass rushers and we just felt the value was too good to pass up. We’re excited to get him. You would love to sit here and say I’m going to fill this need, I’m gonna fill this need, and this need, each spot along the way but you don’t pass up good players to drop down and handle a need.’
Bills select Wake Forest DE Carlos Basham Jr. in 2nd round with No. 61 overall pick
‘Basham knows between Rousseau and AJ Epenesa, another defensive end the Bills drafted in the second round in 2020, the competition will be tight.’
Bills select Northern Iowa OT Spencer Brown in 3rd round with No. 93 pick
‘They went much bigger on their offensive line with Northern Iowa offensive tackle Spencer Brown, listed at a whopping 6-foot-8, 311 pounds with the No. 93 pick in the third round.’
The Bills add another pass rusher, Carlos Basham, with pick 61
‘Basham said his Zoom meetings with the Bills were very organized and detailed. He built a good relationship with the coaches that he had a feeling would soon become part of his future.’