WGR

‘At 6′ 2″ and 220-pounds, Alexander has lined up at both free and strong safety. Counting his special teams work, he’s collected 118 total tackles, including five for loss, and two sacks in 50 games played. He’s also intercepted two passes, both in 2016.’

‘Spain has started 48 games at guard for the Tennessee Titans over the past four seasons, including at least 13 starts per season in the last three years. Thorpe was last with the Seattle Seahawks, playing a special teams role with Seattle. Thorpe has also played for the Oakland Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs.’

‘”Ideally in free agency, you can knock out as many ‘needs’ that you have, which makes it easier to draft best player available. I know that’s always a big debate. Are teams really drafting best player available versus need and all that,” Beane said. “If you go in and you have a major hole, you don’t have a starting position somewhere, then you have to get that position somewhere fairly high in the draft. I feel that if we rolled the ball out now, we’ve got guys that can go in and play. Can we get better? Yes, and [just like in free agency] we hope to, in the draft, find some more talent to add competition to as many spots as we can.”‘

‘The Bills currently have a solid pair of safeties in Micah Hyde and Jordan Poyer as starters. Behind them, Rafael Bush was a solid backup his first year in Buffalo. Rookie Siran Neal played mainly special teams and Dean Marlowe was active for two games as a reserve. The 28-year old Alexander would certainly offer competition for a backup and special teams role.’

‘The 10 offensive players is double what any other team in the league has signed so far, which gives you an idea of exactly how aggressive and focused they were on doing what Beane said they needed to and would.’

‘The 6-6, 315-pound Waddle has started 31 NFL games, including seven over the past two years with the Patriots. He can play both left and right tackle.’

‘”Draft is by drafting best player available, free agency is all about your needs to help you be able to go into the draft with very few so called ‘needs.’ We’re looking for good players and we put them into various tiers, from ‘Tier 1’ down to ‘Tier 4’ of how we see these guys. There are certain positions where we didn’t target a ‘Tier 1’ guy, we just felt like that’s not as big of a need, it’s not as wise a use of our money.”‘

‘“It was a battle between here and New England, and Dallas, obviously,” the new Bills wide receiver said. “I just wanted to be in place where I’d have more opportunities and this seemed like the place for me to be.”’

‘The GM said the team still has approximately high $30 million to low $40 million in salary cap space after all the moves they’ve made, noting they still have to sign all of their draft picks with that money, but said “we still have plenty of room to maneuver should the opportunity be there for a marquee player that comes available (through) trade or release.”’

‘Ansah started only two games in 2018, appearing in seven before being placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury. He was still able to record four sacks in 2018 despite the early end to his season.’

‘Nsekhe appeared in 14 games last season, starting five of those games for the Washington Redskins. Feliciano started four games in relief for the Oakland Raiders. Both players will provide depth and competition for the Bills’ offensive line.’

‘Roberts led the NFL in total kick return yards last season with 1174 and in punt return average with 14.1 per return. He is eighth amongst all active players averaging 24.9 yards per kick return. Roberts was selected to the Pro Bowl last season and also named a First Team All-Pro. He had an outstanding games against the Bills, first returning five kicks for 132 yards (26.4 average) in a November game at the Meadowlands, then returning five kicks for 176 yards (35.20 average) in a December game in Orchard Park.’

‘Morse should immediately start at center. He’s athletic, can move and pull, and is known as a terrific pass-blocker. The question now is what happens with Russell Bodine, who has one year left in his contract and is coming off a broken leg? He’s definitely a candidate to be released before the season (the Bills would save $2.3 million in cap space), but may also be good insurance as a backup to Morse, who has missed 16 games over the past two seasons.’

‘His best season in Dallas came in 2016 when he posted career-high totals in receptions (75) and receiving yards (833), and brought in five touchdowns. Last season in Dallas, Beasley caught 65 passes for 672 yards, and found the endzone three times in the air.’

‘Prior to Baltimore, Brown spent the first four seasons of his NFL career with the Arizona Cardinals. He had his most productive season with the Cardinals in 2015, where he compiled 65 receptions for 1,003 yards and seven touchdowns.’