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They bring 12 or more WRs to camp every year. They were plucking guys off the street at times last year during the season. Gentry was on the Bears practice squad then and had played well in the preseason for them so I do not think it was or is bad idea to see what he can do here. Maybe he makes our practice squad, someone has to. I bet he knows where to go when Josh breaks the pocket, it seems like he caught a bunch of those in 2016.

Oliver (from San Jose State) is interesting. I will look more at him. Seems to be in the same category as Kahale Warring of SDSU as far as being a 3rd/4th round guy. I would like some combination of TE/WR/RB/DL/Edge in the first 5 picks. If they can get two of their picks upgraded into the the top 100, they could actually get 5 candidates to make the roster. If not Hockensen, then a TE like Warring/Sternberger/Oliver wwould be in the mix.

I would much rather see the Bills with 5 picks in the top 100 to give them the best chance to improve their roster. They can do this by trading down in the first and have no chance to do so if they trade up.

I have been looking at the big WRs as that is what is missing from the Bills WR group and Hakeem Butler gets the most talk but Boykin is of the same type and he may be special in that role too. Anohter is Jalen Hurd of Baylor who was a 4 star RB recruit toTennesee and transferred to Baylor. It's an odd path to the NFL and a knee injury kept him from testing much at the combine. Here is how Joe Marino described him as a prospect: Jalen Hurd from The Draft Network. RED FLAGS - Procedure on knee in December kept him out of pre-draft process. It’s not often a four-star running back recruit in the SEC ends up a wide receiver in the Big Twelve and enters the NFL as a wide receiver prospect but that’s the case with Hurd. For a prospect with only one season of game experience at receiver, there are some components of Hurd’s game that looks like he’s new to the position while others that appear he’s been doing it his whole life. Developing route running nuance, particularly in his releases is critical. From a hands/ball skills perspective, Hurd is sound. In the right offense, Hurd has the potential to be a versatile offensive weapon that can handle numerous duties. Round Grade - Mid Day 3 Value

Josh Allen can play Hero Ball and plays it really well. Josh Rosen plays it not.

I say an elite 3rd down DL prospect in the first round. They are so thin there now and really thin there in 2020. The top prospects are all gone in the top 50. Then at least 3 of the next 4 picks on offense, some mix of RB, TE, WR and DL. Their FA signings look like they plan on a DL being the BPA.

Supposedly no artificial noise. There's been stories of teams piping amped up crowd noise through their PA system and the rules for that are not clear to me. I think they can't do it after the huddle breaks and the offense approaches the line (much like the boat horn or whatever that is) but teams have been accused of doing that during the play, iirc. It was different then. Stadium capacity was 80,020.

It's all kind of a blur now but for those that don't remember, the NFL tried to make excessive crowd noise a loss of times out or a 5 yard penalty . Elway tried to get the rule invoked, the referee had to make the announcement but did not make the penalty call for some reason. The snap was probably too early and Elway fumbled it. Expecting fans to spend all that time and money to attend the games and then expecting them to remain quiet through the visiting teams' offensive series was just NFL dumb. Fans want to show support above and beyond that of an audience at an opera otherwise there's one less reason to be there.

That's ok. Sanders may be perfect. I prefer RBs that get what's there plus a consistent extra. I don't appreciate the McCoy/Barry Sanders home run hitting dancers nearly as much as most do. Too many bad run plays that lose yards and can kill a drive. Robb Riddick is an under the radar favorite of mine, and I saw James Conner much the same way. Blitz pickup, some plus as a receiver, grind out tough yards in tough situations, consistently beat tacklers for extra yardage, move-the-chains and secure the ball. Yeah, fumbles matter too. Montgomery had almost 700 touches with only 3 fumbles. Whoever they do draft will not get much of a work load in 2019 and can be eased into the offense. I think the right guy can be had in the 3rd round and it would be nice to get an extra pick there to do it

OK. I copied and pasted from PFF. I like Montgomery a lot based on his style of running. Balance through contact and he makes it hurt to tackle him. He is a chains mover and that's what I want the running game to be. Sanders shows similar traits although there is a fumbling problem mentioned. This is the first site I've seen to have these guys 2/3. 2. RB DAVID MONTGOMERY, IOWA STATE Montgomery broke the PFF record with 100 broken tackles on 258 carries this past season. 3. RB MILES SANDERS, PENN STATE Sanders needs to get his fumbling problem cleaned up (five this year), but he picked up right where Saquon left off for the Nittany Lions. As for taking a talented, rehabbing player such as Love, I think it would be a smart use of a late round pick to get him for essentially a red shirt year. We have been discussing how the Bills don't have spots on their 2019 roster for 10 picks and that would be another way around the problem. So, we have use late round picks to move up, convert them to 2020 picks, use one on a red shirting player or draft a punter to compete for that job.

I had to look this up to make it legit: Perfect Sunday scenes Josh leads the red, white and blue All in victory

Let's say there is someone the Bills really like at 9 but they manage to convince the Broncos to swap with them to prevent any other team from jumping into 9 to get a QB. The Bills upgrade a 4th to a 3rd for their trouble. The Bills still get their guy at 10 and now have 3 more picks in the top 74. Among their 5 picks in the first 4 rounds the Bills get a combination of Edge, DT, TE, WR, and RB who can all see playing time this year and offer significant roster upgrades in 2019 and beyond. It looks like an impact edge player needs to be taken in the top 50. Here's one set of combinations I like: Sweat// Butler// Montgomery// Sternberger or Warring//Saunders or Wren

I hadn't seen that one. It's a very good compilation of what he can do to beat defenders. Whether the Bills get him or not, I'll keep tabs on his career much like I do James Conner.

Travis was a very good player but was maybe the most ill-prepared for adulthood of any Bill of which I can think.

Speaking of Denver, I wonder what they would offer the Bills to keep someone else from trading up to #9. That might allow the Bills to upgrade one of their picks in a later round, maybe a 4th to a 3rd, for instance. The Bills get the same player they would have taken at 9 and another premium pick and the Broncos get their choice of the QBs on the board at 9 and prevent some other team from coming up in front of them and taking their guy.

That's what much of his running was. I read somewhere that he averaged over 10 yards per dropback/scramble. That's like completing 100% of his check down throws for over 10 ypc. I doubt that any QB can come close to that. His running was better than check down throws would have been. I am not one of those to believe that staying in the pocket is the safest option. At least not until they protect him better. Kiko Alonso and Anthony Barr would be in favor of more check down throws too, I bet.

Not a normal source of NFL talent but I really like David Montgomery and Hakeem Butler of ISU. Montgomery's style is the type I prefer as he constantly beats would be tacklers with quick cuts and outstanding power. He is nearly 220 lbs., his comp is Kareem Hunt and he might be an early 3rd round option. He was credited with over 100 broken tackles last year and is a chain moving, tackle breaking, bowling ball of a runner. David Montgomery Hakeem Butler is the biggest of the big WRs in this draft with just under a 7ft. wingspan and that's the body type missing from their WR group. The comps I've read on him are Brandon Marshall and Plaxico Burress. He's very good at using his size and reach advantage to adjust to poorly located throws and then transitioning to RAC yardage as he averaged 20+ ypc. Drops are an issue and may be more so as ISU QB seems to favor soft tosses down field, but he represents a win above the rim pass catcher and big play threat. He could be available early in the 2nd. Hakeem Butler One or both these guys would upgrade the skill positions for this offense for the next 4 or more years, imo. And it is fairly unlikley that my favorite WR and RB in this draft for the Bills roster would be from the same school and one like Iowa State at that.

This is probably the worst case scenario for a pick at 9 but the best case for a trade back as only one QB is off the board. Denver might make the trade just to prevent them from losing their QB choice and still get the same pick we would have had at 9. Maybe convert a 5th to a 3rd for the trouble.

And with Lorax still here, Burns gets to see how it's done. I like that thinking. Joe Marino, of the Locked On Bills Podcast and The Draft Network, thinks Burns is the best pass rusher in the draft, so there's that. He seems small to me, but so is Hughes.

The Bills obviously did not like their o-line group and attacked it with a vengeance. I wonder how many of the 6 they signed actually make the 53 man roster. It seemed like overkill but the Bills want the problem fixed and by boosting the numbers of NFL quality players and letting them compete for spots they feel like it will be. That same philosophy could apply to fixing their punting and they may well draft one if there is one they really like. Directional kicking, having different types of situational kicks, hang time and near zero mishits are what I'd look for. The ten picks they have right now can't all make the roster so I could see them 'burning" a late one on a punter.

Beane has said that he likes receivers that can win in different ways and I like Hakeem Butler as the down field, above the rim, body type that is missing from the wide receiver group. He has a wingspan just short of 7 ft. but has some drop issues. Looking at his catches, his QB under threw him a bunch and he would turn into the defender and out fight him for possession. Also, those throws looked nothing like what JA delivers, so that may be a problem. Here's a link to a nice Giant's article specifically about Hakeem and other lengthy WRs in this draft. I'd bet the Bills get one of them: tall-wide-receiver-prospects Butler looks to be moving up the board to late 1st round territory, so the Bills may not get a shot at him at 40.

Too much blue. Needs a better balance of the three colors, imo. Something like the team logo on a white front with a white bill/blue bolts and red stars. I hated the blue on blue home uniforms of a decade ago. Wrong shade of blue and they looked like pajamas.

UB had 6.5 for over/under last year and I was convinced that was way too low. I do not gamble because I really can't afford to lose but I'd feel similarly about this prospect.