Rocky Landing

So, uh... WR in the first round it is...

There is certainly a need to acquire Diggs’ eventual replacement, and this would be a good time to do that. But, beyond that, if this draft is as deep at WR as people are saying, there will be one in the second round. I would love to see the Bills draft a WR in the first. It would be fun, and exciting. We need another playmaker on Offense. But the truth is, we are desperately thin on defense. The starting 11 might be considered adequate (barely), lack of a pass rush notwithstanding. But after that… it’s hard to get excited about The JAGs they’ve added to the D-line, a geriatric Von Miller or the notion that Cam Lewis is our best defensive back after the starting five.

Fans on these boards seem to have convinced themselves that Beane/McDermott are drafting a WR in the first round, period, and that WR is our greatest need. It’s not. Not even close. And I would bet money that they will draft a defensive player in round one. The defense is currently paper thin.

I feel reasonably confident with our chances to win the AFCE, but I don't think we're going to start out the season as a championship team. If we have a chance of making it to the SB, they're going to need to continue building throughout the season, which I believe they will. That's McDermott's "process," and Beane's philosophy. And I feel pretty good about that.

Now that’s a good one right there!

Tua sailed it over his receivers head in that clip.

… with this bizarre assumption that we try to sign everyone who comes in for a visit.

There’s only 59 players on the roster, including future/reserve contracts. We’re adding somebody…

I’m sure the reports of Rodgers’ mutant healing powers are legit. He’ll bounce right back from a torn Achilles like it never happened.

Oh trust me, my activities are quite subdued these days. 🤙

Snapped my left ACL twice. The last time included a torn MCL, meniscus, and a fractured tibia, and two surgeries. Had my fourth knee surgery in July-- total knee replacement, and now I'm back on the slopes. Cheers!

Wherever he lands, I hope we play him in Buffalo so the Mafia can give him a warm, welcoming ovation. Truly a class act. He'll always be a Bill.

Yeah, absolutely foolish to... bring him in for a visit...🙄

The thing about Hollins vs. a draft pick is that we know exactly what Hollins can do, and how well. He's pretty much a known commodity-- a situational WR with specific skills. The only real question, IMO, is whether those skills fit into a position of need, and I certainly think they do. We know he's a decent gunner (position of need with the loss of Siran Neal), and we know he's a decent run blocker (position of need with the losses of Davis, and Sherfield). We also know that he's 6'4", and strong with decent hands, a decent catch %, and contested catch ability. And we know he's slow, doesn't get separation, and not a lot of YAC (you can even see those negatives on his highlight reel). But if we stand him up like a ficus tree in the end zone in redone situations, opposing teams will have to account for him, and even if he doesn't get a single target, he becomes valuable as such. There's been a lot of debate in these pages about what he can, or cannot become, and I don't see the point. We know what he is, and for the money, it seems like a pretty smart signing to me.

Well, mind you, just because I don’t want to spend all of our draft capital on offense doesn’t mean I want to spend it all on defense. I suspect that if the Bills draft a WR at 28, it means that someone they were really high on dropped to them. But if I were to bet on it, I’d put my money on a bpa defensive position of need. And then hopefully a WR that they’re high on drops to them in the second. I don’t love it. But I suspect that’s how Beane and McDermott might see the big picture.

I don’t often disagree with you, but I sure do here. if you look at the Bills current roster— and I’ll say including reserve/future— at what positions would you say the Bills are thin? To my eye: Offense: QB, excellent OL, adequate WR, thin(ish) RB, adequate TE, deep Defense: DT, thin DE, thin LB, adequate(ish) S, thin CB, thin And where were the majority of our injuries last season? We ignore defensive depth at our peril.

In all seriousness , take a look at the active roster, and then tell me if you still think they “should go all offense.”

It’s an unpopular opinion, but I challenge anyone on here to take a gander at the active roster and find a position on defense other than LB (and only because we’re base nickel) that isn’t woefully thin. https://www.buffalobills.com/team/players-roster/

I would bet money that our first round pick will be defense.

I would bet money that our first draft pick goes to defense.

I think LB is the only defensive position in which we aren’t terribly thin, but that’s only because we’re base nickel.

If we re-signed him, he would be the third-best DT on the active roster.

Three if you consider that he is now a Bill.

Honestly, I’m just assuming he can’t. Be that as it may, there are currently two DTs on the active roster (Oliver. Jones) three DEs (AJ, KJ, and Groot), and Von. After that, it’s a collection of JAGs on futures and PS. Of course it’s early. The sky ain’t falling or anything. But that’s as thin as I ever remember it being.

I agree, but it’s not by a large margin. McDermott’s signature defensive line rotation is nowhere to be seen at the moment.