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We had Ty Johnson making those plays for us after signing him off the waiver wire. It's no surprise the board's favorite picks are the safety and the RB. It is easy to find decent NFL caliber players at those spots, and Bishop and Davis both look like day one NFL caliber players. But we don't need just NFL caliber players at easy to fill spots. We need guys at premium positions that make plays. In the 4th round it is of course harder to find those guys but I would still rather try than do the safe thing and draft a dime a dozen RB.

Just from a high level philosophy, drafting a safety and a RB with two of our first four picks is bad strategy. The players might be good. But there is extremely low upside with that strategy. It's the two least valuable positions on the team.

It just feels like a lot of RBs with that kind of profile are still on the board. Wait until the late 5th to take one.

Not a fan of taking another RB this high. With our last three picks we have taken a safety, a backup DT, and a backup RB. And he'll be 25 years old in November. A lot of mileage on him already, over 800 touches in college. No high upside traits to write home about. You can get that caliber of RB in the 6th/7th round.

Sigh. Another RB in the first 4 rounds. With our last 3 picks we have taken a safety, a backup DT, and a backup RB.

If some team wants to give us a 2025 3rd for our 4th I would easily take that deal.

The Bears had three great picks, but using 1 of their 4 picks on a punter is a choice... And that ends their draft.

Lol the Dolphins gave up a future 3rd rounder to take a RB3. Really pleased with their draft. They won't be overtaking us any time soon. Now go give Tua a big extension.

I think those are both slot only WRs in the NFL. Brendan Rice is the best outside WR left on the board IMO.

Meh on Tez Walker. His mental makeup profiles as the type of prospect that surprisingly gets cut by the team that drafted him in his 2nd offseason. Real talent but a lot of problems upstairs. At this point I would be happy with Brendan Rice. True outside WR that does well when his QB goes off script.

I heard Javon Baker interviewed poorly and teams were concerned he would have trouble picking up an NFL playbook.

I'm definitely not tied to any one player. Suamataia, Rosengarten, Coleman, Wallace, Adams, Beebe, Amegadjie, Glaze, Goncalves, and Haynes all got selected over the next 20 picks after we took Bishop. So half of that next batch of players was OL. The league told us that's where the value was and we punted on it for a safety. All along I have considered safety in the 2nd round as dangling bait and I hoped that Beane was smart enough to avoid falling into that trap, but instead he proudly admitted that he was trying to trade up for Bishop. So he didn't just take the bait, he was going out of his way to take it. Oh well. At least he didn't take Kam Kinchens, which was my realistic nightmare scenario. Bishop seems like he has a good chance to be a good player. I just don't agree with the value.

I don't mind that it wasn't a WR. The league told us Troy Franklin is a day three prospect, I accept that. I mind that it was a safety. Taking a safety in the first 2 rounds was the main thing I didn't want Beane to do. It is almost equivalent to taking a RB that high. Beane has a history of filling short term needs in the 2nd, and Torrence so far looks to be his only hit with that philsophy. I would have much rather taken OL. Kingsley Suamataia got snatched by the Chiefs the very next pick. Next year when Spencer Brown gets priced off the team we'll be scrambling for a RT replacement at the last second because we took the short term need at a less valuable position the year before. And once again we have spent two top 100 picks on the defense. As of right now our offense is clearly worse off than it was last year. On paper Mack Hollins or Justin Shorter is our #2 outside WR. Our OL was remarkably healthy last year and doesn't appear to have much leeway for injury. But we have safety and defensive line depth!! This regime just can't help themselves, unfortunately.

On reflection I don't mind this pick so much. The one that still really bothers me is Cole Bishop, and that pick I think makes the DeWayne Carter pick look worse by association. Drafting a safety in the 2nd round was just not smart resource management, it undermines some of the shrewdness that Beane has shown this offseason, and it contributes to a general feeling that the Bills have neglected to really invest in their franchise QB. A bunch of solid OL came off the board right after that pick, including one taken by our main rival. That is where the value lied at that spot in the draft. Safeties are almost as devalued as RBs at this point. Next year Spencer Brown might get priced off of the team and we'll be scrambling for a replacement at the last minute because Beane and McDermott couldn't help themselves. It just demonstrates such short term thinking and that's why I hate it. Worst of all it continues a pattern of short term thinking with our 2nd round picks which means Beane hasn't learned anything from past mistakes.

Man that is shocking if true. On film he looks very competitive and looks like he loves playing football.

Hope he brings his film crew.

Yeah he said Bishop was the last 2nd round graded player on their board for a few picks so they were trying to go up for him. Hope they are right about him. Taking a safety in R2, he has to be really really good to justify the selection.

It's frustrating that KC comes away with more offensive players than the Bills despite having one less pick.

FWIW (probably not much) he was Chris Simms' 3rd ranked DT behind Byron Murphy and Darius Robinson. I have zero opinion on the player. I just come away underwhelmed we once again spent two top 100 picks on defense. This draft featured a great opportunity to build the core around Allen for the second half of his career. Feels like we missed the boat on valuable offensive positions on day two. But maybe Carter is a great player and that's obviously what matters.

Yeah I'm surprised. I guess he sees space on the roster for some of those late day three players compared to recent years, presumably because we cut so many vets.

Beane was really excited about this one.

I'm disappointed we didn't get OL with our 2nd pick. Felt like that's where the value was.

At this point I'd also be okay with Jalen McMillan. For those who want the route runner/separator, he's your guy.