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I believe this is the first 1st round caliber defensive player that's been reported to be a top 30 visit for us.

The list of top-30 visits so far: WR Jordan Addison WR Justin Shorter WR Zay Flowers WR Jalin Hyatt WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR Tank Dell TE Luke Schoonmaker TE Luke Musgrave TE Darnell Washington OT Darnell Wright G O'Cyrus Torrance DT Jacquelin Roy DT Zacch Pickens DT Gervon Dexter S Jordan Battle S/LB Marte Mapu Every 1st round pick we've made in the McDermott era was a top-30 visitor. Even Tre White although he wasn't a top-30 visitor for the Bills, he was for the Panthers when Beane was still with them. Last year it was reported very late in the process that Kaiir Elam was a top-30 visitor, almost like they tried to stealthily bring him in. If a similar report comes out the week of the draft you can just about lock that player in as our 1st rounder.

Maybe, but I wouldn't be looking for a primarily slot player in the 1st round anyways. They gave a decently sized contract to Harty. Shakir showed promise. I'm good with leaning on those two players and using our 1st rounder on a more premium role.

They don't need another slot. Shakir, Harty, and Sherfield all work better in the slot. Davis played in the slot some as a rookie. They need a legit X receiver to compete with Davis and at the very least have someone to take over the WR2 role when he inevitably walks next offseason.

They're apparently meeting with every WR except for Quentin Johnston. Smokescreen? The one WR they actually want to trade up for they aren't meeting?

Yeah those would be my targets as well. Either get the best pure pass catching TE or the best pure blocking TE. Knox is already our jack of all trades TE. Get a specialist to round out the group.

Our very own @Astrobot ranked the TEs by the number of contacts the Bills have had with them: Based on this list, if I had to guess our possible targets: Round 1: Dalton Kincaid Round 2: Darnell Washington Round 3(or 4?): Luke Schoonmaker

I could care less.

Beane has said before they will sometimes meet with prospects that they believe to be targets of our division rivals, to learn about the type of player we may be facing off against for a few years. JSN is a common selection of the Jets or Patriots in mock drafts. That was my first thought.

Another TE. Lock that position in somewhere in your mock drafts.

I doubt he'll fall to us and I'm happy about that. I'd rather someone else take on that injury risk. Hamstring issues and wide receivers don't go well together.

Wasn't Kevin White's problem injuries? He never really had a chance to develop and get his career off the ground.

We're doing a lot of work on TEs. It feels like a guarantee that we'll be drafting a TE2 at some point.

I appreciate you posting these. I watched the first two. The first one is from the '21/'22 season. The second one is from this past season. I didn't realize this until after watching them both. What I noticed is that he looked much more comfortable in the second one. Block shedding isn't great like the scouting reports say but it was better than the first video from the previous season. Overall his instincts in zone coverage look outstanding. I didn't see a single pass completed in his direction. So I see great instincts and progress from one year to the next. Most years he probably is a 2nd round player but in a weak draft bottom of the 1st round is reasonable value for him IMO.

They just traded up for a MLB in the 1st round five years ago. Maybe their philosophy has changed, but however much they value MLB every team needs at least a starting caliber player at the position. We don't currently have one unless Bernard or Spector make a huge leap. It's crazy to think they're just going to ignore the position.

That leaves Hopkins and Jeudy as the available players to ensure we don't enter the season with Davis as the locked in #2. Let's hope Beane makes it happen. I'm going to be pretty disappointed if our only offensive improvements are moderate upgrades to McKenzie, Kumerow, and Saffold.

Yes which was perplexing to say the least. But he was one of the best players on the field for our defense in both playoff games. His interception against the Dolphins arguably won us the game. There's no comparison between that and Bernard getting zero snaps for the last several games and then being inactive in the final game. Also however the coaching staff feels about Elam, the CB room is loaded. You could take any two of White, Benford, Jackson, and Elam and field at bare minimum a starting caliber CB pair. That is not the case with MLB. There is no surefire starting caliber MLB on the roster. You can't possibly disagree with this.

Ah I just saw that. Still two WR2 options available. I hope we get one of them unless we're somehow able to draft Quentin Johnston.