UKBillFan

That's them! I like the idea Elam, Cook and Bernard but could we have done better from the slots? Not so much Elam but the other two. I guess the positive is McBeane have a clear vision and who they want but then the same can be said about the Patriots (what the heck are they doing?) I am looking forward to seeing them perform on the field. Perhaps the issue is I get attached to mock drafts and takes so when they're not followed it's a bit of a (to quote Lamar) WTF moment.

That's why I really wish we had a fourth round pick.

Don't forget The Rising too.

OK, maybe I need to take my comment back about the sixth rounders!

You should try watching it in the UK on Sky. The same trailers over and over again. It'll be the same for the evening games from September; no originality whatsoever!

Elam was a good pick but we lost the fourth round pick to get him; Cook was a slight reach as he's more of a third round pick though I can see exactly why we went for him. Bernard was a fourth or fifth rounder again picked early. This could be a draft that is looked back upon as a stunning one if they come off; I really hope so. But we have ended up with a trade which resulted us in losing our fourth round pick, reaching for two other players and a bizarre number of six round picks which are very unlikely to make any real impact. If you're going to put the franchises in order of success I think the Bills come in the bottom third.

I guess we tried to trade our second round to return to the fourth and had no takers, hence we ended up with the sixths.

The Browns seem to have no interest in the draft at all; just traded down again to the Vikings.

Think it's been badly handled by McBeane unfortunately. Good Free Agency, poor draft.

Interesting that Peter Schrager is saying the RB is deep with a lot of options on the board still. Wonder if we should have gone for a LB in the second, a WR in the third and left the RB until now on those grounds? But perhaps we didn't expect the WRs to go off the board at such a rate. Or perhaps we were never in for a WR.

So having slept on it I'm still unimpressed with the pick. Bernard himself looks to have promise but as a fourth or fifth round pick, not a third. He's a reach and I don't think we're in a position where we needed to reach. I hope he is a steal and this thread will be treated like Josh's draft thread in the lore of TBD. Cook was a round too early but I can accept it; we needed a RB and he shows promise. We have someone where Beane has picked the player, thrown him at the coaches and told them to get the best out of him. In the third.

I wonder if we might chuck in next year's second or third to try and sweeten the pot, to then perhaps trade back in nearer the time?

This might be harder to follow than days one and two but might as well have somewhere to discuss it! It feels like the Bills will not do the predictable and we do have a handful of picks in the sixth which we may try to trade up with.

Plus Woods went at 79.

Think a WR might have been beneficial.

It’s more of a case of was he the best choice? Doesn’t feel like it.

Two reaches from the Bills IMO. I like Cook but he was really a third round (though completely understand it) and Bernard is more like a fourth or fifth round pick. Not sure about the thought processes considering the players left on the board, especially the latter. Disappointing.

They didn't reach with what they had either. Unlike...

Bad. Joe Marino hated it the moment it was done. An utter reach at least two rounds too early.

Fells like Beane acknowledging his mate's work rather than drafting for the Bills. The longer than passes the more annoyed I'm getting - seems a utter waste of 89 considering those who were available.

I thought the line "The only way you beat Josh Allen is on a toss of a coin" was pretty funny TBH.

Not really. If we wamted a Safet we could have drafted Nick Cross.

I'd love to hear McBeane's reasoning on this - Elam made sense, Cook made sense, Bernard...? It's as though the Pats took over drafting us.

Thank goodness we haven't got a fourth round pick if this is the standard we're picking at three. Reports aren't great at the level we've chosen him at and that's putting it mildly. Did we panic after Tolbert was taken and just stick a pin in a list?

Reports have him as a day three pick. Not sure what they're playing at with this one.