I look at Etienne as a CJ Spiller-type and not because he also went to Clemson. In the NFL, he’s likely going to be that scatback that Buddy Nix envisioned for Spiller. Spiller was a bad pick then because of the state of the team. He should’ve been used liked Darren Sproles, with 50-60 receptions at least. His high with the Bills was 43.
This Bills team is in a better position to make a pick of Etienne, but at 30, not trading other draft capital to move up for him.
I love what Brandon Beane has done overall but it seems he gets too emotional about some players, resulting in trade-ups. The videos of the draft room from 2 years ago are a perfect example. He couldn’t be patient to see if Cody Ford would still be there for their pick so he had to trade up to get him. Then he did the same thing with Knox in the 4th round. He also seemed to be enamored with film clips of Devin Singletary, stating he was amazed at some of his moves.
Well, it’s been only 2 years but I’d.say all 3 of those players have not yet met expectations.