RD 2, Pick 54: DE AJ Epenesa, University of Iowa

[Augie]

41 minutes ago, Motor26 said:

Wow. What a bummer of a pick. Don’t think he has much potential beyond a solid starter. 

 

Teams need solid starters. That’s a GOOD thing.

 

I agree, not sexy, but if he’s solid and it helps prevent those stretches where the ball get shoved down our throats and we have no answers, I’ll take that as a positive. We had to get younger and cheaper at DE. This accomplishes that to some degree. 

[JESSEFEFFER]

33 minutes ago, RobbRiddick said:

Great youtube highlight of him sacking Josh Allen haha

 

A tackle that made some noise.  Two big boys coming together.

[thenorthremembers]

The Bills went and used their 1st round pick on a 1000 yard receiver but MY GOD ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS DEFENSE WHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA

[ScorpionZero]

If DE was gonna be the choice I would've rather had Baun,  could have easily filled the lorax role on this D. Epesnesa is a poor man's J J watt he's a good player and im happy to have him but I think we could have done better. I just hope Singletary or Diggs don't get injured. Then where will be by not being proactive, instead reactive. 

[yungmack]

Nervous time. After watching Pittman, Taylor, Dugger, Shenault, Matos go ahead of us, I was very relieved by this pick. 

[Bring it]

Gotta say not really thrilled with this pick. Epenesa is strong with a bull rush but just don’t see that burst! Hope I’m wrong and Beane is right again!

[Kelly the Dog]

36 minutes ago, KD in CA said:

Exactly.

 

If the Bills listened to the crowd here, we’d draft nothing but WRs and RBs who were on TV a lot the prior year.

Exactly! Thank you for saying that! It was a solid choice and great fit for the Bills. One of three players I wanted.

 

The other two were Dobbins and Mims.

[AlCowlingsTaxiService]

I love the “look at the tape” guys .... yea, he destroyed the tackle from East bumblebee state - he’s gonna dominate at the NFL level!

[Mr. WEO]

1 minute ago, Hardhatharry said:

You missed a lot...

 

solid

[John from Riverside]

4 minutes ago, Penfield45 said:

I can already see the panic settling in when we get a few injuries on offense and Allen is throwing to backyard football practice squad players

I am already seeing the relief when we take an injury or 2 to our defense and it remains strong because Beane was smart enough to draft a 1st round talent player in the 2nd round

[Success]

1 minute ago, ChevyVanMiller said:

For those of you hating the pick, watch these highlights then get back to me.

 

 

Every player's highlights look great. But that dude looks like an animal - relentless.

 

Thanks for posting that.

[KennyDavisEyes]

Looks like his hand/arm technique and his hand/arm strength and length are his special skill set.

 

We had to get younger at DE.  We’ll find our RB whether it’s draft or remaining FAs.

Edited April 25, 2020 by KennyDavisEyes

[thenorthremembers]

Just now, KD in CA said:

Didn’t help that Philly took Hurts the pick before.  TV was going to blab about him endlessly no matter when he was picked.

My favorite part of that whole thing was TV trying to pretend they drafted him to be Taysom Hill, like they drafted him in the 2nd round to catch passes and play special teams.  What a joke.

[LABILLBACKER]

4 minutes ago, Penfield45 said:

I can already see the panic settling in when we get a few injuries on offense and Allen is throwing to backyard football practice squad players

Maybe we can turn AJ into a TE. Probably not with that 5.1 40. When guys describe him as plodding they're not wrong. And as far as strength, AJ had as many reps as Mims. Mims will be a stud for our rival.

[Hardhatharry]

Just now, thenorthremembers said:

The Bills went and used their 1st round pick on a 1000 yard receiver but MY GOD ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS DEFENSE WHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA

Really just two people... Who we already know the background on them lol

[Mr. WEO]

1 minute ago, Kelly the Dog said:

Exactly! Thank you for saying that! It was a solid choice and great fit for the Bills. One of three players I wanted.

 

The other two were Dobbins and Mims.

 

So RB and WR lol

[34-78-83]

Weirdos... we weren’t going to take a rb in the 2nd. What are you thinking? We have a starter ( who was picked in the 3rd) and need a compliment back to take some carries. You wanted this in the 2nd round???? Makes zero sense. None. Youth at DE rotation was our biggest need. Youth at wr is another need for example. Crazy how some people cannot understand These simple concepts

[newcam2012]

3 minutes ago, yungmack said:

They lost Lawson, Philips and Zo. You figure it out.

I don't hate the pick. I get it. Just preferred Dobbins. If Singletary goes down I'm not confident with what we have. Im hoping we get Fournette. 

[Orlando Buffalo]

4 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:

It’s very frustrating.

 

The priority is always defense over offense.

That is ridiculous- we have 3 good to great recievers, a great running back, a QB who is expected to be great and lots of depth along the line. The offense does not get priority in drafting but in free agency.

[thenorthremembers]

Just now, LABILLBACKER said:

Maybe we can turn AJ into a TE. Probably not with that 5.1 40. When guys describe him as plodding they're not wrong. And as far as strength, AJ had as many reps as Mims. Mims will be a stud for our rival.

Cool maybe you should buy a Darnold jersey as well.  I'd be willing to bet you posting on this board that the Bills will still have a better record than the Jets this year.