Who did you want when the Bills were on the clock in the 1st round?

[Richard Noggin]

I GUESSED the Bills would pick Samuel, Jr., and HOPED they'd pick JOK.

 

I'm fine with Rousseau, though.

[SydneyBillsFan]

JOK or Moore

[HOUSE]

I had Gregory Rousseau on my super secret list for months. I was very nervous all night long

[ndirish1978]

jok

[LeGOATski]

Rousseau. He was my pick in the "call your shot" thread and once both RBs were taken, it seemed even more likely.

[Thurman#1]

JOK, Rousseau, Oweh or Ojulari.

 

Those were four guys I wanted and two I thought wouldn't be there. Man, things fell well for us.

[Mountain Man]

Wanted : Moore

Expected : Tryon 

[QCity]

I was hoping for a trade-down.

[Alphadawg7]

I was good with what ever edge guy they wanted, JOK, or Samuel Jr.  

 

Rousseau was the most intriguing edge rusher to me, so was happy with the pick.  After 2019, I was looking at him as a top 10, maybe top 5 pick.  
 

I honestly had no idea who they would pick, thought Javonte was even a possibility.  
 

But I was hoping for defense once Etienne was off the board.  

[BruceVilanch]

I wanted GR or Barmore. Overall happy, you can't coach this GR's size.

[billsfan89]

2 hours ago, MJS said:

I wanted Oweh, but happy to get an edge rusher.

I wanted Oweh too but I am pretty ok with who they went with. They got some young talent at a position where they needed young talent. Not a bad night.

Edited April 30, 2021 by billsfan89

[Rock-A-Bye Beasley]

I wanted Teven but I’m on record saying I would have taken DK Metcalf 1 overall so this is very out of character 

[machine gun kelly]

I think Rousseau will positively surprise some.  Like another person stated from Beane, you don’t luck you’re way into 15.5 sacks.  It was a good decision based on what was there.

 

I won’t be surprised at all if we use our 5ths to move up in the 2nd and 3rd.

[Artem Lipatov]

I wanted Russo or JOK. JOK is bpa. But DE was needed more

[JohnBonhamRocks]

Wanted JOK, but rarely disappointed by building the trenches.

[whatdrought]

My heart wanted Elijah Moore, but I’m happy with Rous. 

[NoSaint]

6 hours ago, Ethan in Portland said:

Probably would have gone Tryon over Roussseau but I'm fine with the pick.  Once Etienne was gone I wanted an edge pass rusher

Seemed obvious edge was where need and value were converging so it was just a matter of which they felt fit. I didn’t watch any too terribly closely so I didn’t have a huge preference but you have to go hit the QB so it was going to be a pass rusher and they picked a productive one.

5 hours ago, ndirish1978 said:

jok

with a top pick inside and a big brand new pay day outside.... it just wasn’t likely. 
 

if beane had a crystal ball I wonder if he would have spent money elsewhere if he knew jok would be there 

[GunnerBill]

I would answer by saying JOK was sticking out on my board so he is the instant reaction but when you look at our roster and out needs Rousseau who was my 5th best remaining (I think I said 4th last night but you need to cut me some slack it was 5am here and I could barely still see my board :D) and I was more than okay with that pick. I said a number of weeks ago and repeated earlier yesterday that there were three edge rushers in this class to me who could come in and make a serious contribution in the Bills scheme as rookies - Paye, Phillips and Rousseau. If you said to me in February one of those was gonna drop to #30 I would not have believed it. Pretty stoked that it happened. 

[mjt328]

Like many others, I felt Koramoah was the best on the board.

He wouldn't really fill a traditional need, but I thought a hybrid linebacker/safety would be an interesting chess piece for the defensive coaching staff.

 

The thing is though... if our coaches don't feel the same way, he would have been a wasted pick.

We play nickel the vast majority of the time, and Milano/Edmunds are on the field for 99% of the game snaps.

That is probably why he's dropping in the first place.  Many teams don't really have a plan for how to use him.

 

[Arkady Renko]

I just wanted Mel Kiper to praise it.... 😪