Suitable Edmunds Replacements in the draft

[MrEpsYtown]

30 minutes ago, Drew21PA said:

Holy crap - sanders and Milano is the kind of nasty I’m talking about!!!!

Sanders is a unicorn. He can do a lot of things. Love his game. He needs to do a cycle and add some bulk, but he’s going to be very good

[Chaos]

1 hour ago, Victory Formation said:

Draft one, sign one.

 

In the Draft:

 

1.) DeMarvion Overshown

2.) Jack Campbell

3.) Drew Sanders

 

Free Agency:

 

1.) Leighton Vander Esch

2.) Jordan Jenkins (Tweener/have him lose weight)

Lets get all the draftees, and build an super line. Its just this simple:


 

[John from Riverside]

1 hour ago, Chaos said:

I love Jack Campbell.  Different type of player.  We need to to address offense in rounds 1 and 2.   He won't be around in round three. But he his an old school MLB.  might be wasted in the McDermott/Frazier full time prevent defense. 
 

 

Might not be a bad year to trade down and pick up that extra early pick

[frostbitmic]

Do they draft one of these guys a round or two before they should be taken so they can make sure they get one to fill the hole opened by Edmunds walking ?

 

Or do they just keep Edmunds and draft guys that can protect the franchise QB ?

[Gugny]

If Beane goes defense in the first round, I’m going to buy a puppy just so I can kick it. 
 

[Chaos]

7 minutes ago, Gugny said:

If Beane goes defense in the first round, I’m going to buy a puppy just so I can kick it. 
 

The premise of the OP is that we can get an adequate Edmunds replacement in the third round. 

[PauleeeWalnuts]

2 hours ago, chongli said:

So people here want defense...again...with day one or day two picks? 

Not me…offense first two to three rounds please 

Edited February 18, 2023 by PauleeeWalnuts

[newcam2012]

2 hours ago, SCBills said:

Participating Member of the ALL OFFENSE group here…

 

If we let Edmunds and Poyer walk, then re-allocate Edmunds money towards OL, by all means .. draft a LB in the 3rd Round.  Just make sure you don’t accidentally submit your Day 3 pick at LB in on your RD3 draft card like last year. 

Agree. Mike Ditka could be on the board and I'd still advocate for someone on the offensive side of the ball.

 

People I can emphasize enough the defense isn't going to win games; especially in the playoffs. 

 

Load up on protecting Allen and get him weapons. He will win playoff games!

[whorlnut]

45 minutes ago, Chaos said:

The premise of the OP is that we can get an adequate Edmunds replacement in the third round. 

I’m thinking day 3. If the defense takes a bit of dip in ranking at the benefit of the offense, then I’m all for it. If our d is top 15, that will be good enough as long as we build a wall of an OL and get a WR2. 

[John from Riverside]

2 hours ago, chongli said:

So people here want defense...again...with day one or day two picks? 

I’m thinking more of a third round guy. One of these guys will be available in the third.

[Nephilim17]

Just looking at highlights (yes, I know) I love the Sanders tape. He can sniff out a play, hit hard, tackle for a loss. Yes, highlights but that two and a half minutes has more tackles for a loss than I remember Edmunds making his entire time here. And he's 6'5" so he's got the height the staff seemed to love about Edmunds.

 

If we spent a third on a great linebacker, I'm ok. I really want the first two picks offense and at least one or two more in the top five.

[DapperCam]

I am okay with spending a first or second pick on an Edmunds replacement if it means we are taking his cap and spending it on the offense (either guard, tackle or legit WR2).

[Big Blitz]

I thought we drafted his replacement in 2022 with Bernard.  A RD 3 pick

 

This draft record is really getting disturbing 

[Nephilim17]

2 minutes ago, Big Blitz said:

I thought we drafted his replacement in 2022 with Bernard.  A RD 3 pick

 

This draft record is really getting disturbing 

I heard Beane got some bad intel that the NFL was going the way of the CFL with 12 men on the field. Since no one knows what the 12th guy does in the CFL, Beane got someone who doesn't do anything really well but is almost a lot of things in football.

[Buffalo_Stampede]

The Bills are stubborn. They drafted Bernard to play. McDermott said after drafting Bernard that when Dave Aranda speaks he listens. They reached a bit on him. They aren’t going to spend another high pick on LB IMO.

 

Im going to guess they try to coach him up. We could see a veteran signed as a stop gap. My name is Shaq Thompson once he’s released.

[Buffalo Junction]

22 minutes ago, Nephilim17 said:

I heard Beane got some bad intel that the NFL was going the way of the CFL with 12 men on the field. Since no one knows what the 12th guy does in the CFL, Beane got someone who doesn't do anything really well but is almost a lot of things in football.

Nah. They want him to lose 20 pounds and gain an extra tenth on his 40 so he can play safety. If he’s really prodigious and gains 2 tenths of a second they’ll bump him up to corner. 

[Buffalo ill]

I will say, whoever replaces Edmunds doesn't have to be nearly as athletic as him.  I'd rather have someone who is always in the right place and doesn't miss tackles than an athletic freak who does neither of those things.

[GunnerBill]

8 hours ago, LeGOATski said:

Trenton Simpson seems like the freak athlete McBeane would pick in the 1st

 

He is kinda positionless in this scheme though. Projects much better as a will in a 3-4.

7 hours ago, MrEpsYtown said:

Sanders is a unicorn. He can do a lot of things. Love his game. He needs to do a cycle and add some bulk, but he’s going to be very good

 

And he won't make it to our 2nd round pick. He is a better, more experienced, big school version of Troy Anderson who went to the Falcons one pick after our original 2nd rounder last year. I think Sanders is a lock to come off the board in the first 50 picks. 

[MrEpsYtown]

1 hour ago, Buffalo ill said:

I will say, whoever replaces Edmunds doesn't have to be nearly as athletic as him.  I'd rather have someone who is always in the right place and doesn't miss tackles than an athletic freak who does neither of those things.

To me that is Campbell. He also happens to be 6-5, 246…so he still has that “I’m naturally big so I take away throwing lanes” deal. I think he is going to surprise people at the combine and when that happens he will move up draft boards. 

[GunnerBill]

8 hours ago, MrEpsYtown said:

Jack Campbell is basically a much bigger, less athletic version of Luke Keuchly. Instincts off the charts. 6-5, 243. He’s the answer we are searching for imo. 

 

Whereas I think Jack could make it to our 2nd round pick and could even slide into round 3. If this was 1995 he might be a first round pick but I think his relatively pedestrian lateral movement will put some teams off. Gonna be a bit more scheme specific. I doubt the Bills see him as a fit for what they do personally, dropping into those intermediate zones and asked to pick up crossers I think he might struggle.