Bills Pre-Draft visits per Walter Football

[LEBills]

The Bills have “reached out” to Yaya Diaby DL Louisville per the player himself in the 4th paragraph from the bottom

 

https://247sports.com/college/louisville/Article/Louisville-football-NFL-Draft-defensive-end-Yaya-Diaby-Pro-Day-207525689/Amp/

 

 

[Drew21PA]

Doesn’t look like Sanders is on their radar so

[TheyCallMeAndy]

Only meeting with true 1 LB (who is more a WLB) tells me it’s LB round 1. Soooo much WR smoke. 

24 minutes ago, Drew21PA said:

Doesn’t look like Sanders is on their radar so

You can’t read in to visits, this is all a chess match. There are really only 2 true MLBs who are first round picks that fit Buffalo’s scheme, and they have a long way to go in order to reach Buffalo. 

[papazoid]

bills never met with 1st round pick Elam

 

but did meet with 2nd round pick Cook

 

(could be intentional strategy)

 

 

https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2022/4/25/23026785/2022-nfl-draft-buffalo-bills-pre-draft-meeting-tracker-top-30-visits

 

 

Edited April 2, 2023 by papazoid

[DJB]

21 minutes ago, papazoid said:

bills never met with 1st round pick Elam

 

but did meet with 2nd round pick Cook

 

(could be intentional strategy)

 

 

https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2022/4/25/23026785/2022-nfl-draft-buffalo-bills-pre-draft-meeting-tracker-top-30-visits

 

 

We met with Elam. Don’t you remember the video of him with his notepad and Beane and McDermott falling in love with him?

[Mister Defense]

15 hours ago, Special K said:

Pretty crazy to see that they did not meet with a single OT!

 

 

 

No it's not, as it is par for the course.  They are again settling for the mediocrity (or worse) on the offensive line that has prevented the Bills from taking the next step. Same 'ol, same 'ol:  we'll get by, I know what I am doing'...

 

They will have a slew of O lineman in camp, again, and lots of new faces, and think that in itself, once again, that will somehow make up for a lack of high level skills.

 

Maybe he will prove me wrong, but it is the clear pattern.

[MrEpsYtown]

2 hours ago, DJB said:

We met with Elam. Don’t you remember the video of him with his notepad and Beane and McDermott falling in love with him?

 

2 hours ago, papazoid said:

bills never met with 1st round pick Elam

 

but did meet with 2nd round pick Cook

 

(could be intentional strategy)

 

 

https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2022/4/25/23026785/2022-nfl-draft-buffalo-bills-pre-draft-meeting-tracker-top-30-visits

 

 

Yeah it was reported very late in the process that we met with Elam, but was never on the walterfootball list. Thats the point I was trying to make on the other page. You have to take these lists with a grain of salt. Its smokescreen time. 

[GunnerBill]

11 minutes ago, MrEpsYtown said:

 

Yeah it was reported very late in the process that we met with Elam, but was never on the walterfootball list. Thats the point I was trying to make on the other page. You have to take these lists with a grain of salt. Its smokescreen time. 

 

Yep the reported meeting with Elam came out literally 48/72 hours before the draft. When that happens someone wanted it out there. 

[mrags]

Is this being updated as new guys are coming in for visits? Thought someone posted earlier that Wright was coming in too. 

[LyndonvilleBill]

2 minutes ago, mrags said:

Is this being updated as new guys are coming in for visits? Thought someone posted earlier that Wright was coming in too. 

Maybe?

[mrags]

1 minute ago, LyndonvilleBill said:

Maybe?

Just wasn’t sure if this is something we could count on going forward here or if we’ll be adding new threads every time a new player visits 

[BigAl2526]

Jordan Addison, Josh Downs and Nathaniel Dell are near clones.  Addisson is a bit taller, but not big by any means.  All three are relatively small and light, and not particularly fast, though they were very productive in college.  They have slot receiver written all over them.  Zay Flowers is also smallish, but has a bit more meat on him and is faster.  He might be able to play outside a bit, but is probably primarily a slot receiver.  Jayden Reed is another smallish receiver, though he's closer to average than the rest of the group at 5'11" and 187 lbs.  He has good speed, running the 40 in 4.45. Michael Wilson is the biggest and slowest in the group at 6'2" and 213 lbs, running the 40 in 4.58.  I think those are close to Gabe Davis numbers though Davis might be a smidgeon taller.

 

Yaya Diaby sounds intriguing in the third round.  He's listed as a defensive end, and certainly has the numbers to play there.  If he and the Bills wanted, he could maybe drop 15 lbs and learn to play linebacker.  He'd be the fastest and most athletic linebacker on the team.  Or he could gain 20 lbs and move inside to play 3 tech.   He runs a freakish 4.51 at 6'3" and 263 lbs.

 

Edited April 3, 2023 by BigAl2526

[JESSEFEFFER]

I like Justin Marshall of UB who has more of an NFL body than any WR I can remember on their team.   He had an outstanding pro day and talked with all the teams that attended including the Bills.  Reports I have seen of his 40 time ranged from 4.39 to 4.46.   He barely made a ripple on any of the NFL draft sites so he seems to be way under the radar.  He played really big against MAC CBs and had a really nice season for them with 9 TDs.  Reports of his height and weight are all over the place but 6' 2" and 210 lbs. seems reasonable with a VJ of 38" and 126" broad jump.  Working against him is his age as he spent 5 years at Louisville and 1 at UB.

 

[BillsShredder83]

On 4/1/2023 at 6:16 PM, Chaos said:

https://walterfootball.com/ProspectMeetings/ByTeam

 

 Buffalo Bills
Jordan Addison, Wide Receiver, USC (COM)
Adetomiwa Adebawore, Defensive End, Northwestern (COM)
Julius Brents, Cornerback, Kansas State (COM)
Ji'Ayir Brown, Safety, Penn State (COM)
Nathaniel Dell^, Wide Receiver, Houston (PRI, WOR)
Gervon Dexter, Defensive Tackle, Florida (PRI)
Josh Downs, Wide Receiver, North Carolina (COM)
Zay Flowers, Wide Receiver, Boston College (COM)
Michael Mayer, Tight End, Notre Dame (COM)
Riley Moss, Cornerback, Iowa (COM)
Jayden Reed, Wide Receiver, Michigan State (COM)
Bijan Robinson, Running Back, Texas (COM)
Jammie Robinson, Cornerback, Florida State (COM)
Jaquelin Roy, Defensive Tackle, LSU (PRI)
Luke Schoonmaker, Tight End, Michigan (COM)
Juice Scruggs, Center, Penn State (VIR)
Trenton Simpson, Linebacker, Clemson (COM)
Nolan Smith, Outside Linebacker, Georgia (COM)
Tyjae Spears, Running Back, Tulane (WOR)
O'Cyrus Torrence, Offensive Guard, Florida (PRI)
Tuli Tuipulotu, Defensive End, USC (COM)
Darnell Washington, Tight End, Georgia (COM)
Michael Wilson, Wide Receiver, Stanford (COM)
Byron Young, Defensive End, Tennessee (COM)
Darnell Wright, Offensive Tackle, Tennessee - Update via twitter 4/1/2023

Players bolded are likely only available to the Bills at #27. (not likely available to them at 59)

Didn't find this posted elsewhere. Please delete or merge if the topic already exists. 
Byron Young, Defensive End, Tennessee (COM)

Juice Scruggs is an all time OL name lol

[BillsShredder83]

Gawdddddddd gimme Addison! YAC YAC YACCCC

[CookieG]

15 hours ago, LEBills said:

The Bills have “reached out” to Yaya Diaby DL Louisville per the player himself in the 4th paragraph from the bottom

 

https://247sports.com/college/louisville/Article/Louisville-football-NFL-Draft-defensive-end-Yaya-Diaby-Pro-Day-207525689/Amp/

 

 

they read my mock in the One Trade Mock thread from a week and a half ago:

 

137.  Yaya Diaby.  DE Louisville At the Senior Bowl practices, there was a great deal of disappointment amongst the edge rushers.  Foskey, Carter from Army, Gay from LSU, Young from Tenn, Hall from Auburn, they weren't winning many battles.  The only ones I saw who were beating anyone were McDonald from Iowa St. and to a lesser extent...Diaby.  Juco transfer needs work.  But he's 263, built like brick house and joy of joys, ran a 4.5  at the Combine.  He's got Von to teach him the finer points of pass rushing.  But speed is definitely lacking in the edge rush dept. on this team.

[Thurman#1]

On 4/2/2023 at 7:29 AM, Special K said:

Pretty crazy to see that they did not meet with a single OT!

 

 

 

 

That they know about.

 

Ryan Talbot says Wright has scheduled a private visit.

 

https://nfltraderumors.co/2023-nfl-draft-visit-tracker/

 

There are a lot of people trying to compile all of this kind of stuff.

Edited April 3, 2023 by Thurman#1

[Special K]

18 minutes ago, Thurman#1 said:

 

 

That they know about.

 

Ryan Talbot says Wright has scheduled a private visit.

 

https://nfltraderumors.co/2023-nfl-draft-visit-tracker/

 

There are a lot of people trying to compile all of this kind of stuff.

 

Yep.....glad to see they are meeting with Darnell Wright....I really hope he is the pick.

[JimBob2232]

Do we have last years list?  How much of a correlation was there between this list and who they actually took?

[GunnerBill]

1 hour ago, JimBob2232 said:

Do we have last years list?  How much of a correlation was there between this list and who they actually took?

 

Not a complete one. There is no obligation to report this stuff. So there is lots of sits that try and keep track but it is unlikely you will get a full list. 

 

The Bills record I think is that this regime has never picked a guy in round 1 that they haven't met with.