NFL draft rumors 2023

[HappyDays]

Per the same source that told me Poyer's exact contract details before they were announced, and that Shaq Lawson would be signed for the vet minimum before that was announced, the Bills apparently really want Jordan Addison.

 

McDermott is good friends with the Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi. That's where Addison played before transferring to USC. We know McDermott leans on his friends in college coaching to make draft decisions (notably Dave Aranda). Connecting the dots there it would make sense.

 

Two other non-draft rumors from the same source - the Bills have been in contact with Yannick Ngakoue and Rashaan Evans. My guess is that if they sign either of these players it would happen after the draft.

[LEBills]

4 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

Per the same source that told me Poyer's exact contract details before they were announced, and that Shaq Lawson would be signed for the vet minimum before that was announced, the Bills apparently really want Jordan Addison.

 

McDermott is good friends with the Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi. That's where Addison played before transferring to USC. We know McDermott leans on his friends in college coaching to make draft decisions (notably Dave Aranda). Connecting the dots there it would make sense.

 

Two other non-draft rumors from the same source - the Bills have been in contact with Yannick Ngakoue and Rashaan Evans. My guess is that if they sign either of these players it would happen after the draft.

Are you ErieCountyBulls? Haha

 

 

 

 

[HappyDays]

1 minute ago, LEBills said:

Are you ErieCountyBulls? Haha

 

 

 

 

 

Ha that is funny. My source I know for a fact has connections on the team. Actually the fact that ECB reported those rumors on Twitter gives me more confidence that he has a credible source. My source has said that if the Hopkins rumors are true, the process hasn't gotten far along that he would have heard about it from anyone he knows in the building.

[MrEpsYtown]

6 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

Per the same source that told me Poyer's exact contract details before they were announced, and that Shaq Lawson would be signed for the vet minimum before that was announced, the Bills apparently really want Jordan Addison.

 

McDermott is good friends with the Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi. That's where Addison played before transferring to USC. We know McDermott leans on his friends in college coaching to make draft decisions (notably Dave Aranda). Connecting the dots there it would make sense.

 

Two other non-draft rumors from the same source - the Bills have been in contact with Yannick Ngakoue and Rashaan Evans. My guess is that if they sign either of these players it would happen after the draft.

Ngakoue is a nice way to buy some cheap sacks. Evans is a weird fit but could enter a job share with Taylor Rapp as the linebacker next to Milano depending on the situation. Not the worst idea considering this point in the off season. 
 

The Addison thing I believe too. Route running seems to be important to them. They have also gone to the Pitt well quite a bit with Peterman, Dane Jackson, and Damar Hamlin. So I can buy those things. 

[HappyDays]

13 minutes ago, MrEpsYtown said:

Ngakoue is a nice way to buy some cheap sacks. Evans is a weird fit but could enter a job share with Taylor Rapp as the linebacker next to Milano depending on the situation. Not the worst idea considering this point in the off season. 

 

Ngakoue isn't an every down rusher, but we don't need him to be. Bring him in as a sub pass rusher who gets a few good rushes per game. Kind of like the role Jordan Phillips had for us in 2019, rack up a lot of sacks on relatively few rushes.

 

He's bounced around a lot of teams. Went from Jax to Minnesota, they traded him to Baltimore soon after signing him, then he signed with Las Vegas, shortly after that he got traded to Indy, and now he's an unsigned free agent. Apparently he's kind of a weird guy and didn't click with teammates in the Colts locker room, and he has a tendency to freelance on his rushes. But you figure for a cheap rotational piece you can manage his issues and just use him to rack up sacks and QB hits.

 

Rashaan Evans is the exact kind of MLB I think this team needs to sign before the draft. Cheap and gives us a floor above Bernard, Dodson, and Spector. So if we don't draft an upgrade we at least have a known capable starter on the roster.

[Warriorspikes51]

5 hours ago, HappyDays said:

Per the same source that told me Poyer's exact contract details before they were announced, and that Shaq Lawson would be signed for the vet minimum before that was announced, the Bills apparently really want Jordan Addison.

 

McDermott is good friends with the Pitt head coach Pat Narduzzi. That's where Addison played before transferring to USC. We know McDermott leans on his friends in college coaching to make draft decisions (notably Dave Aranda). Connecting the dots there it would make sense.

 

Two other non-draft rumors from the same source - the Bills have been in contact with Yannick Ngakoue and Rashaan Evans. My guess is that if they sign either of these players it would happen after the draft.

Ngakoue is still only 28.

 

9.5 & 10 sacks the last 2 seasons

 

I don’t think he’s good against the run, but we have Shaq and Rousseau for that.

 

some Bills Twitter accounts are posting video clips of Yannick, perhaps some smoke 

 

if we add him, I’d still love Melvin Ingram

 

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AJ

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Edited April 17, 2023 by Warriorspikes51

[JaCrispy]

Hoping Addison is a smoke screen…dude just doesn’t wow me…

[Warriorspikes51]

3 minutes ago, JaCrispy said:

Hoping Addison is a smoke screen…dude just doesn’t wow me…

Maybe, but Jefferson isn’t exactly a wow player either. He just always gets open and picks up yards

[NeverOutNick]

7 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

Maybe, but Jefferson isn’t exactly a wow player either. He just always gets open and picks up yards

Wait are you talking about Justin Jefferson? That dude was 100% a wow player at LSU. I always said when I watched him with Chase and Burrow that he’s just as good as Chase and more dependable. He also played bigger than he was and looks like it as well. Addison does not wow at all. He’ll be a decent #2 I’m sure but no way is he in the same category as Justin Jefferson in college and will never be where Justin Jefferson is now 

[nbbillsfan]

2 hours ago, NeverOutNick said:

Wait are you talking about Justin Jefferson? That dude was 100% a wow player at LSU. I always said when I watched him with Chase and Burrow that he’s just as good as Chase and more dependable. He also played bigger than he was and looks like it as well. Addison does not wow at all. He’ll be a decent #2 I’m sure but no way is he in the same category as Justin Jefferson in college and will never be where Justin Jefferson is now 

IMO you two are both right and wrong. I think the comp to Jefferson is accurate, I don’t know what LSU games you were watching, but Chase absolutely looked like a superstar and Jefferson looked like a solid/dependable chain mover. His transition to the NFL has far exceeded his optics at LSU.

 

With they being said, i watched quite a bit of Addison (mostly at usc) and I was underwhelmed. To me, thinking Addison could be Jefferson is like thinking every talented  5’11 200 Lb qb will be drew Brees and even 6’5 athletic freak with mediocre accuracy will be Josh Allen. Those dudes break norms, they don’t create them. 

[Zerovoltz]

On 4/13/2023 at 11:44 AM, BarleyNY said:

 

Yup. I’ll add that it is worth noting what KC had on offense when Mahomes was drafted. The OL included Eric Fisher, Mitch Morse, Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and Mitchell Schwartz. Offensive skill position players included Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce. Since Mahomes was drafted the Chefs have had 18 picks in the first three rounds. 12 defensive and 6 offensive players were taken. Some thoughts on this:

- The defense had some studs, but was more in need of upgrades at the time.

- QB, WR1, LT, C, RT and a stud TE were all under contract. Other than WR2/3 there were not a lot of glaring needs that would require high picks.

- Why neglect to u clyde what KC spent to get Mahomes, who obviously is an offensive player? Two firsts and a third. That would make it 12 D to 9 O. Still slanted toward D, but not by as much. 

 

....your slant of D to O ratio is off

 

'18 4 of 4  round 1-4 picks spent on D (and this was a BAD draft for KC.  3 of the 4 were busts, and one was barely a JAG, Derrick Nhadi) They of course didn't have the 1, traded away to the Bills.  

'19 2 of 3 first 4 round picks spent on D

'20 2 of 4 first 4 round picks spent on D

'21 2 of 3 first 4 round picks spent on D

'22 5 of 6 first 4 round picks spend ont D

 

That's 15 out of 20.  You could say 15 of 21 if you take away the Mahomes trade 1st rounder in 2018.  Certainly not 12 to 9 though.

 

[GunnerBill]

9 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

Ngakoue isn't an every down rusher, but we don't need him to be. Bring him in as a sub pass rusher who gets a few good rushes per game. Kind of like the role Jordan Phillips had for us in 2019, rack up a lot of sacks on relatively few rushes.

 

He's bounced around a lot of teams. Went from Jax to Minnesota, they traded him to Baltimore soon after signing him, then he signed with Las Vegas, shortly after that he got traded to Indy, and now he's an unsigned free agent. Apparently he's kind of a weird guy and didn't click with teammates in the Colts locker room, and he has a tendency to freelance on his rushes. But you figure for a cheap rotational piece you can manage his issues and just use him to rack up sacks and QB hits.

 

Rashaan Evans is the exact kind of MLB I think this team needs to sign before the draft. Cheap and gives us a floor above Bernard, Dodson, and Spector. So if we don't draft an upgrade we at least have a known capable starter on the roster.

 

The other thing with Ngakoue is he can't (and won't) play the run. He is quite happy to just let a guy go past him. It creates questions about how much he wants it and coaches get to the point where they say "screw the sacks this guy doesn't care." At a buy very low number though he does have a skillset that without Von we don't have.

[nucci]

12 hours ago, LEBills said:

Are you ErieCountyBulls? Haha

 

 

 

 

per what I was told

[Buffalo_Stampede]

7 hours ago, JaCrispy said:

Hoping Addison is a smoke screen…dude just doesn’t wow me…

Why do you say that?

[BarleyNY]

4 hours ago, Zerovoltz said:

 

....your slant of D to O ratio is off

 

'18 4 of 4  round 1-4 picks spent on D (and this was a BAD draft for KC.  3 of the 4 were busts, and one was barely a JAG, Derrick Nhadi) They of course didn't have the 1, traded away to the Bills.  

'19 2 of 3 first 4 round picks spent on D

'20 2 of 4 first 4 round picks spent on D

'21 2 of 3 first 4 round picks spent on D

'22 5 of 6 first 4 round picks spend ont D

 

That's 15 out of 20.  You could say 15 of 21 if you take away the Mahomes trade 1st rounder in 2018.  Certainly not 12 to 9 though.

 

I looked at the first three rounds. 

[Zerovoltz]

derp on my part.

15 minutes ago, BarleyNY said:

I looked at the first three rounds. 

 

[NeverOutNick]

5 hours ago, nbbillsfan said:

IMO you two are both right and wrong. I think the comp to Jefferson is accurate, I don’t know what LSU games you were watching, but Chase absolutely looked like a superstar and Jefferson looked like a solid/dependable chain mover. His transition to the NFL has far exceeded his optics at LSU.

 

With they being said, i watched quite a bit of Addison (mostly at usc) and I was underwhelmed. To me, thinking Addison could be Jefferson is like thinking every talented  5’11 200 Lb qb will be drew Brees and even 6’5 athletic freak with mediocre accuracy will be Josh Allen. Those dudes break norms, they don’t create them. 

 

 

 

it’s a small sample size, but the kid looked special and played bigger than he was. They even thought he was 6 foot three when he was actually only 6 foot one. I don’t see that with Addison, so I don’t think it’s a fair comparison, but if we do take Addison, I hope he is even a little close to Justin Jefferson’s level.

[NeverOutNick]

I will say that I would much rather have Addison than Hyatt and that’s not even close

[loveorhatembillsfan4life]

So if Addison makes it to 20-21 is he worth a trade up to grab him? It seems like a run on Wr might happen around this point from the draft previews I have seen. 
 

[Back2Buff]

There are only three WR worth taking in the first: JSN, Flowers, and Addison.

 

Everyone should watch this video:

 

Steve Smith WR