Ryan O'Halloran - Bills should go Defense Heavy in draft

[Bermuda Triangle]

On 1/27/2024 at 7:53 AM, Motorin' said:

 

I don't think it's his hands. He only has one year of production... But also if you watch an interview with him, he comes across a little, slow. Not quite Bubba Gump. But maybe enough to give evaluators pause on his ability to process complex offenses. 

He can’t possibly sound less intelligent than Kadarious Toney 

[bobobonators]

On 1/24/2024 at 2:57 PM, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Only disagreement is on that early WR pick. I think most on this board understand, and are even in favor, of a very heavy defensive draft given our needs on that side of the ball.

 

I also agree with going Safety->DT->DE. Heck, I'd say Safety->DT->DE->Safety->DB->DT.

 

After our WR pick tho.

 

 

I’m fine going defense the remainder of the draft as long as we go WR with round 1. 
 

I actually think we are pretty set at CB. But we will need some safety and DL help. If Milano is back healthy we are set at LB as well (Aside from depth)

 

I think going WR early is a no brainer. Davis will be gone. Diggs is likely on decline. Shakir is coming on. Diggs/Shakir/Kincaid should be enough for passing attack first half of season while the rookie WR adjusts and starts coming on 2nd half. 

[BobbyC81]

8 hours ago, EmotionallyUnstable said:

As much as I’m dying for WR help….

 

Blindly stating we should take BPA at WR is a mistake. If we’re up against a board that has 7-8 WRs go ahead of us, you don’t take the 9th best guy because you need one. You go get a premier talent at another position of need, and address wide out at a time when the selection more appropriately matches the draft slot.

 

That, or move up and get your guy! 
 

I just don’t want to see them panic pick and have another Elam situation 

Oh, you know Beane will panic and move up for a guy.  He does it every year.

[JerseyBills]

On 1/24/2024 at 4:00 PM, Warcodered said:

Kincaid is a great weapon that needs to be used more in the offense, but he's never going to be fast enough to fill that other hole we have on offense we need another guy.

Shakir can, he's going to be a stud. Harty was supposed to be the guy,  maybe Shorter can work out

 

But adding a legit WR would make this O phenomenal.  Diggs,Shakir,Kincaid, Knox, FA WR, rookie WR

[Matt_In_NH]

So we should copy the chiefs?

On 1/26/2024 at 8:21 AM, MikeSpeed said:

You can build a castle with the thickest walls, but with enough firepower you can break through any wall. GET THE FIREPOWER!

I can disable your firepower with a good defense

[billsfan714]

Seems to me KC traded away a no. 1 WR, didnt draft 1 in the first and rebuilt their defense and are going to the SB, again.   

[Motorin']

11 hours ago, Bermuda Triangle said:

He can’t possibly sound less intelligent than Kadarious Toney 

 

I like Legette a lot!

[VaMilBill]

11 hours ago, bobobonators said:

I’m fine going defense the remainder of the draft as long as we go WR with round 1. 
 

I actually think we are pretty set at CB. But we will need some safety and DL help. If Milano is back healthy we are set at LB as well (Aside from depth)

 

I think going WR early is a no brainer. Davis will be gone. Diggs is likely on decline. Shakir is coming on. Diggs/Shakir/Kincaid should be enough for passing attack first half of season while the rookie WR adjusts and starts coming on 2nd half. 

Totally agree. First pick should be WR. 2nd and 3rd picks should probably be safety and DL. Fourth I’d go WR again. We need weapons to fill out our room. Sherfield and Davis are gone, Harty will be cut. Isabella cannot be our 3rd WR. We need an infusion of young, fast talent. 

[MiracleAtRich1393]

2 hours ago, billsfan714 said:

Seems to me KC traded away a no. 1 WR, didnt draft 1 in the first and rebuilt their defense and are going to the SB, again.   

Because our WRs dropped perfect long balls from Josh and got no separation all game. 

 

Our defense fails every post season regardless, especially against the Chiefs.

 

Make the offense fail-proof. Stack Josh with weapons & linemen and he'll win it all for us. Everything else is incidental

[hjnick]

On 1/24/2024 at 2:52 PM, BCAS Baritone said:

Ryan O'Halloran: Free-agent, cap situation means Brandon Beane has to get defensive in draft

https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nfl/bills/ryan-ohalloran-free-agent-cap-situation-means-brandon-beane-has-to-get-defensive-in-draft/article_2992c608-ba1b-11ee-8957-5731c06753d8.html

 

 

That doesn't seem to jibe with the general sentiment on this board.  Please read the article first, then discuss.

 

IMO, we take 2 WRs in this draft... 1st Round and TBD round.  The REST can go to DEF.

 

This draft is DEEP at WR, BUT we need a potential #1.  So our first pick should be a WR.

 

Now, if there is STILL another 1st round grade WR close to our 2nd round pick... we go and get him.  THEN all the rest DEF.  IF no #1 grade WR in round 2... wait till the 4th round.

[DJB]

On 1/24/2024 at 3:52 PM, BCAS Baritone said:

Ryan O'Halloran: Free-agent, cap situation means Brandon Beane has to get defensive in draft

https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nfl/bills/ryan-ohalloran-free-agent-cap-situation-means-brandon-beane-has-to-get-defensive-in-draft/article_2992c608-ba1b-11ee-8957-5731c06753d8.html

 

 

That doesn't seem to jibe with the general sentiment on this board.  Please read the article first, then discuss.

 

[colin]

i think we get a wr in teh 1st, and a trade up is likely, maybe even a big one.

 

i think we might get a big body running back, maybe a c if one is a value, and the rest of the picks will likely fill out holes in the d.

 

i figure we'll have like 7 or 8 picks to spend on D, we should be able to get 5 or even 6 contributing players at S and DT/DE with those.

 

any position needed we can fill in w cheapo guys like we did with shak, phillips, ford, etc

[KOKBILLS]

The Bills should have 10 picks going into the 2024 Draft, and if they keep all of them I could easily see them going 7 Defense to 3 Offense... They desperately need to get younger on the Defensive side. However, I think 2 of the first 4 picks will be Offense, and both of those will be WR's... 

 

We'll see though... 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

On 1/24/2024 at 3:52 PM, BCAS Baritone said:

Ryan O'Halloran: Free-agent, cap situation means Brandon Beane has to get defensive in draft

https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nfl/bills/ryan-ohalloran-free-agent-cap-situation-means-brandon-beane-has-to-get-defensive-in-draft/article_2992c608-ba1b-11ee-8957-5731c06753d8.html

 

 

That doesn't seem to jibe with the general sentiment on this board.  Please read the article first, then discuss.

 

I mean the defense and lack of depth definitely screwed us against the Chiefs. I feel like the offense did more than enough to get us the win. The Ravens would’ve beat the Chiefs by a good margin if they had the Bills offensive output. I feel like LB and especially Safety are still big needs. I would go WR in the 1st for sure, but Beane needs to add BPA at a position of need on defense in the 2nd. They still lack super stars on that side of the ball.