Bills Draft Needs - From the Athletic

[LABILLBACKER]

Top priority is 2 WRS, 1T, FS....after these 4 players I don't care who they pick.  A better punter & kicker can also be considered later.

[Richard Noggin]

On 2/6/2024 at 12:19 PM, boyst said:

i was blown away yesterday looking at what we could do if we could cut miller. 1 floyd. or rapp, lawson, jackson, sherfield, and dobson.

 

How is retaining the bolded players helpful? If the Bills are tight against the cap, then strictly depth players like those you've listed should be replaced by rookies (drafted and signed) and overall, younger, cheaper options. If the Bills could cut Miller (which mostly they can't/shouldn't, unfortunately) I would hope they don't use any savings expressly on re-signing bottom-of-the-roster veteran guys like Rapp, Lawson, Jackson, Sherfield, and Dodson. There is no improvement in that. 

 

I like the players you've listed, for the record, but as vested veterans they will command more cap space than draft picks, UDFAs, and other, younger options who can fill those fringe spots for less. 

[BillsFanForever19]

On 2/6/2024 at 11:38 AM, LabattBlue said:

Not in this order, but as of today if the Bills keep all 9 picks…

 

WR(2)

S(2)

LT(1)

OC(1)

DE(2)

DT(1)

 

Of course, FA could turn the list upside down. 

 

I think considering we generally keep 5 DT's and we currently have only 1 on the Roster, 1 DT is kind of light. At the very least, we'd take 2 DT's and 1 DE in your scenario - considering between Groot, Von, and Kingsley we only need 2 DE's versus 4 DT's.

 

I also don't see us keeping all 10 picks either (we have 9 now, but we'll have 10 after the Edmunds compensatory). Beane will use picks to move up at least once or twice to secure the talent he covets at the positions we're in need.

[boyst]

6 hours ago, Richard Noggin said:

 

How is retaining the bolded players helpful? If the Bills are tight against the cap, then strictly depth players like those you've listed should be replaced by rookies (drafted and signed) and overall, younger, cheaper options. If the Bills could cut Miller (which mostly they can't/shouldn't, unfortunately) I would hope they don't use any savings expressly on re-signing bottom-of-the-roster veteran guys like Rapp, Lawson, Jackson, Sherfield, and Dodson. There is no improvement in that. 

 

I like the players you've listed, for the record, but as vested veterans they will command more cap space than draft picks, UDFAs, and other, younger options who can fill those fringe spots for less. 

Signing those quality players is helpful in 2024. All of them made an impact more than Miller.