Bills expected to have 2 extra 5th round compensatory picks in 2025

[JerseyBills]

1 hour ago, gonzo1105 said:

He and Settle now count in the formula. Neither of them were originally and cancel each other out 

We don’t have 2 3s we have zero 

You're 100% positive??

Settle? Not on our team...

Edited Saturday at 02:47 AM by JerseyBills

[gonzo1105]

Just now, JerseyBills said:

You're 100% positive??

 

Well no i'm not 100%, but I follow draft stuff pretty religiously and scout a lot of players during the year and during the draft process so I have been following over the caps scenario all year. Originally we have 4 players lost to 2 gained and since the season has advanced Settle has been added to the lost column and Hollins has been added to the gained column. Hasn't changed anything and as I stated earlier, someone had asked about how the Davis injury might affect our comp picks so then I reached out to Nick Korte to find out and he said Davis would drop from a 4 to 5, which has since also been updated on their page.

 

If your asking if I'm positive we don't have a 3rd round pick, let alone 2, yeah I'm 100% positive lol.

[Whkfc]

5 hours ago, Ralonzo said:

Beane will eventually have a draft consisting of 32 5th round picks and that's all.

That's his dream I told Terry's daughter that last year

[Whkfc]

2 hours ago, JerseyBills said:

Wow. We'll have a tremendous amount of ammo. 

2 2s 2 3s 2 4s 2 5s and 2 6s 

 

Plenty of artillery to maneuver however they want 

They have no 3s

[CoudyBills]

So two future all-pros.  I like it.

[Ethan in Cleveland]

9 hours ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

I would believe it. Initially, it was supposed to be a 4th and a 5th for them. A 4th for Davis and a 5th for Floyd. My guess is it dropped to a 5th bc Davis ended up being lost for the season in Week 11. 

 

The Edmunds pick dropped from a 3rd to a 4th last year bc they changed the rules of the compensatory formula on a dime to take into account void year money and carefully written contracts that skirted comp pick cancellations. That in conjunction with Edmunds missing a couple games made the pick come in less than expected.

 

This years projections took the new rules into account when they were made. We're already getting less than expected bc of Davis' injury with 2 5th's instead of the initial projection of a 4 and a 5. I really don't see us getting less than that or them changing the rules to be more strict on a dime once again. It was too much of a headache for the league last season dealing with all the appeals. And generally when they make an unpopular change that makes things more difficult on teams one year, they take it easier the following year (ie Cap figures coming under unexpected one year are made up for the next).

 

Currently, our expected picks are as follows:

 

Round 1

Round 2

Round 2 (from Minnesota Vikings for Stefon Diggs and our 2025 5th Round Pick)

Round 4 

Round 4 (from Chicago Bears for a 2024 5th Round Pick)

Round 5 (Compensatory for Gabe Davis)

Round 5 (Compensatory for Leonard Floyd)

Round 6

Round 6 (from New York Giants for Boogie Basham)

Round 6 (from Cleveland Browns with Amari Cooper for our 2025 3rd Round Pick)

You have the 2nd round picks backwards. Bills will be picking 64 th in second round. Vikings probably around 58.

[transplantbillsfan]

Kinda sucks because originally I thought they talked about a 4th for Gabe.

[BillsFanForever19]

7 hours ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

I would trade all of that and a 2026 1st for a premier pass rusher.

 

You'd give up Two 1st's, Two 2nd's, Two 4th's, Two 5th's, and Three 6th's for one DE? Eleven lottery tickets and players under Rookie deals for a single player that we'd also have to designate a massive amount of cap space to?

 

Thank God you're just a message board poster...

Edited Saturday at 09:15 AM by BillsFanForever19

[GunnerBill]

10 hours ago, Albany,n.y. said:

I wouldn't count on these picks.  The Bills signed free agents too.  The SI writer seems to have forgotten the Bills FA signings & is only looking at the Bills FA losses. 

 

Nah there is a pretty established formula. The signings and the losses have ready been netted off.

1 hour ago, transplantbillsfan said:

Kinda sucks because originally I thought they talked about a 4th for Gabe.

 

Yea but he missed half the year. Won't hit the snap count threasholds as a result. It will drop a round.

[Coach Tuesday]

1 hour ago, GunnerBill said:

 

Nah there is a pretty established formula. The signings and the losses have ready been netted off.

 

Yea but he missed half the year. Won't hit the snap count threasholds as a result. It will drop a round.

Another drop for Gabe Davis…

[PrimeTime101]

Wasn't Shakir drafted in the 5th? Benford in the 6th?  don't sleep on these late picks lol

[T master]

Beane will have a hay day given all this ammo it wouldn't surprise me if he moved up at some point to get a player he wants, hopefully there are some really good D linemen in this years draft . 

[Rubes]

1 hour ago, T master said:

Beane will have a hay day given all this ammo it wouldn't surprise me if he moved up at some point to get a player he wants, hopefully there are some really good D linemen in this years draft . 

 

My understanding is that this is a great draft coming up for defensive linemen…

 

[Capco]

17 hours ago, strive_for_five_guy said:

Between the existing roster (not pegged to lose too many key free agents), free agency and the draft, I truly think that Beane can make this roster even stronger heading into the 2025 season.  Which is kind of scary for the rest of the league.

Don't we have a lot of dead money coming off the books next year too?

[Matt_In_NH]

18 hours ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

Round 1

Round 2

Round 2 (from Minnesota Vikings for Stefon Diggs and our 2025 5th Round Pick)

Round 4 

Round 4 (from Chicago Bears for a 2024 5th Round Pick)

Round 5 (Compensatory for Gabe Davis)

Round 5 (Compensatory for Leonard Floyd)

Round 6

Round 6 (from New York Giants for Boogie Basham)

Round 6 (from Cleveland Browns with Amari Cooper for our 2025 3rd Round Pick)

Edited 15 hours ago by BillsFanForever19

I was thinking that Vikings second rounder was going to be high, now its virtually a third rounder.   Never thought Darnold would have been as solid as he has been.

[Mr. WEO]

who was the greatest comp pick the Bills ever had?

[Sierra Foothills]

9 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

who was the greatest comp pick the Bills ever had?

 

Probably Tom Brady.

 

I think it had to do with the Bills signing Lawyer Milloy in 2003. Due to the arcane and indecipherable NFL compensatory draft rules, New England was awarded an extra retro-future 6th rounder in 2000.

 

Or something like that.

 

[Mr. WEO]

18 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

Probably Tom Brady.

 

I think it had to do with the Bills signing Lawyer Milloy in 2003. Due to the arcane and indecipherable NFL compensatory draft rules, New England was awarded an extra retro-future 6th rounder in 2000.

 

Or something like that.

 

 

lol

[strive_for_five_guy]

1 hour ago, Capco said:

Don't we have a lot of dead money coming off the books next year too?

If I’m interpreting it correctly, Spotrac has us at 3rd most dead cap this season at $75M.  $31M of that is Diggs, and then mostly of mix of the other vets that were released last offseason too.  Heading into 2025, we’re sitting at 22nd with about $5.4M so far.  $4.1M of that looks to be Tre White.  So that’s another good point, right now about $70M less in dead cap.  Really amazing what this team has been able to do this season so far, considering the cap situation.

[boater]

20 hours ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

Round 1

Round 2

Round 2 (from Minnesota Vikings for Stefon Diggs and our 2025 5th Round Pick)

Round 4 

Round 4 (from Chicago Bears for a 2024 5th Round Pick)

Round 5 (Compensatory for Gabe Davis)

Round 5 (Compensatory for Leonard Floyd)

Round 6

Round 6 (from New York Giants for Boogie Basham)

Round 6 (from Cleveland Browns with Amari Cooper for our 2025 3rd Round Pick)

 

Wow, that is the Mother Lode of draft picks. I'm looking forward to the draft.

 

Every GM has their Kaiir Elam moment. In my opinion, looking at the total record, Beane is a Top-10 drafter.