This is now on Beane, no question he needs to step up.

[Kelly to Allen]

The good news is the draft is loaded on the dline. But can beane hit on the picks?? They have a chance to get 3 studs on the dline and that's not even counting free agency 

Edited February 21 by Kelly to Allen

[Brand J]

10 hours ago, Kelly to Allen said:

The good news is the draft is loaded on the dline. But can beane hit on the picks?? They have a chance to get 3 studs on the dline and that's not even counting free agency 

I feel like he’s due to strike gold on a DL pick. 

[finn]

1 hour ago, Brand J said:

I feel like he’s due to strike gold on a DL pick. 

If he's going to ever do it, this would be the year, with 50 DL in Brugler's top 100 prospects. If I'm Beane, I go DL for two of the first two picks, CB for the third pick (still in the second round), then secondary depth as the next priority. Resign Amari, let Cook play out his contract, extend Rousseau, Shakir, Benford, Bernard. In other words, keep your own and build through the draft. 

[Brand J]

8 minutes ago, finn said:

If he's going to ever do it, this would be the year, with 50 DL in Brugler's top 100 prospects. If I'm Beane, I go DL for two of the first two picks, CB for the third pick (still in the second round), then secondary depth as the next priority. Resign Amari, let Cook play out his contract, extend Rousseau, Shakir, Benford, Bernard. In other words, keep your own and build through the draft. 

Cool with all of that, but not big on extending Rousseau if the $25M/yr projections are correct. To make that much, you gotta have more than 5 sacks in 15 games and disrupt Mahomes far more often than he has rushing against their weak tackles. 

[finn]

52 minutes ago, Brand J said:

Cool with all of that, but not big on extending Rousseau if the $25M/yr projections are correct. To make that much, you gotta have more than 5 sacks in 15 games and disrupt Mahomes far more often than he has rushing against their weak tackles. 

What do you make of the point that he's had to rush from the defensive right side, not his strong suit, because they have Miller rushing from the left? If this is the case, it might be better at this point to put him back into his natural position and either let Miller go or serve as depth only. Also, it hasn't helped Rousseau to have Epenesa on the other side. Pair him with an explosive rusher and maybe we'll see more than 5 sacks a year from him. 

[ColoradoBills]

12 minutes ago, finn said:

What do you make of the point that he's had to rush from the defensive right side, not his strong suit, because they have Miller rushing from the left? If this is the case, it might be better at this point to put him back into his natural position and either let Miller go or serve as depth only. Also, it hasn't helped Rousseau to have Epenesa on the other side. Pair him with an explosive rusher and maybe we'll see more than 5 sacks a year from him. 

 

Yes.  After that, make a decision on his future.

[Niagara Dude]

On 2/10/2025 at 10:21 AM, SoonerBillsFan said:

  Beane has been average on his drafts and horrible at evaluation of DL.  I have to wonder if we need a change in our scouts? 

 

For all our (esp. My) ripping of McDermott it seems he gets that we need a change and is making coaching changes/ Adds to back that. So what's left?  Beane MUST do better in his evaluation of talent and who he picks.  We all saw what McClusky and BTJ did this year vs Coleman, that is a miss for me.  He picked a bad DL who is  no longer here vs a guy who became an all pro center. There are way too many instances of this.

 

McDermott has always wanted pressure from the front 4 so he can do more on the back end, and it is a MUST this offseason. Ill just say it, another average to bad draft, and we need to re evaluate our GM position with this team.

 

That said, I really hope he starts hitting, we all like him, but he needs to step up.  

I question if Pegula has his own advisors to properly grade both McDermott and beanie or is everything ignored because Allen carries them to the playoffs on his own with very little support talent and a bunch of no name assistants.

[SoonerBillsFan]

52 minutes ago, Niagara Dude said:

I question if Pegula has his own advisors to properly grade both McDermott and beanie or is everything ignored because Allen carries them to the playoffs on his own with very little support talent and a bunch of no name assistants.

I dont think Terry cares.  We make the playoffs and have Josh bringing in money.

[stuvian]

We have no playmakers on D. That's on Beane

[SoonerBillsFan]

On 2/21/2025 at 1:06 PM, Brand J said:

Cool with all of that, but not big on extending Rousseau if the $25M/yr projections are correct. To make that much, you gotta have more than 5 sacks in 15 games and disrupt Mahomes far more often than he has rushing against their weak tackles. 

Yeah,that's a no for me dog.

[SoonerBillsFan]

Lord God don't let that infant  Brandon "John Carson" Beane. screw this up.

 

That is a joke (sort of).  Bonus points if you get the movie reference 😉. 

[First Round Bust]

must be from...Deliverance

[LyndonvilleBill]

50 minutes ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

Lord God don't let that infant  Brandon "John Carson" Beane. screw this up.

 

That is a joke (sort of).  Bonus points if you get the movie reference 😉. 

Unless you meen Jeff Carson in Draft day, I'm not sure.🫣

[Ed_Formerly_of_Roch]

Read in an article the other day, last year the Bills made most of their cuts and restructures about 5 days prior to the "legal tampering" period, so this article thought around this Wednesday/Thursday may reasonable to see similar moves made by the team.

[SoonerBillsFan]

2 hours ago, LyndonvilleBill said:

Unless you meen Jeff Carson in Draft day, I'm not sure.🫣

You got it!!!  And remember the Hwks GM called him John,and Cosner corrected him.

1 hour ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:

Read in an article the other day, last year the Bills made most of their cuts and restructures about 5 days prior to the "legal tampering" period, so this article thought around this Wednesday/Thursday may reasonable to see similar moves made by the team.

Agreed.  

Edited Monday at 12:35 AM by SoonerBillsFan

[major]

time to go get this beane #moneyball

[Buffalo_Stampede]

I think last year Brandon Beane and Sean McDermott learned that they can still compete for a Super Bowl even if they have huge dead cap amounts. They can still compete for a Super Bowl even when the roster isn’t as good due to cap restrictions.

 

So I think it’s possible they say ok, let’s go for it for a couple years here. Sell off future assets, picks and cap space, to give it our best shot to win a Super Bowl.

 

I think there are so many reasons for the Bills to go chips all in for 2025. I think it’s going to happen.

[RiotAct]

On 2/21/2025 at 1:57 PM, finn said:

If he's going to ever do it, this would be the year, with 50 DL in Brugler's top 100 prospects. If I'm Beane, I go DL for two of the first two picks, CB for the third pick (still in the second round), then secondary depth as the next priority. Resign Amari, let Cook play out his contract, extend Rousseau, Shakir, Benford, Bernard. In other words, keep your own and build through the draft. 

Nope.  Need a top WR still (Coleman COULD be it but can’t take that gamble).