Bills Related Draft News & Discussion

[boyst]

  On 4/3/2025 at 3:49 PM, JGMcD2 said:

Totally agree, would be an absolute shame for us to treat this human being like a human being. The audacity. 

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not my point. my point is that this should be in addition to him being the best player on the board. it should have absolutely no bearing on decisions if he can play football. 

 

there are only two things that matter when we draft a cornerback:

1) can he play the position better than anyone else on the board?

2) did he bring a notebook to the meeting?

 

if either of those are yes, we run to the podium.

[MrEpsYtown]

  On 4/3/2025 at 3:09 PM, boyst said:

I don't need a *~~😇😇Feel♥️Good♥️Story😇😇~~*.

 

I need a hard nosed football player. Good for this dude but play ball.

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Need more content for the Hallmark movie

[mannc]

I wonder if interviews of draft-eligible players have any value at all…it seems possible that a team that conducted no interviews and just based their board on tape evaluation might be better off…

[boyst]

  On 4/3/2025 at 4:23 PM, MrEpsYtown said:

 

Need more content for the Hallmark movie

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the scene is a cold winter day in Lackawanna. A young couple stops in to visit a coffee shop and this is where we meet Phil, a recently appointed partner at the NYC brokering house of William and Randolph Duke who coaches the NYC blind basketball league after being a 4 year letterman at Penn. Phil's soon to be wife, Juliette is a writer after having multiple injuries preventing her from dancing after her 2 years at Juliard where she left to go Barnard.

 

They are making plans for a nice getaway to Niagara on the Lake and finally roll into town to stop at family bakery where Kyle has returned home to help his grandparents run without telling her he was failing college at Oswego and has a pending drug charge for pills in his car. He is still a nice guy and won at least two hacky sack battles in college. Still, he is a nice guy with charming good looks.

 

...long story short Kyle convinces Juliet to take over the cookie business with him and begin her writing there with absolutely no business experience. Phil goes back to NYC and finds a 10/10 who isn't cracked out in fantasy land and lives happily ever after while Juliet deals with Kyle 10 years later, a bankrupt cookie shop, 2 kids, and kyle promising he will leave the casino by 11pm.

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[SoonerBillsFan]

  On 4/3/2025 at 4:33 PM, boyst said:

the scene is a cold winter day in Lackawanna. A young couple stops in to visit a coffee shop and this is where we meet Phil, a recently appointed partner at the NYC brokering house of William and Randolph Duke who coaches the NYC blind basketball league after being a 4 year letterman at Penn. Phil's soon to be wife, Juliette is a writer after having multiple injuries preventing her from dancing after her 2 years at Juliard where she left to go Barnard.

 

They are making plans for a nice getaway to Niagara on the Lake and finally roll into town to stop at family bakery where Kyle has returned home to help his grandparents run without telling her he was failing college at Oswego and has a pending drug charge for pills in his car. He is still a nice guy and won at least two hacky sack battles in college. Still, he is a nice guy with charming good looks.

 

...long story short Kyle convinces Juliet to take over the cookie business with him and begin her writing there with absolutely no business experience. Phil goes back to NYC and finds a 10/10 who isn't cracked out in fantasy land and lives happily ever after while Juliet deals with Kyle 10 years later, a bankrupt cookie shop, 2 kids, and Phil promising he will leave the casino by 11pm.

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I vote to pull your man card.

[The Jokeman]

  On 4/3/2025 at 4:29 PM, mannc said:

I wonder if interviews of draft-eligible players have any value at all…it seems possible that a team that conducted no interviews and just based their board on tape evaluation might be better off…

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Until you draft a QB that can't recall your 9 worded calls to tell the X WR to run a A route, your slot guy run run a C and your TE and Oline to slide protection to the left for a screen to the FB and instead takes a sack because he was waiting for the TE to run a a route.

[mannc]

  On 4/3/2025 at 8:34 PM, The Jokeman said:

Until you draft a QB that can't recall your 9 worded calls to tell the X WR to run a A route, your slot guy run run a C and your TE and Oline to slide protection to the left for a screen to the FB and instead takes a sack because he was waiting for the TE to run a a route.

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My comment was sort of tongue-in-cheek, but still, I wonder how many teams fall irrationally in love with a college player because of his interview, or vice versa.  Professional football just doesn’t seem like job where your “interview” should matter much…

[The Jokeman]

  On 4/3/2025 at 8:52 PM, mannc said:

My comment was sort of tongue-in-cheek, but still, I wonder how many teams fall irrationally in love with a college player because of his interview, or vice versa.  Professional football just doesn’t seem like job where your “interview” should matter much…

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Yes/no I mean football as much about talent but also self drive, fitting in with coaches/teammates etc. it's why drafting is no easy task as many variables. If it was black and white somebody would find the formula eventually.

[Warriorspikes51]

 

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[nosejob]

  On 4/3/2025 at 4:23 PM, boyst said:

not my point. my point is that this should be in addition to him being the best player on the board. it should have absolutely no bearing on decisions if he can play football. 

 

there are only two things that matter when we draft a cornerback:

1) can he play the position better than anyone else on the board?

2) did he bring a notebook to the meeting?

 

if either of those are yes, we run to the podium.

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I like to look at INTs in college  and a senior as well. Who was that kid we drafted that had a ton as a rookie? That I think we traded to NO?

[boyst]

  On 4/3/2025 at 10:19 PM, nosejob said:

I like to look at INTs in college  and a senior as well. Who was that kid we drafted that had a ton as a rookie? That I think we traded to NO?

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Nickel robey, jabari greer

[gonzo1105]

Amos or Revel would be a home run for the Bills and their CB spot in this draft

[4merper4mer]

  On 4/4/2025 at 12:43 AM, boyst said:

Nickel robey, jabari greer

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  On 4/4/2025 at 12:43 AM, boyst said:

Nickel robey, jabari greer

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I think Jairus Byrd.

[wppete]

  On 4/4/2025 at 12:51 AM, gonzo1105 said:

Amos or Revel would be a home run for the Bills and their CB spot in this draft

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I really like Revel. Then go DT in the 2nd and 4th round. 

[LEBills]

  On 4/3/2025 at 10:09 PM, Warriorspikes51 said:

 

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If you look at the DTs that were all pro or pro bowl over the last decade, a vast majority of them either had 5 sacks in a season by their third year in college or ran a sub 5.0 40 at over 295 pounds.

 

CJ West is the only DT in the draft to hit both. He is going to be a stud.

[Richard Noggin]

  On 4/3/2025 at 4:58 PM, SoonerBillsFan said:

I vote to pull your man card.

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Wha? That writeup was a perfectly realistic adaptation of the standard Hallmark fantasy, with one exception: the favorable glossing of who Phil ends up with back in NYC is unrealistic, as that superficial, transactional partnership is likely destined for rapid uncoupling. Tariff-related market plunges plus a crypto pump-and-dump betrayal conspire to derail Phil's career and portfolio, and the 10/10 didn't sign up for a non-destination wedding or "SEC interviews." 

 

  On 4/3/2025 at 10:19 PM, nosejob said:

I like to look at INTs in college  and a senior as well. Who was that kid we drafted that had a ton as a rookie? That I think we traded to NO?

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Byrd. (It's been said already, but Jairus Byrd had an insanely fortuitous INT count as a rookie, and was surprisingly (as I look back) still productive in 4/5 years with Buffalo. He was NOT traded, however. It was that dang foot, wasn't it?)

[Aross3415]

Has there been many rumors of Buffalo possibly drafting a safety? I feel like we could definitely upgrade that position…

 

im thinking maybe 3-4th round but Buffalo should definitely look at JJ Roberts from Marshall University. He is a great player and leader… At his pro day he tested great and is one of the top safetys in this years draft… Ran a 4.41 and would be a great addition…

[nosejob]

  On 4/4/2025 at 1:26 AM, 4merper4mer said:

 

I think Jairus Byrd.

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Thank you!

[The Jokeman]

  On 4/4/2025 at 9:48 AM, Aross3415 said:

Has there been many rumors of Buffalo possibly drafting a safety? I feel like we could definitely upgrade that position…

 

im thinking maybe 3-4th round but Buffalo should definitely look at JJ Roberts from Marshall University. He is a great player and leader… At his pro day he tested great and is one of the top safetys in this years draft… Ran a 4.41 and would be a great addition…

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Well Hamlin and Forrest are here on one year deals and Bishop is still a question mark. I can see adding one on day 3 to fill the back end of the roster for this year and be a backup in 2026.