Bills First Rnd pick in 2025 draft: Maxwell Hairston - CB - Kentucky

[Bill from NYC]

Wonderful! Great news!!!!👍👍👍

 

I'm trying to get over the shock.

Edited 12 hours ago by Bill from NYC

[boyst]

6 hours ago, transplantbillsfan said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I went 6 posts to quote and figure more are complaining about his size and tackling.

 

Did you guys dislike Tre White pre-injury? Hairston is basically Tre in terms of frame and tackling. Shorter arms than Tre but much more athletic.

 

I can see why Sean would be excited. Tre Sr. Is in the building to mentor Tre Jr.

Mine was not complaining. It is true the guy is small. And goofball is not a bad thing, look at Tre White.

[YoloinOhio]

Maybe already mentioned but His cousin is Taiwan Jones

[RobbRiddick]

I like the speed.

 

I have a feeling they will grab another CB with one of the 2nd round picks, maybe the 4th since they draft so well with the mid to late picks.

[Buddy Hix]

7 hours ago, Simon said:

 

You don't have to be big to put people on the ground.

You just have to be willing and know what you're doing.

Well his combination of being small and technique resulted in him not being a good tackler at the college level, so it’s a concern.

[UKBillFan]

1 minute ago, Buddy Hix said:

Well his combination of being small and technique resulted in him not being a good tackler at the college level, so it’s a concern.

 

Wasn't he a good tackler until he got injured? That affected his technique slightly but the belief is he should find it again now he's fully fit, and put on a few pounds.

[Einstein]

The more I think about it, the more I like the pick.

 

We are lacking in ELITE traits on this time and Hairston brings elite speed.

[stlbills13]

He profiles as a perfect gamewrecker CB2. Very happy. And he can be brought on somewhat slowly if really needed.

[Einstein]

 

1 minute ago, UKBillFan said:

 

Wasn't he a good tackler until he got injured? That affected his technique slightly but the belief is he should find it again now he's fully fit, and put on a few pounds.

 

Beane intimated that he’s not the best tackler, but he is a willing tackler. Said he tries but his smaller frame just makes it difficult sometimes. He said they have to get him in the weight room.

[stlbills13]

He doesn't need to tackle when he has the ball 🫡

[Since1981]

I’d like my LB Safety DL doing the tackling. My CB breaks up the play = he doesn’t need to be a giant man tackler

 

Elam probably could tackle if he was ever near the WR LOL

[JerseyBills]

31 minutes ago, No_Matter_What said:

Is it me or our DB room quietly got better?

 

Seriously though, if Hairston pans out he can be a great combo with Benford and Tre + Dane provide at least quality floor as backups.

Lmao!!

Love it

[RichRiderBills]

The bills draft a guy smaller and worse at tackling than Elam was. I don't like to pick as I said I'm just very dubious of some SEC players in this day and age a lot of coddling and I'm going to question how hard they're going to work especially pouring to cold weather. 

 

I saw a few Kentucky games and hairston never really stood out to me. A lot of the analysis by the bills guys like Joe Marino, Chopin bulldog. I just didn't think hairston was a scheme fit for us. A weak tackler. 

 

A weak tackler somewhat undersized more accustomed to man. I think I recalled Joe Marino saying just recently that Amos was much better fit than hairston. 

 

And so I don't like to pick. I probably would have The South Carolina safety. He's an undeniable athlete, a predator in the backfield. I don't think there's anyone of that talent that was available. Safety is a sneaky need and our defense has not been good since we had elite safeties. 

 

I get the good DT s were off the board again. Why didn't we move up to get one? Even staying put , we could have wound up with the best safety in this draft. Instead we get probably the 4th or fifth Best corner. It feels like the elam picked to me and I know know we can't be traumatized by that, but that's how I feel.

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[colin]

Speed and coverage skills on this guy look pretty crazy.  SEC corners have a real history of walking into the NFL and being pro ready.

 

Being small and not in any way shape or form a thumper is a downside, which is why a 4.2 fluid corner makes it out of the top 12 tbh.

 

Adding Hoyt and bosa and drafting this guy, along w some of the play calls last year and new d corches brought in this off-season makes me think (hope) MCD and CO want to make a pretty meaningful way the team defends the pass schematically and they are trying to bring in guys to execute that.

 

We have tended to be super vanilla and exploited horribly in the playoffs because we couldn't really cause any confusion.  Having wild card pieces up front and pure coverage in the back is what we need to have success in post season situational football.  We'll need our new additions to ball out to do that, but I like the cohesive direction this is pointing in.

[Donuts and Doritos]

Having Kaiir Elam flashbacks & visions of that Travis Henry stiff arm. Hopefully his speed makes the difference. 🤞

[BananaB]

Nice pick! The speed stands out on the field. Getting sick of McDs system but glad they grabbed a guy that fits it this time around.

[Don Otreply]

Gonna have to pay more than vet minimum, 

 

 

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[DJB]

 

 

 

[JaCrispy]

7 hours ago, DJB said:

 

I don’t even know what this means, but I think I wanna like it…😉

[nosejob]

5 minutes ago, RichRiderBills said:

The bills draft a guy smaller and worse at tackling than Elam was. I don't like to pick as I said I'm just very dubious of some SEC players in this day and age a lot of coddling and I'm going to question how hard they're going to work especially pouring to cold weather. 

 

I saw a few Kentucky games and hairston never really stood out to me. A lot of the analysis by the bills guys like Joe Marino, Chopin bulldog. I just didn't think hairston was a scheme fit for us. A weak tackler. 

 

A weak tackler somewhat undersized more accustomed to man. I think I recalled Joe Marino saying just recently that Amos was much better fit than hairston. 

 

And so I don't like to pick. I probably would have The South Carolina safety. He's an undeniable athlete, a predator in the backfield. I don't think there's anyone of that talent that was available. Safety is a sneaky need and our defense has not been good since we had elite safeties. 

 

I get the good DT s were off the board again. Why didn't we move up to get one? Even staying put , we could have wound up with the best safety in this draft. Instead we get probably the 4th or fifth Best corner. It feels like the elam picked to me and I know know we can't be traumatized by that, but that's how I feel.

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Well hopefully they can find another Benford later.  They will probably need to.