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

[Bray Wyatt]

1 minute ago, Doc Brown said:

I think CB is a fun pick as they can turn the game around with an Int with the bonus of it sometimes being a pick 6.

How would you rank them as far as fun picks?  I'd pry go QB, WR, RB, TE, CB, DE, S, OT, DT OG, C, K, P.

 

Id prob have DE and CB flipped, but I think thats pretty accurate

[jaybeezee]

Dont know much about the kid, outside of the fact that he is on the smaller side and has a ton of speed. I have doubts just because of the Elam pick, as he also was better suited for Man Defense as is this kid. 

 

Why does Beane and Mcdermott constantly try and draft players that do not fit our scheme? Unless we are switching to a Man defense, this pick makes very little sense to me.

[Doc Brown]

1 minute ago, Bray Wyatt said:

 

Id prob have DE and CB flipped, but I think thats pretty accurate

With the Bills rotating as much as they do on the d-line I'm more excited about a CB.

[RoyBatty is alive]

3 minutes ago, Pete said:

He doesn’t tackle like Poyer.  That’s not his game.

Poyer is/was a brutal hitter, witness the hit he put on Keon Coleman last year.

[Figster]

15 hours ago, bearcat said:

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/maxwell-hairston/32004841-4974-0557-7544-a7fed2221d85

When you look at some of Hairston's weaknesses like massive liability in run support this pick has allot of red flags IMO. 

 

After watching film I just don't get it.  Fast, but has trouble tracking down the football? Did we draft this guy for his personality?

 

Hate to be such a downer, but when I see some of our most football knowledgeable posters shying away from making any kind of determination on the pick its troubling.

 

Coming from one of the biggest homers on the board...

[Pete]

Just now, RoyBatty is alive said:

Poyer is/was a brutal hitter, witness the hit he put on Keon Coleman last year.

I think my favorite Poyer hit was when he knocked Cam Newton backwards. Wow what a hit! 

I have two Poyer jerseys.  Now I’m conflicted with Keon if I should ever wear them lol

[Doc Brown]

Bad shoulder or not.  He's not a good tackler guys.  Love him in every other area though.

 

 

[SoonerBillsFan]

3 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

Bad shoulder or not.  He's not a good tackler guys.  Love him in every other area though.

 

 

All I see is a very willing tackler that overshoots sometimes due to his aggressiveness.   

[Alphadawg7]

1 hour ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

Really, Kaiir Elam ring a bell.

 

Can you find me a regime that has a perfect score and hits 100% of the time?  Did you forget Benford was a 6th round pick the same year and developed into an immediate starter and then into a pretty good CB we just gave a nice 2nd contract too?  

 

This need to hang only the losses and never credit the wins with this regime is something I will never get.  

[MikePJ76]

4 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

Bad shoulder or not.  He's not a good tackler guys.  Love him in every other area though.

 

 

Oh no.  We better cut him this afternoon he definitely can’t play.  
 

months and months of this whining now.  People are miserable and just insist on making everyone miserable with them.

[mikemac2001]

Just now, SoonerBillsFan said:

All I see is a very willing tackler that overshoots sometimes due to his aggressiveness.   

Ya I don’t like the misses on the hook and screen but other than that he really wasn’t out of position. Played very far off the ball on those plays I would hope he is closer to the line. 
 

 

[Doc Brown]

4 minutes ago, MikePJ76 said:

Oh no.  We better cut him this afternoon he definitely can’t play.  
 

months and months of this whining now.  People are miserable and just insist on making everyone miserable with them.

That's why he posted it without comment.  Deion Sanders was an awful tackler too.  Tackling was pry the weakest part of T. White's game too coming out of college.

Edited 16 hours ago by Doc Brown

[Steptide]

We took a cb?!? I am shocked. SHOCKED 

[ngbills]

Dont watch the Hairston vs Golden tape from 2024...

[MrEpsYtown]

20 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

Bad shoulder or not.  He's not a good tackler guys.  Love him in every other area though.

 

 

Hes ok, not great. I feel like most corners look like that. He’s doing the job and forcing the play back inside. I don’t expect him to put down a 230 lb RB 1 on 1, so I am not too worried about it. 
 

And to add, tackling is one of those things that can get better. Probably never amazing, but he has things you can’t teach like the ball skills and the speed. 

Edited 16 hours ago by MrEpsYtown

[Bob Chandler's Hands]

17 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

Bad shoulder or not.  He's not a good tackler guys.  Love him in every other area though.

 

 

Now show a video of all of Josh Allen's incomplete passes and tell us he's not a good passer!

[Royale with Cheese]

17 minutes ago, Pete said:

He doesn’t tackle like Poyer.  That’s not his game.

 

You don't have to be at Jordan Poyer level at tackling to be a safety.  Not every Safety needs to be your hard hitting ,aggressive tackler one....we have Rapp.

Some safeties are better in coverage, some are better in tackling. 

 

[TheWeatherMan]

21 minutes ago, Doc Brown said:

Bad shoulder or not.  He's not a good tackler guys.  Love him in every other area though.

 

 

He might not have the best form, but at least he’s not whiffing like others in our secondary frequently do. 

[Doc Brown]

4 minutes ago, Bob Chandler's Hands said:

Now show a video of all of Josh Allen's incomplete passes and tell us he's not a good passer!

Tough crowd.  Would you prefer if I prefaced it with something you can get better at?  As for Allen......

 

[Figster]

12 minutes ago, Bob Chandler's Hands said:

Now show a video of all of Josh Allen's incomplete passes and tell us he's not a good passer!

Good point, and Josh's big play ability would more then make up for it right?

 

Something a few posters have suggested might be very possible with Hairiston.

 

Again, big homer, thanks for the positves peeps.

 

 

Edited 15 hours ago by Figster