Bills 2nd Rnd pick in 2025 Draft : TJ Sanders - DT South Carolina

[White Linen]

5 minutes ago, BeavercreekBillsFan said:

D line in general. But not going to act like he’s done well at DT spot either

 

I think he's drafted pretty well at DT.  Who don't you like?

[JP51]

40 minutes ago, NeverOutNick said:

Beane can’t help himself he has to trade and I’m sure McD is in his ear stating “remember we need another DT, and make sure he’s not a run stuffer”

Exactly... convo... Brandon we need a DT... make sure he likes to be a b@$%h and can grab his ankles when the going gets nasty... got that! 

[RyanC883]

1 minute ago, PayDaBill$ said:

Sanders led the defensive linemen at South Carolina with 50 tackles in 2024, and had sevens tackles for loss and four sacks. He logged six quarterback hurries and one pass breakup, and record at least three tackles in 9-of-13 games.

Against Ole Miss, he had seven solo tackles and in back-to-back games against Oklahoma and Texas A&M, he recorded at least two solo sacks and one sack in each game.

 

Not too bad, sounds on vs run and getting pressure.

 

the most promising thing is that the scouting reports indicate he is not elite at either, but also has bad form.  If they can fix the form (pad level, etc) he could be an all-around stud.  But it seems like a gamble for sure.  

[CaliBills]

49 minutes ago, BeavercreekBillsFan said:

Traded up for a sub 300 pound DT. I absolutely despise beane and can’t wait for this regime to be over with. Excited we had 2 2nd rounders and we just lit them on fire. 

Let’s just rehire Rex Ryan. 

[Low Positive]

4 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said:

2 myths already for a guy whose been a Bill less than 30 minutes...might be a new record.

1. He is too small - Incorrect.  
2. We gave up 2 seconds to go up 6 spots - Also incorrect.  We moved back 10 spots in regards to our other 2nd.  

TSW doing TSW things in peak midseason form 

We went up 15 spots and dropped 10 spots. The only thing that makes the trade unbalanced is the 4th we gave up.

[WotAGuy]

6 minutes ago, Draconator said:

I just told my wife we drafted an interior D lineman. She understood and saves me the headache of explanation. 

Maybe you can help me then. My wife doesn’t understand why teams would trade down to allow another team to draft in their place. I mean, who doesn’t get trading 45, 67, 109 and 233 for 41, 63, 145 and 237?  Fortunately, she was smart enough to marry yours truly. 
 

 

Edited 6 hours ago by WotAGuy

[Simon]

Just now, White Linen said:

 

I think he's drafted pretty well at DT.  Who don't you like?

 

He's one of those guys that hates everything.

It's like listening to WGR on a loop

[Wizard]

Edited 6 hours ago by Wizard

[Simon]

Just now, WotAGuy said:

Maybe you can help me then. My wife doesn’t understand why teams would trade down to allow another team to draft in their place. I mean, who doesn’t get trading 45, 67, 109 and 233 for 41, 63, 145 and 237?  

 

You know girls can't do math!

[Rock-A-Bye Beasley]

51 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

I don't know too much about these guys- But Joe Marino is my resource and he has this guy as a mid 3?

 

Does not sound great 

Joe also HATED the Terrell Bernard pick

[DJB]

 

[Roundybout]

2 minutes ago, White Linen said:

 

I think he's drafted pretty well at DT.  Who don't you like?

Well we’ve only drafted two of them so it’s not a lot to think about! 

[NeverOutNick]

6 minutes ago, FireChans said:

To me, I don’t really care about 1t vs 3t. I think that’s very much overblown, even with Daquan Jones looking washed. You can get 1t’s anywhere.

 

What I do NOT get is the draft strategy of giving up capital for a player who the best reasonable expectation is “rotational piece” for the next 2-3 seasons.

 

i was a big Nolen fan. I wanted Beane to take him at 30 if he was there. I would be AGHAST if he traded this years 1 and next years 1 to get him. That’s just poor strategy.

 

It’s fine to trade up for a BTJ when you have no WR on the roster. It would be fine to trade up for Sanders if Eddy was traded. But otherwise it just seems like bad resource management especially for a player I don’t particularly like. Jmo ofc

This^ 

 

This regime is all about filling the cupboard with D line depth but when it comes to WRs, one per year is fine in the draft, don’t worry we will overpay for someone else’s retread, and lastly who needs speed or WRs that can actually separate 🥳

[FireChans]

3 minutes ago, MasterStrategist said:

Sanders gets us off the field, you'll quickly forget what we gave up.

 

We were like 27 or 28th in 3rd down defense last year.....again, literally everyone is trying to copy the Eagles blueprint right now.  I could care less if Sanders plays 30% of snaps, as long as he (and others) gets us off the field on 3rd down.

A winning argument for bad strategy isn’t “what if it works out this time.”

[BillsFan130]

Just now, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:

Joe also HATED the Terrell Bernard pick

Again to clear this up for the 3rd time- DJ and Kiper also didn't have him ranked high.

 

My fault though as should have stated that in my original post

[Logic]

4 minutes ago, Joe Marino said:

Substitute ‘Kiper’s Board’ for “the industry”. Beane needs to her “his guy” foe value. Shouldn’t be that hard with a guy rated where Sanders was. On many mocks. Including our hero, Joe Marino.

Will Johnson

Nic Scourton

Tyliek Williams

Walter Nolen

Trey Amos

 

Were all either a round higher or lower on our hero Joe Marino’s big board than where they wound up being drafted by NFL teams.

 

No one is infallible. Rankings differ.

 

[Victory Formation]

1 minute ago, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:

Joe also HATED the Terrell Bernard pick

People get too caught up on the talking heads and parroting everything they say. Think for yourself.

[Doc Brown]

7 minutes ago, Gilberto said:

Can you explain to us too? Asking for a friend...

One tech is the really fat guy.  Three tech is the fat guy.

[Niagara Dude]

53 minutes ago, Watkins90 said:

I feel like this is an absolute reach. An undersized defensive lineman. 

I was reading comments from Gamecocks fans,  most thought he was an average player.  Beane has picked two straight players that are undersized guys,  this guy reminds me of Boogie who was another 2nd second bust that they talked up and no one heard about for talked about before the draft

 

Why waste our second rounder for a reach player?

 

 

[DJB]