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

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

3 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

Who is turner

 

sorry it’s prom night I’m distracted 

We traded with the bears and got a dt and the bears also picked a dt with their now later pick…literally no one will care or remember because the chiefs weren’t involved 😂

[Donuts and Doritos]

I'm reserving judgement until Joe Marino tells me what to think of this. 

[VW82]

1 hour ago, mikemac2001 said:

You don’t know if he would or would not be there but don’t say we moved up 5 spots when it was 56 to 41 that was why we had to give up some picks / positions 

 

but we moved back 10 and lost a 4th to go up 15 spots a lot different then what you presented 

 

You still missed what I was saying. I was talking about moving up five spots worst case for Alexander (or Turner or Norman-Lott) because we were live at pick 51 when I made that post, or just stick at 56 and take our pick of those guys rather than moving up to take Sanders. 

 

One might argue that Sanders will be worth that but outside of Collins, no DTs were picked between where we took Sanders at 41 and where Bears ultimately started the DT run at 62.  

Edited 9 hours ago by VW82

[BobbyC81]

2 hours ago, Watkins90 said:

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

Especially with the large human being Collins still there.  You can’t teach size.

[GASabresIUFan]

From the Athletic

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Fast evaluation

This is a home run pairing for the Bills. They have someone who maintains three-down ability in a smaller package but has the length and run-defending skills they covet in a long-term starter at the position. The Bills needed a long-term replacement for Jones, who is a free agent after 2025, and they found it in Sanders.

 

 

[DrDawkinstein]

Just now, BobbyC81 said:

Especially with the large human being Collins still there.  You can’t teach size.

 

In Buffalo, you certainly can. I gain 10 pounds every Christmas trip home.

[Process]

This is the only way trading up for a 3T makes sense

 

 

[DJB]

 

[oldmanfan]

Always want us to draft a big tub of goo.  He may not be as gooey as I hoped but seems like he’ll be a solid contributor.

[SydneyBillsFan]

FWIW, The ESPN crew really like the pick, say he fits what we do.

[Warriorspikes51]

7 minutes ago, SydneyBillsFan said:

FWIW, The ESPN crew really like the pick, say he fits what we do.

get overpowered in the playoffs?  
 

we really need a strong ox inside

[Bockeye]

2 hours ago, 34-78-83 said:

Riiiggghhhht stopping the run is what really matters and is keeping the Bills out of the superbowl year after year. C’mon be better.

Respectfully, I don’t get your take.  We don’t need to be good stopping the run? 

 

Chiefs and Eagles were both top ten against the run.

 

I’ll give Beane and Co the benefit of the doubt.  Paired with our D Lineman, maybe Sanders is the missing piece.  I’ll be rooting my ass off for him. 

[nedboy7]

 Sanders had four sacks and 51 tackles. He showed some dangerous interior pass rush ability, and some team sources feel that Sanders could rise in the months leading up to the draft. He performed well at the Senior Bowl practices. Multiple team sources say they have Sanders on the bubble of the first and second round.
 

He is a better pass rushing DT than Collins.  Clearly what they want  

[Bag of Milk]

During the Bills  phone call with Sanders after they selected him, I found it interesting that Pegula told him that the Bills had been " trying to trade up for him for like the last 20 picks"

[Bruffalo]

35 minutes ago, Process said:

This is the only way trading up for a 3T makes sense

 

 

Yeah and Shakir can play outside. I'll believe it when I see it.

[Rousseauisnoschmo]

FWIW from CBS:

 

41. Bills (from Bears): T.J. Sanders, DT, South Carolina

Grade: A

Such a fun selection for Buffalo. High-caliber athlete with polished hand work. Elite production in SEC. Quality size and plus length for an upfield interior rusher. Fills clear-cut need for the Bills defense. And this was almost a perfectly equivalent swap on draft pick trade chart. 

 

Seems like alot of the 'experts' really like this pick. Interesting that they point out that the swap of picks was very fair according to whatever value chart they used.

[nedboy7]

Bills are getting straight As on every pick.  

[NeverOutNick]

8 minutes ago, Bag of Milk said:

During the Bills  phone call with Sanders after they selected him, I found it interesting that Pegula told him that the Bills had been " trying to trade up for him for like the last 20 picks"

Weird since they just picked at 30 🤷🏻‍♂️

[colin]

I think the direction we are seeing is that our d is going with the pat Reilly model: a bunch of talented hybrids.

 

Hoyt at the dt from pittz, bosa and Groot, Oliver and Sanders and the razorback de we got in the 3rd.  With the ability to play man behind it, I think we are going to see more formations and overloads and stunts upfront.  

 

We don't have an giant monsters in the gut (kinda ironic considering how huge and physical the ok is) but the combined size and athletics of the front 4 is something.  Groot/bosa/razorback/AJ at de and Oliver/sanders/Jones/Carter/ at Dt and Hoyt wherever they put him is a lot of chess pieces if they can be creative with it.

[YoloinOhio]

49 minutes ago, BobbyC81 said:

Especially with the large human being Collins still there.  You can’t teach size.

So he’s not fat enough?