All corners no safety’s

[noacls]

BBB in press conference just confirmed Hancock will be used at safety and nickel

[sunshynman]

1 hour ago, whorlnut said:

OP is complaining that the Bills didn’t take a safety. Haha. At least they took three corners for the defense crowd. I literally can’t believe that they keep talking about speedy receivers and took ZERO receivers. It might come back to haunt them. 

We took a WR. 

[SoTier]

1 hour ago, RyanC883 said:

Just terrible late round drafting.  We need a safety.  We also need a LB and took a CB right before Paul from Old Miss.  

 

Several posters in other threads have noted that the Bills seemed to be looking for traits like athleticism, speed, tackling ability etc.   That's my take, too, and I think that that's a good strategy on Day 3, especially after the 4th round.  Most of these kids aren't going to make any NFL roster even if they play special teams, but having some traits that set them apart increases their chances.

[QLBillsFan]

1 hour ago, chris heff said:

Hancock will be a safety, he is a Micah Hyde clone.

Yes 💯 so 2 cbs and a s I’m good with it. Let the best take the spots 👍

3 hours ago, whorlnut said:

OP is complaining that the Bills didn’t take a safety. Haha. At least they took three corners for the defense crowd. I literally can’t believe that they keep talking about speedy receivers and took ZERO receivers. It might come back to haunt them. 

They are not going to be haunted in any fashion for not taking one dimensional wr late in the draft… 

[GASabresIUFan]

My biggest take from this draft is that management has no faith in our CBs beyond Johnson and Benford.  If I were Jackson, Ingram and Codrington I’d have my agent putting feelers out.

[jcamm1966]

Columbus guy here, don't sleep on Hancock experience and played a ton of big games.

[bmur66]

Tre White is not a Safety. Stop it.

[Mr. WEO]

15 hours ago, Matt_In_NH said:

 

This gets asked all the time, the answer is always the same, Tre does NOT project at all as a safety.  He does not do the "safety things" (physicality, tacking) well as a CB, absolutely not happening.  Jordan Hancock does project at safety or slot corner.  The Bills also have a full roster of safeties who are likely to make the 53.

 

this is the problem...

[Matt_In_NH]

2 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

this is the problem...

Maybe, I am not a Hamlin fan, I think he is all floor and no ceiling.  But Rapp is decent and Bishop has good upside.  The guy they signed from Washington could be  sneaky good signing.  Not the strongest position....

[bills_fan]

We just signed an UDFA S Wande Owen’s from univ of NH. Seems to be getting some hype on social media. 

[MrEpsYtown]

4 minutes ago, bills_fan said:

We just signed an UDFA S Wande Owen’s from univ of NH. Seems to be getting some hype on social media. 

Thats because he has Tommy Cutlets agent. That dude knows how to market people. How you doin

[Shaw66]

15 hours ago, RyanC883 said:

Just terrible late round drafting.  We need a safety.  We also need a LB and took a CB right before Paul from Old Miss.  

Not to pick on you particularly, but I dismiss comments like this regularly. I've always doubted that we know better than the coaches and GM, and it was completely confirmed a couple of years ago, after Bernard's rookie season, when all through the draft and into the summer many of us, including me, were screaming, "WE NEED A MIDDLE LINEBACKER." Then the season starter and we all started to see what Bernard actually could do. McBeane knew they didn't need a linebacker. Yes, for depth, maybe. 

 

The fact that no safety was targeted either in free agency or the draft tells me that McDermott has the safeties he wants. I don't know what the plan is, and I don't like Rapp and Hamlin as the starters, but for sure there is a plan.  Bishop's coming off his rookie season, and maybe McDermott knows already that Bishop will start. I've always thought Taron Johnson could start back there - maybe the Bills drafted his replacement at nickel over the past few days.  

 

I don't know who the Bills' safeties will be, but at this point in McDermott's coaching tenure, I have complete confidence that barring injuries, the Bills have the safeties they want. 

 

And in response to anyone who is about to say it, the same is true for wideout. Yes, we may look at the receiver room and see what we think is a gaping hole. McBeane disagree with us (and the perceived hole wasn't a problem last season).

12 hours ago, GASabresIUFan said:

If I were Jackson, Ingram and Codrington I’d have my agent putting feelers out.

If you're an NFL player of the caliber of Jackson, Ingram, and Codrington, your agent always has feelers out.  Each year in May, guys like that never know where they're going to be in November. 

[mikemac2001]

14 hours ago, noacls said:

BBB in press conference just confirmed Hancock will be used at safety and nickel

But he was listed at CB wtf is beane doing 

 

the season is dooooooooomed

Edited 3 hours ago by mikemac2001

[YattaOkasan]

17 hours ago, RyanC883 said:

Just terrible late round drafting.  We need a safety.  We also need a LB and took a CB right before Paul from Old Miss.  

Paul went the pick before us. Second statement wrong. They announced hancock as a DB and said the spring he will play nickel and S. I am also concerned the starting safety group is rapp and bishop but hancock actually seems like a better investment than I thought they would make. 

[Malazan]

16 hours ago, noacls said:

BBB in press conference just confirmed Hancock will be used at safety and nickel

 

So your take that they weren't going to try any of these corners at safety aged like milk left in the hot sun then.. huh

Edited 2 hours ago by Malazan

[oldmanfan]

Hancock at safety.  And one of the guys they drafted should be the replacement for an aging Taron in a couple years.

[noacls]

1 minute ago, Malazan said:

 

So your take that they weren't going to try any of these corners at safety aged like milk left in the hot sun then.. huh

Umm you should work on your reading comprehension. I am saying that BBB, in his press conference after draft, said THAT JORDAN HANCOCK WILL BE USED AT SAFETY AND NICKEL. 

[Malazan]

Just now, noacls said:

Umm you should work on your reading comprehension. I am saying that BBB, in his press conference after draft, said THAT JORDAN HANCOCK WILL BE USED AT SAFETY AND NICKEL. 

 

Yes, which directly goes against you disagreeing that.. "They will try some corners at safety". You might want to try some of that comprehension for yourself.

[noacls]

Just now, Malazan said:

 

Yes, which directly goes against you disagreeing that.. "They will try some corners at safety". You might want to try some of that comprehension for yourself.

Please show me where I disagreed