Buffalo Bills Consensus Draft Grades

[gonzo1105]

I’m somewhere between an A- and a B+.  Favorite pick: TJ Sanders Least: Deone Walker 

[Logic]

8 hours ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

I agree with your post but ask you to state which receiver you would have liked the Bills to pick at which spot

 

Thanks!

 

In terms of who was actually on the board at WR when we made picks:

I liked Jaylin Noel (though his skillset may have been a little redundant with Shakir as our locked in slot WR) in round 3. 

I liked Jalen Royals in round 4, and he could've been had without even needing trade up like they did for Deone Walker.

With small trade-ups (the likes of which they deemed worth executing for the DTs), they also could've been in position for Dont'e Thornton or Kyle Williams.

Alas, I'm not suggesting any of these guys would be THE difference or would be WR1s or anything like that. All of them would've simply added nice tools to the toolkit. 

[MJS]

A-. My only critique is that they could have traded up more and picked fewer players late. We had 9 draft picks and I doubt they will all make the roster.

 

Beane nailed the first three picks, and those are the important ones.

[Sierra Foothills]

37 minutes ago, Logic said:

In terms of who was actually on the board at WR when we made picks:

I liked Jaylin Noel (though his skillset may have been a little redundant with Shakir as our locked in slot WR) in round 3. 

I liked Jalen Royals in round 4, and he could've been had without even needing trade up like they did for Deone Walker.

With small trade-ups (the likes of which they deemed worth executing for the DTs), they also could've been in position for Dont'e Thornton or Kyle Williams.

Alas, I'm not suggesting any of these guys would be THE difference or would be WR1s or anything like that. All of them would've simply added nice tools to the toolkit. 

 

I'm in the majority that wishes we'd gotten the field stretching deep threat though I still love our draft and gave it an A.

 

The thing is I wouldn't change our first 4 picks/trades. I was definitely getting excited in the 4th when D'onte Thornton was still there... but he was taken the pick before we took Deone Walker at 109.

 

Then I was disappointed when KC took Jalen Royals at 133. Post-Walker trade, we would have had to trade 3 of our last 5 picks (probably including two of our 5th rounders) to move up and take him ... but like you said had we not traded up for Walker we could have had Royals at 132, assuming KC or another team didn't trade ahead of us.

 

Another interesting feature of the draft is that the Bills took Jordan Hancock at 170 with Chris Paul Jr. still on the board. I wonder if they were hoping to get Paul on their next pick but the Rams took him at 172 just before we took Jackson Hawes at 173.

 

Regardless, I really like the Deone Walker pick and I'm generally content with the draft... largely because I'm expecting the defense to be excellent this year.