Zman5778
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If you subscribe to The Athletic (and I highly recommend it) -- take a look at Dane Brguler's BEAST of a Draft Guide. It's packed with a ton of info about basically everyone who's worth drafting or picking up as a UDFA.
Buffalo Bills: Offseason - 2019 Schedule Released with NFL Draft Upcoming
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Dillard is an interesting one there. Don't think I've seen or heard anyone talking about him that high.
I don't think Hockenson is any kind of lock to go before the Bills pick either. I don't think he lasts much into the teens but I think the Bills could move back in the right situation & still get him.
If he turns out to be a Witten or an Olsen then that's a great piece to have in an offence centered around Allen.
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If I've learned anything in the decades I've been following the draft, is that just about anything is possible. After all this, Hockenson could end up in the second round. Who knows?
Dillard's name has been coming up a lot more recently from what I've seen. Joe B. has the Bills taking him #11 after a trade back with the Bengals. So, I watched his combine and some game film. Looks pretty impressive and got some "starting LT day 1" type hype from the NFL Network crew.
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I agree and I think he'd be a great fit, I just think Gronk comparisons are nuts. Gronk in his prime was the most unstoppable TE anyone had ever seen, and probably one of the best players of all time at breaking tackles.
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Athletically he isn't Gronk but the Olsen and Witten comparisons are pretty solid.
He's a game changer for Allen and this offence
He's a game changer for Allen and this offence
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We’re live from day one of Voluntary Offseason Workouts with GM Brandon Beane, HC Sean McDermott, QB Josh Allen and LB Tremaine Edmunds.
Quick Hits: How Sean McDermott plans to ingrain new players into Bills’ culture
After meeting with the team for the first time in 2019, Sean McDermott talks about how he plans to get the new players up to speed and his immediate goals for offseason workouts.
Bills 2019 Voluntary Offseason Workouts
Bills players arrived back at One Bills Drive on Monday, April 15, for voluntary offseason workouts. Click through to see photos of your favorite Bills players.
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Husko
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Watching Brandon Beane is like getting a class on drafting and how GM's think without giving anything away on what we are doing specifically. I feel really good about McDermott and Beane. Josh too, of course.
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Value of pre-draft visits goes beyond drafting players
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All NFL teams are allowed 30 pre-draft visits, according to league rules. If a team brings a player to their facility for a pre-draft visit, there’s a good chance they might be interested in drafting him, if given the opportunity. Of course, no team is drafting 30 players, so they know they won’t be drafting most of those players who come to town. Even if that’s the case, those visits are often really helpful to teams in other ways.
On Monday afternoon, I had a chance to ask Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane about the value and purpose of these visits beyond the obvious. Here are two things he mentioned, that many people probably don’t think about as much:
1.) Getting to know the player if the Bills have to face him
2.) Building a profile if the player ever becomes available
SAL CAPACCIO
All NFL teams are allowed 30 pre-draft visits, according to league rules. If a team brings a player to their facility for a pre-draft visit, there’s a good chance they might be interested in drafting him, if given the opportunity. Of course, no team is drafting 30 players, so they know they won’t be drafting most of those players who come to town. Even if that’s the case, those visits are often really helpful to teams in other ways.
On Monday afternoon, I had a chance to ask Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane about the value and purpose of these visits beyond the obvious. Here are two things he mentioned, that many people probably don’t think about as much:
1.) Getting to know the player if the Bills have to face him
2.) Building a profile if the player ever becomes available
Bills expect world-class Sports Performance Center to enhance their game
It was an investment that Terry and Kim Pegula committed to personally. In the wake of renovations and improvements to New Era Field, a redesign of the team’s locker room, training room and grass practice field expansion over the last few years, the most recent project by the owners of the Bills may prove to be the crown jewel of the enhancements at One Bills Drive.
Last Friday was the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Bills brand-new 41,000 square foot Sports Performance Center, which Bills players will be making use of today as the team’s offseason conditioning program commences.
“In the end we realize all these players are people,” said Kim Pegula. “They have a life off the field. They have a life outside of this facility and outside of Buffalo. They’re real people. They’re human. The health and safety of all the players is paramount, and not just on game day.
It was an investment that Terry and Kim Pegula committed to personally. In the wake of renovations and improvements to New Era Field, a redesign of the team’s locker room, training room and grass practice field expansion over the last few years, the most recent project by the owners of the Bills may prove to be the crown jewel of the enhancements at One Bills Drive.
Last Friday was the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Bills brand-new 41,000 square foot Sports Performance Center, which Bills players will be making use of today as the team’s offseason conditioning program commences.
“In the end we realize all these players are people,” said Kim Pegula. “They have a life off the field. They have a life outside of this facility and outside of Buffalo. They’re real people. They’re human. The health and safety of all the players is paramount, and not just on game day.
Daniel Jeremiah 2019 NFL mock draft 3.0: Drew Lock to Packers
With the 2019 NFL Draft just a little more than a week away, here's my third look at how teams will draft when Round 1 begins in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 25.
To see every draft pick each team holds in the 2019 NFL Draft, click here.
DJ mocks Iowa TE TJ Hockenson to the Bills at 9.
With the 2019 NFL Draft just a little more than a week away, here's my third look at how teams will draft when Round 1 begins in Nashville, Tennessee, on April 25.
To see every draft pick each team holds in the 2019 NFL Draft, click here.
DJ mocks Iowa TE TJ Hockenson to the Bills at 9.
The 2019 NFL Draft is now under 10 days away, meaning GM Brandon Beane is closer to being able to add, what he hopes to be, an impact player to his roster. In this episode, Joe Buscaglia and Matthew Fairburn discuss their takeaways from Beane's press conference on Monday, what it could mean for their first-round pick, and then they debate the merits of the Bills trading up to attain a player they might not have a chance at drafting at ninth overall. Plus, the first giveaway of the offseason!
Zman5778
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IMO, if they wanted to trade up for a guy like Quinnen Williams or Ed Oliver -- I'm 100% fine with that. Both of those guys should be stud D-linemen. Ideally, we wouldn't give up our 2nd rounder this year (or next year's 1st).
Zman5778
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Agreed. I'd much rather us stay at 9 and take whoever slips or an O-lineman and then use our 2nd and some ammo next year to snag Fant (if he drops) or Irv Smith.
Husko
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No interest in trading up. Especially for a defensive lineman. That would reek of the the Sammy trade, especially considering how strong the defensive line class his in general.
SoFFacet
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Good rule of thumb is to never trade up in the 1st round, except for a QB.
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