WEBVTT - Bills by the Numbers Ep. 25: Bills Draft Needs 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.320 We're here with more Bills by the Numbers presented by 0:00:03.360 --> 0:00:06.840 FanDuel make every moment more coming up. With Buffalo's cap 0:00:06.880 --> 0:00:10.799 space locked up, how do the draft needs now line 0:00:10.880 --> 0:00:12.639 up for the Bills? We take an in depth look. 0:00:12.680 --> 0:00:15.160 The executive director of the Senior Bowl and former NFL 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:19.040 scout Jim Naggie provides a synopsis on the strengths and 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:22.520 depth of this year's class, and we ask our one 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:38.280 burning questions getting drafty in here? All right, thanks for 0:00:38.360 --> 0:00:40.479 stopping in here at Bills by the Numbers, where we 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:42.239 let the stats tell you where the Bills are at 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:46.040 and as Bills GM Brandon Bean put at Steve following 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:49.360 the match of the offer sheet for Ryan Bates, the 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:52.720 Bills are pretty much out of cap space, he himself said. 0:00:52.720 --> 0:00:55.680 Their focus is now moving towards the draft. So that's 0:00:55.720 --> 0:00:59.160 where we turn our focus and we begin with where 0:00:59.200 --> 0:01:03.920 we would assess Buffalo's most pressing positional needs. So, Steve, 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:06.880 if you had to put them in order of importance, one, two, 0:01:06.920 --> 0:01:10.360 and three, what does your list look like. My list 0:01:10.440 --> 0:01:14.520 looks like number one would be a corner cornerback, Number 0:01:14.520 --> 0:01:16.680 two would be a wide receiver, and number three would 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:19.640 be an interior offensive lineman. Okay, That's where I'm at, 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:23.120 and I can listen to I'll listen to other arguments, 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:26.400 but that's where I'm at right now today. Do you 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:36.000 consider any of those a quote unquote positional emergency? No, 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:40.000 but there are huge questions around corner. Yeah, one about 0:01:40.000 --> 0:01:42.520 Tredavious White is he healthy? And the other can Dane 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:44.759 Jackson hold up for an entire season? And is Cam 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:51.880 Lewis enough behind tarn Johnson, Dame Jackson, Saran Neil And 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:53.680 you know, is there enough guys over there that can 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:55.720 give you enough to play? I certainly think they need 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:59.880 to fortify the position with more numbers. They do have 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:02.800 undrafted kid who's back this year, Nick McLeod, good sized 0:02:02.880 --> 0:02:05.280 corner who has some ability, But there's some development that 0:02:05.360 --> 0:02:09.079 has to be made there. So yeah, I mean I 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:12.160 would tend to agree with you. Corner wide receiver. I 0:02:12.200 --> 0:02:14.640 think if you want to look at a position that 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:18.639 might be a little thin in terms of guys you 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:22.639 would feel comfortable plugging in for a starter should there 0:02:22.639 --> 0:02:25.960 be an injury. I think it's a linebacker. You have 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:31.240 Tyrrell Dodson, you have Andre Smith, you have Tyler Matakavitch 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:35.480 and nothing against those guys, but there's a part of 0:02:35.520 --> 0:02:40.720 me that wonders, when do you address that position, especially 0:02:40.800 --> 0:02:44.639 knowing that Tremaine Edmonds is in a walk year final 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:50.080 year of his contract fifty year option, and with cap 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:54.360 constraints still an issue going into next year, I wonder 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:59.560 if it's time to consider a more formidable succession plan 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:03.160 if you're not one hundred percent sure you're going to 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:06.079 be able to pay Tremaine Edmonds probably what he expects 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:10.280 to receive in terms of a second contract. So that's 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:12.680 the only other one lingering out there. But yes, I 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:15.720 would like to see an offensive lineman taken as well. 0:03:16.120 --> 0:03:18.080 I don't necessarily need to take it right away, but 0:03:18.200 --> 0:03:20.440 you know, somewhere in the first four picks would be nice, 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:24.560 just to provide a little extra in terms of depth 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:27.760 there now being did say this past week at the 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:31.840 ownership meetings that Tradevia's White's recovery from ACL surgery is 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:35.720 a separate item unto itself and will not influence their 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:39.200 draft day decisions. But I have to believe if that's 0:03:39.200 --> 0:03:41.600 the case, Trey's got to be looking pretty good with 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:46.320 his rehab process. If Buffalo's GM can separate what appears 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:48.960 to be a clear positional need from the player who 0:03:48.960 --> 0:03:51.720 has filled the CB one position for the last four 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:54.840 years that's coming back from a season ending injury. So 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:59.240 how much do you think positive signs in White's recovery 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:03.600 now impact Buffalo's decision making with respect to corner some 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:07.400 for sure. I still don't think they're done with that position. 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:09.440 There's no way even with Trey, even if Trey White 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:12.360 had not gotten hurt injured last year, they're still looking 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:17.520 for a guy because they had been trying to replace 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:20.919 Levi Wallace for four straight years and couldn't get it 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:23.680 done even through last year. And now they've lost him 0:04:23.680 --> 0:04:26.320 to free agency and he's making you know, seven million, 0:04:26.400 --> 0:04:30.839 eight million, nine million bucks for the Pittsburgh Steelers. That 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:34.200 wouldn't have changed that. Turdavius White presidence did, presence on 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:36.440 their roster didn't change that. So they're still going to 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:40.599 look for a guy a starting quality corner, and that 0:04:40.800 --> 0:04:43.039 to me says as much about it as anything, more 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:45.200 so than whether Trey is gonna be healthier now. I 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:47.640 do think Turdavius will come back and come back in 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:50.640 a big way and give them a level of play 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:53.719 they're going to be very happy with, but that doesn't 0:04:53.760 --> 0:04:55.640 preclude the fact that they've been trying to get better 0:04:55.640 --> 0:04:58.880 at that spot for four years straight. I would say 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:04.040 Dane jack Xson's play is also a factor in this argument. 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:08.680 From this standpoint, not to the degree that you say, ah, 0:05:08.760 --> 0:05:10.960 we don't need a corner. I think the numbers tell 0:05:11.040 --> 0:05:14.200 us they need to add a corner somewhere in the draft. 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:18.240 But with the way of Dane Jackson played the last 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:20.560 five or six games of the regular season and then 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:26.000 in the playoffs, I think has them feeling like, all right, 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:28.400 we probably would like to add a corner here in 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:30.960 the draft at some point, but if we don't get 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:35.120 in one in round one, we're not in trouble. It's 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:39.400 not a catastrophic situation. And I think Dane Jackson's play 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:42.400 has convinced them that if they have to wait around 0:05:42.440 --> 0:05:44.719 on a corner, it's not the end of the world. 0:05:45.960 --> 0:05:48.880 That's right, And I think maybe if you get to 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:52.359 that corner spot, just like what I said, them receiving 0:05:52.560 --> 0:05:55.279 the linebacker spot, although not so much, they're at the 0:05:55.320 --> 0:05:57.640 point now where they've got to be able to think. 0:05:57.680 --> 0:05:59.479 They're almost the point now where they can say, you 0:05:59.480 --> 0:06:01.560 know what, who is available, best player in the draft 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:04.039 we're gonna take, and that's where they want to be. 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:11.720 Dane Jackson certainly outplayed expectations when he came in at 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:18.200 Thanksgiving last year, certainly outplayed expectations. And with Emmanuel Sanders 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:20.960 being out of the mix at wide receiver and Gabe 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:23.640 Davis playing as well as he did, if Isaiah mackenzie 0:06:23.680 --> 0:06:26.599 playing as well as he did when they got the opportunities, 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:29.599 certainly you can say, Okay, maybe we're okay without Colby's 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:36.440 lead Emmanuel Sanders, So they're almost and maybe they're further 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:38.960 down this road than you and I are. I think 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:42.159 they're almost to the point where, okay, just take the 0:06:42.160 --> 0:06:46.599 best player. Most fans aren't quite there yet, but the 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:51.080 team could be. The conversation about receiver would appear to 0:06:51.120 --> 0:06:54.880 be different. Emmanuel Sanders hasn't officially retired, but he's one 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:58.080 of their top three wideouts from last year's squad will 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:01.480 not return to the Fold, and Gabriel Davis is expected 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.080 to be one of the top three receivers, and Jamison 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:06.840 Crowder is the odds on favorite to be the slot 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:11.320 replacement for Cole Beasley. The depth of the unit would 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:14.120 appear to be the concern here, right absolutely. I mean 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:16.920 Cole Beasley, I mean, he's he was a tough dude, 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:18.760 and he was always available, but he was you know, 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:21.080 it seemed like he's never one hundred percent of the 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:24.040 last two years, right, the last couple of years. If 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:27.120 anything were to happen to Stefan Diggs or anything happened 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:30.400 to Gabriel Davis, there's a drop there's a drop off. 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:37.000 I think the fact that Isaiah Hodgens how he's going 0:07:37.040 --> 0:07:40.800 to play as a question mark, Marquez Stevenson is going 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:45.720 to be pressed into service. McKenzie certainly has played admirably, 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:47.520 and I would I would say he's in the mix 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:51.480 to at least compete for the slot receiver spot. And 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:55.360 Kumaro Kumarro is a given. I mean, he's a role 0:07:55.440 --> 0:07:57.920 player and if he if he's he could finish a 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:00.040 game if pressed into service, that kind of thing. And 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:02.040 I think Josh likes him and will throw him the 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:05.360 football because Kumro's got something about him that I think 0:08:05.440 --> 0:08:08.200 quarterbacks relate to. He thinks like a quarterback kind of 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:14.080 and guys, and he's an option. So I all these 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:18.400 guys have their pluses and minuses, and I'll say this, 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:24.120 Isaiah McKenzie could not have played better when given the 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:27.960 opportunity a year ago. There's just no way he could 0:08:27.960 --> 0:08:32.720 have impressed more in his limited opportunities in twenty twenty 0:08:32.720 --> 0:08:39.440 one than outstanding, Absolutely outstanding at every turn, and their 0:08:39.480 --> 0:08:43.960 reluctance to give him more opportunities says something about things 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:46.680 we don't know. Uh. He was benched at one point 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:52.560 last season. So given that and Jamison crowd are coming 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:55.880 in to compete for that spot, certainly, I think they 0:08:55.880 --> 0:08:59.000 feel good about their slot receiving spot right now. As 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:03.079 you mentioned they have McKenzie and Isaiah Hodgins. Hodgens has 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.960 been in the pipeline for two years now but could 0:09:05.960 --> 0:09:08.800 not get on the active roster. Crowder is a one 0:09:08.880 --> 0:09:12.320 year deal, so even if you feel good about that, 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:16.400 you still have to be thinking beyond twenty twenty two. 0:09:17.600 --> 0:09:20.160 And you don't know of Crowder's back after a one 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:23.960 year deal for four million dollars, So I think you 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:27.480 have to say to yourself, how early do we need 0:09:27.520 --> 0:09:32.040 to address the position, knowing we very well may need 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:36.640 a starting caliber player among our top three as early 0:09:36.640 --> 0:09:39.440 as twenty twenty three. That's the question you have to 0:09:39.440 --> 0:09:41.800 ask yourself. And then the next question is does that 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:43.720 player exist on this roster right now or do we 0:09:43.760 --> 0:09:45.040 have to go get one Because you have to go 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:47.959 get one that's ready to contribute in a major way 0:09:48.160 --> 0:09:51.560 by twenty twenty three, it's probably got to be in 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:53.720 the first two days of the draft at the latest 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:56.200 round four, right. But the good part of it is 0:09:56.200 --> 0:09:58.760 in the last handful of drafts, those guys are plentiful. 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:01.480 It is true. There's a ton of guys, and you 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:03.559 can pick your skill set from a number of guys, 0:10:03.559 --> 0:10:05.199 and the Bills have done a good job of finding 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:08.160 them right. So I don't think that would worry them 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.160 their ability to replace. Now, getting the guy acclimated and 0:10:11.160 --> 0:10:13.560 finding the right guy, that's the job. But the guy 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:15.559 is out you gotta believe the guy is out there 0:10:15.559 --> 0:10:17.600 who could do exactly what we need him to do. 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:20.440 So I think that mentality. I don't think there's a 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:22.480 sense of urgency that if we don't have a guy 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:25.600 this year in the first two days of the draft, 0:10:24.320 --> 0:10:28.360 we're done for twenty twenty three, because we'll be back 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:30.480 in the same thing and in a year like they 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:32.679 did this year. Where crowd are they signed, but they 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:35.080 didn't sign an outside guy. Next year they meet in 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:36.520 a position to say, this year, we're going to sign 0:10:36.520 --> 0:10:40.800 an outside down. So no, I that position is almost 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:44.000 going the way of for me, almost going the way 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:46.280 of running back, not with the money or the importance, 0:10:46.320 --> 0:10:48.800 but with the plentifulness of the guys who could actually 0:10:48.800 --> 0:10:50.760 come in and contribute and play. A mention, the cost 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:53.800 of veteran receivers going up and up and exactly as 0:10:53.800 --> 0:10:58.480 it got reset again, they're almost they're almost pricing themselves 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:01.520 out of the Tyree Hill deal is insane. Yeah, I mean, 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:04.280 I get it. A guy wants to take one. Good 0:11:04.360 --> 0:11:07.080 for him taking the money that you get it while 0:11:07.080 --> 0:11:10.040 you can get it. But I'll say this, I'm not 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:12.400 looking sideways at the Packers at all for not paying 0:11:12.480 --> 0:11:15.679 him twenty eight million dollars. They're fine because they'll just 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:18.800 they're gonna go into this draft maneuver around. They'll get 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:22.520 a guy. Yep. Van Jefferson's a perfect example. You know, 0:11:22.880 --> 0:11:27.320 DK metcalf is another example. You know, there's there's an 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:31.240 endless supply coming. There's Yeah, the college game is churning 0:11:31.280 --> 0:11:34.160 them out a dozen at a time. So get a 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:37.600 kid on a rookie deal, cheap labor, save yourself money 0:11:37.640 --> 0:11:40.160 on the cap, and then and then make him rich 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:42.520 and famous. Go ahead and make him famous. Let somebody 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:44.560 else make him rich. Let somebody else make him rich, 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:46.640 and start the whole process over again. If you believe 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:49.320 in your scouting department, you can probably still be a 0:11:49.360 --> 0:11:53.439 productive offense operating in that way. And I don't think 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:56.240 the Bills are any different. And while player great, as 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:59.160 we know with the Bills in the draft, Steve rules 0:11:59.280 --> 0:12:01.559 the day position on the at least from what we've 0:12:01.600 --> 0:12:04.439 seen from Brandon Bean. I mean, last year's drafts a 0:12:04.480 --> 0:12:07.559 perfect example. Back to back pass rushers, back to back 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:11.160 offensive tackles because that's what the player grades told them 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:17.160 to do. How quickly do they need help on the 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:24.480 field at that position? Wide receiver? I really do you 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:28.080 think the Bills have more trust in Dane Jackson, an 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:31.120 outside corner and what's behind him on the depth chart, 0:12:31.640 --> 0:12:34.480 or more trust in Jamison Crowder is the slot receiver 0:12:34.920 --> 0:12:37.720 and what's behind him on the depth chart. I would 0:12:37.720 --> 0:12:41.120 say they probably have more trust in the receiving side 0:12:41.120 --> 0:12:44.760 of things because Jamison Crowder has led the Jets and 0:12:44.800 --> 0:12:48.960 receptions in the last three years running. And Isaiah McKenzie 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:51.000 has proven his worth to the club, So they've got 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:52.720 a guy who can go in and step right in 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:57.319 and go. Dane Jackson took him a while again on 0:12:57.360 --> 0:13:01.680 the field, couldn't beat Levi Wallace out, but finally was 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:05.120 put in because of injury to Tradevious White. The team 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:08.200 maintained its number one ranking throughout the regular season. He 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:10.439 got him into the playoffs, played well in the playoffs, 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:13.680 so and you'd have to go in and pull it 0:13:13.720 --> 0:13:17.040 apart to know if he played really well or just 0:13:17.160 --> 0:13:21.360 got him by. Certainly, it's difficult to play defense against 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:24.280 the Kansas City Chiefs, but they didn't play too badly 0:13:24.320 --> 0:13:29.800 against the New England Patriots, so there's reason to be 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:32.000 optimistic on both sides of that issue. But I think 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:35.120 they did more for the wide receiver side of things 0:13:35.120 --> 0:13:38.000 to get better than they did by resigning McKenzie and 0:13:38.040 --> 0:13:41.120 then signing Crowder. With Gabe Davis finishing the year like 0:13:41.160 --> 0:13:42.679 he did, I think they got to feel pretty good 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:45.200 about that. I would say the White outs, I would 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:47.719 tend to agree. I believe they trust McKenzie because of 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:51.640 the track record A little bit more and you look 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:54.959 at I mean, it's not really a Dane Jackson issue, 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:57.720 it's what's behind him that you have to trust. Cam 0:13:57.840 --> 0:14:00.640 lewis strictly a slot corner at least as I see it. 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:04.439 Nick McLeod Elijah Griffin. I mean, these are two undrafted kids, 0:14:04.480 --> 0:14:09.679 totally unproven. I could see them putting a higher premium 0:14:10.160 --> 0:14:13.280 on getting a corner earlier in the draft than getting 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:15.600 a receiver for those reasons. And if the Bills go 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:18.719 away from cornerback or receiver at the top of the 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:22.040 draft in round one, I think I already know. But 0:14:22.600 --> 0:14:28.720 what other position would not shock you at twenty five? Yeah, 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:31.160 an outside wide out, a big time outside if there's 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:33.960 one that's fallen. Or an interior offensive lineman. Yeah, I 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:36.200 mean if corner and receiver, they go away from there 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:39.240 because the value doesn't say something. You think interior offensive line, 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:42.560 and I would tend to agree because most draft experts 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:44.280 are of the opinion that the value is going to 0:14:44.360 --> 0:14:50.239 be very, very good there at twenty five at interior 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:54.160 old line. And we'll be talking to Senior Bowl Executive 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:57.960 director Jim Nagee about that. A former NFL scout for 0:14:58.000 --> 0:15:00.760 eighteen years before taking the job down there mobile and 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:03.640 see what he thinks as far as strategy for the 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:07.080 Bills at pick twenty five. In just a little bit 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:09.760 good discussion there. We move along now to the numbers game, 0:15:10.080 --> 0:15:14.040 where we're going to see if Steve can determine what 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:19.400 positions the Bills have gravitated too in round one over 0:15:19.480 --> 0:15:24.920 the last fifteen drafts. So, Steve, what position do you 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:27.560 believe has been the most popular pick of the Bills 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:30.160 in Round one of the NFL draft from two thousand 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:36.080 and seven until twenty twenty one. Oh twenty seven, that's 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:42.560 fifteen years. I'm so old. How about when did we 0:15:42.600 --> 0:15:44.960 pick When did we pick EJ? That was? Oh Force, 0:15:45.200 --> 0:15:47.960 that's six? Or oh it's twenty thirteen? Was it? I'll 0:15:47.960 --> 0:15:51.840 say quarterback? Quarterback is incorrect. I will give you one 0:15:51.920 --> 0:15:57.400 more guess most popular pick of the Bills in Round 0:15:57.440 --> 0:16:07.000 one position wise two thousand and seven to twenty twenty one. Cornerback? No, 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:13.760 the answer is defensive line. Really yeah? Okay, okay, Now 0:16:13.800 --> 0:16:17.600 the second part of that question, how many total picks 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:20.840 do you believe there were from that position group in 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:25.600 round one from two thousand and seven? Yeah, I mean, 0:16:25.920 --> 0:16:27.880 you can name a few right off the bat that 0:16:27.920 --> 0:16:31.920 have been pretty recent, right right, right, Oh my gosh. 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:40.240 So how many first rounders for I see, there's Ed, 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:47.160 there's Greg, there's as a second second round, not a 0:16:47.200 --> 0:16:57.040 first round. I'll say eighteen four. The answer is five. 0:16:57.120 --> 0:17:02.400 You're right there, Steve, Yeah, Marcel Darius in that group, Um, 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:06.439 Greg Russeau, boogie. And this is question three. So how 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:08.440 many of these guys can you name over the last 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:11.359 fifteen drafts? Round one? Okay, so go ahead, round run 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:17.200 d Lineman. That's right, Marcel yep, Russeau, yes, Ed, Oliver correct, 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:24.159 you got two left, and I'll say, oh, that's a 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:35.359 that's a tough one. Um, one is just returned to 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:38.960 the roster. Oh yeah, Shack Lawson, that's one. Okay, Yeah, 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:42.080 I got And then maybe one of the biggest swing 0:17:42.160 --> 0:17:48.200 and misses in Bill's draft history. He was a free 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:51.040 agent Williams. He was a swing of miss. That's a 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:56.600 swing in miss. But he was a tackle. Um. There 0:17:56.640 --> 0:18:04.320 you go Aaron Maybon two thousand and nine. Yeah, that 0:18:04.560 --> 0:18:08.919 was the biggest and the horror show. That was a 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:13.800 horror show of incredibly badly crow an incredibly bad all right, 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:17.800 Question number four, what do you believe is the second 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:20.480 most popular position for the Bills in round one over 0:18:20.520 --> 0:18:25.200 the last fifteen drafts. Second most popular position round one 0:18:25.400 --> 0:18:31.000 running back. No, it is not offensive line. It is 0:18:31.080 --> 0:18:40.000 not offensive line. And your one more guess, I'll say 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:48.440 wide out wide receiver, it is corner. Really, how many 0:18:48.480 --> 0:18:51.160 total picks do you believe there were from that position group? 0:18:51.320 --> 0:18:59.240 First round, first round over the last fifteen years. Steph 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:01.000 Jared's bird the first round of right. He was the 0:19:01.040 --> 0:19:03.480 second round seton round her. He was a safety and 0:19:03.480 --> 0:19:07.439 out of I'm trying. I don't even know if I 0:19:07.440 --> 0:19:10.080 could think of the rest of him. So you knew 0:19:10.119 --> 0:19:12.919 there were five defensive linemen, which was lad only be 0:19:12.960 --> 0:19:17.080 three or four? Right? Three? So true, Davis is one, 0:19:17.400 --> 0:19:31.560 Steph Gilmour's two. Can you name the third man? Wait? Oh, 0:19:31.720 --> 0:19:35.840 he can see him in his brain, he can see him. No, 0:19:36.080 --> 0:19:43.040 I think he was. No, I can't get him. Can 0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:50.720 you get him? It's my man. Leotis mckilvin, Leotis McKelvin 0:19:50.840 --> 0:19:56.000 two twelve draft not bad, not bad in the numbers game, there, Steve, 0:19:56.040 --> 0:20:00.440 you did okay? Not terrible? Um right now, though, new 0:20:00.480 --> 0:20:03.480 customers can get their first bet risk free up to 0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:06.720 one thousand dollars. Just sign up today by going to 0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:10.160 Sportsbook dot FanDuel dot com or download the Fan Duel 0:20:10.200 --> 0:20:13.639 sports Book at FanDuel Sportsbook, an official partner of the 0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:16.359 Buffalo Bills. We move on now to our guests this 0:20:16.400 --> 0:20:19.080 week here on Bills by the Numbers. It's executive director 0:20:19.080 --> 0:20:22.560 of the Senior Bowl and former NFL scout Jim Nage, 0:20:22.840 --> 0:20:27.240 who knows the twenty twenty two draft class inside and out. 0:20:27.640 --> 0:20:31.520 Here is Jim. All right, Jim, let's start here. Obviously 0:20:31.560 --> 0:20:35.520 we're suffering from Bill's myopius, so some of our questions 0:20:35.520 --> 0:20:38.240 are going to be directed that way. And I'll start 0:20:38.280 --> 0:20:41.399 with this one because the Bills sitting at twenty five 0:20:41.720 --> 0:20:44.520 are in kind of a tough spot to forecast what 0:20:44.640 --> 0:20:48.320 happens in front of them with so many picks. So 0:20:48.359 --> 0:20:50.760 if you're the Bills sitting there late in Round one, 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:53.359 in what looks to be somewhat of a muddled draft 0:20:53.400 --> 0:20:57.520 pool without any clarity, like even on the perspective first 0:20:57.600 --> 0:21:00.199 round quarterbacks and where they might go, what does is 0:21:00.720 --> 0:21:03.920 maybe player positional value tell you about what the best 0:21:03.920 --> 0:21:06.840 strategy might be for a team like the Bills are 0:21:06.840 --> 0:21:11.440 twenty five. I think where they're sitting guys is truly 0:21:11.480 --> 0:21:13.600 where you just have to take the best player available. 0:21:14.320 --> 0:21:15.919 I don't think you have to reach for need. I 0:21:15.920 --> 0:21:18.600 think there's gonna be a good player there. You know 0:21:18.680 --> 0:21:21.360 that the quarterback things interesting. You know, like last year, 0:21:21.800 --> 0:21:24.560 those five qbs in the top fifteen pushed down some 0:21:24.640 --> 0:21:27.440 really good players, and you know, I don't think we're 0:21:27.440 --> 0:21:29.560 gonna be in that situation this year. Maybe a couple 0:21:29.560 --> 0:21:31.720 of guys might pushed a couple of guys to you 0:21:31.720 --> 0:21:34.000 in the twenties, but but certainly not like last year. 0:21:34.400 --> 0:21:36.639 So I think, you know, you can stay there and 0:21:36.680 --> 0:21:38.520 address a lot of different needs, but there's gonna be 0:21:38.560 --> 0:21:40.480 a good player there. I feel like the meat of 0:21:40.480 --> 0:21:46.160 this draft is probably anywhere between, you know, fifteen and sixty. 0:21:46.320 --> 0:21:48.680 You can really get pretty close to the same player. 0:21:48.840 --> 0:21:50.119 That's why I think you're going to see a lot 0:21:50.160 --> 0:21:52.680 of teams trying trying to trade back in stock final 0:21:52.720 --> 0:21:55.760 second round picks. It's gonna be a really good second 0:21:55.840 --> 0:21:59.200 round this year. You're probably got you have your finger 0:21:59.280 --> 0:22:02.080 on the pulse of this draft as an entire group 0:22:02.119 --> 0:22:03.840 because of your work with the Senior Bowl, and you 0:22:03.840 --> 0:22:05.800 get to see all these guys at all the different positions. 0:22:05.800 --> 0:22:08.840 You talk to all these personnel guys, what position group 0:22:09.520 --> 0:22:13.800 is deepest in this draft? Well, I think you look 0:22:13.800 --> 0:22:15.879 at the past rush group. I was just up at 0:22:15.880 --> 0:22:19.280 Alabama yesterday for Pro Today. You know, they didn't have 0:22:19.280 --> 0:22:21.920 any pass rushers there, but we're just talking to guys 0:22:22.080 --> 0:22:24.160 you know from around the league. All thirty two teams 0:22:24.160 --> 0:22:25.919 are there, so I got a chance to catch up 0:22:25.920 --> 0:22:28.960 with a lot of buddies, and really it's it's that 0:22:29.000 --> 0:22:31.600 pass rush group. So you know you're starting up high 0:22:31.640 --> 0:22:34.080 with Aighton Hutchinson. I think I think Trayvon Walker from 0:22:34.080 --> 0:22:37.720 Georgia is legitimately a top five pick. Just talking to 0:22:37.720 --> 0:22:39.720 guys around the league, you might be the most talented 0:22:39.760 --> 0:22:42.080 guy in the draft when you just look at the 0:22:42.080 --> 0:22:45.119 traits and it's really become a trades driven league, and 0:22:45.160 --> 0:22:47.160 I think a lot of teams are, you know, really 0:22:47.840 --> 0:22:51.159 hold true to that philosophy as guys you can hit 0:22:51.240 --> 0:22:54.200 on high ceiling guys. So you know those two guys 0:22:54.200 --> 0:22:55.679 and then all the way through, I mean they'll be 0:22:55.720 --> 0:22:57.920 staring at a good one. The Bills are gonna be 0:22:57.920 --> 0:23:00.440 staring at a good one there. You know, in the twenties, 0:23:00.480 --> 0:23:03.000 whether that's you know, an Arnold mcktny from Penn State, 0:23:03.040 --> 0:23:05.080 a boy Mope for Minnesota, a couple of guys we 0:23:05.119 --> 0:23:07.560 had down here at the Senior Bowl, I would say 0:23:07.560 --> 0:23:09.919 from top to bottom, and that's the deepest group, and 0:23:09.960 --> 0:23:11.960 it's certainly a really good tight end class as well. 0:23:12.560 --> 0:23:15.440 So you mentioned a couple of guys who might represent 0:23:15.560 --> 0:23:20.400 good value at around twenty five at the pass rusher position, Jim, 0:23:20.520 --> 0:23:24.560 is there are there other positions that might offer at 0:23:24.640 --> 0:23:27.879 least what you deem to be value good value for 0:23:27.920 --> 0:23:29.800 them at twenty five. I mean you're saying best on 0:23:29.840 --> 0:23:31.359 the board is the way to go for Buffalo, And 0:23:31.359 --> 0:23:33.080 obviously there's no way for you to know who's going 0:23:33.119 --> 0:23:36.560 to be there specifically, But do you see positional value 0:23:36.640 --> 0:23:41.240 elsewhere besides just pass rusher at twenty five? Yeah, I 0:23:41.240 --> 0:23:44.600 think you'd have to look at the interior offensive line. Really, 0:23:44.600 --> 0:23:46.959