Speaker 1: Hey, you know where you are. It's Bills by the Numbers,
Speaker 1: where we let the stats tell you where the Bills
Speaker 1: are at. Coming up are their positions that can be
Speaker 1: ruled out for the Bills in round one? What positional
Speaker 1: needs of the Bills best line up with where they're
Speaker 1: picking in this year's draft, and we'll have our one
Speaker 1: burning question. Let's get this thing, Roland, we're on the
Speaker 1: clock now. You made a wise decision to be here.
Speaker 1: Welcome to Bills by the Numbers. He Bills Wall of
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Speaker 1: And with the draft closing in, it's time to examine
Speaker 1: exactly what the Bills we'll be looking at when they're
Speaker 1: on the clock at twenty six in round one, and
Speaker 1: what could be options later in the draft where value
Speaker 1: might match positional needs. So we start with round one.
Speaker 1: We're more often than not gim Brandon Beans gravitated to
Speaker 1: the premium positions of the six drafts he has overseen
Speaker 1: in which he has made a first round pick. His
Speaker 1: first pick has been at a premium position sixty six
Speaker 1: percent of the time, those being quarterback, pass rusher, wide receiver,
Speaker 1: left tackle, or cornerback. Even in the two years when
Speaker 1: he did not have a first round pick, his first
Speaker 1: pick was at a premium position at pass rusher and receiver, respectively.
Speaker 1: So in a draft class that is lacking blue chip
Speaker 1: talent but is considered strongest at edge, rusher, linebacker, interior
Speaker 1: O line, and wide receiver, how likely do you believe
Speaker 1: it is Steve Tasker that being leans toward a premium
Speaker 1: position if he sticks and picks at twenty six.
Speaker 2: I still think it's a little bit of a coin flip.
Speaker 2: I was gonna say absolutely, no way he doesn't do that.
Speaker 2: I think he's gonna pick an edge or one of
Speaker 2: those premium positions. But the problem is, I think this
Speaker 2: is a defensively focused draft, and while you could go edge,
Speaker 2: you're probably not gonna go corner. And that means there's
Speaker 2: also gonna be a chance to get an even better
Speaker 2: quality player at one of the positions that is not premium,
Speaker 2: say a stand up linebacker or safety. So I think
Speaker 2: it's more of a I think it's more in doubt
Speaker 2: that he does pick one of those premium positions maybe
Speaker 2: than it has been in other drafts because of the
Speaker 2: fact whenever you're picking twenty fifth or lower. You don't
Speaker 2: know how it's gonna fall in front of you. There
Speaker 2: are so many permutations of who's going to be left
Speaker 2: and who you like. I think it's more doubtful this year,
Speaker 2: although I think it's still the most probable pick. He's
Speaker 2: gonna pick an edge rusher, he's gonna pick maybe he'll
Speaker 2: pick a corner, but I think more likely a safety
Speaker 2: or a stand up linebacker, safety being the least likely.
Speaker 2: I don't think it's a give that he takes wide
Speaker 2: receiver off the board, except except for the DJ More trade.
Speaker 2: I think that makes that less likely. I don't think
Speaker 2: he's going to take an into your offensive lineman, no
Speaker 2: matter how good that guy might be, when they fall
Speaker 2: to the twenty sixth spot, I think it's either going
Speaker 2: to be an edge guy or a stand up linebacker.
Speaker 2: So take your so depending on who's left, I think
Speaker 2: you're getting maybe one of the best stand up guys edge.
Speaker 2: You might be getting the fifth guy you like at
Speaker 2: that position. That's the question.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I would throw in a third option there because
Speaker 1: I think edge rusher and line off the ball linebacker
Speaker 1: are two very viable options at twenty six and I
Speaker 1: would put receiver there as well. I kind of see
Speaker 1: off the ball linebacker as their pivot choice because I
Speaker 1: think edge rusher and wide receiver a premium position, and
Speaker 1: that's what you want to land in round one. Make
Speaker 1: it worth it with a position of importance, and for
Speaker 1: the most part, Brandon Bean has done that in most
Speaker 1: of his drafts that he has overseen. For the Bills.
Speaker 1: Here's the issue that could come into play, touching on
Speaker 1: Steve's point about all the different things that can happen
Speaker 1: in front of you when you're picking all the way
Speaker 1: down at twenty six. Just in overlooking the teams that
Speaker 1: pick in front of the Bills in round one, thirteen
Speaker 1: of them have edge rusher as one of their top
Speaker 1: three needs, and two or three of those teams have
Speaker 1: two picks before the Bills even make one, And so
Speaker 1: you wonder what's going to be left right for them
Speaker 1: to pick from at edge rusher, and is it worth
Speaker 1: the value at twenty six. There's a chance it may
Speaker 1: not be, and I think that's when the team could
Speaker 1: pivot and pick another position, whether it's receiver, although in
Speaker 1: the last past few years we've seen a run on
Speaker 1: receivers right around eighteen to twenty four, and the Bills
Speaker 1: don't really have a lot of draft capital to move
Speaker 1: up and jump in on that party this year. We
Speaker 1: know they've made slight moves up the board in recent years.
Speaker 1: So yeah, it's hard to pin it down, but you know,
Speaker 1: I think that's probably what we're looking at. And that
Speaker 1: was going to be my next question. We've kind of
Speaker 1: covered that. Would you rule anything out at twenty six
Speaker 1: position wise? That I mean obviously you got I mean
Speaker 1: there are obvious ones like quarterback. You mentioned, interior O line.
Speaker 1: I think that's off the table, especially after they signed
Speaker 1: two veteran offensive linemen and free agency about a month
Speaker 1: out from the draft. I you know, Hart Lloyd Cushionberry
Speaker 1: and Austin Corbett, two players who could start on a
Speaker 1: lot of teams.
Speaker 2: I have a hard time getting my mind around and
Speaker 2: picking another corner after me Harrison.
Speaker 1: Came out just last year.
Speaker 2: Right to me, that doesn't and they got Christian Benford
Speaker 2: who just signed an extension. Maybe a depth corner, but
Speaker 2: they you know, de Alford is a guy who comes
Speaker 2: in and brings something to the table. I think they've
Speaker 2: got high hopes for Hancock being a more versatile athlete
Speaker 2: and being able to play a role. I think they're
Speaker 2: feeling good about it now. That doesn't mean they won't
Speaker 2: pick one later, but I don't think they're gonna do
Speaker 2: that at the top of the draft. So yeah, there's
Speaker 2: a lot of positions that are off the table. Wide
Speaker 2: receivers not for me. I think it's less likely because
Speaker 2: of the DJ more trade I do. I think edge
Speaker 2: is there is their greatest desire, but like you said,
Speaker 2: there's just there's just not gonna be The cover's gonna
Speaker 2: be pretty bare by the time they get there, and
Speaker 2: the Bills don't have any collateral to move up right.
Speaker 1: And then I think defensive tackles another possibility.
Speaker 2: There's we don't know if they like it guy that much.
Speaker 1: And that's you know, that's the great unknown.
Speaker 2: Because I don't think there's a guy in this draft
Speaker 2: that's like got people falling all over themselves waiting to
Speaker 2: pick him. Now, you can make a case, you know,
Speaker 2: you can make case for Kaden MacDonald and Lee Hunter
Speaker 2: and Dante Corleone, Dominique Corns, the Big Citrus. All of
Speaker 2: those guys are out there, but they have you know, draft,
Speaker 2: you know, people aren't busting down the door to pick
Speaker 2: those guys they think they're going to be available later
Speaker 2: in the draft, let alone at twenty six.
Speaker 1: Even if the Bills don't like what falls to them
Speaker 1: at twenty six, do you feel the chances are stronger
Speaker 1: they move away from a premium position with whatever pick
Speaker 1: they have by trading out and moving to a new location,
Speaker 1: presumably in round two because of because of Bean's last
Speaker 1: seven second round picks that he has made, only three
Speaker 1: have been at premium positions, or forty three percent. So
Speaker 1: we're we're making the argument here, ah value doesn't look
Speaker 1: good at twenty six, Let's get out. Let's get three
Speaker 1: Day two picks and move down to round two where
Speaker 1: maybe it's less likely they select a premium position.
Speaker 2: I think if you're picking anywhere past twenty five in
Speaker 2: an NFL draft and any given year, the best possible
Speaker 2: scenario is to trade out you got. I mean, the
Speaker 2: first rounders don't last to twenty five. You're taking a
Speaker 2: second rounder as a first rounder most of the time
Speaker 2: you might get. You might There might be a guy
Speaker 2: that slips through the cracks and and your program that
Speaker 2: he drops into out of the thirty two gives him
Speaker 2: the best chance and the guy hits it out of
Speaker 2: the park. All at Christian Benford as a sixth rounder.
Speaker 2: You know one of those guys who you find is like, wow,
Speaker 2: how did you how this guy last? Nobody sees it.
Speaker 2: The best case scenario if you're picking twenty five or worse,
Speaker 2: in my opinion, is always to trade out because you
Speaker 2: get an extra two and there's always by to two
Speaker 2: and presumably an extra three or in a three. I
Speaker 2: mean that's it's always the best case scenario. The problem
Speaker 2: is nobody says, yes, you can't find somebody who thinks
Speaker 2: opposite of you. Where No, this guy's the first round?
Speaker 2: Are work, jump in there and take him.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I mean once in a while we saw with Lamar Jackson,
Speaker 2: the Baltimore Ravens saw him as an elite athlete, thought
Speaker 2: if they went all in on his skill set on
Speaker 2: their roster offensively, they could win a lot of games
Speaker 2: and be a great team. And they were. So they
Speaker 2: trade back into the back the last pick of the
Speaker 2: first round to get the extra year of option year
Speaker 2: for him, and it worked for them.
Speaker 1: Other teams have done that and other teams not. In
Speaker 1: this draft, well, I mean, I think there's.
Speaker 2: No quarterbacks in this draft, well, well outside the top
Speaker 2: one or two.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Mendoza is gonna go first overall. This much we know,
Speaker 1: there's a debate as to whether Tyer Simson is the
Speaker 1: second quarterback out of Alabama. The Nussmeyer kid at LSU
Speaker 1: is getting more and more love, although I don't think
Speaker 1: it's first round love. But you know, if there's a
Speaker 1: team that wants cost certainty on a quarterback they like
Speaker 1: enough to take it the end of round one, perhaps
Speaker 1: it's ty Simpson. Maybe you can convince a team to
Speaker 1: come up to twenty six to do that, and you
Speaker 1: slide into the top portions of round two, you know,
Speaker 1: and then at that point in time Steve and I
Speaker 1: have discussed this on the daily show One Bills Live.
Speaker 1: You know, Lie, off the ball linebacker could become a
Speaker 1: more enhanced probability there because it's deemed that that's where
Speaker 1: the run will start on off the ball linebackers in
Speaker 1: the top half of round two. Knowing the best value
Speaker 1: in this year's class is deemed to be between rounds
Speaker 1: two and four, and that positions like linebackers, safety, and
Speaker 1: nose tackle, in addition to the premium positions, have decent
Speaker 1: depth through the middle rounds. How improved are the chances
Speaker 1: that the Bills can line up a positional need with
Speaker 1: value in rounds three, four, or five where they have
Speaker 1: hit on play in the past.
Speaker 2: That's that's that's a distinct possibility they could do that.
Speaker 2: They could do that because there are so many teams
Speaker 2: that once you get out of that first round and
Speaker 2: you've used that pick on a need or the best
Speaker 2: player available, there are still some tradcy guys. I say
Speaker 2: tracy because they're you know, big, strong, fast guys. Tracy
Speaker 2: guys available out there at multiple positions. So that's why
Speaker 2: in the second and third round, the pressure's off, you know,
Speaker 2: in a way of speaking. Yeah, I've said this on
Speaker 2: The Daily Show a bunch. The difference between getting picked
Speaker 2: thirty second in the NFL Draft and thirty third is vast.
Speaker 2: First rounder follows you for the rest of your life
Speaker 2: and your career, and there are expectations tied to it
Speaker 2: that that inflame the brain of most rookies. There's that's
Speaker 2: something they got to deal with and it affects their
Speaker 2: production in their first year and their first trip around
Speaker 2: the calendar. This time this year, I had a chance
Speaker 2: to speak to Max Harriston this morning. Different guy. He's
Speaker 2: been around the block. It's like, oh, I come back.
Speaker 2: Oh I was out, and he goes, I was out
Speaker 2: in California training for a month. He has been great.
Speaker 2: I'm just there's so much more confidence and going on
Speaker 2: with this guy. So yeah, I'm all about the fact
Speaker 2: that you can line it up and get more production
Speaker 2: out of a second rounder who the pressure is off
Speaker 2: and the guy's free and easy and the expectations are
Speaker 2: realistic than you can't a first round or so. And
Speaker 2: that goes all the way through second, third, and fourth
Speaker 2: rounds because downing even into the fourth round, you can
Speaker 2: get some traitsy guys who have who can turn the
Speaker 2: corner for you. You get him under pro coaching. And
Speaker 2: this is obviously two where you get Division two guys
Speaker 2: sneaking into the draft. Other you know, from lower levels
Speaker 2: of college football, who all of a sudden get into
Speaker 2: a program that's elevated and they thrive. We've seen that
Speaker 2: here over the years. Yeah, and it happens. So I'm
Speaker 2: all about getting value lined up with need in the second, third,
Speaker 2: fourth round.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I don't think Bills fans should panic whether they
Speaker 1: hold on to their pick in round one, and you
Speaker 1: know it's not a receiver, Like, don't panic because in
Speaker 1: rounds three, four, and five, there are receiver prospects that
Speaker 1: could line up right where the Bills pick and match
Speaker 1: the value. I think defensive tackle is another position that
Speaker 1: could line up well with the Bills picks in rounds
Speaker 1: three or rounds four, and even some cornerbacks and safeties.
Speaker 1: I think there's little pockets of clusters of players at
Speaker 1: those positions that could line up well in rounds three, four,
Speaker 1: and five. And you know, as we've said, the Bills
Speaker 1: have done very well in those middle rounds in finding players.
Speaker 1: So let's elaborate on that, because in rounds three through five,
Speaker 1: in beans eight drafts, he has found at least one
Speaker 1: player that started as a rookie eight times. So, knowing
Speaker 1: the Bills have four picks in rounds three through five,
Speaker 1: is there a position that appeals to you in that
Speaker 1: range where you'd feel good about them pulling out a starter.
Speaker 2: Well, it's hard to project. Once you take the lid
Speaker 2: off the fingercuot needs. It's hard to project any rookie
Speaker 2: walking into the offensive team room of this team and
Speaker 2: saying I'm getting plugged in day one.
Speaker 1: It's probably on defense, right, like gotta be you.
Speaker 2: You could see it at linebacker that we saw it
Speaker 2: with Milano, We saw it with Terrell Bernard, saw it
Speaker 2: with Taron Johnson.
Speaker 1: Took a year for Bernard, but yes, right, but because
Speaker 1: he had Edmunds in front of right.
Speaker 2: So Christian Benford, We've seen it in the past happen
Speaker 2: on the defensive side, so yeah, I could see it
Speaker 2: on the you know where else it could happen if
Speaker 2: they get a nose tackle Ala Dion Walker coming in
Speaker 2: and all of a sudden, you've got a guy who's
Speaker 2: big and nasty inside, and all of a sudden, you
Speaker 2: know what, he put him out there and an added
Speaker 2: level of possibility. And this is a new coaching staff
Speaker 2: that says, you know what, we're gonna play to get
Speaker 2: him out there. Yep, throw him out there. That the
Speaker 2: last coaching staff of McDermott, it seemed as though they
Speaker 2: were very reticent to trust young players. And although there
Speaker 2: are a number of exceptions to that, it was hard
Speaker 2: for a young player to come in no matter where
Speaker 2: he was drafted, and just get on the field because
Speaker 2: of his status. That used to be commonplace decades ago,
Speaker 2: when back when old guys like me played, if you
Speaker 2: got drafted high, you were on the field no matter what. Yep,
Speaker 2: that's not the case anymore.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's defense, and you have to look
Speaker 1: at where the Bills don't have an entrenched, proven commodity.
Speaker 1: And so with that in mind, I think you can
Speaker 1: say one of the inside linebacker positions, which right now,
Speaker 1: I think Terrell Bernard is probably going to be a
Speaker 1: starter in this system. He's been a defensive captain the
Speaker 1: last two years. He has experience in college playing in
Speaker 1: a three to four system at inside backer, so logic
Speaker 1: would tell you he probably has one of those starting
Speaker 1: inside jobs. Doestorian Williams have the other one locked down
Speaker 1: with a new coaching staff on defense? I don't think so.
Speaker 1: So you draft somebody there in the middle rounds at
Speaker 1: off ball linebacker, they got a legitimate shot to challenge
Speaker 1: for a starting job. I think the same can be
Speaker 1: said for nose tackle, as Steve pointed out, because yes,
Speaker 1: Deon Walker had a great rookie season last year, He's
Speaker 1: one of those middle round picks that ended up being
Speaker 1: a starter right out of the shoot. But is he
Speaker 1: is he an ideal fit for the nose tackle spot
Speaker 1: at six foot seven and is known to play a
Speaker 1: little high leverage wise, I don't know. You get a
Speaker 1: stone cold run stuffing plugger who's a tree stump that
Speaker 1: you can play on first and second down. That guy
Speaker 1: might challenge for a starting role. Oh yeah, And I'll
Speaker 1: go this far. Even at corner, where Maxwell Harriston never
Speaker 1: locked down the starting job because of injury, he could
Speaker 1: get pushed. And I'll take it one step further at
Speaker 1: the cornerback position. In this draft, where it's particularly strong
Speaker 1: is at the nickel position. You get a quality nickel corner.
Speaker 1: Arren Johnson didn't here anymore. Alfred's competing with that guy.
Speaker 1: That kid comes in and impresses. There's another spot where
Speaker 1: you could envision the possibility of a rookie middle round
Speaker 1: pick coming in and winning a starting job right off
Speaker 1: the bat.
Speaker 2: And even so too that there may be guys that
Speaker 2: you're looking at that all right, how's that Oliver going
Speaker 2: to fit in here? Bradley, chubb Land and Jackson, all
Speaker 2: these guys. It is a new defense as well. And
Speaker 2: some of these young guys, it levels the playing field
Speaker 2: when they come in the door.
Speaker 1: Because everybody's got a clean slate more than ever. Right,
Speaker 1: there's no past performance to weigh into the equation for
Speaker 1: this coaching staff because the system's new.
Speaker 2: The system is new, and how fast you pick it up,
Speaker 2: to the extent that you pick it up and it
Speaker 2: transfers onto the field is going to have a lot
Speaker 2: to do with who gets on the field, whether you're
Speaker 2: a brand new, undrafted rookie, free agent or ten year
Speaker 2: vet who just got in the door. The new system
Speaker 2: will also add an opportunity for guys to get on
Speaker 2: the field.
Speaker 1: We flip it over to the numbers game now, where
Speaker 1: we see how well Steve does with Bills draft.
Speaker 2: Let's go.
Speaker 1: Let's do it here. Question number one. How many defensive
Speaker 1: linemen have the Bills selected in the last two draft classes?
Speaker 2: What is the total?
Speaker 1: Two? What's the total? Give me the total number defensive
Speaker 1: lineman the Bills have selected in the last two draft classes.
Speaker 1: Come on, I give you some. You nailed it.
Speaker 2: It's exactly five three last year two, the year before TJ.
Speaker 1: Sanders and uh LANDA Jackson.
Speaker 2: Dwaine Carter and two years ago was Dwayne Carter. And
Speaker 2: who's the other one?
Speaker 1: Wait, I'll be impressed. If you can name all five.
Speaker 2: Was Landon Jackson, Dion Walker, TJ. Sanders, that's the three
Speaker 2: last year, Dayne Carter right, and.
Speaker 1: One more it's Javan salam Oh.
Speaker 2: I should have gotten John Javon's my guy.
Speaker 1: I know I was. I was gonna say your guy,
Speaker 1: but that would have been a giveaway. I stink. But
Speaker 1: you got the question. I had it question number two.
Speaker 2: After Kon's come on getting get the bell for getting
Speaker 2: that right?
Speaker 1: There? You go?
Speaker 2: You have did he hand?
Speaker 1: Oh? You got it? I gotta have turn it up, okay.
Speaker 1: After Keon Coleman with pick thirty three in the twenty
Speaker 1: twenty four draft, what is the highest number selection the
Speaker 1: Bills have used on a receiver in the Bean Draft era,
Speaker 1: which is twenty eighteen to twenty twenty five. He did
Speaker 1: not do the twenty seventeen Dave Davis, you have the
Speaker 1: player correct.
Speaker 2: This was fourth round. I don't know what the number is.
Speaker 2: Fourth rounder.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he was pick one, twenty eight. That is the
Speaker 1: highest pick used on a receiver after the Keon Coleman pick.
Speaker 1: Wow in the Bean Draft era. Zay Jones was the
Speaker 1: thirty seventh pick in twenty seventeen, but that was not
Speaker 1: a draft that was run by Bean That was just
Speaker 1: a guilely draft.
Speaker 2: Ay Jones put together a nice little career. Is he
Speaker 2: still still playing? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Still playing? It was in Arizona last Yeah. Question number three,
Speaker 1: how many members of the Bill's twenty twenty draft class
Speaker 1: are still on Buffalo's roster at this moment?
Speaker 2: Aj left. I don't know if I can name who
Speaker 2: it was.
Speaker 1: I say one, Your answer is correct again, Steve, you
Speaker 1: are three for three. You want to take a stab
Speaker 1: at who that player is?
Speaker 2: Ah, let me see. I'm gonna go out a lem
Speaker 2: and say there, it's been a minute. I'm gonna say,
Speaker 2: that's not Spencer.
Speaker 1: It is not Spencer Brown. It's Tyler Bass.
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, is wow.
Speaker 1: The only guy from the twenty twenty draft class still
Speaker 1: on the roster. Turnover is a vicious thing here in
Speaker 1: the NFL Man Question four, what two schools are tied
Speaker 1: for the most players drafted by the Bills in the
Speaker 1: Bean era? These two schools are tied for having the
Speaker 1: most players drafted by the Bills in the Bean era
Speaker 1: twenty eighteen to twenty twenty five. Give me the two schools.
Speaker 2: Pit.
Speaker 1: It is not Pitt yeah, well, you're quick with the buzzer.
Speaker 1: They have seen four players each from their schools drafted
Speaker 1: by the Bills twenty eighteen. What are those two schools?
Speaker 1: Ohio State is not Ohio State. I think there's been
Speaker 1: one player drafted from Ohio State, Hancock. Yeah, that's it.
Speaker 2: Uh. I have no idea.
Speaker 1: Okay, I'm gonna give them to you. And and this
Speaker 1: is difficult because they've been there have been some later
Speaker 1: round picks. They the players, and I'll tell you the
Speaker 1: school Okay. I'll start with the obscure Voshon Joseph Okay,
Speaker 1: Justin Shorter, Kyrie Elam and Osiris Torrance, Florida, Florida is
Speaker 1: one of them. Here's the other. Georgia Nope, Luke Tanudah,
Speaker 1: oh my god, Wyatt Teller Wisconsin Nope, Dorian Strong Louisville
Speaker 1: and Tremaine Edmonds.
Speaker 2: Were Tremaine Counts.
Speaker 1: Virginia Tech. Oh my gosh, so Florida and Virginia Tech
Speaker 1: with four piece. Man, you were on a highway sky
Speaker 1: rocket in question four man that was came crashing to
Speaker 1: earth with a thundering splat.
Speaker 2: Leak and fuel and exploding.
Speaker 1: All right, good job there in the numbers game overall,
Speaker 1: we turn now to our one burning question. Do the
Speaker 1: Bills ultimately stand tech with their first and third round
Speaker 1: picks or do they trade out of round one and
Speaker 1: get a second and extra third to cash in more
Speaker 1: on Day two of the draft? Where would you peg
Speaker 1: the odds on that.
Speaker 2: Happened twenty to eighty against against? Yeah? Wow, Because they're
Speaker 2: not gonna find any takers, you gotta have. The Bills
Speaker 2: would love to do it. I don't get me wrong.
Speaker 2: That's what they should do. They should get out around one,
Speaker 2: get an extra two, get an extra three, and go
Speaker 2: to town. They're not gonna be able to do it
Speaker 2: because nobody's gonna want There's not gonna be a player
Speaker 2: at twenty six anybody wants it one in a.
Speaker 1: First round, you don't think there'll be a buyer there.
Speaker 2: So they're gonna have to pick now. I'm not saying
Speaker 2: they're not gonna get it twenty eight. I'm not gonna
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna say they're not gonna get a good
Speaker 2: player or even a guy that could plug in and
Speaker 2: start giving whatever position. But I think they're just not
Speaker 2: gonna find any takers. It's the move that's the move
Speaker 2: move out around one. Like I said, my philosophy, if
Speaker 2: you're twenty five or worse, maybe even twenty or worse
Speaker 2: in some draft classes, get out. But you can't find
Speaker 2: anybody to do it. That's the problem, because everybody feels
Speaker 2: they're like I.
Speaker 1: Would only put the percentage slightly higher. I think there's
Speaker 1: a thirty five sixty five chance that the Bills get
Speaker 1: out around one and find a suitor interested in coming
Speaker 1: up to pick twenty six. Obviously, if ty Simpson's still there,
Speaker 1: perhaps that enhances the chances. It was funny, Steven, I
Speaker 1: were looking at the top of round two, and among
Speaker 1: the teams we thought that could be interested would be
Speaker 1: the Jets. But do they swing a deal with a
Speaker 1: division with a division opponent. It's been done before, but
Speaker 1: it's not terribly common.
Speaker 2: Arizona is a possibility at thirty four if they see
Speaker 2: a guy at quarterback Tennessee, if they need a guy, but.
Speaker 1: They don't need a guy that they drafted one first.
Speaker 2: Overall, right, they're not gonna there's I don't think there'll
Speaker 2: be a quarterback that will move the needle that much.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and then you have to look at other premium positions.
Speaker 1: Is there a team, think about it.
Speaker 2: If desperate, if Ty Simpson or if Ty Simpson or
Speaker 2: nuss Meyer is still on the board at twenty five
Speaker 2: or twenty six, I don't know that. You don't wait
Speaker 2: till the second round and hope you hit on the guy.
Speaker 2: If you hit on the guy and you needed him
Speaker 2: for a third year, fourth year, that's the least of
Speaker 2: your problems. Yeah, find the guy, and if you can
Speaker 2: get him for less, take your first round pick, use
Speaker 2: it on something else, and then get the guy in
Speaker 2: the second round. If you've got the guy at that position,
Speaker 2: nobody cares where you drafted him, and the chances are
Speaker 2: he's not gonna be the guy anyway.
Speaker 1: We'll see how it all plays out in the very
Speaker 1: near future. Our closing figure looks at the twenty sixth
Speaker 1: overall pick. In the last fifteen NFL drafts. The most
Speaker 1: popular position taken with that selection was a pass rusher,
Speaker 1: be it a defensive end with his hand down or
Speaker 1: an edge rusher with his hand off the ground. It
Speaker 1: happened six times in the last fifteen drafts, or forty
Speaker 1: percent of the time. The pass rushers were James Pierce
Speaker 1: last year, Jermaine Johnson, Montez Sweat, Tac McKinley, Whitney Merciless,
Speaker 1: and Datne Jones. The next most popular position was wide receiver,
Speaker 1: happening three times in the last fifteen drafts at pick
Speaker 1: twenty six. Those players Calvin Ridley, Breshad Perryman, and Jonathan Baldwin.
Speaker 1: The last time the Bills had the twenty sixth overall
Speaker 1: pick was the two thousand and six NFL Draft, where
Speaker 1: the Bills took defensive tackle John mccrgo.
Speaker 2: But let me just remind you. Outside of the John McCargo,
Speaker 2: the other guy they got in that draft was Kyle Williams,
Speaker 2: right first.
Speaker 1: Pick in the fifth round.
Speaker 2: The piose guys are out there.
Speaker 1: Bills had two first round picks that year. The guy
Speaker 1: they're still out there, number eight was Dante Whitner.
Speaker 2: Dante could play.
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Speaker 2: Everybody