WEBVTT - Bills By The Numbers: Dissecting the Bills Draft Needs, Priorities, and Off Limits Positions 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:03.119 Hey, you know where you are. It's Bills by the Numbers, 0:00:03.120 --> 0:00:05.800 where we let the stats tell you where the Bills 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:09.520 are at. Coming up are their positions that can be 0:00:09.600 --> 0:00:12.920 ruled out for the Bills in round one? What positional 0:00:13.000 --> 0:00:15.520 needs of the Bills best line up with where they're 0:00:15.520 --> 0:00:19.360 picking in this year's draft, and we'll have our one 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:23.040 burning question. Let's get this thing, Roland, we're on the 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:36.960 clock now. You made a wise decision to be here. 0:00:37.000 --> 0:00:38.960 Welcome to Bills by the Numbers. He Bills Wall of 0:00:38.960 --> 0:00:41.560 Famous Teams tasker. I'm Bills play by playman Chris Brown. 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:44.879 And with the draft closing in, it's time to examine 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:46.800 exactly what the Bills we'll be looking at when they're 0:00:46.800 --> 0:00:49.320 on the clock at twenty six in round one, and 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:52.199 what could be options later in the draft where value 0:00:53.159 --> 0:00:56.160 might match positional needs. So we start with round one. 0:00:56.560 --> 0:00:59.720 We're more often than not gim Brandon Beans gravitated to 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:02.840 the premium positions of the six drafts he has overseen 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:05.920 in which he has made a first round pick. His 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:09.679 first pick has been at a premium position sixty six 0:01:09.760 --> 0:01:13.160 percent of the time, those being quarterback, pass rusher, wide receiver, 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:16.880 left tackle, or cornerback. Even in the two years when 0:01:16.920 --> 0:01:19.920 he did not have a first round pick, his first 0:01:19.920 --> 0:01:24.400 pick was at a premium position at pass rusher and receiver, respectively. 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:26.800 So in a draft class that is lacking blue chip 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:32.759 talent but is considered strongest at edge, rusher, linebacker, interior 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:36.600 O line, and wide receiver, how likely do you believe 0:01:36.640 --> 0:01:40.440 it is Steve Tasker that being leans toward a premium 0:01:40.480 --> 0:01:44.120 position if he sticks and picks at twenty six. 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:48.600 I still think it's a little bit of a coin flip. 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:50.960 I was gonna say absolutely, no way he doesn't do that. 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:54.960 I think he's gonna pick an edge or one of 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:57.960 those premium positions. But the problem is, I think this 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:02.200 is a defensively focused draft, and while you could go edge, 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:08.000 you're probably not gonna go corner. And that means there's 0:02:08.120 --> 0:02:10.959 also gonna be a chance to get an even better 0:02:11.120 --> 0:02:13.600 quality player at one of the positions that is not premium, 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:17.639 say a stand up linebacker or safety. So I think 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:19.840 it's more of a I think it's more in doubt 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:24.280 that he does pick one of those premium positions maybe 0:02:24.320 --> 0:02:27.120 than it has been in other drafts because of the 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:32.240 fact whenever you're picking twenty fifth or lower. You don't 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:33.720 know how it's gonna fall in front of you. There 0:02:33.720 --> 0:02:36.119 are so many permutations of who's going to be left 0:02:36.120 --> 0:02:41.160 and who you like. I think it's more doubtful this year, 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:44.880 although I think it's still the most probable pick. He's 0:02:44.919 --> 0:02:49.600 gonna pick an edge rusher, he's gonna pick maybe he'll 0:02:49.639 --> 0:02:53.560 pick a corner, but I think more likely a safety 0:02:53.680 --> 0:02:57.040 or a stand up linebacker, safety being the least likely. 0:02:57.280 --> 0:03:01.680 I don't think it's a give that he takes wide 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:05.680 receiver off the board, except except for the DJ More trade. 0:03:06.200 --> 0:03:08.919 I think that makes that less likely. I don't think 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:10.800 he's going to take an into your offensive lineman, no 0:03:10.800 --> 0:03:13.040 matter how good that guy might be, when they fall 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:17.800 to the twenty sixth spot, I think it's either going 0:03:17.880 --> 0:03:20.880 to be an edge guy or a stand up linebacker. 0:03:22.320 --> 0:03:24.880 So take your so depending on who's left, I think 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:29.560 you're getting maybe one of the best stand up guys edge. 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:32.560 You might be getting the fifth guy you like at 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:35.320 that position. That's the question. 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:39.840 Yeah, I would throw in a third option there because 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:42.760 I think edge rusher and line off the ball linebacker 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:45.480 are two very viable options at twenty six and I 0:03:45.520 --> 0:03:50.320 would put receiver there as well. I kind of see 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:57.480 off the ball linebacker as their pivot choice because I 0:03:57.520 --> 0:04:00.240 think edge rusher and wide receiver a premium position, and 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:04.600 that's what you want to land in round one. Make 0:04:04.680 --> 0:04:08.440 it worth it with a position of importance, and for 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:11.200 the most part, Brandon Bean has done that in most 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:14.480 of his drafts that he has overseen. For the Bills. 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:17.840 Here's the issue that could come into play, touching on 0:04:17.880 --> 0:04:20.600 Steve's point about all the different things that can happen 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:22.000 in front of you when you're picking all the way 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:26.640 down at twenty six. Just in overlooking the teams that 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:30.400 pick in front of the Bills in round one, thirteen 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:33.920 of them have edge rusher as one of their top 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:36.720 three needs, and two or three of those teams have 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:40.880 two picks before the Bills even make one, And so 0:04:41.600 --> 0:04:44.800 you wonder what's going to be left right for them 0:04:44.839 --> 0:04:47.640 to pick from at edge rusher, and is it worth 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:50.360 the value at twenty six. There's a chance it may 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:53.320 not be, and I think that's when the team could 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:59.599 pivot and pick another position, whether it's receiver, although in 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:01.960 the last past few years we've seen a run on 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:07.120 receivers right around eighteen to twenty four, and the Bills 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:09.080 don't really have a lot of draft capital to move 0:05:09.240 --> 0:05:13.320 up and jump in on that party this year. We 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:16.440 know they've made slight moves up the board in recent years. 0:05:17.360 --> 0:05:22.520 So yeah, it's hard to pin it down, but you know, 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:27.640 I think that's probably what we're looking at. And that 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:29.600 was going to be my next question. We've kind of 0:05:29.600 --> 0:05:35.520 covered that. Would you rule anything out at twenty six 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:41.200 position wise? That I mean obviously you got I mean 0:05:41.400 --> 0:05:44.640 there are obvious ones like quarterback. You mentioned, interior O line. 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:47.120 I think that's off the table, especially after they signed 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:50.920 two veteran offensive linemen and free agency about a month 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:53.640 out from the draft. I you know, Hart Lloyd Cushionberry 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:56.240 and Austin Corbett, two players who could start on a 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:56.800 lot of teams. 0:05:56.800 --> 0:05:58.760 I have a hard time getting my mind around and 0:05:58.800 --> 0:06:00.960 picking another corner after me Harrison. 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:01.560 Came out just last year. 0:06:01.640 --> 0:06:04.520 Right to me, that doesn't and they got Christian Benford 0:06:04.520 --> 0:06:08.520 who just signed an extension. Maybe a depth corner, but 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:10.520 they you know, de Alford is a guy who comes 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:12.320 in and brings something to the table. I think they've 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:14.800 got high hopes for Hancock being a more versatile athlete 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:17.160 and being able to play a role. I think they're 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:20.960 feeling good about it now. That doesn't mean they won't 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:22.839 pick one later, but I don't think they're gonna do 0:06:22.920 --> 0:06:26.960 that at the top of the draft. So yeah, there's 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:31.159 a lot of positions that are off the table. Wide 0:06:31.160 --> 0:06:34.559 receivers not for me. I think it's less likely because 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:37.240 of the DJ more trade I do. I think edge 0:06:37.279 --> 0:06:41.080 is there is their greatest desire, but like you said, 0:06:42.920 --> 0:06:45.080 there's just there's just not gonna be The cover's gonna 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:47.280 be pretty bare by the time they get there, and 0:06:47.360 --> 0:06:52.599 the Bills don't have any collateral to move up right. 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:57.120 And then I think defensive tackles another possibility. 0:06:58.600 --> 0:07:01.080 There's we don't know if they like it guy that much. 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:04.560 And that's you know, that's the great unknown. 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:05.920 Because I don't think there's a guy in this draft 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:08.280 that's like got people falling all over themselves waiting to 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:09.760 pick him. Now, you can make a case, you know, 0:07:09.840 --> 0:07:11.840 you can make case for Kaden MacDonald and Lee Hunter 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:16.400 and Dante Corleone, Dominique Corns, the Big Citrus. All of 0:07:16.400 --> 0:07:22.640 those guys are out there, but they have you know, draft, 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:24.920 you know, people aren't busting down the door to pick 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:26.680 those guys they think they're going to be available later 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:29.600 in the draft, let alone at twenty six. 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:32.040 Even if the Bills don't like what falls to them 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:34.880 at twenty six, do you feel the chances are stronger 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:37.760 they move away from a premium position with whatever pick 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:42.480 they have by trading out and moving to a new location, 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:47.720 presumably in round two because of because of Bean's last 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:51.040 seven second round picks that he has made, only three 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:55.440 have been at premium positions, or forty three percent. So 0:07:55.440 --> 0:08:00.240 we're we're making the argument here, ah value doesn't look 0:08:00.280 --> 0:08:03.200 good at twenty six, Let's get out. Let's get three 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:08.840 Day two picks and move down to round two where 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:11.720 maybe it's less likely they select a premium position. 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:16.440 I think if you're picking anywhere past twenty five in 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:20.520 an NFL draft and any given year, the best possible 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:25.040 scenario is to trade out you got. I mean, the 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:29.400 first rounders don't last to twenty five. You're taking a 0:08:29.400 --> 0:08:31.800 second rounder as a first rounder most of the time 0:08:31.880 --> 0:08:33.439 you might get. You might There might be a guy 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:35.960 that slips through the cracks and and your program that 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:39.160 he drops into out of the thirty two gives him 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:40.839 the best chance and the guy hits it out of 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:43.040 the park. All at Christian Benford as a sixth rounder. 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:45.440 You know one of those guys who you find is like, wow, 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:48.000 how did you how this guy last? Nobody sees it. 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:52.160 The best case scenario if you're picking twenty five or worse, 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:55.160 in my opinion, is always to trade out because you 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:58.520 get an extra two and there's always by to two 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:00.760 and presumably an extra three or in a three. I 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:03.319 mean that's it's always the best case scenario. The problem 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:07.319 is nobody says, yes, you can't find somebody who thinks 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:10.280 opposite of you. Where No, this guy's the first round? 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:11.640 Are work, jump in there and take him. 0:09:11.760 --> 0:09:12.160 Yeah. 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:14.600 I mean once in a while we saw with Lamar Jackson, 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:17.960 the Baltimore Ravens saw him as an elite athlete, thought 0:09:18.000 --> 0:09:21.280 if they went all in on his skill set on 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:24.000 their roster offensively, they could win a lot of games 0:09:24.000 --> 0:09:26.560 and be a great team. And they were. So they 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.840 trade back into the back the last pick of the 0:09:28.840 --> 0:09:31.360 first round to get the extra year of option year 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:33.640 for him, and it worked for them. 0:09:33.920 --> 0:09:37.160 Other teams have done that and other teams not. In 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:40.320 this draft, well, I mean, I think there's. 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:43.120 No quarterbacks in this draft, well, well outside the top 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:43.640 one or two. 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:47.280 Yeah, Mendoza is gonna go first overall. This much we know, 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:51.160 there's a debate as to whether Tyer Simson is the 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:55.559 second quarterback out of Alabama. The Nussmeyer kid at LSU 0:09:55.679 --> 0:09:58.840 is getting more and more love, although I don't think 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:01.679 it's first round love. But you know, if there's a 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:05.440 team that wants cost certainty on a quarterback they like 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:07.960 enough to take it the end of round one, perhaps 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:10.640 it's ty Simpson. Maybe you can convince a team to 0:10:10.640 --> 0:10:12.920 come up to twenty six to do that, and you 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:16.679 slide into the top portions of round two, you know, 0:10:16.760 --> 0:10:19.120 and then at that point in time Steve and I 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:21.319 have discussed this on the daily show One Bills Live. 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:25.920 You know, Lie, off the ball linebacker could become a 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:30.240 more enhanced probability there because it's deemed that that's where 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:34.040 the run will start on off the ball linebackers in 0:10:34.120 --> 0:10:38.040 the top half of round two. Knowing the best value 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:41.400 in this year's class is deemed to be between rounds 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:44.839 two and four, and that positions like linebackers, safety, and 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:48.000 nose tackle, in addition to the premium positions, have decent 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:51.960 depth through the middle rounds. How improved are the chances 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:55.280 that the Bills can line up a positional need with 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:59.000 value in rounds three, four, or five where they have 0:10:59.200 --> 0:11:00.720 hit on play in the past. 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.640 That's that's that's a distinct possibility they could do that. 0:11:04.480 --> 0:11:07.720 They could do that because there are so many teams 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:11.120 that once you get out of that first round and 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:14.040 you've used that pick on a need or the best 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:18.120 player available, there are still some tradcy guys. I say 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:21.160 tracy because they're you know, big, strong, fast guys. Tracy 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:27.839 guys available out there at multiple positions. So that's why 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:33.680 in the second and third round, the pressure's off, you know, 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:37.160 in a way of speaking. Yeah, I've said this on 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:41.880 The Daily Show a bunch. The difference between getting picked 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:45.840 thirty second in the NFL Draft and thirty third is vast. 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:50.440 First rounder follows you for the rest of your life 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:53.800 and your career, and there are expectations tied to it 0:11:54.120 --> 0:12:00.319 that that inflame the brain of most rookies. There's that's 0:12:00.360 --> 0:12:04.280 something they got to deal with and it affects their 0:12:04.320 --> 0:12:06.640 production in their first year and their first trip around 0:12:06.679 --> 0:12:11.400 the calendar. This time this year, I had a chance 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:17.880 to speak to Max Harriston this morning. Different guy. He's 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.280 been around the block. It's like, oh, I come back. 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:22.520 Oh I was out, and he goes, I was out 0:12:22.559 --> 0:12:24.560 in California training for a month. He has been great. 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:31.560 I'm just there's so much more confidence and going on 0:12:31.800 --> 0:12:36.080 with this guy. So yeah, I'm all about the fact 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:38.360 that you can line it up and get more production 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:40.880 out of a second rounder who the pressure is off 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:43.080 and the guy's free and easy and the expectations are 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:46.680 realistic than you can't a first round or so. And 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:49.400 that goes all the way through second, third, and fourth 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:52.880 rounds because downing even into the fourth round, you can 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:56.400 get some traitsy guys who have who can turn the 0:12:56.480 --> 0:13:00.839 corner for you. You get him under pro coaching. And 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:03.880 this is obviously two where you get Division two guys 0:13:03.920 --> 0:13:07.400 sneaking into the draft. Other you know, from lower levels 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:09.400 of college football, who all of a sudden get into 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:14.440 a program that's elevated and they thrive. We've seen that 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:17.680 here over the years. Yeah, and it happens. So I'm 0:13:17.760 --> 0:13:20.920 all about getting value lined up with need in the second, third, 0:13:20.960 --> 0:13:21.480 fourth round. 0:13:21.559 --> 0:13:27.480 Yeah. I don't think Bills fans should panic whether they 0:13:27.480 --> 0:13:30.960 hold on to their pick in round one, and you 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:35.400 know it's not a receiver, Like, don't panic because in 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:39.480 rounds three, four, and five, there are receiver prospects that 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:42.320 could line up right where the Bills pick and match 0:13:42.679 --> 0:13:47.120 the value. I think defensive tackle is another position that 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:49.680 could line up well with the Bills picks in rounds 0:13:49.720 --> 0:13:55.160 three or rounds four, and even some cornerbacks and safeties. 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:59.320 I think there's little pockets of clusters of players at 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:03.480 those positions that could line up well in rounds three, four, 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:07.280 and five. And you know, as we've said, the Bills 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:12.320 have done very well in those middle rounds in finding players. 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:15.720 So let's elaborate on that, because in rounds three through five, 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:19.560 in beans eight drafts, he has found at least one 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:25.400 player that started as a rookie eight times. So, knowing 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:29.240 the Bills have four picks in rounds three through five, 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:32.880 is there a position that appeals to you in that 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:37.280 range where you'd feel good about them pulling out a starter. 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:44.240 Well, it's hard to project. Once you take the lid 0:14:44.280 --> 0:14:50.440 off the fingercuot needs. It's hard to project any rookie 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:53.320 walking into the offensive team room of this team and 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:55.320 saying I'm getting plugged in day one. 0:14:55.360 --> 0:14:58.200 It's probably on defense, right, like gotta be you. 0:14:58.200 --> 0:14:59.720 You could see it at linebacker that we saw it 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:03.560 with Milano, We saw it with Terrell Bernard, saw it 0:15:03.600 --> 0:15:04.400 with Taron Johnson. 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:07.440 Took a year for Bernard, but yes, right, but because 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:09.440 he had Edmunds in front of right. 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:15.920 So Christian Benford, We've seen it in the past happen 0:15:16.000 --> 0:15:18.000 on the defensive side, so yeah, I could see it 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:19.600 on the you know where else it could happen if 0:15:19.600 --> 0:15:25.360 they get a nose tackle Ala Dion Walker coming in 0:15:25.400 --> 0:15:27.320 and all of a sudden, you've got a guy who's 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:29.800 big and nasty inside, and all of a sudden, you 0:15:29.840 --> 0:15:34.600 know what, he put him out there and an added 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:37.680 level of possibility. And this is a new coaching staff 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:39.240 that says, you know what, we're gonna play to get 0:15:39.280 --> 0:15:42.760 him out there. Yep, throw him out there. That the 0:15:42.840 --> 0:15:45.680 last coaching staff of McDermott, it seemed as though they 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:50.520 were very reticent to trust young players. And although there 0:15:50.520 --> 0:15:54.480 are a number of exceptions to that, it was hard 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:56.840 for a young player to come in no matter where 0:15:56.840 --> 0:15:59.640 he was drafted, and just get on the field because 0:15:59.640 --> 0:16:02.680 of his status. That used to be commonplace decades ago, 0:16:02.720 --> 0:16:05.400 when back when old guys like me played, if you 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:08.120 got drafted high, you were on the field no matter what. Yep, 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:10.040 that's not the case anymore. 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:14.160 Yeah, I think it's defense, and you have to look 0:16:14.800 --> 0:16:22.120 at where the Bills don't have an entrenched, proven commodity. 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:26.800 And so with that in mind, I think you can 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:31.280 say one of the inside linebacker positions, which right now, 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:34.560 I think Terrell Bernard is probably going to be a 0:16:34.600 --> 0:16:36.760 starter in this system. He's been a defensive captain the 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:39.560 last two years. He has experience in college playing in 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:42.920 a three to four system at inside backer, so logic 0:16:42.920 --> 0:16:45.680 would tell you he probably has one of those starting 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:48.360 inside jobs. Doestorian Williams have the other one locked down 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:51.960 with a new coaching staff on defense? I don't think so. 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:55.320 So you draft somebody there in the middle rounds at 0:16:55.320 --> 0:16:59.000 off ball linebacker, they got a legitimate shot to challenge 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:00.720 for a starting job. I think the same can be 0:17:00.760 --> 0:17:03.600 said for nose tackle, as Steve pointed out, because yes, 0:17:03.680 --> 0:17:06.400 Deon Walker had a great rookie season last year, He's 0:17:06.400 --> 0:17:08.720 one of those middle round picks that ended up being 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:11.040 a starter right out of the shoot. But is he 0:17:11.359 --> 0:17:13.720 is he an ideal fit for the nose tackle spot 0:17:13.800 --> 0:17:16.600 at six foot seven and is known to play a 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:21.359 little high leverage wise, I don't know. You get a 0:17:21.400 --> 0:17:26.119 stone cold run stuffing plugger who's a tree stump that 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:29.120 you can play on first and second down. That guy 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:31.680 might challenge for a starting role. Oh yeah, And I'll 0:17:31.680 --> 0:17:37.200 go this far. Even at corner, where Maxwell Harriston never 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:44.760 locked down the starting job because of injury, he could 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:47.360 get pushed. And I'll take it one step further at 0:17:47.359 --> 0:17:51.960 the cornerback position. In this draft, where it's particularly strong 0:17:52.440 --> 0:17:56.800 is at the nickel position. You get a quality nickel corner. 0:17:57.200 --> 0:18:01.440 Arren Johnson didn't here anymore. Alfred's competing with that guy. 0:18:02.080 --> 0:18:05.880 That kid comes in and impresses. There's another spot where 0:18:05.920 --> 0:18:09.800 you could envision the possibility of a rookie middle round 0:18:09.800 --> 0:18:12.680 pick coming in and winning a starting job right off 0:18:12.720 --> 0:18:13.000 the bat. 0:18:13.080 --> 0:18:16.080 And even so too that there may be guys that 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:18.600 you're looking at that all right, how's that Oliver going 0:18:18.680 --> 0:18:23.639 to fit in here? Bradley, chubb Land and Jackson, all 0:18:23.680 --> 0:18:27.680 these guys. It is a new defense as well. And 0:18:27.800 --> 0:18:31.480 some of these young guys, it levels the playing field 0:18:31.480 --> 0:18:32.600 when they come in the door. 0:18:32.440 --> 0:18:34.960 Because everybody's got a clean slate more than ever. Right, 0:18:35.040 --> 0:18:38.960 there's no past performance to weigh into the equation for 0:18:39.040 --> 0:18:40.880 this coaching staff because the system's new. 0:18:41.040 --> 0:18:44.240 The system is new, and how fast you pick it up, 0:18:44.640 --> 0:18:46.960 to the extent that you pick it up and it 0:18:47.080 --> 0:18:49.520 transfers onto the field is going to have a lot 0:18:49.560 --> 0:18:51.520 to do with who gets on the field, whether you're 0:18:51.520 --> 0:18:54.960 a brand new, undrafted rookie, free agent or ten year 0:18:55.040 --> 0:18:59.280 vet who just got in the door. The new system 0:18:59.400 --> 0:19:03.960 will also add an opportunity for guys to get on 0:19:04.000 --> 0:19:04.399 the field. 0:19:04.920 --> 0:19:07.200 We flip it over to the numbers game now, where 0:19:07.200 --> 0:19:10.920 we see how well Steve does with Bills draft. 0:19:11.440 --> 0:19:12.080 Let's go. 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:17.440 Let's do it here. Question number one. How many defensive 0:19:17.560 --> 0:19:23.399 linemen have the Bills selected in the last two draft classes? 0:19:23.680 --> 0:19:24.360 What is the total? 0:19:24.640 --> 0:19:27.960 Two? What's the total? Give me the total number defensive 0:19:28.000 --> 0:19:30.879 lineman the Bills have selected in the last two draft classes. 0:19:32.640 --> 0:19:34.679 Come on, I give you some. You nailed it. 0:19:34.680 --> 0:19:39.280 It's exactly five three last year two, the year before TJ. 0:19:39.400 --> 0:19:42.200 Sanders and uh LANDA Jackson. 0:19:41.880 --> 0:19:45.439 Dwaine Carter and two years ago was Dwayne Carter. And 0:19:45.520 --> 0:19:46.280 who's the other one? 0:19:46.720 --> 0:19:51.360 Wait, I'll be impressed. If you can name all five. 0:19:52.160 --> 0:19:57.760 Was Landon Jackson, Dion Walker, TJ. Sanders, that's the three 0:19:57.840 --> 0:20:00.600 last year, Dayne Carter right, and. 0:20:00.760 --> 0:20:06.960 One more it's Javan salam Oh. 0:20:07.119 --> 0:20:09.360 I should have gotten John Javon's my guy. 0:20:09.640 --> 0:20:11.440 I know I was. I was gonna say your guy, 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:14.080 but that would have been a giveaway. I stink. But 0:20:14.160 --> 0:20:16.960 you got the question. I had it question number two. 0:20:18.359 --> 0:20:20.720 After Kon's come on getting get the bell for getting 0:20:20.720 --> 0:20:22.320 that right? 0:20:23.040 --> 0:20:23.520 There? You go? 0:20:23.680 --> 0:20:24.440 You have did he hand? 0:20:24.760 --> 0:20:26.359 Oh? You got it? I gotta have turn it up, okay. 0:20:26.400 --> 0:20:29.760 After Keon Coleman with pick thirty three in the twenty 0:20:29.840 --> 0:20:35.440 twenty four draft, what is the highest number selection the 0:20:35.480 --> 0:20:40.160 Bills have used on a receiver in the Bean Draft era, 0:20:40.320 --> 0:20:43.640 which is twenty eighteen to twenty twenty five. He did 0:20:43.680 --> 0:20:47.639 not do the twenty seventeen Dave Davis, you have the 0:20:47.720 --> 0:20:48.640 player correct. 0:20:48.640 --> 0:20:50.439 This was fourth round. I don't know what the number is. 0:20:50.720 --> 0:20:51.399 Fourth rounder. 0:20:51.600 --> 0:20:54.639 Yeah, he was pick one, twenty eight. That is the 0:20:54.760 --> 0:20:59.840 highest pick used on a receiver after the Keon Coleman pick. 0:21:00.119 --> 0:21:04.919 Wow in the Bean Draft era. Zay Jones was the 0:21:04.960 --> 0:21:08.560 thirty seventh pick in twenty seventeen, but that was not 0:21:08.640 --> 0:21:11.320 a draft that was run by Bean That was just 0:21:11.400 --> 0:21:12.240 a guilely draft. 0:21:12.440 --> 0:21:14.399 Ay Jones put together a nice little career. Is he 0:21:14.480 --> 0:21:15.480 still still playing? Yeah? 0:21:15.520 --> 0:21:18.560 Still playing? It was in Arizona last Yeah. Question number three, 0:21:19.600 --> 0:21:23.080 how many members of the Bill's twenty twenty draft class 0:21:23.440 --> 0:21:27.119 are still on Buffalo's roster at this moment? 0:21:28.200 --> 0:21:34.480 Aj left. I don't know if I can name who 0:21:34.520 --> 0:21:35.119 it was. 0:21:36.320 --> 0:21:39.639 I say one, Your answer is correct again, Steve, you 0:21:39.680 --> 0:21:41.600 are three for three. You want to take a stab 0:21:41.640 --> 0:21:42.760 at who that player is? 0:21:42.920 --> 0:21:48.080 Ah, let me see. I'm gonna go out a lem 0:21:48.160 --> 0:21:58.560 and say there, it's been a minute. I'm gonna say, 0:21:59.400 --> 0:22:02.000 that's not Spencer. 0:22:02.760 --> 0:22:05.440 It is not Spencer Brown. It's Tyler Bass. 0:22:05.560 --> 0:22:08.080 Oh my gosh, is wow. 0:22:07.600 --> 0:22:10.520 The only guy from the twenty twenty draft class still 0:22:11.080 --> 0:22:14.119 on the roster. Turnover is a vicious thing here in 0:22:14.119 --> 0:22:19.760 the NFL Man Question four, what two schools are tied 0:22:19.840 --> 0:22:23.120 for the most players drafted by the Bills in the 0:22:23.119 --> 0:22:27.320 Bean era? These two schools are tied for having the 0:22:27.320 --> 0:22:30.240 most players drafted by the Bills in the Bean era 0:22:30.359 --> 0:22:36.400 twenty eighteen to twenty twenty five. Give me the two schools. 0:22:37.119 --> 0:22:37.280 Pit. 0:22:38.000 --> 0:22:41.800 It is not Pitt yeah, well, you're quick with the buzzer. 0:22:49.119 --> 0:22:55.680 They have seen four players each from their schools drafted 0:22:55.720 --> 0:22:59.640 by the Bills twenty eighteen. What are those two schools? 0:23:03.400 --> 0:23:07.920 Ohio State is not Ohio State. I think there's been 0:23:07.960 --> 0:23:11.520 one player drafted from Ohio State, Hancock. Yeah, that's it. 0:23:11.800 --> 0:23:15.640