Speaker 1: Glad you're with us for another edition of Bills by
Speaker 1: the Numbers. We let the stats tell you where the
Speaker 1: Bills are at.
Speaker 2: Coming up?
Speaker 1: Where do the Bills ten new drafted players all fit
Speaker 1: on Buffalo's roster? Will assess are there any day three
Speaker 1: players who could compete for a major.
Speaker 2: Role, and we'll have our one burning question. Lace them up, people,
Speaker 2: it's time to hit the field.
Speaker 1: Here's Bill's Wallafa receives taskerund Bills, played by playman Chris Brown.
Speaker 1: And here we are in the middle of the spring,
Speaker 1: and the Bills have ten new players via the draft
Speaker 1: and probably about thirteen more of the undrafted variety on
Speaker 1: the way to one Bill's drive for rookie Mini Caamp
Speaker 1: beginning on May seventh, and we thought it only appropriate
Speaker 1: to project some roles for some of the newest Bills
Speaker 1: and their potential to make contributions in their first year
Speaker 1: in the league. And it would only make sense to
Speaker 1: start with an overarching look at the draft class. Here
Speaker 1: steve six players on defense, four on offense, and a
Speaker 1: special teamer in the twenty twenty six Bills draft class.
Speaker 1: What is the defining theme for you.
Speaker 3: With this group for the Bills when I think about
Speaker 3: the draft class now, I think I'm still fresh off
Speaker 3: the seven trades, seven picks turning into ten picks in
Speaker 3: the meat of the draft, doing exactly what everybody wished
Speaker 3: they could do in this draft leading into it, and
Speaker 3: then when they did it, being a little bit distraught
Speaker 3: over how it went. Not distraught in the players they picked,
Speaker 3: but having to sit through the first round and not
Speaker 3: making a pick was really excruciating for a lot of
Speaker 3: Bills fans. Trading back three times and still ending up
Speaker 3: only at thirty five I think was masterful. Getting the
Speaker 3: Bills to the top of each round instead of the
Speaker 3: back of each round was total, a total boon to
Speaker 3: how this draft class came down. So I think right
Speaker 3: now I'm still thinking about him as a whole and
Speaker 3: how the draft went for him and the Bills handled
Speaker 3: the horse trading of this draft and masterfully. I think
Speaker 3: raze to be seen how the players play. But man o, man,
Speaker 3: they did a nice job working this draft.
Speaker 1: It was probably, and we've said this on the Daily
Speaker 1: Show too, one of Brandon Bean's best efforts in positioning
Speaker 1: the team in an advantageous way to better dictate how
Speaker 1: the rounds unfolded. In the draft with those trades that
Speaker 1: he made. And then if you look at the class
Speaker 1: in terms of the people acquired, I think there is
Speaker 1: a theme that runs through the majority of the class,
Speaker 1: and that is either a speed or b just pure athleticism.
Speaker 1: Like even the left tackle they get in round four
Speaker 1: is an athlete. You can watch two minutes of his
Speaker 1: tape and see that Jude Bowery is an athlete even
Speaker 1: though he's six' four three ten or three. Fourteen and
Speaker 1: then the vast majority of off the ball players are speed,
Speaker 1: demons and that was a point of emphasis For Brandon
Speaker 1: bean in the personnel. Department SO i would say speed
Speaker 1: and athleticism were probably the two big biggest things that
Speaker 1: stood out for me as.
Speaker 2: We assess what each of these players could be.
Speaker 1: In year one For, buffalo it only makes sense to
Speaker 1: start at the top and Edge RUSHER.
Speaker 2: Tj PARKER.
Speaker 1: Gm Brandon bean said plainly at his post draft press
Speaker 1: conference that the starters at Edge rusher Are Greg russo
Speaker 1: And Bradley, chubb so we Know parker will be rotating
Speaker 1: in behind. Them how do you feel that arrangement Impacts parker's?
Speaker 3: Development one thing IS i don't think he has as
Speaker 3: much to develop as maybe some of the other guys
Speaker 3: in the. Class he seems more, polished more well rounded
Speaker 3: than most of the guys in that edge rush most
Speaker 3: and you AND i were both victims of this, too
Speaker 3: AND i agreed with. You we wanted one of those
Speaker 3: guys that could just run past guys on the edge
Speaker 3: who wanted to fa got one of those four to
Speaker 3: five guys at two forty or whatever this, pick AND.
Speaker 3: Tj parker seems like. Run he's a three down defensive,
Speaker 3: guy run, game pass, rush and he's good with his,
Speaker 3: Hands he's good in the nuances of pass. Rush he
Speaker 3: can he has a bigger menu of moves in the
Speaker 3: pass rush that he can go to. Now SO i
Speaker 3: think he doesn't need to develop. Anything there's no void
Speaker 3: in his game that we're, saying, gosh if he can do,
Speaker 3: this then he'll be really, good or if he can develop,
Speaker 3: that he'll be really. Good he's good. Now he's gonna
Speaker 3: be a solid pro right out of the. Gate SO
Speaker 3: i think that's one thing that stands out ABOUT. Tj.
Speaker 3: Parker very high, floor and there's still some development to be,
Speaker 3: had no question about. It but this is a guy
Speaker 3: that's gonna plug in and be looking like a five
Speaker 3: year pro right out of the.
Speaker 2: Gate he has a repertoire of pass rush moves.
Speaker 1: Already and if you think about, it When Greg russeau
Speaker 1: came out and he was the thirtieth picking the draft
Speaker 1: for The bills at the bottom round one back in
Speaker 1: twenty twenty, one he was a one year. Starter AND
Speaker 1: i think to a large degree a guy who had
Speaker 1: to learn on the, fly AND. Tj parker going to
Speaker 1: have to do. That he's a three year. STARTER i,
Speaker 1: mean this guy was a Freshman All american At. Clemson
Speaker 1: he was on the. Field as soon as he walked onto.
Speaker 3: The, setting he was, saying defensive records so.
Speaker 1: Rookie, yeah and he's only made his game better with
Speaker 1: each passing.
Speaker 2: YEAR i, agree he's a three down.
Speaker 1: Player he's probably one of the better all around pass
Speaker 1: rushers in the. Class to your, point he walks in
Speaker 1: with a high. Floor the question is what is his
Speaker 1: ceiling or what can his ceiling? Be that'll be up
Speaker 1: to him to a large, degree BUT i see him
Speaker 1: getting on the field and being the first edge rusher
Speaker 1: off the bench Behind rousseau And. SHOBS i, mean we're
Speaker 1: Assuming Michael hoyt's health at the beginning of the season
Speaker 1: is going to be a little bit in, question knowing
Speaker 1: he ruptured his achilles in the Late, october so the
Speaker 1: timetable there is still very much up in the, AIR
Speaker 1: i think forgetting full medical.
Speaker 2: Clearance so short.
Speaker 1: Of Michael hoyt being full go week, One parker is
Speaker 1: probably your third man in at edge.
Speaker 2: RUSHER i think fellow.
Speaker 1: Second round Pick Davison igbinosen is in a similar, boat
Speaker 1: THOUGH i think he'll have a bit greater chance to
Speaker 1: compete and Push Max. Hairston bean stated The Christian benford
Speaker 1: And harriston are the starters outside at least in, pencil
Speaker 1: so much Like, Parker igbinosen is likely the number three corner.
Speaker 1: Outside but might his physicality steve get him on the
Speaker 1: field against some past catching tight ends as a, rookie
Speaker 1: perhaps assuming those in front of him on the depth
Speaker 1: chart are.
Speaker 3: Healthy, YEAH i think his speed and his, physicality his.
Speaker 3: LENGTH i think he's one of those guys where you,
Speaker 3: Know Jim leonard and his staff they're gonna sit there,
Speaker 3: like we gotta fine way to get this guy on the.
Speaker 3: Field we need that out. There he's significantly bigger Than.
Speaker 3: Max not that that's the be all end, all but
Speaker 3: it does give him a little more similarities To Christian.
Speaker 3: Benford then you have two kind of big rangy corners
Speaker 3: on the, edges AND i just think it's gonna be
Speaker 3: that kind of conversation around. Him so, yeah he's gonna
Speaker 3: be on the field or just, off just off the,
Speaker 3: field first guy on right. Away because of his speed
Speaker 3: and because of his, physicality he. Went he he's developing.
Speaker 3: Fast you can see it on the. Film in twenty twenty,
Speaker 3: four he had twelve penalties on him PLAYING. dB he's
Speaker 3: a real, handsy physical you gotta kind of get kind
Speaker 3: of work you wrestle away from him as a wide.
Speaker 3: Receiver but you only had four this last. Year four
Speaker 3: penalties twelve down to. Four that's. Progress and he still
Speaker 3: stayed physical and you know he's that kind of played
Speaker 3: the same. Way so, YEAH i think if that trend, continues,
Speaker 3: yeah he's he's gonna be on the field.
Speaker 1: Right and you, know we have to wait and see
Speaker 1: What Jim leonard has in store for the back.
Speaker 2: End but if you go through.
Speaker 1: His playing, history he's used to playing with, big physical.
Speaker 1: Corners you, know whether it Was Chris McAllister In baltimore
Speaker 1: or the guys.
Speaker 2: He played with with The.
Speaker 1: JETS i, Mean reeves was not a, big physical, corner
Speaker 1: but he was a pressman guy that got in your.
Speaker 1: Face igbinosen will probably be utilized in a similar. Fashion
Speaker 1: AND i just mentioned pass catching tight ends because if
Speaker 1: you Have harriston And benford outside and you need a
Speaker 1: third guy on the field because you know you're going
Speaker 1: up Against Mike gasiki and you need a, tall long
Speaker 1: player that's physical and can cover a pass catching only
Speaker 1: tight end like, THAT i think it could turn To
Speaker 1: igbanosen as an. Option they'll probably have other, options BUT
Speaker 1: i Think igbanosen to be an option. There offensive Tackle Jude,
Speaker 1: bowery wide Receiver Skylar, bell Safety Jalen. Kilgore we're all
Speaker 1: taken in round, four and it might prove to be
Speaker 1: a very fruitful round in this class a year or
Speaker 1: two down the. Line let's start With, bowery who has
Speaker 1: very good, feet suddenness and you see it in his.
Speaker 1: Kickslide Steve bean said he'd be lined up as a
Speaker 1: swing tackle, first with possible opportunities at guard. Second who
Speaker 1: do you think is most threatened By bowerie's presence on
Speaker 1: the roster.
Speaker 3: WELL i think he's automatically in competition for left. Guard If,
Speaker 3: jude in my, opinion If Jude bowery walked because you
Speaker 3: watch him on film and the dude's an, athlete if
Speaker 3: he walked in today and, SAID i want to be
Speaker 3: on the. Field which position gives me the best? CHANCE
Speaker 3: i want to be. THERE i want to be on the.
Speaker 3: FIELD i want to be a. Guard if it takes,
Speaker 3: THAT i want to be either. GUARD i want to
Speaker 3: be either. TACKLE i want to get on the. Field
Speaker 3: what DO i have to do to get? There and
Speaker 3: which position is? It they would, Say, okay you're. In
Speaker 3: you're left. Guard you know he's that kind of athlete
Speaker 3: you watch him. Play he is athletic on the edge
Speaker 3: at left. Tackle he's his, kicks his ability to get
Speaker 3: up and off the line of scrimmage at the snap
Speaker 3: and get in front of the pass. Rusher it's elite
Speaker 3: at that. Level it's high. Level he is athletic side
Speaker 3: to side as a. Tackle plus he's he's over three
Speaker 3: hundred pounds three point. Fifteen he can. Anchor the guy's
Speaker 3: a really good. Tackle what gets him in trouble once
Speaker 3: in a, while is, extending getting a little bit over his.
Speaker 3: Feet but those are technique issues that are easily coached
Speaker 3: out and drilled out of a. Guy you, know you
Speaker 3: get drills where the guy does this and he gets
Speaker 3: used to doing, it and then he never all of a,
Speaker 3: sudden he never makes those mistakes. Anymore that's kind of
Speaker 3: thing you're looking at With Jude. BOWERY i think that.
Speaker 3: Guy that guy is AN nfl offensive lineman and he's
Speaker 3: a quality starter at some if not this, year in. Future,
Speaker 3: YEAH i.
Speaker 2: Think he's a direct threat To Tyland grabil for the
Speaker 2: swing tackle.
Speaker 3: Role oh for.
Speaker 1: Sure Tyland grabel has had tough time staying. Healthy there's
Speaker 1: a lot of potential, there but he can't stay on
Speaker 1: the field Right AND i think it's one of the
Speaker 1: Reasons bowery is. Here Ryan, vandermark as we, know signs
Speaker 1: elsewhere on an offer sheet With. Minnesota he's not here,
Speaker 1: anymore and he And grabel battled for the swing tackle.
Speaker 1: Job it ultimately went To vandermark last. Year Because grabel's
Speaker 1: on ir again in his second. Season SO i think
Speaker 1: there's genuine concern That grabel cannot stay healthy for a
Speaker 1: full regular. Season so they needed somebody else in the.
Speaker 1: PIPELINE i know they Have Chase lunch who they drafted
Speaker 1: in the sixth round last, year but he's got short
Speaker 1: arms and might project to guard ultimately in that. Competition
Speaker 1: SO i Think bowery's got a legitimate chance to win
Speaker 1: the swing tackle. Job he might have the best feat
Speaker 1: of the backup players right now to play tackle Behind
Speaker 1: dawkins And. Brown and then you come to the guard,
Speaker 1: thing and it's, like, okay, well right, now his skill,
Speaker 1: set he is a far better pass protector than he
Speaker 1: is run, blocker because to your, point he gets out
Speaker 1: over his, skis he doesn't know his, role his hips
Speaker 1: and you, know and he loses his drive power because
Speaker 1: he sits up and he's playing too high and guys
Speaker 1: get into his chests and stand him.
Speaker 2: UP i think it is easily.
Speaker 1: Correctable And Pat, meyer the new offensive line, coach who
Speaker 1: is a disciple Of Aaron, kromer is going to teach
Speaker 1: a lot of the same, techniques along with assistant offensive
Speaker 1: line Coach Austin, gunn who is still here in a
Speaker 1: holdover from last year's offensive staff and learned Under kromer as.
Speaker 2: Well a lot of.
Speaker 1: The same techniques are going to be taught, here and
Speaker 1: if he's quick on the, uptake, yeah maybe he does
Speaker 1: factor more into the guard, conversation which is a competition
Speaker 1: that's probably going to be had With Alec anderson and
Speaker 1: maybe the veteran free agent Signing Austin. Corbett so we'll
Speaker 1: have to see how that all plays. OUT i think at,
Speaker 1: worst he's the odds on favorite to be the swing tackle,
Speaker 1: here which is saying, something, yeah for a fourth round draft.
Speaker 3: CHOICE i would. AGREE i would agree he's gonna be
Speaker 3: in the, mix And i'm there's no doubt and people would,
Speaker 3: say of course he'd better, be but, YEAH i don't
Speaker 3: think there's any. Question he's going to be on the
Speaker 3: roster on game. Day he's going to be active for
Speaker 3: eighteen weeks this, year if not on the.
Speaker 1: Field, BELL i think is a player who is most
Speaker 1: likely to have a role right out of the shoot
Speaker 1: In buffalo's receiving. Corps it's a receiving corps, that Beyond,
Speaker 1: khalilshakir largely underachieved last season and is looking for players
Speaker 1: to be available number one and produce number. Two and
Speaker 1: this kid is all about. Production so how do you
Speaker 1: see his role unfolding in the scope Of buffalo's passing.
Speaker 3: GAME i think it's gonna be interesting to see that
Speaker 3: Because buffalo's offense is a wagon and it's all you,
Speaker 3: know the wide receiver room is all anybody ever talked.
Speaker 3: About and even with that conversation going, on they're scoring
Speaker 3: more touchdowns anybody in the. League they're they're lighting it.
Speaker 3: Up so it's hard to find Say i'm gonna pry
Speaker 3: myself in here And i'm gonna get nine or ten
Speaker 3: targets a. Game you just don't see it.
Speaker 2: Happening, yeah almost nobody targets a, game.
Speaker 3: And if you, do it's once a. Month you, know
Speaker 3: you'll get ten targets this. Week next week you get
Speaker 3: three just because somebody else gets. Ten it's, this you,
Speaker 3: know the everybody eats mentality is still a prevalent, here
Speaker 3: and you still got the same guy pulling the. Trigger so,
Speaker 3: Yeah Skuyler bell is gonna be a part of the
Speaker 3: mix going. FORWARD i think he, too is gonna be
Speaker 3: on the field in on with a game day. Uniform
Speaker 3: he's not gonna be. INACTIVE i think you're gonna have
Speaker 3: a hard time keeping him off the game day roster
Speaker 3: and out of the. ROTATION i, mean he's gonna be
Speaker 3: maybe the third or fourth guy in on in the.
Speaker 3: Field on the, FIELD i think AS i.
Speaker 1: Mean right, now if everybody's healthy right, now you look
Speaker 1: at the pecking, order the only two people you can
Speaker 1: definitively put ahead of him right now based on pass
Speaker 1: production and being a proven producer in THE nfl.
Speaker 2: Are shakira and Kin.
Speaker 1: Kate there's nobody else on the roster that has proven
Speaker 1: themselves in A bill's uniform to the point where you.
Speaker 2: Say, oh that guy's way ahead Of.
Speaker 1: Bell AND i Know bell hasn't done anything in THE,
Speaker 1: nfl But Kean coleman his.
Speaker 2: Production has been a mixed.
Speaker 1: Bag Joshua palmer has not been healthy in his first
Speaker 1: year as A, bill didn't do.
Speaker 3: A whole, lot So Nicole, hardman same.
Speaker 2: THING i, mean you go.
Speaker 1: Down the pecking order and it's, like, really It's shakira And.
Speaker 1: Kinkaid it's the only guy is you can definitively put.
Speaker 3: Ahead of HIM DJ Dj moore still AND Dj moore
Speaker 3: probably is is up.
Speaker 2: There he's probably.
Speaker 3: Third and here he gets credibility because of his career
Speaker 3: numbers and the fact that he brings. It he's a.
Speaker 1: Pro So bell has got an outside chance to be the.
Speaker 3: Four, YES i mean he really. DOES i think that's
Speaker 3: probably where you got to plug him. In at least
Speaker 3: in the passing. GAME i would put him ahead of
Speaker 3: any of the, backs and probably ahead Of Dawson.
Speaker 1: Knocks but who's more of a role. PLAYER i, mean
Speaker 1: they're all gonna have roles, obviously.
Speaker 3: But that's it you're looking.
Speaker 1: At And belle's playmaking, Ability, YES i think he's going
Speaker 1: to give him a, reallysatility.
Speaker 3: His run after, catch his separation. Abilities that's we talked
Speaker 3: about it on The Daily show in the post draft.
Speaker 3: Conversation if a guy has the ability to show up
Speaker 3: where he's supposed to show up in the pass, route
Speaker 3: on time and by, himself quarterbacks throw you the. Ball
Speaker 3: they throw you the, ball and that's What bell. Does
Speaker 3: he gets, open he's in the right, spot and he's on,
Speaker 3: time and usually he's, alone and.
Speaker 2: He makes difficult catches as. Well.
Speaker 1: Uh caleb El, arms or THE tcu, linebacker is a
Speaker 1: heat seeking. Missile he reminds me a lot Of Dorian
Speaker 1: williams when he was a third round pick out Of
Speaker 1: toulene a few years. Ago arms or runs four four.
Speaker 1: Seven is a student of the, game but key and diagnosed,
Speaker 1: skills according to some, reports may require some. Refinement knowing
Speaker 1: the game moves faster at this, level but linebacker is
Speaker 1: a thin position For buffalo in terms of proven. Players
Speaker 1: so he's kind of in a boat with a handful
Speaker 1: of other. Guys so what's realistic for?
Speaker 3: Him he's this Year's Dorian. Williams he'll flash and do some.
Speaker 3: Stuff it's, like, hey look at, that and then you
Speaker 3: won't see. Him he'll HAVE i think he will have
Speaker 3: a hard time getting on the field for regular down and.
Speaker 3: Distances he's a special teams player at this point because
Speaker 3: of his just his, athleticism speed and his ability and.
Speaker 3: Physicality you mentioned. It his one thing that he's got
Speaker 3: to fight against is the same ONE i had WHEN
Speaker 3: i was a young. Player you just got to know.
Speaker 3: More and when he gets to know the defense and
Speaker 3: gets to know what he's supposed to it was the
Speaker 3: suspected of him in the defense and where the offense
Speaker 3: is probably going to attack the defense that we have,
Speaker 3: called he'll get a lot. Better but that's where he.
Speaker 3: Is that's where his question marks.
Speaker 2: Are if he's time on the.
Speaker 3: Job he needs time on the, job and he needs
Speaker 3: some film, study he needs some mentorship about, hey look for,
Speaker 3: this look for, that and when this, happens look for
Speaker 3: this and do it without thinking right. Now and at,
Speaker 3: COLLEGE i think AT tcu he was see, it go get.
Speaker 3: It and even if he takes a wrong, step which
Speaker 3: he does once in a, while his speed is such
Speaker 3: that he can overcome guys at the college. Level when
Speaker 3: you take a wrong step in THE, nfl there's no
Speaker 3: recovering from, it so he's got to get around.
Speaker 1: That, YEAH i agree with most of. THAT i would
Speaker 1: venture to say it wouldn't shock me in the least
Speaker 1: if we get to the end of the twenty twenty
Speaker 1: sixth season And Caleb larmzor is your leading tackler on special, teams,
Speaker 1: right it wouldn't surprise me in the least because he
Speaker 1: is that. Athletic but, YEAH i think it's going to
Speaker 1: be time on the job and. Reps he's got stuff to,
Speaker 1: learn AND i think he's capable of absorbing that and
Speaker 1: then applying.
Speaker 2: IT i just think it's going to take some.
Speaker 1: Time round five And South carolina Safety Jalen kilgore might
Speaker 1: have been the steel of the draft For buffalo in
Speaker 1: terms of. Value Brandon bean told us On One Bill's
Speaker 1: live that even though Kil gore has experience in the,
Speaker 1: slot is a nickel, corner he's going to line up
Speaker 1: at safety first for The. Bills this is an interesting
Speaker 1: pool of talent now at, Safety, steve you have vets
Speaker 1: who were signed in free, agency now a young player
Speaker 1: in Kil. Gore what's your assessment.
Speaker 3: THERE i think Kill gore is a lot Like Jordan
Speaker 3: hancock was a year. Ago a guy who's physical at
Speaker 3: another fifth round, pick and you know you can plug
Speaker 3: him in either. Place and like Kill, Gor hancock ended
Speaker 3: up kind of playing mostly. Safety didn't get on the field,
Speaker 3: much Did handcock BECAUSE i think of the complexities of the.
Speaker 2: Defense he also had a shoulder injury and.
Speaker 3: Injuries SO i think those two, GUYS i, think give
Speaker 3: you an. Idea to, me they're almost.
Speaker 1: Identical AND i think from what we've, Heard hancock is
Speaker 1: going to be in the nickel corner conversation for competition
Speaker 1: with D, alford who was signed in free. Agency more
Speaker 1: and more it sounds as Though alford And hancock are
Speaker 1: going to be the nickel corner candidates to Replace Tarren,
Speaker 1: johnson which Leaves kilgore as the only young player back
Speaker 1: there with the likes Of Cole, Bishop Geno, stone C.
Speaker 1: J Gardner, johnson And Damar. Hamlet SO i don't think
Speaker 1: there's any question that Kil gore might be the most
Speaker 1: athletic and most physical imposing safety of that. Group we
Speaker 1: Know bishop's a starter at the one. Spot it's the
Speaker 1: other spot that's. Open you would think week one it's PROBABLY.
Speaker 1: Cj Gardner johnson and the other safety. Spot but If
Speaker 1: kilgore proves to be quick on the, uptake he is
Speaker 1: a physically here are your player to CE.
Speaker 2: J Gardner, johns.
Speaker 3: He's a six one two ten, guy, yes and very.
Speaker 3: Athletic so it'll be interesting to see what they do
Speaker 3: with him and he's So i'm with, YOU i it's
Speaker 3: gonna be interesting to see how they soar through. That
Speaker 3: and with the safety position in the, PAST i don't
Speaker 3: know how it's gonna be With Jim, leonard although he
Speaker 3: played Safety Jim leonard. DID i don't know how much
Speaker 3: he puts on their. Plate but whatever he, does he's
Speaker 3: gonna be able to coach those guys up because he
Speaker 3: actually played the position at a high. LEVEL i think
Speaker 3: that is the real. Question which of these guys digest
Speaker 3: the defense the best and which one the coaches trust the. Most,
Speaker 3: obviously they want the best athletes they can, get but
Speaker 3: it's got to be somebody that they can. Trust so
Speaker 3: all these guys are kind of in that. Ballpark Jordan,
Speaker 3: Hancock Chason, Kilgore Gino, smith The, Gino, Yeah, Geno Geno.
Speaker 3: Stone all these guys are athletes and they bring something
Speaker 3: to the table, Physically so it's gonna be whichever one
Speaker 3: makes the fewest mental mistakes and can help everybody else
Speaker 3: on the defense play a little better as.
Speaker 1: Well Penn State Zane durant is a player with the
Speaker 1: same body type is At oliver sixty one two ninety
Speaker 1: and he's a penetrator just Like, oliver but at two
Speaker 1: hundred and ninety, pounds there is a chance he gets
Speaker 1: bounced around a bit in THE. Nfl with the players
Speaker 1: in front of him on the depth, chart it's hard
Speaker 1: to see him being.
Speaker 2: More than a rotational.
Speaker 1: Piece but this is a guy with ten and a
Speaker 1: half inch, hands and he usually wins with those big
Speaker 1: mits up.
Speaker 3: Front RIGHT i think, this right, NOW i think best
Speaker 3: case for his rookie season until we find out about.
Speaker 3: Him but if he can rush the passer from the interior,
Speaker 3: spot excuse, me if he can rush the, passer that's
Speaker 3: what he's going to. BE a pass rush specialist specialist
Speaker 3: for this. TEAM i think that's his role and that's
Speaker 3: what they envision for. Him he is a little small
Speaker 3: for the run, game but if you get into a
Speaker 3: place where it's fifty to fifty run, pass you still
Speaker 3: might plug him in out there thinking if they do pass,
Speaker 3: it he'll give you a pass. Rush but if it's
Speaker 3: a run game or rundown AND i don't, know they
Speaker 3: might they, might that might be a matchup teams would
Speaker 3: go right At.
Speaker 1: Yeah AND i think also you have to take this
Speaker 1: into account. Too Ed oliver has missed a lot of
Speaker 1: playing time in the last two years due to, injury
Speaker 1: and when he is absent from that, front it is noticeably,
Speaker 1: different particularly from a pass rush, perspective because there's no
Speaker 1: one to respect for interior rush.
Speaker 2: When Ed oliver is off the.
Speaker 1: Field, Now i'm not Saying Zane durant is At, oliver
Speaker 1: but he has a similar skill set and if he
Speaker 1: can demonstrate on, film even in a part time, role
Speaker 1: a rotational role that you know he can push the
Speaker 1: pocket a little. Bit you can no longer just ignore
Speaker 1: the interior on pass rushing, downs even If Ed oliver
Speaker 1: is out of the.
Speaker 2: Lineup, now that might be.
Speaker 1: A best case scenario For rant as a, rookie but
Speaker 1: perhaps in time he can prove to be a valuable
Speaker 1: rotational piece on rushing on pass rushing. Downs the seventh
Speaker 1: rounders were Cornerback, Torreano, pride Punter Tommy, doman and guard
Speaker 1: ama J Reed. Adams what's interesting about this trio of
Speaker 1: late round picks is it's not hard to see a
Speaker 1: way for each of them to land on the fifty
Speaker 1: three man. Roster who do you think has the best
Speaker 1: chance of that?
Speaker 3: Group the, PUNTER i think he's.
Speaker 2: Even with a veteran on the Roster Y Mitch, shnow.
Speaker 3: YEAH i think. So he's got incredible hang. Time the
Speaker 3: one Thing wishnowski brings to it is he's got the
Speaker 3: full repertoire of, punts you, know The aussie, punt the, coffin.
Speaker 2: And he kicked off late last year, too don't, forget
Speaker 2: and When prater was dang.
Speaker 3: Right And doman can do that as. WELL i think
Speaker 3: he's an easy one to say hard to put a
Speaker 3: draft pick out there and not use. Him, yeah we'll,
Speaker 3: SEE i. Think and plus he did it At. Michigan
Speaker 3: he's he's From mischi getting punts in the cold. Weather you,
Speaker 3: know this buffalo thing is not gonna last. Year, yeah
Speaker 3: he's not going to be a big deal for. Him so,
Speaker 3: yeah and uh. Yeah So doman is the guy that
Speaker 3: you can, Think, okay you people are gonna know his
Speaker 3: name because he's the. Punter he's gonna come. OUT i
Speaker 3: think the other kid that may have a shot at
Speaker 3: it because of what came out after the draft and
Speaker 3: and them Taking igbinosen. Early Torreona Pride junior might find
Speaker 3: his way onto this, roster particularly given what we've seen
Speaker 3: in the. Past somebody's gonna be, Nicked so he's gonna
Speaker 3: be a guy that they're GONNA i think his athleticism
Speaker 3: and his speed most, importantly is going to give him
Speaker 3: a chance to get on the game day roster in
Speaker 3: a normal week when everybody's, healthy so we can cover
Speaker 3: kicks right away or do, that but stay ready to
Speaker 3: go on the. Field his speed is unbelievable and so
Speaker 3: that gives him an. Edge the punter's first gonna, play
Speaker 3: BUT i Think pride might have a chance to do
Speaker 3: enough so that on a week when you don't expect
Speaker 3: him to have to take reps at, corner you're gonna
Speaker 3: get a lot of value out of him on special.
Speaker 1: Team let's remember What brandon mean said at the end
Speaker 1: of the, draft cornerback they felt was their most present
Speaker 1: positional need in terms of lack of. Depth that's one
Speaker 1: of the main reasons they Drafted pride in round, seven
Speaker 1: even after Drafting igbinosen On day. Two he's got four
Speaker 1: to three to two speed To steve's, point and if
Speaker 1: that's still a thin, position and this kid has a
Speaker 1: physical skill, set and, look this guy played major conference.
Speaker 1: FOOTBALL i mean he finished up At, missouri BUT i
Speaker 1: believe he was At clemson before. That so he's saying
Speaker 1: major conference football against some of the best talent in the.
Speaker 1: Country so it's not going to be too big for
Speaker 1: him even as a. Rookie he's got the elite physical
Speaker 1: traits that you talk about.
Speaker 2: Out speed chief among.
Speaker 1: Them but you know he tested well also vertical and all,
Speaker 1: that so he's explosive as.
Speaker 2: Well HIS i could see.
Speaker 1: Him let's not forget, This, steve you lost a gunner
Speaker 1: And Cam lewis in free agency To.
Speaker 2: Chicago you need a. GUNNER i think this guy's at
Speaker 2: the front of the.
Speaker 1: List put him out there on punt coverage and go
Speaker 1: get the punt.
Speaker 3: Returner and plus a kid with, speed that kind of,
Speaker 3: speed you could plug him into a lot of different
Speaker 3: roles in the. Secondary if he's up for, It you're
Speaker 3: not going to get a guy's not going to get
Speaker 3: over the top of. Him he's got makeup, speed even
Speaker 3: at the at THE nfl, Level so, yeah he's going
Speaker 3: to acclimate very, QUICKLY i think because of his ability to.
Speaker 3: Accelerate so, YEAH i Think pride is a guy that
Speaker 3: could be a guy you, know he's gonna be that
Speaker 3: guy you're gonna see him for like a handful of,
Speaker 3: snaps defensive, snaps even as a rookie throughout the, year
Speaker 3: when a guy needs a break or you, know comes
Speaker 3: off the field for a snap broken or. Whatever he
Speaker 3: might be the kid they plug in if you can
Speaker 3: get to the point where they trust him to that.
Speaker 3: Level but, yeah special teams is where he would start
Speaker 3: because because of the fact that they picked Big, Benosen
Speaker 3: they've Got, Benford they've Got Max harriston.
Speaker 1: In the.
Speaker 3: Mix it'll be interesting to. See he's gonna have to
Speaker 3: pry his way in. There you usually keep five six, Corners,
Speaker 3: yeah you need to keep. Them he might be number,
Speaker 3: five or he might keep ten dbs for game day
Speaker 3: if they all have a. Role, yeah that's that's the.
Speaker 1: Guy even though it is a hard roster to, MAKE
Speaker 1: i think even the late round players at the very
Speaker 1: least have a good chance to be On buffalo's.
Speaker 2: Practice squat practice.
Speaker 1: Squad we spin it over now to the numbers, game
Speaker 1: Where steve will be quizzed on draft pick.
Speaker 2: History here we, Go oh my, god question number?
Speaker 1: One on Average steven The Brandon beans draft era twenty
Speaker 1: eighteen to twenty twenty. Six we're not counting this year's
Speaker 1: draft plass, through just so you, know on, average how
Speaker 1: many draft picks make the initial fifty three man roster
Speaker 1: over the course of Beans his drafting since twenty, Eighteen on,
Speaker 1: average how many players make the initial fifty three man
Speaker 1: rosters go.
Speaker 3: From like ten?
Speaker 2: Picks these these picks don't count, obviously, right not this ten.
Speaker 3: Picks this year and usually have at least. Seven they've
Speaker 3: had as few as what five, Six i'll, say just make.
Speaker 2: The roster the initial fifty three.
Speaker 1: MAN i will say end of training camp in the
Speaker 1: preseason three higher than?
Speaker 3: That? Really, yeah four point five it's actually six really
Speaker 3: six point two to two to.
Speaker 2: Be, exact, man all, right so not?
Speaker 3: Bad that is pretty.
Speaker 2: Good, Yeah yestion number, two.
Speaker 1: What do you think is the highest percentage Of bill's
Speaker 1: draft picks to make the initial fifty three man roster
Speaker 1: in one?
Speaker 3: Year highest?
Speaker 1: Percentage highest Percent it was not one hundred, percent.
Speaker 3: A little bit lower than the, say.
Speaker 1: Six of, Seven, well it's actually eight of nine is
Speaker 1: the best. Year it was eighty eight, percent and it
Speaker 1: happened last. Year eight of the nine players drafted made the.
Speaker 1: Roster only seventh round Pick Cayden krathan did not make
Speaker 1: the club out of training camp and the.
Speaker 2: Preseason there you. Go question number, three let's.
Speaker 1: Go after Taking Tremaine edmonds sixteenth overall in the twenty eighteen,
Speaker 1: draft what is the earliest since then that The bills
Speaker 1: have drafted a? Linebacker twenty eight twenty, Eighteen edmund's taken
Speaker 1: sixteenth since? Then what is the earliest pick used on
Speaker 1: a linebacker By Brandon bean in the?
Speaker 2: Draft And i'm, Happy i'm. Gonna i'm happy to take the.
Speaker 2: ROUND i don't need the exact, pick but it's got
Speaker 2: to be and you would be.
Speaker 1: Correct Steve Terrell, bernard third round pick eighty ninth overall
Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty two.
Speaker 2: Draft good guess question.
Speaker 1: Number four of the widely accepted premium positions in the draft,
Speaker 1: quarterback offensive, tackle edge, rusher, corner wide. Receiver what two
Speaker 1: positions in that group have The bills not yet? Chosen
Speaker 1: in The Brandon bean era for the first round, selection
Speaker 1: we Picked josh, right it's. Correct so, quarterback offensive, tackle edge, rusher,
Speaker 1: corner wide. Receiver which two positions in that group have
Speaker 1: The bills not yet used a first round pick?
Speaker 2: On in The bean? Era edge, rusher offensive, tackle. Corner
Speaker 2: why you?
Speaker 3: Picked what have not picked in the first?
Speaker 1: Round which one of The there are two of those
Speaker 1: positions That bean has not utilized the first round pick
Speaker 1: on in his tenure.
Speaker 2: As bill's G defensive, tackle, okay? Correct and wide receiver
Speaker 2: wide receiver is the? Other ding ding? Ding steve well?
Speaker 3: Done finished with a. Flurry, yeah.
Speaker 1: Quarterback, Obviously Josh allen offensive tackle has not been taken
Speaker 1: in round. One edge Rusher Greg russoe so it's happened
Speaker 1: Cornerback max And Kyrie, elam but not wide Receiver Kean
Speaker 1: coleman came the closest first picking round. Two so good
Speaker 1: finish there in the numbers, Game, steve well. Done we
Speaker 1: turn now to our one burning, question and this time
Speaker 1: around we, asked Which bill's draft pick do you believe
Speaker 1: delivers the biggest impact as a rookie in the twenty
Speaker 1: twenty six.
Speaker 3: Season, well it's. Hard you can figure out different. Scenarios
Speaker 3: here's What i'm, thinking, like biggest contribution season, long or
Speaker 3: the biggest contribution might make a play that puts you
Speaker 3: in the Super bowl where you're trying to get you
Speaker 3: know WHAT i, mean he might do nothing else like
Speaker 3: the way you're thinking, there biggest, CONTRIBUTION i mean the.
Speaker 3: Most it would be like the guy who takes the
Speaker 3: most snaps to me would probably BE. Tj parker because
Speaker 3: of where he plays and the new defense and field
Speaker 3: injuries happen and, stuff and it could Be, WELL i
Speaker 3: have a hard time getting To Skylar bell, too because
Speaker 3: he's not going to start out like being wide receiver number.
Speaker 3: One although every time you catch a pass and get
Speaker 3: a first, down it feels like a huge, contribution, Right
Speaker 3: that's why it's a money. SPOT i THINK i will
Speaker 3: it could Be Tommy. Doman, WOW i wasn't expecting that
Speaker 3: now you think about. It the guy could make a
Speaker 3: difference with field position and kicking. Off i'm gonna stick
Speaker 3: with T. J. Parker his, On he's gonna get more.
Speaker 3: SNAPS i think that anybody's gonna be in the rotation
Speaker 3: quicker than everybody. Else he's more developed than most some
Speaker 3: of the other. Players he seems more pro ready than
Speaker 3: the other guys on the, squad AND i think if
Speaker 3: he it doesn't take that much development for him to
Speaker 3: be a guy that's, like you know, what let's put him.
Speaker 3: In Uh, So i'm THINKING. Tj parker will probably be
Speaker 3: that guy season.
Speaker 2: Long.
Speaker 3: Big but you, know when you start talking about these,
Speaker 3: guys all of a, Sudden Jason kilgore's on the, field
Speaker 3: picks one off For pick six, champions you. Know so,
Speaker 3: Yeah i'll say WITH. Tj parker because those, guys you,
Speaker 3: Know he's got the physical attributes and the comes out
Speaker 3: a little more polished well and that.
Speaker 1: Take and, look we're not really going out on a
Speaker 1: limb here SAYING. Tj, Parker but to the point you made,
Speaker 1: earlier he's a high floor. Player, yeah so there's a
Speaker 1: level of trust almost built in to his game for
Speaker 1: the defensive staff where you can see him getting. Snaps
Speaker 1: plus with The Michael hoyt injury coming back from The,
Speaker 1: ACHILLES i, mean he could be the first edge rusher
Speaker 1: on the first substitution of the, game right when Either
Speaker 1: rousseau Or chubb come off for a break If hoyt's
Speaker 1: not ready at the start of the. Season so between
Speaker 1: high floor and open door, opportunity it just makes sense
Speaker 1: to think it's Probably parker and it makes the biggest
Speaker 1: impact in twenty twenty six from this draft.
Speaker 3: Class in a perfect world For, parker that, is and
Speaker 3: he gets into, It Michael hoyt is not practicing a,
Speaker 3: lot or maybe starting to work back into, It chubb
Speaker 3: pulls a calf muscle or a, hammy or just needs
Speaker 3: some rest and teaching parties get some more, reps and
Speaker 3: all of a sudden he comes. IN accla makes fairly.
Speaker 3: Well could he could supplant a guy Like Bradley chubb
Speaker 3: during training camp because of his youth and fresh. Legs you,
Speaker 3: Know chub's not twenty, three you, know that kind of
Speaker 3: thing could happen if you get the you, know these
Speaker 3: veteran freags Like bosa last, year Like Leonard floyd a
Speaker 3: few years, ago if they come in and they're just
Speaker 3: they just don't have as much in the tank as
Speaker 3: you thought they. DID. Tj parker will have plenty in the.
Speaker 3: Tank so it could be like one of those things
Speaker 3: where unexpectedly he'd leapfrogs somebody in the in the pecking.
Speaker 3: Order but even if he does, not the guy's gonna
Speaker 3: be on the.
Speaker 2: Field he'll be on the field for.
Speaker 1: Sure our closing fig deals with the eight total drafts
Speaker 1: THAT Gm Brandon bean has now overseen in His buffalo.
Speaker 1: Tenure over that, span he has made a total of
Speaker 1: seventy four draft, selections and the most popular position That
Speaker 1: Brandon bean has taken most often is. Cornerback twelve of
Speaker 1: his seventy four picks AS gm of The bills has
Speaker 1: been at the cornerback position in a close second wide
Speaker 1: receiver with ten, picks though only one receiver pick was
Speaker 1: made higher than the fourth round that Was Keon coleman
Speaker 1: in twenty twenty.
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