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If the Bills don't take a CB with one of their next two picks, the guys at ESPN are going to go ballistic about how the Bills are going to replace Nate Clements and and there will undoubtedly be more than a few Bills fans who will either immediately start moaning or be very puzzled. But, if the Bills decide not to take a CB early on in this draft (or possibly at all), that does not necessarily mean that the Bills front office has lost its mind.
If the Bills don't bring in a CB early on in the draft or at all by the end of the draft, I wold take that as a sign that they not only have a lot of confidence in Ashton Youboty, but also in Eric Bassey. Bassey, if you recall, was an extremely fast, but also exceedingly raw prospect with excellent measurables and little experience when the Bills signed him as a UDFA. Based on his size/speed measurables, etc., there were a lot of BZ posters who hailed the Bassey signing as one that might pay off at some point in the future if he would be able to learn how to play the CB position better while on the practice squad. I would take a decision by the Bills not to bring in a raw rookie in the draft as a sign that they feel that Bassey has developed to a point where they feel that he has a better chance of being a contributor on the team than someone that they could get in the middle rounds of this draft. While I am not saying that this is something that necessarily will take place, it is something that could happen and that Bills fans should be prepared for if it does.
I'm sure that someone can look up Bassey's height/weight/40 yard dash numbers, etc. and those may well turn out to be quite comparable to those of some of the CB prospects that will be remaining on the board when the Bills pick. The difference, though, will be that Bassey, while inexperienced coming out of college, will have a year of working and practicing at the position as a professional in the defensive system that the Bills are running. So, file this for possible future reference, just in case, like Peters and Cieslak, etc., it may turn out that Bassey has turned out to be a player who has been able to develop and improve on the Bills' practice squad.
If the Bills don't bring in a CB early on in the draft or at all by the end of the draft, I wold take that as a sign that they not only have a lot of confidence in Ashton Youboty, but also in Eric Bassey. Bassey, if you recall, was an extremely fast, but also exceedingly raw prospect with excellent measurables and little experience when the Bills signed him as a UDFA. Based on his size/speed measurables, etc., there were a lot of BZ posters who hailed the Bassey signing as one that might pay off at some point in the future if he would be able to learn how to play the CB position better while on the practice squad. I would take a decision by the Bills not to bring in a raw rookie in the draft as a sign that they feel that Bassey has developed to a point where they feel that he has a better chance of being a contributor on the team than someone that they could get in the middle rounds of this draft. While I am not saying that this is something that necessarily will take place, it is something that could happen and that Bills fans should be prepared for if it does.
I'm sure that someone can look up Bassey's height/weight/40 yard dash numbers, etc. and those may well turn out to be quite comparable to those of some of the CB prospects that will be remaining on the board when the Bills pick. The difference, though, will be that Bassey, while inexperienced coming out of college, will have a year of working and practicing at the position as a professional in the defensive system that the Bills are running. So, file this for possible future reference, just in case, like Peters and Cieslak, etc., it may turn out that Bassey has turned out to be a player who has been able to develop and improve on the Bills' practice squad.
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