Bills plan on playing board game

[YardRat]

http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/story/325337.html

The Bills would like to address needs with all 10 of their picks, but they won’t deviate from their philosophy of drafting players with the high-est value based on how their board is set up.

They got the best of both worlds last season when running back Marshawn Lynch fell to them with the 12th overall pick. They believe the same approach will work again.

“We’re still treating the board for value,” Modrak said. “It’d be easy to say we won’t place any running back high because we took running back high last year. But we’re still going through the process. That’s where you make the most progress, put people up there now and not try and identify a need.”

“If there’s a position that is strikingly open to us . . . the leaning is going to be towards that person,” Modrak added. “Now, the big difference is you can’t jump way out of value just to satisfy a momentary kind of deal. You grab someone you think is a fourth rounder in the second round, or something like that, to me if you do that every once in a while you get lucky. But you’re swinging and missing more than you want to.”

[Night Train]

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Never, ever reach for a need. Be true to your rankings.

We'll get a WR,TE and other supposed needs during the weekend draft process. The Blls won't join the Panic Club and have studied the middle/late round prospects just as much as the top ranked guys that everyone knows about.

We'll be fine.

[Yasgur's Farm]

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“If there’s a position that is strikingly open to us . . . the leaning is going to be towards that person,”

“Now, the big difference is you can’t jump way out of value just to satisfy a momentary kind of deal. You grab someone you think is a fourth rounder in the second round... "

How can you just ignore what he really said here?

Some of you are very, very good at making statements sound like they justify your position. But sometimes there's no escaping the true words.

It's clear to me that it will be WR with our 1st pick. Reaching a few picks is not the same as picking "way out of value"... nor is it selecting a projected 4th rounder in the 2nd.

[Luisito23]

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I really liked what Modrak said.....We'll be fine come draft day, I'm sure of it.

[Philagape]

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"Reaching" means entire rounds

[TigerJ]

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When the Bills set up their board, both need and value carry weight. I don't think there is a hard and fast rule about how far they will drop down the board in other areas (measurables, college production, character, etc.) to fill a need, but if there are three or four players who are slightly better in terms of those other factors, I don't think Buffalo would hesitate to draft the fifth guy down if he filled a need. Would they reach down ten players? Twenty? I don't know. I think it could depend on circumstances. How big a gap is there? If there is still only a small spread in terms of ability, they would fill the need. If the gap is bigger, maybe not. Drafting is both an art and a science.