Free Agency:
Top Priority in my opinion is Marcus McNeil. Its time the Bills spent good money on arguably the most important position in the NFL. Nix knows McNeil from San Diego, and knows that the line is the biggest need for us. A veteran left tackle helps out a lot.
Casey Hampton- I think the Bills are moving toward a switch to the 3-4 so signing Hampton could help in that regard. Good player. Tremendous against the run. Eats up space. He is 32 however, so I address NT in the draft.
Johnny Jolly- If I were the Bills, I would throw some good money at Jolly to play DE in the 3-4 here.
NOTE: I was also going to put Jason Avant, but chose to address WR in the draft. McNeil, Hampton and Jolly are three guys who can come in and contribute right away.
Release Edwards (If we can't get a trade for him)
Release Parrish
Do not resign Owens
ATTEMPT to resign Josh Reed
Resign Incognito (Good depth, if not a starter if Wood's injury is really that bad.)
I haven't looked at the rest of our free agents yet.
I don't see Gailey retaining Lynch, so I traded him to the Eagles for a third rounder (NOTE: I doubt we could get a third rounder, but let's just pretend we get lucky.)
Draft:
(I'm only doing rounds 1-4 because I haven't studied some of the lower round prospects yet.)
1. Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma. I was going to pick Brian Baluga here, but the way I laid out my top 10, (and already having picked up McNeil) Bradford falls to nine. I don't think the Bills would pass on Bradford if he were to slip to them. So the Bills get "their guy" here.
2. Golden Tate, WR, Notre Dame. I don't think there would be much argument here. What with the left tackle position addressed in free agency, a franchise QB taken in round one and the switch to the 3-4 well underway with the additions of Hampton and Jolly. Tate is an amazing player that just might drop to this pick. Another player I could see Gailey wanting here would be Oghobaase or Jonathan Dwyer. Both would be slight reaches at this pick, but could still end up being great pickups.
3. Torell Troup, NT, UCF. Hampton is 32 and has no backup behind him with the size and skillset to play nose tackle in the 3-4. So Troup could be a nice pick up here.
3. (Pick #87 from Eagles) Micah Johnson, ILB, Kentucky. I like his size and strength. He isn't the fastest ILB available, but I see him as a good pick in the low third round.
4. Ryan Matthews, RB, Fresno State. Small guy. Fun to watch. Runs about a 4.44-4.46 40 yard dash. With Lynch gone via trade, I was looking for someone to compliment Jackson. I think I found him in Matthews.
Rounds 5-7, I would look for, maybe another LB, and definitely some O-line depth, maybe another DE with Schobel possibly retiring.
What do you guys think? It is rough, I know. But I will keep fine tuning it.
Top Priority in my opinion is Marcus McNeil. Its time the Bills spent good money on arguably the most important position in the NFL. Nix knows McNeil from San Diego, and knows that the line is the biggest need for us. A veteran left tackle helps out a lot.
Casey Hampton- I think the Bills are moving toward a switch to the 3-4 so signing Hampton could help in that regard. Good player. Tremendous against the run. Eats up space. He is 32 however, so I address NT in the draft.
Johnny Jolly- If I were the Bills, I would throw some good money at Jolly to play DE in the 3-4 here.
NOTE: I was also going to put Jason Avant, but chose to address WR in the draft. McNeil, Hampton and Jolly are three guys who can come in and contribute right away.
Release Edwards (If we can't get a trade for him)
Release Parrish
Do not resign Owens
ATTEMPT to resign Josh Reed
Resign Incognito (Good depth, if not a starter if Wood's injury is really that bad.)
I haven't looked at the rest of our free agents yet.
I don't see Gailey retaining Lynch, so I traded him to the Eagles for a third rounder (NOTE: I doubt we could get a third rounder, but let's just pretend we get lucky.)
Draft:
(I'm only doing rounds 1-4 because I haven't studied some of the lower round prospects yet.)
1. Sam Bradford, QB, Oklahoma. I was going to pick Brian Baluga here, but the way I laid out my top 10, (and already having picked up McNeil) Bradford falls to nine. I don't think the Bills would pass on Bradford if he were to slip to them. So the Bills get "their guy" here.
2. Golden Tate, WR, Notre Dame. I don't think there would be much argument here. What with the left tackle position addressed in free agency, a franchise QB taken in round one and the switch to the 3-4 well underway with the additions of Hampton and Jolly. Tate is an amazing player that just might drop to this pick. Another player I could see Gailey wanting here would be Oghobaase or Jonathan Dwyer. Both would be slight reaches at this pick, but could still end up being great pickups.
3. Torell Troup, NT, UCF. Hampton is 32 and has no backup behind him with the size and skillset to play nose tackle in the 3-4. So Troup could be a nice pick up here.
3. (Pick #87 from Eagles) Micah Johnson, ILB, Kentucky. I like his size and strength. He isn't the fastest ILB available, but I see him as a good pick in the low third round.
4. Ryan Matthews, RB, Fresno State. Small guy. Fun to watch. Runs about a 4.44-4.46 40 yard dash. With Lynch gone via trade, I was looking for someone to compliment Jackson. I think I found him in Matthews.
Rounds 5-7, I would look for, maybe another LB, and definitely some O-line depth, maybe another DE with Schobel possibly retiring.
What do you guys think? It is rough, I know. But I will keep fine tuning it.
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