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Anyone that wants to justify the play of Mario Williams, Bradham or Brown last year is reaching. Blaming the Rex D or something else doesn't cut it. They didn't hustle and missed a ton of tackles.
I don't expect rookies to be saviors or to elevate the overall level of effectiveness immediately... but many times, it seemed like were were playing with 7-8 guys on the field last year. Rex definitely has to do his part but actual effort as a D unit must improve. Drafting 3 talented guys at the top from winning programs is a good start.
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Since DB brought up drinking, I'll give my opinion of this draft with a drinking kind of mind!
I'll give the draft a C+
I think Lawson will have an immediate impact in both pass defense and run defense. Ragland will be an excellent 2 down linebacker. Washington will have marginal impact as a rotational pass rusher.
After that, the rest of the draft is all misses. Jones will never play a down as a Buffalo Bill or anyone else for that matter. Williams, at best, will be a goal line/short yardage back for this team. Like him as a player, don't see the fit here to get his maximum potential out. Listenbee and Seymour won't make the team.
The problem really is that the first two picks are direct replacement players. So Shaq will be compared to how he plays vs Mario. Ragland will be compared to how he plays vs Brandon Spikes. I can see why the team let Mario go, he didn't fit, he pouted, he disappeared at times and had a high cost. But Spikes was cheap, why not just pay him and then use that second rounder to improve elsewhere?
Those two picks are so typical of Buffalo Bills moves. We don't improve, ever. We just make lateral moves. And those lateral moves are a big reason why this team hasn't even sniffed the playoffs in the 21st century. Spoiler alert - they won't sniff the playoffs this year either.
The problem really is that the first two picks are direct replacement players. So Shaq will be compared to how he plays vs Mario. Ragland will be compared to how he plays vs Brandon Spikes. I can see why the team let Mario go, he didn't fit, he pouted, he disappeared at times and had a high cost. But Spikes was cheap, why not just pay him and then use that second rounder to improve elsewhere?
Those two picks are so typical of Buffalo Bills moves. We don't improve, ever. We just make lateral moves. And those lateral moves are a big reason why this team hasn't even sniffed the playoffs in the 21st century. Spoiler alert - they won't sniff the playoffs this year either.
Good post.
An irritant for me was the selection of that RB from Arkansas when OG Christian Westerman was available.
They threw a lot of eggs into the McCoy basket last season, that other Williams had a few moments, and they plucked James Wilder Jr. from CIN's PS a while back (and CIN certainly wanted to retain him). The only rationale I can see, is that they feel that McCoy, entering his 8th season, is approaching his "use by" date...so to speak.
I thought that the DT pick was ok. Fresh legs help and continuing to stock the interior DL pool makes sense. I wish they had the same thought about replenishing the OL prospects. A better thing than carrying an extra kicker for kickoffs in this day where the NFL has crippled that return game for injury reasons.
Ragland will be compared to how he plays vs Brandon Spikes. I can see why the team let Mario go, he didn't fit, he pouted, he disappeared at times and had a high cost. But Spikes was cheap, why not just pay him and then use that second rounder to improve elsewhere?
Spikes has a pending suspension and he wouldn't drop his salary demands last time. I don't know if he's changed his mind, but some players can be deluded about their own value.
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