Quantifying the Buffalo Experience
In the bottom of the 5th round, you’re typically not trying to find the best overall talent, as much as you’re drafting guys who have specific traits or can fit specific roles. Instead of wheeling and dealing like many expected, the Bills sat tight and let three hand-picked role players fall into their lap with.
With the 109th pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Buffalo Bills select Deone “D-1” Walker, DT-Kentucky. The divisive DT definitely fills a large need in the Bills’ Defense, with a grand emphasis on large. Coming in at 6’7 345 lbs, Deone fits the bill as a true nose tackle who can eat up double.
Relentless. Landon Jackson is a natural, relentless DE prospect. When you listen to Brandon Beane talk about him, you get the sense that he was amazed Landon made it back to him at all in the third round, and it’s easy to see why. Jackson checked every box in the pre-Draft process, including hosting the.
Defensive Tackle was one of the most highly sought-after positions this offseason by Bills Mafia. When 5 DTs were selected before the Bills picked at number 30 overall, they pivoted to CB taking Mad Max Hairston. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive, but made it all the more imperative that the Bills addressed the D line.
Day 1 saw the Bills land their top need with a toolsy, highly skilled, fast, athletic, tackling, ball-hawking, high upside (I could go on and on) CB in Mad Max Hairston. On Day 2 they will hope to land more difference makers and there are still some on the board, but which positions should they.
In our last post, we reflected on the 2024 Bills passing game, concluding that the spread-it-around-the-field mentality yielded a clean and efficient offense but also left a lot on the field. Individual players weren’t required to have big days or even big seasons. Instead, each player filled their assignments as each individualized game plan called.
