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Beane trades back
Two trades, more picks back and I a glad I didn’t stay up. Watch the spin coming on Beane: He will trade up again in Round 2 and end up with 2 players on whom the Bills had 1st Round grades. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/football/nfl/bills/2024/04/25/buffalo-bills-nfl-draft-trades-first-round-kansas-city-chiefs-carolina-panthers/73459784007/
10 best available from AP
The 10 best players still available after the first round of the NFL draft according to AP:
-Cooper DeJean, CB, Iowa
-Adonai Mitchell, WR, Texas
-Ladd McConkey, WR, Georgia
-Jer’Zhan Newton, DT, Illinois
-Jackson Powers-Johnson, C, Oregon.
-Kool-Aid McKinstry, CB, Alabama
-Junior Colson, LB, Michigan
-Edgerrin Cooper, LB, Texas A&M
-Keon Coleman, WR, Florida State
-Payton Wilson, LB, North Carolina State
Sabres have rising Russian on D
When this Sabres era reaches its conclusion, one of the things that will shape it is Kevyn Adams not being afraid to draft Russians and finding players like 6th Rounder Nikita Novikov who appears to be a Samuelsson clone with offensive upside. https://www.buffalohockeybeat.com/rochester-rookie-nikita-novikov-looks…
