Last season, the Buffalo Bills showed you they are a complete team. Definitely a team on the rise as they made it all the way to the AFC championship. It was a championship they could not get to with Patrick Mahomes, as the Chiefs picked the Bills defense apart that night. They were getting huge plays gashing the Bills defense as they sent the Bills home from the post-season. If the Bills did win versus the Chiefs that night and went to the Superbowl, would Buffalo be able to prevail over their arch-nemesis Tom Brady and his Buccaneers in a home game at their own park? The sting of those 4 Superbowl losses in a row still haunt the Bills faithful as a Brady-led team beating you on the biggest stage would be horrific. Circling the wagons and never coming back. Sure if the Bills beat the Chiefs and then sliced the head off Tom Brady in the Superbowl, folk songs would be sung in Western New York for decades. It would be the Marvel comic hero, the Punisher’s, story of the ultimate revenge. How do the Bills get their team that much better to get over the bumps in the road like the Chiefs. Plus, get stronger on both sides of the ball when it comes time for the beheading of Tom Brady. The Bills would get the job done right and bring number 12 to the town square and throw dildos at him. Then his lifeless body would be launched on the table slamming event at the grand tailgate extravaganza. General Manager Brandon Beane did not do anything circus-like in the draft that would splash in the headlines. The Bills GM enforced the lines of defense on both sides of the ball addressing the offensive and defensive lines.

Last season, the Buffalo Bills defense was not that same unit from 2019 where they swarmed after the guy with the ball. Out of the gates, the Bills defense stumbled while the offense picked up the slack of their play. The Bills were missing pieces, free agents they had to let go. The GM, Brandon Beane, wanted to build up the team’s offense, which he did. The Bills were one of the top-scoring teams in the league as Josh Allen behind center took a major step with his game. Bills lost a huge cog in the middle of the defensive line with Star Lotulelei opting out for Covid-19 reasons. Trent Murphy, who played well in 2019, had a down year like some guys they brought in as replacements. The Bills Defensive Coordinator, Leslie Frazier, and Head Coach, Sean McDermott, were able to steer the ship in the right direction. Their defense got healthy and played better from the midway point of the season and all the way through the playoffs except the game versus the Chiefs. The Bills’ first two picks they went for living on the edge rushers to have something wrong in the world today for the Patrick Mahomes types of the league.

I think of the show, Bounty Hunters, and for the Bills their first two picks are quarterback hunters. The 30th overall pick in the first round, the Bills take edge-rusher Gregory Rousseau out of Miami University in Florida. Rousseau opted out and decided not to play in 2020 due to the Coronavirus. In 2019, Rousseau chased down the opposing quarterback like a bounty hunter as he had 15.5 sacks, 2 forced fumbles, and 19.5 tackles for losses. A great year… but is Rousseau a one year wonder? In 2018, he played in only two games as he suffered a serious ankle injury. You would think the ankle after two years, one year of playing and the other sitting out, that should not be a issue. In the second round, the Bills selected another edge rusher Carlos Basham Jr. out of Wake Forest University. He’s nicknamed Boogie.

Carlo’s Basham Jr. can demolish quarterbacks. I like this pick because he has played all 4 seasons at Wake Forest to improve his craft. Basham Jr. could have went into the NFL draft after his Junior season, but stayed. Basham Jr. was very impressive in the Senior Bowl that raised his stock. Basham Jr. has the size, the quickness, and athletic ability to cut the mustard in the NFL. Basham Jr. is guy who fought his way onto the field and when he finally made it, he got better and better. His big year was his junior year in 2019, as he racked up ten quarterback kills. Basham Jr. tallied up 19.5 sacks in his Wake Forest career with 35.5 tackles for loss. Will any of these guys be the next Bruce Smith? They have raw talent both of them. Plus being around guys like Ed Oliver, Jerry Hughes, and AJ Espenesa should help make these guys better.

Last season, I loved how the Buffalo Bills protected their guy Josh Allen. During the regular season game late in the year playing the 49ers in Arizona, how San Francisco could not touch Allen or even get near him. Resulted in Allen just picking apart the San Francisco defense. This year I’d love to see the offensive line get more push on the opposing defenses to open up bigger holes for the running game. One thing I believe is moving into the future you don’t want Josh Allen as your top rusher in some of these games. Sure I love how Allen can use his legs and is tough as nails plowing through people at times. In round three, “Spencer for Hire,” is an offensive tackle out of Northern Iowa, Spencer Brown. Brown is a massive specimen at 6’8″ 311 pounds. He’s a big boy and plays right tackle. Brown is a guy that had to work hard to get up to the level he did as he never had any big offers to play college football. Brown has an explosiveness off the ball and plays with anger-tude. In round 5, the Bills land another O-line man in Tommy Doyle. This time out of the other Miami, Miami pf Ohio. Doyle grew up on the Ice in Minnesota. Can ice skates help you play better football? Doyle can keep his footwork to keep the defender square up and away from the quarterback. Doyle may need some seasoning but could be a nice addition down the road with some good coaching. Then round seven got Jack Anderson out of Texas Tech. Another 300 pounder who could be a project, but a guy that shows up to work no matter what. Played through injuries and became a permanent fixture in the red Texas Tech uniform. Another guy with the right seasoning and coaching, who may be a nice piece down the road. I like the idea behind what Buffalo is doing, growing some of these young guys. The organization is getting them developed for the future to jump in when the veteran guys holding the line now are ready to hang up the spikes. Or just flat out can not do it any more as football is a grind on the body.

Buffalo added some more defense in later rounds. In the 6th round, they grabbed a safety out of the University of Pittsburgh, in Damar Hamlin. Then the guy with the best last name in the draft, a corner-back out of the University of Wisconsin, Rachard Wildgoose,.

Hope this guy sticks on the Bills roster just because of the cool last name. Bills have a great secondary now so if these guys soak in all the knowledge from veterans like Tre’Davious White and Jordan Poyer, maybe one or both of these guys could be a gem in the late rounds. Bills added a receiver out of Houston University in Marquez Stevenson, a speedster. Could be a nice specialist of the special teams or put him on the go route and watch Josh Allen hit him in stride with the bomb. Overall, the Bills did a nice job strengthening the trenches on both sides of the balls. Kill the quarterback “cough cough” Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes. Protect Josh Allen. Maybe the extras pan out as well. I have a feeling some of these guys can help you next season. This roster today I feel even better about than I felt before the draft. I think the Bills mafia will be just as excited when they are watching the contributions on the field live, especially with stadiums being able to have more fans in attendance next season.