Plus, examining safety Micah Hyde’s future with the Bills
The Buffalo Bills have 10 selections in this spring’s 2024 NFL Draft, and with 22 free agents, general manager Brandon Beane has plenty of work to do to shore up his roster heading into the upcoming season.
Today’s edition of Buffalo Rumblinks offers up observations from the recently concluded Senior Bowl to identify a few players who could make for nice additions to Buffalo’s roster.
Senior Bowl observations
Since coming to Buffalo in May of 2017, general manager Brandon Beane has frequently used the Senior Bowl to shape and influence their draft board in years past, selecting quarterback Josh Allen, offensive linemen Dion Dawkins, O’Cyrus Torrence and Spencer Brown, cornerbacks Tre’Davious White and Taron Johnson, middle linebacker Terrel Bernard, and kicker Tyler Bass among their Senior Bowl alumni.
Linked below: how the Senior Bowl serves as an important tool for Beane and his staff to both watch these prospects in person and get to know them through interviews during the week, and identifying a few standouts who could be on Buffalo’s radar come draft time.
- SENIOR BOWL: Bills' brass present in Mobile as Buffalo has many holes to fill | American Football | thedailynewsonline.com
- Senior Bowl: Oregon defensive back Evan Williams shows versatility - Buffalo News
- Senior Bowl: Brenden Rice, son of Jerry Rice, believes ‘pressure’s a privilege’ - Buffalo News
- Senior Bowl observations: Texas DT is a throwback to Bills great Ted Washington - Buffalo News
- Senior Bowl Offers Buffalo Bills Depth Options at RB in 2024 NFL Draft - Sports Illustrated Buffalo Bills News, Analysis and More
Safety Micah Hyde’s future in Buffalo
Micah Hyde has become an integral part of head coach Sean McDermott’s defense since signing with the Bills as a free agent before the 2017 NFL season. But Hyde has alluded to this past season being his last in Buffalo. Linked here: whether Hyde still has a future with the Bills and identifying three safeties who could be signed/drafted to replace Hyde should he retire/sign with another team.
- Bills Mailbag: Does Micah Hyde have a future in Buffalo? - Buffalo News
- Micah Hyde may retire as one of most important Bills in history - Democrat & Chronicle
- Micah Hyde has ‘no idea what the future holds’ - NBC Sports
- Hyde reflects on time with Bills as he contemplates NFL future - 13WHAM TV
- NFL Free Agency: 3 Safeties To Replace Buffalo Bills’ Micah Hyde - Sports Illustrated Buffalo Bills News, Analysis and More
Even more Bills news
A deep dive into why the Bills are called the Bills, hear from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on why he pointed to a play called in Buffalo’s Week 13 win over the Kansas City Chiefs to defend how games are called. and more!
- Why are the Bills called the Bills? How the nickname came from a Wild West icon - Democrat & Chronicle
- NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell points to Bills-Chiefs finish in defense of NFL officiating - Buffalo News
- Del Reid readies for Vegas as Bills’ 2023 Fan of the Year - WGR 550
- Now with Cleveland, ex-Bills assistant Ken Dorsey looks back, forward - Buffalo News
- Josh Allen finishes tied for sixth at AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am - Buffalo News
- Former Buffalo Bills guard Jon Feliciano lands on his feet with 49ers - Buffalo News
- Buffalo Bills ‘superfan’ competes on ‘Wheel of Fortune’ for a super prize - newyorkupstate.com