5. Evaluating prospects at the Combine
As NFL scouts, media and prospects flock to Lucas Oil Stadium, the Bills hope that they will find promise in the young players as they work through interviews and combine drills.
Beane spoke of the importance of getting to spend time with a group of prospects. At the Combine, teams are allowed 30 one-on-one interviews with players that last 18 to 20 minutes.
“What I get most out of it is meeting these guys and interviewing them. We start that process in Mobile (during the Senior Bowl), knocking out a select number of players there and so this just adds to that catalog of players,” Beane said. “Even though it’s a small window, you really feel like it’s a nice snapshot and sometimes it fully answers the question for you, sometimes you’re going, ‘hey, we’re gonna need some more follow up at the Pro Day, a private workout or whatever we can get done between now and April.'”
With seven picks on the third day of the draft, Beane gave his thoughts on evaluating some of the talent that will be left over after the first three rounds.
“There’s still guys on the back end, I don’t think it’s going to be a complete wash. I think you’re just finding that it’s more fifth-year, sixth-year with the Covid year, there’s more guys like that because a lot of guys are being … enticed to go back for NIL money,” Beane said.
Beane said that, through the Bills’ extensive evaluation process, they can determine whether a player has an advanced knowledge of the game, whether they played three years in college or twice that.
With the safety position, which the Bills might target in the draft due to Hyde’s expiring contract or other factors, Beane again emphasized the importance of having that football mind.
“This week it’s more about smarts and intelligence. And if they’re not walking in with a lot is that just because they couldn’t do it or is that just not what the school…
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