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Buffalo Bills GM explains 2024 offseason, outlines ‘youth infusion’ strategy

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The Buffalo Bills lost some familiar faces this offseason, but with that went some talented players as well. Still, general manager Brandon Beane didn’t seem too concerned about the people lost, given his comments on the draft, as shown in the Buffalo Bills YouTube series – Embedded.

“It’s an off-season ‘infusion of youth,’ and the addition of some leaders and some nervous dogs.”

Frankly, the team needed to add some cheap youth to this roster, as Micah Hyde, Jordan Poyer, Mitch Morse, Stefon Diggs and Latavious Murray, who are no longer with the team, are all over 30 years old. . The Bills also found ways to replace these players in the draft, with Keon Coleman, Cole Bishop, Sedrick Van Pran-Granger and Ray Davis. Clearly, expecting these four inexperienced players to be equal replacements is a step too far. But the message is simple: there is a youth movement that abounds at One Bills Drive.

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Buffalo also added leadership with the aforementioned Sedrick Van Pran-Granger, who Beane highlighted by saying, “You’re talking about a guy who was part of a two-time national champion, multi-year captain, super smart alpha dog, a leader of the group.’ Beane also added “Mr. Duke” DeWayne Carter who was Duke’s first triple captain.

What about the “dogs” Beane mentioned? Well, it looks like he was thinking about Van Pran Granger and running back Ray Davis, commenting, “You like the energy, the edge he plays with, we talk about it all the time… ‘dogs’ …and he embraces the physical side of the game.” The physicality, the “dog” is evident in the way Davis plays, he is an aggressive runner who is not afraid of contact on the field.

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It’s also safe to say that newly drafted WR Coleman is one of the “angry dogs” Beane has been looking for. His passion for the game during his interview with the group was evident during the Embedded video. Coleman’s football IQ was also on full display, Beane even said that they basically had to kick him out of their Combine interview because Coleman kept wanting to talk about football.

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There’s a changing of the guard in Buffalo; Many veterans may have left the club during the offseason, a few of whom are captains and stalwarts of the current generation. But general manager Brandon Beane shows confidence that he has recruited strong leaders to replace.

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