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76 times has an NFL player accumulated 2,000 yards from scrimmage in a season. Four of those times it was done by a Buffalo Bill, OJ Simpson in 1973 and 1975, and Thurman Thomas in 1990 and 1992. The ingredients are in place, with Joe Brady and Pete Carmichael leading a (projected) Sean Payton-style offensive attack (potentially) poised to feature running backs more heavily in the passing game than any Bills' offense since the K-Gun days.

Inside this edition of the Bills, Bills, Bills Pod, I'll tell you why I so, so, so badly want R Mason Thomas in a Buffalo Bills (should that be possessive?) come late-April. But if not R Mason Thomas, then I'd be really happy with Akheem Mesidor. Ideally both, though! I also think Keionte Scott rules, and Darrell Jackson, Jr. rocks, and Jayshawn Barham is awesome, and Brenen Thompson is cool, and Bishop Fitzgerald could be great, and Josh Moten could be sick, and Dominic Zvada deserves to be drafted not just signed as a UDFA. Don't skip the musical interlude! Don't skip the musicalinterlude!

Inside this edition of the Bills, Bills, Bills Pod, the hiring of Jim Leonhard provides us Bills fans with a freedom we have no known in a long, long time when mocking college prospects to our defense. In this mock, we mock Sonny Styles, who's dropped to us at 26, along with his defensive teammate, Kaydan McDonald, who has suffered a similar mock-fate, to the Bills at 60. We round out the draft with Treydan "My Guy" Stukes, Malachi Fields, Michael Taaffe, Eric Gentry and Bryce Boettcher. 🦬

With the announcement on January 31, 2026 that Jim Leonhard would be assuming the role of Defensive Coordinator for the Buffalo Bills, a new suite of archetypes has become available to Brandon Beane and the front office who select players in the NFL Draft. That's freakin' exciting! Prospects like R Mason Thomas, Cashius Howell, and Romello Height are now - theoretically, anyhow - on the menu, or at least, not intrinsically prohibited from appearing on the menu thanks to the 3-4-ish defensive scheme that Leonhard runs. Heck, big papas like Kaydan McDonald, who didn't fit McDermott's one-gap, penetrating style of IDL may profile as potential fits in the new system. That's doubly exciting!In this mock draft I select R Mason Thomas (EDGE, Oklahoma) in R1, followed by Darrell Jackson, Jr. (DT, Florida State), Malachi Fields (WR, Notre Dame), Aiden Fisher (LB, Indiana), Jadon Canady (NCB, Oregon), Mason Reiger (EDGE, Wisconsin), Eli Heidenreich (FB, Navy).The Bruce Exclusive (Nolan) episode I mention in this episode and highly recommend streaming can be found hereGo Bills

Dads are models of consistency. Right now, the Bills are world-beaters one week and bottom-feeders - if even... lower than scum? - the next. That's not dad-like consistency. And the only - yes, only - path towards team-wide consistency is on a ship steered by #17, Josh Allen: SuperDad. Buffalo's quarter-of-a-billion superstar QB is in year eight at the helm, and his 36-year-old OC, Joe Brady, has not proven capable of synchronizing the four chambers of the offense's heart: The run, the pass, the OL, and the play-calling. Josh has a chance to write a new opus over the course of the next 8-12 games. It won't be easy, but it is simple: Be a good dad.

#10 Keon Coleman 🦬 In each of Drake London's three seasons, he has been moved around the formation with increasing frequency, culminating in a 2024-25 season during which he only played 60% of passing snaps from wide alignments, and finishing with the 4th most receiving yards in the NFL. I submit that Keon Coleman ought to be similarly distributed among the pre-snap pass-catching positions (X, Y, Z, F) to make the most optimal use of his length and strength. If Brady dials things up right, Josh can just sit back and sling the ball around the field to any of the now many weapons he has at his disposal. Defenses should be back on their heels in 2025-26, and if they can no longer sleep on Keon, he'll have earned his nomination as my 10th most important Buffalo Bill for this year.Thanks to The Draft Professor for the tip about how enjoyably home-grown out Buffalo Bills roster is 🙌That list o' mine again:Josh AllenMatt MilanoTaron JohnsonTJ SandersSpencer BrownDion DawkinsTerrel BernardLandon JacksonEd OliverKeon Coleman