Last week, we continued our series in several games on the best hopes for need of Buffalo Bills – players who can be on their radar during the first rounds of the NFL 2025 draft. This discussion on wide receivers has proven interesting, but that of security can be even more nuanced.
While we are finishing this series for this class project, it is time to dive into the security that invoices could write in the first parts of the NFL annual project. Although we have covered the cornerpers, the Edge rushers, the defensive plasters, the wide receivers and now the security as part of this series of articles, this should in no case be interpreted as a classified or exhaustive list of the needs of Buffalo while we hold a few weeks from the project.
Bills could easily spend one or more of their 10 choices currently written on an interior offensive line (Connor McGovern and David Edwards have their imminent contracts, and O’Cyrus Torrence is eligible for an extension to inter-season). The team could invest in an out -of -ball secondary to strengthen the unit behind Matt Milano, Terl Bernard and Dorian Williams, newly extended (with Milano, was to be a free agent without restriction after 2026).
Although a premium asset of one or the other of these positions seem strange, it should be noted that even if we are not in depth in the context of this series (because it focuses on early players), it is not crazy to believe that something like that could happen. Managing Director Brandon Beane having selected last 10 players, it is likely that a second interior offensive line (or even a tight third, a bettor or a nickel defender who plays teams) could be selected at some point.
That said, take a look at early potential targets for the safety team …
*** Note: neither the needs nor the players of players are classified, and they are not exhaustive ***
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- Malaki Starks, S (Georgia)
- Nick Emman, S (South Carolina)
- Xavier Watts, S (Notre Dame)
- Andrew Mukaba, S (Texas)
- Lathan Ransom, S (Ohio State)
There is a subclassification of security prospects each year: those who are box defenders and those who are deep defenders (the ability to play in nickel is a tertiary bonus). A large part of the evaluation process for many is to determine What A security perspective did it and if they did it well, trying to assess if they can do The other thing GOOD. Versatility in security can have a massive impact on the flexibility of a defensive coordinator in plans and calls on the day of the game.
Malaki Starks is a first -round hope specifically because it has this versatility. This capacity is obtained thanks to football QI and physical behavior, and Starks showed both in a georgia defense which has produced several high -level NFL defenders in recent years.
The control of the Starks’s body shines both in the cover and during the fight against the descent, revealing a smooth athlete which can just as well avoid the blocks on the perimeter it can make games of distorting on the ball on the ground. Starks can trust the deep half or one high to be where it is supposed to be, with an excellent deep ball following and a perception of depth.
It has not lost blocks optimally of the box once attached and can give in the separation in the route to the route break, but shows a high level acceleration (1.56 division of 10 yards) to close the windows that can open after the break and play games on the ball.
Nick Emmanwori was one of the stars of the NFL 2025 scout combination, with a relative athletic score (RAS) of 10 out of 10. It is not a hyperbole to say that Emmanwori could be the most athletic safety prospect in NFL history. These sports test figures are not mirage either; Emmanwori flashes on a band when he undertakes a decision and brings the trigger, showing a wide range of gifts from the length and ball skills to the physical brochure and the range.
A team writing in Emmanwori probably hopes that its apparently unlimited skills set can jump from the band more often in the NFL with the seasoning and coaching, because its instincts and its trigger do not always shoot with the urgency or the timing you prefer. There is nothing that he cannot do (except perhaps turning his hips in the cover of man gently because of his size), but the teams will want to see him more often. I compared Emmanwori as a security perspective at Tremaine Edmunds as a second who comes out, with similar forces and the same concern (although in different positions).
Xavier Watts is one of the main coverage security in NFL recovery, showing excellent recognition of routes, space understanding and the ability to obtain coverage from various levels. The divided safety looks and only one top are not discouraged in its range and its quick trigger gives a team the possibility of playing it in the slit or in the box without worrying about the additional bodies and a shortcut horizon that spoils its treatment.
It is hyper-aggressively concentrated on external races and does not show an optimal balance at the point of tackle, causing missed outbursts and plated that could create large games in the race game for an offense opposite to the NFL, but the teams can consider this as a coach defect given its energy.
Andrew Mukaba has an Andre Cisco style assessment for me, with high-level ball production and more capacities during the future of a deep initial platform. Cisco had a better length than Mukaba, and it appears for representatives of the Texas product and the ability to challenge deep throws, limiting its range.
Muakaba is a story of two halves; With excellent bodies of the lower body and click and close it with the lack of length above. His experience as a four-year starter appears with high-level treatment and the teams will be able to pass beyond certain physical limits to project him as a starting player.
The Ohio State has one of the best recent memory safety prospects with the Alabama Transfer Caleb Downs, but Down Lathan Ransom’s running mate is not to be outdone. Ransom’s instincts and experience rarely leave him out of position, and he has physicality and conviction in the support of the race that the teams want a divided security that directs the alley.
Its lack of long speed (reinforced by its dashboard of 4.59 40 yards) and playing more often to the defender that the deep ball will give the teams a break to use it as a single central defender. Ransom will be coveted by the teams as a high floor perspective which gives you the worst a good safety player and special teams, and at best a good departure safety in a 2/3/4 coverage system.
What are your first round goals to consider for invoices and what do you think of them?
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