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Why did the Bills jump Cowboys to knock out Utah TE Dalton Kincaid in the first round


Advance to the first qualifying round of 2023 NFL Draftthe buffalo bill need a receiver. They need a paver. And they need to run again. You could even argue that they need a back angle. But when a team is as solidly built as Buffalo’s, it has the opportunity to make luxury choices. It has the opportunity to be creative.

When General Manager Brandon Beane saw Wyoming tight ending Dalton Kincaid sliding down the board, Bills traded from 27th to 25th to stay above dalas cowboy. Buffalo believes in two things: 1) Kincaid is by far the best player in their table, and 2) the Cowboys probably feel the same way and will, therefore, pick him in 26th place.

“We trade to tell you how much we appreciate him,” Beane said Thursday night after the team’s first-round selection. “We have a good feeling that Dallas will take him, and we really like him and feel he would be a great fit for our offense.”

Maybe Kincaid isn’t exactly what this list needs, but again, this draft doesn’t really deliver exactly what the Bills need. The full-back position lacks players of archetypal caliber and elite talent. The same is true at the receiver position.

So Beane looked for an atypical solution to one of the group’s biggest problems. The team addressed the shortcomings in catching and slotting with a tight finish.

Beane said: “He was a tight finisher, but he was a tight finisher. “We think he’ll pair well with dawson [Knox] and give us another goal in the middle of the field. When he and Dawson are on the field, you’re 12 [personnel] but it’s almost 11 [personnel].”

So, if the 12-person lineup consists of one backrunner and two narrow ends and 11 back-and-forth personnel, then the Kincaid-Knox lineup is like 11.5 personnel, Beane said.

The first round investment in the tight spot came as a surprise. It’s not just that the Bills don’t really need a tight finish. That is they just paid their meager amount, Knox, in the amount of $52 million over four years. That’s why Beane impressed reporters that the Bills did not create redundancy in this position. In contrast, Knox is a powerful inline blocker and will continue to work close to the line of the script. Kincaid is an elite pass catcher with the ability to follow the route and beat the zonal defence.

Kincaid is capable of doing some of the things that slot receivers do in Buffalo’s offense.

“Excellent hands. Really good runner,” Beane said of Kincaid. “Really good at trapping those inside. There’s always [playbook] tells you as a player what to do: ‘Eight yards here, there.’ But sometimes the defense changes, and he has great feeling, great instincts. Have you seen it from another location – Cole Beasley, feeling great. This guy [Kincaid]in a different body type, do it.”

In 2022, Kincaid looks like Utah’s version Chief of Kansas City tight ending Travis Kelce. Even in a season where he was clearly a top target, Kincaid still found ways to sneak into the open fields, especially in front of the area defence. Kincaid moves the leash – sometimes with spectacular catches and sometimes with the feeling that defenders won’t count on him.

It’s an asset to the offense This bill desperately needs someone other than Peach Stefon to get open. Knox’s Wheel, Gabe Davis and run again James Cook do good work. Looks like the team’s supporting cast took turns stepping up. But it has caused discomfort in the weeks when the defense limited Diggs.

Sometimes no one steps up. And Josh Allen feels like he has to carry the whole team on his shoulders, which leads to too much scramble and too many hits on the QB franchise.

If Kincaid can grow quickly, he will relieve those annoying problems. He can be a big catcher. However, the question with any tight finish is how quickly he can grow. It’s rare to see a tight full-back walk into the field and make an immediate impact. But something tells me that Kincaid will quickly make an impact. Why?

Kincaid said: “Josh Allen is an excellent midfielder.

That will promote the development of a young catcher like Kincaid.

Prior to joining FOX Sports as an AFC East correspondent, Henry McKenna spent seven years covering patriots for USA TODAY Sports Media Corporation and Boston Globe Media. Follow him on Twitter at @McKennAnalytics.

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