Bills trade up to No. 25, take Dalton Kincaid

Posted by Josh Alper on April 27, 2023, 11:10 PM EDT
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The Bills traded up to the No. 25 spot in the first round on Thursday night and they used their newly acquired pick to select Utah tight end Dalton Kincaid.

Kincaid is the first tight end to be picked in this year’s draft. He caught 70 passes for 890 yards and eight touchdowns in his final college season and his addition gives Bills quarterback Josh Allen another weapon to use as they try for another AFC East title.

Dawson Knox is also at tight end in Buffalo while Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis lead the way at wide receiver.

Jacksonville previously owned the 25th pick as a result of trading out of No. 24 in a deal with the Giants. They picked up two picks the NFC East club and got No. 27 and a fourth-round selection from Buffalo.

 

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16 responses to “Bills trade up to No. 25, take Dalton Kincaid”

  2. The last time the Bills used a 1st rd pick on a tight end was the same draft they got Jim Kelly. He didn’t stick around long.The time before that was nearly 50 years ago in 1974. He wasn’t all that either.
    I hope Beane knows what he’s doing with this one.

  4. So dumb. Good idea to use 2 pass catching tight ends. Bad idea to ignore pass rush and linebacker. Trading up two spots to get a platoon player in the first round costs them two tries at getting good on defense. Three of their four best defensive players are over 30, and their backups stink. This smells like Atlanta trading up to get Julio Jones after giving up 48 points in the NFC Championshop Game. This is just so shortsighted and shows a shocking lack of awareness about the weaknesses on the roster.

  5. Going TE in the first round you hope you’re landing on the next Kelce or Gronk. Here’s hoping. Welcome to Buffalo, Dalton.

  6. scottdcp says:
    April 27, 2023 at 11:58 pm
    So dumb. Good idea to use 2 pass catching tight ends. Bad idea to ignore pass rush and linebacker. Trading up two spots to get a platoon player in the first round costs them two tries at getting good on defense. Three of their four best defensive players are over 30, and their backups stink. This smells like Atlanta trading up to get Julio Jones after giving up 48 points in the NFC Championshop Game. This is just so shortsighted and shows a shocking lack of awareness about the weaknesses on the roster.

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    Oh no, I hope my favorite team didn’t just draft a Julio Jones-level player. Morons!

  8. Really though Buffalo would go trenches here. Don’t understand te when you’ve got a pretty nice one in Knox.

  9. scottdcp says:
    April 27, 2023 at 11:58 pm
    So dumb. Good idea to use 2 pass catching tight ends.
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    Yea because that worked out terribly for the Patriots when they had Gronk and Aaron Hernandez.

  10. Went with Best Available. Adds a new demention to the Bills Offense. Kincaid is being seen as an oversized slot receiver who could cause match up problems and help dictate defensive schemes particularly in the Red Zone. A 4th Rounder to move up 2 spots seemed excessive, we’ll have to see how it works out. If Kincaid is Travis Kelce, worth it. If he’s Reuben Gant, not so much.

  12. I was confused by the trade-up until they showed the reaction to the pick from the Dallas draft room.

    Kincaid is going to create some match-up nightmares for DC’s. With the additions of the other receivers and Harris, this could arguably be the best offense in Buffalo history (and yes, even counting the days of the K-Gun).

  13. This fan base sometimes…

    “We want weapons for Josh”.

    Beane – How about the best pure pass catching TE in the draft?

    Fan base “Not THIS guy…”

    We as fans should have seen this coming after the failed OJ Howard experience in camp last year. They have a ton of smaller WR’s, so adding a player that had TWO drops & is 6’4″ is welcome & smart.

    Getting ahead of Jerry to get him and his expression when the pick was called made this all the better!

  14. Yes, I really do think it is a good idea to use 2 tight ends these days. I do not think it is a good idea to bolster a really good offense at the expense of a rapidly aging defense that cannot beat a good quarterback in January. When did Atlanta win the Super Bowl after trading up for Julio Jones? Oh. They did make one, which was nice. Three years later, because they had to address their aging and inadequate defense over the next two years.. How did that go? Oh yeah, they gave up eight thousand points in the second half because they did not have a sustained pass rush against a great quarterback. If you cannot alter the timing of a great quarterback you can only hope you get the ball last and capitalize on it. As demonstrated a couple recent years in a row by Buffalo. Their defense is hanging on by a thread, and failure to address it will make the next couple years super frustrating.

  15. And I also think OJ Howard was stupid money when Robert Tonyan was available. As he was again this year, for fair money.

  16. Daniel Jeremiah said Kincaid was the #1 best TE and 9th best OVERALL player in this year’s draft.

    That’s good enough for me!

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