What does T.J. Parker's film suggest about his potential as a defensive playmaker for the Buffalo Bills?

We're exploring that right now.

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On today's episode, we are breaking down T.J. Parker's college film to try and determine what type of ceiling he has as a playmaker for this

Buffalo Bill's defense. And for the Bill's free agent editions, we've went through and we've

done scouting report style podcast that I'm going to carry into these draft picks. And so we'll start working through each of the

draft picks, really just breaking down their film. And when I evaluate football players,

I have 10 position specific traits that I break them down through and I grade them through.

And so for edge rushers, those 10 traits are first step

explosiveness, flexibility, hand counters, length, hand power, run defense, effort,

football IQ, lateral mobility, and versatility. So we'll discuss T.J. Parker through all 10

of those traits. And we will get to a point where we come to a conclusion on what the ceiling is for this player. So we'll do T.J. Parker today, and we'll get through the other picks in the coming days and weeks as we get ready for this 2026 Buffalo Bill season.

So let's dive into it, T.J. Parker, outside linebacker out of Clemson, 6-4, 263 pounds,

33 and an eighth-inch arms, nine and a half-inch hands. His relative athleticism score was a

9.38 out of 10.

And keep in mind, he did not participate in the three cone or the short shuttle or

the bench press.

And the three cone and short shuttle may have been some tests that did score as well,

where he ran a good 40-yard dash at 4.68 seconds, had a good 10-yard

split at 1.61 seconds, 10-foot broad jump, 34-inch vertical jump. Those were all good tests,

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