First things first.<\/p>\n
The Buffalo Bills announced six signings on Friday, a group that includeds third-round defensive end Landon Jackson.<\/p>\n
Buffalo also signed fifth-round defensive back Jordan Hancock, fifth-round tight end Jackson Hawes, sixth-round cornerback Dorian Strong, sixth-round offensive tackle Chase Lundt, and seventh-round wide receiver Kaden Prawther.<\/p>\n
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At this writing, first-round cornerback Maxwell Hairston, second-round defensive tackle T.J. Sanders and fourth-round defensive tackle Deone Walker are still to be signed.<\/p>\n
For now?\u00a0Arkansas edge rusher Jackson is an eye-catcher, not just due to his talent …<\/p>\n
But also due to his role-model goal.<\/p>\n
At his best, he believes his game can be modeled by one of the best edge rushers in the league.<\/p>\n
“One guy is Maxx Crosby,” Jackson said, offering up a personal comp. “He’s a dog. He’s a high motor player. He knows how to fly around in the pass game and get after the quarterback<\/a>, and then in the run game he knows how to set an edge and be a dominant defensive end.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n “That’s the guy that I model my game after. I feel like we have a lot of similarities in body type and play style.”<\/p>\n Now, we don’t know Landon yet.<\/p>\n And we get the “body type” claim; in fact, Maxx is 6-5 and 255, and Landon is even bigger at 6-6 and 280.<\/p>\n But this self-comp is part shocker … and maybe a little cocky.<\/p>\n The four-time Pro Bowler Crosby has become one of the most feared edge rushers in the sport.<\/p>\n It’s good that Jackson had such high hopes for himself in his career, though … and it all starts now with him signing his contract.<\/p>\n