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Sure Frank, after what we’ve learned about how leaders treat classified/confidential material, Walt Nauta is the problem.

My thinking is similar to this, but for the Ray Davis pick. I feel that historically, the dropoff in career production from 4th round running backs to, say, 6th round through UDFA level running backs is likely minimal. I wish they had spent the 4th on a wide receiver instead -- it's a more valuable position and we had a greater need for it, and this draft class was better at that position. I would've been fine with using one or two of the later round picks to move up higher in the 4th for said receiver, too. Then, they could've used one of the later picks on a running back or signed a few UDFAs. Alternately, I wish they had taken the combined money they've spent on the Cephuses, Claypools, and Hollinses of the world and used it on a lower tier veteran running back instead, freeing up their draft resources from the need for a running back completely. Receiver was simply more of a need and at a more premium position.

This guy can't get out of his own way. His career will be short lived.

Shaw, I always value your opinion and you make a good point here. But imagine this scenario. Take the 20 best posters from TBD. Pay them enough so they quit their jobs and study football full time all year long. Send them to scouting seminars with America's best personnel guys. Give them access to an analytics department to provide them with good predictive data. Introduce them to, and give them the contact information for, 100 or so college coaches. Show them tape of every D1 college football game. Let them attend the combine. Have them interview players. If they want to fully vet a player, allow them to hire PIs. Give them an annual budget of $3 million or so to make all this happen. And with all that, you have the Bills personnel department. But you are right about the law of diminishing returns. And someone else brought up the idea of collective intelligence. Maybe no one Bills fan can draft better than Beane and his team. But maybe if we put together a team of the 500 smartest Bills draftniks, they could outperform Beane and his staff. I'm open minded to that idea.

Correct, thank you. I confused the 5th Round trade down we did with Green Bay this year with the deal for Chicago's pick next year. I've since updated the post.

First, I did not say it was ideal, but I still think that is how they are going to play them. What the exact mix of positions and players will be is going to be a fascinating aspect to watch with respect to Buffalos offense. It is going to be up to Brady to figure that out, and put the various tools at his disposal in the best positions based on matchups and situations. Second, I think Shakir is a much more versatile player than Beasley ever was. While he might be primarily a slot, he has shown the ability to produce from outside and can be used there some percentage of the time. He is not a Diggs replacement clearly, but that does not exist in the Bills roster nor will it this year.

There are none, but that doesn't mean we should be pursuing that geriatric

So they clearly didn’t want Coleman either, right?

Sabres officially picking at their original #11 I spot in the draft. We didn’t win a top 2 pick but at least we didn’t get pushed down.

What other young and affordable WRs are obtainable at this point?

Hey, what's the commie fist doing there with the pride flag colors? When they tell you that they're commies you best believe them.

Yep. He's a Kansas City Chief, alright. Fitting right in.

This is all white liberal women. They all think this way

31 to be 32 and walks in the door as the best wideout we have

And win rings

Are people here seriously pining for DeAndre Hopkins? Dude's 50 isn't he?

Brown seemed to handle it fairly well too.

No one should care about Claypool, he’s a lottery ticket. I don’t get why people are so strongly against him. If he’s all in the he’ll make the team, if he’s not then he’ll be cut. Simple as that. Guys like OBj and Boyd are WR3’s and weren’t coming to Buffalo to compete for WR4.

But what about St Bonaventure?

That's not a big deal. I mean we all punch photographers. Amirite?

Samuel isn't being written off as a failed deal or won't be used. He's going to get plenty of usage. But if you look at not only where he's found success in this league and what his role has been and the things Beane has said about him since signing him, he's not someone who's going to be used even 50%, let alone more than that on the Outside. Again, on multiple occasions when asked about Samuel and his role, Beane has called him simply "a weapon". Going on to say that when he was "in Carolina, Samuel was in the RB room just as much as the WR Room". Don't get me wrong, he'll get some usage on the Outside. But he isn't someone we're going to Start there or use predominantly there. He's going to be all over the field. Inside, in motion, out of the backfield, and occasionally Outside - depending on packages. He was used on the Inside on 75% of snaps last season. That's where he's found success. You don't just flip that number and play a guy away from where he's become successful. I firmly disagree with Shakir getting plenty of work at both spots. He is a pure Slot. That's his game. He is not an Outside WR. Just because he produced well last season from the Slot doesn't mean we can just put him on the Outside against taller, longer armed, more physical (and generally more talented) CB's and tell him to beat their press and go more vertically. That's not his game. It would be malpractice to take a young player who is developing and succeeding in one position and then say "cool, now do something else". You keep him where he's successful and you continue his development. Like I said, we were able to steal him in the 5th because he was viewed as someone who could only work Inside and when we put him out there for a handful of plays in the Playoffs in a pinch, he wasn't making plays. He's Cole Beasley. Cole had incredible seasons for us out of the Slot. That didn't make us go, "you're a Perimeter WR now".

lol what