WhitewalkerInPhilly

I could if the player was a true 3 down pocket disruptor like a prime Fletcher Cox and that's what I hoped we'd get in Grant But you're right that if what we want is a 2 gapping run stuffed so Oliver, Groot and Bosa can tee off then there are still options to be had

I will be irrationally upset to make the board normal again! *Ahem* I'm not in love with it. I don't think CB was the dire need people have painted it, and I would have much preferred someone in the trenches. That said, DL was pretty picked over and Golden & Starks were gone. With a major drop on CBs, Hairston is probably darn close to BPA and *does* fill *a* need, even if it's not as critical as I think some believe it to be. That said, a three way battle of Hairston-Tre-Dane for the CB2-4 rankings seems to make is one of the deepest CB groups in the league

Ehh

Pick is in

Here we go boys

RB? Ok 2 running backs in the 1st?

Damn no 1st round DT

Golden, Harmon and Starks I saw as likely 15-20 picks and still no CB. Someone good is going to be close to 30

Has a single dedicated DB gone yet? There's some opportunity if the trend holds for a bit

Nooooo were going to get into the pick count debate again! Run you fools run!

I mean it just begs to have "funny that's what I had to say to (target's loved one) last night"

If I wanted an aging CB with a recent injury history I would sign Tre White *checks board* Oh welcome back Tre!

I think the Bills take a CB with one of their first 3 picks and Beane is a wizard at late round finds. But there is a CB depth problem through the entire NFL. Levi Wallace and Dane Jackson at CB2 is the norm not the exception. Why not kick the tires

Completely agree. I have come to grudgingly respect that he has some brilliant play designs. He gets the most out of players there and he has some brilliant offensive players. But managing a team? Vic Fangio got the boot only to one year later but on a dominating defensive outing against the Chiefs in the Superbowl. Managing a roster? The team is incredibly top heavy on aging vets and players with injury concerns. They are bottom five on cap for 2025 at the moment. But damningly the man has Andy Reid syndrome when it comes to playcalling. I keep going back to the regular season finale in 2023 with the division on the line. He had Mostert and Achane line up in the backfield and had Tua effectively run a read option to do a pop handoff. With the Bills playing back to limit Hill and Waddle the Bills were gashed on the ground. It was exploiting an inherent weakness to our lighter middle and deep safeties . And then he stopped calling it. He kept Tua slinging it even as the game was never out of hand. And Tua kept forcing it and got picked off to deal the game

I truly and honestly think Sanders is only getting this amount of buzz bevause of his dad. Otherwise likely a day 2 pick

Yeah that's where I am. Do I think Milton is going to set the league on fire? Lol no Do I think he's an entertaining project who has an outside chance of sticking around? Maybe. And for the low low cost he's locked in for, what are you getting better for in 5th rounder?

Look if he wants to come back on the cheap I will happily have him back to compete with a rookie, Jackson and Ingram

Why would he do that he already owns them

As much as I wanted a big free agency splash, tying up 4/5 of the draft picks we hit on and locking them in under market rate is a strong long term move. We will see about Cook. If anything, there is the franchise tag

I'm not going to make grand promises about the guy but he looks like the kind of player McDermott has made look good. I try to remember that Hyde and Porter weren't some superstar acquisitions. They were solid journeymen who shone paired together in the scheme.

They already had paid out a signing bonus so I think that amount will still be applied

That is why I never freak out at the initial numbers. It's always "up to" and there are so many ways to get outs. It looks like it's a two year deal that effectively can be kicked to three if we want and then if things are going well but the Bills in a prime re-signing window. If it's a flop, the Bills are quickly through the worst of it. You can critique Beane's player evaluations at times but his contract structuring is top notch

I mean Jesus On one hand, I wish I had those players. On the other, Burrow is going to leave the field on an ambulance while his D gives up 40 a game

Jeez I knew he's not popular but the response is more dire than I thought. I dont think anyone is mistaking him for a perennial Pro Bowler but if you go around the league a lot of CB2s look like Dane Jackson. Do I suspect that he'll be fighting for playing time? Absolutely. I suspect that Beane is taking a CB in the first half of the draft and I liked what I saw of Ja'Marcus Ingram in limited time last year. But he's enough of a known quantity that Beane doesn't feel pressured thats he NEEDS to get a Week 1 starter and has to repeat the Elam mistake

Honestly I see this as insurance against another "gotta take a CB oh ***** we got jumped and took the guy we liked let's try this Elam guy" scenario