thebandit27

Wow...Vernon and Myles Garrett together...yikes. Imagine if they end up getting Jeffrey Simmons in the draft--that's a heckuva scary DL

Yup

I can't decide if you're obfuscating, or if you really need help seeing the point here, but I'll assume it's the latter: The point is quite clear: if a rookie with a horrendous OL can manage to get 22 catches/400 yards/3 TDs out of an undrafted rookie in 1/3 of a season, what could he get from a bona fide WR1 in a full season? Can't spell it out much clearer than that.

To me, it certainly looked to be by design. I mean, take a look at their offseason prior to 2018: - Let Amendola walk in FA - Trade Brandin Cooks - Let Nate Solder (a pass-blocking OT) walk in FA - Sign Jeremy Hill in FA - Trade for Trent Brown (a run-blocking OT) - Draft an OT with their top pick - Draft a RB with their other first-rounder

As well they should be...they have picks, cap room, and a young QB. Go get a bona fide WR1.

How about "we have a QB that managed to eek 22 receptions, 400 yards, and 3 TDs from an UDFA over the final 6 games of the season; imagine what he could do with you"

Nope. Look, players have preferences for where they want to go, but different players have different priorities. Believe me, when players visit One Bills Drive as a FA, they don't leave thinking "oh man, I don't want to play there". And agents have no problem communicating that to their players. That's one of the nice things about the Pegulas--they've made the facilities a major attraction. I still think that they should upgrade that abomination of a visitor's locker room so that they don't have that hurdle to clear though.

Yes, I realize that, but the Pats' entire model for winning last year was run-first. That's all.

Gee, ya think?

Looks like he's a goner either way:

To be fair, the Super Bowl champions had the 3rd-most rushing attempts per game in the entire league last year, and actually had the most rushing attempts per game in the playoffs. In the AFC Championship game, they ran the ball 48 times to KC's 12. In the Super Bowl, they rushed 32 times to LA's 18.

Might be an option if they strike out elsewhere. You'd be taking on a one-year deal worth $4.9M against the cap, but he's 31 years old and coming off of 3 injury-riddled seasons. He's played in 25 of the team's last 48 games.

Devin White is their new Shazier? Makes sense. I actually think that White may not make it to 9. There's rumors that both Tampa and Detriot really like him.

My speculation all along was that an AB-to-Buffalo trade would be AB+pick 20 to Buffalo for pick 9 and a 4th

As for a day 3 WR target, Toledo's Diontae Johnson matches what Beane and McDermott have looked for in a WR: versatile, great YAC ability, smart, competitive...wouldn't surprise me at all if he ends up a 4th or 5th round pick for this team.

Like I said earlier: Philly wanted him last year after Ajayi went down, so it wouldn't surprise me if they were in the mix now as well.

It's completely possible. The team has $70M+ in cap space, and about $10M of that is allocated to the draft pool. Assuming that they want to carry $10M in space into the season for signings, extensions, etc., that leaves about $50M in contract AAV that they can hand out. Because they have over $100M in cap space for 2020, they don't really have to hold back on loading up either year 1 or 2 with guaranteed money. So what would it look like to sign all 3 guys? Suppose Paradis gets a market-based increase on Ryan Jensen's deal; that would be something like 4 years, $48M with $26 guaranteed. Figure it's a $10M signing bonus and guaranteed base salaries of $8M in both 2019 and 2020. Cap hit for 2019 is $10.5M. Let's equate Saffold with TJ Lang, who signed at close to the same age. That would put him somewhere around 3 years, $33M, with $22M guaranteed. Call it a $9M signing bonus and guaranteed base salaries of $6M and $7M in 2019 and 2020, respectively. 2019 cap hit would be $9M. Williams' closest comparable is probably Ricky Wagner. With some market escalation and a premium for a 2nd-team All Pro selection, let's put Williams at 5 years, $55M, with $30M guaranteed. $10M signing bonus and guaranteed base salaries of $10M in 2019 and 2020. Cap hit for 2019 works out to $12M. That's a total cap hit of $31.5M for 2019...so, in effect, the team would have all 3 in the fold and still have $18.5M that they can spend on contracts without having to worry about saving space for signing draft picks or carrying cap space into the season. The cap hits for all 3 for 2020 would be $32.5M; very manageable.

I don't. I do know that DJ has said that Decosta will want to move down; I have no idea if he mentioned NE or Philly. Wouldn't surprise me though...of all the analysts out there, I seem to share the most in common with DJ when it comes to player evaluations, so not surprised if he and I think alike on this issue as well.

Watch Baltimore's pick at 22...Decosta is probably going to move down from that spot, and I could easily see NE jumping up to get Campbell. If not, Philly would make a ton of sense since they have nothing behind Jeffery (assuming Agholor is let go).

That's insanity. Maybe Jeff Heuerman isn't looking so bad as a FA pickup

I don't see Campbell making it to round 2. Guys that have his speed and football character typically go in round 1. That said, he'd be a great fit for Buffalo and the organization

You clearly don't pay attention if you think that (a) I don't criticize Bills' players or draft picks and (b) I don't watch these kids in college. You made a dubious claim and got called on it. No need to double down by making yourself look worse

My top-10 non-QBs: N. Bosa Q. Williams J. Allen D. White E. Oliver C. Wilkins J. Taylor R. Gary J. Jacobs J. Simmons (though he's off my board because he's an idiot off the field)

Really? https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bills-release-kelvin-benjamin-just-over-a-year-after-trading-two-draft-picks-for-him/

Not to me--he's a 7-year vet that's started 64/64 games in the last 4 seasons, and played at a very high level. A 3rd round pick is a relative bargain for a known commodity, especially since Buffalo would be inheriting zero guaranteed money.