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It’s painfully obvious that Those who claimed that Ladd is just a slot guy were typecasting him as such. Dude can ball out no matter where he lines up.

The deal was inevitable and it's a good fair valued deal for both sides. Buffalo retains their playmaker and Cook gets the financial security he wanted at fair market value. It's not an over or underpay. Bills had to get a deal done and they had the leverage the entire time. You just don't let playmakers leave your organization and Cook is without doubt the 2nd best skilled offensive player behind Josh Allen. Glad the deal got done!

Could Beane have handled that better by not sounding as defensive as he did? Absolutely. Honestly, I really don't care because substantively speaking he is 100% correct. What he said is exactly what I have been arguing with on this board for months. People clamoring to the point of obsession to get a WR, as if it was anywhere near the biggest need on this team. He basically said the exact same things I have been saying which is that the offense has been historically playing at an elite level, and people still obsess that we need a WR over defense. It is borderline asinine. It's ludicrous and makes no logical sense whatsoever.

You keep at it until you fix it. If their defensive picks aren't panning out then I think its time to upgrade your scouting department and talent evaluators on that side of the ball. No successful organization in any vertical just decides to throw in the towel because what they had been doing in a certain sector wasn't working. They look to continuously address it and if that means that management needs to be reassessed then so be it. As well as the Bills offense played last year in both the regular season and playoffs is about as good as you can reasonably hope for. Josh Palmer will probably be a lateral replacement for what Amari did with the Bills this past season. However, I think it is very reasonable to expect growth and better production from Kincaid and Coleman. Samuels started to come along as the season progressed. Barring significant injuries, I think you could see the Bills come close to replicating what they did last year and if they do that then it's an absolute home run.

Is the WR group one of the weakest in the NFL? Most likely not but it’s debatable. What isn’t debatable is that the Bills have one of the two best offenses in the NFL and has consistently been at the top year after year. The offense is in great shape for 2025, that’s not in dispute. Where this team lacks is on defense and I have been arguing on this board for the past 3 months that the vast majority of resources should be spent on the defense and that is exactly what they have done. So I’m over the moon with the allocation of resources towards the defense. Now it’s just a matter of whether or not the resources allocated are going to pan out.

If someone would have told me that the composition of this draft was going to be CB, DT, DE and DT with the first four picks I don’t think I would have been happier. Just hope they turn out to be good players.

He's not a 1 technique, and it's not about the size. It all boils down to whether or not he will be a good player or not.

Ok, but that wasn't exactly Buffalo's main problem. Buffalo ranked 28th in the NFL on Third downs and dead last in the NFL on 3rd and 7's or longer. Buffalo's main problem on defense were third downs.

Some of the takes on Sanders in this thread are uninformed. I keep reading he's an Ed Oliver type, first off we would be lucky to get another Ed Oliver but with that said his comp isn't Ed Oliver. Ed Oliver is 6'1, Sanders is 6'4. Second, I keep reading that he's another typical smallish DT. That's flat out false. He's a much bigger man who played at 300 this past year and was 305 for his Pro Day. He very likely will be playing at 305-310. 6'4 at 305-310 is a good sized DT. If you look at Philadelphia's line, it's mainly comprised of guys who are not that large who are getting lots of pressure. That is Buffalo's archtype which is the same as Philadelphia's. The main difference is the guys they have drafted have gone on to have better careers than the ones the Bills have. I don't know if Sanders will turn out to be a good player but that is who they targeted and he is by no stretch a smallish DT. He's actually a large 3 technique DT.

I think what matters most is if he will end up being a good player or not. Doesn’t matter as much that we have other 3 techniques, if he plays well he will get a lot of playing time.

A few things: - They traded up for him. Meaning the Bills wanted him, they didn’t settle for him. Doesn’t mean he will be a good pick but they went and got their guy. - He’s not a guy who plays in his 280’s. He got that low to have better workout numbers. He will be more of a 300-310 in the pros. - This is a deep draft for DT’s. There are still 5-6 other 1 techniques that are available and could end up being quality run stuffers in the NFL. I suspect the Bills will get one with one of their next 3 picks.

I don’t know, is that good? It seems good