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I think the Bills look to make their “splash” pick with a safety before the draft. Then pick up some additional players through FA after the draft.

I don’t believe that was Cosell’s picks on that screen. I believe it was from a different source. He was not thrilled about Coleman but loved Mitchell and this shows the reverse.

I’m a proponent of teams keeping their powder dry when they don’t have their franchise QB in place. However, they most likely will draft their QB this year and if I were their GM, I’d look to shore up their O line and get a good FA WR along with some other character fits. I wouldn’t look to blow it all at once. The FA’s they pick look to have higher cap hits in the first year or two so that they don’t have to maneuver as much in a few years if indeed they did get their QB through the draft

It all evens out, the players who were going to declare will eventually declare and in many cases they will be a more mature and polished product. If the rate of declares from underclassmen is stable, then it doesn't matter the same amount of good prospects will be unaffected within a couple years.

I get the sense that McD wants to move the defense to having more man coverage schemes. I think they saw what happened with Philly the year before last and Baltimore and KC this year and are seeing that with the right players these schemes can make it very difficult on offenses, especially when you incorporate blitz packages.

Absolutely! We all know that winning the Superbowl would be the pinnacle of many of our lives when it comes to entertainment. Not reaching that moment obviously has been a pain point for many of us. With that said, the amount of joy and entertainment that Josh has provided to me has been tremendous, it's been a pleasure watching Josh, our MF'ing QB do things that no other QB on this planet can do. Not just in the wins that he has afforded us but how he has done it which arguably is the most entertaining QB we have seen in our lifetimes. I'm appreciative that we are able to experience this and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

I like the idea of being a heavy 12 formation team, but Knox's contract is too rich. I think they should look to restructure and somehow incorporate a cut within that structure. You could look to extend it by a year or two and have those years be very low payout years and spread out the cap hit. Or they could just ask for him to take a pay cut and restructure. I think Knox would go along with some variation of a pay cut and restructure.

Thank you Gabe! Lots of great, huge memorable moments. Too bad we couldn't cash in that incredible game against the Chiefs with something even bigger. With that said, we aren't in a cap situation to be able to afford what he will get in the open market which will be north of $10M+ a year, plus I also don't believe he is the kind of guy the Bills need right now.

Agree with the restructuring of Allen, McGovern, Milano and Bates. Add Oliver to this list Agree with extending Dawkins, Douglass and T. Johnson Possibly Morse Ask for pay cut from - Knox, Harty and White Cut from team - If White doesn't take pay cut, cut him, cut Hines Leave as is - Diggs and Miller (You only restructure guys you are fairly certain that will be with you the following year and neither in my view are certain) Re-sign - D. Jones, Edwards, Ty Johnson, Epenesa and Dane Jackson (Possibly RAPP if they don't pick one up in FA) External FA positions to heavily consider: Safety, DE, IDL and WR.

I'm thinking the Bills right off the bat in FA pick up a safety, DT and WR. Then they will address safety, DT, DE, WR and OL through the draft and pick up a couple other players after the draft to fill in the roster.

That's bull####. The Bills have beaten a lot of good teams, the last two games in the playoffs against the Chiefs could have gone either way. There was definitely some bad juju and luck. If the Bills don't give up the 13 seconds or even for that matter the bad luck of a loss of a coin flip in that game or this last game, if Jones gets to Josh Allen 10/100's of a second the game very likely ends differently or even just having Bernard play that game it most likely is a different ending. The point is that the Bills are right there, they have been dominant and they have been the toughest challengers to the Chiefs over the past 2 years in the league. This bitching and moaning that the Bills are so far off and that they need to completely retool is preposterous. No wholesale changes need to be made, they are right freaking there, surround Josh with more playmakers through this draft, get a couple solid Defensive contributors and the Bills will be right there again next season.

The OP in his own way makes a good point. The great ones have that special sort of pettiness and anger to them to help fuel themselves and their teammates in the big games. I have seen Mahomes, Brady, Manning and Jordan all go over to their teammates and completely unloaded on them. Whether you agree with it or not, that is what they do. Josh, even though he is ultra competitive he is also Mr. Nice guy with his own teammates. I think he needs to not so much change who he is, but if a player does something wrong and it's a big game, then he needs to let them know. Put some fire behind it, show that Killer instinct. This isn't an overreaction, I've had this view of Josh for a couple years now and I think that is the last piece that Josh is missing. Sometimes, you have to put Mr. Nice guy to the side and hold your teammates accountable, even if that means getting into heated sideline moments.

No offense man, but this sort of analysis drives me crazy because it's not rooted in anything resembling reality. The Bills have defeated the Chiefs in the last 3 regular season games, which they take very seriously. The Bills have lost the last two games against the Chiefs in the playoffs literally one by a coin flip and the other where if Chris Jones just gets in 10/100's of a second later on the 2nd and 9 the Bills would most likely win. The Bills are right freaking there, there don't have to be wholesale changes or anything of the sort, those games could have gone either way. Not to mention if we had been just a teeny bit more healthy, the Bills most likely win. The Bills are extremely close to being able to win it all, just need to execute a hair better and we beat the Chiefs. I have very little doubt that the Bills will defeat the Chiefs in the playoffs at least a couple times in the next 5-8 years. As long as the Bills have a health Josh Allen, the window is open.

The Patriots never really irked me because we were never even close to being anything resembling competitive against them. Contrary to many fans on this boards thinking we are truly right there with the Chiefs. We won the last 3 regular season games and the last two playoff games were literally coin flip games. Could have gone either way. The Bills are on the cusp and we are on the cusp because we have Josh Allen. I have every confidence that we will end up beating the Chiefs in the playoffs at least a couple times over the next 5-10 years.

All this bed wetting from some of our fans. You whine as if we are miles away when in fact both our last two losses against KC the game could have gone either way. The Bills are on the cusp of getting over the hump. Also, the main core players will still be here for the Bills next year, we have 3 new players on offense who broke out, Shakir/Cook/Kincaid. That should give fans a lot of hope, get another playmaker through the draft and a couple other solid picks on defense and this team will be ready to take the #1 spot barring significant injuries.

The Bills are right there. No need to overanalyze, the Bills last two losses to the chiefs were coin flip games, could have gone either way. Just keep surrounding Josh with talent and the Bills will eventually beat them and be on par with them.

I think he has shown he can be a highly effective back 15-20 touches a game and the other backs should get around 8-12 touches. obviously the concentration drops were killers and he will have to get that cleaned up. I also think he hit a wall the last 4-5 games. I think his body wore down as he never had that many touches since he was probably in high school.

Combines are going to be absolutely huge for him. If he somehow manages to run in the 4.4's he will be a first rounder.

He’s so smooth

Of course I’m not nearly as privy as the scouts to who can do what, but based off what I’ve seen, I don’t know if I’m sold on Legette. His size and speed is incredibly attractive, but his route running is meh, he has struggled to separate in the senior bowl and has a very short track record of good production. At this stage you would be largely drafting him on potential. And aside from Franklin who may not be there when we draft, I don’t see any other explosive possibilities worth the 28 pick aside from Worthy. However I am beginning to really like McConkey, dude played for a top team, has several years of good production and is a tremendous route running technician who is really twitchy who can separate. I just get the feeling he is going to end up being a #1. He reminds me a little bit of Diggs. I just don’t want to miss and I think McConkey has one of the highest floors in the draft at the WR position.

I’ve been thinking this quite a bit lately: What happens if there is a prospect available who is a great route runner, who is pretty twitchy, decent speed that can separate that is rated higher than the top explosive down the field prospect? I think you go with the higher rated prospect than the ideal explosive player.

I think he knows he didn’t play well at the end and that the Bills were still winning and that was his self-defense mechanism talking there, casting doubts whether or not the Bills would retain him. He will very likely still be a Bill through 2024.

Joe Brady will get to have the entire off season to design plays for this offense, this past season he didn’t have “his” plays for this offense to execute under his vision and they still executed pretty well. Joe will need to figure out a way to get Diggs in positions to win. Diggs will go into the season as WR #1. Diggs will need to perform like a #1 WR this next season specially when it matters or he will most likely be cut before the 2025 season.

Preferably, I would rather have the Bills draft a blue chip WR prospect who can blow coverages off the top. Tremendous speed with track record of production. Such as a Franklin, Worthy and possibly Legette. Legette worries me a bit because he is unrefined and has only one season of good production but that size/speed/build combo is appealing. I would also like to see the Bills use another early to mid rounder on a WR who is a twitchy, polished route running technician who can separate and this draft seems primed to have a number of those sort of potential prospects. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a number of day 2 and 3 picks who go on to be very good receivers in this league. We just have to hit on those picks.

Is there anyone seriously criticizing Joe Brady's gameplan and how Allen was executing it. It was nearly flawless, there may have been a couple run calls that I would have dialed something in differently in the 4th quarter and in hindsight maybe Josh should have passed the ball to a crossing Diggs but it's less than a handful of plays and even so, Josh was looking to see if that play would develop to Shakir and it did and unfortunately Jones got just enough of Allen to not be able to throw that ball accurately to Shakir. Yes, you could argue that the situational awareness for Allen should have been to throw the immediate open guy in Diggs to run down the clock but he was looking to take the lead. Brady and Allen both were an A + and neither were the problem.