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Not surprised, Steff marches to the beat of his own drum. I'm sure he will be in shape, he's a professional. But wherever he goes, drama follows.

Also worth noting that he transferred to Florida state and didn't have hardly any time to acclimate himself to a new system and team and he still scored 11 TD's. Something else that I heard Josh say yesterday was that he characterized Coleman's first day as a player with good route running ability. He almost sounded a little surprised at how well he was running his routes.

I'm not going to speak this theory but to say that Buffalo has "criminally under prioritised" drafting WR's, I think lacks a lot of context. The Bills traded a first to get Stefon Diggs, The Bills used their first draft choice this year to select a WR and last year drafted Kincaid. Kincaid isn't a WR but he's not a traditional TE either, he's quasi WR and TE. The year before that drafted a weapon in Cook who is a good receiving option. The Bills have been decent with their mid round WR picks, Gabe and Shakir look to be very big successes relative to their draft position. Personally, I would have liked for them to select more WR weapons over the past couple years but the Bills have been right there in the hunt and have come very close to making Super Bowls. It was clear that the Bills needed to get more pressure on Mahomes and they swung for the fences and struck out with the Vonn injury. Very good chance that if he hadn't gotten injured that the Bills may have made a SB. The WR room right now hinges a lot on Coleman's success, if he ends up becoming the WR that the Bills hope for then this WR room begins to look a whole lot nicer, specially when you take Kincaid into account. Even if Coleman doesn't do well, I still think that under Brady's offense which I expect to be much more possession-like football, that the Allen will take a leap this year and make the easier passes like he did against the Chiefs in the playoffs. Allen was making all the right choices right up until the very end, which I believe he will learn from that. And I think learning from that is going to play perfectly into what sort of offense they will run this year. Maybe Kincaid will turn into an ALL PRO TE. That isn't without the realm, I think there was enough that we saw out of him this past year to at least be optimistic of how high his ceiling could reach.

You know what the Chiefs and Patriots, arguably the two most dominant football dynasties of the 2000's have had in common? They won most of their championships without top tier WR's. The Patriots best wideouts in their Superbowl dynasty wins was probably Julian Edelman. What followed him was very meh, but they did have a great tight end in Gronk. The Chiefs, aside from the one year they had Tyreek, the past two Super bowls was JuJu Smith and a rookie Rasheed Rice. They also have had a not too shabby TE in Kelce. This clearly proves that it's not necessary to have dominant receivers to win. You just need smart, heady guys who can make catches and to have a bigtime elite QB who can make the right decisions when it counts most.

Not to mention he had a TD catch in the Superbowl. No doubt his season was mired with drops but when it mattered he came through for them.

MVS was/is my top realistic FA WR pickup for this offseason. I’ve been wrong before but I highly doubt the Bills will look to get themselves back into the cap situation they were in when they had Diggs. This is a reset year and the valuable resources will be bet on youth. MVS is the money ball play, he would be cheap would fill a need in stretching defenses vertically and he checks the boxes in terms of value. He would instantly be the #4 WR in the team. I hope they get him. Then the last major area they would need to address is the safety, right now there are only 3 viable safeties on the team, need to get another border line starting quality safety added to the roster.

He was effective in the playoffs

Last year it was Bernard, Spencer Brown, Oliver, Cook and Shakir especially towards the end of the season. There are so many Bills players that are at that age or stage in the careers where we could see that jump. As noted by the OP, if Shakir can take another leap that will go a long way in helping this team. If Milano can come back to form or Von Miller. Elam, Kincaid, Torrence, Rousseau and Epenesa are all players who could be primed to have a jump in production.

He just plucks those passes out of the air so effortlessly. Thats a great trait to have at the WR spot

This is just tantalizing

Virtually 0 risk vs. low to mid potential of reward I'm good with it.

I think Dez Bryant is another good comp. Also, more data to show his game day speed

The more I see and read about Davis the more stoked I am to have him on this team. He has enough speed to break big runs, he has really good vision, his feet and quickness are exceptional is able to make great cuts and the way he runs has elements of Isiah Pacheco in that he relishes contact and is able to effectively break tackles and fall forward. The guy is 5’9 nearly 220 lbs, he’s going to be very tough to bring down on a 1 v 1 if you have that got-to-have 1 yard run. Plus he’s an excellent receiver from the backfield and instantly becomes the best blocking RB on the roster. His addition instantly upgrades the offense and shows the continued commitment that Brady wants. He’s going to get a lot of playing time, I suspect early on he will be the #2 back and I could actually see him getting as many carries and touches as Cook by the end of the season.

Not gonna lie, never heard of the guy before but based off his production, highlight reels, long arms and that he was all time sack leader of Troy that produced 2 very good pro Defensive ends, I’m excited to see what he can do

Ty Johnson, Ray Davis and Cook will all be used in the regular rotation in carrying the ball. All 3 are also able to catch the ball from the backfield giving flexibility. Ray Davis will be used in short yardage situations plus he instantly becomes the best pass blocking back. His addition is a net positive to this team and adds a couple skill sets that previously wasn’t there.

Anquan Boldin ran a 4.71 40 time Here are what scouts, coaches and GM’s said about him before he was drafted: Here are comments on Boldin from 16 talent evaluators leading up to his 2003 NFL draft: Scout: Cocky. Catches everything. Scout II: Tenacious after the catch. Scout III: Great athletic ability but can’t run. Fits into a power, West Coast-offense. Third round. Personnel director: Great quickness and RAC (run-after-catch). He looks like Andre Rison on tape. I knew his speed was suspect but his first step quickness is better than most. Excellent hands and a tough, tough guy. Personnel director II: If he ran a 4.45, he’d be a mid-first rounder. Wide receiver coach: Can’t run. But put his tapes on and all he does is make plays. Early third round if you need a possession guy. Offensive coordinator: Like the way he plays. He’s a football player and doesn’t play slow. Head coach: Good player but he’ll be lucky to go in the first day. Head coach II: A winner. Didn’t run well but someone’s going to get a steal. General manager: How many 6-0, 215-pound, 4.65 wide receivers make it? Third round. General manager II: Second day. Can’t run. Good but not great receiver at Florida State. General manager III: Just watch the tape. If you loved him in the fall, why hate him this winter based on his workout? Second round. He’s Hines Ward but more physical. General manager IV: Everyone loves the way he plays. That’s got to account for something. May be the best of all of ‘em after the catch. Makes the first guy miss. Second round. General manager IV: Bottom of the second round. General manager VI: If you take him, put him in the slot and disregard his track time. Good player, good athlete. It’s tough to overlook his speed. But when push comes to shove and you start factoring in the football players, you’ve got to take him over some of these projects. I’d rather have him in the third round than reach for a (Taylor) Jacobs in the first.

Early in the process I was not in favor of Keon because of his inability to separate at a high level, I saw some of the other receiving metrics and they weren’t impressive as well. Then at the moment of the 40 time I was completely against wanting the Bills to consider him. Then I saw him run the gauntlet and the speed he ran through that exercise and the ease of how he was plucking those balls opened up my interest again and I began looking into him a little more. - He ran the fastest gauntlet over the last two years - Analytics showed his game day timed speed of running routes was faster than most receivers - His drop rate was very low showing that he has elite hands - His RAS score is a 9.23 which means overall despite the slower timed combine 40 speed shows he’s a great athlete. - His pro day 40 time was a 4.53 which is good for his size - You watch him on film and he definitely does not look slow. - His body control and ability to contort his body and adjust for passes shows he’s agile for size. He has great ability to make the contested catches - He’s a fluid athlete not a stiff upright runner, has various highlights of hurdling defenders - He was chosen to return punts and led the team in bubble screens which means the team values his athletic ability - He played for two good programs in back to back years meaning he didn’t have a lot of time to adjust to his new team and get familiar with them. - Last three games were without their star QB and as a result his production was down skewing his analytics. Context matters, remember how people just looked at Josh Allen’s completion percentage and formed judgements solely off that? - Great infectious attitude and hard worker, all his teammates love him - Decent route runner, not elite but doesn’t have a limited route tree like some chosen ahead of him - Really good physical blocker He has some shortcomings but he’s very strong in some areas and he’s young. I expect that he will probably not have tons of targets as a rookie but I do believe he will be valuable for the team early on. He will be used as a blocker which is important to this offense, he will be used in the red zone and on some deeper passes specially when defenses bring 6 and 7 rushers where I suspect he will have opportunities to make plays.

He’s a physical freak

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It goes both ways, trading up for Sammy Watkins set back this franchise when we swung and missed on that pick.