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They brought in another more athletic vet with some experience in Forrest and draft Bishop in round 2 last year. They even threw another mid-late round pick at it too. My hope is that we don't see Hamlin much because someone else took the job. But Hamlin isn't tragic either. He's sound, a solid tackler, and knows where to go and be. He is just limited athletically so he doesn't have the best range. He's a guy that doesn't screw up a lot but can be beat by smarter more athletic players. But he also is a quality backup and willing to play special teams so he's tremendous value on his cheap contract I actually don't mind seeing him come back next year on a cheap deal?

I do think KC will be as lucky in one score games and I do think that there is also some concern about their defense and wear and tear from making 3 Super Bowl runs. But I think their defense had 3 picks added to it in the first 3 rounds and Simmons along the offensive line could make an impact. I think KC is always formidable I think they win at a minimum 12 games and take a top 3 seed. Their defense if they don't get a big impact from 2-3 of their rookies could see some regression but their offense with the addition of Simmons possibly giving them a good or at least capable LT, Rice being back, Worthy in year 2 could be more of a weapon if healthy, Kelce is still there and could still produce, and there's a lot of veteran options at WR with Brown and Ju Ju neither scaring me all that much but each could have a game or two being highly productive. KC is still the team to beat in the AFC but I am hoping the Bills offense picks up right where it left off and the defense with the draft and free agency additions take a step up.

KC looks loaded again this year but their division looks to be more formidable with the Broncos looking like a legit tough out and the Chargers are well coached with solid talent. The Raiders this year should be less of a mess too. I think KC got a good pick in Simmons which should help their offensive line and they are getting Rice back when his presumed suspension is done. But I think it would be almost poetic that the Bills knock KC out of the playoffs and keep them from winning 4 straight AFC titles.

I think the Bills attempted to get bigger and more physical along the defensive line to matchup against the Ravens and KC much better. The Bills 2024 D-line while not small and not terrible against the run did have issues against bigger nastier offensive lines during the regular season. Walker is a mountain of a man but they also brought in Larry O who while not a massive player is known to be a good run defender as he has aged into his career. Joey Bosa is also considered an elite edge run defenders and Jackson is a big dude off the edge as well. Hoecht is also a bigger edge defender with a lot of versatility. Sanders is smaller but was known as a good run defender in college. The D-line is less likely to get pushed around this season than it was last season.

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Most WR's who become full ***** heads usually attempt to behave during their rookie contracts. Once they get paid their destructive behavior escalates. But Bond doesn't seem to be able to keep it together to even get drafted. He just won't make it because while he was a capable on field talent well worthy of getting drafted somewhere in the 3-5 round range if not a little higher if he was clean off the field and tested better he also isn't some sort of generational talent that teams would be very willing to give second, third, and fourth chances to. Simply put he's earned nothing at the NFL level and is imploding before he even gets a chance which means he's never gonna be able to handle it.

The Bills after letting Pat Williams foolishly walk and then Sam Adams getting washed the Bills had a massive need for a run stuffing DT and Ngata was right there. One of the top DT's in the draft who fit the mold of what the Bills needed. The Bills could have in 2006 stabilized the interior of both sides of the ball with Mangold and Ngata and instead wound up with a decent safety and a bust DT...

The drought era Bills were just depressing to watch. Say what you will about Beane but even if you don't like his moves they at least make sense. 2022 this team was coming off having massive interior offensive line issues. They go out in 2023 and they sign Connor McGovern a starting caliber guard, they take a chance on David Edwards as a veteran reclamation project to add depth, and they draft what many consider to be the best pure guard in the draft in Torrence. The Bills in drought era would have signed two low end guards and drafted a player in round 5 and called it a day spending a 2nd round pick on a safety or some other lesser area of need. The Spiller pick and trading away Lynch is the most incomprehensible move of the drought. The whole 2010 draft set the Bills back 3-4 years because they could have in round 1 drafted an offensive linemen they were so desperate (Mike Iupati or Pouncey even Anthony Davis was productive for several seasons) and then taken Gronk in round 2 while still having Lynch in the backfield. The only draft that was worse was possibly 2006 where they could have had Ngata and Mangold and instead came up with Whitner and McCargo.

Well thankfully Josh's career isn't over yet? Keep the faith Josh's time will come...

I do think Jackson was viewed likely as someone that might need a year to develop despite enormous physical tools and potential. I think many teams drafting in round 1-2 and early round 3 are probably looking at getting prospects they feel are more likely to contribute in year one while also having higher end potential. Also you get GM's drafting to keep their jobs wanting a guys that are more likely to contribute right away so they can win an extra couple of games to keep their jobs or at least have a chance to. When reading about Landon it seemed like the consensus was that while he needed development he had a very high ceiling. I think most reports prior to the draft had him going in the mid 2nd to mid 3rd round range which he fell to the lower end of that range being the 8th pick of round 3. I also think the Bills don't have a dramatic need to draft a DE that's gonna contribute right away. They have Groot and AJE as young vets and they signed Bosa and Hoecht that's 4 starting or high rotation caliber players at DE. So they could afford to take a chance on a guy in round 3 as they could see if he can take on a back end rotation role and develop longer term.

The Bills need to get 3 good years out of him for the contract to have good value which I think is very possible. After that you get to 2028 where you can rework his deal or let him play out his age 29 season and then figure out the rest on the backend.

Early returns on Landon is not so great, his camp has been fairly average not hearing much either way about him which is usually a sign a player is playing OK not standing out one way or the other. Pre-season game 1 he looked lost out there which is not a good sign, although I always wonder what guys are "working on" in pre-season and maybe just nerves? Hoping he shows out more in the pre-season but if he needs a year to develop while that's not ideal that's not exactly unheard of either.

Looking at Spotrc seems like this is a deal that will keep Cook locked in this and next season with a heavy penalty if they want to get out after 2026 (11.3 million dead cap on a 13 million dollar cap number) the contract becomes a more palatable out in 2028 when its an 8 million dollar dead cap hit against a 13.5 million dollar cap number and an easy out in 2029 when the dead cap is just 4.7 million. All in all it's a fair end for both sides and kind of what we thought it was (a 3-4 year commitment). Go Bills.

In front of a bad IOL and an OK but not as great as they were on paper set of skill position players he still showed a lot of talent in his rookie year. With the IOL immensely beefed up (traded for an All Pro vet guard, signed the best center on the free agency market, and traded for another long time IOL starter from the Rams) and a pair of pass catchers drafted up high they have the collection of talent for Williams to be successful. It is just more so can the coaching put in place a system for Williams that caters to his abilities or not?

I could see that being the case, the first two rounds were pretty good while outside of Puca I am not seeing too many great finds in round 3-7. Still harder to tell on mid-late round guys after just two seasons. Odds are if you are drafted outside the top 3 rounds you need some development that could take 3-4 years before those players are ready to take on starting roles. Of course I am not always familiar with each draft pick esp once you get deeper into the draft so it is possible that in their first two seasons a lot of these players are maybe starting or playing smaller roles well just not putting up big numbers or accolades? I also assumed that because in 2023 the roster was littered with veterans and not many open spots for draft picks that the Bills pretty much only had 3 major needs going into the draft (2nd pass catcher, Guard, and LB depth) so with 6 picks it was going to be hard to roster all 6 picks and while you could maybe "IR and stash" one player as they did with Shorter that isn't easy to do with 3 players. So it was smart for them to trade down and pick up selections in 2024 when they probably were projecting a lot of turnover on the roster to try to get younger and in a better cap situation. A pair of extra late round picks in the following draft was a smart piece of business.