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In 2022 and 2023 when D.Jones was out there and healthy as a dominant run stuffing pocket collapsing DT the defense was completely different and much more dominant. I doubt Walker is gonna come in his rookie year and be that. But if they can patchwork something with an older an older Jones and Walker rotating in maybe that’s the difference they need?

Its all people got to do.

Reminds me of when in 2023 the Bills after the draft didn’t hit edge rusher as a need and signed Leonard Floyd. Bills likely just didn’t like what fell to them at WR so they are now in the market for a veteran makes sense. Moore reminds me of MVS last year, vet burner type but Moore is a bit younger than MVS.

The league is so starved for offensive line play that it’s gonna be hard for him to clear waivers. He’s right now competing with Green for the 10th offensive line spot. If they feel like he’s not ready maybe they find a way to IR him for a season and get him to pesudo redshirt

Typo I made the edit. He’s a better blocker than Morris but not as good a pass catcher

Are people really thinking Hairston is short? Corners on average range between 5 foot 10 and 6 feet so Hairston seems to be right in that range.

Bills got that niche TE3 with some upside. Much more of a blocker than Morris but not that great a pass catcher but has some traits as a receiver. Viewed as the best blocking TE in the draft so getting him for a 5th round pick is not bad at all. Bills had a lot of niche roles open and they filled one with a 5th rounder. Solid piece of business.

Hoping he can step into the Smoot role this season, and then in years 2-3 develop into a monster DE. But he definitely adds more physicality to the defensive line which is much needed.

I am thinking the Bills probably feel like the back injury held him back in 2024 and that proper rehab is gonna help him get back to his 2023 form where he was a much more dominant player. I think they feel like a return to health and a NFL strength and conditioning could sure up his lower body. Not too many men on the planet are that size.

Oliver is a very good player, you could argue has he been good enough for a top 10 pick but let’s not pretend Oliver isn’t a good player. The Lions had a top 2 Offensive line last season and Oliver took over that game. Yeah Ed’s had some bad or subpar games too but that’s dam near every single defensive player

I would think the Larry O suspension keeps him a bit safer. You got Ed, D.Jones, and the two draft picks likely to make the roster and the Bills like to carry 5 so with Larry O out 6 weeks that’s gonna keep Carter in a good spot to hold down slot 5.

Seems like a “fair” trade” basically amounts to a pair of mid round picks to trade up 16 slots in round 2. Bills got a DT just not the big run stuffing player the fans wanted. Still plenty of picks to go

I like the pick. Harmon/Grant/Nolan were all gone at DT the value was at DE and CB and the team took the CB which you could argue was the teams biggest need. I like what the Bills could do at in round 2 at DE and DT or WR. Cross CB off as a need nice move just wish one of the better DT’s fell.

100% knows the system and is a locker room fit, is older (29 turns 30 in January) but not ancient, and is going to be coming up on two years removed from his last serious injury. He's a starting caliber option which is what the Bills needed. Not gonna take CB off he draft need list but it makes the Bills at least a little less desperate there which is a positive.

Jets are tearing it all down and have no direction at QB. Fins are heading for an implosion and are already in a tough cap situation. Two divisional rivals that are not likely doing too well. The Pats could also still be a year away and if Maye isn't the guy or isn't quite good enough then it's looking like a few more years of dominance in the division.

Is there any way to get a split of what his grades and stats were when he was with the Ravens? According to Ravens fans and some pundits he looked a lot better when he joined the Ravens later in the season. Rams fans said he looked completely washed.

He was terrible with the Rams but Ravens fans and pundits liked they way he played there. Up to could be doing a lot of heavy lifting.

I thought it was more likely the Bills would bring back Douglas as their veteran starting option at corner but Tre while a surprise isn't that shocking. Tre is a bit younger and while he's got an injury history he's gonna be close to two years removed from injury. Tre looked a lot better with the Ravens according to their fans and pundit so while he flamed out with the Rams he ended the season strong.

Fox owning it makes sense in terms of how this is functioning. The USFL 40 years ago was the only spring league to ever have success and that league only had a few franchises that actually made money most of the league lost money. That was in an era when the NFL salaries hadn't exploded to a point where it became fiscally unviable to even try to compete for top football talent without having a massive media contract pouring money in. The USFL investors burnt about 600 million in todays dollars on the league. The USFL was able to get top college talents and some NFL players for salaries that adjusted for inflation would be 1.5-5 million a season. If the UFL or any spring league could bring in first round level talents for 1-3 million a season topping out at 4-5 million a season (All in todays dollars) that would be doable for a big network. Now you would have to pour in Billions yearly to get these talents and poach NFL players. And only the Saudi's who could burn 10-50 billion on such an insane venture could afford to do so and they likely wouldn't make money on it. So for a current style spring league to be successful you have to find some sort of way to make the league successful with third rate talent. Which I think is a massive challenge unless you have the backing of the NFL in some way and even then like NFL Europe that would require burning tens of millions yearly for likely decades.

USFL has some success doing Spring Football in fact their downfall was moving away from spring football and attempting to move head to head. I think the NFL should have stuck with NFL Europe. I think if the NBA which is a much smaller league could have the foresight to stick with the WNBA for decades subsidizing the product despite losses year after year the NFL could have stuck with NFL Europe. It would have served many purposes and seen growth once the NFL did intentional games more regularly. The NFL pinching penny’s cost them a chance to turn that into something

I too don’t understand the economics of it. UFL games do eat up a lot of time and there’s hope to grow the league. Maybe Fox and these other networks own a piece of the league?

Organizations tank, players don't tank. Players are always playing hard to get their next paycheck.

Prime Moulds would makes this a dam near unstoppable offense. Moulds would open up everything with his ability to work the mid-range game and the deep ball. He was nearly a prototypical outside WR1 and that's with mid-level QB play at best. He wasn't a massive burner but he had enough speed to get open down the field and get over the top of average speed DB's. He was such a technician with route running. Moulds was putting up 1200-1300 yard seasons somewhat consistently with Doug Flutie, Rob Johnson, and a slightly past his prime Bledsoe. Give Josh Moulds on the outside, Palmer/Keon on the other side and Shakir in the slot and watch Josh cook. I hear what you are saying. But I do think Moulds is a more physical WR than Diggs. Moulds was 2 inches taller and 35 pounds heavier than Diggs with comparable good but not great speed. That's in addition to both players being master route runners with very strong hands. I think Moulds being just a somewhat bigger version of Diggs would take that elite production Diggs was giving and make it even more consistent esp in bigger playoff games where the games tend to be more physical.

Effectively a 700 point evaluation would put it at the 26th overall pick which is a divisional round eliminated team. So you would be looking at picks 26, 30, 56, and 62 for pick 4. Now you could argue on the margins that the Bills would have to include some more late or mid round picks but as I said for an estimate I don't think it is far off. And considering that a future 1st hold the value of possibly being the first overall pick due to injuries then I think a 700 point evaluation is fair.

The draft value chart puts a future 1st at 700 points which is approximately worth the 26th pick which is valued at 700 points exactly. The reason the value chart puts it at 700 vs. being worth one round less is that a future 1st has a chance to be worth 3000 points. The value chart I put it was an estimate so it's flexible but I think as an approximation of what the Bills would have to give up to trade up into the top 5 it is fair (pick 30, 56, 62 and a future 1st) you can quibble if the Bills would have to include other late round selections or not but I think it is in the range of what a trade would cost.