billsfan89

The success of the 2023 season is going to come down to a few factors. 1- Luck/Health - Winning in football is heavily dependent on health and luck. That's the case with every season. 2- Impact from Kincaid and Cyrus/McGovern on changing the complexion of the offense. Will McGovern and Cyrus make a huge impact on the O-line play and what impact will Kincaid have on the receiving corps. 3- Development of key younger players - on offense Spencer Brown, Davis and Shakir will be critical to the success of the offense. On defense, the development of Groot, Boogie, AJ, Elam and Benford will be instrumental to how the defense comes up. 4- Return from injury by Von and Tre. Two key vets coming back from injuries the defense will need them. Those are the key components to the season.

As much as I would have liked the Bills to select Jones I think the worry has to be that in addition to speed rush concerns he also might have a hard time staying healthy. We see how hard it has been for Spencer Brown to stay healthy at the same height and 50-60 pounds lighter.

I love taking more Oline help, but that Oline room is looking crowded in a good way. Hopefully they find a way to keep all of the talent.

Seems like a solid late round pick, one place on the roster where I trust McBeane’s evaluations are the secondary. The team needed some help on the back end of the CB room and they got a player to develop.

I would have preferred some of the other WR’s on the board but this seems like a case of the Bills drafting an athlete and hoping to take a year or two to develop him. Shorter certainly is a tremendous athlete. Great build and good speed for his size. But for various reasons he never put together consistent production in the NCAA. Hopefully the Bills coaches know how to take his raw tools and turn him into a good pro. Likely won’t see the field much his rookie year unless it is ST but still as a WR6 having a guy with that athletic profile is not a bad thing.

I don’t see what there isn’t to like about this pick?

Would love it if Simpson were there at pick 91.

Amazing pick putting the best draft resources around Josh.

I would love to add D Hop if the cap numbers are solid and the cost is moving down from 27 to 34. The Bills can still get good impact at 34. But it just seems unlikely the Bills can get such a complex cap move done in such a short period of time. But stranger things have happened I guess.

Trading down from 27 to 34 would amount to the cost of roughly a third round pick. That seems like fair value but you are correct how would the deal be structured?

The best value the Bills can get is likely having Oliver play out the last test of his contract and then getting a comp pick for him if he gets a big contract

It comes down to right player right system. The Bills need to identify a good WR and get him, doesn’t matter when and where.

I could see it happening, if the Titans can get a second round pick and dump Henry it would facilitate a rebuild they are in desperate need to start. I think Vrabel is a good coach and hanging onto an older team is only going to hamper him. Hit the reset button and trade Henry if the compensation is solid. The Eagles are in win now mode and they can likely spare pick 62 for Henry and a late round pick.

I can’t imagine the NFL going out of business even in 2055, for one younger generations 40 and under do like the NFL so it won’t be for a lack of interest even 30+ years from now. Secondarily the NFL is big business I doubt the government will regulate it out of existence, the US government isn’t exactly unfriendly to corporations.

I don’t like Diggs antics but he is at least coming from the right place. As far as Diggs and Josh? I wouldn’t worry about it.

I would give up a conditional 3rd in 2024 that can escalate to a 2nd depending on how D-Hop performs. Otherwise I am not too keen on giving up a lot for a WR that has ended back to back seasons hurt.

Von is 10 years older, so I do think that while Von won't miss as much time and take as long as Tre did to come back I do think that him not missing any games AND picking up right where he left off is unlikely. I suspect that at worst Von will start on the PUP list and miss the first 6 games and take a few games to round into form. Which honestly would be a good scanario.

Probably willing to trade a late-round pick to kick the tires on him esp if the Rams are willing to eat a chunk of the cap hit. For the Rams, they get a late-round pick and some down-the-road cap savings in exchange for a player that might be washed and is not fitting their timeline anyway. For the Steelers they get to kick the can on Robinson a player only one year removed from being a solid WR and it will likely only cost them a late round pick and a limited cap hit. The issue seems to be the Cards want good draft compensation AND they are unwilling to eat money. Not realizing that teams aren't giving up premium picks and taking on a big contract for a player who is older and hasn't finished the past two seasons healthy.

If all 1st round-quality Tackles and WRs are not available and no complete steals are there at other positions then I would try to trade down into the early second round, get another pick or two to try and address more needs

Klein is a nice depth player, certainly gives the Bills something at MLB.

A singular spring football league with no direct competition hasn’t worked since the 1980’s. No idea why there is suddenly two spring football leagues. The XFL is actually a decent product so I hope they stick around despite the competition

I love Washington as a prospect but I think he would be a luxury pick for the Bills. I think the Bills would be better off going Oline or WR for more offensive impact at pick 27

WR or RT would be the biggest impact the team could get to help the offense. The most glaring need is likely MLB but they probably can find a solid MLB at pick 59 or 91.

The Bills definitely need a D.Jones heir apparent/backup. Jones is older and his type of impact run stuffer is critical to the defense.

Solid move, he had a nice bounce-back year last year and he seems to be liked in the locker room. Certainly a positive move.