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There is always that guy who simply can't understand the basic math. Any pick # that you didn't own before is compensation for the one or one's you traded them for.

Ryan's cousin Roland was a local WNY sports star who played football at Tennessee.........we looked up to him growing up so I wish the family well..........but I am not sure Ryan isn't a terrible GM. Obviously the Chase Claypool deal looks absurd. But his handling of the Ryan Bates offer sheet last year was a rare kind of stupidity. I don't think the likes has been seen in the NFL since Marv Levy was the Bills GM and he signed a bunch of RFA's to offer sheets which were promptly matched. Fake hustle and a waste of everyone's time except for the opposing GM who you negotiated the contract for. Here we go.......

Which indicates that at least one has happened...... They have like 10 days until the league year begins..........obviously re-structures are coming. In other news............"Here come the free agent signings"

Well then you've completely misunderstood the issue with Gabe Davis then. You don't get a handicapped yards and touchdowns in the NFL because your skill players weren't highly drafted. They put too much faith in Davis and got burned.

So the re-structures didn't happen. Misleading title.

So he's nowhere near "not an excellent WR2"? The standard for WR2 on elite teams is much different. The second receiving option on the final 4 teams was Tee Higgins, Devonta Smith, Brandon Aiyuk and Juju Smith Shuster. And before anyone tries to claim Juju isn't a better receiver than Gabe......let me know when Gabe has his 1400+ yard receiving season and gets to 70% completion rate for his career. Gabe is a near ideal WR3..........a cheap big play threat.........like a slower Marquez Valdes Scantling..........but as a WR2 that will leave a contender wanting for a lot more. So he is every bit "the problem" that most people are making him out to be. He's simply not good enough to be the second option on a team that expects to win a SB in the current NFL.

Yep and her oldest daughter Natasha Gregson Wagner is an actress most known for small roles in lot's of 90's movies.

DJ Moore has had as good of a 5 year start to his career as Stefon Diggs(less TD's but more 1,000 yard seasons and yards) and Diggs brought more than a late first in a draft that everyone knew was full of WR1's. I think Moore would have brought a first rounder for sure. I agree with your general point though.........it's probably more value than the 49ers traded to move up 9 spots from #12 to #3 to get Trey Lance because 2 of those 1st rounders are late and Carolina could conceivably still be drafting top 15 next season...........but that #1 overall usually brings a premium. To make a deal this early I would have expected the Bears to be blown away. It isn't quite THAT, IMO.

7 years is a great amount of time to get out of a never-elite LT. This is his 7th year. Whether they replace him this season or next it's either near or at the top of their long term needs. LT is the only premium OL position.

Yes in the brief time that Dion Dawkins spent filling in for Richie Incognito at guard as a rookie he stood out. He looked much better than Incognito. And Incognito was still quite good at the time. He's older now and hasn't taken care to have himself in the best of shape for many years(in addition to a near death experience with Covid) but I do suspect he'd still be an excellent guard. He has the power, the feet and the low center of gravity that not all tackles have.

The difference being how we define "star". To me........a "star" is about organizational impact. I think you believe that a star is something different...........because RB's stopped having major organizational impact decades ago..........they are fantasy stars but the more they are relied upon individually the more vulnerable those teams routinely prove to be in the playoffs. Players at premium positions are pretty much the only ones with enough of an opportunity to individually impact the game at a level that moves the needle for a franchise. The non-premiums just don't have the chance. If they do well, it's very much because so many other aspects fell into place. QB and Edge/island players are at the top of the pay scale because they are given the chances to change the outcome of games and seasons even when the "support" staff isn't winning their battles. It sounds good to say that it takes "all 11" to have success on that side of the ball but the way the game is currently played that is not the case.

Obviously.......the right pick was to stay put and select Aaron Donald. Evans has been exceptional.......likely a HOF accumulator...........but Donald has been DPOCentury and often the best player in the league during his career. I started a thread to push that unpopular idea leading up to the draft..........but the Bills didn't have an immediate need on the DL so it got about 5 replies. The lesson is that the only REAL need is when you need a QB. You draft early for stars.

For a second I thought it was Robert Wagner. Can't keep track of the old actors that were accused of killing their actress wives.

Gabe Davis is a model of consistency. You know what you have. Not fast, not quick, very poor in contested catch situations due to modest ball skills/concentration.........but a big target and very good at running the routes he does well, some of which create big plays. I think you are confusing skill with consistency. He has never been any of those things that he's not good at.

Settle was the only one of those who would qualify as a "sleeper". Jones was a steady, long-time $4M/yr value plugger who Beane overpaid..........the other two were worn out veterans.

That's why you call. They really are a mess but I don't think they are a Buddy-Nix-Bills-level mess where they took an offer from Seattle for Marshawn Lynch without ever gauging interest around the league and then Green Bay and New Orleans were both like "WTF we'd have paid a lot more than that". Payton brings some level of competence at least. They no doubt have fielded a lot of calls on Jeudy and probably just dismissed them but if not they surely will get his value.

There is value in not allowing a losing culture to develop.

I don't know who said no team was willing to pony up a 2nd rounder for Jeudy. That is likely FALSE.........as Chicago ponied up what was obviously going to be an early 2nd for Chase Claypool. And after the trade deadline Jeudy missed a couple games with an injury and finished the season on a tear averaging 87 yards per game and catching 82% of his targets in the final 6 games. That projects to nearly a 1500 yard pace over 17. He literally "broke out" at the end of the season. Stock UP. I would doubt he would be available for ONLY the Bills first rounder........Diggs wasn't and he came with a fat $15M aaa contract already...........Jeudy has like a $2.7M cap hit.........that factor alone adds draft pick value..........but I agree that Jeudy is a target Beane should and probably has called Denver about.

Why would they trade Jerry Jeudy for anything less than a 1st rounder? He had something of a breakout season and has a cap hit of next to nothing next year. He is a valuable commodity.

Yeah and you gotta' feed Henry to get him in a rhythm. And while the Titans surprisingly had *some* success using Henry for RPO plays out of shotgun last year..........his best fit is clearly behind a QB who is under center with traditional play action so that Henry can get a running start toward the LOS. People who think that defense's won't still be able to drop 6 or 7 into coverage are wrong. The objective defensively wouldn't be to stop Henry from running for 5 ypc like it is when they play the Titans. Opponents will gladly take that and let the team with the elite QB try to shorten the game rather than get into a shootout with Josh Allen. Instead the objective likely becomes to create more negative plays with zone blitz type action and take Henry out of the equation thru down and distance while getting more hits on Allen. Allen wasn't great against the blitz last year and that was when he was in shotgun mostly and not turning his back to the defense in traditional play action. There is a very "Russell Westbrook to the Lakers" feel about adding Henry to the Bills backfield..........he is really an awkward fit for what they do.

They turned Peerless Price into a first rounder. They then stupidly used it on a RB. They SHOULD have franchised and traded both Nate Clements AND Stephon Gilmore.........just bad decision making by the personnel departments to let them leave and become the most sought after free agents on the market in those years when they DEFINITELY had big trade value. At the time most people on TSW were hoping that letting those highly sought after CB's be free was going to build up goodwill in the free agent community and pay dividends. What a crock of sh!t thought that was. Nobody doesn't choose to join a team in free agency because they used a franchise tag on some other player.

He was awful under Marrone. Awful. He was a system player.........if allowed to move he was very good........but he was on skates in a power scheme............even Wood himself thought he was going to be cut after 2014. So if his effectiveness was very limited to system/style.......that makes it it fair to call him an average center on the whole. Greg Roman resuscitated his career.

They drafted Levitre (guard) and Byrd (safety)............two non-premium positions.........and they met or exceeded all expectations on their rookie deals.........but at the end of those contracts they let them both leave in free agency without much effort. If they play very well and you have cap space and just choose not to re-sign them...........they were dumb picks. But what good are a high paid guard and safety when you don't have enough difference makers at the premium positions? You aren't winning without being good at premium positions...........and you don't just stock those and forget about it...........it requires annual maintenance to stay on top of it and have the best players at those positions that you can acquire and afford. Say no to non-premium position players early. Yeah the Bills haven't drafted a guard or center or safety or any runnin' bax in round 1 since the 00's..........but they have basically been pretty solid at the one premium OL position at LT for 11 years and counting now because of the two second round picks they used there. Just throwing a pick at the OL for the sake of it is stupid. See Cody Ford.

EJ is almost as bad as an analyst as he was as a QB. He has been working Saturdays for ACC Network for a few years. Brutal. I guess they needed someone who fit in Willie McGinnest suits.

Meanwhile........EJ Manuel just joined the stable of terrible former player analysts on the NFL Network. 🤢