BADOLBILZ

What if McConkey is off the board? He's Garrett Wilson 2.0 right? I think I'm being pretty clear..........we already have a T-Rex armed slot guy capable of putting up close to 1K yards in Shakir as well as Diggs whose catch radius and range downfield is getting smaller by the year. I don't want 3 short/intermediate receivers on the field all the time. If I am taking a 6' tall guy and he doesn't run a 4.21 then he better be pushing Diggs off the roster in 2025 because I don't want to have to choose between Diggs, pick #28 or Shakir coming off the field when the wet snow is falling like that Cinci playoff loss or the wind is blowing the ball around like in the Baltimore playoff win. A big X is a requirement in Buffalo, IMO.

You are moving the goal post. You WANT to build a WR corps to play in a dome. That is what you are advocating because you like the strategy. The player you are describing though is Adonai Mitchell. If they think that his personality is a fit. I won't be devastated if they picked Ladd McConkey at 28 but as a smaller catch radius, low production player entering the NFL he damn well better be the Diggs replacement in 2025. I don't want a WR corps in Buffalo without a better, big body X receiver option than Gabe Davis turned out to be. It's just a huge advantage to have that size outside in late season Highmark stadium weather.

That's excellent for those teams but I do want a star receiver who is big and has an extra gear to track down an overthrown ball for the Buffalo Bills..........because being accurate downfield in Miami is different than doing so in Buffalo. From the wind/rain/cold to Josh Allen's inconsistent ball placement to the crowned field the Bills need a big, downfield target to provide a larger catch radius IMO. And if you have to have one out there he might as well be a good one.

Would be nice. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/titans-land-calvin-ridley-could-star-receivers-arrival-spell-the-end-to-deandre-hopkins-era-in-tennessee/

If they reach for a safety in round 2 in a bad safety class.........after 28 starting safeties just got dumped on the free agent market simultaneously.......then Beane really should find a new line of work.

The problem with your plan is that it's a bad draft for DE and the DT class that was supposed to be very strong looks mediocre as well. I am all for getting young but the strength of this draft is WR/OL/CB. And those classes are REALLY good. They are going to have to throw at least a couple draft picks at the DL at some point whether they are worthy of the selection at that point or not.........but most of the picks should go to the strong positions in this draft to actually benefit from getting younger.

He's a really low end CB2, though. He does what he can do OK........but you are also pretty boxed in wrt what you can do with Dane out there. We can laugh but Beane used to hand out $6M+ contracts to backup LB's and DB's left and right when he was a greenhorn.

Yeah realizing how mediocre this DL draft class is I have assumed that they would add 3 free agent DL but I thought it would be something like Jones+Clowney+Calais Campbell..........with all 3 coming in around $7M. They are still pretty in line with that with Jones and Epenesa. Armstead, coming off two seasons of modest production, probably shouldn't command any more than a more productive guy like Campbell but being 30 instead of 38 and having played so well in the playoffs........he probably will. His upside is still All Pro if he can get right. I don't understand what the hell Tennessee is trying to do with their roster..........so I am hoping TN trades Hopkins and a 6th to Buffalo for a 5th.

Unfortunately the 2 first round and 2 second round picks that Beane used on DL from 2019 to 2021 didn't alter their destiny either. I'm not sure we aren't conflating over-investing in the DL with under-investing in the WR corps though. We are alarmed that we can't sack Mahomes and Burrow in the playoffs but if we have better receiving targets those matchups become a tossup IMO because THEY can't get to Josh Allen when he's playing well either.

I blame Buddy Nix. He had the jack@ssed idea of passing on QB prospects until he'd built up the roster. Back then, QB's were so scarce you HAD to get them when they presented themselves. You could go multiple drafts without even ONE emerging. By the time Buddy determined they were ready for a QB it was a bad QB draft and he threw a pick at EJ Manuel and turned the mess over to Whaley. Whaley had the right idea propping up his young QB with an elite WR talent. It works. But they brought Watkins onto a rudderless ship with no leadership AT ALL in the WR room and he went from a guy at Clemson who was seen as a gamer to a guy in the NFL who was just cashing checks. Anquan Boldin was a UFA in 2014 and his and Watkins' families had ties in southwest FL but the cash-to-the-cap Bills weren't going to pay the then-valued Boldin to mentor Watkins. When McD came in they brought Boldin in to mentor Watkins but it was much too late. The Bills really wasted Watkins.......he was a helluva talent and his body wasn't busted up when they drafted him but it was by the time he left.

A sign from God?

I can't see him taking little enough to fit the Bills but the connection isn't news if you follow TSW's BADOLBILZ.

It's an excellent OL class in general. They can draft interior OL later and have their choice of some prospects with starting potential. Having not gotten that comp pick in round 3 and subsequently only having 2 top 100 picks I don't foresee them taking a center with one of them.

I think his agent knows better than that. His unrealized potential is understood..........that's why he went in round 1...........and entering free agency as a 24 year old DE he could get a $30M aav if he puts up a 10 sack season this year. Youth gets paid in the NFL.

Yeah if it were $19M I would pass and just use the tag if it came to it, which will probably be around $23-$24M. Just not enough spread in that value versus the tag to justify the injury risk. But for $13M it's a VERY easy call.

Yeah the Chargers appear to be re-setting their cap for year 2 or 3 of Harbaugh so he can load up with his own guys. Similar to what McBeane did in 2017 except McBeane moved on from all the Bills young "core" players in Gimore, Woods, Watkins and Dareus. But, unlike LA they didn't have aging superstars with $20M aav contracts to move on from. The Bills vets were just *good* players like Hughes, Wood and Incognito.

If there is a Gabe replacement I think that comes much later. 28 should be a WR with a lot more juice/talent than the not-quick, unagile and hard-handed Gabe Davis. I could see a guy like Cornelius Johnson from Michigan being a more direct "Gabe replacement" type later. Gabe might be a bit better deep threat but Johnson is faster and better in many regards as a receiver than both Gabe and Mack Hollins. I think Johnson could actually be used on routes over the middle of the field where they didn't trust Gabe's hands and he can make contested catches downfield even if he doesn't get as open as Gabe did with those long strides. Was hoping he'd be a late round guy but probably more 4th/5th after running in the 4.4's at combine.

The Bills haven't released any players of the stature of Bosa, Mack or Allen. I know Bills fans think Poyer was great but the rest of the league saw a good player at a devalued position when he it UFA. If he were that stature he'd have made $18M per year at some point in his career.

The Bills don't need a Gabe replacement. They need a better player than Gabe and that's what the draft should provide. But I think Mack Hollins is very Gabe-like in many regards. Including being a bit of a weirdo.

Important to note that the Chargers are in this situation because they are choosing not to kick debt into the future caps. The Bills are the second worst cap positioned team in the NFL and that will likely be the case again next season.

Yep. And Harty to an extent. His closer comp is Andre Holmes who was the first WR add of the McD regime in 2017.........but just like Sharty and Sherfield, Hollins has only one season of production in a long career.........but some fans will hang their hat on that.

Yeah the improved strength from weight training and PED's helped make players more powerful but taking them away has turned MLB rosters into injured lists.

Judge went with the 6 minute version. You can't do nothin' in 6 minutes! You get what you pay for 99.

I gotta' say that stressing about what the Bills exact cap number is at this moment is the definition of OCD. They've made most of the moves. Getting well past cap compliant was never going to be THAT difficult.

I think we know that short of getting a big difference maker in the TJ Watt or Chris Jones category they aren't really making a big difference against Mahomes come playoff time regardless of who they add from the available free agents. This offseason should be about elevating the passing offense.