strive_for_five_guy

A written argument for why we should trade up:

Good chance of that lol

And if it’s not good value in trading up or at 28, potentially trade down

Aka he potentially will trade up or down? 😃

They say, don’t put all your eggs in one basket. You sell the farm for one guy and he doesn’t live up to expectations or tears an ACL in training camp, then trading all those other assets away looks stupid.

This is the equivalent of giving up this: For this:

And A.D. could be construed as Anno Domini, or “year of the Lord”

Can they throw in Edmunds?? 😆

Aaron Donald - Von getting the band back together

Where is the cover with Josh laying his head on a golf ball? 😇

Chiefs will definitely value him more than us now.

It was instagram, don’t know if you can see this or not: https://billswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/04/stefon-diggs-note-goodbye-buffalo-bills-texans-nfl/

Would you think he’d be a step up over Gabe right away though, even before any potential polishing? And then the team can lean on the likes of Kincaid, Samuel, Shakir and Cook to fill the rest of the role we lost in Diggs. Watching Jayden Daniels freelance to Thomas, I could totally see him and Josh hooking up for some huge plays.

Interesting, any perspective on why you think Thomas will slide and/or not be 4th off the board? I was watching tape of him last night, salivating at the thought of Josh throwing to him. Seemed like he would take Gabe’s role instantly but be way more dangerous.

OP wants this: Beane —

No - Want to get younger, faster and cheaper via the draft.

Do we ultimately know whether it was Diggs or the Texans that pushed the restructure of his deal so that he’s a FA after this season? Reason I ask is there’s a lot of speculation that Diggs is gone b/c of his relationship with Josh, his potential decline in skills, etc. But did the move primarily come down to what Diggs wants from a contract perspective versus what the Bills thought was appropriate? For instance, the Texans must have known this tidbit when they traded for him, and been willing to give up a future 2nd round pick for a 1-year rental, right?

The real you is back! 😂😂

Agreed, he’s betting on his upcoming season to pay off for him.

Jerry Hughes comes to my mind. Guy played through many drought years here and refs frequently ignored him being held. Wish we could have won a SB while he was on the team, although I could say that about any likeable Bill.

To me it will come down to whether a WR that Beane really likes slips to within range. So like one of Top 3 slips outside of Top 10, or Thomas Jr is there within striking range and Beane really likes him. Otherwise, Beane would need to really love one of the other WRs to move up from 28 at all. And if he’s got like 2-3 guys graded late 1st or 2nd round, he could either trade up/down into middle of 2nd.

I’m sure each GM has a way more complicated value reasoning system that our rule of thumbs are giving credit for, or at least they should.

Right, but the pick is a year down the road, rather than in this year’s draft. The value of a 1st round pick in next year’s draft is worth less today, versus 1st round pick in this year’s draft. Give me $100 today, and I’ll give you the $100 back in 10 years w no interest. Sound like a good deal?

In reality, it’s speculative. Obviously very much depends where the Bills finish in 2024. My understanding to get the value of a pick in next year’s draft, you essentially go back a round from this year’s draft. A 2nd round pick in this year’s draft is worth 270-580, depending on where one is picking. So if you think the Bills will be better than worse in 2024, their 2025 #1 is worth closer to 270 than 580.

If we can move up to pick #4 with what OP proposed, that’s a steal and we should jump on it. Draft value charts suggest that should only get us up to about pick #11.