OldTimer1960

If Gabe Dais can improve his consistency on catchable passes, he can be a decent to good #2 WR. It is possible - look no further than Dawson Knox who improved his catch rate and it took a few years, but Zay Jones has become a reliable receiver. In general, I think that we as fans are a bit quick to write off young players. Now, I'm not saying that Davis WILL improve, nor am I saying that they should not invest in competition for him.

Now, THAT’S funny!

I don’t know that Hyatt is seen as the same level prospect that Jameson Williams was. No doubt Hyatt is very fast and has pretty good hands.

Top 5 QB - I’m just saying that means there are at least 4 other teams that are equally as good at the most important position. I would say that there are even more QBs in that range. All that I am saying is that this team is good enough to win it all with some breaks, but so are several other teams. Being outraged that they didn’t win it all ignores those other outstanding teams. Now, I am NOT saying that they shouldn’t try to improve - of course they should. I am also NOT saying that it is wrong to be disappointed. I am only saying that it never was the case that this team was clearly far superior to any other team, so it doesn’t make sense to me to be looking for scapegoats.

I think 13-3 says they got a lot right so far.

Thank you for this post. I feel exactly the same way.

If you want to deny that the many problems they faced this year - decimated secondary, loss of a home game to blizzard, another blizzard that disrupted travel, Allen elbow injury, culminated by Hamlin flat-lining on the field - finally caught up with them against a very good Bengals team, then that is up to you. I think that they showed amazing perseverance and resolve this season.

I haven’t seen drops as a criticism of Hyatt. I think the thing that is concerning about Hyatt is that he has done little except run long from the slot and there is more to being a very good NFL WR than that. I am confident that Hyatt can be a deep threat from the slot, but the risk is that he might not be more than that. He might be capable of more than that, but I don’t think there is any evidence to support that.

Continue putting the best team that they can on the field and with some luck they could win (same for all teams. I think it would be crazy to fire the GM or Head Coach. I don’t necessarily believe that replacing the coordinators is necessary (or wise). See if the draft can help the OL and fill what holes you can with limited FA $.

That is part of what you evaluate when assessing players. Now, i admit I haven’t seen anything suggesting that Hyatt has off-field issues.

I thought that Basham played reasonably well. He isn’t likely going to be a 10 sack a year guy, but he does get some pressure and is pretty good against the run.

I think Bergeron will be taken in the 2nd. Just because a player can play two positions doesn’t mean that he isn’t good at both. Bills look for position flexibility. A lot of players play positions other than they played in college.

Wright could be a good pick, but not sure he can play G. Someone like Syracuse's Matt Bergeron played T in college, but I think he also has played G. There are other guys you could consider in such a scenario - like Cody Mauch who probably should be inside in the NFL, but might be able to survive at RT if needed.

Outstanding!

Brown really had no strength training all last offseason due to a back problem. He missed basically all of training camp, too. He is young and really didn’t have a lot of experience coming out of college - he played all of one season and his school canceled the season before the draft because of COVID. There is certainly no guarantee that he is the answer, but I would wait and see how he does next year after hopefully a full offseason of training before giving up on him. That doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t consider taking an OT early in the draft - especially one that can also play G.

Bills would not have won the Wild Card game against Miami without his contributions. This year’s 3rd and 4th probably won’t even get you to the top of the 3rd. https://www.drafttek.com/NFL-Trade-Value-Chart-Rich-Hill.asp

There are some really nice options for the slot in the draft, hoping we can go OL round 1 and slot round 2 (or outside Wr). We have to not reach to achieve that. Better OL = more time for wr to get open and defense has to pay attention to run as well.

This was done a few years back and estimates probabilities of finding starters by draft round for most positions https://www.arrowheadpride.com/2015/2/20/8072877/what-the-statistics-tell-us-about-the-draft-by-round

Still, unreasonable to expect every draft pick to be good. You can think it is an egregious miss if a 5th round pick doesn’t become a starter, but that isn’t realistic to expect.

For sure. I think Diggs was a 5th round pick, too. That doesn’t mean that it is a major failure of an organization to not hit on a 5th round pick.

Point is, you can’t count on 5th round picks as being long term starter. Yes, you *hope* to find starters then, but counting on that is not wise.

If that is the case, I agree, except for Diggs.

Stop. He was a 5th round pick…

Probably true, that is his track record. I would not spend a lot for a middling FA WR on the open market. If they have any FA $, try for decent IOL to compete with what I hope are 2 draft choices on the OL. Hope for 2 OL in first 4 rounds, if value lines up.

I disagree on Diggs. He is plenty athletic and Route running is really the best skill. Most receivers are not markedly faster than most DBs in the NFL. Quickness, route running and scheme are important. Yes super top end speed and leaping ability and size help, but there are plenty of great receivers that are good NFL athletes, not great by NFL standards. Agree that Davis and McKenzie are not top level receivers, but that doesn’t mean only super top athletes succeed at receiver. Look at the NFL receiving leaders, some are super fast, many aren’t.