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Sorry, didn’t see this…feel free to merge my thread or if you want I can delete it.

Not reading through this entire thread, but I just learned that Walker was a 2-year captain for Kentucky. More “captain DNA” on the roster.

Nike and the NFL announced a “rivalries” initiative and will be unveiling a new uniform that each team will wear for at least one divisional home game for the next four seasons. For whatever reason, the AFCE and NFCW are up first and will debut the uniform this season. The “rivalry” games will be announced shortly after the schedule release on May 14. Specifics of the uniforms are unknown, but they will supposedly be tied to the team’s tradition and community. 🤷🏼‍♂️

FWIW, I started a “UNC/Belichick” thread in the college football sub forum so this can be discussed this year… Belichick has a legitimate GM at Carolina (Michael Lombardi) and has assembled a pretty solid coaching staff and already got a lot of kids through the portal. He is as good a football mind as there is, and he seems really energized by this experience. Who knows how this will all turn out, but I think it’s premature to predict failure.

I’m not giving a grade because we won’t know for at least 2-3 years how these guys pan out, but if there is ONE thing I’ve been consistent about it’s that we needed to get more speed and athleticism on defense — and Beane absolutely addressed that with the first five picks. I went into this draft looking for at least two DL and two CBs, and those boxes were checked. The strategy is sound — now we see if the players and coaches make it work. I am not worried about the offense at all. Palmer is an upgrade and I expect Coleman to improve/develop. I also expect a jump from Kincaid, who played hurt much of last season.

If anyone should know…

You do realize that the Bills are like 1-2 plays in four games away from being “that team” — right? Let’s not pretend KC has blown our doors off. The teams are a whisker apart.

Dammit.

Is this the latest they’ve released it? Always seemed to be end of April/first week of May. They drag this s-h-i-t out longer and longer. Come on, some of us have travel plans to make!!!

It’s worth nothing. That’s not a jab at you, but at every stinking “ranking sheet” put out by ESPN or other media sources. The teams have their own lists and that is all that matters. When something like this happens, you can rest assured that the Bills had Walker ranked higher and felt they needed to make the move to get him. I don’t know why people look at these composite ratings lists as if they mean anything at all.

I had been wondering what the lead singer for Midnight Oil was up to…

I hate winning these division titles and having a shot at the Super Bowl. Blow it up!!!!

I guess we'll soon find out.

Gotta get the papers, get the papers… Different Taiwan. No relation to our guy. Anyway…per usual, the draft day takes at TBD do not disappoint. Everybody’s an expert, lol. It was as clear as day that the Bills needed to get some speed and athleticism in their secondary — check. They love character guys who are great in the locker room — check. No reason to trash this pick. We’re all rooting for him to succeed and there is no denying it was a pick that also fills a need. Go Bills!

I’ll just say it is super fun and warms my heart to see the genuine excited reactions of players seeing their dreams come true.

That was a fun watch.

RIP

I commend both of you on the immense amount of work that goes into doing something like this. I’m on record as being a guy who doesn’t really see the point of all of this when it actually means nothing, but that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate the effort. Well done. One thing is for certain — both of your voices immediately give away your locales. 😂

Super fun watch, as I’m also a golf nut and Lefty used to be my favorite (I also swing from the wrong side). But damn, can he just be quiet for 10 seconds?

I still prefer my annual mock but great job guys!

Interesting. I’d like to hear more.

LOL — you need better sources than “outkick.com”…

Defense is the weakness of this team, by the way…

So, it sounds as if you haven’t really been following this at all, since that isn’t how Belichick has been coming across. They recently completed spring practice and it was noted how much sharper everything was run, but how BB seemed to really be having fun and was coaching up kids at all positions (not “military grade” degradation as you suggest). I’ve read your posts on the main forum and your takes are typically bad there as well, so this is not surprising. Still, thanks for sharing!

“Ok but uneven” is what they have been. If that’s all Belichick gets out of them the experiment has failed.