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Free agency: A fun player addition for each AFC team Buffalo Bills: Tony Jefferson, safety New Bills coach Sean McDermott has a terrific track record with safeties who can do a little bit of everything. (He tutored relative unknown Eagles safety Quintin Mikell to make second-team All-Pro and helped castoff Kurt Coleman earn big coin in Carolina.) Jefferson can be deployed in a variety of ways, making big plays near the line of scrimmage or in coverage. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000786700/article/free-agency-a-fun-player-addition-for-each-afc-team http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/8653/tony-jefferson

Will McD play it safe and keep Taylor as a bridge and draft a QB high this year or next ? Will McD go with a cheaper bridge , trade down for more picks and go for a QB later or next season ? This season is iffy with new coaches , playbook , player turnover , clean up the mess Rex left.

I would think 49's try to trade for him and he would want to play for Kyle . S.F. has plenty of cap space to make it happen and the 2nd pick overall to offer.

I don't see the Bills making the WC next season. New coaches , new playbooks , player turnover. If Taylor will not renegotiate for a good incentive contract and let go , Foles would be a ok bridge and maybe future backup.

Bills expected to cut Tyrod Taylor, start over with Nick Foles The Buffalo Bills to cut quarterback Tyrod Taylor, "chug along with a Nick Foles-ish" type player in 2017, "and start over," Bleacher Report's Ty Dunne expects. https://www.numberfire.com/nfl/player-news/37355/bills-expected-to-cut-tyrod-taylor-start-over-with-nick-foles

I'am willing to gamble a 6th rd lottery ticket on Chad

The last 2 seasons wasted and destroyed a good D . New coaches will need at least 2 drafts to recover and find missing pieces . Trade down for needed extra picks. Rex really set this team back

The O was scoring last season , fix the D , trade down for extra pick , QB in 2nd rd or later. Chad in the 6th

" looked good in limited work with the Chiefs last season, completing 36-of-55 passes (65.5 percent) for 410 yards (7.5 YPA) and a 3:0 TD:INT ratio. " http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/7475/nick-foles maybe in the right system

10. Buffalo Bills: Pat Mahomes, QB, Texas Tech " We've spoken to team sources who have likened him to Derek Carr, and others have made the same comparison. Mahomes is also off the charts character-wise, and he may have that "it" factor that quarterbacks need, and several recent busts (Jared Goff, Blake Bortles) don't have. " https://walterfootball.com/draft2017.php Doug likes the "it" factor

I can't see going thru a Brown's type tank, just too painful. Just keep looking for a QB without trading up . There must be another Dak, Kirk and Carr out there.

Good news , Bills can take him in the 6th or 7th rd

If Taylor is replaced with a cheaper bridge like Hoyer, then Gilmore could stay or go after FA Ricky Wagner at RT

Wonder how Henderson is doing at this point. Still need a free agent RT

I just wonder if the story that Whaley wanted Hue Jackson with Schwartz as DC rather then Rex is true. Rex destroyed a playoff caliber D If that were true , I would trust Whaley

Unless Taylor is let go

If they let Taylor go , draft a QB , plus bring in Landry Jones or Hoyer ?

You're gonna see the ascension of the Carolina quarterback," the scout told MMQB. "He's the guy, a Top 2 or 3 pick. He's the guy. ... A lot of teams like him up there." Two of the draft's other top quarterbacks -- Clemson's Deshaun Watson and Notre Dame's DeShone Kizer -- are more of the developmental variety, per an AFC college scouting director quoted in the report. The scouting director said Watson is a year away from being able to run an NFL offense, while Kizer is more of a two-year project. "I'll be shocked if Trubisky's not the first one off the board (among quarterbacks)," an AFC executive said. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000785165/article/scout-uncs-mitch-trubisky-is-top-two-or-three-draft-pick

His present contract for 2 years is $40M guaranteed 2017 Option: $15.5M Option Bonus & $12M base salary & $3.25M of his 2018 salary fully guarantee on 3/11/2017 Remaining $9.75M of 2018 salary becomes fully guaranteed on the 3rd league day of 2018 http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/tyrod-taylor-7899/

fwiw Daniel Jeremiah has the Bills taking Watson at #10 http://www.nfl.com/draft/2017/mock-drafts/daniel-jeremiah/335600 Dabo Swinney: Browns not drafting Deshaun Watson like passing on Michael Jordan http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/draft/2017/01/24/deshaun-watson-dabo-swinney-michael-jordan-cleveland-browns-nfl-draft/97015708/

I think McD can choose to keep Taylor or Gilmore but too difficult to afford both. jmo

Josh McCown is no longer employed by the Cleveland Browns, but the veteran quarterback has a strong opinion on whom the team should chase under center. Jimmy Garoppolo. "I've seen him on tape because we had a common opponent in Miami," McCown told Mary Kay Cabot of The Plain Dealer on Thursday. "He made some high-level throws and did some things that would get you excited about his ability to maybe carry a franchise. That's definitely on the tape." http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000785185/article/mccown-garoppolo-has-potential-to-carry-a-franchise

I agree, Taylor is a good bridge if the price is fair with incentives

This looks like a very good plan , quick rebuild

New coaching staff, new playbooks O and D would be difficult to make WC next season even with Taylor.