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Really. Any choice? Even if you knew you could instantly flip the player and make your team better? Shirley. In no way is this the same. The Pack miscalculated Rodgers desire and longevity a bit and were only giving themselves option 3 from my original post. They never even entertained my first two options.

After the first round the following pre 27 teams could realistically be in a position where they would like to draft and develop Hooker and have the year 5 option: Cardinals Colts Seahawks Lions Raiders Titans…not a top candidate IMO Jets Pats* Commaders Bucs Ravens…..who I think will take Hooker at 22 btw Vikes…who could also take him at 23 Two of those disappear based on where Richardson and Levis go. There are still a lot. Add to that the Saints going at pick 29. There is a lot to work with here and way too much attainable value to throw away. My personal favorite trade would be to Tampa for pick 50, let’s say a 5th and next year’s 1. Tampa wants to jump the Saints and the teams above them in round 2….there’s your trigger. We can still get a reasonable MLB at 50 and if we’re lucky Rashee Rice at 59.

Did you read it? I made it clear that this option is a distant third choice.

Sarcasm can be funny, or as it is here, straight up rude. He is more than a viable option in the real, non-fantasy world. But it is your poll so your rules. I won’t try to co-opt it or return your mean spirited tone. I think your mock draft thing is fun and probably a lot of work so thank you.

Lol. If you think there isn’t first round interest in Hooker you might why to try to catch that turnip truck you fell off. I’ll be here to accept your apologies if Hooker doesn’t go in the top 26.

It is obvious. Get value. Depending on which teams have already picked a QB, there will still be several teams interested in Hooker. In addition to gaining capital, we may be able to prevent him going to NE or another AFC team.

Hendon Hooker, the OBVIOUS choice, is not on the list.

This year’s draft it reputed to be weak in general. The Bills, like every other team, have holes to fill but impact at 27 seems unlikely in 2023. There truly is only one choice to gain real value if he falls to 27: Hendon Hooker. QBs have value 10x any other position. Will the value we get from Hooker arrive in 2023? Maybe, maybe not. The top option would be to not actually select Hooker but trade the pick to move down a little and get additional picks in 2024 from which we might derive value. Next choice is to play a game of chicken with teams that think they can trade up in the 28-31 range and get him. Remember Miami cheated so only 31 first rounders. If they won’t trade with us, simply draft Hooker and hold him hostage for a few hours or up to a year. The least likely but still realistic option is to draft Hooker and entertain the possibility of developing him and getting a King’s ransom for Allen in 2-3 years. I don’t love this as I am a big fan of Josh, but it’s a business. If Hooker is there at 27 our pick simply has to involve him via trade, extortion or true selection. There is no way to get that amount of value from anyone else. Crappy receivers, decent receivers that may still be there in the 2nd, running back, OL who may end up being matched by another guy in the 3rd? Absolutely no way. GAIN value for the team. If Hooker is gone, which he probably will be, then we can be pedestrian. If not, be bold.

Talk from whom? Iron Maiden Bills? EC County Bulls? Chat GPT I mean Super fan or whatever? Beane has less pressure than an average flat tire.

I’d like to see them get to 42 wins which is legit over .500. It’s a small thing but symbolic in a way.

The gauntlet has been laid down for coming up with the stupidest off-season “originality”. This falls somewhere between the condiment mock draft and the JP-era helmet design. These things do not look like super villains, they look like “monsters from Narnia” or some other stupid thing.

Jose Ramirez has a gigantic payday in the offing from the Guardians. No way does he start messing with some bird brained two sport idea.

Maybe. I don’t know.

Your first sentence is one of the most disgusting, cynical things I’ve ever seen written.

What’s your all time favorite movie?

Do you think Josh Allen will need elbow surgery?

You are right. What the board should probably do is to simply not have thread titles at all.

The Houston playoff game? When he was 14 years old? Really?

My point was that the garbage being spewed about McDermott is out of place in the Hopkins thread. But it’s spewing away.

He will have some off games……he’s young…….but it is easy to see “it”. Nice post game interview too. The only thing stopping this team long term in my opinion is health risk and perhaps one more solid experienced locker room voice once Okie has to hang them up. I hope he sticks around for a bit.

Oak? Like the tree?

You can’t even stick to the thread topic but you’re lecturing the Bills OC on situational awareness. Classic.

This is not a McDermott thread troll.

Is it well written because he agrees with you? Any points off for being completely unrelated to the topic of the thread? Ertz wasn’t worth Jack diddly. I can’t possibly have a good day…..I’m too negative. Good luck unbunching your panties.

It’s an opinion and likely correct. If the Bills had given up the farm for Ertz, it would not have changed anything other than diminishing draft capital. Now here you are wanting to give up the farm again. Regardless of whichever opinion is correct, you decided to make a personal attack and call me the most negative poster on the board. You’re wrong about that and it is simple to find positive posts, but you choose not to do that because of some weird infatuation with Hopkins.