Kirby Jackson

I had no intention of opening this thread and then saw “Rachel Bush” *click

That’s Jack Nicklaus’ grandson!!

Please feel free to post it in the Clowney thread!! Please stop starting new threads on topics being discussed!!

Yes please

Nice move for the Saints. He makes them a lot better

It looks pretty amazing. I’m going to check it out

Ben, to me, looks like he’s at the end. He’s no better than a middle of the road QB that could fall off a cliff at this point. They may have a window for a year or 2 because of that defense but the offensive skill players aren’t good. They look like a 9-7ish team

Meh, who cares? Gordon just isn’t very good at this point IMO. I’d take him at the right number but I would have rather given that 1-year and $5M to Gurley.

I guess that I look at the Bills as better than New England right now. Jameis absolutely has a higher ceiling and lower floor than Dalton. To me the only way that they can pass the Bills is if Jameis hits that ceiling (or Cam for that matter). Dalton as Dalton isn’t good enough. I’d rather the Patriots play it safe and sign a Dalton (or Brissett shakes free). I’d rather that they sign a little safer option than a home run threat.

Braggart

I’ll take that one. He wanted to be the highest paid DE of all-time. The market hasn’t shaped up that way. That doesn’t mean he hasn’t gotten big offers. It just means he hasn’t gotten the one that he wanted.

Count me in the group that wants neither of these things to happen. I don’t want Clowney with the Jets and don’t want Jameis’ talent in New England. I’d much rather Dalton there. He’s a lot less dangerous with a way lower ceiling. I think that the Bills are better than the Pats now. If New England somehow harnessed Jameis’ talent that could flip. If they signed Dalton they can’t pass the Bills IMO.

If the Bills went Dobbins, Bowden, edge rusher I would be ecstatic

I think that’s one of the reasons that I was against Shenault in the 1st. I didn’t want to the Bills to “need” him. He’s raw and that was risky. With the room as it is now, he’s appealing as a weapon and role player.

They haven’t accounted for Jefferson, Matakevich, or Taiwan Jones yet. They are likely closer to $24Mish I would suspect. If they plan to extend any of their own guys they don’t have a ton of flexibility.

He has too many concerns for me in the 1st but would be a worthwhile gamble in the 2nd. I agree, that he has a lot of those “McKenzie skills” that help complete that WR room. FWIW, I’ve heard that the Bills were a little underwhelmed with the receiving prospects which is how the Diggs trade started (and not just the Higgins workout). Now, I don’t know if that means all of them or just the guys that they thought they could draft. They were smart, realizing that they needed a number 1 not another receiver. If they didn’t come away from the combine/workouts thinking that they had a shot at a number 1 this route made sense. They may see value from rounds 2 on.

I read something a couple of months ago that said something to the tune of “the overwhelming majority of teams that I’ve spoken to think Brandon Ayiuk is a better prospect than N’Keal Harry was a year ago.” That’s stuck with me. Now I realize this WR class is MUCH deeper, it feels like Ayiuk may be one of those guys that teams like more than talking heads.

The Bills have limited cap space remaining for 2020. They can sign someone like Gordon but the cap space has dried up for the most part. With Gurley now off the board I would lean towards Hyde. He’s the right combination of cost and effectiveness. He’s coming off a nice year.

Didn’t include him because of the 2nd round tender.

There are a lot of options on the market for RB still. Personally, I’d prefer to add one in the draft but that’s not the point here. If you HAD to add one of these guys to the Bills who would it be? You must factor in cost, fit, injury history, skill set, etc... It is NOT as simple as “which one of these guys is best?” The question is, “which one of these guys would you like the Bills to add?”

Higgins as a FA. I’m interested in him.

Remember when people thought Les Snead was good at his job? Those were the days.

This is a good and underrated point. At the same time a lot less guys are early round busts. There is so much information and film on these guys that it is tougher to miss. It is also easily transferred between parties. We also have All-22 types of angles and HD, etc... There is just a lot more than there was even 10-15 years ago. It is going to keep trending that way as technology and analytics keep advancing. It’s not like Kevin Bacon having to fly to the jungle in “The Air Up There” to discover an elite basketball prodigy. Now those guys are everywhere, Siakam, Embiid, etc...

This is where I’m at. If we say Shaq & Phillips are cancelled out by Addison and Butler then you added Jefferson. You can rearrange those in any way that you see fit but however you slice it the Bills have one more quality DL vs. last year.