GunnerBill

I'd argue it is even MORE important with premium picks. Best player available at a premium position IMO, with the exception of Quarterback if you have a Quarterback who is proven and under 35/36.

Nope. This is the 3 rounder!

That's a good pick. I was between two when I was gonna pick for you. He was my 2nd choice.

Just in time.... I had the pick written up 😃. I will step aside sir, let you return to your rightful place 🫡

Is @TOboy's time up? If so I am happy to make the pick.

Oliver was. But agree... Elam, Kincaid and Coleman were picks for need not BPA.

If the developers see an opportunity that rarely stops them.

You are not wrong on this class... but if the Bills draft one of those guys what do they do with them if Cook plays? They are not keeping 4 plus Gilliam.

They played well vs the Broncos. It's easy to say "yea but Bo Nix, rookie, etc" but that offense had been on a tear down the stretch even against some playoff teams. The Bills held them to basically one play. Not even one drive. They scored with an opening drive bomb and then disappeared from the game. Now in the games we have lost.... yea they have been bad. I think that is kinda common though. When KC lose in the post season their D has been bad too. Their D hasn't been great against the Bills either. They have just tended to make one play in the crunch that ours hasn't.

Plenty. There is zero sign at the moment of the market for NFL football slowing.

Which kid from Texas? Barron? He doesn't have the length they require in corners. I love him. He is 5th on my big board. But I very much doubt the Bills consider him a fit.

I could do with us either slowing down or speeding up! At this rate my second round picks are gonna hit while I'm on a flight tomorrow evening....

It was what I disliked about him before everything that happened. Out kicking coverage is a major issue for him. He has zero hang time.

And I think Nolen played 10-15lbs heavier than 296. I think that is his "workout weight" rather than what he played at. If I had to guess I'd say he was around 305lbs playing weight.

We hired Ryan Neilsen as a senior defensive assistant. Dline is supposedly his bag. We will see. But I think they have to talent evaluate better there. Beane took AJE and from where he started I think the coaches have developed him well.... he also took Boogie Basham in round 2 who by the end of his 4th season was on the practice squad of one of the worst teams in football. That is an evaluation problem. Whether the coaching has always maximised Groot and Ed is a fair question.

Walter Nolen. I am told the Steelers are in LOVE with him.

I don't see him as at all similar to Burks. I don't get that comparison at all. Burks was a big slot who was a beast with ball in hand. While Tet can definitely move around the formation he is much more of a true outside guy with the body control and footwork to make the most of small spaces on the boundary. Think deeper separation is a fair question. But if I had to come up with a pro comp it's Dez Bryant.

I don't think he will be. But I wouldn't be shocked. There are NFL teams who see him as a guard only. I actually don't love the fit for him with Miami. His lateral movement worries me as a tackle in a stretch zone style scheme.

They definitely are. But I was talking top 10. Later first it is Denver and Washington IMO that are the obvious landing spots.

I'd be surprised. I think the Saints will draft trenches.

If Vegas takes Jeanty I think Hampton to the Bears is plausible. I suppose I struggle to see it otherwise..... I think it would have to be Vegas and Chicago.

Yea Egbuka has the safest floor of the top 4 receiver IMO. I think he is pretty safely a productive NFL slot / move receiver. The question on him was more a ceiling one - but I'm actually less worried about it than I was. I honestly think his style is so smooth and fluid your eyes kinda lie to you about how explosive he is at the same time. Agree though, he isn't going top 10.

Camarda was pretty good his first two seasons. From what I understand he struggled some in pre-season last year and was out of sync with his coverage teams and it seemed to get into his head and he started miskicking balls when the real games began. If he can get his confidence and technique back I think he is more than good enough.

I think it is one of the thinnest tops of a draft I have seen. But actually the sort of second tier - between late 1st and mid 2nd - and the 3rd tier between mid second and early 3rd are pretty deep. It then thins out a bit again by my grades in mid to late 3rd before a deeper round 4 group. It is one of the oddest looking boards I've had visually, it kind of goes: i iiiiiiiii iiiiiiiii iiii iiiiiiii Should say my average 1st round grades is about 19/20 so I'm a little below the consensus average. It is more 1st round grades than the 11 I had two years ago, but the difference then was I had 6 or 7 top 15 types. It was after that it thinned out a bit. I think this draft is overall stronger than that one. 2023 was not a great draft beyond the top 10 or so.

So there is really a top 4 for me that are guys who would be top 15 players in any draft: 1. Travis Hunter; 2. Abdul Carter; 3. Mason Graham; 4. Ashton Jeanty. Hunter and Carter are top 10 grades, Graham and Jeanty are top 15 (i.e. top half of round 1 grades). I then have 4 mid-firsts: 5. Jahdae Barron; 6. Kelvin Banks Jnr; 7. Malaki Starks; 8. Tet McMillan. The rest of my firsts are all late 1st rounders. I have 14 or 15 total. There is one I have been back and forth on and need to find some more film.