TPS

He's a nice shiny toy, and I wouldn't complain, but if the Bills can get a stud DT who can improve their run D, it would put their D into elite territory.

It's interesting the early leaks about who the Bills were interested in, Paradis at C and James at TE. Meanwhile Beane got who he really wanted....

I'd be happy if they go with DT, DE, the #1 OT, or the #1 TE. I have a slight preference for DT because the weakness of the #2 D was run D. This would be a solid pick.

Croom is the better conversion prospect for sure. I hope he catches on somewhere. Good luck Logan.

It’s difficult to really evaluate the Bills using the 3-7 year metric since they cleaned the house of Whaley’s picks almost entirely. Give the regime at least 2 more years of drafting and I think they will look very good by his standard.

Yeah, still means they would only have enough for one more big get.

The 4 not counted so far will take off around $17-18 mil, putting them in your range.

The Duke is an interesting prospect that has what the current group lacks, size. I expect they will also address this type of wr in the draft as well. I agree with your premise.

Yes, I'm more inclined to grade Beane's performance rather than the individuals signed. WR: A- 2 players that open up the field for the passing game, Brown's speed and Beasley's' ability to separate and solid hands. If Duke makes it, he could provide the size. A good group for Daboll to work with now. OL: B/B+ It's safe to say the additions of Morse, Ty, Long, and feliciano outweigh the losses of Groy, Miller, Mills, and (most likely) Bodine. The line is improved with the addition of Morse alone (B grade), and the higher grade will depend on how much better the others are. TE: B Solid pick of an all around player at position of need. While he had everyone focused on James, Kroft may have been the target all along. Other: B+ Adding competition at CB with a former R1 pick was a solid move. I'm in the camp that believes signing Gore sent a message that Buffalo is a place to be. Overall grade: A- Filling needs so they can go bpa in the draft, judicious use of the cap space, and contracts that provide ample room to sign their own in the near future is damn good work.

Every time I see this thread my eyes see "Jose". It might help if mongo was used instead....

Beane Talking to a friend to leverage Ansah.

Dimarco is a McD kind of guy, so I’d guess he’s staying.

Miller is a FA, ducasse im guessing will be released this week

I was thinking about this earlier as well, did it have any persuasive impact? Who knows, but I do like the idea of the Frank Shady Show...

The draft

I know this is focused on R1, but with what they've done, I think RB gets pushed up in their draft, with R3 not being out of the question.

As long as they have enough $$ left for one more OL, preferably RT.

That's why I said signing Gore and cutting Ivory is a wash.

Good point about Ivory. Capwise, it nets to $0 if they release ivory.

They were in the market for an all-purpose TE, with good blocking skills, hence the "interest" in James. Interestingly, the early rumors had them linked to James and Paradis. Good head fakes on both!

Tiberius posted this earlier. Two related ponts: one, global trading patterns are developed over time as firms make decisions on where to produce and source. Given the significant outsourcing of US production to China and Mexico, trying to change those patterns will take several years at best. Two, Given those current production and sourcing patterns, the "propensity to import" out of income is much higher for the US than the rest of the world's propensity to import US goods. As a consequence, even if the US and world incomes grow by the same rate, the US trade deficit will grow. In 2018, The US grew faster than most countries, which caused the deficit to widen even faster. Until we start making massed-produced consumption goods here, that pattern won't change. An example to help. For every $100 of income growth, the US imports $20; for the rest of the world, they import $15 of US goods for every $100. So even if income is growing at the same rate globally, the US deficit will go up--if global growth goes up by $100, US imports grow by $20 and exports by $15. if the US grows faster than the rest of the world, as happened in 2018, then the trade deficit will grow even wider. This also explains why the only time you see the trade deficit shrink is during a US recession--as income falls, our imports fall faster than our exports. Trump is a victim of his expansionary Keynesian policies last year....and bringing home production will take time.

After reading some of the AB threads on TBD, I feel like this was a really productive discussion today...

I see. We've been comparing apples to oranges. I'm talking discretionary spending, and you're adding in mandatory expenditures. If we are considering the latter, then you'd have to agree Trump is quite the Keynesian too since spending has gone up $250 billion in his first two years...

Yes, otherwise I'd say one of Bosa, Allen, or QWilliams.

Is he a 3 technique?