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At Baltimore just feels like a MNF game to me. Bills/GB will probably be a 4:25 Fox game if I had to guess and Bills/Chiefs an early season CBS 4:25 game At LAR for the season opener and at Cinci for another Sunday night game The Amazon game I’d guess would be with Browns or Miami

Beane was on One Bills Live right after the draft and they asked him about adding other Free Agents and Beane basically said they don’t have room with the top 53 cap at the moment. Im sure if they want a player bad enough they would make a move but with Tre trending towards week 1, Elam and Dane, I would be surprised if they brought Bradberry in.

I hope he is second Deebo! Realistically, he is slap fighting Taiwan Jones for a roster spot

I think what I learned from that article is we should try to get Drew Hartlaub (PSU #37) who just signed as a UDFA with the Panthers. Dude saved three of Stout’s punts from going into the end zone in those handful of examples

Tannehill sucks and Malik probably should learn to do the opposite of many of the things he does. I get that he didn’t sign a contract that said “I will mentor the next guy” and none of us would want be training our replacement at our job. But the NFL is a different animal. And if you want to stick in the league as much as possible you have to be willing to embrace those roles. looking forward to the Titans implosion this year!

I mean John Stewart had 198 carries that year and Cam Newton had 139. Maybe it will be less but I think less than 12 touches a game is possible for Cook but we won’t know until the season

Chris McCaffrey had just shy of 200 touches (117 rushes, 80 catches) his rookie year. I’d say that is probably what we could expect for Cook

Yea he does have a hitch, it was pointed out by some of the draft evaluators as well and may be part of the reason - along with the 29 inch arms - he dropped to round 5. I think the hitch can be coached out of him and really let his 97th percentile 1.49 ten yard split shine

lol counting isn’t my strong suit, I added the name I forgot thanks for pointing it out!

In case anyone is wondering, the list as seen when I paused the video was: MJ Emerson CB Miss St -BROWNS Luke Fortner C UK - JAGS Bryan Cook S Cincinnati - CHIEFS Zakoby McClain LB Auburn - RAVENS James Cook RB Georgia - BILLS Wan’Dale Robinson WR UK - GIANTS Nik Bonitto EDGE OK - BRONCOS Perrion Winfrey DL OK - BROWNS Channing Tindall LB Georgia - DOLPHINS Deangelo Malone LB W.Kentucky-FALCONS Tyrion Davis-Price RB LSU - 9ers Marcus Jones CB Houston - PATS Terrel Bernard LB Baylor - BILLS So Shakir wasn’t on that list though he said he was and he said that he loves him. Bills still had 2 on there (Cook and Bernard) and I guess Shakir was an honorable mention. EDIT: forgot to type one: Matthew Butler DT - UTenn- RAIDERS

Im not sure Highmark’s bathrooms could handle a Thanksgiving night game

Max prime time games that can scheduled is 5 per league rules. A sixth can be flexed but that wouldn’t be on the initial schedule.

Cook for me. If used right, he can be our version of Deebo because he is as effective in the backfield as he is out wide. The type of running back that fits in perfectly in our high flying passing attack.

The ont thing about that is they had so many chances to have a good draft because they traded away their all-pro receiver. So not sure how much of a net gain it was for them.

Definitely came out of the draft with some interesting pieces this year. I said in another thread that I was overall disappointed in the offense. Elam should fortify the one weakness on our defense so that’s good. Cook, if used correctly, could be a defense busting chess piece. However, I envision his best usage being someone who can flip the 2TE system we hear we are going to run from a heavy running formation to a speed receiving formation. Unfortunately, for a team we expect to go 2TE a good amount, out TE2 will have to emerge from OJ Howard (unproductive and coming off major injuries), Tommy Sweeney (not a good player), Quentin Morris and Jalyn Wydermyer (two UDFAs). Would have been nice to inject some real talent behind Knox in round 3 rather than a backup linebacker. But McD gets what he wants for defense first and foremost. I do love Shakir and think he will be our starting slot receiver by the playoffs, he is really good. I share your concern that we didn’t give ourselves even a lottery ticket by drafting a late rounder WR with some outside ability like Westin, Kevin Austin, Connor Tanner. Their are FAs out there still but would have been nice to try to build our WR depth. I have a feeling Tenuta’s father, a long time football coach, has connections to this regime and so like with Prohl a few years ago the Bills draft them as a tip of the cap to a friend. Though I don’t know that, just speculation. Overall another draft is in the books, our roster is better now than before the draft which can’t be said for some other teams. And I am excited and hopeful that our first 6 picks make a real impact. I just hope between now and next years draft McDermott realizes he has to put a premium on drafting playmakers and protection for our best player - Josh Allen, even if it means having a hole or two on the defense.

To be honest, it was a bit of an underwhelming draft for me. The success of the draft will all fall on Elam’s shoulders. If he becomes the next Tre, it will be a success. He has the tools to get there. However, I feel like we did not do much to help the offense with only 2 of our 8 picks being playmakers for Josh. As much as we as a fan base like to say how deep our team is, we are quickly getting thin at a few important positions. At WR, Steph and Gabe are the only players really built to run on the outside. Crowder, McKenzie, Hodgins, Stephenson and even Shakir (who I think will be a great WR for us) are built best for the slot. Kumerow can play outside but definitely not ideal. We are supposedly going to be running a lot of 2TE sets with Dorsey. Yet we have Knox who we hopefully resign, OJ Howard who is a 1 year rental and has not been good lately, and Tommy Sweeney who was not good and whose contract ends after this season. We have Quinton Morris and now Wydermyer as UDFAs but would have been nice to draft someone more talented if we plan on lots of 12 personnel going into the future. As a Bills fan, I will be hoping and praying that all of our picks become studs. But I feel like we can do a lot more in the future to make sure our most important player - Josh - is protected and given enough playmakers to maximize his otherworldly talent.

I remember reading this article about him in October and now the legend is a Bill! https://www.theringer.com/platform/amp/2021/10/29/22752437/matt-araiza-san-diego-state-punter-nfl-potential

I’d still take Bo Melton or Garret Prince. One more weapon lottery ticket for Josh before the draft is out

Party in Blo tonight! Lol

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With only 4 picks left: 1. James Mitchell 2. Garret Prince 3. Bo Melton 4. Damone Clark 5. John Ridgeway

We spent a lot of time vetting TEs in the pre-draft. Of those left, the ones that make the most sense are: James Mitchell - Injured but could develop into a TE1 Gerrit Prince - former WR, averaged 19 ypc Jalen Wydermeier- I think he will go undrafted but Bills had him for a top 30

arm length diggs 32.75 Shakir 29

College is different from pros, I think slot is best for him so he gets free releases off the line like he did in a lot of his pass sets at Boise. Arms are short so pressed can hang him up a bit. Very excited for him on this team, type of player we needed

Yea he is a slot guy mostly but reminds me a lot of Robert Woods in how he plays. Good blocker. Could see him starting in the slot by the end of the year due to that.