Blokestradamus

If you're taking someone from the current group and putting them at RT, do it with Groy. He's played tackle before (couple games in college), he's long enough and he's a passable athlete. Don't put Miller there. Anyone watching the Panthers last night saw what a stout RG playing RT looks like.

I remember Evans from watching Keyarris Garrett last year. He's below a few thresholds (height, size, comp %) but, from memory, he throws a pretty nice deep ball. I'll watch him eventually, even if it's just from watching Keevan Lucas. Talking of the 2018 QB class, really intrigued by Jerod Evans at Virginia Tech. One of those guys that might be a Prescott type, showing that continual growth. Mobile with a live arm. Senior year will be telling for him, we'll see if the ACC works him and Fuente out or not.

Had to do a little research, depends on the level you get to. County cricket (top domestic level), you're looking at roughly £50-100k per year. For international level, there's central contracts which established players get. £700k/year retainer fee plus match bonuses between £2.5-12k per game, depending on the format. Not a bad way to make a living, I guess. I appreciate baseball but I don't like it. I don't understand the finer arts to get into it. I think I'd be pretty good at it though, given half a chance.

Nah, cricket. Next time anyone disagrees with me, bear in mind I'm good with a bat

Multiple ways that I look at this subject: 1) It's a business decision and these are grown men with families to support. As long as they realise that not everyone will agree with it, good luck to them. Like every other action in their lives, consequences arise from them. 2) Coaches preach about unity like that bull **** means anything to them when they get offers elsewhere. A select few coaches can ever take issue with this. 3) As a guy that lost a potential career to injury, I'd do anything to at least get back the 2 seasons I lost when I was younger. Whether I went pro or not is beside the point, I'd just love to have those years back, just playing with my friends. When I see guys throwing away what I wish I could've had, it pisses me off to a certain extent. Doesn't make me any less sympathetic to them but there's a part of me that gets irked by it.

We'd have been outscored by nearly 3 points per game but claimed we won anyway?

First off, I'm not sure I subscribe to the idea that the 2017 class is weak. I still think there's 3-4 guys that have the talent to be at least steady starters by the end of their rookie deals. Obviously, circumstances they go into impacts that but I think you can still find a guy in this class, you just have to do right by him. No superstar QB in the class so that makes the perception of it seem bad. I'm not even fully immersed in the 2017 class yet, ask me about 2018 over the summer. Heard good things about Allen but I've only seen a handful of throws through people on Twitter

I understand that it's a big chunk of money to throw at an already highly paid defense. For the reasons you stated, I'm not sure if you can afford not to. There's plenty of holes already without adding more of your own creation. It's a pretty decent corner draft. If you want to go cheaper and draft one, I'm okay with it. You might even end up with someone as good for a quarter of the price tag eventually. You might not as well. If you don't bite the bullet, you might get what you pay for. We've already seen how this team battles back from poor secondary play. Ultimately, I'd love to keep Gilmore. If he walks because his demands are too steep, that's fine. If they let him walk because they have a plan, I'm good with that too. Just don't Levitre it and give me Chris Williams or Colin Brown and tell me it's good

It's a weird one with Watson. I think it's to do with the idea that he's not progressed much. With prospects, you want to see them have continual growth, it engenders faith that they can improve as a pro. Big thing about Wentz & Trubisky, limited experience and fixable issues give OC's and QB coaches a boner. I still think he's a decent QB and someone that should ultimately be drafted as a starter, even though probably not a guy I start Week 1. Might end up in that Mariota category for me, concerns about the transition out of a true spread but various elements of his talent are pretty much unquestionable. If he's there in the 2nd, I'll take him.

The honest answer; I haven't got a clue. Maybe the first half of the season was about self-preservation because he's not got his money yet. After he's got guarantees in the bag that covers him for the future, maybe he plays more loose and you see him at a consistent effort level. I can't pretend I know his mind but something has flipped recently. Those within the building know better than I do. The other side of it is, he's not going to play at this level for an entire season. This stretch of 5 games, I think only Revis has ever replicated for a full year in recent times. You're paying for the ability to play like this. He might not be at an elite level constantly but he's always had streaks of really good play. Kinda like a manic depressive, he'll give you highs higher than most are capable of but there's lows that come with it. Part of the territory. Corners will have ups and downs but the past few weeks is proof that the guy can play top flight WR's tight and he's been doing some shadowing on Brown/Pryor as well. A sign that Rex is trusting him, not sure if Rex has ever had a corner shadow before (I assume Revis did it at some point), they've definitely been fixed while he's been in Buffalo. He doesn't strike me as the type to be reckless off-field so suspension isn't a worry. Injury could be because his tackle technique is still not great. There's some risk attached but there always is with big money deals.

Sporting Charts has us 24th in the NFL with a 22.52% three-and-out rate.

I've been very clear what kind of money I'd pay Gilmore. His market value is around the $12m/year that Darius Slay got and the $12.5/m year figure that Janoris Jenkins got. Just outside the top 5 average salaries. I'm still of the mind to pay him that money with certain things happening in the offseason. It's reliant on coaching changes or lack thereof. All I know about him is that he got called out for his play and he responded. Since then, he's been damn good. I don't know about anyone else but I'll take a damn good corner on my team. 18.4 yards per game guarding Crabtree/Cooper/Robinson/Brown/Pryor is about as 'shutdown' as this league affords.

Billy Buffalo.

Updated stats from PFF. In the last 5 games, Gilmore has given up - 11 receptions on 22 targets, 92 yards (18.4 PER GAME!), 3 interceptions and a touchdown allowed. Not bad from a piece of trash, worthless kitty

His post-game speech in the locker room, it was pretty much just him, EJ, Douzable and a couple others. Either the majority of the team was behind the camera or they !@#$ed off already

Not to mention, teams take their own data from drills. Many don't rely on the official releases from the league. All teams use the data to form a piece of the puzzle. Not entirely useless.

Made these GIFs for a Bills Wire piece, thought I might as well share them here. The 3rd one is my favourite. https://gfycat.com/TameShinyIguana https://gfycat.com/QuickInfiniteConey https://gfycat.com/ScarceGoldenBlackrussianterrier

27 total rushing TD's is a franchise record. OJ had 16 alone in 1975, not sure what the single-season rush TD record is though.

Some skip because there's a mandatory drug test, some attend but hide what they don't want scouts to see. Little different than injury avoidance but to the same principle, don't damage your future earnings. I get it, focus on getting some money. I feel differently with my experiences but I'm not unsympathetic.

Makes you wonder - if Jaylon blew his knee out at the Combine, would players stop going?

We obviously feel differently about the kind of player Wilson was at that stage in his career. I'm not going to argue that the circumstances were favourable to him as a rookie but Russ has always had that capacity to turn the game upside down. I think he's the type of player that can adapt to poor situations and I don't think he loses that mental side of his game. That's what I'm talking about with the 'right selections'. QB is far more than just the ability to throw a pass, invest in the mental makeup.

Several bad picks doesn't increase your chances. You can't roll with Osweiler, Siemian and Lynch and wonder "Why do I still need a quarterback?" It's about the right selections, not just throwing the kitchen sink at it and hoping it fixes itself. I know that some of it becomes hindsight but you can't make crap players better by taking lots of them.

The point is about talent evaluation. A bad pick doesn't become a good one because they managed to claw 3 years out of Manning (plus whatever you call 2015). Does Russell Wilson become a poor QB if Matt Flynn plays up to the contract the Seahawks give him? I doubt it.

There's not as much organisational chaos in Denver as there is in Buffalo. Elway has the freedom to do whatever he pleases and, when it comes to quarterbacks, who in that FO is going to tell John Elway that they know better? I've made my frustration with Whaley known when it comes to QB but are we entirely sure he has enough power to get a controlling say? EJ may or may not have been his pick but he took ownership of it after the fact, poor pick. Rex comes in and pretty much demands Taylor, he's not worked out. If Rex has the same reporting authority to ownership as the GM does, who knows if Whaley is even truly in charge.

They just acquired a 36 year old quarterback in free agency coming off what some thought was career-hampering surgery. They took Osweiler in the 2nd round as the QB of the future to groom under Manning and he didn't materialise. They also passed up Wilson and Kirk Cousins (who I'm still not a fan of but he's better than Brock).