Nihilarian

Agreed! He probably signed him to shut everyone up, as even USA Today in their power rankings stated that the Bills should have drafted a WR! Most Bills fans have been bleating endlessly about how the weakest part of the team is the WR corps. The thing is that Tom Brady and the Patriots spent a decade without that superstar #1 WR. The Earnhardt-Perkins scheme that the Patriots used to run and Buffalo utilize that strong run game and move the chains passing game until they reach the end zone, and then punch it in...same at the SB winning Patriots. How did the Bengals fare last season with their two elite WRs? The 49ers? The Dolphins with super speedster Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle with paying their QB, receivers so much that the rest of the team is lacking. The very last thing this team needs is a diva WR like Diggs who wants all the passes his way and still complains. Been there, done that!

Good news for Bills fans, and hopefully they don't fire that HC & GM for a few years. What's amazing to me is how the Bills manage to contain that elite Miami receiver corps with such a sub-elite defense.

Jordan Schultz of Fox Sports reports that the team is hosting free agent wideout Elijah Moore for a visit on Monday. Moore spent the last two seasons with the Browns and set a career high with 61 catches last season. The 2021 Jets second-round pick has 200 catches for 2,162 yards and nine touchdowns for his career. Khalil Shakir, Keon Coleman, Joshua Palmer, Curtis Samuel, Jalen Virgil, KJ Hamler, Tyrell Shavers, Laviska Shenault, and Kaden Prather — the aforementioned seventh-rounder — are the current receivers in Buffalo.

Bills fans need to relax and wait to see what the offense looks like with a healthy crew, along with more repetitions under their belts. Besides, a healthy Cooper could be back, but with around 4 mill in cap space, I doubt it at this point. Speaking of cap space...I highly doubt the Bills make any moves until they see what the offense looks like this year in training camp/preseason. Just saying, complaining about it won't change anything. A top-five balanced offense with a top-ten defense that can actually rush the passer this season, I'm excited!

I understand that many here as simply asking for some better options at WR, and i agree to a point. What I've been saying is let's wait and see what the offense looks like with a healthy Coleman and Samuel. More time spent with the current receivers and Kincade/Allen and others will all have better continuity. The last thing I want to see in Buffalo is another #1 WR diva like Diggs getting all the throws his way and still complaining. The Bills need receivers to step up in the playoffs and not fall on their face. My take is the Bills FO might feel like they have the right players to do just that. So many are complaining about Kincade dropping a pass. Crap happens and it should have never come down that one pass while allowing that KC offense all day to throw. KC/Mahomes scored a season high 32 points against the Buffalo defense.

I get that the Bills played one more game. It still doesn't explain why, if the 2024 passing offense was so bad, then why did the Buffalo offense finish #2 overall in the NFL in points scored? BTW, in 2020, the offense was also #2 overall...with...no...#1...WR! Buncha scrubs did that? All these seasons since 2020, the offense has not been the problem, as it's the defensive injuries that have let them down every year.

Someone explain to me why the Bills had a #1 WR in Diggs for four seasons, who was elusive as they come in making most DBs look foolish for quite some time. He put up some really good numbers and caught a ton of balls. Over 1000 yards every year in Buffalo and was the NFL receiving leader in 2020 with 1535 yards. And Yet, it was this past season, without a #1 WR, that the 2024 offense set a franchise record for scoring while being the #2 team in the NFL in points scored. Meanwhile, (MVP) Josh Allen was 26th in passing attempts, 9th in yards, 7th in TDs, and 3rd in INTs in the NFL. Which was freaking great and because the offense didn't turn the ball over like they had in the past... the team was the best in the NFL in turnover ratio in +24. What we all saw was a very balanced offense that won 13 games, and we can throw out that Patriots game, which Buffalo gave them on purpose to bone them. The Rams and Chiefs outscored Buffalo because the Buffalo defense stunk, and in the Ravens, Texans games, I think Josh was injured. It was the Buffalo defense that kept the Bills out of the Super Bowl the last few seasons. For F@3k's sake, be happy the Bills upgraded the defense. This is no longer the Brian Daboll pass crazy offense that had a terribad run game, that even when the pass game wasn't working, that clown kept calling pass plays. The current Buffalo OC in Joe Brady, is arguably the best OC since Ted Marchibroda by running a very balanced offense with both a terrific run and passing game.

This! The 2024 offense set a franchise record for most points scored in a 13-4 season. That last game against NE in a 16-23 loss kept the Pats from the #1 overall pick, which would have given them a windfall of draft picks like Cleveland got for the #2 overall. So, 14-3? Brandon Beane stated that they took BPA for the most part and that a WR, LBer simply didn't fall to them. As for that Houston game, my take is that Josh Allen hurt his hand somewhere in that Baltimore game, perhaps? Allen went 9 of 30 for 131 yards...really, that bad? Worst game of his career.

The best WR this team has seen under McD and Beane was brought in from a trade with Minnesota in Stephon Diggs. Last season, Beane made a move to help the WR corps with Amari Cooper. Cooper, while dealing with an injury all season, wasn't exactly the answer, although he did help others get open as he attracted much attention. Cooper could still return to Buffalo healthy. And there is still the possibility that if this FO thinks that the receiver room is lacking, they will make another trade. Doesn't Curtis Samuel have a 4.31 40 time? Also, he suffered from turf toe in 2024, which can be a lingering injury. Besides, I kind of think that the new OC doesn't yet have a downfield game plan for a speedy WR/ Samuel. Again, he could also be helped with more time with Allen throwing to him. Against Arizona, 34 pts scored, Miami, 31. Jax 47, Ten 34, Sea 31, Mia 30, Kan 30, Indy 30, San Fran 35, Rams 42. Det 48, Jets 40. Then against Denver with the #5 defense 31-7. As others have stated, it wasn't the offense that lost us that KC playoff game. BTW, which NFL QB won the MVP award for 2024?

Allow me to reiterate. When other WRs were out injured with the Chargers, Palmer stepped up, and in 2022, he had 11 game starts. 107 targets with 72 receptions with 769 yards. How about we wait and see what the training camp/preseason looks like before we melt down because of the current WR room. At that point, if things look bleak, perhaps Beane makes a trade.

The only WR returning from 2023 to 2024 was Kahlil Shakir, so Allen had a bunch of new faces to throw to in 2024. As far as Kincade is concerned, a bunch of teams were focusing on taking him away in the offense, and he was also dealing with an injury at some point in the season. If I'm not mistaken, many of Kincade's passes were thrown to him, and only 69% of them were catchable targets. Of the 40 tight ends to have run forty routes, that is the lowest % at 41. When Kincade was targeted 10 or more yards down the field, only 37% of those targets were catchable. What's crazy is that Dalton Kincade's injury in week 10 was because he was chasing down an inaccurate pass while he was wide open. Not blaming Josh Allen here, it's just that the two need better chemistry and to get on the same page, and this will happen the more they work together. The same can be said of the entire receiver room. Even Allen stated, as his season-ending PC, that he needed to get better at getting the ball to Kincade. Plus, Amari Cooper is still a free agent, and perhaps teams are unwilling to give him 20 million a season at this point. He did sort of disappoint in Buffalo for a third-round pick, and perhaps he returns to the Bills, as I understand they did make him an offer. SO, Josh Palmer is now easily the best separator on the Bills. He ranked 10th of 160 qualifying receivers in route win rate last year. Next-closest Bills receiver (Amari Cooper) ranked 61st.

Kelly Akharaiyi, WR, Mississippi. ... Devin Brandt-Epps, DT, New Mexico. ... Stephen Gosnell, WR, Virginia Tech. ... Keonta Jenkins, S, Virginia Tech. ... Keleki Latu, TE, Washington. ... Daryl Porter Jr., CB, Miami. ... Hal Presley, WR, Baylor.

WR Hal Presley TE Keleki Latu OL Jacob Bayer DE Hayden Harris

This their last pick?

Man, taking their time with this one.

Bond?

Someone in the Buffalo draft room throwing darts at the draft board?

oh a trade up?

Can he play defense?

So, who will the Rams pick to screw with Buffalo?

Safety or WR at 173?

Yeah, I heard all that, lazy can't get out of his own way...gets pushed around by smaller linemen...a real bum. His coach had a lot of good things to say about him so... We will see.

This team needed big-time defensive help in both the defensive line and secondary. Looks good so far, and I like that Jackson kid as he looks like a monster!

Double dip...no sir. I'd say go DT next, and then perhaps a safety. All depends on how the board falls. Don't forget that Beane needs to make a trade for a 3rd round pick.

There must be something up with Johnson when his college coach passed on him. Perhaps the 20% missed tackle rate has something to do with it? Plus, Mad Max can also play press man so can see why the Bills went this way.