[Weird Bills dreams]

Put your weird Bills dreams here. I can't be the only one that has those from time to time

 

Last night I dreamed the Bills drafted a dog that plays defensive tackle in round 1. Walter Football gave the pick an A grade.

[Offense or Defense in Round 1]

29 minutes ago, BillsVet said:

good WR or TE who poses a match-up issue for opposing defenses. 

 

Name your man. Which WR or TE is worth taking at 9? I'm not sure any of them are.

[Offense or Defense in Round 1]

You don't reach for a player in the top 10. Draft BPA or trade down. Drafting a low 1st round offensive player at 10 vs drafting a top 10 pass rusher. No brainer.

[Bills have interest in Seattle DE Frank Clark]

1 hour ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Trade 9 for Clark and 21. That’s the equivalent point value of pick 35. Throw in a 4th or lower if needed. At 21 you can get Fant or Metcalf or Cody Ford. Boom, problem solved

 

I love it. Get a stud pass rusher and still have picks in each of the first 3 rounds. If this is doable we should jump on it.

[Bills have interest in Seattle DE Frank Clark]

We know they were in on Mack. Clark would be an incredible consolation prize. I would think a 1st would be the price but I'd be all for it.

[Is anyone else besides me suffering from Josh Allen Obsessive Disorder?]

Just now, Mr. WEO said:

Ahhh, yet it seems like only months ago that the board was shouting loudly that "you don't start a rookie QB, you let him learn for a year!!".....

 

Worked out for Mahomes. Aaron Rodgers sat a couple years and turned out pretty good too. Allen looked better after sitting a few games. I stand by my belief that many rookies would be better off sitting at least half of their first season.

[Bills sign DE Eli Harold]

I remember him, he was projected to go in the high 2nd round but fell to the 3rd. Wasn't he an OLB coming out?

[DK Metcalf is following Josh Allen on IG]

On 4/9/2019 at 2:31 PM, Yav said:

I was joking around but I agree that Harry would be a great fit. His personality is great as well. 

 

I have heard his practice habits are sloppy and he gets lazy in games. Doesn't seem like someone McDermott would draft.

[Bills host OG Quinton Spain from Titans***Update...SIGNED***]

 

[Bills Allocated Christain Wade (International Pathway Program)]

 

[You say you're all for BPA, but do you mean it?]

16 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

Building a successful team is obviously a very difficult task, and BPA is just one of at least a few different approaches teams take toward the draft. 

 

I've said this before but I am sure the Bills planned their free agency spending around their draft plans. Everyone says the top talent in this draft is on the defensive line, lo and behold we didn't sign any defensive linemen to big deals. Now they've put themselves in a position where the player they take at 9 is likely to match BPA with need. Or with receivers, it isn't a pressing need like it was 3 months ago, but the receivers we signed are on contracts that are easy to get out of after a year. CB and safety are pretty well locked up for the next couple years but there aren't any top 10 secondary players in this draft anyways. I don't think this stuff is coincidental. Smart teams are planning 1 or 2 years into the future. Beane probably already has an idea of what positions will be deep in the 2020 draft. It isn't as simple as drafting BPA or drafting for need. It's a constant revolving door and the team's job is to make every decision fit together.

[Zerovoltz Draft Analysis]

3 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

I have seen more of Zero's wife's breasts than I expected to this morning that is for sure. 

 

It wouldn't be a TBD offseason without softcore nudity. It beats Zay Jones's butt from last year.

[You say you're all for BPA, but do you mean it?]

7 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

I don't know how they make those judgments, exactly, but I'm sure some of it is physical attributes and some of it is character attributes.   But, at least as I've heard Beane describe, none of it is need based

 

It has to be at least somewhat based in need. We wouldn't draft a 3-4 OLB even if talent wise they were the BPA. But honestly most teams could consider 90% of their position groups as needs. The only positions I'd be shocked to see us take in round 1 are safety, CB, or QB. I could even see us taking a safety or CB in round 2 for depth and long term replacement purposes. We could use upgrades everywhere else on the team and most teams are in the same boat. Outside of your franchise players most positions need an upgrade, if not this year then next year.

[D'haquille aka Duke Williams, Bills' newest WR better than any draft prospect]

15 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

I assume three of the trade ups are 22 to 12, 12 to seven and 23 to 16, or whatever the exact numbers were.  Not sure what the fourth one was, but I don't think it was in the first round.   

 

 

We traded up for Jones, Dawkins, Allen, and Edmunds. 4 trade ups in the first two rounds in just 2 drafts. We have 10 picks and I doubt we'll use all of them. They spent a lot in free agency to give themselves flexibility in the draft. 

[D'haquille aka Duke Williams, Bills' newest WR better than any draft prospect]

3 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

I don't think he believes in chasing game changing players in the first round, not once he has his QB and MLB.   I think he's look to increase the total talent level on the team.  

 

Since McDermott arrived we've traded up 4 times. Trading up for a QB any team would do, but not every team trades up for an MLB. That leads me to believe they will trade up for any talent that fills a need if they see the value there. A wrecking ball at DT is just as important in McDermott's defense as a rangy MLB. I think they have their eye on Ed Oliver and if he falls past 5 they'll happily trade a mid-round pick to go get him. If the process goes according to plan this will be the last time in a long time we'll be in the range of blue chip 1st round players. I don't think they'll feel comfortable just sitting and waiting to see who falls. They want another elite talent.

[D'haquille aka Duke Williams, Bills' newest WR better than any draft prospect]

11 minutes ago, Shaw66 said:

I really don't think the Bills think this way.   I think McBeane view it this way:  We've got our quarterback.   We've got our middle linebacker.  Now our job is to add talent, wherever that talent may fall on our roster.   If the BPA is a DE, great.  If he's a wideout, great.   If he's a corner, great.   If he's a guard, great.   We'll take whoever the most talented guy is, and he will make out team better.  

 

I think their philosophy is that we will fill holes in free agency, we'll add talent in the draft, and we will play with the guys we have.  

 

I think they identify which needs they can fill in free agency and which they should be able to fill in the draft, and they plan their whole offseason around that. I'll be shocked if our 1st round pick isn't a defensive lineman. That's the only need we didn't even try to fill in free agency. I'm sure that heading into free agency they had already identified several d-linemen that they would be comfortable drafting at pick 9, so they didn't break the bank for anyone. Don't be surprised if they trade up for an Ed Oliver or Josh Allen if he falls. When BPA matches need they aren't afraid to move up for someone. I think Beane figures you can add 3rd and 4th round talent in FA, which leaves the door open to use those picks as trade bait on game changing 1st round players.

[D'haquille aka Duke Williams, Bills' newest WR better than any draft prospect]

1 hour ago, Brianmoorman4jesus said:

Not sarcasm at all. I don’t think we will draft a WR early now. I think we have a good group.

 

John Brown's contract is very easy to get out of after year one. I think secretly the Bills are hoping to have his replacement already on the roster after the draft. Ideally he will be a stop gap who at the very least pushes Foster to compete. I still expect us to draft a WR early. Probably not round 1 but somewhere between 2 and 4.

[Brian Burns Names Bills as Showing Interest]

Joe Marino of the locked on Bills podcast thinks he is the best pass rusher in the draft. But I would be surprised if he goes top 10. Maybe if we trade down I could see us taking him.

[Did we land a top 5 GM in Beane?]

35 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said:

Russ picked his Syracuse buddy Marrone PRIOR to elevating Whaley and the Pegula's and Russ picked Rex.

 

Did Russ also choose to spend 3 1st round picks on EJ Manuel and Sammy Watkins? It's hard to imagine a worse use of resources.

[Did we land a top 5 GM in Beane?]

1 hour ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

He has the same exact record as Doug Whaley after 2 years.

 

That's terrible for Whaley. In 2015 we spent $210 million on our active roster which was #1 in the league. In 2018 we spent $160 million on our active roster which was #31 in the league. How did we end up with the same record while spending a lot less on the roster? That's awful use of cap space.

[Fox Sports: NFL’s best fan base, Bills vs Titans the Final 4]

15 minutes ago, Maynard said:

Yeah, this is pretty stupid. The whole thing goes right out the window and means absolutely nothing. 

 

If it's any consolation it always meant nothing.

 

I went to the Bills/Titans game in Nashville a couple years ago. It was the Tyrod comeback game. The stadium literally had more Bills fans than Titans fans. We were walking through the crowd leading the let's go Buffalo chant as stunned Titans fans looked around at the sea of red white and blue. We completely took it over.

[Calling it now: Zay Jones will not be on the week 1 roster.]

27 minutes ago, TaskersGhost said:

LOL

 

This is a good response to numerous people telling you to stop making up numbers. What a weird thing to do.

[Bills 2019 Draft Hat]

If I took my son to a build a hat workshop, this is what he would come up with. My son is 5.

[Calling it now: Zay Jones will not be on the week 1 roster.]

I just have to say one last time that TaskersGhost in all seriousness said "Andre Holmes mimicked Goodwin" when attempting to prove that Josh Allen had a similar set of receivers as EJ Manuel. In fact I'll just post the whole thing because it's amazing to read:

 

 

See, EJ Manuel had Stevie Johnson. But Stevie didn't produce with any other team, and Kelvin Benjamin had more career yards, so that means Kelvin Benjamin is on par with him.

 

But oh would you look at that, that's another lie. He says Kelvin Benjamin has more career yards than any receiver we had in 2013. Just a little slightly off there. Stevie Johnson has 1,743 more career receiving yards than Kelvin Benjamin, and Robert Woods has a mere 1,430 more. No way TaskersGhost is randomly making up information to win an internet argument. It was probably an honest mistake.

[John Wawrow: "better chance of the Bills moving up for a player than moving back"]

8 minutes ago, thebandit27 said:

 

If you're approaching the draft with the mentality of filling holes, then you've already lost 

 

I think the mentality of this regime is you trade up when need matches talent. They say they will draft BPA but they're not waiting around to find out what the BPA will be.