Boatdrinks

Whaley and crew did the scouting reports etc. The actual draft had a noticeably different “ feel” to it than previous Whaley drafts , however. It was widely speculated during the draft that McDermott was calling the shots and making the picks. It’s likely that T Pegs already decided Whaley was being let go and gave McD full reign over the draft process.

Yep, I think Dawkins is a more natural fit at RT.

It was nice to break the drought last year, because with this teardown/ rebuild we may have been flirting with twenty. This years team is in a sort of football purgatory ( no just QB purgatory lol . It’s a roster without a lot of high end talent. The offense is going to be among the worst in the league and the running game will take a big step back.

Fair analysis.

Streater doesn’t play teams though , does he ? A down the line WR has to play teams to have much value.

Peterman brings little in the way of NFL experience, though. Whenever Allen starts, he will have less time in the offense than NP. I’d start Peterman in the first few games while the O line situation gets sorted out. Unless Peterman looks like Joe Montana , there’s not much to be gained playing Peterman for very long.

Is Bryant subject to waivers ? I don’t think he would be but with suspension and all I’m not sure. He won’t come here on his own, most likely.

I’d kick the tires. Bills were interested last year before Benjamin deal, anyway.

So what exactly is your opinion ? That nothing will work and Beane will be fired ? Great hot take there, thanks for contributing to the board.

He’s made some plays, but there is a new OC . OLeary looks like he’s running in sand compared to others on the roster.

So you’d approve if they had drafted Rosen ? Just curious. I liked Rosen I’ll admit, but they clearly weren’t interested in him. They do have Darnold now. There are options ...

The Jets may have loved Mayfield for all we know. It was reported during the combine that the Bills had called teams ( including the Colts ) about moving up. The cost for the Bills to get in the top 3 was probably very high. Heck, 3 twos for what amounted to one spot was a high price. You could live with it though. The Jets FO was / is on the verge of being fired so little regards to the future was given. It didn’t involve first rounders, so was likely a palatable easy decision. You can firmly believe in whatever player you like , but that belief does not make it so. Regardless, what Beane and the Bills would have had to give up was probably far more than what the Jets did. It’s not an apples to apples comparison. So as Bills fans we hope it works out, or we can become Jets fans as their FO has been so brilliant.

Again, we don’t know who the pick would have been. The cost to move up that many picks would likely have been exorbitant as well, if available at all. Plenty of talented players have busted at the QB position , as well as others.

Another myth often cited as fact. Just what do you think the cost would have been to move up to 3 from outside the top 10 ? It wouldn’t have three 2nds. If anyone was even interested in dropping out of the top 10. We don’t know that Darnold will be any more “ franchise” than the other QBs. Or if he would have been ther choice. We can guess, but we don’t know. .

I don’t think they overestimated McCarron. There was NFL gamefilm on him. His injury didn’t help his cause, but I think he underperformed. The contract all but assured he wouldn’t be a QB 3. They know what they have in Peterman, barring anything wildly unforeseen. Peterman also has practice squad eligibility ( I believe ) so that would have been an option for him. The talent level is similar to a McCarron imo. Things probably went differently than they expected, or AJM would still be here regardless of the QB competition outcome. Allen as QB 3 would be a total waste of time. I’d say NP was about what they expected , but AJM was less than.

Too much $$ for a QB3. I don’t think they’ll carry 3 QBs . They didn’t last year anyway, 3 was Joe Webb. Braxton Miller maybe and could double as a QB 3 ? McCarron can’t do anything else, he was only useful if he won the QB1 job to start the year.

It’s an affordable contract for a QB 2.

Playing your QB behind a crappy OL isn’t going to hurt their confidence or progression if they’re any good. The only risk is the risk of serious injury. The QB is either a good player or he isn’t.

I don’t think it had anything to do with how they feel about Allen. McCarron was 3rd best all preseason and they needed to get rid of the contract. He wasn’t going to be a QB3 and Allen definitely wasn’t going to be either. He had to go .

OAK had EJ Manuel at backup QB. That probably had more to do with it .

There is no way Mack on the 2018 Bills would have this team picking in the 20s next draft. Yep. A few more dead cap $ isn’t that big a deal in a year where the Bills already have the most anyway. Doesn’t affect 2019 or beyond, and the WR talent on this team is poor. It was worth the small price even if it didn’t pan out.

There is no way Mack in 2018 is enough to get this team picking in the 20’s next year.

Short of winning a Super Bowl, the Bills will never be as good as we want them to be. Or as good as they can be for that matter. They can be a great team with a great QB, stud WR and stud pass rusher if only you had the first pick in the draft a bunch of years in a row and played in a city that every FA wants to go to. Constantly complaining about not getting this player or that player is tiresome and pointless. It’s one thing if a fan says “ I wish we would have drafted Rosen “ because the Bills had their choice and didn’t take him. Fine. But say , Sam Darnold ? He wasn’t on the board when the Bills picked and the Jets only had to move up two spots in the draft to get to pick #3 It wasn’t going to happen. I think it’s this kind of stuff that the OP was referring to. At some point it may be better to simply follow your favorite College players than hope they land on the Bills.

Love Jim Ritcher, but the guy was an Outland trophy winner so it’s not like he was some coached up schlep. There’s no talent of Ritchers caliber on this OL right now.

To be fair, a few of those targets were too far OB and not really catchable.