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The analysis for all the other teams are actually interesting. This write-up for Buffalo is so boring.

Without searching for it did we cut anyone? Yesterday this thread said we were at 90 already. Was that inaccurate?

BEST DRAFT EVER!!!

BEST DRAFT EVER!!!!

I agree. I also wonder if Crowder is really a lock to make the roster. Honestly, with McKenzie on a 2 year contract and Crowder on a 1 year contract I'd almost prefer McKenzie over Crowder. That said I think we keep both.. I would like our WR depth chart to be: Diggs Davis Crowder Shakir McKenzie Kumerow Stash Stevenson on the PS. I don't know if we keep 7 WRs again.

I think we're going to end up with some pretty good players on our PS this season and other teams will poach throughout the year. As much hate as Stevenson gets I hope we can stash him on there because I do still think he has potential to develop into a good depth WR and our PR/KR.

You forgot Taiwan Jones at RB. He's likely on the team. That's 4 RBs. Do we keep 7 WRs like last year? We aren't keeping 8. Like Jones, Touchdown Jesus is on the team for ST ability. I wonder if Stevenson and Hodgins get cut. Possibility of stashing on the PS. I don't know how Crowder's or McKenzie contracts work but I don't think either are roster locks. Sweeney is probably gone. You forgot Quentin Morris at FB/TE.

I recognize his name! WOHOO!!! In all seriousness, this brings some of that speed we all wanted and seems like good value.

Beane said yesterday we essentially wouldn't pick 4 times in the 6th round. I hope we pick up 1 or 2 5th round picks. Tariq Woolen? Khalil Shakir? Bo Melton? Justin Ross?

Yup

Has said what? Zero designed runs from Allen? Fewer designed runs? What does fewer mean? How will he react when the game is on the line or at certain critical junctures and he knows he has one of the best weapons in the NFL at his disposal? Daboll's departure might be a good thing. It might not. We have zero evidence as far as Dorsey goes

Anyone else notice that the predicted run on QBs didn't happen? 1 QB selected in round 1. That means Willis, Corral, etc. might very well go in the 2nd and push some prospects Beane might covet like Breece Hall (or Christian Watson or Skyy Moore or... etc. ) down the board for us to draft in the 2nd or viably trade up for. More excited about tomorrow than I was today since 2nd and 3rd rounds are supposed to be the strength of this draft. We did? So you're familiar with Dorsey as a playcaller?

Part of keeping Allen upright might involve drafting an RB we can rely on so we can eliminate all the QB designed runs, which I've always disliked.

Pssssst... anyone else notice that the predicted run on QBs didn't happen? 1 QB selected in round 1. That means Willis, Corral, etc. might very well go in the 2nd and push some prospects Beane might covet like Breece Hall (or Christian Watson or Skyy Moore or... etc. ) down the board for us to draft in the 2nd or viably trade up for. More excited about tomorrow than I was today since 2nd and 3rd rounds are supposed to be the strength of this draft.

Who cares? He's a moron who's acting as his own agent and isn't even engaging in contract talks. He's going to be the end of his own career.

Might not have just been Dallas Buffalo was worried about. Baltimore could use a CB and Beane might have deemed that 4th rounder less valuable than ensuring he got Elam.

I mean... I wasn't remotely expecting Elam to be the pick, but I know ***** about college football. This just proves to me all my podcasting pre-draft was pretty meaningless. I think this is one of those typical Beane "traits" guys. Seems like a guy who has all the physical tools in the world but just needs some refining. Well hey... everyone hating the pick might just consider we just drafted a 4th piece of our secondary--a physical specimen who you can't even say is raw, just needs some tweaking--who is playing with 3 veteran all pro secondary players and is being coached by 2 former DBs in Sean McDermott and Leslie Frazier. I think this makes sense.

This thread is slowing down. It's crunch time here. Just 70 minutes to reach 100 pages

This is a weird draft. I'm almost more excited about the players we're going to draft in rounds 2 and 3 (and even 4) than I am about round 1. I'm more nervous about who we'll draft in round 1 than anything.

Buffalo trades up for Kyle Hamilton in the 1st and then Breece Hall in the 2nd.

Agree. Trade up for Kyle Hamilton.

2 picks I'd love: Kyle Hamilton (trade up) Breece Hall (somehow falls) 2 picks I expect: Daxton Hill John Metchie 2 picks I'd settle for: Zion Johnson Cam Taylor-Britt

Did you see that picture of Josh Allen with Gabe Davis? The answer is obviously Josh Allen

Fair enough. I just don't think you see teams let go of Elite QBs unless there are serious medical issues (Peyton Manning), character/legal issues (Deshaun Watson), long-lasting conflicts in terms of QB & organization (Wilson & Brady), or age (Brady & Manning). Now, by the time Allen's current contract extension runs out he'll be 32. We certainly can't discount the possibility of injury with the way he plays, but I don't think that's as likely as others might think because of his natural physical build and the fact that I think we're going to start moving away from all the designed runs. He won't be too old at 32, so that won't be a question. Josh Allen's character is impeccable, so I can't see character or legal issues ever coming into play. I know your reasoning earlier was all about "bright lights." I just don't think it's a viable reason. He's getting all the national attention he could ask for already in Buffalo. And it's not like these guys don't travel or do commercials in the offseason. I can't say that reason is completely impossible because anything's possible, but I'd say it'd be 1% or less that he wants to go play in a bigger market because Buffalo is too small. That's actually rarely happened in NFL history, anyway. QBs make their teams bigger market teams that are more nationally viable... see Brady, Mahomes, Burrow, Rodgers, Wilson (who didn't leave Seattle because it's a small market isolated in the upper northwest), etc. Allen has already done the same for Buffalo over the last 2 years. That leaves organizational friction as the most reasonable possibility. But even there, as long as we have a healthyJosh Allen at QB, I would think we will be a playoff contender every single year and a Super Bowl contender most years. That kind of success maintains organizational consistency in terms of the "big 3" in the coach, GM, and QB. Again, I can't see that type of situation driving him out. Never say never, but highly unlikely. As for my name. I moved to Hawai'i out of college when I was 23 from Rochester and have lived here for the last 18 years going on the rest of my life. I'm a transplant to Hawai'i from the mainland. Hence, my name.