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Classic addition by subtraction for the Bills. I will always love what he did to help change the culture of this team, and make Allen what he is today - but see ya, Diggsy. The last 2 years, you have been an underperforming, over-talking & tweeting distraction (and your bro, as well). Looking forward to watching you undermine another contender's chances.

After getting SB hyped every season, I truly love going into this season w/ the general consensus being "they lost Diggs and a bunch of guys - they're taking a step back." Health is the key - but this team has as good a chance at the title as we've seen in the JA era. I love this team.

It's an excellent documentary - but once only for me. So many years ago, but still so brutal. I feel like I'll be able to watch it again if we ever win one, but until then I can't go near it.

Hey, not sure if anyone has mentioned it - but thanks for giving us Cole Bishop for nothing!

Chiefs fans think we wanted the guy they or San Fran wanted. Pats fans think we didn't trade w/ them because we're still so scared of them (true story, from reading their boards). I think we were able to get a new starting safety and the WR we were hoping to get without a trade up.

We always say it' s a tough schedule. And it usually is. There are a lot of good teams now - especially in the division and conference. All kinds of weird stuff usually happens. Some of the games that look easy aren't, and some of the hard ones go the other route. It's hard to win in the NFL. But we've been doing it more than most teams, and I expect that to continue.

If Cole Bishop & Coleman both pan out, it's gonna look like a pretty good trade.

I'm not an autograph guy - but probably wouldn't if I was. It's really a drag we had to be in the same division as that guy. I mean, seriously - the most dominant QB & franchise of all time, and we had to just get through playing them twice a year. It was like going to the dentist playing them - just something to get over with.

I respect how good he is. But man, what a crybaby....

Just on a quick check, he's 10 lbs. heavier than Worthy. I agree that they like their ST guys - but we really need that speedster to stretch the field, too. I'm hoping this guy can fulfill the potential Denver must have seen to draft him in the 2nd.

After watching some of his interviews - I like the guy as a person more than any of the other dudes picked ahead of him. He doesn't seem to have any diva in him, which is rare w/ top receivers - but he also seems to have a ton of confidence. I'm really excited about this pick. Not the best WR in the draft by any means - but he may be the best for the Bills, and Allen.

I kinda feel bad for some of the fans who gave negative emojis to this. This is 100% my expectation. It likely will be as long as Allen is QB for the Bills - I would expect fans of KC and Cincy to feel the same. Not really anyone else on a year-by-year - maybe Houston if Stroud doesn't have a sophomore slump.

We're clearing cap & getting younger. I'd pass on this one.

It was a good, common-sense kind of draft. In hindsight, trading up for one of the big 3 WR's would have been kind of a hail mary - more exciting, but also more limiting in the long run. Better to add bodies everywhere, and hope a good % of them pan out into significant contributors.

It's a futile obsession. I want a #1 offense - not a #1 receiver. We have 2 position units that have complimentary players to give even the best DC's nightmares - Tight End and Running Back. And we have a solid O-line, and a very CAPABLE receiver corps, that has speed, good hands and versatility. And we still have a top 2 QB in the league. This offense will be top 3-4 in the league. I'm tired of the hand-wringing about the WR position, and not having a "true #1." We almost beat the SB champs with our "true #1" barely showing up & dropping a game-changing pass.

He's 20, and so many of his other skills are as good as you could want. If he improves w/ his separation (and I agree it's not as bad as portrayed), he can be the steal of this draft. We just won't know for awhile. But I like the guy, and it seems like he has great commitment to being the best.

It's silly how many people nationally goofed on the trade when it happened. It's like everyone became Nick Wright for a day. "You don't trade w/ you biggest rival!" Well, unless they're giving you a 3rd rounder for nothing.

Not to disparage anyone here - but I always crack a smile when I see someone complain about a pick because of where they had that player on "their board." I'm always kind of curious, too: how did they put their board together? Did they scour film of a huge # of collegiate players, all day, every day of the year? Did they go to games and workouts? Did they rigorously compare players at various positions with others who spent as much time as them watching and evaluating? Because those are the things Beane & our scouts do. I have a hunch that most here look at mocks for a few months, and check some youtube on only the top players - and that's about it.

We always complained we didn't have a running game - w/ Davis & Cook, it could be our best year at that position in a long time. We have 2 really good TE's - one of whom could be near the top in the league in the upcoming years. Our O-line is young & deep. Our WR corps is meh right now until they prove themselves - but there are loads of ways to score points in this offense without top-end WR talent.

The reactions on this thread border on the ridiculous. Beane can't even sign a camp body without people losing their minds.

Last year's SB champs had a worse WR room. Tom Brady had a worse room for 6 titles.

Certainly a decent shot of that. Either way, we really lost nothing w/ that trade. We were able to pick in the 3rd round, courtesy of KC's doubt.

This is about as good a WR corps as the one that won the SB last year. We need to scheme better. Reid schemes guys open. Brady was still running a lot of Dorsey's O last year, it seemed - hopefully we see better in September.

That's a pretty rough assessment. I respect where you're coming from, but view it differently. Bishop is going to start, imo - and be an upgrade over an aging, oft-injured Poyer. And I think Davis could be big for us - most teams have 2 complimentary backs, and he brings something to the table that Cook doesn't really have. We have needed that, and have generally looked to aging vets for it. I don't think we sacrificed talent for high character, either. There were no reaches in this draft for the Bills. They took needs, good value, and leaders. Leaders are awesome to have. A very solid argument could be made that we have had very few over the years JA has been at the helm. Diggs was kind of the guy you're describing above - incredibly talented, but disruptive & a distraction. He led by example, but not by strength of character. Obviously, we won't know a thing until we're well into the season. But think a lot of the guys we picked could make significant contributions this season, and that we could be surprised by how good the team is at the end. Key word being "could." I really don't know, but I think there is as much chance that we improve as there is we slide back.

I kind of know what you're saying here - but the results are the results. Our biggest problem in that game was defense - we simply couldn't stop KC. And that was kind of expected, with so many of our good & great players on D out, or playing hurt. We didn't have our starting LB's, were missing 2 starting CB's, and 1 CB was playing pretty hurt. And we could have stolen that game if our best WR could have hung onto a pass that - if caught - would have gone down as one of the most memorable in playoff history. We beat KC in the regular. We were as close as any team to their level in '23.