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So....who do we have now for depth at center?

This is gonna be a BIG draft for the next 5 years of this team. More picks than I can remember us having in many years. It could really set us up well if we choose wisely.

It won't be better than the team we had in September last year - but it will be better than the team that lost to KC in the playoffs. Getting back to health will improve this team on its own. Then, we'll have to see how the draft & FA goes. We have more picks than usual in the draft, so may get at least a few quality starters.

Root for the Yankees. Soto & Judge back to back in the line-up is going to be all kinds of fun. I'm Yankees & Knicks. NY all the way.

Honestly, losing both him & Damien Harris early in the season really hurt our chances.

I'd be surprised if they didn't go QB in this draft. I'm really hoping it's Maye. It would be kind of like Bledsoe, the sequel. Bledsoe was a fine QB, but nowhere near the top QB's currently playing in the AFC.

I wouldn't rule anything out - but it's unlikely. They're basically building a team from scratch if they go that route, w/ a whole new coaching staff. That kind of overhaul would generally need some time, even w/ an upgrade in talent.

I'm still an Andy Reid fan. Not so much anything else KC-related. But man, do I love a sports story where someone turns the narrative about them on its head. Reid was that "can never win the big one" guy, and now he's regarded as the best in the game. Rightfully. Who knows. Maybe we'll get a narrative change one of these days.

I'm envious of the cap space - but not of how irrelevant that team is now. They have to cash in on one of the QB's in the upcoming draft. If they don't choose wisely, it's another 3-4 years down the tubes.

If there is one thing that being a Bills fan has instilled in me, at a very deep level - it's patience.

It's not something I'm thinking. This is a mock, and doesn't reflect Beane's plans one iota. Beane has been a good drafter relative to the rest of the league. We went O w/ the 1st 2 picks last year, so I don't see the argument that they focus on D too much.

This is a mock. It's not Beane's draft board.

Man, that sounds like a lot of work for Beane. I have no idea what to expect this season. I thought we had our best team in decades heading into '23, but this one seems like it could be a re-set. Which would be tough after the way the season ended.

I love Morse. I also love Hyde, Tre & Poyer. But there just comes a time. I think Beane has been a great GM to this point - but this is that time in a franchise's development that he has to make those tough decisions. I'm really curious to see how it goes. I think he might surprise us.

Yeah - this one won't do at all.

Kind of just creates another need for them, too. They're already short good WR's.

I loved how Douglas played for us this year. But I agree w/ this - let's roll w/ Elam, Benford & Johnson. And they can grab someone later in the draft, too. If there is one position that this staff knows how to develop, it's CB.

If the 4th one was our 1st one, we'd have won. It really gets in your head when you start losing Super Bowls. As soon as Thomas fumbled, it was like the air went out of the team. That "here we go again" feeling.

Don't forget Mahomes & Kelce in every other commercial! I respect KC. I respected the Pats, too. I'm just getting annoyed w/ the state of this board. I don't really come here to lavish praise on the Chiefs all of the time. Some discussion is fine, but it's bordering on obsession these days.

It's way over the top. We didn't post this much about the Patriots when they ran the division for 2 decades. I almost feel like this is a KC board, between the worship & some of their fans taking over the conversations (and literally within days of winning their 2nd consecutive, which I will never understand, like ever). Used to be a good safe space for a Bills homer like me to post. Kinda miss those days.

KC worship & KC paranoia are getting pretty carried away on this board. I get that they have been a nemesis in the playoffs, but some fans are getting way over the top.

I watched it once - it is excellent. I can not watch it again. Maybe if we eventually win one it would be less painful, but I won't go near it now. We might have won 2 or 3 if we got that 1st one. It was already in their heads to not be Denver by the 2nd one, and I remember Madden saying that it seemed like the Bills wanted to win "too much." Never should have come down to Norwood in the 1st - quite a few missed tackles on that LONG drive the Giants had in the 2nd half. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Losing a Super Bowl is the hardest loss in sports, and we did it 4 consecutive years.

Sounds good to me. Much better than "it's hard to win in this league" or something like that.

I could see Elam emerging if he goes into the season fully healthy. He has more talent than some fans think, imo.

I've provided facts all over this thread. Every time I do, you move the goalposts. It's a repetitive pattern, and it has gotten boring for me.