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Bills have: -Bates going into Year 2 under Kromer. -Morse at Center. -Signed McGovern in FA. -Edwards and Boettger as depth. I’m not really worried about IOL .. and I don’t think the Bills are either. Let me take that back at bit .. I’m worried about Morse’s concussions, but if we’re rolling with him at his cap hit, we can’t operate like he is going to miss a ton of time.

I’ve wanted Oliver gone for his cap hit, but it’s also schematically .. I don’t mind having two fast undersized linebackers in the modern NFL, but it’s problematic when your starting DT is also undersized.

Little known fact .. Ole Miss WR’s can only be selected on Day 2.

Honestly, that’s where I’m at too. If we draft an IOL, to me that signals (potentially) a cap savings with Morse. Bates and McGovern both on multi-year deals and then a high pick on the IOL, we already have solid depth with Ike and Edwards. Get the IOL gelling together as soon as possible.

JSN in a commercial for Kay Jewelers gazing longingly into the camera? … ok, glad we didn’t draft him now.

ESPN’s coverage of nonstop commerical breaks is really exciting

Tight End run is LIVE

Crazy that Richardson, Stroud and Levis all went to the same division.

I want to die after reading our picks in your mock. Im just not, at all, interested in drafting guys on Day 1 or Day 2 that won’t immediately impact. Especially at 59. Ika is fine, as long as we’re good with his medicals.

Maybe… but I think a lot of his usage will be as the big slot. I’m sure there will be wrinkles to take advantage of the way teams play us, but a lot of it could be as simple as 11 personnel disguised as 12 with Kincaid in the slot. It will certainly look different because teams can’t just defend us the way they would if he was, say, Josh Downs or Zay Flowers.

Its a fair point to raise, but as the founding member of the “stop telling me they’re pass catchers” whine club… literally, view him as a pass catcher. WR’s make an impact early. Yes, TE’s take time. Kincaid can block some and give us some TE help… BUT he’s going to be our slot WR. He’s an absolute monster as a receiver.

It’s always interesting to me to see how these things play out. Everyone knew Dallas wanted Kincaid IF he was there. However, from the video snippets and reporters witnessing their war room, it seems they were quite unsettled when we jumped them for Kincaid. Surely, if we all knew what they wanted to do, they would put the word out to have the chance to match/exceed a trade offer if someone tries to jump them, no? Its not like they just said, oh well.. we’ll just go Mazi Smith now.. they took their time and had, what clearly seemed to be, some animated discussions about what to do.

As things stand, we may want to hold onto that pick so we can draft 3 DT’s on day 2 next year.

If we use him correctly, emphatically yes. Kincaid should be an immediate impact WR/TE. I have no worries about the player.. all my concern resides with Dorsey and Allen’s usage of him.

We have Diggs, Davis, Shakir, Harty and Sherfield. After Diggs, they are all question marks. -Can Davis make the jump to a reliable WR2 in a high powered offense? -Can Shakir be a WR3? -Can Harty stay healthy and make an impact? -Sherfield is what he is .. good WR depth/Special Teams. With Knox and Kincaid, it’s certainly less of a worry, but that’s a lot of uncertainty in the WR room of a team with Super Bowl aspirations. A night two WR doesn’t solve that uncertainly, but it provides another potential answer in the equation if any of those three questions is a “no”.

Sounds like they had an A and B, but no C Gibbs was reportedly their top choice, then Jones. Probably thought no way they’re both gone at 15.

It amazes me that people can still close their eyes and gargle the media when they so clearly believe they alone are the arbiters of truth. RFK interviewed by a corporate shill that runs the tape through a Pfizer rep to edit out anything that may hurt their bottom line. It’s all so sickening.

Pretty sure I addressed that with my last paragraph. We’d need that pick 59 so draft his replacement. If that’s what AZ demands, welp.. not going to happen. We’d have void years in his contract. It’s not ideal, but we’d likely have to deal with some dead cap in a Hopkins trade. Trading Oliver to offset 10M just allows for that to be manageable in terms of future years team building.

We could trade for Hopkins without taking the “win at any cost” approach. It simply requires moving a piece to gain a piece. We could probably get back our 4th for Ed Oliver, clear 10M, have a manageable cap hit for DHop and only really need to figure out his cap hit next year in ‘24, with minimal dead cap into ‘25. However, if they’re not budging off pick 59, well… we kinda need that to draft Oliver’s replacement.

Beane stated he did not have RD1 grades on all the WR’s that went before us. Who are we thinking had RD1 grades for us? Im guessing JSN and Addison. No to Flowers and Johnston.

Stay put. We need “rosterable” players. I could care less if we trade our 5th or 6th to move up again. Give me 4 guys who can help next year and I’m good. We need to stop having Anderson, Wildgoose, Tenuta, Blackshear, Hodgins etc., prospects poached from us every year. We don’t have a ton of holes.. We have a highly paid roster and these picks need to impact … and impact early… not year 3 or 4 of their rookie contract.

Yea, Daquan Jones is the only guy I “think” is back next year, with a likely extension at some point. Maybe Phillips as well on a year to year basis, if he can stay healthy. I think the top DT’s may go early/mid RD2, so I’ll be interested in seeing what happens if Benton, Dexter etc all go off the board before us. If one is there, I think we take one. In terms of LB, Campbell seemed to be THE MLB of the Draft… and not just in the Bills eyes. Sanders and Simpson are intriguing, but definitely not sure fire MLB’s. If they go before us, are the remaining LB’s any different than just having an open competing between Bernard, Dodson and Spector?

Yes .. and I said I’m not as worried this year as I was last year. You just took issue with my tongue in cheek annoyance at the term “pass catchers” and I’m explaining why. I think our base offense, as it stands looks like this: WR (3) Diggs - Kincaid - Davis TE (1) Knox Rotational WR (2) Shakir / Harty RB (2) Cook/Harris Gadget (1) Hines I foresee the Bills being in primarily 12 personnel disguised as 11 personnel. I think it has a ton of potential. I’d still like one more legit WR to push Davis & safeguard against Diggs or Davis missing any time.

If one of the top DT’s drops, I’d be good taking one. Otherwise, I’m still on the Offense flow. Best available OL and/or WR. Our DT situation is just so puzzling…. Im assuming we have to take one, and one of significance at that … could we really go into the season with 4 DT’s on one year deals? I think the FO is content at LB. And if they weren’t, they better be, because apparently Jack Campbell wasn’t coming close to where we could get him.

They are when you’re weak at a position and don’t properly address the weakness due to the hope a concept absolves it.