Richard Noggin

Maybe because we draft Franklin instead? Maybe because the next tier of WR prospect in a LOADED late 1st/early 2nd talent pool is comparable straight up, and irresistible when also adding late day two/early day three assets? Hopefully that's the maths at play here. Early 2nd + late 3rd rd prospect is greater than just Worthy AND early 2nd (+late 3rd) + early 5th is greater than just Legette, apparently.

Google is your friend. I, a person in my 40s, had to google it even during the draft as I tried to keep track. 3 picks each, with Bills moving back in 1st but moving up from 4th to 3rd and up in the 7th.

Bunch of weak-arse constitutions on display, predictably, from Bills fans here. I know the KC x Worthy trade really strains credulity, but it MUST mean Beane didn't value that player at that pick. Then the Car x Legette trade further twists the anti (fan)-consensus WR knife. But again, Beane isn't pulling that trigger blindly. He's obviously trying to recoup value at a spot where he sees a lack of it. So he disagrees with most of us that Worthy or Legette were worthy of picks 28 or 32, respectively, for the Bills. I was mostly in the pro-Worthy and pro-Legette camps, in the spirit of full disclosure. I think we've finally entered the Josh Allen franchise QB cap hit era where YoY draft capital is more valuable than need-based fan consensus. The only scenario where trading back was acceptable to me was with these very minimal moves. That way, Troy Franklin is still available and we've recouped a 3rd (for a 4th) and turned a late 5th into an early 4th, among other moves. OR another trade-back is available for even better value because pick #33 is a power pick in that regard. Who knows? (of course it's also possible that Beane gave KC their next dynamic WR weapon to pair with the QB we also gave them.)

After a million mock drafts where I stayed at 28 and either politely chose the preferred remaining (5th or 6th) WR (usually Mitchell or Coleman back then) or chose an unexpectedly available 1st round prospect at OL or DL just because loud BPA value (usually one of the top OCs, DTs, or DEs)...I started to trade back out of 28, oftentimes more than once. If Franklin is a perfectly acceptable WR target, then he can be picked at the top of the 2nd while also gaining a late day-three, top-100 pick the NFL recently stole. Rosters are built on day two and early day three. The 2024 1st rd draft trade scorecard is as follows: Bills give 28, 133, 200, 248 (232 pts) Bills get 33, 95, 141, 221 (237 pts)

You know whose advanced stats are effing AWESOME by comparison? Yup...Troy Franklin.

Those fastest-ever combine guys tend to apply that straight-line speed to the NFL field in year one, do they?

ooh everyone gonna lose their minds now for sure

LOVE Bills fans showing their emotions as Beane adds day two and three value instead of reaching for guys he didn't want. Gotta fill out the roster with talent when your QB makes a billion dollars (and you're overpaying an old DE, unfortunately).

WTF lol

Nah you hand the phone to the most annoying intern and string em along while looking for a different/better deal

In EVERY single one of my MANY mock draft simulations, I actively rejected so many Chiefs trade offers. In my most recent favorite mock, I traded back to 31, then rejected KC's trade-up offer and selected Worthy, which caused KC to change course and trade out of the 1st. Oddly prescient scenario.

WOWZA

The run on WRs HAS been beautifully delayed, but it WILL happen soon no matter what the Bills do. Can't trade back and just EXPECT your guy will be there. But then again, you could get an extra day two pick and still luck into a dude...

Nah he'll move up in the 2nd and/or up into the 3rd, 4th, etc...

I almost hope so.

A CATHOLIC drink? For a Brit? LOL

What she said

Weird how they're WORSE than "us" innit (sorry)

More talent than production for BTJ innit?

NOW some WRs go?

Only one way to know...

Epenesa was probably meant to be 3-4 5t DE in the NFL. He could have kept his weight and worked on getting even stronger and stouter. Solid 2-gap edge-setter at his length and strength. (Not at ALL how the Bills projected him, of course.) I.e., wasn't meant to be a "Finisher" so much as a guy who re-establishes the LOS in favor of the defense.

Remarkably different profiles and traits. Huh?