Richard Noggin

$100 MILLION LOL

Agreed with everyone that this is the puzzling part, except...all six @Bs went in the top 12 so maybe WE and our draftnik sources were all wrong about QB value in 2024.

Is it the Chop Maybin comp? I've never watched Robinson play. He's obviously physically talented. But is he a guy who just sucks at football? What's the deal?

Drafts are not graded on an org's W/L record the subsequent season. That's not at all where the real impact can be measured.

It's fascinating how the "bad" teams are all going offense, which suggests the "good" teams will do what good teams do and happily pick the falling BPA defensive talents, unless... ...unless the 1st round just turns into the top 30ish offensive prospects getting snagged early just because.

Patriots, for example, used 1st rd picks on QBs in 2021 and then again in 2024. LOL.

NFC North looking like an ascendant division. Det and GB already are legit. Minn was okay moving on from their franchise QB, which is rare. Chi has added MAJOR pieces in the offseason.

Rodgers would not abide such an affront to his reign.

So someone else doesn't. To secure your guy. If you wait, then someone else can move up one spot ahead of you and steal him. Especially if it's a QB.

But they use the F word

You're ahead

Ouch. But fair.

Imagine being upset (already) the Bills didn't give up 3 or 4 or 5 PREMIUM picks to move up for a WR while having 25% of the cap taken up by a franchise QB.

What kinda beans you cooking up?

Was typing a similar concern at the same time. It's pretty glaring to my untrained eye.

I've always thought his motion is elongated and/or has a hitch that will give NFL DBs a tick longer to react

Because they can now make pants that actually fit? (Cue a Letterkenny clip)

Get over it. Be a man (if you know Boston Be a Man then you know my tone is not COMPLETELY disappointed)

Interesting how such a substantive and timely post gets relatively little engagement. I guess such sober diligence doesn't exactly invite online debate. Because we're almost all WR crazy, I'm wondering what you see in Legette's ability to separate at the next level that so many others don't. I am drawn to him as a compelling projection with a compelling past. His physicality would be a welcome addition. But I often get told he isn't a separator, bottom line. How do you reconcile that disparity? Additionally, where do you see Franklin (who I think the Bills really like) and Worthy (who I think almost every NFL team likes)?

Anyone is worthy of such inquiry. But speaking of Worthy, KC offered to move up to 31, and when I rejected and selected Worthy, KC then traded back out of 32. So that felt pretty great, within the confines of fake digital draft maneuvering.

I think I did it. I think I won the draft.

Strongly disagree with Franklin's valuation on these draft boards, especially when adjusted for Bills-specific needs and values. He isn't some top half of the 1st rd WR prospect, but he very well could be a very late 1st rd pick or moreover an early 2nd. I'm thinking the Bills LOVE Franklin's speed, production, underrated all-around game, and best-in-nation success against press coverage. He's not a height/weight specimen (small hands, too, like McConkey), but he's taller than Diggs and they wouldn't be picking him where that's at such a premium value anyways. What he appears to be is a WR who excels getting downfield but also has short and intermediate juice despite his thin frame. He has excelled on the boundary against press, and he's had success when moved. His analytics are REALLY strong. No clue how he interviews, but I'm sure we'll learn more about that post-draft. I think the desire to wedge WRs into #1 and #2 boxes prevents many from looking at prospects based on what they DO well and instead has fans looking at them based on what they ARE (traits). Teams don't win superbowls because they have prototypical, tall guys at X, elite all-around guys at Z, and small, shifty guys at Y. That's just not how it has worked, historically, in the NFL. Superbowl-winning teams have guys that can PLAY.

Agree with much of what you share here EXCEPT I think the Bills definitely CAN "let Miami get Worthy." That would be some silly asset allocation for a team stacked with WR speed but lacking on both lines. No need to be determined to prevent that scenario. But to think the Bills would somehow let Worthy get past them and land in the laps of KC...THAT would hurt. Can't imagine KC giving up much capital to move up FAR for a WR with some other notable needs that line up with their current draft position (OL, DB, etc.), which would mean we let Worthy fall back to them and likely spent capital on moving up for a different WR (in a potentially historic WR draft). IF they trade up, it better be for a WR. And I really hope that would only be a smaller, Beaney trade up from 28 to 18 or even better, somewhere in the early 20s. Trading WAY up in a draft so loaded with potential prospects seems foolhardy.

Moved back a couple times to load up on day two picks. A draft like this can really bolster rotational depth and injury resilience. Franklin, Frazier, Kneeland, and Bullard can all contribute right away. The rest offer solid depth and pipeline richness moving forward.

The argument AGAINST this heavy day two/early day three draft would be a perceived lack of elite difference makers. I'd argue that they all end up contributing in some capacity in first three years, with the top 7 picks all factoring heavily in the Bills 2024 depth chart. Bills have definitely shown interest in top 3 picks. I think Coleman is a sneaky important pick at 123; Bills need someone legitimate to challenge/unseat Edwards at LG. The temptation in round 2 to pick an IOL is strong. This draft here is about long term roster and cap health. Which is how perennially solid orgs like GB, BAL, and PIT tend to handle the draft most years. But now how you captivate fans and NFL pundits.