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That's a really nice breakdown of the prospects. One of the things that jumps out at me is him specifically referencing Lamar's experience in the Daboll-style offense. I also agree with him regarding Lauletta and Chase Litton. I'm really curious to see how their draft stock shapes up at the end of the draft process. I like Lauletta a lot and I think Litton is a decent option for the last couple rounds if Buffalo wants to draft multiple QBs (which I doubt, but you can't completely write it off).

Nobody will say it in retrospect, but if I were given a choice between a guy with EJ's physical tools and charisma and Rudolph's mediocre at best tools and better accuracy, I'd probably rather take the EJ guy and hope he puts it together. I just think Rudolph has a very low ceiling. At best, I think he's a worse starting QB than Tyrod currently is.

This is how I felt when I was watching Chase Litton film the other day and kept seeing this guy named Tyre Brady pop up. I'm curious to see if he ends up getting some looks in the NFL next season because I was really impressed by him in the 2 or 3 games of Litton's that I watched.

It's gonna be so interesting to see where Rudolph and Lamar in particular land. Trepasso has Rudolph as the #1 QB in the draft while the guys at WalterFootball have him as a late 4th rounder. And ESPN has Lamar as roughly a 3rd rounder while there's been rumors that Cleveland might consider Lamar with one of their 1st round picks.

I can't imagine McBeane take a chance on Freeman given his suspension history, but no doubt he's an intriguing option. Maybe some other LB-needy team scoops him up and allows Buffalo to get a better option from what's otherwise pretty slim pickings in free agency this year for linebackers. He's only out for two weeks this upcoming season, but I suspect his suspension history will be enough to keep McBeane away anyways.

That's right, it was his second season. I guess I've lost track of time haha

Yeah, Koetter wasn't very impressive in his first season as the head coach. The struggles in the red zone in particular were concerning, but so was the fact that Tampa so rarely used DeSean's speed on short drag/quick slant type routes rather than just using him as a vertical threat. Jameis struggled all year to hit him deep, and the few times they had DeSean run routes underneath, he created a lot of separation, but for some reason, they didn't use that very often. I also think they should have played Chris Godwin more; he was great this season but played a very limited role. And the Gruden/Dungy debate will rage on. Hard for Bucs fans to complain considering they got their Super Bowl but obviously things didn't end on a high note with Gruden.

I guess it depends on your opinion of Jameis. I think he's roughly an average starting QB right now who, when the O-Line protects him, showed he could be a great QB in the NFL. They have one of the best WRs in the NFL along with a very talented rookie WR, DeSean Jackson, Cameron Brate, and OJ Howard. It's not hard to imagine them turning into one of the best offenses in the league very soon. Defensively, they have as good a linebacking corps as there is in the NFL and one of the best DTs in the NFL. They still have a lot of holes to address on that end though. They have what seems to be some decent pieces in the secondary, but it's still pretty early to determine for sure there and their pass rush off the edges was abysmal last season.

I mean, they did win a Super Bowl the year after firing Dungy. Perhaps they win it even with him; it's hard to say. But Gruden was able to take that amazing defense Dungy and co. had built and give it a pretty good offense that Dungy was unable to provide. It's been pretty bad for them since that Super Bowl, but I think they're trending in the right direction now. It'll be interesting to see how they do this upcoming year; their GM has done a nice job of adding talent to the team, but he may believe to a fault in the young O-Line they've built. They have a couple really talented blockers, but it's never come together for them, and yet it appears that they're satisfied with what they have. If they can add a good pass rusher off the edge and get one of the talented RBs in this year's draft, they should be a good team next year. Maybe he turns it around with his next team, but that dude was beyond terrible last season. Seemed like a classic case of getting paid and no longer caring.

This is the worst take I've ever seen published on this message board.

To be fair, having watched most of Tampa's games this season (and the last one too), I don't think there are many RBs in the NFL that could have been productive behind that line. Doug was pretty terrible this season even if you take the O-Line into consideration though. This was a no-brainer for Tampa though. Saves them roughly $21 million over the next 3 years and the draft class is incredibly deep; they'll almost certainly get an upgrade at a fraction of the cost.

I agree with all of that as well. I'd guess Darnold and Allen are his top 2 QBs in some order.

I give it a 0% chance that McDermott wants to trade what it would take to get Peters/pay what it would take to keep Peters.

If it makes you feel any better, I know the guy at Cover1 is pretty convinced that it's Darnold that the Bills want and that they're just hoping Cleveland passes on Darnold at #1. Speaking of which, I saw the other day that Charlie Campbell has been hearing that the two QBs Cleveland are considering is Darnold and Lamar.

Does calling work even if you're not actually a DirecTV customer? I've just bought the Sunday Ticket Streaming service in the past.

That's what I'm wondering. I think I paid $100 last year through a friend's college e-mail. If I have to pay anywhere near $400, there's no chance I'm getting it this year.

This worked for me. Idk if it’s the same link or if someone else copied his work or something. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sULn30miUN082PSDJJ9rZy3nRwG2p9Qm9Rfmt3UMyw8/htmlview#

Its really just potential. Allen has possibly a stronger arm than anyone in the NFL right now along with a big frame and good running ability. The hope is that with corrected footwork, you’ll get the Allen you saw in the Senior Bowl/his Bowl game. Rudolph is nothing like him with the exception of also having a big frame. The running ability and arm strength are nowhere near Allen.

McBeane sent scouts to go watch Allen play against Utah State

Yeah I’m not sure what happened. I think the guy deleted his twitter account too. I hope he’s alright.

Is it still working for you? I went to look at it earlier today and it said that I need to request access to view it now but it might just be a glitch on my work computer.

Falk was always a 2nd-3rd round prospect and then he threw 11 TDs to 11 INTs over the last 6 games of the year (including a 0 TD, 5 INT game against a below average defensive team).

Pretty cool breakdown. There's just no way that Allen and Mayfield should have the same arm strength though.

We should look back at the 1999 draft; the only draft before this season where 5 QBs went in the first 20 (and in that case, all of them went in the top 12).

Chase Litton is the QB at Marshall. 6'6", 230+ lbs, a cannon of an arm, and he already has experience making adjustments at the LOS which is becoming increasingly rare in college. His footwork and accuracy are a mess though. He's like a very, very poor man's version of Josh Allen without the mobility. I like him as a guy to take in the 6th or 7th round if Buffalo wants to bring in 2 rookies. Ryan Finley decided to return to NC State for his senior year when the draft won't be as deep at the QB position.