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It depends on the trade offers, but I'd probably trade back as long as it isn't a long ways back. I prefer Lamar over Darnold/Rosen anyways, so it seems like there's a decent chance to have my cake and eat it too.

This is definitely the big concern with him from the games I've watched at least. He'd probably be a decent fit for the offensive scheme I expect Buffalo to utilize, but not necessarily in Buffalo's atmosphere.

I've watched a few of his games...I prefer him over Mason Rudolph at least. I have Lauletta as my #6 QB right now (the top 5 all being deserving of being taken in the 1st round IMO). He shows really good ball placement on his throws. However, I don't think the arm strength is very good. Rudolph also doesn't have good arm strength, but he's at least able to get the ball downfield by adding more arc to it; Rudolph just struggles to throw with velocity (and does have a tendency to underthrow due to putting too much arc). Lauletta's velocity is probably slightly better than Rudolph, but he struggles more to actually get it down the field. He also, much like Rudolph, doesn't show very much in terms of going through progressions. Lastly, he's already had a torn ACL, which isn't a career ending thing anymore, but obviously it's not a great thing to have in your medical history. I'm definitely curious to see how he looks at the Senior Bowl and Combine; for now, I'd be alright taking him in like the 3rd round. With his ball placement, I think there's at least some hope that he can turn into a starting QB; the only QB in this draft class that I'd for sure put above him in terms of ball placement is Mayfield.

The fact that he has a larger wingspan than his 6'4" teammate is shocking. I think this process is going to be huge for him. Based strictly on his film, he's probably a late Day 2 or early Day 3 pick; he'll be asked to show far more polish as a route runner through the draft process. The long arms, good hands, and solid speed is all promising but the OKST system doesn't demand much in terms of the technique out of their WRs. Edit: longer arms, not wingspan; wingspan is essentially identical. Still pretty surprising given the difference in height though.

He's saying because you said "Manziel" instead of Mayfield haha

Yes, he's one of the 6 semi-successful guys drafted in the past decade that had hands the size of Rudolph's.

No, they've already announced that his measurements will be released later today. He had a family emergency yesterday.

I went back and edited my list...basically, over the past decade, you find 1 semi-successful QB every 2 years with hands the size of Rudolph's. 6 out of 40 with his hand size could be considered borderline successful.

To be fair, this only covers 2008-2013. Including 2014-2017, you get the follow list of semi-successful/jury's still out QBs with hands as small as Rudolph: Kaepernick Keenum Derek Carr Bridgewater Jimmy Garappolo Jared Goff Pat Mahomes Davis Webb Ryan Tannehill Edit: I was looking at 9 1/4 instead of 9 1/8. Bridgewater, Mahomes, and Webb all have bigger hands than Rudolph.

Benkert and Lauletta are roughly the league average for NFL QBs. That measurement will actually probably hurt Rudolph at least a little bit; one of the few things he has going for him is his NFL size, but he doesn't have the arm strength or hand size that usually comes along with it.

Mahomes has incredible arm strength, had surprisingly solid accuracy for a guy with the poor footwork he has, and has the ability to make something out of nothing. He has a ton of potential if you can teach him to play a little more within the system.

Campbell is returning to school.

I'm curious to see how people react to that. I personally think all of it (besides becoming a better person because how would I know?) is true, but I'm sure people will be annoyed that he's seemingly making excuses/is saying he put the team on his back when the defense was much better than the offense this season.

I imagine because in his athletic prime, he wasn't a good 3 point shooter, but I have zero doubt that if he grew up in today's generation, he would have been. Jordan was just an absolute freak of nature as a basketball player. He's pretty much the definition of "You can do anything you put your mind to". People thought he could only finish at the rim, so he became one of, if not the, best mid-range shooter of all-time. People thought he could only score by driving from the perimeter, he became the best post-up guard ever. People thought you could just sag off him and make him shoot 3's; he became an above average 3 point shooter.

I think he's probably out of Buffalo's reach, but to answer the question, he can without a doubt play in the 4-3 IMO.

Based on pictures of him standing next to Mike Conley (5'11.75") and Dede Westbrook (5'11.5"), I'd guess he comes in under 6'0".

This really shouldn't be a debate IMO. A basketball player simply has a far greater impact on their team's success than a football player does; it's just the nature of the sport. Brady most likely won't even have the most MVPs of his era, which is a better indication of how good an individual player is than championship rings.

He's definitely the better football player IMO

I think Rudolph is a low floor, low ceiling pick. I responded to someone else asking the same thing. Basically: Velocity: below-average or average at best Accuracy: probably average Athleticism: below-average Progressions: He played in a one-read spread offense I just don't see anything there that can excite anyone. I'd be fine taking him in like the 4th or 5th round, but even if he pans out, I see him as a bottom-tier starter or decent backup.

To me, this seems like a draft to wait on the WRs. Ridley may be the best of the bunch, but as a 24 year old rookie, I'm not sure he's really worth a 1st round pick. For the Bills, I'm looking for a guy with a decent size/speed combo that can line up out wide. Some of the guys in the middle of the draft that I like are: Auden Tate - 6'5", solid speed, potential matchup nightmare Marcel Ateman - 6'4", solid speed, he impressed me more than James Washington at OKST. Seems to have potential as a downfield/red zone target; he'll be in the Senior Bowl. J'Mon Moore - 6'3", solid speed. He was on the receiving end of a lot of Drew Lock TDs this year. I like him a lot; he'll be in the Senior Bowl. Daurice Fountain - 6'1", 210, he lit it up at the East-West Shrine practices, had 61 yards on 3 catches in the actual game. He looks like he has some really good hands in the videos I've seen of his, has a 40" vert, long wingspan, and supposedly has great speed. Don't like them so much as I'm biased towards them/am interested in learning more about them: Steve Ishmael - I'm a Syracuse grad. I'm not sure Ish is able to separate the way you want in the NFL, but he has amazing hands and is really well-built at 6'2", 210. Jaleel Scott - Small school guy, 6'6"; will be at the Senior Bowl Jake Wieneke - Small school guy, 6'4", was a standout at East-West Shrine practices, insane 16 TDs this past season

I tend to favor upside when I choose QBs, and Allen has arguably the most upside in the entire class if he can sort out his footwork issues. He's got some serious issues with his footwork and I think it explains at least some of his accuracy issues.

To be clear, I think Rudolph is a fine choice around the 4th round or so. He's just a very blah prospect IMO. I think he has a very low ceiling. I think his best case scenario is to become a poor starter. There isn't anything about him that you can really hang your hat on. The velocity on his throws are probably below average or average at best. His ball placement is average at best. His athleticism is below average. He plays in a one-read system. There just isn't really anything there to get you excited IMO while the others all have at least something (maybe Falk as the exception; he's pretty similar to Rudolph but I slightly prefer him). In order: Lamar: Athleticism, arm strength, dramatic improvements to accuracy, experience going through progressions Darnold: above average athleticism, ball placement, lots of flashes Allen: Athleticism, arm strength, experience going through progressions Mayfield: Mobility, ball placement Rosen: Arm strength, above average ball placement, experience going through progressions Lauletta: Ball placement Woodside: Ball placement

His passing yards dropped by 100 per game, TDs went from over 4 per game to less than 2.5, and his TD/INT ratio went from 25/0 to less than 3/1. It's a huge drop off without even pointing out that the team as a whole fell off a cliff too. Of course his numbers were still good, but it was indeed a huge drop off.

Yeah, his numbers fell off a cliff the 2nd half of the year and WVU went on a huge losing streak. Geno went from averaging 379 yards over the first 6 games with a 75% completion percentage, 25 TDs, and 0 INTs to 275 yards, 67%, 17 TDs, and 6 INTs over the last 7 games. WVU went 5-1 over the first 6 and went 2-5 over the last 7 games.

I liked and still like Tyrod. I didn't expect much from him when he originally signed, but I knew a guy that had connections to the team and he was telling my family that Rex favored Tyrod the whole way. I still think Tyrod is roughly an average starting QB; he's just a unique QB that is best suited to be playing on a team with a great defense and WRs that can go deep. I was also told that going back a little further, the previous regime badly wanted Eddie Lacy the year he was in the draft. I also had a heads up that the Bills were secretly in love with EJ Manuel a few months before the draft and were letting the media run wild with the Nassib connection to hide their interest. Going back to past draft classes: 2013: I didn't love any of them, but if forced to choose, I preferred Nassib and Geno. As I mentioned though, I had a heads up about the interest in EJ...I remember absolutely hating his film but the Bills loved his personality and physical tools and were hoping they could coach him up the way Marrone did with Nassib at Syracuse. Of course the plan was never for EJ to play as early as he did but their plans went out the window very quickly. 2014: Manziel was my #1 QB. I didn't (and still don't) like Bridgewater at all. I was meh on Bortles; thought it was a reach at #3 but thought he was fine in general as a 1st round pick. I liked Garappolo a lot, but I may have subconsciously been rooting for him just due to him coming from a small school. I still think Manziel would have been a good QB if not for his addiction problems. 2015: I loved Jameis. I liked Mariota a lot. The Bucs were my childhood team and I still watch almost all their games, so I was extremely invested in that draft class. I always preferred Jameis but I would have been happy with either guy. The rest of that class was pretty awful; I thought Petty at least had some potential, but he was just a developmental guy and the rest were garbage. 2016: I loved Wentz. I preferred Paxton Lynch over Goff. I despised Cardale. I also was told that Buffalo planned to take Dak at that spot but obviously the Cowboys beat them to the punch by a couple of picks. 2017: I viewed last year's class like this: there was a QB prospect for all types of philosophies; no Andrew Luck-level prospect, but you could get a good prospect for any type of QB that you prefer. I personally loved Mahomes. My rankings were Mahomes, Watson, Kizer, Trubisky, Webb, in that order. This year, my rankings are (not necessarily who I think will be best, but the order in which I'd take them): 1. Lamar Jackson 2. Sam Darnold 3. Josh Allen 4. Baker Mayfield 5. Josh Rosen 6. Kyle Lauletta 7. Logan Woodside 8. Luke Falk 9. Mason Rudolph