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Or just keeping Tyrod instead, yeah. I think it would be negligent to trade up for a LB and risk having Peterman/a 2nd or later round pick as your best QB option for 2019.

In this hypothetical scenario, I'd assume some veteran QB + another developmental prospect (with Peterman at least in camp too). Whether it's Keenum, Bradford, a scrub like Derek Anderson, or even just keeping Tyrod, I'm not sure. But if they decide to move up for a LB, I don't think they can really afford to not have a veteran in place in case none of the top 5 QB prospects slide to #22 (hypothetically speaking, I'm assuming Buffalo only trades one of their 2018 first round picks to move up for a LB).

I continue to think this is a distinct possibility too. The LBs are probably the most important part of the McD defense and Buffalo pretty much needs to overhaul that position group entirely. I could definitely see a move up for Roquon or Edmunds.

Yeah, but you're forgetting that Allen (who missed games this year from a shoulder injury) is much more durable than Lamar (who has never missed a game).

As long as it isn't Rudolph at 21/22, I think I'll be happy with how the draft plays out.

Sounds like in the very least, he was an alcoholic. The Vanity Fair article basically makes it sound like he was down to use any drugs he could get his hands on. And he literally went to rehab to get past his addiction. I don't know; I'm not a drug expert or anything, but it seems like it's pretty widely accepted that Johnny had addiction issues.

http://sports.cbslocal.com/2016/02/17/johnny-manziel-nfl-quarterback-addict/ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/10/the-fight-to-save-johnny-manziel-from-self-destruction

It would appear that people have forgotten how good of a passer Manziel was in college. Manziel didn't thrive in as structured an environment as Mayfield did (which is saying something because a large part of Mayfield's game relies on him improvizing), but he was a very accurate passer in his own right. I don't think it's a diss to compare the two of them anyways; I think Manziel would have been an effective starting QB if not for his drug addiction.

I saw that Buffalo News is reporting that the Bills will not be pursuing Cousins at all

Crowell is a free agent and Jabrill was pretty terrible as a rookie. Cleveland has some serious talent there already though; the defense will probably be above-average next season and on offense, they have one of the best O-Lines in football, Josh Gordon, Duke Johnson, David Njoku, and whatever they can get out of the injury-prone Corey Coleman. If they play their cards right this offseason, they can be a very competitive team next year and signing Cousins would go a long way to making that happen.

Knowing Arians likes his QBs big with big arms, it makes sense that he'd like this class so much. Even beyond Rosen, Darnold, Allen, and Lamar who all have the arm that Arians covets, you have Day 2/3 guys like Mike White, Chase Litton, and Kurt Benkert that all fit the mold Arians would look for. I think it's a really talented class overall, but there's a pretty massive dropoff after the top 5 (Rosen, Darnold, Allen, Mayfield, Lamar in whatever order you like). I personally have Lauletta #6 and then another large dropoff from him to #7, but point being, it's a great class at the top and an interesting class at the bottom but there's basically no middle-class. 5 QBs being deserving of going in the 1st round alone makes this a great QB class.

Feels like he might be forced to retire at this point to be honest.

It probably doesn't mean anything, but apparently Colin Cowherd said on his radio show that he's being told Kirk Cousins is close to a deal with the Broncos (yes I know he's under contract for another month still).

NFLPA would probably never get on board with limiting how much their stars are paid.

Peterman is what the Practice Squad was invented for.

Tampa?

Question is, how confident are you that Keenum will give you similar production? I'd personally be scared shitless to sign Keenum anywhere near what I think he'll get this offseason.

If Minnesota shows interest, that's where he should go. I'm not sure they will though, in which case I'd probably go to Cleveland if I were in his position.

Could be that he has more film to get through on some of the bigger guys whereas the smaller school guys he felt comfortable knocking out after seeing a couple games.

It appears that it's still under construction. For example, he bumped Lamar down from a 6.3 (11th best in the class) to a 6.0 today (19th best and now behind Rosen).

Bradford is the correct choice here. The cost to acquire Smith makes Bradford the easy choice IMO.

This. If he gets cut, I'd absolutely go after him. But I'm not interested in Trading a Day 1 or Day 2 pick for him to be a stop gap QB.

I don't foresee Cousins being a Bill, but looking at the other options: Denver: About the same cap space as Buffalo (for now...sounds like they plan to release Aqib Talib and possibly Demaryius or Sanders), I think Denver is a low-key bad situation though; old team that's rumored to be cutting one of the few weapons Cousins would have to throw to Arizona: Nowhere near the cap space needed to sign him Washington: Definitely have the cap space. Is their relationship too fractured at this point though? Not to mention that's another team with poor weapons around him and a pretty bad defense NYJ: Seems like a good fit if the Jets are interested; I've seen rumors stating that the Jets plan to bypass free agency and focus on the draft to address the QB position though. But hypothetically speaking, they have a lot of cap space, a pretty talented defense, and a couple promising WRs. They'll need all of the cap space they have to fill other holes though. Cleveland: Probably unlikely due to their reputation, but I think it's his best option honestly. $111 million in cap space, an extremely talented WR in Gordon, a promising young TE in Njoku, a great receiving RB (which Cousins loves) in Duke, a talented but injury prone WR in Coleman, a good O-Line, and a pretty solid defense (they really just need an upgrade in the LB core and maybe one corner). Sign Cousins, take Barkley and Fitzpatrick/Edmunds/Roquon, probably sign one of the solid WRs in free agency and that team could be pretty good pretty quickly IMO.

Higher than Rosen as well. The guys at WalterFootball had it that way for awhile but moved him down in the past month or so. Otherwise yeah, I think he’s the only one. I personally agree with him though.

The interesting one for me is against Hawaii. His stat line is horrific but his WRs were so bad in that game. I thought he played at least okay in that game despite the horrid stat line.