CamboBill

Thanks. I like Rosen too but fear he might be the next Sam Bradford. My rankings: 1) D'arnold floor: Andy Dalton Ceiling: Eli Manning 2) Rosen flloor: Sam Bradford Ceiling: Phil Rivers 3) Jackson: Floor: Vince Young Ceiling: Steve Young 4) Allen Floor: B Bortles Ceiling: Ben Rothlusberger 5) Mayfield. Floor: Case Keenum Ceiling: D Brees But I could live with any.

Hi All, I am a new poster but long time reader who left upstate NY in the late 80s and left the USA in the mid 90s. Have lived in Southeast Asia since then. As far as I know I am the only Bills fan in this part of the world. If any others ... please give a shout out. . NFL game pass and MBs like this are very helpful in being able to follow my favorite sports team, but not being in the area it is hard to get a real pulse on the fan base. A couple of observations .... Tyrod Taylor ... to me a decent QB and game manager and high character guy. Far from being the "answer" at QB but better than anything we have had there since the 90s . I get fans wanting more from the position ... I don't get the seemingly outright hatred on this board for him and outright dismissal of his contributions. I am fine with moving on from him even though I thought he was under appreciated here. Reading some posts here it seems like Warren Moon 2.0 could come here and get run out of town. Not suggesting that all critics of Tyrol are racist, but I am wondering, particularly not being in Buffalo for many years, how much race is a factor in anti-Tyrod sentiments. I find it more troubling when I see people so quick to dismiss Lamar Jackson .... a much different player than Tyrod ... as if all athletic black QBS are the same. Hopefully without turning this thread into a flame fest on race, I am generally interested if people see it as an issue among some significant parts of the fan base. Similarly I see a trend ... league wide ... with Josh Rosen. I get the durability concerns but all the character concerns noise appears to be nonsense. Never mentioned directly, is the fact that Rosen is Jewish, and a lot of the attacks on him seem to carry the traces of "antisemitism" .... soft, born with silver spoon in his mouth, outspoken, trouble maker ... and I see nothing to substantiate this. He criticized Trump ... that is his right. He commented about NCAA'S profiteering for student atheletes ... rightfully so IMHO ... as is also his right. Personally I prefer a QB with a brain and not a robot who just marches to the drum beat. Anyway, I predict the kid will go to a city with a large Jewish Population (NY, or MIA or LAC in a trade up) and will thrive (as long as he stays healthy). The concerns in some cities are he is not "blue collar" enough. What does this mean in a QB setting??? ..... he needs to wave the flag more and never challenge authority? This is not what Blue Collar meant when I grew up in the USA (60s through 80s). As far as the draft goes ... a few comments and predictions: 1) Browns go with D'arnold #1 2) Giants look to trade down .... I really hope it is not the Bills because the price will be far too high ... particularly if 2019 first rounder is included. As long as the Bills don't to something stupid I don't see anyone else paying that price. So Giants will either need to discount with Bills or will draft Barkley. The Bills paying 3 first rounders and 2 or 3 second rounders (as is rumored to be the Giants asking price) is my worst night mare for this draft. 3) Jets grab Rosen who will be a great fit for them. 4) Serious Trading starts here ... Browns need help at OT but this is too early for McGlinchey. Bills trade #12 and #22 for #4. They are likely bidding against Mia and Arizona here, so if they have to sweeten with a mid rounder so be it. .... choice of L Jackson, J Allen, or Mayfield here and I am fine with any although I prefer LJ, JA, BM in that order. 5) If the Browns don't deal #4 and take Chubb instead .. Then Denver takes J Allen ... rocky Mountain boy somewhat reminiscent of Elway. 6) The Colts do not need to trade down again ... take Q Nelson 7) The draft's player values start to level off here with Barkley, Chubb, Nelson off the board. Thus Chi and TB might make good trade up partners if we fail with the Browns and are smart enough to walk away from the Giants. Cost should be #12 plus a 2nd rounder .... maybe a bit more if Mia or Ari is aggressively in on the pink. Allen is gone here but we would still jave a choice of Lamar Jackson or Mayfield. I don't think a decent Qb will be available at #12, but I don't think it makes sense to overpay for #2 either. the gap be ween the best Qb and the 5th best is just not that high this year. Cheers,