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This is great news for Wade. With his shoulder injury he is already missing a huge opportunity to show his improvement in preseason. But if he can keep his exemption and possibly be elevated it at least gives him a slim chance. I honestly feel like this needed to be done for the IPP players. Obada is the exception but otherwise IPP players have found it hard to get playing time.

Glad you enjoy her thoughts. Heres Joe Marino's podcast on the extension a great listen IMO. https://www.stitcher.com/show/locked-on-bills/episode/emergency-podcast-buffalo-bills-qb-josh-allen-signs-six-year-contract-extension-85941450

You're missing the point. She is one of the brainless analysts who always go for low hanging fruit. Classic example- Josh sucks when it was the majority view. If you always go with consensus you will be right more often than not. Now she's like "young players need to improve." I mean if that's the kind of insight you hitch your wagon to....fair enough.

Congratulations to Josh and the Bills organization. Can't wait for the season.

I'm not convinced you're a Bills fan. My guess is KC? So it's true that those QBs haven't beaten Mahomes yet. But it's not a huge sample size in a 3 year period in which KC have been dominant. I could say none of the other QBs have lost a SB. I could say none of the other QBs have had Andy Reid as coach. I could say we've never seen Mahomes carry a bad team. Were you impressed with him in the SB?I was sorely disappointed. These statements are also true but ultimately who cares? Mahomes is a damn good player. What watching the Bills over the last few years should tell you is that things can and do change. Just keep getting better.

Even though she's now doubting a different group of young Bills players? I guess some people embrace negative opinions.

On the one hand the Browns roster is full of highly rated draft picks and a solid Oline. On the other hand they haven't finished higher than a third place finish and regularly avoid difficult schedules. They finished last regular.season with a negative point differential. Kelce is a Ohio native saying nice things at a charity event. The opener will tell a different story I think.

With the Steelers they started the season very balanced, but once their running game stalled they became one dimensional and Ben was too old to do it by himself. In contrast the Bills made it work despite being fairly one dimensional. I'm sure McD and Daboll would welcome a more effective run game, the flip side of that is do you want to keep giving Moss and Singletary the ball as opposed to the highly effective pass catchers? I think what I want to see is these RBs step up and actually do more with the chances they get with these light boxes.

I like what you did at the top of the draft. Don't agree with your Colts or Steelers picks. Colts have Armstead, Steelers need a center not a high risk pick. Bills trading back then taking 3rd best RB is a very disappointing way to end the mock.

Josh Allen is a problem that Miami hasn't had an answer to yet. It makes perfect sense that a fish fan expects him to get worse because hes trying to project future success for his team. The trouble is after 3 years you have sufficient sample size to observe trends in his development and it's pretty clear the arrow has been pointing ever upward. I hope that JA remains under scrutiny because so far it's only driven him to improve. He's taken unfounded criticism of every sort and used it as motivation.

I primarily fault myself for starting this clearly unwelcome thread without proper context and explanation. Honestly I was just sick to death of draft talk and genuinely thought it would raise the odd chuckle. Obviously I was mistaken. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised in the social media age, that so many people have such visceral reactions to a few pictures of alternative helmet logos. Anyway sorry if I upset people. Lock it up mods.

I actually came across this while browsing the Seahawks fan forum. I probably should have given more context when posting (my bad everyone), because I did see that it was a project you had done with your kids. I think they did a great job although some of the designs....were not for me. I feel like I touched a nerve a little with this thread, and that certainly wasn't intended. I can respect the reaction for the reason that the Bills have a cool set of colours and I see how fans could be a little defensive about it. As a dad homeschooling his 4 year old, kudos to you and your family for the effort.

I did a quick search but couldn't find this in a thread title. Came across this just now. Do you like any of these designs? https://roughingthepasser.football/2021/03/24/buffalo-bills-concept-helmets/

I like Eric Stokes here. Cosmi the best remaining tackle Was reading Owusu Koromoah is quite small for an LB and projects as a nickel only. But lacking the choice I selected Phillips.

Teams are so obsessed with the win now mentality, it makes you wonder if some of these guys who could be gems but need time will drop and be great value roster picks for the future.

Baltimore isn't an offense that will make you look great as a WR. But they are a long-standing playoff caliber team. If the dollars are there players won't turn it down. This has been the theme on the ravens board since they lost to the BIlls. It's a tough one. Do you reject a scheme that has you a perennial contender because you think you are too one dimensional? If so you risk asking Lamar to not play to his best strengths. Do you invest in a position which won't best be used in that scheme? Quite the dilemma.

I expect that's true and helps Surtain. But athletically he is nothing like Lattimore and Humphrey. We will see I suppose. Cancun huh? Fabulous, enjoy your vacation! Yes Stokes ran in the 4.2s twice, at his pro day and the HOA regional combine. So he's definitely rapid, but in fairness a lot of guys are getting eye popping times at their pro-days.

I see Surtain as the highest floor guy. Obviously he's tall at 6"2 but slowish at 4.5 speed. Horn had bad games this year but at 4.39 is quick. Nice size at 6"1. Stokes is 6"1 with 4.25 speed with good SEC tape. So how have people got Stokes stacked as the weakest 1st round CB? I guess it depends if you want a guy who can also play press man, but Stokes would excel in Buffalo's zone, also giving them coverage for speed guys. I guess this is the hill I die on this year. 😆. I will say that I expect Phillips to fall. Medically retired from football after his freshman year? Oof.

I've been watching the NFL since I was 7. The days of Walter Payton and William Perry. I found the game mesmerizing back then all the razzmatazz and explosive plays. Maybe it's normal at a young age that you simply don't care about roster construction you just follow favorite players. Nowadays living in the US I take much more interest in the draft. I love the idea of finishing order deciding pick position. I want a competitive league and this is a system that should give bad teams a chance at parity. There are things that I find odd about the pre draft process I honestly think the combine is weird and even a little creepy. Players' traits aren't measured in this way in the sports I watched growing up, even though clearly elite traits are desirable. My highlight is the Senior Bowl. I find the stories surrounding smaller school guys much more compelling. I like the idea that they are dropped into a group of strangers and asked to play. Pleased that they were able to hold it this year. As draft approaches I find that a sort of concensus about where guys 'should' be picked emerges across various mock draft sites. What I find interesting is how so many fans can't see beyond that pundits pecking order despite the fact that many players wont live up to that draft position because of scheme or personal struggles or simply because a flashy highlight reel at college can be meaningless in a different context. We all remember the hype around numerous failed top 10 picks. I find the idea of watching 'film' or 'tape' amusing because it sounds so old fashioned. I like football, but I can't imagine watching a whole game and focusing on one player. It really seems like a laborious and by no means fool proof way of figuring out how successful they will be at the next level. Kudos to those with the patience to do so. There's so much that I don't understand, so my method is to find some guys who are balanced in their assessments but aren't afraid to be bold in defending outliers. For me Joe Marino, Daniel Jeremiah and Kiper. Finally, here is my bold (and likely incorrect) prediction for this year. After the blue chip guys, I reckon you can get similar value at the end of the first than around picks 10-15, just like in 2016 + 2017. Kenny Clark 27 -Sheldon Rankins 12 William Jackson 24>Eli Apple 10 Tre White 27- Marathon Lattimore 11 TJWatt 30> Derek Barnett 14 This will be an unpopular opinion especially the last: Surtain-Stokes Paye-Phillips Darrisaw-Cosmi Pitts-Friermuth

I don't understand why more people aren't talking up Eric Stokes. 4.25 speed. The only guy in the draft with that speed. Best CB tape and against big schools, better than Horn. Available in our range. He's the guy I would like.

He could be a number 1, for sure but it's not cut and dried. Boyd and Higgins were having great seasons until Burrow went down. I guess it's kind of irrelevant either way. I tell you if I was CIN, I would be more worried about fixing defence and OLine. Their HC will lose his job with another below .500 season. I don't love the Sanders signing but I don't hate it either. It's just with the way the market is right now for WR I wonder if they could have picked up Fuller or JUJU on a 1 year prove it for 7-8 per.

Efe is a guy anyone with a heart should be pulling for. His backstory is pretty amazing. As a player he has flashed, winning defensive player of the week and having impressive games. He's never been able to put it together across a season but if you can get him close to the minimum he could be really helpful. Rushed from the inside and outside last year in Carolina.

Did I say that it was? I'm not advocating that we spend a 1st round pick on Ross.

I beg to differ. Teams have a stable of Wrs. What do we have like 7 or 8 at the moment? So you get a guy near vet min. He fails. You cut him. You have options. I can't therefore compare it to QB. The cost risk is also much different. He's only played for 1 franchise. An abysmal franchise with established receivers. You are backing your coaching and physio's to turn it round. He's young and has traits. It's not inconceivable that he could do better. You see it all the time in FA. Like the guy Floyd on the Rams in LA this year. The counter argument is the lowered cap and I do get that.

Well yes. But conversely, if they didn't ever take a risk on a player they wouldn't currently have a franchise QB.