Florida Bills Fanatic

Typically guys like him are fed their knowledge from some low level staff. Most on screen "talent" does little of their own research. I found him to be nothing more than a talking head, except when it comes to college basketball. The rest of the time he is clueless. There's a reason he is no longer on ESPN.

I was at that game in Miami and it was a pitiful effort to catch the ball. JA did a great job to avoid the pass rush and get the pass off. It was a tough way to lose a game.

As much as I enjoy watching the Raiders do dumb things, I think there is zero chance of this happening. There are still some unsigned veterans out there that could be signed as a backup for nothing.

I’m sticking with my 34.

Ford and Murphy will be toast. They had a chance to shine last year and didn’t. FB will probably be a cut, if they need to make one. McCoy’s lack of production was clearly the result of horrendous line play. The Bills know that from watching the game film. If they doubted that, he’d already be gone. The Bills suffered multiple injuries at RB and the reserves were not up to the job, especially in pass protection. That won’t happen again. Gore and Yeldon are both excellent in pass protection.

Amen!!

Everyone seems to be hung up on the idea of the so called #1 WR. You don’t have to have one player like a Julio Jones to have an effective pass offense. Look at the Rams. I would not call any of their receivers a #1. They are all very good but none of them compare to Julio, OBJ, or Hopkins. My opinion is that you can have a good passing game with a collection of players that can do some things well but aren’t able to do everything well. A group of receivers that complement each other is easier to create than finding the next Julio Jones. I will settle for a group of complementary receivers until we have the next OBJ, Hopkins, or Julio land on our roster. Those guys don’t come around very often.

We have a lot of guys that can get hurt and drop passes. We don’t need another with a second round price. He wasn’t even the best receiver on his college team. Every team with a pick passed on the guy. That should tell us something.

Amen! We fans get emotionally attached to a player or a position group and would have the team pass on better players just to satisfy our emotional desire. Fortunately Beane didn’t listen to us.

Clowney is a good player but not worth the price. He has a tendency to disappear for chunks of time during games. I can’t imagine that a big payday will improve that behavior.

There may or may not be legal issues involved on this. I would need to see any waivers that prospects sign to be part of the combine and associated medical exams. My guess is that the No Fun League has iron clad protection for themselves. In terms of proving financial damage and thus liability, the player would need evidence to prove that another team or teams would have drafted him earlier had it not been for the medical issue. A steep hill to climb legally. I agree that all of this and the timing seems suspicious.

I think you are right on point. OL and DL with high picks and depth with BPA thereafter. Need to keep J. Allen upright and improve run defense.

No way!

R. Gary, we don't need another first round pick with a bum shoulder.

Irv Smith

I agree. I think the success of the individual is a function of good college experience, athletic ability, effort exerted, learning ability of the player, teaching ability of the coaching staff, and the effectiveness of the offensive system in which the player is asked to function. From everything I have read about Hockenson, he had good development at Iowa, is very athletic, is a high effort guy, and is a very smart player. The team owns the responsibility to teach what is lacking and put him in a system that fits his ability. He is the best TE prospect that has come along in a long time. If he is the BPA at pick #9, there should be no hesitation. There is a real chance that he will be gone before Pick #9.

I agree with you. There are at least 12 prospects that have top 10 talent. We can use upgrades almost everywhere. Other than a QB, I'm okay with any of them. If they are really difference makes, they'll earn their way onto the field regardless of who is already on the roster today..

Me too! I always find it entertaining to read the posts from people who don't have access to the scouting and medical information on draft prospects. Yet they are absolutely sold on either drafting or passing on an individual. Trades always elicit overreactions good or bad mostly based on emotional opinion. Fortunately, this forum has a significant number of contributors that provide good insight based on research and knowledge of the game. I enjoy ready their posts as opposed to the ones from the fire everybody crowd.

Maybe they're checking out the consolation prize in case they can't get their first choice.

It wouldn't surprise me if they replace Carr so they can make a big splash for their move to Vegas. With Chuckie, who knows for sure. I still believe that there is a good chance AZ takes Murray and trades Rosen to the Giants for their high second round pick. I've read in several different forums that AZ has been offered second round picks by a couple of different teams. But again, nobody knows for sure. That's why the televised draft is so entertaining to watch.

Not me either, He'll be over-drafted by someone in the second round and not be available when the Bills pick in the third round.

Ask David Carr if drafting a good QB to a bad roster was a good strategy. Either way I respect your opinion. Time will tell how it all works out.

Close but no cigar! Mahomes was not considered a sure thing in a draft that was not considered to have strong QB prospects, thus his drop to pick #10. He was considered to be one of the better QB's available in that draft. The knock on him was the system that he played in. He sat for a year because KC felt that he wasn't ready to play and Alex Smith was still the better player. To his credit, he learned quickly and is on his way to being a great player with great players around him. The trade down isn't being looked at as an overly rosey scenario. Your view of the GM at the time is spot on. By the time of the draft, he wasn't involved in any of this decision making (he was a dead man walking). I believe that McD was hired because he had experience in Carolina in their process of rebuilding their team to compete for the long term. Picking a QB that wasn't viewed as a sure thing onto a bad roster with an imminent cap disaster, was not a good long term strategy. In addition, the consensus was that the 2018 draft was going to be deep in high quality QB talent. That view won out and they made the trade down. The trade down produced multiple starters and draft capital to move up to select a QB. Time will tell whether that QB develops into a great player or not.

KC is not in the Bills division and he was not that highly regarded coming out of college. He landed on a great offensive roster and has flourished with all of that support. I doubt that he would have been the league MVP playing with the 2018 Bills. During the 2017 draft, the Bills had a terrible roster with too many holes. They were headed to cap hell. The smart play was to trade down, get extra picks, fill some holes, and not draft a QB at that time. They would have just squandered two years of the QB's rookie contract on a terrible team.

You very seldom see a GM help a team within their division crawl out of a hole. If you can prevent them from getting the future QB they desire, it is even better. Usually you see them put the proverbial boot on their throat and step down hard on a variety of personnel moves. Recent examples are Belicheat signing Hogan and Gillisliee away from the Bills or the Bills signing Clay away from Miami. It's not about Miami not being a threat this year. If you can keep Miami in rebuild mode for a longer period of time, it will be a greater benefit.