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The Saints, which had meaningful OT concerns to start with, just saw their LG retire. I wonder if this is the straw that broke the camel's back and they revert from being very aggressive in the draft to wanting to trade back. If so, they could be an interesting spot to get to.

Unless we run exclusively 12-personnel, we need to prioritize a WR who can line up on the LOS and beat press coverage. Unfortunately, I don't think McConkey or Legette are it. If we want a McConkey-type (crisp route runner who can separate), I'm leaning toward Ricky Pearsall. His win-rate vs. press coverage appears to be much better than that of McConkey, though still average. That, and his presence would give us 3 WRs who could play each of the WR positions, even if none can play the X exceptionally well. Javon Baker seems to be great against press, so he too could be the X. I think he could be gone before we pick in round 2 though, and I'm not sure if he has the absolute talent to justify a round 1 selection.

I'm hoping that those better versed in the schematics of football can help me understand something - whether we should want a traditional or 'modern day' X receiver to replace Diggs. I suspect in Brady's system that all X receivers will need to: 1) be able to win on all 3 levels of the field and 2) create the separation that Josh likes to see. My understanding is that traditional X receivers use, at minimum, play strength and size to beat press coverage and the leverage employed by CBs. In this draft, Marvin Harrison Jr., Rome Odunze, Brian Thomas Jr., Adonai Mitchell, and Xaiver Legette seem to fit this mold. I believe 'modern day' X receivers, however, use a combination of speed, suddenness, and/or release packages to do the same. If this understanding is correct, I'd put Diggs in the 'modern day' mold, as well as draft prospects Malik Nabers, Ladd McConkey, Ricky Pearsall and Roman Wilson. When I hear folks advocate for Xaiver Legette or Brian Thomas Jr., it's unclear to me if they are saying "traditional X receivers are simply superior to 'modern day' X receivers" or if they think that Legette and Thomas kill two birds with one stone - they can be capable X receivers who can also take the top off of defenses, which is something we are losing, in part, with the loss of Davis. Any light you can share would be greatly appreciated.

If you live outside of Buffalo like me and have few other Bills fans as friends, Bills and Beers can be entertaining. They don't offer anything insightful but the banter is enjoyable.

I'd like to buy my 3 yr old and 5 yr old jerseys but am striking out online. Is there a local store in Buffalo that has an online site (sorry, I live in VA). Thanks.

Within the first minute or two of the video, you can see a screen in the background that seems to list team needs. For the Bills, those were: DT DE TE RB OLB OC (hard to tell) OT If this list is in descending order, it shows just how much they must have valued Cody Ford (only the 7th highest positional need taken in the 2nd round) and didn't value players like Chase Winovich (a player at the 2nd highest positional need that was passed over for a player at the 4th highest positional need).

As the season has gone on and as speed has been introduced, I've gained conviction in Daboll's ability to build an offense around Allen's strengths. In a world where most teams are looking for QB whisperers, do we need to worry about Daboll being a HC candidate this off-season? There will likely be a number of vacancies and I'm hopeful that a long list of attractive HC candidates can be built so that we can have Daboll for at least another year. I would just hate to lose momentum by forcing Allen to learn a new offense.