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With the caveat that I literally haven't had much ability to absorb draft content (the entire combine is STILL sitting unwatched on my DVR :D), I think the most likely outcome I'm hoping for is a trade down. I don't see any of the WRs I really like falling to us, I don't see a future LT or the Penn St. OG falling to us, I don't really see a NT or LB being the pick... I'm hoping we can swing a trade for Kayvon Thibedeaux, so would say hold off on edge, but if that's not in the cards, I think edge is the closest position to fit and likely talent available. Again though, that's with limited education and investment with this group and little-to-no faith in this front office. Either way, the draft is the best day of the year!

Thanks! New job and coaching 2 youth baseball teams has taken most of my draft engagement time 😆 Tonight should be interesting, I also have a hard time seeing Beane using both his 1 AND 2 on WRs, so there's that too. I have zero faith in him at this point, so the only thing I'm really prepared for is disappointment lol

Good stuff as always, @GunnerBill. My only real input -- Beane has historically gone with wisdom of the crowd in terms of value positions, especially early in drafts. I have a very hard time seeing him drafting a NT with his only pick in the top 90...

LOVE THIS! I called for it a couple months w! Perfect high reward/low risk move for a huge spot/role of need.

They all are.

At the risk of being dismissive of all of this great detail, every GM has hits and misses; Beane's performance needs to be evaluated in its totality which includes things like his smugness about the WR situation last year, throwing McDermott under the bus and potentially even making personnel decisions that impacted that outcome, plentiful draft misses, and others. My point still stands, anything short of a Super Bowl win will be him falling short, especially with this power grab and regime change. His job is to make this team better and it doesn't appear that he's made many impactful moves thus far. Lastly, for those who are pointing to cap space... WHO DO YOU THINK OFFERED THOSE CONTRACTS THAT PUT US IN THIS CAP SITUATION?!?!?! Last season

The scope of his job goes well beyond retaining one piece and overspending on another. Beane is the reason we fired McDermott, which, sure, needed to happen. But he presumably also had a significant role in this new regime, which would include shifting defensive philosophies, ergo, shifts in personnel, which is ALSO his job. All we've heard is sunshine and rainbows coming from a guy with an extremely dubious track record and now a whole lot of misses in free agency. We're at the point where if we don't win a Super Bowl, he will have fallen short, and so far, it doesn't appear that he's made many positive strides towards that goal; at some point his performance HAS to be scrutinized.

Definitely feels like more spin coming from Beane's people. Curious, for the Beane defenders... at what point IS it acceptable to criticize him? This is arguably our most critical offseason in the Allen era and he has roundly whiffed so far...

I know absolutely no one cares, but I had the chance to work with Bobby at Portland State for a couple years as a student employee and he could NOT have been nicer and more supportive of me, my life and my career. We talked Bills on many occasions and never once did I feel like anything less than a peer and an equal to him. Hoping this works out for the obvious family connection, but he's a great guy and I'm stoked to see him continuing to find success!

No clue. I don't pay enough attention to other teams' situations, just like his game. We'd definitely need to acquire another complimentary WR to go with him, but he's the downfield guy I want. There you go, scratch him off the list. Crap. After the season he had, I wouldn't be shocked if MHJ was more easily acquired...

My first call would be to Detroit to see what they'd need to trade Jameson Williams. They're not going to be able to pay all those guys and Allen's arm could unlock another element of Williams' skill set...

I think we'd all love JJ, it just seems like the kind of thing that Buffalo is never able to pull off (or when it does, see: Williams, Mario, doesn't work out...). My biggest concern is putting too many resources into the WR basket. It's unquestionably our most glaring need, but we also need a pass rush, LBs, safeties, possibly corners as well... I'm sure Brady will weigh in heavily on the route we take, but if we're looking at an approach that spreads our assets further, I'd be on the phone with GB for Dontavion Wicks. We might be able to get him for Keon and a day 3 pick swap (maybe a little more, but I think that's his ballpark cost). With Watson coming back healthy, Golden, and Reed, he's buried on their depth chart and has alpha WR tools. Pair him with a field stretcher like Shaheed and you might have something, with enough left over to fill quite a few other needs...

I'd say this is mostly, but probably not completely true. Minnesota has no real viable path to a competitive QB and Jefferson was clearly frustrated by the end of things. Is it a pipe dream to combine one of the game's most talented WRs with one of the game's most talented QBs (especially on a team with Buffalo's fortunes)? Probably. But I don't think anyone who has mentioned him is suggesting we could get him for cheap. Minnesota would have to at least consider a trade that included 2 1s and other stuff (or 3 1s). Maybe that gets things over the finish-line, maybe it doesn't, but I guess I wouldn't say it's completely delusional to consider it a remote possibility. Frankly, I think it's more likely than Mike Evans (though to be clear, NEITHER, are happening)...

“Everybody eats” is coaches code for “we don’t have a guy to funnel targets to”. It’s what you hide behind when you don’t have a lead guy. “Everybody eats” doesn’t exist in an offense with an alpha WR…