JohnNord

Settle is such an odd case because when Buffalo signed him countless Washington fans said how underrated he was. He gets in Buffalo and proceeds to hardly do anything. I’m not sure if he reaped the benefits of playing on a stacked DL in Washington or if he’s just not very good

I wouldn’t be opposed to either signing but if they were going to bring back a veteran DE on a lower-end contract, I don’t think they would have re-signed Shaq Lawson. If anything, I think the Bills might be looking at signing a new RT

Perfect now just trade AJ Epinesa and Boogie Basham

I wanted Ford all along. This is a good signing for Buffalo. For the first time that I can remember Buffalo has 2 very good 1DT in Jones and Ford. Not an overpaid and underwhelming DT in Star Lotulelei. Or a 3DT playing out of position at 1DT - Vernon Butler, Quinton Jefferson, Tim Settle, Jordan Phillips etc. vet excited for this signing I was told by Brandon Beane that Ed Oliver does great things that don’t show up on the stat sheet

This is a really good signing for Buffalo. I would imagine the purpose of this is to stash him on the PS as a “break glass in case of emergency back” either due to injury or due to a RB sucking. I can’t see him active much on game day but given how banged up Damien Harris has been, some veteran injury insurance is not a bad move

I listened to Tim Graham talk about his tweet two months ago which said the Bills were not trading for Hopkins. He said that it appeared Hopkins and his agents were the ones behind these rumors. His friends like Pacman Jones were the ones stirring the pot. His agents were probably the ones speaking to the media as well. This tells you he wanted out of AZ but that they didn’t want to trade or that they knew they couldn’t get enough for him. So from a few reports and Jones appearing on McAfee pushing the narrative it made it seem like a deal was closer than it was in reality. Also I find it interesting that all of the rumored teams interested in Hopkins ended up drafting WR’s (or TE’s in Buffalo) highly.

It’s a joke…laughing at all the Bills fans who believe that garbage

He is also trading for Deandre Hopkins

After 268 pages of pure hype for the Hopkins trade…nothing happens? That shows what you get for believing liars on Twitter

Yes but to mixed success. I wouldnt call this the best example of a successful reach

If we’re looking at this on the surface level, it’s a bad pick. For the second straight year in a row it looks at thought they’ve drafted a small athletic LB to play special teams without a path to playing a meaningful role on defense. I hope the Bills know something we don’t

The speculation was that all of the rumors and “news” were coming from the Hopkins camp. Both Buffalo and KC downplayed their interest. Arizona largely kept quiet. But the noise from Hopkin’s group and the frauds who believed it to be fact just gassed up the fan base. Now people are pissed because they believed ECB

Not sure how anyone can make this decision the day after the draft.

You are 100% correct. People in this forum have said “Super Bowl or Bust” and that McBeane is on the hot seat. That is not reality. What is reality is that Ken Dorsey’s job is likely on the line next season. By making the Kincaid selection, they essentially doubled down on him.

I don’t see it this way at all. Everything that we’ve seen from credible sources who aren’t Pacman Jones or fraud fans on Twitter have downplayed Buffalo and KC’s interest in Hopkins. Fans wanted to believe this was a front by both teams but IMO there’s a higher possibility that both weren’t willing to meet the trade compensation or the salary for Hopkins. I tend to think there was not nearly as much interest as Arizona and Hopkins wanted you to believe

This is why I believe BPA vs. Need debate is a fallacy. Teams stack the board based on how they value certain positions based on the makeup of their current roster which essentially is prioritized by need. So is it BPA or Need? It’s both, regardless of what any GM will tell you. Not just QB’s like Levis but also running backs, linebackers - etc. Maybe Detroit really IS using BPA

Hopkins is not coming to Buffalo…never was

Bills fans want to believe every rumor that’s out there is legit from Derrick Henry to Hopkins. I think it was always hype from Hopkins camp

I learned my lesson from the OBJ fiasco to take what he says with a grain of salt. Von just says stuff that’s based on posit it and not in reality.

It’s not his make or break season though. Why do fans keep saying this?

Touché, I stand corrected

Why would the announce that Lamar has re-signed on draft day? It’s not that…has to be Hopkins.

I don’t get how it why Baltimore makes this move. They don’t want to give Lamar the contract he wants but they think he’ll cave if they sign better WR’s?

Yesterday it was Bills and Chiefs. Then Lamar tweeted the SpongeBob smile and all their bloggers interpreted that as though Baltimore was in. So now Pac-Man say Chiefs, Bills and Ravens. He didn’t exactly go out on a ledge with that info

Yeah I think would really like to draft a MLB but they know it’s bad value at #27.