UKBillFan

It was clear from the moment they went on the clock that they had made their decision - no one was speaking in the draft room.

I think it will be Walker to the Jags.

His head has had an argument with a lawnmower? Jaguars on the clock.

I would have thought Goodell would prefer presenting from his basement, to be honest.

Love the build up on NFLN - "Brady was picked at 199! Kurt Warner was undrafted! But please get excited about the first round..."

I like the draft but it feels flat this year - think it's because there's a lot of 'good' but not many players who'd rank as 'great'. Not a bad thing for us, necessarily.

The Rams home games this year (excluding ourselves) are against the Cardinals, 49ers, Seahawks, Falcons, Panthers, Broncos, Raiders and Cowboys. I can’t see why any of them would be chosen ahead of the Bills, unless they want to re-run the NFC Championship game against San Francisco - but surely a match up against Buffalo would be more attractive than that?

Ouch. https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/04/nobody-wants-baker-mayfield-says-nfl-hall-of-famer.html Though seems a bit unfair to me. Firstly, I think Cleveland may want more than a sixth or seventh pick and, secondly, surely it’s the salary situation which is leaving Mayfield in limbo more than anything? The other franchises know the Browns are over a barrel.

At want point does Beane tell him he's trading our third and fourth round picks for something extra in the second?

"So I've been unceremoniously dumped by the Browns and cannot get a trade for anything. Still, things can't get any worse, right?"

What I don’t understand is if he distributed it in May 2020 why is she only suing now? Has she only just found out? Not good by him at all if true. Apologies if this has been answered earlier in the thread.

Whatever she thought to begin with, or whether she was just desperate for some income and took the risk, the moment she said no then Deshaun should not have forced himself on her, which is the claim being made. It’s one thing which is being promoted in the U.K. when it comes to rape and sexual assault - people are permitted to change their mind even if they seem willing to begin with.

Despite their undoubted quality and success I would expect most franchise, given the chance, would take the likes of Josh, Mahomes, Burrow and Herbert now over Brady and Rogers. The Bucs and the Packers will have to plan for the future at QB very soon; all being well the Chiefs, Bengals, Chargers and ourselves will not. All Josh needs now is consistency. He’s the best quarterback in the league when looking at how he played against the Chiefs. Then look at the games against the Jaguars and the Colts for example… But there is no question he’s getting there and he should be in the top five QBs without question.

RIP Dwayne. Very sad news.

Looking at the colours this is to prepare us for the seismic trade announcement - we’re sending Josh to Cleveland with Baker Mayfield coming here in return. The kit is to make him feel at home.

When was the last time a rumour surrounding the Bills came true? If they're saying we're trading up we'll trade down instead.

Not sure about in America but, regarding your first paragraph, in the U.K. it’s known as positive discrimination.

Can’t see why anyone would flame (famous last words?) as that seems fair and logical to me.

https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-forming-new-committee-to-review-league-and-team-policies-regarding-diversity Plus other changes noted. I guess we meet the criteria as Kelly Skipper is our Running Backs coach? In theory, it’s a positive step for the NFL.

He is, in fairness - he’s a much better QB than the mocking on here would suggest (albeit not number one in the draft over Josh). What teams don’t want to do is pay the amount the Browns are asking for him.

Think “pretty much” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence - still expect a CB through the door prior to the draft.

With the risk of Watson being suspended for a period, a lot of QB1s coming off the table and the Browns trading Keenum to the Bills, are they pricing Mayfield out of the market with the aim that he'll cover the suspension period?

I'm sort of surprised the Browns let him go to be honest; they're not seriously looking to keep Mayfield on as the number two QB are they? And if they're acting as if Watson will be suspended for a large period of time, and expecting Mayfield to step in, then I thought Keenum would be the perfect back up. Think we've got a steal, especially if we get Barkley back too to support Josh.

Just to interject, in the eyes of the law there is no difference between the two at this stage. In the eyes of the NFL the Raiders terminated his contract and no one else has signed him; in comparison the Texans didn't terminate Watson's contract though didn't play him last year and have now traded him to the Browns. As said, the NFL probably should have suspended him from the off and that would have cleared up this mess.

I personally think Watson would push back, and quite heavily, if they tried at this stage. I think Goodell is waiting for the outcome of the civil case and will then make the decision. The Browns have seemingly decided they couldn't care less.