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Both before and after the trades the Bills had 10 picks. Before the trades they had: 28, 60, 128, 133, 144, 160, 163, 200, 204, 248. After the trades they have: 33, 60, 95, 128, 141, 144, 160, 163, 204, 221. This means the Bills gave up 5 spots to go from 28 to 33 and 4th and 6th rounders but they picked up 3rd and 5th rounders (they now have 4 5th rounders) and improved their draft position in the 7th round by 27 spots. Like @gflande1 points out, the smoke might not yet be clearing... Beane might not be done wheeling and dealing.

In other breaking news, Meatloaf passes away from Covid.

After all the years the draft was held in Radio City Music Hall you'd naturally think Shea's Buffalo... until you consider that Radio City has twice the capacity of Shea's (6000 to 3000). Since the NFL took the draft on the road: 2017 Outdoor Theater on the "Rocky Steps" Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia 2018 AT&T Stadium, Dallas 2019 The Green at Riverfront Park and Nissan Stadium, Nashville 2020 Teleconference due to Covid, originally planned for Las Vegas 2021 First Energy Stadium, Cleveland 2022 Caesar's Convention Center, Las Vegas 2023 Union Station, Kansas City 2024 Downtown Campus Martius Park to Hart Plaza, Detroit 2025 Lambeau Field, Green Bay So the NFL is using either NFL stadiums or large temporary structures in public spaces in city centers. Perch Pro

Agree or disagree with Buscaglia, he's a very hard-working guy who puts a lot of research and energy into his craft. I won't name names but there are many Bills beat writers from days of yore (who are household names among Bills fans) who I thought were lazy journalists. Joe B. can look at himself at the end of the day and feel assured that he gave it an honest day's work. That's more than many beat writers can say. I like O'Halloran too but I suspect he and some of the Buffalo News writers are constrained by their word count limits. The Buffalo News just doesn't produce articles that you can sink your teeth into anymore often because they're too short. BN sportswriters don't even attempt to finish their pieces with a kicker... the stories just end abruptly.

Wiki: "Despite being without some or all of their four top defensemen (Teppo Numminen, Dmitri Kalinin, Jay McKee and Henrik Tallinder), and their top powerplay scorer, Tim Connolly, who had 11 points in eight games in the playoffs, for much of the series, the Sabres fought back from a three-games-to-two deficit to force a seventh game by way of a 2–1 overtime win in Game 6. Buffalo led the Hurricanes 2–1 going into the final period of the deciding game but blew the lead early in the third and gave up two more late goals for a 4–2 final score."

Wow. Lots of dissecting Beane's sentences with multiple paragraphs. Interesting thought. The Bills could theoretically upgrade their receiver room significantly without a heavy investment in one of the Top 3 rookie WRs or Brandon Aiyuk. I see where DJ Chark (who ran a 4.34 40 at the combine) is still making free agent visits.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117973625/angelo-aliotta Thank God for Billy Strings, among others. There is no single song that captures the essence of romantic love, sunshine, blue skies, and pastoral beauty like Blue Sky. It touches the soul with beauty every time. Perhaps no band has as many musical offspring as the ABB. The sons of Berry Oakley, Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks, and Gregg Allman are accomplished musicians. It's said that Gregg and Dickey reconciled before Greg's death sometime between the release of the book and his death 5 years later.

Lombardi: "Gentlemen, this is a football." Max McGee: "“Uh, Coach, could you slow down a little?" "To thine own self be true!" The margin of their defense being better was with Chris Jones. He had an unmistakable impact on the game that we had no answer for.

Devonshire is a county in the UK known for its dairy products. Hard pass. Interesting that in this topic, no one has broached trading one of next year's 2nd rounders for a 3rd rounder this year. I think the Bills will do well to stand pat at #28 but I'm pretty sure everyone will regret not having a 3rd rounder this year... thus trading one of next year's 2nd rounders. Assuming a 3rd rounder this year nets us a starter, I think it's more important to have that pick this year than next year because of the Josh Allen Window.

Shaw is on to something simply for this reason: Beane has shown a tendency to aggressively improve draft position in the early rounds: 2018: Josh Allen and Tremaine Edmunds 2019: Cody Ford 2022: Kaiir Elam 2023: Dalton Kincaid That's 5 players in 6 years that he's moved up for in the early rounds.

Yep, a little PTSD. In 2014 the Bills drafted Sammy Watkins 4th overall. They traded the 9th overall pick plus their next year's 1st and 4th rounders (19th and 115th overall). There've been other instances of teams packaging picks to trade up for a WR. Julio Jones comes to mind: "The Atlanta Falcons selected Jones with the sixth overall pick of the 2011 NFL Draft despite already having Pro Bowl receiver Roddy White. Jones became the earliest drafted wide receiver in franchise history for the Falcons. The Falcons traded five draft picks to the Cleveland Browns to move up into their spot and take Jones, giving up their 27th, 59th, and 124th picks from the 2011 Draft, and their first and fourth-round picks from the 2012 NFL draft." In retrospect that was a crazy aggressive move.

I don't get it... he never played for the Panthers did he?

Based on the things Aiyuk himself has said, I think the bolded is incorrect. He wants to be paid big money, now. It'll be expensive for sure. Yes. If he was happy with his contract he wouldn't be rumored to be going elsewhere. How were the Bills gifted a ton of cap space?

I'm not saying whether the Bills should pursue him or not but Aiyuk's definitely a number one... he relegated Deebo Samuel to number 2 and his already huge numbers from last year (75 receptions 1341 yards 17.6 YPR 7 TDs) would explode if he were to transition to Josh Allen from Brock Purdy. Those who closely watch the Niners and the NFL know without a doubt that Aiyuk is a number one receiver. He's just not yet a household name. Undoubtedly.