Nephilim17

Watch this starting 12:30. Around 16:30 Marino cites these stats: Out of 141 qualifying WRs, Palmer ranked #5 in route win-rate against man coverage and 10th against zone coverage. And the Bills faced more man coverage than any other team last year because teams did not respect the Bills WR against man.

I'm pretty sure his separation numbers were top-5 in the league. If you're gonna reference stats that's a good one to point out.

Not gonna read through almost 30 pages on this but funny to see it blow up in sports media everywhere. I know it's not popular but like @Coach Tuesday I would not be surprised to see Beane apologize shortly. Even if he doesn't mean it, just for optics. I don't think the Bills organization likes the attention this has gotten.

Good to know about his build. I personally would never want a 154 lb player unless he was the fastest and most elusive guy in the world. And even then...

Moore is under 5'10" and weighed 178 at the combine. He may have put on a few pounds of muscle since but I doubt he has the size to block at the level the team expects. Very curious.

I guess it depends on your assessment of certain players. I'm no draft expert but guys I trust liked Royals and Horton who went much lower in the 4th and 5th and we're there for the Bills.

He used the word "B word" four times in a couple minutes. I know it's not 1950 and that word is semi-acceptable now but that shows at the very least he's quite annoyed. Not unhinged but upset. I think the fact that Beane and McD in the recent past (was this a talking point last off-season?) said we had to add more explosiveness to this offense and yet we never addressed that is the big point. Palmer has some verticality to his game and he separates but he's not explosive. Very, very few people were asking for a WR in the first three picks but there were guys that ticked that box and had good consensus grades there to be had in the fourth or even fifth rounds. It's not binary: you can go D heavy throughout most of the draft and still take a WR in the 4th or 5th. That's not unreasonable. That's what most critical fans are talking about.

But Samuel is not a vertical WR.

No WR in the 4th. Barring yet another trade up...

Disappointed about Thornton. And wrong about taking another DT.

I think everyone looking for a big 1 tech is in for a disappointment. Like to see a speed WR and then BPA.

I don't get the critiques that a mid-round guy can't just be big, fast and have a limited route tree. We've drafted rotational DTs in the third round for pete's sake. If a 6'5" receiver who can run 4.3 just runs flies and posts and we take him in the 4th, I'm damn good with that. You can teach route running; you can't teach those measurables. And even if the route running never improves, stretching the D is still valuable.

Get a speed WR, preferably one with size, and I'm happy with this draft.

No, no, he killed this guy and wears his face as a mask.

Also remember Sanders is still only 21 years old and 6'4". He can still add mass to his frame.