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What's done is done though. You can argue that they should have spent less on Defense. But you can't undo the situation we're in cap wise. Right now, his contract doesn't work. If it did, it would have been done by now. It's nice that Hopkins likes us and wants to be here. But it doesn't change the situation we're in and everything over the past few weeks pointing to or outwardly saying we can't do it. It lacks top 5 Calvin Johnson type prospects and isn't particularly deep. But to say there's no good WR prospects in this Draft is simply wrong.

That's good to know. But is Nuk willing to take less? Because his current contract is a problem in and of itself.

That's an oversimplification. We can get his cap hit significantly lower this season. But it would involve spreading out hits over 4 years, including 3 years of cap hits when he's no longer on the team while still paying him significantly next season as well.

I see no way Beane doesn't take a MLB in Rounds 1-3. Even if the value wasn't quite there at the time of our 2nd or 3rd Pick, I think he'd trade up, trade down, or possibly even reach a little to fill the need. Never has Beane gone into a Draft with a glaring need and then just completely ignored it.

The latest updates - Brandon Beane said this re: Hopkins at the League Meetings: “What I would say is social media is social media. Don’t take that too far. Our name gets thrown in the hat on a lot of things that sometimes we’ve done one percent. One person made one call, and they’ve looped us in that we’re all over him and we’ve offered him a contract. It's funny sometimes." Then a few hours later, Tim Graham reported: Then a few days ago, Adam Schefter flat out said "No, the Bills are not trading for DeAndre Hopkins" on NFL Live. And now DHop has been making Houston Texans teases instead of "Buffalo Soldier" ones. So, long story short, everything has said it's not happening anymore. My guess is they made a call to see if they could get him for nothing and get him to rework his contract and when it was clear either or neither were possible, that was that. Yet, people still hold out hope.

Absolutely love Budda Baker as a player. But we have Jordan Poyer and Micah Hyde with Taylor Rapp backing them up this year. And none of them are being moved. Wish he was requesting a trade next year when Micah's a FA (and Rapp as well) and Poyer has 1 year left on his deal. Then maybe we'd have been in on him. But not this year.

That's definitely your inner grinch talking. OTA's are just workout programs. Even if it were Training Camp in pads, guys have to have some sort of break. Who cares what they do so long as it isn't getting into trouble? But then again....

When it comes to next year's picks - we will have an extra 3rd. "Weak" class or not, if there is a position in need of addressing and a player that Beane values, I have no problem utilizing that extra 3rd now. Especially if it means getting the MLB he wants or missing out. But I'm not giving up anything more than one of our 3rds next season. Good analysis on the LB's! I tend to agree that Trenton Simpson is a good fit for our Defense and Jack Campbell, not so much. But I think Drew Sanders fits as well. His comp from NFL.com is literally Tremaine Edmunds. Edmunds, like Sanders coming out of College, was considered an athletic Pass Rusher. And he is who Beane targeted and selected. I don't think he'd pass on Sanders because he can also rush the passer.

Yeah, but in the cases of JOK and Nakobe Dean their falls were due to Medical Issues. Nick Bolton had mid-1st Talent, but fell due to being undersized.

We'll have an extra 3rd next season, which given the strength of this Draft, may be valuable enough with 59 to get us higher than normal.

The plus side is that when we were on the clock for that pick, I was thinking WR. And the highest rated WR on the board to me at that point was Khalil Shakir, who we were able to steal in the 5th. The downside is Dylan Parham should have been the pick and he was selected the very next pick and went on to start at Guard all season in his rookie year.

I think, especially if we don't trade up in Round 1, trading up in Round 2 is the way to go. One of Simpson, Sanders, and Campbell will be reachable from 59 without having to give up too much. Will probably be a lot easier to trade up in this Draft than it will be to trade down.

3rd Round for Drew Sanders? That's a crazy projection. 90% of prognosticators have him has the 1st LB off the board and often the only MLB in the 1st Round, if any are taken at all.

I'll give him credit for going down with the ship. Doubling down on a poor hand in hopes that something miraculous happens rather than backing off. That said, I'm sure when it doesn't happen, he'll say something like "They really were in it but (whoever trades for him) swooped in at the last second and made a better offer AZ couldn't refuse" to try and save face. Either way, whether or not it happens, this guy's a nobody who knows nothing. EDIT: Just noticed he doesn't mention Hopkins, just trades in general. So if they trade for a player, trade up, or trade down, ANY trade - he'll claim he was right. Genius 🤣

DHop be like "Damn, everyone knows Buffalo isn't happening. Time to shift my teases to facilitate my move to a different team"

Exactly. This post is for in the moment on Draft Day reactions. Anyone who says they wanted Cooper Kupp over Zay Jones on Draft Day is a liar.

That's true. And Murray could always fill that Duke Johnson Practice Squad vet RB role and I think he'd be a good fit there.

I think Harty could be. The cost Beane paid says to me he believes he could be too and other people around the league felt the same. I think we will take a WR and a TE in this Draft. But with the glaring hole at MLB, I don't think we wait until Round 3 to address it. Especially if we take a weapon with our 1st Pick.

2 marquee offensive playmakers is a big ask. Unless one of them succeeds expectation selected in the 3rd or 4th Rounds, we have to get a LB to replace Edmunds and at least get some depth on the OL in this Draft too. So we can't go back to back on Pass Catchers.

We simply couldn't/can't afford OBJ or Hopkins. Jerry Jeudy isn't available. I don't know where the idea came from. But logically - it doesn't make sense. Sean Payton came out of "Retirement" to team up with Russell Wilson and revitalize his career following last season. Why would he then trade away Russ' #1 WR? Never made sense to me to begin with and then he outwardly said Jeudy isn't going anywhere: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35961376/sean-payton-broncos-not-trading-jerry-jeudy-courtland-sutton But the fact that he did look into OBJ and Hopkins says to me that they will look to Draft one of those guys early. My hope is that the reports of teams not being as high on the 1st Round WR's is true and that they fall, JSN and Flowers are the first to go, and Johnston either falls right to us or comes close enough that we wouldn't have to spend too much to move up and get him. Or since we've done such work on JSN and Flowers, maybe he views Harty as more of an outside Deep Threat than a Slot. In which case, maybe he takes a JSN or a Flowers to put in the Slot and Harty and Davis split the 2 Spot on the Outside. With Diggs and either JSN or Flowers being his go to guys.

Waiting for someone to say Adam Schefter doesn't know what he's talking about and isn't connected and repost an old ErieCountyBulls tweet. After the OBJ deal was done, this idea that Hopkins would take a team friendly deal (which was out there to begin with) went out the window. If there isn't a team in the league that will pay Arizona's cost and Hopkins price - we surely won't. That said, I'm still pretty confident we'll be taking a WR in Round 1 (maybe even trading up) or Round 2. Gabe was never going to be completely benched. He'll still get a good amount of reps as a 2A or 2B. But I think after it was clear they couldn't get Hopkins or OBJ done, the mentality is "on to the Draft".

I mean, we do need someone for that Matt Breida/TJ Yeldon break glass in case of emergency role. McDermott has only ever dressed 3 RB's on Game Day, 1 of which was a Special Teamer. James Cook, Damien Harris, and Nyheim Hines will all dress (and Hines will provide more on offense than Taiwan Jones and Senorise Perry offered). So we do need a 4th guy on the roster who won't dress unless there's an injury. That said, I expected and prefer a 5th or 6th Rounder instead. Someone you could strike Gold on.

Quentin Johnston is also my target for those very reasons. We have slot covered with Harty and Shakir. You don't need 3 slots, that's why McKenzie was let go. When it comes to the First Round WR talents, Johnston is the only true Boundary WR. My hope is that the WR's fall and that teams take JSN and Flowers (who is REALLY picking up steam) ahead of Johnston and he's in striking range of not giving up too much.

After signing Connor McGovern (who played some Center in college), David Edwards, and Re-Signing Ike Boettger with Ryan Bates (who plays Center) and Mitch Morse still in the fold - I don't see IOL in Round 2. I think they Draft 1 IOL (to possibly take Boettger's roster spot) and 1 OT (to possibly take Tommy Doyle's roster spot) before the end of the Draft but not before Round 3. I don't think he's looking to outright replace either Bates or Brown - but to add depth and competition. But I would agree that's a better option to use resources on than DT with Oliver, Jones, Phillips, and Settle under contract for this season. IMO Rounds 1 and 2 have to be another weapon for Josh in the passing game and a replacement for Edmunds.

I'm surprised the mods have let this title stand for so long. So incredibly misleading. It should just say "Devin White requests Trade". I saw this post and thought we had traded for him.