BillsFanForever19

Even if he doesn't play this season, he needs to be on the team. You don't become a vested NFL player eligible for benefits and a pension until you have 3 years in the league. He's only had 2. He deserves at least that.

Yeah? And i'm open to dating Aubrey Plaza.

It's interesting to me that every single one of them are Free Agents after this season. You usually don't go into a season where your entire depth chart at a position are under 1 year deals. I have to assume one or two of Oliver, Jones, and Settle will be extended before the start of the season.

Roster construction is everything. A team cannot say "you know, we're totally covered here and need help all over the place, but this is an upgrade". That's the definition of a luxury pick. And right now given the state of our roster and our cap, we can't be making CJ Spiller-esque luxury picks. James Cook, Damien Harris, and Nyheim Hines is a very solid backfield to dress on Sundays. Looking at this roster - QB, RB, CB, and S are the only spots that I think we're in really good shape for this season. If you want to take a flyer on someone at those positions in the later rounds, go nuts. But that 1st pick MUST be a WR, LB, TE, OL, or DL. It's not even a question.

We also have Nyheim Hines. And as I said, McDermott doesn't dress 4 RB's on Game Day. Hines will be active for his ST's, in addition to his ability as a runner and pass catcher. Meaning one of Robinson, Cook, or Harris will be inactive. I just don't see how they'd trade a 5th for Hines and spend a 2nd on Cook within 6 months of each other and then turn around and spend another 1st on another one - after doing all of that AND signing Harris. It doesn't make sense to begin with. It makes even less sense when you factor in the holes we have at other positions and the upgrades we need at other positions, with the lack of cap space we have to do those things with FA's. RB is covered. If Robinson were on the board, I see it as way more likely we'd trade down to someone who wanted him and pick up more Draft capital than it is we'd draft him.

That would have us using a 1st (Robinson), 2nd (Cook), and a 5th (Hines) at RB within 1 year. It would also mean that one of Robinson, Cook, or Harris will be inactive on Game Day. For the entirety of McDermott's tenure, he's only dressed 2 true RB's on Game Day and 1 that is more of a ST'er (Taiwan Jones, Senorise Perry when Taiwan wasn't here, and this year it will be Nyheim Hines). No way we take a RB at 27 with the holes and positions that need upgrading when we have Cook, Harris, and Hines already on the roster.

The same thing was said about Tremaine Edmunds going into the Draft. Even less prognosticators had Edmunds as a MLB than Drew Sanders. He was considered a 3-4 OLB pass rusher type.

That's from the Former Cardinals GM, not the current one. And it's obvious that his contract is a major hurdle. But the other thing that makes it a downright impossibility is the Cardinals asking price. He says given the contract and his age, they're probably only going to get a 3rd day pick. Which is true. However, they are reportedly asking for a "Christian McCaffrey package". That's not going to happen.

It's definitely Drew Sanders and Trenton Simpson before Jack Campbell. I don't dislike Jack Campbell. If we get him, I'd be fine with that. But you don't take Campbell before those two come off the board.

It's incredible to me how overrated he is on this board. All I've heard for years on this board is "you don't reach for need". Now all of a sudden everyone wants to take the guy who's pretty much universally ranked as the 3rd or 4th best MLB, in the first round, in a class where pretty much universally one MLB (Sanders) is mocked in the first round or no MLB is mocked in the first round at all. If Campbell is the target, I think there's a very good chance he's there at 59. Or at least within striking distance of a trade up from 59, if Sanders and Simpson come off the board. Daiyan Henley may come off the board before Campbell as well. Taking him at 27 is insanity to me. I see almost zero chance of that happening.

Drew's comp is literally Tremaine Edmunds. If he's on the board at 27, I'd be surprised if he wasn't the pick. https://www.nfl.com/prospects/drew-sanders/32005341-4e29-0589-5c62-ee6a75833b2f

Definitely see Beane being more interested in Sanders than Campbell. He's big on athleticism, measurements, and having room to grow.

Absolutely. In no way do we give up a 1st plus for a 31 year old WR. Not to mention, that's not how trade conditions work. They're met by individual performance, snap counts, and availability - not by team performance. In this scenario, Hopkins could blow out his knee Week 1, contribute nothing, and then we'd be on the hook for a 1st if they made the Super Bowl without him.

Right now, I feel Beane's mindset is "on to the Draft". I imagine he had his conversation with Arizona and maybe Hopkins, realized that what they were willing to pay didn't match up with one or both of them wanted and that was that. I think the only way it happens is if Arizona taps out and concedes to giving him away AND Hopkins is willing to rip up his contract and signs something team friendly because he wants to be here. Or they release him and signs something team friendly because he wants to be here. I don't see either option as likely. Like I said, I think he's focusing on the Draft right now. If the board falls in a way he can get a WR he loves, I think he pulls the trigger. If it doesn't, I think he circles back to OBJ or trades.

If that's the board at each round, I'd be happy with: 1.) WR Jordan Addison 2.) OT Andrew Bergeron 3.) LB Henry To'oTo'o 4.) IOL Andrew Vorhees 5.) RB Kendre Miller 6.) LB Mohamoud Diabate

Then why does it say he lines up in the slot 11.5% of the time and his metrics are almost exclusively against outside CB's? Number's don't lie. https://www.rotoballer.com/is-isaiah-hodgins-healthy-or-injured-for-fantasy-football https://www.playerprofiler.com/nfl/isaiah-hodgins/

I wait. Everyone around here has an obsession with Jack Campbell. But I doubt Brandon Beane is looking at a rankings board of MLB's that reads just Jack Campbell circled. He's probably got his eyes on a number of different prospects. One of which will surely be at 59 or within striking distance if the board falls a certain way.

Disagree. He is a tall, slow, RedZone target. I don't think we ever lined him up in the slot and while you can occasionally slide almost any WR inside in certain packages, New York used him in the slot in only 11.5% of his snaps. He is not a slot WR.

Unless he likes Drew Sanders, which I could see given his comp on NFL.com is Tremaine Edmunds, I don't see value in MLB at 27. Haven't seen a mock (outside of Bills fan mocks) that has a MLB in Round 1 outside of Sanders. There's a lot that don't have a MLB at all.

Hodgins was not and is not a slot WR. Too tall and too slow. We pulled Bease out of retirement because Crowder got hurt and McKenzie wasn't getting the job done. I believe Shakir probably could have held the role down but for whatever reason McDermott likes to bring Rookies around slowly. He has to take the training wheels off this year with how he performed in spot duty. But last year was another example of why you don't carry 3 slots. It left us with Diggs, Davis, and nothing else. We were putting Kumerow in the starting lineup when Davis got dinged up because all we had was slot. We signed our slot in Harty and Shakir will cycle in. We released McKenzie in large part bc the position was covered already. As he said "don't want too much duplicate".

We signed Harty to a two year deal. Shakir may be able to play Outside, but he's been primarily used in the slot. The slot is covered this season and next. Outside of Diggs and Davis we have Sherfield and nothing. Slot is covered for this season. We need another boundary. Johnston, Addison, Hyatt, Downs, and Tillman are either outside guys exclusively or have played both roles. And of course there's still OBJ or trade options. Either way, with Diggs, Davis, Harty, Sherfield, and Shakir - there's room for one more WR on the 53 and he has to be an outside guy.

I keep seeing we need a slot guy and I couldn't disagree more. Khalil Shakir showed flashes of being our best slot guy last year and has earned more reps. Then we went out and signed Deonte Harty. You don't need more than two slot guys on the 53, which was a big reason as to why we released McKenzie. We have that position covered. What we need is another outside WR we can rely on alongside Diggs and Davis. Last season we had to trot out Jake Kumerow when Davis got banged up. Davis isn't as bad as this board would lead you to believe and I think he'd be a very good 3rd option. But Diggs and Davis alone is not enough. Boundary WR is what we need, not another slot.

While I don't think it's fair to compare Davis to a blank slate, as he was more than solid in his role as WR3, I think that says more than anything we need another outside WR and not a slot. Round 1 or a FA like OBJ or a Trade. We need one more there. Last season when Davis was banged up we were trotting out Jake Kumerow. Can't rely on Davis and that both are going to stay healthy all year long.

The slot is covered with Harty and Shakir. We need another boundary WR he can rely on outside of Diggs and Davis.

I don't think either will be the pick at 27. Campbell is too much of a reach there. Wright would be an outright replacement of Spencer Brown, which Beane seems hesitant to do, citing his lack of an offseason and minor injuries being the cause of his less than stellar performance last season.