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They don't like me on the Breece Hall thread - but they'd REALLY dislike you 😆

I'm not advocating a RB before Round 3 at the earliest. But not taking one at any point in the Draft is a mistake. They targeted JD McKissic early in FA at 2 years, 7 million. So they are looking to upgrade the complimentary position to Singletary with someone who provides more in the Receiving game. And I don't think Duke on a 1 year deal worth 1 million is anything more than competition with Moss as RB3.

This mock doesn't have "CB x2 in the first 4 rounds". It has one taken in Round 3 and one in Round 6. We have a hole at CB2 and Tre White won't be ready to go Week 1. We can't afford anyone of substance in FA or Trade. Right now we're sitting with Dane Jackson at CB1, Cam Lewis at CB2, and Taron Johnson at the slot to start the season and you're cool waiting until Round 3 at CB?

Think you're misunderstanding me. I'm saying in this mock, we didn't take a CB before Round 3. I agree - we absolutely need one in Round 1, Round 2 at the absolute latest. Devin Singletary, Duke Johnson, and Zack Moss are not a TON of RB's. Especially when you consider what Duke and Moss bring to the table. Personally, I feel Duke and Moss should be a competition for #3 - one stays, one goes. I'm not for taking a RB in Round 1. But we have to take one at some point. We can't go in to next season with the same backfield minus Breida, plus Duke. That's a wash and we need more from that position, especially the 2 spot.

No CB before Round 3. No WR before Round 4. No RB at all. Do not like.

The issue here is that if they're willing to pay his salary and take on his 22 million dollar cap hit (does it work that way? Do they take the cap hit too? Otherwise, it doesn't matter if they're paying his salary - we can't take a 22 million cap hit) - I'd imagine they're going to want at least a Day 2 pick for him. Idk that I'd want to give up a premium pick for a guy on a 1 year rental, as he's a FA after this season.

KC is in a better cap position than we are and even they want him to lower his asking price. Common sense would have said that him not being signed yet was bc his asking price is too high, even before this report. And I know people like to point to Beane's signings of Duke Johnson and Jamison Crowder as him lying when he stated they were done. But that's not what he said. He said any acquisitions going forward would be budget signings, most likely of the one year variety, for people "who value opportunity over money" to improve their stock for next season. Duke is a 1 million cap hit on 1 year. Jamison is a 1.98 million cap hit on 1 year. Stephon Gilmore does not fit this billing. We can't afford him.

McDermott has used a roster spot for a special teams gunner since Day 1. The year we didn't have Taiwan, we had Senorise Perry in the role. So if it wasn't Taiwan, it would have been someone else. And if that gunner were at a different position, it wouldn't add another RB on the roster or another RB on Game Day. We'd just carry 3 RB's instead of 4 and we'd still carry 2 RB's on Game Day. This is how McDermott operates. It is what it is. People need to get over it.

Oh, there's no way Walker would be there in Round 3. That's why I said I'd do backflips. I usually pick James Cook in Round 3 or Rachaad White or Zamir White in Round 4. When I saw Walker still on the board, I laughed.

If their plan is to replace Tyreek Hill with Skyy Moore and Laviska Shenault, have at it boys.

I would do backflips if this was our first 3 rounds 😆

Has anybody noticed getting a CB without reaching is WAY harder on The Draft Network than any other simulator?

I could see Olave. Williams and especially Wilson, no. London, Wilson, Williams will def be gone. But it wouldn't shock me if Treyvon Burks went before him and perhaps another surprise WR, as Dotson and Watson have been getting a lot of buzz as of late.

Garrett Wilson won't be there. I don't even think we can trade up high enough to sniff him. Olave could be, maybe. Fingers crossed on QB's going higher than expected, Treyvon Burks going before him, and maybe one or two of the WR's expected to go after him to be selected above him.

The interesting thing here is that with the 4 picks they have in the first 2 rounds, they can pretty much draft any WR they want with trade ups.

Efe is the embodiment of "just a guy". Great story and someone to root for. But virtually invisible outside of the Carolina game.

Oh man, I can easily foresee more controversial tweets in his future, attacking media and fans in standing up for Deshaun if he went to Cleveland.

I've heard some analysts alude to the fact that he wanted out of New York due in part to political reasons. I think he's more comfortable in his home state of Texas. Houston has a hole at Slot WR. I think that's where he ends up.

I don't think they look at things in terms of CB1 v. CB2. It's a starting CB. When they drafted Tre White in Round 1, I don't think they were thinking "we're only doing this bc he's a CB1". They just knew they needed a starting Corner. It wasn't until they saw how good he looked at Training Camp (as well as E.J. Gaines), that they made that decision and traded Ronald Darby. I also think they never put much into CB2 because Levi Wallace blew them away from his very first game and they felt comfortable with him for 4 seasons. But after watching Levi get lit up in relief of Tre and Dane Jackson not looking quite as well as he did in his rookie season, I believe they realized they need to have more than just one high quality CB if we are to face multiple high powered passing offenses en route to a Super Bowl. Especially after seeing what happens if Tre goes down with injury. My issue with waiting until Round 2 is there's a big dropoff in talent projection between the top 6 CB's and the next best. And all 6 will be taken by the time we pick at 57. I expect Gardner, Stingley, McDuffie, Booth, McCreary, and Elam to be off the board by 40.

It happens every year across the league. Like I said, we did it at DE last season. Green Bay did it with a CB at 29 last season as a Super Bowl favorite. We did it in 2017. 1st Rounders are generally starters and they go in the First Round because they are very talented. I don't get why you're having such a hard time accepting it? Especially when we had Levi Wallace back there last season and a 1st Rounder will, more likely than not, be an upgrade. And if they perform like Tre did in his rookie year when we took him at 27, an EXTREME upgrade. We don't have the money for a big time veteran via FA or Trade. It's something we could have done, but they valued Von Miller over that. Nor should we pay for one when we have Tre signed to big money on the other side already. This is the way.

We had the 30th overall starting at Defensive End in our Super Bowl push last year. The Packers started the 29th overall pick at Cornerback. And last season, we were starting journeyman Levi Wallace, who we let go with the expectation that we could get an upgrade at the position in the Draft.

Haden could come in on a 1 year deal if he's willing to take a sweetheart deal. He'd fill in at CB alongside our new Draft Pick while Tre is out and provide depth off the bench when Tre returns. But CB2 WILL be a Draft Pick. Jot it down in pen. Most likely in Round 1 and at least via a trade up in Round 2, as I don't think there's one available at 57 that you could start right away.

"The Bills just signed WHO?!... get Terron Armstead on the phone now!"

I couldn't disagree more. When we drafted Tre White in 2017, he started from Day 1. I'd expect the same after taking a CB in Round 1 in 2022. If the plan were to sign a Starter in FA, that would have been addressed early. The fact that we were never in on one says to me Round 1 has always been the plan for opposite Tre. I believe we may sign a veteran like Joe Haden on a 1-yr deal if he's willing to come cheap to add to a 1st Round CB to help fill in the void for a few games without Tre and then to be depth alongside Dane Jackson. But a Stephon Gilmore, James Bradberry type signing isn't happening. We can't afford it and we're already paying Tre big money. Truly feel the plan has always been to upgrade Levi at CB2 and have them under an affordable Rookie deal by drafting in Round 1. Heck, if we continue to fill holes with bargains and the roster is in pretty good shape - it wouldn't shock me to see Beane move up in Round 1 for one of the top two CB's. Especially if one of them slips a little.

Not with a hole at CB2 and Tre coming off an ACL. If he (or Kenneth Walker) were there in the 2nd, I'd give serious thought to pulling the trigger. But that's only if Ryan Bates re-signs. If he doesn't, we not only need depth on the OL, we need a Starting Guard. If I'm taking a RB, I'd be looking as high as Round 3. Isaiah Spiller or James Cook, if either are there. Zamir White or Rachaad White in Round 4.