Coach Tuesday

The comp I’ve been pushing upthread.

He profiles as exactly the kind of guy Beane would overpay for in free agency so…

Brainiac overachiever.

Some genius said the same thing upthread.

He is D Hop

I am optimistic on this one. I think he’s more D Hop than Kelvin Benjamin.

I’m good with it. Won’t disappear in January. Faster than you guys think - his combine was wild.

I have been saying here for weeks that I wanted them to do this as well - slide down and double-dip. But I do care about what the Chiefs are getting. Maybe they're in my head but it's not just their coaches who have been running circles around ours (as you've been saying), it's their pro personnel dept. too. Two years ago both the Bills and Chiefs needed a corner - the Chiefs traded ahead of the Bills for McDuffie (whom the Bills may or may not have wanted) and we got the worse player in Elam. Last night the Bills and Chiefs again shared a premium need and again the Chiefs maneuvered ahead of us to take their pick at that position - and we helped them do it! And given the new ST rules, Worthy's floor is already an elite returner. The trade value chart does not include the negative value of helping your key rival get the player they want. Yes, maybe they would've gotten him anyway but maybe they're just better at all of this than the Bills are - they certainly have the receipts for that idea. Not that I was nuts about Worthy. I think he'll be a great ST'er at minimum and will probably excel in Reid's offense. And the Bills tried and failed last year at incorporating a small fast guy into their offense (Harty) and couldn't do it. But I just cannot believe that Beane would risk trading with the Chiefs and letting them get their guy - if Worthy wins Offensive Player of the Year, how does Beane account for himself to Pegula? Or maybe he doesn't have to - that was the worst feeling I had last night, the notion that a move like that proves that no one is actually holding Beane accountable. In a highly competitive business like the NFL you just don't see those kinds of deals because the ramifications of being wrong aren't worth the upside (a Day 3 pick).

If Worthy leads the league in return yardage as a rookie, which is not unlikely given the new kickoff rules, it’s a huge blunder. If Worthy wins OROY, Beane should probably be fired.

I’m fine stockpiling. He’ll use them to move back up in rounds 2 and 3 most likely. But the Chiefs trade is just killing me. Mostly because it shows that my biggest fear is warranted: there is no serious owner running this franchise. It’s autopilot.

Beane is country dumb. Worthy is already valuable because of the new kickoff rules (his punt returns were elite in college). Someone upthread said “fetishization of draft picks” and it’s exactly right. Beane and Kevyn Adams. Just having no idea how to use their assets.

Beane just fired himself.

Wasted in that system?

Steelers guy got snagged by their division rivals - they’re sulking and could be willing to deal.

In retrospect yeah. They would’ve had to have known Penix would be available at 8 when they paid that contract. Now they’re going to hand a cap-crushed team to a promising young QB who will need talent around him? Bizarre is right, seems like a failure of process. Raiders are arguably in better shape long term with zero QBs than the Falcons are with two. (But the Raiders should’ve went and got Fields when they had the chance.)

Whatever. Dude has made like a billion dollars for being a mediocre QB and an All Pro businessman. Zero tears shed.

You know who made some money tonight? Spencer Brown. Right tackles are about to get PAID if this draft is predictive.

He knows, he fancies himself a comedian and we're a semi-captive audience.

Yup I expect that as well. Beane is going to have to stay aggressive in this draft just to keep up - folks treat the draft like it's Christmas morning but forget to pay attention to what the Bills' competitors are coming home with in the weeks leading up to the event. The Jets and Chiefs are going to have much-improved rosters on Sunday; the Dolphins and Patriots too but they're just less scary as threats. But I can easily see a scenario where the Jets suddenly have two stud WRs and the Chiefs load up on offensive weapons as well.

That is my exact concern.

Odunze to the Jets, Worthy to the Dolphins will send this board into a tailspin...

McCarthy?? Or Nabers.

Sounds like the kind of thing the Bills would put out there through Simms…

Suggest you check back Friday morning.