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If you're the G-men, do you prefer Rosen to taking a shot with Haskins? I really think #6 is a high return for Rosen. Cards invest a #10, then, albeit under difficult circumstances, fella has a poor year, and his value increases . . . I am skeptical.

I like westerns. I'd like to see Gunsmoke and Have Gun, Will Travel updated.

Best option is to use free agency to fix the line, but because of supply-demand ratios and competition with lots of cap space as well, it's a tricky situation. (I think you could get a guard, center, and RT this route. I don't see a LT that would allow you to kick Dawkins to LG where he may thrive best.) I agree the line has to be the priority, but it's not impossible to significantly improve the trenches and skill players in one offseason.

I think we should look at Mitch Morse or Matt Paradis at center. Ju'Wuan James would be a good signing at RT.

I think he would be bad for the locker room and team chemistry. Google Brown, Poyer and Rachel Bush; it's tawdry. If we're going to spend picks for an aging, albeit, excellent wr, I'd rather go after Julio Jones. Better to sign Golden Tate and draft a good one early though, imo.

I am both optimistic and concerned. I don't feel schizophrenic, but does a crazy person know they're crazy? And I'll listen to knuckleheads all day when they are rational and literate.

Yes, that's true. I am looking at Bortles where he is now. It does go to show it's a marathon, not a sprint.

Yeah, this is how I feel. Maybe some folks can be more objective about it.

Hey, I gave you cred up thread. Don't worry.

Yep. It's been a long wait. I didn't even realize I was young back then and thought for sure we'd have a fair number of playoff appearances and hopefully a shot or two at the Super Bowl in the future. Now I'm looking at the hour glass and praying Allen is the answer.

There's definitely enough ambiguity to make it a call that could be argued either way. Let's just put it this way, if Allen turns out to be Blake Bortles (as some of his critics today assert,) I will be very disappointed.

Is "bust" criteria objective level of play or is it also dictated by when a fella was drafted? I surmise most folks would judge Bortles a decent backup level of player. If you drafted him in the mid-rounds, that would make him a moderate success. If you drafted him third overall, that feels like a bust. That doesn't mean Bortles would have to have become a top five qb in order to avoid being a bust. I think Andy Dalton level average does that, though even that indicates a miss in terms of where he was drafted.

That's how I recollect it. I think there may also have been some bad actors who trolled him. It's really too bad.

716 has been defending Culley for quite a while on these boards. I think resigning Barkely and Anderson, along with Allen's endorsement of Culley is an encouraging sign. McD and Beane believe Allen is on track to be the qb they were hoping for and don't want to upset the situation that is promoting development. They kinda lucked into it, but great that they recognize it. Keep what works, move on from what doesn't.

I think it's reasonable to expect a significant leap forward given an off-season where Allen now has the experience to know specifically what he needs to give a priority to working on in order to elevate his game, first team reps from the start of training camp, and hopefully some really good adds via draft and free agency. Expecting 2019 MVP is clearly excessive and technically I agree with you, but after decades of bad qb play, I am willing to forgive folks being giddy with actual hope.

Honestly, I think that fella is just dim.

If you give the same benefit of the doubt to the folks who are enthusiastic about Allen as you do to Elite Poster, there really isn't a basis for anyone being upset. A lot of folks feel the need to add the caveat about Allen having to continue to develop just to placate folks who actually seem irritated that others are now really happy Allen is the Buffalo Bills qb. You probably wouldn't have the same level of emotional optimism if many hadn't been persuaded by the massive negative reaction to the fella when he was first drafted that we had made a highly risk choice likely to be a bust. It's as much relief that Allen's floor is evidently not a "bust" as joy that he appears to have a legitimate shot at hitting his ceiling that is motivating the good vibes.

I really like Josh Jacobs at Alabama, but he's likely gone before Bills would consider drafting a rb.

So, I surmise you are thinking trade for AJ Green or Julio? I'd be surprised if this regime would be interested in Antonio Brown given his locker room antics.

Metcalf and Golden Tate work for me.

I don't think I could, but I'll feel a whole lot better about it if we sign at least one good tackle and veteran center in free agency.

Given the huge dead money regarding this year's roster and the minimal talent on offense, this was never likely to be a successful year in terms of record. This year was about development of the young players, especially at qb and mlb. If you have a potential franchise qb with arrow up, you have hope. Lot of folks thought Allen was two years away from even seeing the field. Turns out the fella can play a little. Next year, folks will wants wins, but for this year, we did about as well as one could rationally hope for.

This has been talked about before, but evaluation on offense is generally a problem. Wr, te, rb, oline -- I don't have a lot of confidence in these fellas. Daboll appears to have been right about Foster. Maybe he will have a good sense of the value of Jonah Williams. Anyway, I think they know more investment has to be made in offensive personnel, so hopefully they hit more than they miss.

Now the Allen is not good and analytics prove it crowd is going to have to deal with optimism and folks liking Allen for a whole off-season. Life is just so unfair . . .

I like Metcalf. As of right now, you could probably trade down and get him later in the first.