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He's an incredibly likable kid, with natural charisma. Very easy to root for. It will be both thrilling and heartwarming if it all comes together and turns out well.

I understood the point, and I don't disagree with what you are saying. What I am saying is that one should not use the deficiency of the WR numbers for Diggs and Davis in the second half of the season as the baseline by which to measure the achievements of their replacements. Much more should be expected from a putative WR1 and WR2, even if one redistributes the targets and embraces a model that spreads the wealth and deemphasizes traditional roles. If you start with very little production and disappointment in the post-season as the bar to better, it won't be hard to achieve. The validity of Beane's choices needs a more difficult metric as a proper measure. And I agree that there appears to be a shift towards tougher, more physical players. I am good with that.

The only thing I can think of is bring in a veteran WR through trade, or someone who shakes loose because of the influx of WR talent acquired in the draft. Tre's post 6/1 money will get added to the cap and allow for an added player, whether at WR, S, or DL, I dunno, but that's where I guess it would be spent if he uses it.

I live near Athens, and was and am very big on McConkey. If he stays healthy, he's going to be really good. And there's no question that McConkey and Mitchell can gain separation. I hope for the best on Coleman. Beane drafts traits, and he has some.

If we stayed at #32 and drafted Legette, he's a one-year wonder. If we drafted Mitchell, he's got diabetes and is an attitude problem. If we drafted McConkey, he's a "gritty slot" and not an X. There will always be detractors. Some of it is because Beane explicitly said he was looking for explosive receivers who would separate, and Coleman doesn't fit that profile. I'm not reading many posters who are saying outright he is going to bust. There are questions about whether he can be an effective boundary receiver, because he does not separate at the college level, and that won't get easier with NFL dbs. And anybody who is a true Bills' fan wants him to succeed.

I think you are largely right, and I don't think any of Beane's picks in this draft are such that one can argue they lack a plausible logic. I personally even like the flier on the British giant in round seven. I just do believe he has a quirk about WR from his Carolina days, and I do think it's a paleolithic tendency. I would have taken McConkey. I would have traded up from 60 for Mitchell, and he could have gone to 50 to get him. I'd have been willing to use some 2025 capital if necessary to do that. You don't get Bishop that way, and I like Bishop. I would then have taken Hicks at 95, because he is a safety I think can play in our system. I don't know why he slid. That has cascading effects, because they did need to add DT.

Yeah, I think he's vulnerable, and I hope we find better, because I think he's running on fumes at this point.

Yes, I have heard that. I couldn't read the article without disabling an ad blocker. I am not technical, and don't want to disable the ad blocker, so I'll just take your word for it. He said as much in the after draft press conference I gather. He is either prevaricating, or that is his plan. I remain dissatisfied with how he addressed the WR room. I don't think his concept of adequate matches my own. I've expressed this now multiple times, so much so that even I am bored with it. Nothing one can do, but hope for the best.

My disappointment with the WR room does not indicate radical pessimism with regard to the team. I still expect to win the division, though I'm not presuming such. I don't at all engage in fantasy football. I don't care about stats so much as wins, but I'd rather roll teams than play close games. I'm getting too old for the stress.

Okay. I'm not one of those predicting a doomed season. I still think we should be favored to win the division. I'll be surprised if they make a SB run, but it isn't impossible.

He was. I don't know if that speaks to WR1 generally, or Diggs, however. I'm willing to entertain a different offensive strategy where targets and emphasis are diversified. Still think Beane should have done more to improve the WR room. (And of course, maybe he will, by the time the season starts.)

I can't seem to stop watching this. I don't think it's a good sign about the state of my soul.

As you know, I'm really hoping this narrative has merit, but overall, I think it is more likely Beane is cognitively impaired when it comes to assessing what is and is not an acceptable WR room. It's just exasperating that they always seem to ask Josh Allen to do more with less. There probably is enough above the minimum threshold for him to work with, but why place that burden on him?

Yes, let's use the abysmal performance of the WR room the second half of last year as the low bar threshold by which to measure what will be considered acceptable performance or not this year. The offense struggled. Maybe it won't with Brady and the new players, but I'm not all that confident about it. Kincaid is going to have to be the main target, I think, so I hope he has a leap and not a sophomore slump year.

We only nominally had a WR1 last year, imo, but I take your point. Getting younger on D will hopefully mitigate the injuries somewhat.

Sure, it's not needed, but your chances of success increase if you have it. (And I don't think our current WR room is even average, but maybe I'm wrong.) I'm disappointed in Beane's approach, and I'm not sold on Coleman, but I'm not writing off the season. Be interesting to see what kind of offense Brady comes up with after a full off-season to implement it. The draft indicates what you surmise. I'm on board with integrating the run game, and obviously, Kincaid is our best weapon, so TE usage ought to be a huge part.

Does SF loading up on WR in the draft suggest that Aiyuk might be available through a post 6/1 trade? I'm reduced to hoping for slim possibility narratives . . . when 2025 gets here, the same crowd that was preaching holes on defense will want to go get an edge or cb in the first. And I don't trust Beane and McD not to agree with them.

Well, that's the negative case, and the reason I preferred Mitchell or Legette as an X, and McConkey as a Z that could be a volume receiver year one. I still think those were better choices, and I also believe McConkey has a high floor, though there are some injury concerns. Regardless, if you read the opinions on the positive side of the ledger, there are reasons for hope. My main sticking point is that fellas like him, if they do succeed, often do so as a big slot. That is absolutely what we don't need, because Kincaid is our best weapon, and that's where he needs to be. So, I dunno. I'm hoping folks who think he can be a boundary receiver are right. I'm also hoping those who think he is unlikely to outright bust are correct, and that a better Gabe Davis is his floor. If he hits, of course, I do think WR1 is a ceiling for him.

Van Pran will be the Center. That's my belief, folks can think that is overly optimistic. McGovern will stay at LG.

Once again, I'd like to request a "sangry" emoji.

I think you are one of the credible posters here. I don't quite agree with you, but I understand your point. I'm not interested in drafting a WR in the later rounds. They needed to draft two early, or plan on bringing in a veteran post 6/1 that isn't ready for the glue factory. Obviously, it is a reset year. I think you can do that and not have one of the worst WR rooms in the league, which is what I think they have, even if the plan is to redistribute targets and use RB and TE more. For instance, if there is a secret trade that brings in Aiyuk for 2025 draft capital, and they have a way of fitting him under the cap, and extending him, I'd think Beane had an excellent plan, and he was not irresponsible about the WR room. If not, I think he is carrying forward his Carolina roots which neglected the position when Beane was there.

Pretend that is the plan, and look at Beane's draft from that perspective. It suddenly makes much more sense. I sure hope this is more than fan fiction.

I don't mind the investment at S. Bishop was one of my favorite safeties in the draft, and it was not a particularly deep draft at the position. If I had known Hicks was going to slide like he did, well, I think he would have fit our system. I just don't align with whatever their vision of the WR room is. I agree with @Kirby Jackson that they seem to be asking folks to play one level up from where expectations should be comfortable. And Coleman wasn't my pick. I liked Mitchell and McConkey (along with Legette) at #28, 32, 33. I'd have tried to find a way to get two of them. Anyway, it played out the way it did, and now I'm hopeful Coleman can actually be a successful boundary WR (he's likable and athletically gifted, I still worry about separation.) Beane has to bring someone in post 6/1. If they are really satisfied with the WR room standing pat, to me it's Carolina's Cam Newton years redux, only we have yet to even reach a single SB.

That's great, because they both need to play in the slot to be maximally effective.

Could be. It's just a pet peeve of mine when folks point to KC as an equivalent situation that somehow justifies our inadequate WR room.