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I don't know, but I think there is more room for them this year. Noticed that Rosemy-Jacksaint signed with Washington. Was hoping we might get him.

He has very short arms, and while powerful, limited athleticism. He's an absolute warrior. I think he could be your starting Center for a decade, but I don't see him as a guard.

I think the OP is correct that the current WR room with Diggs was a plausible plan. However, the urgency certainly is a product of relative neglect of the WR position at the top of the draft. I love Kincaid, and he could become a primary weapon, actually. Nonetheless, the Bills were able to be held hostage by Diggs' tantrums because they didn't have anyone else to turn to. There weren't any emerging young WRs who might grow into WR1. That player should already have been on the team.

One of the reasons he dropped is he is pretty much limited to Center. I think we're a much stronger unit if he ends up able to start, with McGovern back at guard.

Ladd McConkey is going to be a very good pro in my estimation. Folks can speculate whatever they like, and attach requisite names, positive or Josh Rosenish.

Dammit man, now you know WarriorSpikes is going to run with this and speculate that Brown is getting traded to SF as part of a bid to grab Aiyuk.

Yes, I guess I don't know why you chose this thread to post those thoughts. I don't think the haters are likely to show up in abundance here, and the overall theme of the OP and those who agree with him is much more nuanced, and quite opposed to extravagant hatred for this particular draft. I could be wrong, of course.

I mean, he was born to play for us.

I don't think you're on an island. The WR room with Diggs added looks a lot better. One can only surmise how toxic things must have become that Beane felt compelled to move him and take a huge cap hit.

The OP, and many of the folks who are contributing to this thread, begin by conceding that it was a solid draft. That's stipulated at the beginning. Did you read it, because your response is addressed to those who assert something else? And I don't see an abundance of negative emojis . . .

Most folks take explosive to mean fast and gets separation. I guess you have a different definition.

I wish some putative journalist would ask Beane about that point blank, but I'm sure he'd just say the board worked out a certain way, and they had to adapt.

It was absolutely a solid draft. There's no question, we have put young leadership in place, and strengthened weak spots on the roster. We have not sufficiently improved the WR room, which I think should have been a priority. It's not clear to me it ever will truly be such with this regime. They need some elite playmakers. I don't think Coleman is that. He's a better Gabe Davis, which isn't terrible, but not enough.

Yeah, it's not encouraging. I don't know who can be added. I'm sure they'll bring in a veteran. Someone will shake loose after the draft.

Well, he was lying when he said he wanted to add explosive wide receivers to the room that could create separation. Maybe he's lying now. I agree about the "really disappointing."

I've been told it's impossible, I guess because of the cap, but I am still going to hold out hope there is a way to bring in Aiyuk. He's exactly what we need.

With Josh Allen at QB. It's criminal if that's the plan.

A thread was started about forty minutes ago. It doesn't say South Florida.

That's either true, or Beane has unrealistic expectations for his WR room as currently constructed, or this is a punt year in the middle of Josh Allen's prime.

I agree with this. I hope he has a post 6/1 trade for an impact WR lined up. I don't have confidence that is the case. This is a model that makes the playoffs and fails against teams with elite playmakers. Small caveat: I think Davis is a bit better than you are crediting.

That would fall under "incorrect evaluation of where his WR room is" in my view. I think they had an unrealistic expectation of Davis after the notorious 13 second game. I hope they aren't making the same mistake and thinking Shakir is the new Diggs. He does appear to be ascending, but that's a lot to ask. Taken separately, I haven't hated any of the picks apart from Coleman, and my concern about Coleman is partly because I fear he has to be a big slot to succeed. Maybe that's wrong. I sure hope he will be a solid boundary receiver X. If he's D Hopkins, it's a spectacular hit, but a lot of receivers with his profile bust or end up having to play in the slot, because they can't separate. I thought that Beane said they wanted explosive receivers who separate, and so I find it amusing that when folks are exasperated at the pick, they are treated as if all they did was look at the forty time. The outrage is based on expectations Beane set up, not only in his comments, but by not investing in WR in prior drafts, then letting Davis walk (no loss, I think), and on top of that, trading Diggs and taking on a massive cap hit. Anyway, good luck to him. Beane was either lying, delusional, or has an ace in the hole we don't know about. A trade or post 6/1 FA signing could explain it, and I hope it does.

He either has a trade set up post 6/1 or he has an incorrect evaluation of where his WR room currently is.

I wish he would do that.

Probably no one wanted those picks. Once you got to the fifth, some teams looked at who was left and were then willing to deal.

He's one of the players we met with. This is the most McBeane draft ever.