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Still think American football is the best sport (hockey is a close second.) The rest of the world can have "soccer." Unless it's the World Cup, it's usually a snooze fest and I can't stand the histrionics surrounding fouls.

You probably have to be picking first overall to get Darnold. If I see a potential franchise qb when I am picking, I take him. Just don't reach on a nice fella who doesn't really have the potential.

Okay, I see it. I think we top out at wild card material with Taylor.

Does wanting a better qb than Taylor = not wanting a good defense? I don't see a logical correlation. Since I don't think Taylor is a franchise qb and I think having such is what makes a team consistently dangerous, I think taking multiple shots at getting such is a priority. Of course, if it is legitimately determined a particular draft lacks viable candidates, you go elsewhere. The last draft had a DE (in the new system) and a LB (that may not fit, but I think he will adapt) at the top of the draft. Thinking it might be a good idea to spend a high pick on the offense is not a dismissal of the importance of defense.

Plus one. Wish we had kept Pysyk, but still like the trajectory of the team.

I really think they've got somebody lined up who is on a current playoff team.

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Is anyone disagreeing with that? The question is, statistically, which tactic offers the greater probability to win.

If he's as careful and diligent as promoted -- he brought his best "book" to the interview, but not his only one --- then this is a hire he has already contemplated with a developed rationale.

Ah, I'm not so good with pop culture references.

It wasn't over when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, either .

Right. Cardale is an afterthought with most fans. He could develop and if he hits, he has the tools to be very good. Long odds, I still think, but that is true for most. I think his attitude is actually good. He doesn't get flustered. Has a bit of Favre's humor/bravado.

It is tiresome that so many on both sides resort so easily to hyperbole. I don't think Taylor is very good. He doesn't see the field, makes slow reads, plays almost too safe. That doesn't mean I hate Taylor. If he is the qb, I will hope he does well and proves my assessment inaccurate. I like Watson and Mahomes in this draft and I would like Whaley and Co. to consider them. I do not claim special wisdom when analyzing qbs. This is just my opinion. I am aware others dissent strongly. I do know if you wait for a near can't miss prospect, you are rarely, if ever, going to be drafting a qb. That seems a very bad long-term strategy to me.

I think Russell Wilson is always going to be a qb who is better than his numbers indicate. I agree that early Brady depended a great deal on the defense, but I surmise even early Brady was more than a placeholder which is what I think a qb like Dilfer or Johnson was. Again, if you have a superlative defense, you can get by with lesser qb play. I still say, in agreement with most of your interlocutors, that stellar qb play, on balance, allows for much more wiggle room when assessing long term success.

Tom Brady and Russell Wilson aren't top tier qbs? Flacco played out of his mind on the Ravens most recent run. Yes, I include Manning last year as a defense driven Super bowl. Dilfer, Brad Johnson, 85 Bears. No one is saying a great defense isn't important, but it usually isn't decisive imo.

That is my hope as well.

Once every twenty or thirty years, you get a Superbowl winner carried pretty much by the defense alone. A top-tier qb makes you relevant for a decade or more. Like it or not, you have to play the lotto on the position if you don't have one. And then when you do, you still keep drafting. My own proclivities, btw, would be to build the lines on both sides of the ball. Contemporary NFL skews towards the qb, however, so I think you need to make it priority 1 and 1A.

I like Watson. Tired of hearing he is Taylor 2.0. Mahomes is my second favorite, however, so I would be happy with your plan.

So, are you predicting the Bills' defense is going to threaten to be historically bad because Frazier is the D-Coordinator? Is McDermott stupid? Does he not know that these kind of stats mean that Frazier is a doom to any D? I think the D underperformed under Ryan and I suspect they will be considerably better next year. We'll see who has a more accurate hunch.

AJ Klein coming over from Carolina makes a lot of sense. I think Ragland can adapt.

Fortunately, he's not the head coach. He's the DC who one surmises will run the system the head coach wants. You routinely cherrypick to come up with the most negative interpretation possible.

Oh, no, don't stop him if he insists on the jump.

Personally, I would never hire a robot.

Ditto. I'm enthused about the hire.

I like the OP for the most part, though I am not sold on TT. I like Deshaun Watson. This means I don't think he's Taylor 2.0. At minimum, he's a legit 6'3" and I suspect Taylor is actually around my height (5'11"). All that said, I love the Mike Williams at #10 idea. I would still like to add a qb early in the draft. I don't think Watson will fall, but if he is around late first, I find a way to move up and grab him. I also like Mahomes in the second. I'm okay with Taylor as a bridge qb. If he turns out better than I imagine, great. I'd be happy to be wrong. I read somewhere that the particular version of the 4-3 McDermott favors (cover 3?) does not require outstanding safety play. I don't think we need to spend a first on safety. WR and RT are the most immediate offensive needs if Taylor is retained. On D, I hope we keep Gilmore and Zac somehow. Apparently there is a lb on Carolina, AJ Klein, that would be a good fit that may come our way. Sorry, this is a bit rambling. To johnwalter: I have no idea what kind of offense Lynn would actually implement. It just seems it might be uncomfortable given he was considered for the head coach position and we went elsewhere. If there were players who preferred Lynn, that might add tensions as well, though that is obviously speculation and maybe it is not a problem at all.