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This pick will make McDermott sad.

That should just about cover it. So, it's official, the only good draft is beer.

Defensive players are paranoid and conspiracy mongers. You can't win either way.

Darnell Washington is the best blocking TE by far, but limited catch ability. I do think he's a good RZ target. I don't think he falls to 59, but he would be a good choice there if he did.

They really need to shore up their defensive backs. It's a nice pick, though. I wanted him to fall to 27, though I doubt the consensus here would countenance a TE in the first. This is the opposite of the way the Packers drafted for Rodgers and a good thing in that respect.

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I think Beane needs to find some players that can contribute year one in the draft and McDermott has to show more willingness to let them learn on the job. Virtual redshirt years for rookies isn't going to cut it when your franchise qb is no longer on his rookie deal. I believe Beane needs to spend more early resources on offense. I'm not convinced at all that just showing Saffold the door and bringing in two younger, modestly competent replacements is sufficient to fix the bottom third oline. I do think some scheme tweaks on D could make more difference than folks generally suppose. Regardless, this take is in the plausible optimistic category and I certainly hope it proves true.

Rosen is always the red-headed stepchild in these discussions and he's actually pretty damn good. Looking like we hit on all our first-rounders last year. Analytics and scouting folks KA brought in are coming up aces.

Unavoidably speculative, so unprovable. That is certainly not a ridiculous take. Each year is different and it is often a combination of momentum and fortuitous play that determines the outcome. What we had was an offense humming with diverse ways of attacking and a young qb playing with supreme confidence. I remain convinced that the Bills were shaping into a juggernaut set up to conquer. We were defeated by inexplicable coaching decisions, not only at the end, but in the inane strategy that wasted third quarter drives taking the air out of the ball. And yes, the defense was cooked. This last year is witness to the relative weakness of any defense in today's game. What Beane and McDermott took from that fiasco was the need to bring the qb down and so they went out and splurged on Von Miller. Naturally, that was not utterly dim, yet the more astute counsel would have been and still is to admit that qualified and partial containment of the best offenses is what one should strive for as most plausibly achievable. Building a fortress around Josh and increasing the weapons around him along with a cohesive plan to relentlessly pressure the other team's defense is the far more prudent plan, one that I am skeptical the Bills have embraced.

I bet the board was saying "I'm your Dline Cody Ford."

I'm under the impression you can designate a cut post-June 1st ahead of the actual date. Don't know how that affects negotiations with other teams and how the cap is calculated now.

I didn't suggest that kind of fatalism in any fashion. Read more closely. "If" signals a subjunctive. As long as Josh Allen is on the team and in his prime, or even late prime, there is a reasonable chance, but that does not make the miss in that rookie contract window any less an egregious lost opportunity.

Don't care that you can't prove a counterfactual. Two years ago was the year. Josh was locked in. The coaching staff bungled it. Still time, of course, but that lost opportunity is going to haunt for a generation if they don't come through.

You can't really blame her. We do have Groot on our team.

Johnston is the best big WR in the draft. He needs work and may not succeed, but if he hits, you have a home run pick. The reasoning there is he could upgrade Davis at WR2 and grow into a WR1 as Diggs ages out. I would also look at OT and TE early, so I surmise we do not share a common sensibility on how best to address the draft. No matter, if Beane follows the proclivities of his HC, LB, DT, and Edge will be priorities on day one and two.

I don't think it has to be made into an either/or. I've posted often enough how important building the oline is and all things equal, it is the most important for the reason you propose. I am doubtful a quality OT worthy of 27 is going to be available. I think there is a chance an offensive weapon could fall.

I feel like I am agreeing with US Grant every time I respond to your posts. (An underrated president, imo, and an incredibly gifted natural field general.)

I think Addison checks a lot of boxes and there is less risk than Johnston. If either drops, I am taking them even with the need at MLB. (I don't expect Beane to agree.) JSN probably is going to be the first WR chosen.

I don't want to waste the Josh Allen window. You can hedge against failure, but that doesn't always produce a better result. Seems when we try safe picks, we often get a dud anyway. I'm inclined to go for a difference maker if one is available even at some risk. If there is an option that involves high ceiling and less risk, great, but for offensive weapons, I want the player with the potential to scare the other team.

Thanks. I don't get NFL Network, so I'm not familiar with their current personnel.

Think that is Bucky Brooks. He used to play for us a long time ago. They are probably just playing out various mock drafts on the ticker.

Not sure if this is a joke. Fella looks pretty white to me. Besides, I don't think black folk name their kids Lance, but maybe I'm wrong there.

I agree with you. He still has a combination of size and relative speed that we don't currently have on the roster. He is not an automatic, but for me I'd have to really like the alternative. I prefer to still prioritize improving the oline and adding weapons for Josh, though I am skeptical that is the direction Beane is likely to favor. And then the fella posting above me is quite astute imo, so add that into your cogitations.

It's just narrow thinking to exclude TE because Dorsey or the Bills don't use them. Add a player of exceptional ability and transform the way you do things. I've been making a similar argument for Kincaid, but he is not the blocker Mayer is. Regardless, this is a year where the caliber of TE is such that they very well may clearly be a tier above the available wide receivers at 27. An ordinary TE does not normally come into consideration that early, but that is not the calculation here.