Dr. Who

I think Darnell Washington would compliment Knox by providing superior blocking with an adequate RZ threat. He would also allow Dorsey to incorporate more 12 personnel looks. I do believe it would allow Knox to operate more as an offensive threat.

You know he spends all day in a rabbit suit thinking these things up.

Not sure where to put this, been looking at OT that might be worth a shot and available in the third round. @MrEpsYtown and @GunnerBill, any thoughts on Jaelyn Duncan? Technique seems to be an issue, but Kromer can remedy that sort of thing. Appears to have pretty good athletic traits and prototypical size.

What do you think of the FA guards they signed? This is apparently a particularly weak draft. I doubt they are going to find a LT. Where would you concentrate the day one and two picks?

I think we are predicting what the Bills will do, not whether we agree with the moves. I'm biased on Washington, btw. Live near Athens and an UGA fan. He is a tremendous blocker and a RZ threat. I would make a modest trade up to grab him. If not, they need to get a TE to implement 12 personnel. Lot of options in this draft, but Washington is by far the best blocker which would help the oline.

Bills trade back from 27 into the early second, then trade up from 59. Trenton Simpson and Darnell Washington.

Completely agree. Maybe it was something else, but it sure looked like it.

Probably so, but it did not appear to be the case in the Cincy playoff game. We were slipping all over the place and seemingly tentative. It was as if we didn't have the right cleats on or something.

Yes, that bothered me as well. How can you talk about working for home field advantage and have that happen? If you can't get snow right in Buffalo, it's no bueno.

Well, to be fair, it's hard to clap with a play sheet in your hand.

I agree with this for the most part. Here is my caveat, granting that most experts appear to think this draft only has 15 or 16 true first round grades. Using a less rigorous standard, I don't think there is a first round MLB in this draft. There are a few olineman worth it, but they won't reach 27. So if you prioritize those positions, it would behoove you to trade back if you can make a reasonable deal. I do think on D if Van Ness falls (doubt it) he is worth the pick. Addison you grab if he falls to you at wr. I personally like Dalton Kincaid. He's a weapon, so I'd take him.

And so the wise strategy would be to invest the bulk of premium picks in supporting your franchise qb: oline, wr, weapons for Josh. They will probably do the opposite.

Trenton Simpson is a better fit for the D they've been running. I don't like LB in the first personally.

I'll concede Davis is a low-end 2. Before last season, lot of folks thought the KC playoff game presaged a breakout season. I wanted to trade up for Jameson Williams because I thought Davis was injury prone and too erratic. I don't know how much the injury to Josh's elbow altered game plans. Conjecture all you wish to justify Davis as an adequate 2. There are a few here who think he is fine or at least acceptable. What I think should not be debatable is somewhere you need to find a more consistent, dominant threat to compliment Diggs. Maybe that's Knox or a running game that incorporates the pass catching abilities of a fella like Cook. Maybe it's much better play out of the slot, but it has to come from somewhere so that you can't just focus on Diggs as the single dangerous weapon -- and yes, a subpar oline and rookie OC surely contributed. The fix involves sufficient remedy for all that.

I'm not interested in debating Frazier. I don't really care; he's not here for whatever reason. What I'd like to know is what kind of lb are we likely after? If it's Campbell that signals some kind of scheme change.

Yes, you are. I was trying to get some specific player options to match a response to your diagnosis.

What do you make of the argument that deficiencies at slot were what really caused more problems? If so, are you satisfied Shakir and Harty, perhaps, sufficiently address that issue? I surmise Downs could be a superior slot receiver (he's my fourth wr, but the only one likely to be available for the Bills to select imo.) What do you think about grabbing a fella like Kayshon Boutte later in the draft as a possible wr2 candidate down the road?

Devon Levi in net Friday against the Rags.

Interesting argument. I think Josh Downs might be a consideration early if this analysis is shared by Beane.

I honestly don't know, but my thinking is they need to bring in a wr with more talent than the mid-round picks they have been drawing from. Maybe Downs eats into Shakir's snaps, but his ceiling is much higher.

Johnston, JSN, and Addison are a tier above the rest. Doubt any of them fall to 27. Downs for me is next. Some folks like Flowers and Hyatt. I think they are second round receivers who might go in the first. Depending on who else is available, I think Downs is a viable choice. Here's a positive assessment that argues for Downs as a first round quality pick. https://www.profootballnetwork.com/josh-downs-wr-north-carolina-nfl-draft-scouting-report-2023/

I think maybe you just outed yourself, Sean.

Perfectly understand the rationale for this draft made plausible by the misses and mediocrities Beane has accrued with premium draft picks meant to address DL. Of course, the misses on the OL are perhaps more egregious, not to mention the largely mundane results drafting offensive weapons if one excludes the trade for Diggs which obviously worked and the underutilized Knox who has to stay and help a porous oline too often. I had hoped the takeaway from last year would be that it was time to give Josh Allen better weapons and a truly solid oline. Or maybe that was the takeaway which was addressed in the usual way: modest FA signings and then wait for day three picks. The primary, urgent matter, if this mock is predictive, will be the same necessity to feed premium picks to the D which so far has failed miserably in the post-season. They are free to try whatever strategy they think best helps the team, but if this is the play, they better have significant post-season success, something beyond fizzling out at the division round or before.

I think Addison goes way before 27. This whole draft scenario is idiosyncratic and mocked by a fella who said Mac Jones was going to be in the MVP conversation last year (before the season, obviously). He ain't bright. If Addison is there, I think we take him and we should.

Amusing stupid is exonerating imo.