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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.

I guess some things have no expiration date. Cruel world.

Mike Tannenbaum doesn't strike me as the sharpest tool in the box. It's his draft. After drafting Cook, resigning Hines, and signing Damien Harris, with all the other needs (OL, DL, WR, LB, TE2), it would be a surprising pick. He is talented.

He's not a great blocker, but I believe he could develop into a real offensive threat. The best blocking TE is Darnell Washington, but he is at best an adequate red zone receiving threat. Maybe Mike Evans is the answer to your question.

@Sherlock Holmes will be intolerable if we acquire Cooper Kupp.

Dalton Kincaid.

Michael Mayer and Kincaid are both receiving threat TEs who could be available around 27. I think Kincaid has the potential to be a dangerous offensive weapon, so he's my preference. If you wait for 59, Darnell Washington might fall that far. I am an UGA fan, so biased, but he is a great blocker. Only an adequate receiver, but he would allow for more use of 12 personnel. Fella was pounding the table for Tucker Kraft, so I researched him a bit. I think he's a nice player and maybe you can get him in the third. TE is one of the better positions in this draft, so I hope we get one of the aforementioned.

I'd be surprised if he is available at 27, but I'd be happy to get him. Johnston, JSN, and Addison are the three best receivers imo.

I think the best receiving option with a plausible chance to be available at 27 is Dalton Kincaid, the Utah TE. I would take him.

Which WR at 27 are you thinking of? It's easy to just say take a first round wr, but it's not a strong position in the draft. Some think Zay Flowers will be there. He's another slot, though potentially a very good one. Certainly, the two best receivers, Quintin Johnston and Jaxson Smith-Njigba, will not.

Those are plausible scenarios, but trying to match them to Rapaport's view that the acquiring teams were looking at Hopkins as a final piece, none of them seem to really qualify, though I think the Lions are going to be good, so I would agree they fall within the scope of an arguable interpretation. I was not reading that tweet as exclusive to the Bills, btw. I do think as a matter of conjecture they might be one of those teams.

Yes, I agree they need more than that, but a national reporter might pay less attention to the roster. In a very vague manner, fella like Rapaport could think of Hopkins as a closer type addition for one of the top teams. I don't believe he's that for anyone, actually, though maybe you make a case for the Chiefs, I dunno.