DrDawkinstein

KC definitely going WR at 32. Need to snag one ahead of them at 28, and watch they dont jump us to get our guy (again)

Nah, thanks. I'm a big fan and probably owe some contribution at this point, but so far I'm better as an observer.

No Fun League .... jkjkjk, thanks for doing this every year. It's great for filling in this dead time between March Madness and the Draft.

I would be THRILLED if the only weapon KC adds from the first 2 rounds of the draft turns out to be Polk.

Tyler Perry?

Seems like a great, low-stress gig for a guy about to be 60 and already sitting on $30M in the bank who wants to still hang out with his buddies during the day. 🤷‍♂️

Fair enough, I dont mind double dipping at WR in this draft either. I'm just not sure I'd do it with our first 2 picks back to back, nor am I as sold on Polk. Looks to my (untrained) eye like another Gabe Davis clone. Who was decent for a 4th round pick, but not what I would be happy with from my 2nd round pick that was also a double-dip pick.

So in hindsight, with the trade down, Bills pass on an opportunity to draft from the pool of Worthy/Mitchell/McConky/Legette in order to land Franklin and a 3rd round pick. IRL, the Bills could stay put at 28 and still draft Franklin. IMO, my issue with the trade down is abdicating our position ahead of KC (and even Baltimore), for not a lot in return. I'd rather pick before them and know we are getting OUR guy over having to settle for whoever is left after the teams we are competing with get to stock their cupboards. Just dont let KC jump us again!

I wouldnt say he lost. He was in a win-win situation and leveraged it as much as he could. HC contracts are written with clauses that allow them to leave and still get paid IF there is a change in ownership. Marrone knew of this clause and seized the opportunity to make a power play. "I'm going to walk and make you pay out my contract while having to find a new HC unless you put me in charge of the entire FO". Pegula said no thanks, Marrone walked while still getting paid. And then got another gig so he was DOUBLE DIPPING that NFL HC salary. Probably made himself an extra $10-15M just for quitting a job.

Right on. And he needs guys who will buy in or have already bought into his... "unique" style.

Oh, its absolutely easier said than done. But teams might have different priorities. Maybe a new regime just came in and they want to bring in a bunch of "their" guys. Or may even need to make additional picks just to fill out the roster. Not necessarily because there is going to be so much talent left in those rounds. edit: For example, the Giants only have something like 5 or 6 picks in this draft. They need guys.

Even after taking a WR (Franklin) roughly 15 picks earlier?

It didnt deplete the 2024 pool, but it stocked the 2022/2023 pools which is why those drafts had 300+ draftable guys, and now we are back to more of the norm with 150-200 draftable guys. It's about how the classes look relative to each other.

I feel like we figured this out in real time in @Virgil's mock draft threads. The board voted for a Trade Down out of 28 and it was not fun. I'm now fully on board with packaging as many of those later round picks for moving UP in the 1st and 2nd rounds to get our guys.

If anything, this exercise has only fueled my desire to do something big like trade up to 6 for Nabers.

This is why I'm going with Calen Bullock of Bullard. Bullock is a long rangy 6'3" Safety who can hang in the backfield and ball hawk for us.

Exactly. We have plenty of spots that need guys to come in and start right away. Adding talented line depth (whether DT or OT) is nice, but we cant afford that right now.

I guess I'm good with getting Franklin here while picking up a 3rd. But I doubt it would play out that way IRL. I dont see the Chiefs trading back, so there is another WR out, I'd guess Ladd. Yikes.

A good warning to those who want the Bills to trade back from 28. There's a very good chance the 2nd WR wave starts around our pick and finishes in the early 2nd. Moving back 10 or more picks may knock us out of the WR race. I'm all for staying at 28 and getting our pick of that 2nd WR group. Many of which would be solid 1st round picks in other years.

We lost out on (almost) all the top WR talent with the previous trade down. Need to suck it up and go get Franklin while we still can.

Good for JP. Good luck with that, Giants.

From the short list, I think my order of preference would be: 1. Mitchell 2. Legette 3. Worthy 4. McConky But I could probably swap 3 & 4 depending on how the wind is blowing. I dont think Mitchell is available at 28 irl. Guess I'd be happy with any of the remaining 3, and even Franklin. Maybe not overly excited, but happy they at least addressed the WR position.

Correct, we do not.

No wonder the Kromer family hates him.

If we landed Franklin to pair with an earlier pick of DeJean, this would be Beane's best 1st/2nd round since he got here. That would be a huge win for the Bills. Unfortunately, DeJean isnt lasting to 28. The only way DeJean is a "bad" pick is if we also pick DT in the 2nd and ignore WR until the 4th.