colin

i think we pick at 9 (or trade up) AND move back up into the 1st round (or high 2nd if need be) and draft an OT

i really want dk metcalf, but that's because i'm seeing us build a team of pure athletic monsters, so i'm ignoring downside a bit and wouldn't cry if we skip him (maybe just a little). based on our history, i don't see how we don't make trades, and probably big ones. beane likes to throw it around on draft day, and before. i honestly don't think i've ever seen a more aggressive GM. it makes it pretty exciting, i'm a fan!

at first, i was 50/50. then, i was on board. now, i'm worried he goes at 6 to the giants. dabo loves multiple formations, and running the same play out of different looks, and different plays out of the same look. DK, Brown (doesn't he have a nick name like smokey or something for his speed?), and our young bama speedster puts a ton of speed on the field. beez replacing one of them, maybe our CFL pick up too, and you have lots of combos that can be run. the best part of all of that is, if you look at the pats, most of their success comes pre snap because they see a match up problem, and then later on they use that to exploit people trying to cover up the match up problem that burned them before. this allows our young qb to get some completions and easy yards and sets up the over the top KO which he was gifted by God to be just about the best at. aside from junk run game and zero protection, we had an issue of ZERO WR'S BEING A MATCH UP PROBLEM ANYWHERE! DK on the quick slant, beez underneath, and two other fireball wr's running around can let us dictate to the D instead of hoping. i'm all in!!

if we sign ziggy, then we have addressed all of our needs in FA, and will have more butts than seats, so we don't need a lot of guys but quality guys. i think DT and OL (G followed closely by T) is what we still have a position need for, but i'd think that's a tie breaker rather than a pick maker. i agree w the above that we will trade down our first pick, and trade up our later picks to get our guys. I expect by the end of the season a new OL, WR/TE, and front 7 starter/big play time guy will come out of the draft.

i think we draft a tackle in one of the first 3 rounds. maybe a G as well (or sign). this would open the gate to having new tackle at RT, dawkins inside at LG (where i am becoming convinced he would dominate) and ty at LT where he can last for a couple few years until new tackle mans the left side (or dawkins wins it back or what have you). Ty Dawk, morse, teller/whoever, good rookie is a muuuuuuuch better line than what we paraded around last year

someone else totally stole my thunder (and i reported the post because i will not stand for that at the break of free agency!) but two over the top guys and two underneath guys means we can run all those crazy formations and routes that dabol wants too. josh allen obviously has to improve his d reading and such, but our O should give him a lot more opportunity to play hero ball and roast Dbs w his arm and LBs with his legs.

i'd take bell! the only downside this off season is it looks like we won't grab a WR (well, not a top one anyhow). sign bell, trade for ODB, draft OL? we can do it!

our biggest need is OL and WR/TE. That said, i wonder about drafting OL this year at 9 (for sure draft later on tho). This is because we either have a guy who replaces Dion, which means Dion is gonski, or we are drafting (at best) a RT. I don't think you draft an RT w a top 10 pick. Also, i don't think there are any guards coming out who look like that kid last year from ND who is worth a top pick at G. So i think max value is either WR/TE (but it's either a huge roll of the dice on DK, or a bit of a reach for a need), a pass rusher/DT falls (which i doubt, but you never know) or we trade down and get more picks. I could see us trading because this FO likes trades more than any other i've ever seen.

I like it! personally, i'd rather we get a top C in FA, and then a tackle (swing or power guy) in FA as well, freeing up our first couple picks for BPA (thinking WR and DL will be there). also, i'd be happy w taking a 3rd round oline (anyone but C if we get Fight for your Right to Paradis). we gotta get young as well as experienced, and depth was a big problem last year.

i'd take a whirl. if he can be a decent TE, he would allow for some serious match up trickery with passes out of jumbo, and running out of 1 RB, 1TE 3WR sets. the faketriots always do this and just dominate fools. i'm sick of our offense being predictable and needing spectacular plays to get yards.

assuming our FO doesn't go gaga over a DL who is still available at 9, and they aren't sold on the OL (seems everyone likes about 12 guys on the OL and we grab one in the 2nd), i'm good with Metcalf. normally i'd be concerned with the super athlete who hasn't put it together yet profile, but a big thing to me is his NFL bloodline. That means he was born with talent, seems to have a top notch work ethic, and he has experienced role models who have given him an idea of what the NFL will bring. with our new CFL wideout underneath making veteran reads and moves, and w our bama crimsonflash on the outside, throwing in DK (and a TE, not sure where we get him but it's a need) makes our WR corps a disgusting size and speed match up. we might even bring back WR screens and get some 3rd and short yardage situations, which we seem to avoid like ebola.

3y for 30 would suit me. keep him and murph too. if murph can't get healthy he's cut, ow he can contribute. 4 solid DEs in rotation in our 4-3 d is a good look.

i think 4200+ total yards and 35+ total TDs is in the cards. we need some more weapons on O, and we need a much better line, I think we will have 4 or 5 new starters on O next season.

i think we get 1 or 2 starters on OL, a WR, prolly a TE, and if one avoids the franchise tag, maybe one of the big pass rushers. that SD WR, an RT and C/G, whoever at TE, and pipe dream for one of the pass rushers (maybe quinn from the fish, does he have much left) is more or less necessary i think. we need like 4 or 5 new starters total, and they won't all be rookies.

he really was the opposite of a gamer. He just doesn't have the knack for making the play, looks lost a lot of the time. i remember the one play this year he blew his man up off the line, came in, and had the bounce off his hands in the middle of the field which the other team INT'd. also, last season game 1 vs the jets, a soft pass came to him from tyrod (i think on the first drive) and it popped off his hands awkwardly and was picked off. he just isn't focused.

i think they go for the sooner qb and trade rosen. question is: who is their best trade partner(s) and what would they pay?

so you are go ahead and disagree with me on the internet and then take in information exchanged in the discussion and reevaluate? this is not the internet i grew up with. can't even get into a flame war over a signing i won't remember in 4 weeks anymore. i guess it's back to yelling at stop signs for me.

read the rest of the posts in response to yours, you lil cranky pants! anyone we add to our OL will be paid more than what we have because we have just about the lowest paid OL in the NFL. same thing for CBs too! i'll have you know that it is very possible we sign a cb who is not as good as trey white for more than we are paying trey white, and it could be a good move. isn't that crazy!? is your rule to look at what the team pays for current players rather than what the average price or going rates are for the players a team signs? in reference to your homework project, consider position vs speed vs velocity, and shine up an apple and stand straight!

well, it's not hard to figure out but i can help! you see, the bills have rookie contract and horrible players on OL, so they are going to be cheap. this new guy is a free agent, which means he is not obligated to sign with any one particular team, which means he will have the choice of playing for whomever, putting upwards pressure on his price.

i like williams and i think the espn projection of his contract is likely accurate. some of you guys are seriously out of touch with what football players get paid and what it costs to sign them in FA.

he's an average to below average starting interior NFL lineman who is being given a below average starting NFL interior lineman contract. If he suits the system he's an OK starter, solid back up, if he doesn't then he's a bad signing. I get people not thinking he's a good or great player, but i really don't understand the comments on his contract. What do you people think NFL Olinemen make?

given the roots of our OC, i see this guy's best shot as being a shifty YAC hard to bring down underneath guy, like nearly every WR for the PATS. that (assuming dude can be it) and a useful TE would be huge to get allen to do some pre snap read quick throw damage a la brady. the difference w allen is on play action or more aggressive plays he can extend, run, or drop a dime to anyone from anywhere. D's know that now and try to muddle him up and take away the big play, but just making the D back off isn't enough (especially when can't run well), we also have to make some money on the quick and under neath stuff.

assuming he would cost a pick we could part with (i dunno, a 3rd this year?) id be all over it. we can give him a giant balloon first year, matching our cap room, and when he falls off in 3 years or so it's not an albatross. imagine how our own young bama WR would do with julio on the other side! allen would be lacing deep bombs all over the joint, would be great.

the one thing i've learned from watching the pats spank us is that their Oline all works well together as a unit. they have had a few great ones, but they never really had wall to wall top talent types. they have solid athletes who are smart and mean and have a perfect temperament for oline. that's what i want here. i don't think this guy has that (not that i really know tbh), so meh.

clay travis has it right, the math is simply are the talents/positives enough to outweigh the negatives. no pro football team makes an actual moral decision in evaluating a player. the odd coach or owner might have their own pet cause they want to shine their good guy badge on, but football is a tough violent game and there aren't many people who can play it at the highest level, and they have a tendency to be tough violent types. the outrage culture today will prolly push guys like this further down than it used too, the josh allen thing is a good example of how silly it has gotten.