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trading up for etn or some rb is worth it if the guy is some kind of electric gets off the bus breaking ankles talent. i really don't know if that's the case or not. if we bundle te/wr/rb into "playmakers" then if the top of the prior two positions are gone at pick 30, it does make sense for us to take the best playmaker on the board, be he RB or owthersie. the next thing, and this is where i wonder if beane gets too fixated on one guy and misses this sometimes, is the relative value of who is left. if you see a starting solid cb2 at 30, even tho he's the 3rd or 4th guy at his position being drafted, and the fall off is big after him, and like rb 5 is close to rb 3 or whatever in the draft, then obv you jump all over the cb. it wouldn't shock me if they think the 4th-8th edge and cb are close together, but the top rb or top 2 rb are head and shoulders above and they grab one of them. i agree with what was said here earlier, if they actually trade up for an rb he basically has to be a lights out game changer that is gonna put us over the top. kinda big ask.

good list, but wedding crashers todd continues to be woefully underrated. advanced metrics show that his unique painting skills should have him no lower than 3rd on your list, and i'd argue he's top 2.

i have to say, the rankings of the top 2 RBs here and in a few other places, is making me waffle even more than usual on taking one at 30. even tho the position is low value, and careers are short, and all of that, if we can get a guy w an impact like what henry has in Tenn, it improves our O and our D real quick. i wouldn't be mad if we took one.

basically, this. the nfl is a regulated trust. tbh, i think it's bs that they can negotiate a broadcast deal that does not allow for fans to get that content without opting for a specific servicer. the ticket on direct tv was awful. as a regulated trust, i should be able, as a consumer whom all regulations in the end are to service (obv that's not really case, i know), to see the games i want without having to opt to one particular service provider. over the top game sales, online, etc is basically necessary. given how subscription bundles and internet advertising has evolved, they should just let me buy games piecemeal or as a package, where i will watch the actual broadcast with ads and all from the provider who paid for the content. this is exactly what the streams do, and it's just a great example of the quagmire of bull that we deal with that this hasn't already been solved. rant over

no shot alpha. he bounced around college teams, and he rubbed teammates the wrong way in buffalo -- clearly he had attitude issues to start with. on top of that, he just wasn't good. the most locked on one guy qb i've ever seen. i remember the jets played the bills in toronto, think 2008. i had just moved back from NYC to toronto, was at the game (and recorded it to watch after. from where i was, it was kinda baffling what happened on the last play which would have won the game (jets were a sick team that year), where jp fumbled it. fouts commentary on the play was (essentially) "all the qb has to do is roll out and if his dump off isn't there, throw the ball away and punt, and then you have a perfect chance to win the tame. the dump off was not there, but instead of throwing the ball away, JP losman turned into JP losman, and held the ball, got sacked, fumbled the ball, and gave the game away". no coaching or development after a qb is drafted can turn a turd into a diamond. JP was a laughing stock since the day he got drafted, and all the haters were right.

odd trade. anyone know the value of the pick exchange? kc gets brown, drops 27 spots, and then a smattering of picks get sent away and an odd later round swap in 2022

you aren't wrong, but i think a fair part of us using so many WRs so often is our weak run game (if the run game is strong, passing out of running formations is better, since it is weak we just give up on making the d guess and load up w speed), and something that will impact both the run and the passing game directly is TE talent/production. a slight improvement in the run game (a better back would help, but i think better interior linema(e)n might be the secret sauce) and a TE (knox gets better? i hope) who can block and catch means we can do what our O is really designed to do, create match up problems and let the QB just dictate the flow of the game.

As he steps into Albacore he worries that he will lose his edge. To offset this, he has chosen to gone without socks, shoes, and sleeves during the buffalo winter. Few know the true stoic nature of the guido torpedo, the ascetic athlete we need but don't deserve.

this argument that every single nfl position can be at least reasonably evaluated, even if the team around them is cheeks, except qb is garbage. sure, a solid qb on a terrible roster will produce poor stat sheet numbers (year 1 allen), but you can watch the guy play and see what he has. rosen wasn't ruined by bad situations, he just sucks as an nfl qb. seems like a jerk, bad attitude, and most of all he's physically weak. as i've said since allen came into the nfl, he's FavrElway, is an absolute dog, and his sort of greatest general flaw of being sugar high josh is a symptom of his extreme energy and passion (just like Favre). as it has gotten under control he more and more has just taken games by the throat and went murder mode and won them. dilfer and the other QB types/coaches who worked with him coming out of the draft were pretty clear that in all the accuracy drills they ran the qbs through, allen was the best and in many cases was the only one to achieve the desired result of the test (talk of him hitting the crossbar/post on the uprights on one throw). he isn't and never was inaccurate, he just got sloppy and threw bad balls. when his head feet and hips are working correctly, he puts darts on targets (this is the Elway portion of his makeup, his straight up god given talent is off the charts). Allen is a stud and would be a stud on any nfl team, rosen is a bum and would be a bum on any NFL team. them's just the breaks.

meh, based on what i've read right here i kinda fade a top pick on RB, but if all the CBs, DTs, OGs, and DEs who the FO like are gonezo, and they think one oft these guys is a total day 1 beast, then it's not a terrible idea. the one consistent think IMO is our FO values premium positions (pass rush, cb, qb, OT) and freak athletes over all else, so it would be out of character for us to grab an RB that soon, but id expect them to have to be just an insane physical specimen

i get a feeling the bills might be really high on a player that mock drafts have rated lower, a 1 tech in particular. i don't really have any reason why, but given that they didn't do squat to get one in the off season, and mcdermot knows better than anyone how much his D needs lots of quality linemen making plays, i suspect they think they can get one in the draft who will be a keeper.

he's 100% gonna move up and or down, i'd bet up. question is, when and where? i think we have a solid shot at staying at 30, and only a move up a few spots as has been mentioned for not so early of pics would be on the table. i expect a move up in the 2nd or 3rd round. i could see us getting a 1st, a 2nd, and 2 3rd round players, because this roster is gonna be hard for rookies to make.

as far as i am concerned, edmunds is better than cunningham, so even if the latter's contract was a bit inflated, based on cap going up and such, he's worth in that context pretty reasonably.

the old timey pics you see of bare knuckle guys w their palms facing themselves shows a little bit of what is necessary to fight bare knuckle and not get murked. totally different mind set

we need an improvement in our run game, duh, and a BIG improvement stopping big runs. given we were the best in the nfl at stopping big passes, a pass rush would help obv, but we need some players in the gut more than anything. 1t and maybe a a DE who can bang (that guy we got w the african name could be that, i hope so anyhow). beyond that some combo of rb/te/og might get our run game going a little bit. after having rewatched the kc game (groan) one more weapon who was actually healthy on O (TE or RB woulda been ideal) and if we stop 2 of those break away runs, we absolutely have a shot in the game. when i saw it live it felt like we were dead after 4 drives, but in reality, a couple small differences woulda put us over the top.

id take the over, but if you look at all the teams, this is pretty fair. assuming donald comes back from his assault charges and such, rams at 10 and kc at 12 puts the bills at 10.5 or 11, so seems reasonable.

i remember watching some sports look back thing and ditka made all the players agree not to do personal endorsement deals, and then iron mike went out and did some himself. he really was a look at me head coach, and his ego had buddy ryan leave and break up what could have been a huge dynasty team. think jimmy mac may have a point here.

im up and down on edmunds, and i still think he'd be a better outside backer in a more traditional 43 (which we aren't gonna run, so i suppose it just doesn't matter). the one thing that impresses me about edmunds, besides his truly elite athletic gifts, is that he is not up on his play one bit. in all the interviews he's had, he's simply not happy with how he has played to this point. he basically doesn't come off the field, and is super duper young, so i think he's set himself up to improve greatly this season coming. i think this is his make or break year in buffalo. he will right the wrongs and make the plays that he is capable of, and be consistent, or he is gonna be let go. given the continuity on the team, i think with another goofy covid off season it could put the bills in a decent advantage situation, so my expectation is that he shows improve.

we have a window right now to win it all, and our roster is deep so we don't want to draft players who can't make the team, nor do we want to draft guys who upgrade our backups (possible exception at OL and DL). i think beane makes moves up and or down to get the guys he wants who can make an impact this season (RB, TE, CB, DL) and drafts "value" freak athletes w high ceilings after that. if we walk away w a TE and RB who by the end of the season are no worse than 2nd on the team at their positions, and a 1 tech who can play with no real drop off from star, then this draft is a massive success and having those guys last year might have put us over the top. obv some kind of sick pass rusher would be awesome, but i just don't think it's in the cards.

no offense man, but you look terrible for your age. pretty strong body of work for such a young guy tho.

scary. my current thai boxing coach is all about turning hooks into slaps in a self defense situation. knees elbows and kicks are done w/o pads, so one should be conditioned for those without protection, but a broken hand can be one of those injuries which linger forever.

isn't that the guy who tyson broke his hand on? i remember reading that story as a child and thinking if tyson can break his hand w a punch, than anyone can. been focused on knuckle/hand safety every since.

total smoke screen, we are gonna abdicate our first 3 picks just to throw off the other teams! seriously tho, while pass rush vs coverage is a fair debate, i think given that we have 2 solid safeties, an all pro corner, and a play making slot corner (altho he is not totally consistent in coverage, who is?), the weakness we have at cb2 ends up being a target for the opposing O. a better pass rush IMO would take oliver and AJ getting better this season, and addison and houghs getting a big refresh, which i suppose can happen. biggest thing to me is that a rookie corner could come in and by like mid season be a solid starting cb2 in our D. that gets rid of the hole in the backfield, which slows down the o passing, which creates more time to get to the passer, and allows us to maybe take some more chances or disguise things better. unless a total stud falls to 30 at edge (and if one does, i really want to eat my words in this post and pick that guy, i just don't think it's so likely) a pass rusher is more likely to just work his way up a little bit in our DL rotation and get like 30% of snaps by late season, and while it could be a strong impact for those snaps, unless we get our new CB2 later in the draft we still have some holes in coverage. so, based on all of this, i wouldn't be surprised at all that we might take a cb w the 30th pick, but if we take a DE im gonna pretend i knew it and that he's the next freeny

he still impacts the game in the front 7 when he's healthy. he's obv hurt way too much, but he's still a good player. if no one ever heard of him and he was drafted in the 3rd round, he'd be considered a talented player who is hurt too much, although he'd prolly be cheaper. people keep paying him for a reason. when (if, really) he's available he can ball.

he's good (not great) when he's healthy, but ya he gets banged up. clevland has so many super stars. mayfield, obj, chubb, garrett, now clowney, and some other really talented guys too. very athletic team w a good Oline. might not be consistent over the course of a season, but any given game/drive/play they could do something.