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Jon Pardi?

When you don't have a QB you gotta score points somehow.

Bills fans seem strangely concerned about how much cash players get. I don't care if they pay Cook 15 million, just as long as they keep the cap hit at around 12. But everyone here is obsessed with how much he's "worth" or what players have "earned." You sound like my Kodak-working aunts gossiping about the neighbors, who they insisted were "loaded" because they drove an Oldsmobile instead of a Chevy and went to Florida once a year. I do gotta admit, that Cutty was sweet.

Never would have taken BillsShredder83 for a bidet man, but you live and learn...

We don’t have a 3rd.

That is about what that house would go for in Mason. After he got his contract, Joe Burrow bought a house in Anderson Township near the river for 7 million. Didn't know you could spend that much in Cincinnati. Even Indian Hill mansions only go for 5-6.

Exactly. There will be stars in this draft. There always are. But you just as likely to hit on one in the third/fourth round as you are at the end of the first. The scouts are going to have to earn their money.

I'll say this again. The lack of pre-draft trades this year has been remarkable.

I love to pile on the Fins as much as anyone, but that story is hot-take clickbait. The only facts presented are Ramsay's trade request, a few FA departures, and Tua's radio silence. But players leave in FA from every team including the Chiefs and Eagles and players have no media obligation between the end of the season and mini camp. The only thing out of the ordinary is Jalen Ramsay's trade demands, and that speaks more to Ramsay's team-hopping tendencies than anything about the Dolphins. Perhaps Mike McDaniel has lost that locker room, but Omar Kelly presents no information that could confirm or deny that.

Them too, but this seems like a Jerry move.

In a world where draft capital is as valuable as cap space, I'm beginning to think that RB is one of the most expensive positions because teams have to keep spending second-round picks on it every other year. I guess it comes down to a pretty simple question. What's more valuable, ~13 million in cap space or a second-round pick that you can use to fill other needs?

Here's what he thought of Puka Nacua https://www.nfl.com/prospects/puka-nacua/32004e41-4355-9347-35af-af88fcaf7ee9

There is an easyish out after this season, so some team with a lot of immediate cap space and the need for a one-year rental at CB could take that swing. I just went and looked at available cap space, and have come to the conclusion that he'll be either a Niner or a Cowboy within the next few days.

I just want players who can go out there and execute the game plan. Strong with the fundimentals with a high work ethic. I want a bunch of gym rats with high football IQs. Lunchpail, blue collar type guys. I want players with grit who eat, sleep, and poop football.

Chiefs? The Bengals took Joe Mixon when no one else would. They also signed Pac Man Jones AFTER the Vegas incident. They rostered Chris Henry until the end. They took Jermaine Burton in the last draft. Mike Brown views guys with criminal records as good "value." Bond will be a Cincinnati Bengal. I would put money on that.

He took pretty much this same team to the playoffs just two years ago. He probably thinks he can do that again.

They're fitting him for a Bengals jersey as we speak.

The Bills started at 21. They traded up to 12 with Cincinnati before the draft.

Can you have a Watt and a Bosa at the same time?

People complain no matter what an athlete does. In these days of "load management," the feat is even more impressive.

The more I study it, the more I think that this draft sucks. Like 2013 levels of bad.

No NFL records are unbreakable. They added a 17th game, and they will likely add an 18th. Not that you would know this because it's baseball, but the most unbreakable record in global sport is Cal Ripken's 2,632 consecutive game streak. In May 1982, Ripken missed the second game of a doubleheader. He didn't miss another game until 1998. They play 162 games a season and he never took a day off for 16 years.

It's not only weak, but also boring. It's weak at the fun positions like QB and WR, and stronger at the positions that are less fun like DB and DT. The best players in this draft are likely to be an undersized EDGE and a two-way player that will primarily play DB at the NFL level. Hense the lower level of intensity to these pre-draft weeks.

Who the heck knows. We're just going to have to come to grips with the fact that this is a pretty weak draft all around. We can fall into the trap of comparing prospects to each other, but the reality is that there even fewer sure things than usual.