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It would be nice to not play in Tampa on opening night. September games in Florida are especially tough because of the weather...

Thanks! I'd love to have any of those four WRs...Toney in particular has insane YAC ability, something our receivers seem to lack.

If someone like Farley or Paye is available at 25 or 26, I could see a move up to get him, but I don't think Beane will be willing to give up what it will take to move up more than that.

Look at some of the RBs who have gone in round 3 recently...plenty of guys with less talent than Hawkins...

OK, but the bet is that Hawkins is gone by the end of day 2, in other words round 3 or sooner.

Hawkins won't be available in round 5, but if he is, great. I'm guessing he comes off the board no later than round 3. The one element that's missing from the Bills' offense is speed. Even Diggs is not a burner. They need at least one more playmaker who is a homerun threat every time he gets the ball and I think adding one at RB makes sense, especially if it's in the third round or later. I think they should also be looking to add someone like Dyami Brown, Elijah Moore or Rondale Moore at WR for the same reason.

Agreed, but Mac Jones did not accomplish what he did without being able to make plays outside the pocket. Yeah, his team was very talented, but they weren't playing against scrubs.

As a pro prospect, yes, especially for the Bills, who lack speed at RB...

I'll admit that Jones isn't much of a threat to run with the ball--at least he never had to do it at Alabama--but Burrow isn't exactly Josh Allen, or even Justin Herbert.

I don't buy that Burrow is that much more athletic than Jones. Jones ran a 4.8 at his pro day, which is more than adequate. I can't find a 40 time for Burrow, since his pro day was cancelled and he did not run at the combine, but it's unlikely he's much faster than 4.8. The fact that Jones wasn't a basketball star probably isn't much of an indicator of his potential as an NFL QB, otherwise Charlie Ward would have been a star in the NFL.

Carter is faster than Williams and he always, always beats the first defender...

yep

You might be right, of course, but that seems like an awfully subjective standard and a pretty thin basis for one guy being the consensus number 1 pick and the other guy a borderline first rounder...Both played pretty much perfect football in their last seasons in CFB, and both had similarly astounding supporting casts, so it won't do to say "But Jones was at Alabama..."

With all due respect, I don't know how you can make this statement.

Why are so many people incredulous that SF might take Jones at 3? Shanahan probably sees him as similar to Joe Burrow--a guy without elite athleticism and who might not have a cannon, but who always makes the right decision with the ball and can deliver it where it needs to go. I don't understand why Jones doesn't draw more Burrow comparisons...

That's possible. It's more likely that they suspect Tua might not have what it takes, but feel they need to give him another year, to be sure. And they don't want to look like complete idiots for drafting him instead of Justin Herbert.

I agree. In fact, I think all draft-related threads should be locked--hell, all threads should be locked--and the mods should just open one big Beane/McDermott Appreciation Thread. Maybe a Terry and Kim Appreciation, thread, too. Think how much more work all of us could get done...

Lance’s supporting cast was every bit as dominant at the 1AA level as Jones’s was in Div 1.

In cases like this, it is standard procedure for the defense to request view only access to ALL of the plaintiff's social media accounts. The stuff a plaintiff posts there is every bit as admissible as her emails and other communications. As to family and friends, that can be dealt with by redacting content or names that are considered irrelevant (although that can be tricky) and/or by entry of a confidentiality order that prohibits public disclosure or other uses of the information that's turned over. If someone's family or friends were being harassed by the defense team, that would be brought to the judge's attention and dealt with swiftly and severely. It's also helpful to remember that the plaintiffs will probably be provided access to all of Watson's social media content, as well. From what I understand, you're right; stuff like Snapchat disappears quickly, if not immediately. Not much they can do about that, unless the content could be obtained by subpoenaing the social media company. (Not sure if that's possible.)

Making a social media account private is one thing. But I can tell you that if you are a plaintiff in a case like this, scrubbing or deleting things from your social media account--especially content that might be relevant to the case--can lead to very serious legal consequences, including dismissal of the case. It doesn't matter how afraid you might be of doxxing or harassment.

I agree, but it’s not clear what is meant by scrubbed. And if they just made their accounts private, that would not be a problem. I don’t know how Watson’s team could know at this point whether the accounts have been scrubbed or deleted...

Read his post. He acknowledges that Shanahan did not tell Simms who he’s drafting. They are not taking Lance. That would be totally reckless.

I kinda think the talk of it being a weak class is overblown. It’s weak in some areas (DE and DT) but strong in others (WR and CB seem pretty good) and QB class looks at least as good as last year.

I didn’t say he was good. But he was better than Wentz.

Their second round rookie played much better than Wentz did, with the same supporting cast.