TOboy

I wonder how the vets feel about these moves? A guy like Kyle who was talked into coming back this season. Or a guy like Boldin, after all the talk about him being brought in to mentor Sammy.

Provided they agree to a camera crew, would certainly help tv ratings.

I like the cut of your jib!

Not sure he has anything left, but if he does it would be nice to see him finish up in Buffalo.

Nice! This gives us 4 potential starter quality LB's. Perhaps they start Brown, Hodges, and Ragland at LB, and use Alexander in more of a situational pass rush role. Regardless, nice to have a little depth and some options.

So no news could be good news, right???

Yup. I think this is the most likely and best case scenario. Should be a strong group this year.

That would be a nice bonus. I can see him playing some end in running situations, and spelling the guys inside on some passing downs.

If he can put up between 6-8 sacks and be solid in run support I'd be very happy. Hughes will be strong coming off the edge on the other side, and we know if healthy Kyle and Marcell can provide plenty of pass rush up the middle. We don't need Shaq to be a dominant end, just a very solid one, and I think he can do it. I'm more confident in the line than either of the other levels of the D.

I don't get the negativity. Nobody really knows the in and outs of the process, or knows any of these candidates well enough to truly know if we've made the right choice. Why always assume the worst? I get it, it's been a tough couple of decades for this franchise, but these are new owners and a new leadership group. Don't we owe them at least a season or two for this to play out before calling the process embarrassing? I'm quite confident the OP, just like the rest of us has very limited knowledge of the process he's calling out. We have to put some trust into the organization, regardless of whether we've been burned before. This is a different time, and a different set of people with different experiences. Just give it a chance.

Nice crib. Amazing what a million bucks will get you in the Buffalo area.

As others have said, they'll be thrilled if he has a huge season (for a multitude of reasons). We can then work towards a long term deal, with the franchise tag in our back pocket if needed. Fortunately we have the cap space to use it if needed. Nobody minds paying someone top dollar, if they are producing on the field.

How young is this guy??? McD was only in Carolina for a few years!

Great point! You've got to figure all the teams who've drafted QB's early this year will be out of the running. Who does that leave to compete for QB's next year? Obviously teams like Pitt or LAC with vet QB's could jump in, but it leaves only a few obvious teams. NYJ, Arizona, SF, maybe Jax or Den?

It'll be nice to see how good this O-line can be without a gaping hole at RT. Like the pick, don't love giving up 2 extra picks to move up. If he turns out to be another Cordy Glenn (or anything close), I'll quickly forget about the 2 5th rounders we gave up.

Probably White and the pics, but Lattimore has a shot at being elite. If he goes on to be a 10 time pro-bowler, and White is a solid starter, perhaps we get another solid starter next year, and a contributor in round 3, it's tough to say. Time will tell, but it's certainly easy to understand their strategy, which isn't always the case.

If it costs us a 5th, I'd be all over it. If it's going to cost us a 3rd, I'd rather wait and see what's there at 44.

I'm definitely not upset, but seeing the talent that was available to them at 10 made the trade down a little tougher to swallow.

Wonder why they make this move now? It's not like they're up against the cap. Perhaps they didn't like what he brought to the locker room? 2 yrs ago the guy was very productive. Seems odd to draft a kid, than put the added pressure of releasing the previous starter, especially when they really didn't need to.

I agree that it looked like a lot to pay to move up one spot, especially when the 49ers presumably had no interest in picking a QB. However, I believe what the Bears paid for was the right to block another team jumping up and taking the 2nd spot and drafting Trubisky. SF was likely taking offers on that pick, and the Bears knew if they didn't pay up, the spot would go to someone else looking for the QB.

You're absolutely right! But those guys make mistakes all the time, us Bills fans are painfully aware of that. Time will tell.

Although I agree completely, I'm far less high on Mahomes than I was before hearing that irish draft expert WGR the other day. The guy came across very knowledgeable, and completely obliterated Mahomes suggesting there are just too many issues with his footwork and throwing mechanics to pan out. Again, you're right, none of us know for sure. I'm just glad the Bills aren't the team that heavily invested in him.

I'd be good with most on this list (minus Kizer). Isn't Williams a hand in the dirt end in our system though? Can't see him actually play LB unless it's in a 3-4, and even then it's questionable.

Obviously it depends on what we do in the 2nd. If we go JuJu, Zay, or even Kupp in the second I think you need to look WR and maybe RT or S in the third. I don't think there's great value at LB in the 3rd, so I'd be in favor of grabbing Cunningham (provided hes' available) in the 2nd, and hoping one of the aforementioned WR's are available (or even Samuels, Westbrook or Godwin). The nice thing about this draft is, we should be able to get 3 contributors at LB, WR, RT, S, or LB in rounds 2 & 3.

The weird face comment almost made me spit my morning coffee!