WhitewalkerInPhilly

I truly and honestly think Sanders is only getting this amount of buzz bevause of his dad. Otherwise likely a day 2 pick

Yeah that's where I am. Do I think Milton is going to set the league on fire? Lol no Do I think he's an entertaining project who has an outside chance of sticking around? Maybe. And for the low low cost he's locked in for, what are you getting better for in 5th rounder?

Look if he wants to come back on the cheap I will happily have him back to compete with a rookie, Jackson and Ingram

Why would he do that he already owns them

As much as I wanted a big free agency splash, tying up 4/5 of the draft picks we hit on and locking them in under market rate is a strong long term move. We will see about Cook. If anything, there is the franchise tag

I'm not going to make grand promises about the guy but he looks like the kind of player McDermott has made look good. I try to remember that Hyde and Porter weren't some superstar acquisitions. They were solid journeymen who shone paired together in the scheme.

They already had paid out a signing bonus so I think that amount will still be applied

That is why I never freak out at the initial numbers. It's always "up to" and there are so many ways to get outs. It looks like it's a two year deal that effectively can be kicked to three if we want and then if things are going well but the Bills in a prime re-signing window. If it's a flop, the Bills are quickly through the worst of it. You can critique Beane's player evaluations at times but his contract structuring is top notch

I mean Jesus On one hand, I wish I had those players. On the other, Burrow is going to leave the field on an ambulance while his D gives up 40 a game

Jeez I knew he's not popular but the response is more dire than I thought. I dont think anyone is mistaking him for a perennial Pro Bowler but if you go around the league a lot of CB2s look like Dane Jackson. Do I suspect that he'll be fighting for playing time? Absolutely. I suspect that Beane is taking a CB in the first half of the draft and I liked what I saw of Ja'Marcus Ingram in limited time last year. But he's enough of a known quantity that Beane doesn't feel pressured thats he NEEDS to get a Week 1 starter and has to repeat the Elam mistake

Honestly I see this as insurance against another "gotta take a CB oh ***** we got jumped and took the guy we liked let's try this Elam guy" scenario

It's hard to be angry about picking up a guy you know can hold it down at CB2. I expect one of our top 3 picks to be CB but now it's no longer *such* a glaring position of need. Pick up a double gapping 1 tech and we are ready for the draft

High athletics and instinct but needs to be put into the right scheme? If McBeane thinks he fits then it could be a steal

Honestly a 5th, 7th and the cap space for a 6th is the most we were going to get for him. But it tells me that Beane has a CB move coming

I unfortunately agree that priority to draft a safety is lower, mostly because safety in a role that I think is critically undervalued and can be acquired with impact in late 1st - 2nd round. But I like what I've seen in brief clips

Let's get lil john WHAT?!?

Let's be fair, Trevor Lawrence's worst nightmare is Trevor Lawrence

I got a quick highlight preview but from I saw he hits like Rapp and tracks the ball like Hyde

https://x.com/BillscastPod/status/1899864529854407020?t=F-BrvhZYGhxYb6bygSUIzA&s=19 I know it's a highlight reel but holy cow

I didn't say he was an *above average* starting safety 😜 To be completely honest my draft shopping list hasn't changed one bit: DL, WR, secondary. Do I feel slightly better at the idea that Bishop and/or a rookie will need to win the starting job? Yes. Do we have to make that investment? Also yes

If we get a full year of peak Joey Bosa and have right of refusal? *Then* throw a deal like we gave Von. Did we draft a DE who is also good? Oh no, that only means we have one of the best DE groups in the league. Now, my prediction is that we get roughly equivalent production to 2024 Von and he prices himself out but once again, it's hard to be mad about that

I'm fine with it. He knows the system. He's a starting NFL safety. I think we badly need an upgrade but I believe those can be found late 1st to 2nd rounds

I hope someone can help me clear it up: is he going to be the 1 Tech? (Or at least in rotation with DQJ) He played 5-tech for the Steelers and from what a know that is usually a 2 gap assignment.

Pretty much. I don't think there's a single new player signing that I would rule the Bills out from drafting. I want reinforcements at DE, DT and WR. I'd love it if the team takes another big swing but if this is what the roster looks like going into draft day I'd say we are pretty darn close to where we ended last year with three picks in the top 62 and effective red shirt seasons for Carter and Solomon And I said it before and I'll say it again: of all DEs who actually made it to the open market (Crosby and Garrett had money thrown at them, the Bills can't force a Hendrickson trade) there is no one with a higher ceiling than Bosa. It's hard for me to be mad at taking a one year swing at a guy whose been to the Pro Bowl five times including last year. If it doesn't work out, oh well, you got the chance to get a guy on a rookie deal up to speed.

This is a very minor thing in the grand scheme but a cherry on top of this signing is that as a cut Bosa doesn't count against comp picks.