WhitewalkerInPhilly

Dude, send them something for him! He's pretty athletic, and could be a good alternative for Milano. I like Milano, but LB is currently the weakest part of our defense.

His casinos sure did!

Hey, I'm all for it. I remember years ago wanting to make a wager on a game I was sure the Bills were going to win (2011 opener vs the Chiefs), and was going to ask someone visiting Atlantic City to make a wager for me. I would learn that "It's illegal there so it won't hurt the bookies' bottom line" That's really the only benefit to it now. Sport Gambling was allowed in Vegas and Delaware, so if there was collusion in the digital age it was going to happen anyway. Now, with online sports books that seem impossible to shut down and a thriving Fantasy Football model that is pretty much gambling anyway, what was there left to regulate? It seems fitting, considering his casinos? Hey, why does Trump put his name on all his casinos? So that banks know which ones to repossess!

I am imagining a loop of Bullwinkle throwing a ball so hard it propels the receiver across the field into the end zone.

Not that I'm here to give Rex cover, but let's face it, when healthy Gronk has always been a matchup nightmare. He's too quick for most linebackers, too big for a safety and he's eaten every hybrid we've sent at him.

I remember something Rex said about "trying to match King Kong". Tremaine might have the speed and size to do it.

I might have been ambivalent at best about Allen, but Edmunds looks like he could anchor our defense for the next 10 years.

NFL films already did something about it

I happen to think he's perfect to eventually succeed Kyle, and should be part of a rotation to help keep Kyle fresh. Star is a two-gapper, who clogs two lanes. Looking at the style that Pettine used for pressure, I think that Star draws the center and his guard, leaving Kyle/Phillips in a one on one. Kyle, at least as of a few years ago, kills in that matchup most of the time.

Thanks man. For what it's worth, I am not looking forward to playing the NFC North this year. Aaron Rodgers is always deadly, and I am cautious about what the Bears will look like with Trubinky and the Vikings with Cousins.

Fair enough. The way I see it, if he plays well enough to earn a franchise tag, with the way our defense is shaping up we are probably going back to the playoffs.

Ehh, I love Kyle and Lorax, but both are in the twilights of their careers. Similar with Davis. I'll be happy to upgrade from Mills. Schmidt is decent but you don't overpay for a punter. So, the only big ticket is Benjamin.

I am similar in that I absolutely want Allen to earn the job long before he steps out onto the field. I am 100% ok with him riding the pine for most, if not all of the year. But if Allen is the clear favorite to start the season, I am ok with starting him. If AJ bombs, I would give Allen a limited playbook and get him some playing time.

Shhhh, keep it down! You'll awaken the trolls! Allen is, to be blunt, a very polarizing figure, but he's ours. But we really like Edmunds (possible captain of our defense for the next 10 years), Phillips (Kyle William's successor) and Teller (no idea how he dropped that far). The Packers are always classy when they face us. I want to kick your ass, but in the best possible way man. Good luck (other than playing vs Philly and Buffalo!)

I am going under. I think this is the year that we really feel out our weaknesses and bloody a bunch of rookies. I think 2019 is when they free up a ton of cap space, and can hit the ground running.

IIRC Beckham is due for free agency, right? I mean, not that I particularly want him, but he would likely be a market setter.

Jeff, is that you?

At this point, I am accepting Mills at RT. At this point, I think the best we can hope for is Teller-Groy-Miller

Tip of the cap sir. You are one of my favorite posters here. That looks like a pretty dang solid base D. I think that for the nickel, LorAx might drop into DE in place of Shaq. We also have decent depth in the secondary with Johnson and Neal.

I am also keeping an keen eye on the salary cap. We should have plenty of money and some great WRs potentially hitting free agency. My biggest worry is that we push Allen out too fast before he is ready, and he gets the EJ treatment: a freak physical talent who needs to ride the bench for a while getting shoved into a situation with few WR targets and a poor O-line.

I agree. I just wish that we had a bit more talent in the trenches on O-line

I am not the biggest fan of the Allen pick, but now that he's here, I want the best chance for him to succeed. To me, that makes the first, second and third priority for the rest of this draft to rebuild the O-line. A line of Dawkins-Ducasse-Groy-Miller-Mills scares the piss out of me. If you want a rookie to succeed, it helps to: A) Protect him as well as possible to give him time as he acclimates to the game and B) Have a strong running game so defenders don't pin their ears back In both situations, we drastically need to bolster the interior and RT IMHO.

NFL.com profile compares him to Brian Urlacher. I would be thrilled to have that in the middle of the defense

Legit question, I don't know if it was answered anywhere else in the thread: What position LB does he play? I know we are weak at both MLB and SLB, does he play a hybrid of those?

OK. I have moved from dissapointment to acceptance. Months ago, I wrote up my plan for the 2018 offseason. That plan included Tyrod hanging around after this point, but I said words to the effect of "I want the rookie with the most long term upside, even if you have to sit him for a year" McCarron isn't so terrible that I mind him starting the season. If Allen wins the job from him fair and square, all the better. This is a rebuilding year any way you cut it gents. It would have been with Tyrod or any other rookie we took. This year, we see our gaps, bloody our rookie QB and go into 2019 with a boat load of cap space.