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No disrespect, but I came in here just because I knew this would be in here. And its not just you, so many people still are hung up about the Chiefs trading up for McDuffie when they shouldnt be and it really should just stop being a thing. Bills were never drafting McDuffie, we already had Taron who had already become one of the top NCB's in the league. This is when like when someone looks at a russet potato and a red potato and just thinks they are the same because they are potatoes. They are not the same thing just because they in the same category. A CB and NCB are not the same player, I mean its like being upset someone drafted a Center ahead of us when we were looking for a tackle and already had a good center.

That was what we were projected when Davis signed his new deal. But season performance affects comp picks, and he didn't finish in the top 35% of his position, so its most likely going to be a 5th now, giving us two 5th round comp picks for him and Floyd. Hopefully we get lucky and get a 4th for Davis, but I don't think that is likely after he did very little while active and then got hurt and only put up the 175th most receiving yards this year. So I expect 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, as our picks this season.

Agree, but we traded our 3rd for Cooper, so we have 5 over the first 4 rounds, but we have 2 in the 5th too and 3 more in the 6th as well...so we got quite a few extra picks throughout the draft and all our picks next year still. And if we don't resign Cooper, I think he could get us a comp pick too.

Hahaha - it sure would be

I think its more that this offense is really and truly an "everybody eats" philosophy which the basis of is not rooted in just spreading the ball around, but taking what the defense offers and creating high percentage opportunities. Doesn't mean we shouldn't have an established WR1 on the outside, just think even if we did they are not going to have overwhelming stats like the kind of Seasons Diggs had here earlier on. Now to answer the question, I do think Brady would very much be able to scheme just fine with a bonafide WR1 on the outside. But it wouldn't surprise me if that WR1 finished with modest season totals either due to the nature of this offense which now also includes a very effective ground game.

This is when you make a move like a major trade. This team is on the doorstep with its most important pieces all returning and it has continuity within the staff. Go get Garrett, use 2 firsts if you have to. Then if you see another player available where we can add a high quality player at Outside WR, CB, or S that could be had in a trade using one of our 2nds and maybe another pick if need be, pull the trigger. We got a lot of draft capital this year, and the least amount of holes to fill in a long time. Use some to go get the talent for a team that is absolutely ready to win NOW and do it before the other teams in our division get better as well.

That is a fair question, and I would say probably not individual to individual, but based on where Kupp is at this point in his career and where Shakir is, I would say Shakir is at least pretty close and wouldn't surprise me if Shakir proves to be better than Kupp this year just based on Kupps age and injury history. But, collectively as a group, this unit can do most of everything Kupp would bring to the table at a high level an they showed that this year as I mentioned before, the 2024 Bills offense was historically good, set numerous records both as a team and individuals. So for me the question becomes would adding more redundancy to what they do well really take that and elevate that next year even if that individual does it a little better than our guys here? I mean we are asking the 16th greatest offense in NFL history to be better next year. A team that set numerous team and individual offensive NFL records this season. For me, the only way that feels realistic to be better next year is to bring someone in that excels at where this group is less effective at, which is obviously more of an outside deep threat. I am not sure what their intent is with Cooper, I personally wouldn't resign him unless its a very team friendly deal. There is just this edge or gear I feel like is missing with him, that "dawg" that needs to come out in big moments, not to mention his age just ups injury risk. Now I won't be pissed if we resign Cooper, and if we do then I still think they need to draft a rookie then that is a take the top off kind of player because Cooper isn't really that kind of player even though his a legit outside WR.

This was my entire point, he just adds more of what we already have and doesn't provide what we lack. Now factor in Shakir, Samuel, and Keon are all 100% back. Hollins is probably back, and Cooper is the wildcard. Obviously Cooper isn't back if they traded for Kupp...and now with Kupp we have an even bigger deficit on the outside than we did this year. Kupp just is not the right fit for what the offense lacks, so he shouldn't be on our radar at all IMHO. And I like Kupp a lot and still think he can be good for someone this year, but we need a legit threat on the outside to elevate the composition of this WR group.

Yeah, I agree with all this.

I am a big Kupp fan having lived in LA for all his career. Always liked his game. But...I will tell you the downside...everything is about fit. Does he bring the elements this group needs right now at this stage of his career? The answer is no, because he is redundancy on this roster with both Shakir and Samuel here. This roster needs a down field outside threat, we have tons of options over the middle in the short to mid range attack that Kupp eats at right now. Would I be upset if we get Kupp...of course not. But do I think he changes much for this offense this next season...probably not a whole lot. This offense was the 16th best offense in NFL history and greatest in Bills history. If anyone really expects to improve upon that, then we need to add someone that adds a dimension this offense is missing, and Kupp doesn't bring much of that at this stage of his career. I think he can still be a very good player for someone, but I don't think he changes a whole lot for the Bills offense based on the makeup of our roster right now.

What does that have to do with anything? You holding the fact we can also run the ball in for a score, especially in short yardage against the Bills for some reason? Points are points, we score plenty.

With atrocious QB's

While he is a boundary WR, he was still just our 4th WR this year. And the Bills offense just put up the 16th best offense in the history of the NFL and best in Bills history. Our offense isn't the travesty some people make it sound like when expressing WR concerns. But don't get me wrong, we absolutely need to address WR this offseason...but I do very much hope, and expect, that Hollins will be back because he was a good player for the Bills this year.

I have always said Lee Evans played for the wrong Bills era, he would be insane with Allen

It was a joke based on all the other things described about the player

So you are saying we need Diggs (just a joke)

Ah, I thought it would have been the inverse personally as CB's seem to get over paid in FA more than Safety's in general. If that was the case, then yes, give me Reed over Holland as well. I agree with you on the secondary and would love to see us go from Douglas to Reed

We can get Garrett and still sign DJ Reed, which I would love if we landed Reed. Personally, I think Holland makes more sense as he will cost less IMO and still addresses our secondary, but would also love landing Reed. Garretts cap hit is only $5M this year according to the articles I read, so it would allow us to be active in FA to some degree still as well.

Yet there are people trying to tell me the solution is to not address the defense and instead push all our available chips in on a WR. We had the 16th best offense in NFL history this season, scored 29 against the stingy Chiefs Defense despite having the Refs steal a scoring drive from us twice in one set of downs, and watched out defense allow the Chiefs to score 32 despite never scoring 30 even once this season while they were without their best WR. Defense is, and has been, the problem. Go get Garrett or Crosby so the defense finally has a difference maker. Then look to address Safety and CB via FA and draft (I would try and sign Holland). We still need to address WR, make no mistake about it, but maybe we make a FA play for Tee Higgins...or maybe we try and use one of our 2nd's to trade for a proven WR, and if we can't find the right WR via trade or FA, then look to draft one in the 2nd (assuming our first was used to get Garrett or Crosby) or use some picks to move up to get the right guy. You can still address CB in FA and mid range of the draft where they have had pretty good success finding value both ways.

I don't disagree that this is a big offseason for Beane, this team is on the door step, but teams like the Chiefs are not going anywhere and will have a chance to also get better this offseason, and will also get their best WR back next year. IMHO, he needs to make a big move or hit big on a player in the draft. And sure, people criticized Beane this offseason over the WR room...but then what happened? The Bills offense went out and was historically great this year...16th best offense in the history of the NFL despite the offense coasting for entire 4th quarters, even some halves and taking the final week off. It set numerous records both as a team and multiple individual records. As far as to why we lost...lets be reasonable here...we scored 29 against a team who had not broken 30 on offense the entire season, it should have been enough. And we did it against a tough D on the road in a hostile environment with one of the NFL's all time best DC's. And we can take that further by citing the refs directly stole more points from us and probably the game when they took away a first down twice within 2 plays to swing the whole game when we were up 1 and already in FG range with a chance to go up 2 scores. Instead, the refs stole the spot twice (Kincaid on 2nd down and Allen on 4th) and the game flipped to us down 7 when KC drove to score and convert a 2pt conversion. NOTE: To be fair, its also on our coaching staff for not challenging the Kincaid spot that was good by over a half yard where they instead rushed a bastardized tush push on 3rd down. The Houston ending turned out to be more Josh going rogue, and its why McD was livid on the sidelines when Allen broke protocol and tried going to deep to Hollins because as Josh put it, he thought he saw something there pre snap. I actually am way more pissed about us not challenging the Kincaid spot against KC, that mistake very likely cost us the game. But yeah, his stock increased by exceeding this season and having the whole nation furious at how bad we got F***ed by the refs on that game swinging missed first down (twice). And they also screwed us on spots for first downs on a Cooper play and Cook play too, we just ended up converting still so its not being talked about. The way I see it, the 4 glaring needs are WR, DL, S, and CB. I want to see him go get a proven difference maker on the DL via trade like Crosby or Garrett, sign someone like Holland at S, and then if we don't resign Cooper (I personally don't think he is the answer) we could look to make a move for a WR in FA or Trade, and if not address WR in the draft early while looking at the midrounds to add a CB (or 2). Perfect world for me is trade our first and a pick next year for Crosby then try and pry DK from Seattle for one of our 2nds. Probably a pipe dream, but that would be my dream scenario.

He is the difference and has been the difference. Its not even a question.

But that doesn't really prove the roster was bad, all it really proves that in a QB driven league, the QB's in between were that bad.

Post of the early offseason so far…well played sir hahaha. I wonder how many people’s “missed” the beauty of this gem haha

Get er’ done Beane!!!