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Where is this heir apparent replacement for Diggs? 2024 draft, NO player after we took Keon is a bonafide WR1 starter - literally none. The guys who are were Nabers, Odunze, and BTJ with MHJ a disappointment, and ALL taken BEFORE our pick and none of those teams ahead of us had any interest in trading as far back as we were. The only 2 players who had any success from where we picked Keon were Ladd and Pearsall, both slot guys for a team who had nothing but slot WR's on it. Neither of those guys are outside WR's. The other argument is Worthy, also proven not to be a bonafide outside WR1 already whose stats are pretty pedestrian despite having more target opportunity, starting as a WR1 a bulk of his career due to injuries and suspensions, and playing the the greatest offensive mind and arguably the best QB in the league the whole time. So where is this "Diggs Replacement" we passed up? Its clear, it wasn't in the draft, so the only other option would have been via trade. The only 2 options were DK and Pickens. DK got a disgusting contract that would have cost us multiple players and prevented us from resigning Cook for a guy who is one dimensional and whose contract would have been problematic for a cap moving forward too. Pickens cost 2 draft picks and is going to cost a hefty contract to retain, but the bigger issue was we just got rid of one bad locker room guy whose me first attitude wore his welcome out here. Pickens whole career was marred with me first issues, team suspensions, and a team desperate for WR's decided he wasn't worth keeping. So not a surprise he wasn't a target. MOST IMPORTANT, is that BOTH of these guys were traded in an offseason where the Bills offense was coming off scoring the most total points in the NFL last year, led the AFC in PPG in both reg season and postseason, and saw its last time on the field end when the defense surrendered 32 points to a team that never broke 30 the entire season and was down 31-0 by the 3rd quarter in its next game. Not really a surprise Beane didn't feel he needed to give up both a 2nd round pick and a cap choking contract to a one dimensional WR or needed to gamble on a guy who had been a locker room issue his whole career to where his own team gave up on him despite desperately needing WR help, and so bad they were the ones to over pay for DK. But Steelers also don't have long term cap issues at QB either like the Bills have. So I am still waiting for someone to show us where the "savior" to post Diggs woes of the Bills WR was, because it doesn't exist. No one is arguing to not have a top end WR1, the point is that there has not been an opportunity to draft one and there has not been an opportunity to acquire one that made sense. I would not have been mad if DK or Pickens landed here, but its pretty clear why they didn't too at the time they were available.

This is a big issue, the use of our personnel makes no sense. They are using Keon poorly and forcing a square peg into a round hole, they dont use a 2 TE attack despite having invested a 1st and a 4th into Kincaid and gazillion dollars into Knox where they always keep one in as a blocker, they aren't using Cook in the passing game much at all, Samuel and Moore get very little consideration despite seeing Samuel running open a lot and Moore gets reverses more than anything, and we are not getting Kincaid and Shakir the targets they should be getting as the two best pass catchers on this team. Ive been a big Brady supporter the first season and a half was here, and the results spoke for themselves. But this year, I have been critical of Brady every single week. I don't think Brady is doing a good job adjusting to how the defenses have adjusted to defend his offense, I think they have over corrected to be too cautious, and I think he is calling a poor game plan where he also gets too cute too much. To be honest, this reminds me a lot of the downfall IMO of what was Daboll as an OC here. Once Daboll started getting buzz as both an offensive guru and major HC candidate, suddenly Daboll got pretty stupid on down and short or in key situations where he would try and get too tricky, too gimmicky, as if he wanted to keep raising his hype train more than he cared about calling our best plays in key moments. Brady IMO has started going that route now after his emergence last season with an offense that grossly exceeded its expectations under his first year as the full time OC. I am hoping the bye week gives him time to reflect on how to better use our guys and better call a game. As I have been saying since our loss - Brady should spend the bye studying 2 things: How Eagles manage down and short and how Atlanta used both Drake and Bijon in the passing game as it was exactly how we should be using Keon and Cook. Not saying our 2 guys are as good as their 2, but how they moved both around to get them good looks and better opportunities is what we are not doing with either Keon or Cook. Keon may not be headed for a gold jacket, but I think he can still be a quality football player for this team if he is used properly. He has proven he can win on slants, crossers, and comebacks yet we don't create many opportunities for him. We keep lining him up outside and asking him to beat guys off the line, and even when he has, we aren't giving him the targets. But when we do give him targets its mostly 50/50 balls, and quite frankly, Josh has not been putting the ball in good spots this year on those 50/50 balls either. So STOP with that route and lets get Keon involved by moving him around and scheming him open.

Hoecht is a good player, better than I think a lot of people realize, and he will help this defense. Larry O is older, but with the injuries to the DTs and how bad our run defense has been, he should also make a noticeable impact. And if the front 7 plays better, it can also help our secondary make more plays.

We have younger similar players in Samuel and Moore who we already don't use. Yes, there was a point in Locketts career where he was better than both - but this aint it. As someone said, I would rather call up Davis than sign an older version of guys we already dont use properly.

First of all, like the response - don't agree with all of it, which is ok, but appreciate the thought out and detailed reply. You left out 2 key parts in 2022, that we resigned McKenzie and we signed Crowder, both to compete in the slot along with rookie Shakir. And people around here argued with me non stop that McKenzie was going to break out that year when I said he had no business starting, including some very prominent posters. Crowder, who had been a proven productive slot guy, was the likely starter while they groomed the rookie Shakir and had McKenzie in his normal gadget role - but Crowder got hurt. That is what led to them bringing back Cole, and that also had a lot to do with how stupid Dorsey was who decided to bring the ghost of Cole in instead of getting Shakir more snaps. I totally agree, there are more rounds. But what you miss here is that the Bills used TWO picks on Kincaid already, a first and a 4th. THAT was the pass catcher investment in that draft. Then they still used another pick in the 5th on a flyer in Shorter. And while Davis had question marks, it was also revealed he had played on a bad ankle the whole previous season and there was belief still amongst the team that the ankle held him back in 2022. And while there were a lot of "us" around here (myself included) that felt Davis was not likely to be back, that doesn't mean the coaches and FO had already made that decision either. But again, the investment WAS made in a "post Gabe" pass catcher, it just came in the form of a TE given their attempts to move up for a WR were rebuffed and then 4 in a row came off the board ahead of their pick. Kincaid may be a "TE", but he was drafted to be an offensive weapon for Allen, and a weapon that could be the real WR2 in terms of the 2nd target on the team behind Diggs if Gabe wasn't brought back. And once they invested 2 picks in one draft to get Kincaid, there were other needs at that point to address outside just "pass catchers" with now Diggs, Davis still here, Shakir (who despite being unknown, they loved and thought highly of) and a 2 headed TE combo of Knox (who they just paid a big extension to) and Kincaid. They also drafted Cook to also be a receiving weapon out of the backfield in 2022. And if you look at this draft, 5 picks were used on the offense 1+4 on Kincaid, 2nd on O'Cyrus and 2 day 3 picks that included a WR and OL. So while I totally agree you can find WR's outside the early rounds (although dont tell the rest of TSW that or they lose their minds as they think the only way to get one is mortgage the entire future and make impossible move ups to get one), the context and facts of this draft is the Bills used 2 early picks on one pass catcher already while they still had a 28 year old top 5 WR in Diggs on a 4 year extension, Davis still one more year who they felt was going to have a bounce back year, a young Shakir, and now a first round TE whose only job was to be a receiving weapon (that also cost them a 4th too). End of the day, this was never about guys getting old. This was about a 29 year old top 5 WR with 3 years left on his deal becoming malcontent, forcing the team to essentially trade him, and us taking back a $31M dead cap hit as a result. And we can say "he should have taken more WR's last year" - but who did we really miss the boat on in the middle rounds in that draft? The only guys really doing anything were not available at any of our next picks. What WR in last years draft that we passed on in rounds 2-7 would be changing our season and franchise right now? This is my entire point - where is this WR room savior in that draft for us to have taken? There wasn't any - literally - none. The only 3 WR's who busted out that play on the outside are Nabers, Odunze, and BTJ. Neither of which were available to us at any point. The 2 best players drafted after we took Keon have been Ladd and Pearsall, but both were gone by our next pick, and neither were a fit for the Bills needs when we took Keon even as we had a roster full of slot players already. I love adding talent, I am not opposed to adding more talent to the WR at all. All I have been saying is that there is a lot of context to what we have or haven't done. But one thing I think you have wrong is about us being thin - I would argue that we are actually the opposite, I would say we are more deep compared to most teams with competent WR's, I mean Samuel and Moore can and have started with success on other teams in worse QB situations too. You can't say that about a lot of teams. Now last year was different, those 2 didn't work out, but this year I am referencing the deep guys are competent WRs even though we don't use them (which is frustrating on its own). Where we are actually weak is at the top end of our WR room. And that is my whole point, there have not been "top end" options for us to go and get the past 3 years. 2023 we tried, but got rebuffed and took the best pass catcher available using a 1st and 4th to get Kincaid. In 2024 none of the guys who are top end outside WR1s were available when we picked and none have been produced in the picks after either. In 2025, we already both agree on why Beane felt the D was a bigger issue.

The lack of including Cook in the passing game is mind boggling as is how they insist on using Keon.

Agreed, people forget that JJ going into that draft played a lot in the slot and wasn't even thought of being a potential elite WR1, let alone one of the best of his era in what seems to be a career headed for GOAT consideration. Most people on this board were demanding Bills find a way to trade up for Ruggs, Jeudy, or Lamb rather than "settle" for Higgins or JJ. Diggs was a great trade for us, where we got the sure thing vs the gamble on a rookie at a time our young QB needed someone to take his game to the next level. This is where I think Beane gets a bit of a bad rap in terms of saying he has a vendetta against it or refuses to invest in WR. A lot of this has to do with circumstances. Bills had a top 5 WR, there were bigger needs during Diggs best seasons here than investing in another WR early in the draft with Diggs in his prime. In 2022, we extended Diggs and had an ascending Davis (coming off his 4 TD KC game), but they needed a future Slot guy and the signed Crowder and drafted Shakir (who has been a big hit for them out of the 5th round). In 2023, Diggs was on his first year of his extension and Davis left some real question marks about his long term future as a WR2. They start looking for a Davis replacement in that draft, and they tried to trade up more than once and got rebuffed which led to a 4 pick WR run in front of us. They went with the best pass catching weapon on their board still in Kincaid. Bills settled for a pass catching weapon at TE instead, he was not the original plan, especially since they had just paid Knox all that money. The also invested not only our 1st, but also our 4th in Kincaid, making drafting another WR in rounds 2 or 3 pretty unlikely. We did still take a flyer on Shorter in the 5th, and also took O'Cyrus in the 2nd (another investment into Josh Allen through protection). In fact, all but 2 picks were used on offense in this draft and it resulted in 2 key starters. 2024 - the Diggs relationship with the team deteriorated to the point that not only were they not going to pay Davis to stay, they had no choice but to eat $31M in dead cap for an "addition by substraction" move with Diggs. This resulted in the team unexpectedly needing to replace both WR1 and WR2 in the same offseason and in a draft where they were already missing a 3rd round pick, and had a lot of turnover on the defense too with cap cuts aging guys out. No one was willing to trade back with us for a shot at any of the top 3. Beane and most everyone seem to think it was a mini retool year with all the turnover we had and Beane entered the draft more focused on acquiring more draft capital than trading up. This led to what I feel is the only real mistake Beane made, and that was not trying to move up for BTJ. Up to this point, he tried to get Addison and got rebuffed and settled on Kincaid. So can't draft who isn't available, not really on Beane for that. But, BTJ got within striking distance, and who knows if he would have even found a trade partner or not, but his mistake to me was not trying to get BTJ who was clearly what this team needed the most. Leading into 2024 - There was not really a reasonable opportunity for us to have done much different along the way where we clearly missed on something. The not trying to get BTJ is really only it, and even if he tried we don't even know for sure we could have even successfully got him as it takes 2 to trade. Now in 2024, Bills come into the season fielding a less than ideal WR group due to cap issues, turnover, and lack of options during the period we were facing rebuilding the room. But, Brady and Allen go on to orchestrate an offense that saw Cook emerge, saw us lead the AFC in PPG both in reg season and playoffs, led the entire NFL in total points scored in reg season and postseason combined, saw Allen win MVP, saw us never lose the turnover battle, saw us get on the door step of the Super Bowl where we lost by 3 to a team who did not score 30 in any other game except against us with 32. And quite frankly refs also screwed us. So now Beane (not saying he should have, just saying what happened) is seeing that success and comes into the 2025 season feeling like the Defense needs by far the most attention (and it did) and we just need to add some more pieces to the offense around our young guys. They saw Keon working hard in the offseason and giving them reason for optimism (he was on a 1000 yard pace in his last 5 games before he got hurt last year as a rookie as he seemed like he was coming on) and went and got Palmer to help beat some man and added another speed guy in Moore. I am not saying that was the right mindset, but its hard to fault a GM who saw this work to such a high level the year before and think bringing Cook back, adding some better guys around the core, etc would see the offense continue to be elite or even better. And our top 2 picks have been hurt, so hard to even know yet if the defensive picks were mistakes yet. We need help at WR on the outside, not denying it. Where I don't agree with a lot of the hate Beane gets on this is that he is either incapable of drafting WR's or just refuses. Allen had a top 5 WR up until last year, and the top 5 WR was signed to be here even still today. During this span, the only real "miss" was not trying to trade for BTJ even though we don't even know if he could have. Some people bring up DK, but I think DK is grossly over paid and if he had traded for DK it would cost us players through cap impact and we would have not resigned Cook either nor drafted TJ Sanders (who is still an intriguing prospect despite injury and slow start). So its easy to say we should have done more at WR - but there was not a lot "more" out there for us to grab the past 3 seasons in terms of early round picks where they did use the first pick in the draft twice on a pass catcher. And the one season they didn't (this draft) we were coming off a season where we scored the most points in the NFL and Josh won the MVP.

I dont think the secondary and front 7 was very good last year either though

I don't know I would say its uncomfortable, and not sure he is approaching being "washed", but its not been a good season for him, or much of the secondary. Play up front greatly impacts play on the back, and vice versa. So for me, I am not yet in the panic mindset on someone like Taron, whose job is inherently harder because we have not been good up front or on the back end of this defense. If getting Max and the PED duo back, on top of our injured guys (Olive is back, but just got back last game) can help the front 7 and secondary play better, then I think its quite possible we will see Taron play closer to his standards. That being said, I do think Taron's days here are in jeopardy coming to an end this next offseason unless they rework his deal. His cap hit takes a big jump for 2026 and also 2027, his age 30 and 31 seasons. He will either be a cap casualty, or he will get his deal redone. I can't see him playing again next year under his current deal that runs until 2028 (with 2028 being a void year). While I think he is capable of more than he has done this year (due to the struggles across the D around him), his best days are likely behind him.

This offense reminds me of the real estate crash of 2007/2008. Before the crash anyone could get a loan - after the crash even the most qualified were struggling to get qualified, it was a total gross overcorrection before it later found balance again. I feel like that is the Brady offense right now - a complete over correction from sugar rush and wreckless Josh to now being too careful. It absolutely is better for Josh to force less passes, take what is there, master the short game, etc. Its what made Brady and now Mahomes so lethal, they not only hit the big plays bit they will often kill you by deaths of a thousand cuts. But our entire offense is now completely built on manufacturing that and forcing that. We went from too wreckless to now too careful. And again, we saw a lot of great success at first with it - MVP, fewest turnovers in the league, most points in the entire league last year, NFL record of consecutive games not losing the turnover battle, etc. But, like with anything, the league has caught on and caught up. The blue print is out there to slow it down, disrupt it, identify its limitations, etc. Sure, we still get some scoring drives, but its taken away consistency from this offense through predictability. And quite honestly, Josh feeds on the energy he gets from hitting a big play, trucking some guy, leaping over someone, slamming his way into the endzone, etc. Brady has gotten too cute on down and short, too focused on getting 8-10 people to catch a pass, etc. If he doesn't figure out how to pivot and start scheming guys open more, using our personnel better (they are totally using Keon wrong for example), and getting after it more on offense, then this offense is not going to get out of this inconsistent rut. Cook not being in on critical drives or any 3rd downs is just insane. Struggling on down and short with Josh Allen, James Cook, and 3 TE's is insane. Ive been a fan of Brady early, but I have also been a big critic this whole season as I don't think Brady has done a good job this year and don't think there is even 1 game I can say Brady had it going that game.

Even better, and better than our FO 😂 - get me Terry's email so I can get him my resume 😂

I said it leading up to the draft and on draft night, Maye had the highest ceiling in the draft. And if I was going to take a QB, he was the one I would take the gamble on. I wasn’t thrilled to see him end up in NE, and we are seeing that concern come full circle already. IMHO, Maye is on his way to becoming a top 10 QB in this league for years to come. Said the same thing about Dart this year, except with Dart I went a step further and stated he was flat out the best QB in this draft.

The things that get posted here never ceases to amaze me

It also takes two to trade. We could have called on some players, but just because we call doesn’t mean those teams are in a rush either. Teams are going to try and find the best deals if they make trades, so it’s not our timeline they are on, it’s theirs.

Thank you - its amazing how little context is consider in discussions anymore. Whether its here, the media, whatever - everything is "apples to apples" when things are not remotely similar. There is a massive difference of throwing to Chase and Higgins compared to Jeudy and Bond. It's also one game. That being said - they are not actually wrong about the Browns, total joke of an organization. With Watson's contract stuck on the books and destroying the cap, all the Browns should care about right now is developing young players and getting higher draft picks. They should have let the rookies battle it out for 1 and 2, played the guy who won, and not be afraid to switch to the other in season if the first one wasn't showing promise. This season should have been entirely about discovering if they have a potential starter (or long term backup) in either of their 2 rookie QBs and being totally ok if they lose games while finding out given their cap is f-ed until they finally get rid of Watson anyway. So might as well get better draft picks along the way when there is no real way to contend for anything meaningful until then. Its also why they should have never paid Myles and traded him for a bounty and instead given the FO an armory of draft capital to rebuild around the young guys once the franchise killing sex predator Watson was finally off the books.

I clicked on this thread and saw people discussing an Allen trade - and so I am out lol.

He already is… https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPxh46OjBHW/?igsh=YnFmeGVycXBzaDBq

Also true ha so fair

Yeah Moore would be a legit WR1 and the best option of what the speculated WR market would be in terms of who is available (and the team would trade to Buffalo). I am not against Shaheed - but honestly we already have similar players in Samual and Moore who Brady doesn't use at all. I don't think adding Shaheed is going to do much for the offense. End of the day, he is a redundancy to guys we already have and don't use properly at even at all. We need someone on the outside who can be an every down WR1 that can also win downfield.

If Miami moves him, it won't be to the Bills. They will have other suitors, no reason to give the guy (Allen) who has owned you more weapons, especially when both Allen and Waddle are still in their prime. So guys like Wilson and Waddle are not going to wind up in Buffalo if either is moved. I think Olave and DJ Moore make the most logical sense, if either is moved, for what the Bills need and would realistically be obtainable if Beane elects to pursue a WR. DJ Moore is the guy I think would be the best fit of the 2.

What they ran in the AFCCG was not a tush push or any sort. The irony of the name "Tush Push" is that it actually has almost nothing to do with being pushed in the tush. In fact, the only thing the Bills did in the AFCCG resembling the tush push was having someones hands on Josh's Tush. The entire fundamental workings of the tush push is based on 2 factors and 2 factors only. The entire OL getting low, perpendicular to the ground, and getting push from underneath with leverage..and 2nd, a QB with strong legs getting low behind those guys and going straight ahead. The pushing of the tush is like sprinkles on a cupcake, yeah they are there and have some minute value, but its not what makes it a cupcake. What the Bills do is have Josh Allen literally not even go forward, he first goes sideways and looks for a hole in a gap. And its the same spot he always goes on top of that. That is a QB sneak, a predictable one at that, dependent on a hole or a gap being won where sure someone like Cook also pushes his butt. And then when it didn't work in the AFCCG, they started running it even worse the rest of the game. What is the most maddening about it, is that the Bills have previously run very good and very strong QB sneaks and even tush pushes. In the AFCCG they ran bastardized or worse versions of what we previously used that were utterly not effective. Why they went away from what they did previously will always be a question I want answered. And now the more important question is why don't they just literally run a proper "tush push" where the OL goes low with Allen powering low straight up the middle behind them. Eagles execute this as close to 100% as a play can ever get in the NFL, and we have the QB and OL to do the same and we just refuse to do it. And I think its entirely because McD and the Bills were vocal against the Tush Push and wanted it banned. But its NOT banned, so why the hell are we not using it? Thats like wanting to ban guns, but then finding yourself in a gun fight and having the most powerful gun laying on the ground next to you while you still throw rocks back at the guys shooting at you. Honestly, the Bills offense really wasn't very consistent or good the first 2-3 weeks of the season. It took a miracle fumble to win week 1 after the offense was not great for first 3 quarters week 1, then weeks 2-4 it really had large chuncks of time each game where it was stagnant. Even when we put up 30 week 2, our offense was not great and we would not have put up 30 had the Jets offense not been so bad. I think the past 2 weeks we just played better teams so it stood out more.

Brady should have 2 homework assignments over the bye - mandated assignments. Study the Eagles down and short game: We have Josh Allen and Cook, and we suddenly suck on down and short, its ridiculous. We went from being unstoppable on down and short, to some very ill timed and weird bastardized version of a wannabe tush push (something we used to do quite well) in the AFCCG. It was like the Bills decided they were going to go hard against the Tush Push and refused to run anything close to it and what they did run was a joke. And now this year, not only are we not doing a proper tush push or proper sneak, we are doing all these bone head cutesie plays that are not only not working consistently, but also resulted in 2 fumbles in the last 2 games. Study what the Falcons did this weekend to us: How the Falcons used London and Bijan in the passing game is what they need to be looking at on how to utilize Cook and Keon. Im not saying Keon and Cook are exactly the same level or type of player as each, but how they use them is exactly we should be looking to get Keon more involved and Cook more involved in our passing game. London isn't a burner either, but Falcons move him around to get him the ball in space and get him off the line easier. Cook is a ghost in our passing game, him suddenly not being used in that capacity is mistake and I think it has to do with how many carries he is getting if I had to guess, otherwise nothing about it makes sense. If reducing Cooks touches is the reason, then they need to get Davis like 8-10 carries a game to offload some of Cooks touches to get him more in the passing game. Whatever the reason, its just wrong. Him never being an option on 3rd down, or on sure passing downs is mind blowing. Even McD seemed genuinely shocked to find that out. Ive been a supporter of Brady since his emergence, and I do think that support was warranted and deserved. But, the is the NFL, teams CATCH UP to what you are doing and all it takes is one team to show the blueprint on how to disrupt it and then you have to adjust. Even Sean McVay had to adjust and evolve along the way. So this for me is Brady's moment to prove he is a top tier OC and future HC or he that he was a guy that did something different until teams figured it out and it fizzled and never recovered. Everybody eats is a great mantra, and a great mindset. But it should be just that, a mantra/mindset - not a literal forced game plan. It needs to mean, don't force feed the ball to a target, take what the defense gives you and make smart decisions. But this year, the commitment seems to be more focused on 8-10 guys catch passes each week, too many plays where guys are all running clear outs with no intent on them getting the ball to scheme one guy open, even a backup WR, TE or RB to where the only way anyone else is getting the ball is if the play breaks down. I mean our 3rd string WR's, TE's, and RB's are too involved, we need to game plan to get our better players more quality touches, not just get everyone touches. If our 3rd string is out there, and no one is open, sure get him the ball. But we are running plays to get these guys touches too much. Bonus Points: He should go watch film of Keon's last year in college to see exactly how not to use him. We are using him the same way, a tall target that just runs too many routes that don't suit his abilities and puts him more in consistent contested catch or back shoulder type plays. Again, watch Drake London this past game Brady, get Keon more quality opportunities that better suit his abilities to make plays. We are using him more like Mack Hollins than an actual player we are looking to get good looks too. Someone who clears out and blocks more than a guy who we are game planning to get involved. Why isn't Keon getting slants/crossers in the redzone or down and goal? Like are you serious? Such a stupid missed opportunity, stop making him beat a corner on the outside in the red zone.

Let me clarify - I have not said Shakir is an elite WR1. He is a slot WR, that’s his job and he’s special at it. That’s like saying well he’s a great safety but he gets burned at CB. It’s two entirely different positions. A slot WR is a true WR, it’s not a part time role. Does that mean we don’t need a legit WR1 on the outside - no. But this notion that because he’s not an elite outside WR1 somehow makes him just a complimentary piece is not accurate at all. You put Shakir next to Puka on an offense not afraid to feed their top targets and his production would jump and he would be a regular problem for defenses. The issue is two fold - one, we don’t have anyone to threaten elsewhere on the field and roster full of guys who are most dangerous in the same areas Shakir is. It’s redundancy. Two - we run an offense that doesn’t put any focus on any one player, so even if Shakir was best on the outside we wouldn’t be featuring him. Diggs went from being on pace for the 2nd best season of his career under Dorsey to fall off a cliff production wise under Brady with the philosophical switch to the offense. I whole heartedly agree he can’t be and shouldn’t be our “top WR”. But from a talent perspective, if we traded for Olave, Shakir would still be our “best WR” in terms of overall talent IMO even though this team badly needs someone like Olave to open up the offense. Leaning on Shakir to open it up isn’t going to work when the rest of the targets eat in the same areas Shakir does. Now trade for DJ Moore and he would be the best WR on the team and Shakir would be even better out the slot.

Ok now show all the misses.

Worthy hasn’t done anything of note despite being a feature target with Andy Reid and Mahomes. His stats are very underwhelming and that’s with being a featured player with the greatest offensive mind and best QB in the league. His stats would be even worse here and everyone would be saying he’s a bust and we should have taken Ladd. The real miss was not being aggressive to get BTJ or taking what was the clear BPA in Cooper DeJean at the time. We drafted for need in Keon, but we should have taken Cooper. Ladd also had no value here, his stats would look just like Samuels. Him and Shakir play the same position, and Ladd only had a good rookie year due to lack of options. This year, and ancient Keenan and forgotten Quentin have taken all targets and production from Ladd. While I like Ladd and thought he was the 5th best WR in the draft, he’s a slot WR and we were a team with only slot WRs on it when we drafted Keon. We needed size and speed, BTJ offered both, he should have been the priority, and if you can’t get him, Cooper should have been the pick if you go BPA and safety was also a big need. I liked Keon in the draft, so wasn’t and we picked him, and kind of expected it too. Ladd was best WR on my board at our pick, but Keon was the next best WR on the board for me, and felt Ladd wasn’t a good fit, so wasn’t upset with the pick. But if we could make a different decision, it’s clearly try for BTJ or take Cooper for me.