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In his defense as an OLB he’s in coverage a lot.

Thank you for this post. It’s what the OP should have been. Happy to see that the trend line is looking good there. Also I don’t think I’d assign them much blame where Zay is concerned.

I was just thinking about how they could actually compliment each other. Shaq at DE and Floyd at SLB in base 4-3 and Floyd rotating with Shaq at DE in the nickel. Oh well, neither are likely to be a Bill in 2020.

He seems well suited there. I can see the Steelers grabbing him if the Bears rescind the 5th year option. They definitely have a need there right now. I wonder how he’d fare as a 4-3 SLB, possibly adding a pass rush option on passing downs?

Odds of a WR becoming elite is definitely different between tiers of prospects. I have Lamb and Jeudy as the only two blue chip WRs in the draft. I also have Lamb as a fit for what the Bills need. So once he’s gone, then I’d largely agree with you. Then we’re looking at a big pool of similarly rated red chip WRs. At that point I’d only look to maneuver a little to be sure we got one (or maybe two) that fit our needs. For instance, Lamb is a way better prospect than Shenault. If we can’t reasonably get Lamb, then so be it. We are off to Shenault and similarly ranked prospects. It could still work out, but the odds are not nearly as good.

Statistically that is incorrect. A highly drafted WR does have a much greater chance of becoming elite than a lower drafted one.

That’s a really poor argument. Really? No one knows for certain who the best WR will be? Obviously. That’s actually a very analytics thing to say. But there’s also a lot of GMs and scouts who get paid a lot of money to take calculated gambles on players. If they want to use 2 or 3 early picks finding that special WR then we both seem okay with that. But why not take those picks and use them to acquire one WR with a much greater chance of becoming elite than two WRs who each have a substantially lesser chance? And, yes, looking at the OP that is definitely the case. If we had Deandre Hopkins and no one else of value in our WR corps I’d agree with you. But we’re the opposite. We’re very good at #2 and #3, but we have no #1. This draft is fat with WRs, but the top of the class is small. Just two. And one of those is the kind of WR we need. That’s Lamb and he’s the guy I want us to go get.

I think that the narrative of being able to count on finding elite WRs later in the draft is overstated. Yes, it certainly happens, but the hit rate is a lot lower. Looking at the top 10 WRs last season we have 5 first, 2 second and 3 third rounders. Your best shot is still early. If that fails, sure, take a couple of shots soon after.

This team needs difference makers - especially on offense. We have plenty of cap space to fill needs with good players in free agency. Doing that alone probably gets us back to the playoffs and maybe even a win in the WC round. It won’t get us a championship though. If that’s the goal then give me some elite talent.

Looks like the most viable path to Lamb would be Cleveland at 10. The draft trade chart has 10 as an exact value match to 22, 54 & 86. Honestly, I pull the trigger on that if I am the Bills, but not if I’m the Browns. Seems like too steep of a talent drop off from 10 to 22 unless I know I can get back up reasonably. Still, if I’m the Browns I would try to get 22, 54 and next years 2nd at least.

This was my understanding too. That they largely cashed out to semi-retire as sports team owners. (Now THAT seems like a nice life.)

This. He’s a great candidate for a prove-it or an incentive laden deal.

This should’ve occurred to me before, but it’s entirely possible that Williams’ agent is throwing out a big contract number for some reasons beyond necessarily demanding it: - It might be an attempt to drive down the trade demands from Washington. - He might have a preference of where or what kind of team he wants to play for and the $20M number might be for the undesirable teams. An “If you’re going to send me to Siberia I’ll do it for $20M a year, but I’ll take considerably less to chase a ring.” kind of thing.

Pretty sure the combination of what Washington wants in draft compensation and what Williams is looking for in a contract will equal him playing out his deal where he is. If he was turning 26 and a picture of health it’d be a different situation.

My first thought was along those lines. If you pay Poyer, then you have to redo Hyde’s deal too. Both have to wait for the new CBA to be approved, but you can have the lesser of the two safeties making more than the better one. Currently neither is making what he is worth though. Yup. Poyer’s power play would be to hold out for most of the season and return for at least 6 games to get his accrued season and make it to FA. I don’t know that he’d do that, but I also wouldn’t expect him back here in 2021 if we don’t extend him before the season is out (unless the CBA renewal prevents it). I’d wager that it gets done along with a new Hyde deal.

I don’t have a problem with it, but I wasn’t sure if Long was in their plans since they signed Morse. I’m happy to have him backing up at C and OG though.

Oops, sorry. I misread your post. Missed the Saskatoon part.

There is no longer a Fudrucker’s there. I moved to Williamsville almost 8 years ago and I think it was gone around that time. It’s been a couple other restaurants and is currently an Anchor Bar. People used to refer to the subsequent restaurant’s location as “Where Fudrucker’s used to be.” That’s how I know.

No idea. That’s crazy. I guess the franchisees can do as they please with pricing.

In order of likelihood: Up, down, stay put. There is almost no way we can sit on a WR at 22. We will get jumped and miss out since our target will likely be pretty obvious to all. So I think our first choice is to move up to get a better quality WR who is a fit for us. If that doesn’t work out then I think we’d want to move back. 22 seems like it’d be right after the purple chip/red chip break so I’d rather move back and get additional picks rather than get one of a tier of players that will extend well into the second round. Last choice is to take our pick of those red chip players.

Would think there is a decent amount of money tied to active roster bonuses per game. Nice low risk signing for a guy who will finally return to the scheme he was elite in. Even though he is older now, he should be able to fill in as needed on the outside. I am a fan of this one.

My last family order was 2 cheeseburgers (2 patties each), 1 BLT plus one little fry and no drinks as it was carry out. Total was $24.26 plus $2.12 tax. 2 drinks for the kids would’ve added to that (I always get water). Still, it’s about $10 pp on average when I go unless my 17 year old son is starving and gets a second burger. That’s a very, very small premium over McD’s, BK, Wendy’s, etc. As for the one little fry, if you’ve never gone to 5 Guys they always over serve fries. They give you the container and then, regardless of size or number of fry containers purchased, dump a measured tin of fries into the bag. I think it’s more fries than the little fry container has in it. It’s part of their schtick. We never want for more. Honestly, the burgers are so filling I rarely even need the fries. But they are fresh cut and soooo good. Whatever Burger toppings you want are all included. I get mine All the Way plus grilled jalapeños and hot sauce.

I don’t get burgers at fast food restaurants often. I almost always go to Five Guys when I do. I’d love to try an In-n-out burger sometime. One of my (half) brothers who grew up in the Bay Area and Denver swears they are his favorite.

I love me some Marshawn. That dude doesn’t have a shred of pretense.

Bar Bill, Gabriel’s Gate and Elmo’s are my favorite wing spots. I was supposed to go to the new Bar Bill on Main in Williamsville/Clarence tonight for a friend’s birthday celebration but sadly she is sick. I was really looking forward to it. The Bar Bill and Gabriel’s Gate are a fun local places. Elmo’s lacks their ambience. It’s a hole in the wall, but the wings are no joke.