GunnerBill

You could still end up with a home game in the AFCCG as the #5 imo if the 1-4 are Indy, New England, Denver and Pittsburgh. I could see #6 Chargers @ #5 Bills for instance.

I honestly think the #5 with the Chiefs and Ravens out. That guarantees the Bills a clear QB advantage in every match up (I suppose possibly Herbert if he is on a good day and Josh is a bit off)

I am open to the idea. Dorian's issue at linebacker is his play recognition, lane discipline and positioning. Get him lined up on or close to the line of scrimmage on passing downs and just use his physical gifts going forward. That is kind of how we used Lorax under Sean in 2017 and 2018.

Sure but he would be a complimentary piece here not a piece that changes the offense dramatically. He isn't the guy that can just flat out win outside against press coverage. Was that worth what it took to get him? I'd probably have been willing to offer a 4th this year and a 5th next year. But that isn't as good as the Seahawks offer. And that is about as high I'd have gone.

Very sad.

The information I have is at the point the Bills made the trade (which was FA time wasn't it so like 6 weeks out from the draft) the comparison they front office was using to decide whether trading away a first for Diggs made sense to them was Tee Higgins. That leads me to believe that at that point Tee was likely their WR4 because the consensus was Jeudy, Ruggs and Lamb would be gone. It doesn't have to mean that. Maybe the Bills felt Jefferson would almost definitely be gone too and so they thought WR5 was likely the best that would be left for them. Or maybe Higgins was WR4 for them at that point but they could have flipped to Jefferson by draft day - that's also possible. But the player who was their counterfactual in the Diggs decision at the time it was made was Tee Higgins.

There is genuinely a bit of a point about whether you really want to use a first on a WR in 2026 when the 2027 class looks at this stage potentially epic. I know you were talking half in jest but it isn't a great CB crop (and there is zero chance Beane spends a high pick on a corner this year anyway) but it IS a strong defensive line group. And take it from the man himself - he will "never apologise" for prioritising the defensive line. If I had to put money on the position of the Bills 2026 first round pick right now I'd put it on a defensive lineman. Probably EDGE over DT, but one or the other.

If it is long term wear and tear you are worried about then the Bills have guarded against that. This is year 4. They are pretty much committed through year 5. But it would cost $5.4m in dead cap if they wanted to move on in 2027. That isn't a justification anyone can use to still hold onto a wrong opinion about extending him.

Hunt sucks. That's why.

Ah man. A replay? Didn't we win the first time? Replays are for what you guys call ties.

I hope soon.

Taylor, Robinson, Barkley, Cook and Gibbs would be my 5. I am a bit of an ageist (as is known) and McCaffery's 3.5 yards per carry isn't buttering many parsnips anymore.

This is where I am at. Shaheed was a potential complimentary piece. A complimentary piece might help a bit but it doesn't change this offense or how teams defend us. Only a true potential outside #1 does that. Last year you had Adams, DHop and Coop who have all been that in their careers on the market though well on the back 9 and trying for them made sense to me even if Coop didn't totally work out. The trade market this year didn't have those kind of options available. It had pieces that to me move the dial very little. Is there a price at which Shaheed made sense to me? Yea. Not sure it was more than what Seattle paid.

I agree no running back should win it, and there is no bigger JTay fan than me. He is the rare thing.... a running back I thought was worth a 1st round pick (even though he went in the second) and he and Jimbo have elite vision in common. But Cook has been right there on a par with him in terms of performance this year. You say that Taylor means more to the Colts but in the two lesser Cook games (Pats where they dud a nice job on him, Falcons where Brady inexplicably got away from him) what did the Bills offense look like? Cook is more important to the Bills offense than I'd like him to be.... I think without him we are pretty stuck in neutral.

I am not agreeing with that. I think he is 4th on the list, sure. But I think he is still in that tier. He was incredible last season and had his team been better he'd have been MVP.