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I couldn't tell if this was a joke or serious. I hope it was a joke. That aside, Brown is a physical beast. He makes Allen look downright small. Let's hope his ability to hit home runs is an indicator that his back is 100% healed and that he can continue to develop and improve. He played pretty well as a rookie, particularly coming from a smaller school with lower-level competition. His play dropped off last season, so let's hope it's attributable to coming back from the back injury and not getting to 100%. A full offseason with Kromer, assuming Brown is 100% healthy, should be a good thing for him.

Not sure which year that was, but the year Reich won the comeback game against Houston and the road playoff game at Pittsburgh, he had the hot hand and the Bills should have ridden it. While it's true that Kelly started and won the AFCCG against Miami, the whole game was dump offs and screen passes. He was nowhere near 100% and Reich was playing lights out. That's where Parcells exceeds Levy (and I LOVE Marv). Parcells was willing to keep the starter Simms on the bench and ride the hot hand of backup Hostettler to a SB Championship, but Levy didn't do the same (different years, but same era, similar circumstances). If I have my playoff seasons mixed up, feel free to flame away... it's late, I'm tired, had a few adult beverages earlier, and I'm not going to look it up. The point remains the same.

That's a great story. Some guys are very cool and down to earth off-camera, while having a completely different persona on the air. Glad to hear that Rome might be pretty cool in person. (That said, your story was from before he hit the big time, so maybe he's changed for the worse).

Bayless is the worst, but Rome's false bravado tough-guy personal has gotten pretty old. That said, I haven't listened-to or watched him in years (it was old back then), so I have no idea if he's still going with it.

The difference between the best RBs and the middle-tier RBs isn't as great as the difference between the best DTs and the middle-tier DTs. In other words, it's much harder to replace the production of a great DT than that of a great RB. By way of example, you could argue that Aaron Donald is more responsible for his team's success than any RB they've had, and he might be more important to the Rams than Barkley is to the Giants. Donald, in his prime, was able to dominate and completely disrput his opponents' offense. Here's a quote from an article about the Rams' Super Bowl win (WAY back in February 2022): "In Super Bowl LVI against the Cincinnati Bengals, Donald had two sacks and three quarterback hits, including the game-sealing pressure play on fourth-and-1 with less than a minute remaining that resulted in an incompletion and the 23–20 win. He was ranked second by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2022." Finally, Barkely has been injured a lot. I can't speak for Lawrence, but perhaps he's not, and is always available. I don't know how good a player Lawrence is. I know he was great at Clemson, but he was also surrounded by great talent all around him, superior, in most cases, to his opponents' talent. I have not watched much Giants football to make a statement of his value. Obviously, the Giants think he has great value.

Let Oliver see the dollar signs that he can get as a free agent next season. Maybe that motivates him to have a career year. He then gets paid by someone else and the Bills get a comp pick. If he plays that well, it benefits the Bills this upcoming season and the comp pick benefits in the future. Alternatively, if the Bills think he's had a "breakthrough" season and he becomes Aaron Donald 2.0, they have the opportunity to pay him. If he doesn't play well, he gets moved out of the rotation and/or leaves quietly to sign a more modest deal elsewhere. In the meantime, trading him now won't yield more than a mid-round pick, so the better bet is to see what they can get out of him this year. As stated somewhere above, if he can be traded for another player who might be a better fit or asset to the team, then yes, trade him.

I think Daryl Williams had one good season (or was that at guard?) and Spencer Brown had a decent rookie season. But, correct that we have not found a long-term answer.

With all due respect, I disagree with this. In 2020, 2021, and early 2022, they were terrible in 3rd and 4th and less-than-2 yards. It was mostly Moss running into the line and going nowhere. Last year, once Moss was out of the mix, Singletary actually did quite well in those situations. I don't have statistics to cite, but I watched every snap of every game and was pleasantly surprised to see what had been a major issue become a non-issue. This isn't to say that Singletary is a power back or a short-yardage ace, but once he took over that role, he was pretty solid in getting those first downs on 3rd and 4th and short. I'm curious to know if I'm the only one on this board who noticed this improvement. I should also add that, in the same vein, when the Bills ran the ball last season and committed to it/stuck with it, they were quite effective. Singletary ran well and later in the season, Cook found his stride and ran well too (he was bad in the beginning of the season). That said, it was pretty rare that they actually did commit to it and/or stuck to it. I do agree that with Harris, Murray, the new guards, and Brown at full health, they should be even better at 3rd and 4th and short in the upcoming season. Likewise, if they commit to the run game, I think it will be even better than last season. And to clarify, I'm referring to the RUNNING BACK run game and not the Josh Allen run game. Allen running the ball is quite effective, but I don't want to steer the conversation into the whole exposure to injury thing - that's another topic for another thread (and there are already many of those).

By the time you get this deep into the draft, there isn't much difference among 6th rounders, 7th rounders and UDFA's. Unless there were specific guys on their board that they liked in the 6th, then why not move back to the 7th and get some extra picks next year? The Bills have definitely found contributors in the later rounds in the past, such as Bass, Benford, Hamlin, and Dane Jackson, but maybe they don't see any guys of that caliber, or feel pretty confident they can get them in the 7th. Other later round guys they've drafted in recent years that were assigned to the Practice Squad were poached by other teams, so the value of these picks to the Bills isn't that great. It also seems to be the opinion of this board that next year's draft is deeper, so the 6th rounders next year may be more valuable than one's this year. Finally, as pointed out above, these late round picks can be used for either trading up next year or for minor acquistions during the season if there are injuries (such as picking up Marlowe from the Falcons this past year, in-sesaon, when our secondary was decimated by injuries). While I'm not willing to give the Bills a pass on every move, I'm OK with these moves.

Don't forget the Philly Special, where the TD throw was made by TIGHT END Trey Burton.

For what it's worth, they could have drafted Ryan Leaf, and I like the stadium. And to the OP, yes, I am glad that Irsay does not own the Bills. That said, I'd take him over Trump or the Toronto Bills owned by John Bon Jovi/Rogers.

Let's hope the two guards we signed (and/or any OL we draft tonight or tomorrow) will be upgrades and that Brown returns to form after a healthy offseason. While I agree that Dorsey's offense had its struggles last season, the line play was pretty bad in stretches. If the line play improves, the QB will have more time to make reads and find the open receiver, the WRs and TEs will have more time to get open, and the RBs will have holes to run through. The offense will improve substantailly.

In a heartbeat. And I wouldn't blame him. That kind of money, if properly managed, can carry a family for a very long time without having to work at all. At this stage of the game, he'd be crazy not to take that kind of offer. That said, it's a hypothetical that isn't going to happen.

All of tweeting, rapping, Covid crap aside, Beasley was a great slot receiver in his prime. Unfortunately, he's no longer in his prime. He had some opportunities with the Bucs and Bills last season and they didn't amount to much. I suspect he would be playing this upcoming season (and/or will play) if he gets a decent offer from a team. He may have earned enough money so far in his career that it's not worth putting his body on the line for league minimum or practice squad money, but I really don't know his personal situation.

The Bills know it's not a deep draft and that there are not 27 players with first round grades. We on this board know this. And the rest of the NFL knows this too. Thus, trading back is only an option of a guy that one of the other teams covet happens to fall and be available at 27.

Slappin' da Bass

I don't live in WNY, but would love to find my way back there. So, yes, I get it! That said, Hawaii does sound like a nice place to be. Hopefully, you make it back to Rochester (my dad's hometown) and have a nice government pension to enjoy in your retirement there.

Government hours, government benefits, and living in Hawaii! Congrats to you, friend. You have it figured out and I am jealous. And while I agree that mock drafts can be riduculous and a waste time, for some, it's entertainment and it's OK for people who are interested to spend time looking at them, preparing them, etc. For me, I will occasionally look at them, for two reasons a) just to get an idea of who are the consensus top players out there; and b) to forumate my own opinions on who the Bills might be interested in. I don't invest a lot of time in them, but I don't have a lot of free time to begin with.

I agree. He got limited opportunities on offense last year, but he won a huge game for us with his two KR's vs. the Pats and his special teams play was solid in the other games in which he played. I'd like to think they'll incorporate him into the offense more this season, as he was a very good player with the Colts. He also took a pay cut to remain with the Bills. Who cares if the guy wanted to host a music party (which was on this board a few days ago, for those that don't know what I'm referring to) during the offseason or changed his number to zero? With Allen's arm healed and Dorsey having more time to reflect back on last season and put together a plan for the upcoming season, I think we'll see more of Hines and Cook in the short passing game.

Thanks for the response. My thoughts about it being a developmental league came from others in this thread, so I can't take credit for the idea. I'm a big college football fan, so I prefer that these leagues NOT compete with college, but given the direction that NIL is going, college players are now getting paid and it's becoming more like a professional sport in that respect. An open market theory would say that they should compete. There are already non-college options for top high-school basketball players, so what you are proposing is a football equivalent. While I promote the educational aspect of college football, many of these guys are not really interested in going to class or engaging in campus life, so maybe a professional option is a good idea for them. As the now famous quote from former Buffalo Bill Cardale Jones goes "We Ain't Come Here To Play School." To Jones' credit, he later went back and graduated from Ohio State and he put that quote on his graduation cap. I literally just learned about his return to school while Googling his infamous quote.

I love football, but have not watched either of these two leagues. I suppose that if I had nothing to do and was flipping through the channels, or having a bite at a sports bar and it was on, I would watch, but that's about it. I agree that if it were a NFL development league, I might be interested in seeing how the Bills' practice-squad-type. or end of the roster players were doing. For example, the Bills need a MLB (Klein signing notwithstanding). If Spector was playing for the Memphis Showboats (no idea if that's actually one of the teams) to try and accelerte his development so he'd be more ready to win a spot for the Bills, I'd watch some of that. Or a backup or 3rd string QB that was part of the Bills 90-man training camp roster. Maybe the OL from Michigan State they just signed....

I've seen both Jones and Jarrett play in college and both were pretty good. I'd have no problem with the Bills spending a late-rounder on one of these guys (assuming they've filled other needs).

I have no issue with camp bodies and/or potential practice squad guys. Every team needs them. The bigger question is how many pages this signing can generate on TBD!

I haven't see too may of these guys play, but I did see Hyatt play a couple of times and he was an explosive game-changer. So consider me a big fan. I've also seen Mazi Smith play a bunch. He'd be a great asset and could tie up offensive linemen, allowing our TBA middle linebacker to roam more freely, but I don't think DL is our biggest need (we have DaQuan and others) and I don't think Mazi will be around by the time our 2nd pick comes along. I would like to see the following positions taken: MLB, WR, interior OL, S, although with the signings of two mid-tier veteran FA guards and one middle-tier FA Safety (actually 2, if you factor in Poyer), those needs are not as great. I also like a backup QB and a RB in the later rounds/UDFA.

He only saved someone's life with 70,000 people watching. What's the big deal?