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Of the three you graded, I agree Cowing is the best. He did already weigh in at the Senior Bowl where he measure in at 5’8.5’’ and 165 pounds with sub 30 inch arms and a sub 70 inch wingspan. Even in the slot that is pretty small and I’m having a tough time thinking of a similar size player who has had a lot of success in the NFL recently. Imo Cowing is an early day 3 guy.

This is right, the KC pick was involved with the Denver trade up scenario. When Denver decided against trading, TB took our 2 seconds instead of the KC first. We added all these picks to move up for a QB, we just didn’t need to use them all. https://billswire.usatoday.com/2018/05/05/2018-nfl-draft-buffalo-bills-denver-broncos-trade/

Thrash has some route running and yac ability but had a high drop rate and struggled at the senior bowl. Baker also has a high drop rate but has nice physicality and playmaking. A former Alabama receiver before transferring to UCF. Burton on the flip side has great hands (DCOranges data has him listed as 0 drops), and averaged over 20 ypc this year in a dysfunctional Alabama passing attack. He is personally my preference and I have him rated pretty highly in this class, though all three have tools to work with.

McD is a good coach, which wasn’t my point. But Andy Reid is unquestionably better and specializes in Mahomes side of the ball.

The Chiefs won 53 games in the 5 seasons prior to Mahomes starting (the early Andy Reid Era). Mahomes was throwing to Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce in 2018 The Bills did make the playoffs in 2017 with a -56 point differential (good for 22nd out of 32 teams). Josh was throwing to Kelvin Benjamin, Zay Jones and Robert Foster.

Don’t forget that Mahomes may not be what he is now without being able to sit one year, inherit a perennial playoff team and having the best Offensive coach in the league since the start. It’s honestly amazing how good Josh is with how talent depleted that 2018 team was.

It was Daniel Jeremiah’s pick for the Bills in his mock draft yesterday https://www.nfl.com/news/daniel-jeremiah-2024-nfl-mock-draft-2-0-four-quarterbacks-selected-in-first-eight-picks

Chris Jones and LJarius Sneed are both free agents this year and both will require more than $20 million per year contracts so there is that for KC to deal with. None of the Bills FAs are as big of deals But I agree, there is enough high end talent at WR this year to not get antsy and give up assets. We need to start getting younger and cheaper as a whole and that means having a lot of draft picks and developing them on the roster like the Chiefs have done and the Rams are doing.

I’m in 100% agreement we need players who can beat man and press coverage quickly. Even in the years teams played less man against us in-season, we would get to the playoffs and the corners would be physical with Diggs and co and it disrupted things. Coleman is the second youngest receiver in the draft behind Nabers I believe and so he is still pretty raw. Those amazing one handed stabs he makes are from his time as a basketball player but he does it a little too frequently right now. Good coaching could make him a dominant player because his physical traits are awesome. I’d be happy with him at 28. The guy I am very high on and like him better than Coleman right now (Coleman has more tools to develop into a more dominant receiver), is Brenden Rice. I don’t know why teams tried to press him as much as they did because he crushed them for it so often. Also Caleb Williams ran scramble drills so frequently Rice became very good at making himself available during the offscript throws where Josh is already so dangerous. I think he is the THE perfect fit for the Bills. In the end though, we just need to bring in a lot of young receivers to improve the overall talent level of the WR room like Green Bay did. As long as we draft a receiver early and a few more on day 2 and 3 this draft I will be happy

Burton is an under appreciated WR. The Bama passing offense was a mess this year and so he did not collect the numbers others did. He had 3 touchdowns in the Texas game and all but one got called back because of offensive penalties. He has phenomenal hands - I haven’t seen him drop a pass this year. He is tough and willing to take hits to make the play like the TD he had against Tennessee. And he is an explosive athlete who can stretch the field from out wide well (over 20 ypc this season). I don’t think he is as explosive as DJ Moore, but I think he is a better version of Marvin Mims who went at the end of the second last year. He seems to be crowded out by other prospects among the talking heads but I think he is an early round 2 WR talent wise you may be able to get later.

Spagnola is the problem. Reid and Mahomes have had him as DCoordinator in every SB win. They have good players but his system gets the most out of them. Tough to beat Mahomes and Reid when you can only muster 22-24 points a game.

Polk is still pretty young so maybe he could get better but I think he is going to struggle for a bit in the NFL. He had his fair share of bad drops (OSU game was really bad). He also struggled with physicality - outmuscled for a contested catch interception, dropping passes when hit, and limited tackle breaking. Hopefully he goes to a team that is at the beginning of their rebuild with a young QB and can take a few years to grow without the expectation of immediate contributions. He does have some good traits to build on.

Faster than his Dad tho! Haha Unfortunately the top 4 explosive guys will likely be gone (MHJ, Nabers, Odunze, Franklin) by 28. Worthy is next on my rankings but after seeing the Bills WRs manhandled in the playoffs the past 4 years I do want a more physical player for us. Jermaine Burton and Brenden Rice are actually 6 and 7 respectively in my rankings right now and would love to get them rd2 and 3 if we go elsewhere in round 1. Think both would increase the explosiveness and physicality of our receiving unit.

I’m not a Tez guy myself but he does have good speed. It was one game, but Polk struggled in the elements against Oregon State which has dropped him in my own personal rankings. Glad you mentioned Brenden Rice. I think would be perfect in Buffalo. A bigger, physical receiver with enough long speed and he is smart and knows how to make plays for his QB when the play goes off script. One of my targets for the bills.

He took over the ACC Championship game. Good football player. We will see how he tests bc I think the tweet is right that some teams will push him down their board due to his length.

Eric Galko has done a really nice job bringing in enough talent these last few years that they are starting to rival the Senior Bowl for attention too.

I like Jermaine Burton as a mid round WR. Comparing him to last years class, I think he is a better version of Marvin Mims who went rd 2. Explosive, tough, and a little bit of a screw loose.

My gripe with Fangio is he did such a bad job in Denver as an older, defensive minded HC that I think he scared other teams off from trying guys like Spagnola (tho his Rams tenure may have done that) and Lou Anarumo at HC. Effectively leaving the defensive side of the ball in good hands for the Chiefs and Bengals.

If Josh only had Andy Reid, Travis Kelce, and Tyreek Hill followed by a top defense led by the D-Coordinator that helped stop the undefeated Pats season in the SuperBowl. Josh is every bit as good as Mahomes and often times has to play twice as good to keep the Bills in it. So frustrating.

If the Chiefs beat the Ravens, it will be the first time Mahomes has won a playoff game after beating the Bills in the playoffs. As much as we prop up Chiefs as our Super Bowl, the Chiefs empty the tank against the Bills like it is theirs too.

It really is crazy, his three playoff games against the Chiefs went for 77, 7, and 21 receiving yards. They are really physical with him. A post 6/1 Trade may be possible as you would likely still get a good pick for him and free up space in 2024. Most likely he will be with us for one final year.

Shakir has been amazing. We have him, Kincaid and Cooks as building blocks for the next 2-3 years. Gotta add more big time weapons for Josh and keep adding to the OL. Luckily it is a great draft for both this year.

Man they were good a few years ago, still decent this year. Never forget 2017 when they helped us break the drought.

I do agree that Allen was great tonight, but he should have taken the open crosser to Diggs. We were playing to run out the clock with how the defense was struggling to stop the Chiefs. He was still great but that wasn’t the best choice even if it wound up a touchdown.

The loss sucks but we will all be back here next September including McDermott, Beane and Brady. For me as long as they keep putting top resources into the offense like they did with Cooks, Kincaid and Torrence I will believe we can break through. Need a big influx of talent at WR next year since it will be Diggs last and he has shriveled in big playoff games here.