Steve Billieve

yea, would have liked to have him back for that

dead money is still dead money. there's a reason most people didn't think we would be able to trade Darius last year.

Still a lot of dead money next year too.

yeah, hope he's getting a lot of money. I sort of knew we weren't going to sign him but I was hoping I was wrong.

I think there's a general consensus on who the top 2 and 3 prospects are. Not saying people don't disagree with that consensus, but that will always be true.

sounds like you tossed out your opinion, but there was already a much more appropriate space on the board for it in another thread. What the OP posted would have been less appropriate in an existing thread because of its length and details.

I think Darnold has been graded substantially better than the others.

It would be great if you could hedge your bet like that, but how many QBs can you actually keep on the roster.

I think I'd be happy. I mean I'd rather move up with a favorable deal, but I guess I have to accept that it won't happen by now.

definately not a big deal if you draft the players since they'll be cheap but when you bundle them up to move up the board . . . it doesn't feel like "house money"

its definitely a big hit this year, but it doesn't stop there imo. with some of these trades for picks we're not just trading away the player but some of our cap too.

Pretty sure in 2019 we're still paying Cardale Jones, Wood, Glenn, Darius, Ragland and in 2020 Glenn, Darius,

Yea, and we're paying a ridiculous amount of money to players not on our roster.

if only there was some thread already out there to discuss this . . .

yea, but as the op says its impossible to talk about anything b/c there's a ton of threads on every topic. So its not just about skipping what you don't want to read, its about not being able to have a conversation around here anymore. So now every thread is about there being too many threads.

It's so great we finally have a Baker Mayfield thread. And we don't even need words to get the conversation going!

I think anyone who had Allen going 1 should be mocked for at least the next 5 years.

Everything I've heard about ej is that he's a very hard worker. It's a competitive sport, just by you fail doesn't mean you didn't work hard enough.

with those sort of evaluation skills you should definitely quit your day job and pursue an nfl career.

You gotta figure he'll pull off a couple magic tricks during the season. With his aversion to turnovers they going to have infinitely more wins this year.

I'm happy for him, gotta love Taylor!

Totally agree. I just think we have to draft a QB we like. And I also think that will require us to move up.

Yea, I'm sure they'll be flexible. Chances are more than 1 QB will be gone in the first 5 picks. If you're suggesting waiting to until pick 12, what do you do at that point if you only have 3 QBs you rate highly, or what do you do if you only have 4? Lets say a few picks later at 7 or 9. Going into the season with McCarron and Peterman sounds like a pretty bad plan. You can't just draft whomever, you have to actually like them. What if the Bills don't believe in Allen or Jackson? All you seem to be saying is there might be value for a QB at 12. So what? We've done nothing to take advantage of that. We've done everything NOT to take advantage of that. Which is fine we've gotten great value from Tyrod and McCarron, and we've also backed ourselves into a corner. We should go up and get the QB we believe in.

I would be surprised if this regime overreacted. Once QBs start to go they'll probably go quick. Lets say Darnold goes in the top two. How much do you like the next two QBs on your board? How much do you like the next three? The Bills have set everything up to draft a QB high. They've gotten an enormous amount of value positioning themselves in that way. They got rid of possibly the best QB they've had since Kelly, they took the last ufa at the position for a bargain. Who is this 5th QB your happy with? And lets say your 4th QB goes at 7-9 what do you do? Depth of Class does not denote value imo. Especially at QB.

You never know what will happen. Top 3 overall QBs have a much higher success rate than those late in the first or after. We've set the board to draft a QB high, which I guess is why this is a thread at all. Do we change the game plan now?