jrober38

Should bring back the CBs and keep the secondary intact. I'd also bring back Thompson to be the #4 WR next year.

A trade up for who? Darnold and Rosen will probably wind up going 1-2 in some order. To move up from our spot to the top two would probably cost four 1st round draft picks which is an insane amount of compensation for a prospect who might not even work out.

Not sure. Maybe Alex Smith or Case Keenum for a year or two. I don't think we'll be willing to part with the draft capital required to move from where we are into the top 8 for one of the top guys. We'll need to give up 3 first rounders at least which is an enormous ask in my eyes. I think that's a huge risk, and think the Bills should hedge their bets, by acquiring a competent veteran, and drafting another guy in round 2 or 3.

Would probably make the biggest positive impact in 2018. We desperately need to get more talent at the point of attack to push the pocket and rush the passer, and eat up blocks to allow our linebackers to run to the ball. Vea and one of the 3-techniques like Hurst or Wilkins would be amazing.

Yeah, I think they have to know they can't get one of the top guys who can step in and start immediately, which means they'll have to look at other options. Having just made the playoffs, we need to figure out how to improve both short and long term, and adding a veteran QB who has had success and a developmental guy with upside seems like the best approach.

I think we'll draft a QB as well. Not sure it'll be in the 1st round (I anticipate all the top guys being gone), but I think we add more competition in round 2 or 3. I think they look at the success they had this year, how the majority of the AFC is rebuilding (Pats could blow up based on reports, and Roethlisberger could retire if they win the Super Bowl), and recognize a real opportunity to do damage next year with improved QB efficiency, and an improved defense that gets better due to them investing multiple early round picks into the front seven.

A 2nd seems like a lot for a would be 34 year old QB. A 3rd with a conditional 2019 pick should be sufficient. Fair. I'm not in love with the idea of trading the farm for a guy who probably won't work out. We have the cap space to add a vet, in addition to drafting a guy early. A diversified approach, which allows us to keep all our picks and plug a bunch of holes on the defense seems like the best approach, both short and long term.

I'm not. Benjamin looked so slow out there. Multiple knee injuries appear to have taken a toll. He's huge, but he doesn't get any separation out there and I certainly wouldn't be committing any money to him long term. Thompson is fine as a #4 WR. Jones provided next to nothing this year and needs competition for his job. I know he was a rookie, but he was so bad. Of all the things I listed, you can probably get by with what we had at WR this year, next year, but long term I don't think this group is good enough. This offseason I think the priority will be rebuilding the defensive front seven with 3 or 4 new pieces. A couple defensive tackles, an end and a LB who can run are all priorities in my eyes. Our defense has the potential to be really good with some new impact players. I think that should be the priority this offseason, in addition to finding a QB.

Fully agree. This team grossly overachieved this year. Outside of McCoy, I don't think we really have any game changers on the roster. Our secondary is solid, and our kicking game is excellent, but our defensive front seven is really poor, we have nothing at WR and our OL has some issues.

They're not going to fire Dennison. They're going to give him a QB who they think can run his offense.

Assuming the top QBs are gone, I'd like to see us add two defensive linemen. I think you could make a case we need two defensive tackles, or a DT and a DE who can actually rush the passer.

I agree with this post. This roster features limited talent. We've got nothing on the DL, nothing at WR, limitations on the OL and LBs, and are really only strong with our starting RB, and in our secondary. With that said, McDermott's game management at the end of games throughout the season was pretty awful. Yesterday was particularly infuriating with our use of time outs and play calling late in the game. Over the last 3-4 minutes, I don't think any of McDermott's major coaching decisions did anything to help us win the game, and the waste of time outs could have certainly hurt us. He's obviously done a great job getting this team ready to play, and having them prepared to compete at a high level pretty much every game, but the game management decisions need to get a lot better for us to take a big step forward. This team looked nothing like the lazy, unprepared, undisciplined one we saw last season. The culture clearly changed. Overall this season was a rousing success in my eyes. The roster and coaches grossly overachieved, and with systems in place to build on going into next season with tons of draft picks and a boat load of cap space, we should be able to build upon what was accomplished this season.

The problem is the ammo isn't very valuable given that both us, and the Chiefs made the playoffs. Moving up far enough to get a top QB is going to be nearly impossible this year given how many teams need QBs.

This is an interesting proposition. Trading the farm for a QB could set us for a decade if they work out. On the flip side, if we keep our picks, and add a couple DTs, a DE, a LB and a RG with our top 5 picks (two first, two seconds, one third), we could have a really good team on our hands in 2018, putting us in a position to trade the farm for a QB in 2019 and insert them into a phenomenal situation with an elite supporting cast around them. Will be interesting to see what they do.

I think the Bills need to add two defensive tackles this year, and a defensive end. On offense, we need competition at RG. The Defensive Line needs to be rebuilt. This could be Kyle's last ride, Hughes' play has fallen off a cliff over the past few years, Lawson has showed little, and otherwise we've pretty much got replacement level players filling our the depth chart at DT and DE. We need a dominant 3-technique, a space eater, and another defensive end to compete for snaps and rush the passer.

I'm not a Rudolph fan. He's just a big guy with a big arm. I don't think his instincts as a football player are very good at all, otherwise he'd be in the discussion as a top pick because the raw tools are all very good. I don't see any "it" factor.

I don't think "developing" another late round QB makes any sense. Guys drafted after the 3rd round succeed like 5% of the time. The Bills need to take a real shot and get a guy very early.

If we can walk away with one of Darnold, Rosen or Mayfield I'll be very happy. They all look like they have a good shot at being successful NFL QBs. Allen worries me big time. If he was 3 inches shorter he'd be nothing more than a late round pick. Picking guys solely off their potential and ignoring the game tape rarely, if ever, works out.

We could do a lot worse. He'd be a good stop gap for 2 years as we develop a young QB on the bench.

They look an awful lot like the Ravens when they won a few years ago. If Bortles stays hot, they can beat anyone in the NFL. The rest of their roster is loaded with talent.

I'm pretty sure that everyone who analyzed his plan leading up to the election said that the consequences of their plan were wrong. Trump's plan was never going to be revenue neutral, regardless of how many times he told people it would be.

If I were an average American, I'd be upset because the rich get richer. Those with money see the biggest breaks, and allowing the rich to stock pile more financial power means they have more power over politics in the future. If they really wanted to stimulate the economy, the majority of the cuts should have gone to the middle class. Those are the people who represent the engine of the economy, because they're the portion of the population who are mass consumers. Instead of giving money to corporations, or the rich, who will likely just invest their money in the stock market to make more money, the majority of the cuts should have gone to the middle class who would have gone out and bought actual goods and services. Trickle down economics doesn't work. If you want to really fire up the economy, you need to give the middle class more money, and IMO Trump's tax reform falls short in that regard.

Yup. They found a headline to get people excited, but the long term consequences will likely offset the short term rewards once their health coverage goes up, and in a couple years Republicans will take aim at Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security, which are all programs Republican Lawmakers have wanted to gut for years. The "fine print" might not be Trump, but the framework of the tax plan was the tax plan he ran on when campaigning in the election.

I never said it was Armageddon. Just pointing out there will be consequences. The rich get richer, which means they have more money to influence the political process in America. The average person saves a bit of money for 8 years.

The tax cuts are nice, but there are real reasons why they're unpopular. The majority of the cuts go to the rich, and it's been proven trickle down economics doesn't work. The rich get richer, and that extra money gives them more power to influence the political spectrum The cuts expire in 8 years The economic growth won't offset the lack of revenue, and the deficit will grow The tax cuts are a Trojan horse to cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security once the Republicans eventually try to offset the lost revenue