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https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29107537/source-chiefs-release-punter-dustin-colquitt-15-years This is the brother of Britton Colquitt, who we had interest in last off season - but he chose to go to the Vikings. Dustin's release is cap related not performance related. I think we should seriously look at signing this Super Bowl winner. Edit: Small chance he may retire - but I doubt it. see And Punters do tend to age well. Just FYI - he was a THIRD round draft pick in 2005!

2 - DE Epenesa - Options: RB Dobbins, WR's Jefferson/Mims, LB/DE Uche/Okwara no change 3 - RB Moss - Options: CB Dantzler, DE Greenard no change 4 - WR Davis - Options: LB Quarterman, WR AGG/T Johnson, C Biadasz, CB Hall 5 - QB Fromm - Options: DT Murchison, DE Anae, G Muti, S Gilman, WR Peoples-Jones, no change - was thinking of getting him in the 4th round itself 6 - K Bass - Options: OT Runyan, LB Weaver, S Brooks/Fuller/Metellus no change - was not aware of Bass at all - but I like what I have read 6 - WR Hodgins - Options: OT Wanogho, WR Hill, RB Benjamin, DE Willekes - actually it was a toss up between Wanogho and Trey Adams - glad we got the latter as an UDFA 7 - CB Jackson - Options: UDFA (CB Guidry, LB Divinity, TE Breeland, CB Bassey, TE Bryant, OT Adams, DE Coe, TE Moss) no change

You guys are absolutely right. Total non-story. Lil embarassed I posted this. Didnt realize it happened all the time. Dont know how to delete the thread. Maybe mods can lock. It was the call of Becton's life and he has earned the right to be emotional. Thanks for calling me out guys. PS: I did like the turnstile post.

That is what I originally thought. But looking closely, I am not sure that the Bills really valued him that high. The dead cap is just 250K. so Bills can easily walk away paying him nothing. if he was so valuable, don’t you think he’d have commanded a higher guarantee? That is what I tried to explain in my original post .. but I was too cryptic. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/daryl-williams-16828/

clearly an emotional time but still .. gotta know who the coach is and who the GM is no? EDIT: You guys are absolutely right. Total non-story. Lil embarassed I posted this. Didnt realize it happened all the time. Dont know how to delete the thread. Maybe mods can lock. It was the call of Becton's life and he has earned the right to be emotional. Thanks for calling me out guys. PS: I did like the turnstile post.

https://www.sportingnews.com/au/nfl/news/josh-allen-backs-nfl-convert-christian-wade-to-make-buffalo-bills-roster/1hsroq2572wzb1lpfxi0v0fahn

another way to look at it is - Beane filled every other position within days in FA and only Jones late to a min contract - but maybe he felt comfortable enough with Wade to defer his pick to the draft How are you so emphatic that he wont make the team? Maybe he wont. But are you just going by Sal's opinion or do you know something we dont? where I sit, it is not clear that Jones and Yeldon dominate Wade. In fact, I posted a link to Wade's interview this offseason where he himself said his goal is to make the 53. If he does not have the chance to make the 53 as you appear to imply - why keep him on the roster? All I am saying is that there is a chance.

love this idea & it has merit https://www.theguardian.com/sport/no-helmets-required/2019/nov/28/christian-wade-rugby-england-wasps-nfl-buffalo-bills

Did I misunderstand the only here? Is it that he will be a practice squad player only - or his exemption is only for 2019 season? https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-begin-to-assemble-practice-squad-christian-wade-holds-11th-exempt-spot

Very nice Wade interview (Feb 2020) about the Bills organization, Bills Mafia, Wade's goals - to make the 53 etc. I thought we dont. If he is on the PS, another team can sign him this year off our PS, no?

Been really excited about the Singletary / Moss pairing in the backfield. I just realized that I had forgotten about Wade. I am excited to see what he can do with a full year of adapting to American football rules.

nice attempt. Unlike last year when a majority of the 53 was set after the draft - this time there will be some competition to get into the 53. K (1): Bass that leg is just too strong - and he was reasonably accurate to actually give Haushka a run for his money P (1): Bojorquez LS (1): Ferguson QB (3): Allen, Barkley, Fromm (we cant go with 2 QBs on the roster ever - too important a position) RB (4): Singletary, Moss, Wade, Jones (Jones over Yeldon since he contributes on ST) FB (0): no more DiMarco WR (7): Diggs, Brown, Beasley, Williams, McKenzie, Foster, Roberts (will be hard for Davis and Hodgins to crack the roster this year - maybe next - also no one else has Foster's speed for ST) TE (3): Knox, Kroft, Sweeney - Knox is #1 on the depth chart and no Smith please T (4): Dawkins, Nsekhe, Ford, Adams - Daryl Williams has a contract that one can easily walk away from & Bates can play T. G (3): Spain, Feliciano, Bates (Ford and Long can play inside) C (2): Morse, Long DT (4): Oliver, Butler, Lotulelei, Phillips - Jefferson can play DT if necessary DE (5): Hughes, Epenesa, Addison, Jefferson, Murphy - replace Murphy with D. Johnson if Murphy is traded LB (5): Edmunds, Milano, Klein, Matakevich, Joseph S (4): Hyde, Poyer, Neal, J. Johnson CB (5): White, Wallace, T. Johnson, Norman, Gaines EDIT: OMG, FORGOT about the 55 man roster for 2020 season. Add Gillam / DiMarco and Dane Jackson (cant have enough CBs) to the roster to make it 55!

Has the potential to be one of the best UDFA signings ever. Love it.

We just need some stickum for Knox and need to sit Lee Smith. Otherwise we are set.

Brady left the Pats partly because of insufficient skilled player help. Aaron Rodgers has been complaining about insufficient skilled player help. Why would Rodgers even consider going to the Pats? The Pats just spent their first three picks on Dugger, Jennings and Uche. Rodgers will have so many more pleasant alternatives with better skilled players. Many of the young QBs may not pan out - jones, Lock, Minshew, Tua, Herbert, even Bridgewater / Rivers - that he will have his pick of the litter. At this point, hard to think a top QB would want to play for the Pats if they have alternatives. That said, there is a good chance that Belichick will sign Winston after April 27 (so it doesnt adversely affect his comp picks).

Nice writeup OP. We should revisit this thread at the end of the season again. My take: 1. Diggs is more than worthy of pick #18 and fills the one major hole we had on the roster. We had been desperate to get that hole filled since the past trading deadline - and, Diggs is the perfect fit for that hole - perfect fit, signed on for 3 more years, great work ethic, wants to win, respects Josh Allen and wants to go to war with him. All -in all, a home run, if ever there was one. 2. Epenesa - last year this time, he was viewed as a top 5 pick. Then he had to face double teams constantly at Iowa and his sack numbers went down the first 6-7 games - but he and his coaches figured out a way to get his production up since he also started situationally rushing from the inside. One can directly credit him for being the difference maker in at least three major wins over ranked opponents for the Hawkeyes last season. Oh, and he manhandled the fins' #18 pick Anthony Jackson. I even read reports justifying Jackson at #18 that discounted the performance against Epenesa since Epenesa was elite and any other tackle would not have performed better. Now, his 40 time was atrocious - but he is not the "Uche / Hughes" kinda Defensive End who relies on twitch and speed. In fact, I am going out on a limb and calling him a poor man's JJ Watt. As late as January, based on his game tape, guys had him going top 20. And unlike other DE whose fall was justified post-combine (like Jachai Polite last year), he is a high character blue collar worker with zero attitude issues. I will admit there is a small part of me that would have liked a mini move up (costing a fifth rounder) to #50 to draft Trevon Diggs - who is the perfect McD CB comparable to Tre White, but the main reason Beane did not do that was the continued availability of Epenesa, Dobbins, Akers (at the time I included Mims in this list - but Beane accidentally let on that the Bills did not have a second round grade on Mims) etc. - so this is a home run as well. 3. Zack Moss - We did have a minor hole on the roster for a power back to complement Singletary - and, my oh my, Zack Moss was the only remaining fitting back left for a looong time and miraculously, fell to us. Folks - dont think of him as RB2. This is RB1b to Singletary's RB1a. And with a lower workload than at college (man was he overutilized) - Moss should be able to stay healthy and produce for a long time. We have a beast mode just like the Seahawks during their SB years and a pair of complementary RBs like New Orleans with Kamara and Mark Ingram and Ravens with Dobbins and Ingram this season. Another home run. So far Beane has hit 3 for 3 with three home runs. 4. Gabe Davis - OK our scouting group has researched WRs a lot and feel Davis is undervalued. He is a tallish long ball threat since UCF basically had him go deep often and he hauled in a decent percent of these long balls (with YAC) and was a big play threat on virtually every play. But do we need him given we have Diggs, Brown, Foster and even McKenzie already available? Wasnt Bryce Hall still available? Could we have moved up 4 picks and taken James Morgan (dammit those stupid Jets picked him at #125)? Why not Jake Fromm here? Given the lack of holes available, why not take a flyer on potential first round talents (Hall) who have fallen due to injury. Guys like Myles Jack, Jaylon Smith, Jeffrey Simmons etc. all overcame significant injuries since these guys are young. My issue is less with Gabe Davis' value (I will take our scouting department's word that he represents value at #128) and more with what else was available (and dammit the stupid Jets picked Hall early in the 5th) - at best, a sac bunt - but likely a strike there. I do not see Davis making the roster due to ST ability just based on his 40 yard time - but his ability on contested catches is great - so at worst, he is a PS guy who can be promoted if Diggs cant go for some reason. 5. Jake Fromm - Love it. Completely unexpected that Fromm falls to the fifth round. Bills get a chance to "redeem" their 4th round "miss" on Fromm by still unexpectedly having him available. We need a backup QB - and this makes so much sense at #167 relative to the Packers' gamble with Love at #26, Philly's pick of Hurts at #53 and the Pats' several wiffs on the QB position). At worst an RBI base hit - if he fills in well as relief for Allen and is worth a 2nd round pick two years from now. Everything about Jake Fromm - his prep, work ethic, leadership, proven winner etc. - tells me he will succeed in the NFL. 6. Isiah Hodgins - Instantly becomes our tallest receiver. Is Beane overcompensating for his smurf collection from last year? But did we really need another WR with Duke Williams, Foster, McKenzie, Easley, Ray-Ray, Roberts and Davis above already backing up our top 3. We already had 10 WRs on the roster - do we need a 11th? I dont see Hodgins contributing on ST - he had a really slow 40 time - so how does he get on the field? likely a strike 7. Dane Jackson - I became aware of him at the senior bowl and, by all accounts, he performed really well there. Unlike WR, you can never have too many CBs and I trust McD's ability to spot CB talent- so I am quite happy to get him in the 7th. Base hit. Bottomline: I dont think there is any doubt that we killed the top half of the draft. In the bottom half, I will wait till the season to see how our WR picks pan out.

has beane gone crazy - just don’t get day 3 picks after day 2 was so fantastic only explanation i have is that he feels his roster is set and just wants to take flyers. and felt guilty that he hasn’t gotten a WR from such a rich WR pool. i do say i loved the fromm pick though

after the draft a trade for trent williams is more likely than a trade for clowney or ngakoue edit: just saw he was already traded

I was a bit concerned about his injury history (knee) - but he came back from that with a vengeance garnering 3rd team AP All American honors. I think the Bills have likely looked into the inury and feel comfortable. Without that injury concern, this is guy is a borderline first round talent!! I thought he may come out last year itself - but he had to defer because of the injury.

Zack Moss (Utah) Born December 15, 1997 (age 22) Height 5ft 9 in ; Weight 223 lb; Arms 31’ ¼”; Hands 9’ ¼”; 40 yd dash 4.65; Bench Press 19 reps; Vertical Jump 33”; 20 Yard Shuttle 4.37 Cousin of Santana Moss College stats Third-team AP All-American and first-team all-conference 2019: 235 carries, 1,416 yards, 6.0 ypc, 15 touchdowns; 28 receptions, 388 yards, 13.9 average, two touchdowns Highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tU24goTDhE

Zack Moss (Utah) Born December 15, 1997 (age 22) Height 5ft 9 in ; Weight 223 lb; Arms 31’ ¼”; Hands 9’ ¼”; 40 yd dash 4.65; Bench Press 19 reps; Vertical Jump 33”; 20 Yard Shuttle 4.37 Cousin of Santana Moss College stats Third-team AP All-American and first-team all-conference 2019: 235 carries, 1,416 yards, 6.0 ypc, 15 touchdowns; 28 receptions, 388 yards, 13.9 average, two touchdowns Highlights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tU24goTDhE

i think we are going rb, cb or ol in round 3

will the bills consider cushenberry?

dammit saints lucked after whiffing on queen in round 1

zack baun had a diluted sample at the combine right? does that play a role in his fall?