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DeAndre Hopkins, Michael Thomas or Julio Jones

Bills and Pats have relatively easier SOS (based on last season’s WL record. https://www.nfldraftdiamonds.com/2019/05/strength-of-schedule/ Now with the parity in the NFL, SOS does not fully translate from season to season like in the NBA - but I have found that a difference of 0.2 is usually good for a win. So this is advantage Bills (and Pats).

DBs is the one area I do not want to mess with. Don’t want to spoil the chemistry. That said Norman is great at zone coverages and is a perfect fit for McD defense. So OP asks a fair question. I see him signing with the Pats.

One team ahead of us in the draft - another behind us. https://deadspin.com/adam-gase-and-the-jets-have-had-a-crazy-ass-week-1834849656 https://thefalconswire.usatoday.com/2019/05/23/falcons-free-agency-gerald-mccoy-interest/ I dont believe it. Not for a Minute. You are under the Gun .... But .. you also have this https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/the_nfl_draft_prospects_most_likely_to_bust/s1_13132_28896110

the idea of Oliver, Hughes and Clowney on the same DL is mouth watering for sure.

While your theory is plausible, I will note that Deane can be jettisoned at low cost if and when a Rudolph signing happens. In other words, Deane signing and a Rudolph interest are not mutually exclusive.

Bills have been specifically mentioned in trades for 3 starters in the past 2 days: Kyle Rudolph after the Kroft injury https://247sports.com/nfl/minnesota-vikings/Article/Kyle-Rudolph-trade-price-NFL-teams-132211798/ Le'veon Bell after the Maccagnan Gase drama https://www.forbes.com/sites/billwilliamson/2019/05/20/teams-that-make-sense-for-leveon-bell-if-jets-trade-him/#687eceead1e1 Jadeveon Clowney with the contract impasse https://theathletic.com/989013/2019/05/22/trade-market-houston-texans-jadeveon-clowney-ota-absence/ (need subscription to access last link) I think both Rudolph and Bell make more sense from the Bills point of view. We just handed Jerry Hughes a 20 mill extension - so dont want to tie up even more money on the DL with Clowney.

Criteria appear hazy. If you want to draft one today for a franchise - Mahomes, Mayfield etc. would be higher. If you wanted for the upcoming season - Brady, Brees and Rodgers would be higher. I am not sure how to weight the two or even if it makes sense to weight both. Reagardless of the weighting, Kyler Murray is too low. GMs were drooling over him. Would have gone top 5 even if Cards had passed on him.

Yes always wondered about that. The first switch in Bills’ OTA to LDE in 2016 was when his shoulder became a concern. Maybe he was used to babying that shoulder coming from the other side. The main problem in 2016-2017 was that he was regarded as a starter and Jerry was well entrenched at RDE. Now that they did not pick up his option, there is no doubt that he is a backup. This maybe the change he needs. I didnt realize that Yarbrough had the opposite problem. He looked great in 2017 as Shaq’s Backup and not so well as Jerry’s backup. So the switch makes great sense.

Someone in the National Media actually has 6 teams picking ahead of us. Also they do not think Allen / WR corps is so bad that we can pass on a QB / WR in the first round with a few good QB / WRs available. That is real progress folks. McBeane changing some minds there:)

Peterman will be awesome for you if you can put opposite team jerseys on your WRs.

The whole fun of being on a forum like this is the speculation:) All of us like to speculate but very few appreciate being called a speculator:) I enjoy the give and take so long as it is civil (like the above example). edit: sry that was a joke in bad taste.

Hoping we do so well and have no holes that we trade the pick for future Draft considerations.

Yes he has spent a whale(y) of a time here.

That moolah is deserved. We are set on one side. Price is reasonable and we will have continuity. Health permitting Hughes will deliver. A little walk down memory lane: https://www.buffalobills.com/news/jerry-hughes-trade-among-best-in-nfl-in-2013-12438098 Edit: OMG - There goes our 2020 comp pick!

No - even without considering the possibility of Bell not wanting to be here. There is a sweet spot between the compensation Bell got from Jets and the value of the balance salary + draft pick a team wishing to trade with the Jets might pay.

Because they pay 12 million guaranteed less. You get him for just 13 million guaranteed! you are not on the hook for the signing bonus.

Of course it is speculation. Most of what we read in the media is speculation. The facts appear to be these: Gase did have a difference of opinion with Maccagnan over Bell's compensation. Given that Bell is unlikely to be Gase's ally. Gase has incentives to make at least some changes to the roster - so if Jets do well - he doesnt have to give Mike Mac the credit. The coaching staff also appears pissed that Bell has been a no-show so far. SO the New York Media puts all that together and says hey! if we are to trade Bell, who do we trade him to and what do we get. I dont see anything wrong with that. That said - the writer is not suggesting giving up Bell for nothing within months of signing. He is expecting that the Jets receive some draft compensation for the signing bonus, no? Maybe you missed that.

Even if you feel Star and the Phillipses are underwhelming, McCoy is not a right fit alongside Oliver. They are both 3-techs in a 4-3. It will be like the Jets with Leonard WIlliams and Quinnen WiIlliams. McCoy is THE prototypical 3-tech.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billwilliamson/2019/05/20/teams-that-make-sense-for-leveon-bell-if-jets-trade-him/#3c56a519d1e1 I wouldnt give up a first rounder - but a second? Maybe. But only if in the OTAs the Bills feel Shady has lost a step. Five year 40 mill is a steal for Bell. Jets would be foolish to trade him to us - but who else needs him AND has cap space AND draft capital?

We are stocked at DT - dont need McCoy after drafting Oliver. McCoy release is actually good news for us since it will depress the compensation Jets can get for Leonard Williams:)

posting day is not over yet:)

I too am interested to see if Foster is the real deal. I am less sold on Zay than most - but believe more in Beasley, Brown and even Duke.

maybe they feel Bobby Hart is better suited for RT. edit: saw a minute later that you had said it yourself. sry.

Looks like we agree a lot:) Here is my post from a few pages back: I had the same initial thoughts (say around last November), but have since become more accepting of the Bills' WR strategy. Here's why it might still be too early to come up with a definitive conclusion that it is a weakness. Yes Zay has not been as great as advertised - but Beane was not here when he was drafted. After Matthews was hurt (but we had serious playoff hopes) - Beane had to find a replacement on the fly - and that is why he got KB - was anyone else available? Last season was all about finding a QB - so we used up a ton of draft capital there(not helped by the 2017 playoff appearance) - not enough left for a decent WR, Our deadcap also prevented us from getting anyone halfway decent (even in FA 2018 WR market was thin with only Landry, Watkins and Robinson being halfway decent). And he does deserve credit for finding Robert Foster! So cannot really say that WR moves have been a weakness, can we? This year's draft class for WR was underwhelming - there is a reason only no WR went in the first 24 picks. So, in FA, he tried to get AB and wound up with experienced guys in Brown and Beasley. They may not have set Lake Ontario on fire - but they have a track record of being good and are nothing to sneeze at. Now Next year's WR class promises to be better - Jeudy, Johnson, Shenault, Rogers, Ruggs and Callaway all appear to be better than this year's crop. We can disagree on how good Duke can be - but the fact remains that 8-10 teams wanted Duke and Beane signed him - that is not bad, eh? Bottomline - you cant make chicken wings outa chicken sh*t. Beane appears to have done well given the hand he has been dealt (limited draft capital - need for a QB, weak 2018 FA for WR and weak 2019 Draft for WR). One can quibble about not taking up Sammy's 5th year option (the EJG trade was fine mind you - it helped get Allen and EJG helped take us to the playoffs) - but it is not clear at all that WR moves have been a big weakness for Beane. I believe moving from a top 5 of Kelvin Benjamin, Zay Jones, Andre Holmes, Jeremy Kerley & Ray-Ray McCloud to a top 5 of John Brown, Robert Foster, Zay Jones, Cole Beasley & Duke WIlliams / Roberts represents significant progress. I agree with the limited resources part - (see post above). But moving from a top 5 of Kelvin Benjamin, Zay Jones, Andre Holmes, Jeremy Kerley & Ray-Ray McCloud to a top 5 of John Brown, Robert Foster, Zay Jones, Cole Beasley & Duke WIlliams / Roberts represents significant progress - so, unlike you, I am not upset about where we are w.r.t WR.