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These are not the top 140 players in their mind. These are layered into different rounds. That said 140 is still somewhat less than I anticipated. These days, with info on anybody available at their finger tips, I expected a bigger pool of player dossiers for each team.

Yay! I have always liked his pass catching ability. Another target for JA to improve completion percentage. Love the signing.

QB is the most important position. While OP’s evals are good in content, the draft grade assigned is too low in every case.

Hell no. I draw the line at our #40 (2nd rounder)

Stuck in purgatory. Despite missing the playoffs every year - had just one top 5 pick (and wasted that too). Dareus was the other top 5 pick during the drought years. Sometimes I wish we had lost a few games instead of finishing 8-8 and 7-9 year after year.

There is going to be a run on QBs early. Kyler Murray, Drew Lock and Daniel Jones will go in the top 10.

No. I'd make it if it was a 2020 first rounder and I dont mind giving a 4th rounder back from this year. Also a function of who is left at #9. I still would not do it if Ed Oliver (or Q,) were to be available.

Inconsistent. Reminds me of Nkemdiche. Lacks speed. This is not to say I dislike the man - but you were asking only for reasons why not to take him at 9.

Devin White is good and may even go Top 5. But he is not in a superior draft grade category to Q. Williams, Ed Oliver or even Montez Sweat. Bills are not taking him when impactful Dline BPAs are available.

Depends if I am watching by myself or in a group. If in a group, I will usually have NFLN ( I liked Mayock more than Kiper). I record both channels. If watching by myself (did it once), I watch one live and one recorded version switching back and forth during commercials. The great thing about this technique on DIRECTV is that using the prev button takes you to where you stopped watching. Then you can selectively forward or rewind either channel at your discretion.

Actually he has been very quietly moving into Top 10 consideration. https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/redskins/2019-qb-countdown-why-daniel-jones-starting-garner-more-attention And he did quite well in both the Duke bowl game as well as the Senior bowl. Against a very decent Temple defense, he had a nice CFB line of 30-41for 423 yards, 5TDs and 2 INTs. And Gruden was impressed at the Senior Bowl. https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2817058-2019-nfl-draft-jon-gruden-praises-duke-qb-daniel-jones-meets-with-will-grier From where I sit, I love it. All for wanting 4 QBs to go in the Top 8:)

I agree that Hughes is undervalued by Bills fans. I also agree that you dont trade up from #9 for anybody. Has to be somebody special where BPA meets need. I believe a case can be made to trade up for Q. Williams if he slips a bit and the price is right. In other words, we have filled a lot of holes on Offense this FA. I wouldnt mind a quality addition to the DL. I do not want a WR in rounds 1 and 2 - we dont have roster space for one more - after Brown, Beasley, Zay, Foster, Duke, Mckenzie and Roberts (not even considering Ray-Ray, Cam and Bolden). Among skill players, we do need a TE, but #9 is too high.

If Oliver is gone at 3 after Murray and Bosa, then Mayock will wet himself while taking Allen. We will probably trade with Tampa Bay for Quinnen Williams - maybe #9 and #40 - to get ahead of the Giants.

Well Giants going QB makes Ed Oliver (or Q. Williams) to us that much more likely. Of course they might be going QB with their second pick, in which case there are decent trade down possibilities from #9.

What the Bills do at #9 is critically dependent upon whether the Giants take a QB at #6. Is this a smokescreen or an honest admission from Gettleman? If he did tip his hand, it hurts our chances of getting a defensive playmaker like Oliver (and of course, Q. WIlliams). https://giantswire.usatoday.com/2019/04/19/new-york-giants-dave-gettleman-tips-his-hand-pre-nfl-draft-presser/

I know that the best draft philosophy is BPA. But it does come with some limitations. Teams needing a QB routinely draft for need. Similarly teams with franchise QBs dont draft an elite QB prospect since they dont need him. I think several draft analysts are ignoring team needs and fit completely in their mocks when it comes to slotting Q. Williams. Jets have Leonard Williams on the inside. They just picked up his 5th year option. He is a much better 3-tech DT than a DE. Even the Jets employed him way way more as a DT last season. I just dont see him together with Q. Williams as part of an effective DL. Additionally, in the event of no trade down, they have the luxury of picking either Josh Allen or Bosa (who are equally elite) and they have an acute need at Edge. So why on earth would they take Q. over JA or NB? Raiders have Maurice Hurst and PJ Hall on the inside. Their acute needs on the defensive line are more Edge rusher and LB than DT. Would they ignore their main area of need (replacing Khalil Mack) to double down on DTs? If they dont trade down, they may be better off with a Devin White or Rashan Gary / Montex Sweat no? Finally, the most head scratching mocks are Q. Williams to Tampa Bay. With Arians / Bowles, they will go back to a 3-4. That (along with cap situation) have forced them to contemplate a future without Gerald McCoy. They drafted Vita Vea at #12 and last season, he was doing well after a slow start before being sidelined by injury. And he is the perfect NT for a 3-4. Q. Williams will eb good as well but probably not a significant upgrade over Vita Vea if he is going to be used as a 3-4 NT (In my mind the real value of Q. Williams is as a 4-3 3-tech DT alongside a space eating fellow DT like Star). So why would TB, if no trade down, ignore the LB or Edge rusher spots and draft Q. Williams? Q. Williams might still be taken #3, #4 or #5. But it likely will be because of a trade down.

If not being drafted was the sole criterion, we wouldnt be excited about Foster, right? Remember, it is not like this guy is horrible. He is NFL caliber. As I said in my op, he was on a playoff team's active roster. And was resigned again this year by the same team with a more lucrative contract than what we gave Duke Williams.

I am not talking post March 13 2019 dude. I am happy with the WRs we got in free agency. Just was wondering why we did not give Gentry a shot last season. We did not have Beasley or Brown and Foster had not emerged yet.

I like Burns too. Just not at 9. Maybe in the twenties.

Speaking of Darnold, the Jets did sign his go to guy at USC (Deontay Burnett) to the team.

You still can offer the Bears #9 for him?. While at it, why not offer #40 and next year's first rounder too?

If so, that can only help us. I am guessing it will involve a first round pick swap - which means Bengals are taking a QB at #3. Early run on QBs will suit us just fine.

Umm no. Phelan went out of the NFL years before because of a knee injury:) Fair enough. I just dont know enough about his game. Looks like he was good at coming down with what Allen threw at him - but maybe it wont translate in today's NFL.

Buff - Thanks for the response. He has been good enough to sign two reserve/future contracts and make the active roster with an NFL playoff team. We cant say that he was not good enough for a Bills team with arguably the worst WR corps in the league last year. That said, I do not disagree that this was not a Donovan McNabb-Marvin Harrison or Pennington - Moss college duo. I am not implying that Gentry is going to turn Allen into a Manning. Just wondering why not try him out to see if he clicks? Since all our eggs are in the Josh Allen basket, wouldnt Gentry have made the transition easier?

I know many of you will say Gentry who? But please do hear me out. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanner_Gentry Gentry was Josh Allen's go to guy at Wyoming in the 2016 season. He had 1326 yards that season likely obliterating the school record. With him in the roster, Allen threw for 3200 yards. Without him (and a couple of others), Allen threw for 1812 yards in 2017. Clearly he had a connection with Allen. With respect to his NFL career, he was an UDFA who latched on to the Bears. He was on their practice squad most of the time before being signed to a reserve / future contract in January 2019. Given we were so starved for receivers last season (and pretty much till March 13 this off-season), I am wondering why Beane did not consider signing Gentry. I believe it would have Allen's transition so much easier.