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With DT, mock drafters are thinking of a Kyle Williams replacement. Harrison Phillips remains unproven at this point beyond having a rotational role.

These guys are harder to back check. I only recall one with Dexter Lawrence and it was several weeks ago. I think with Risner, it was just one, but I can't guarantee it wasn't after a trade down. It was a while ago for Greg Little, but he was in several mocked to Buffalo. Ford may have been just one. Here is one mocking Jeffery Simmons to Buffalo: https://www.thesportsbank.net/nfl/new-england-patriots-2/2019-nfl-mock-draft/ Here's one for Byron Murphy, though it is after a trade down: https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/draft-bosa-goes-first-renners-second-2019-mock Here's Christian Wilkins: https://www.profootballfocus.com/news/draft-bosa-goes-first-renners-second-2019-mock It was quite a while ago for AJ Brown. I too have seen mocked in the second round more recently. You're right. I've seen him mocked to Buffalo and it slipped my mind.

This is the only one in which I saw Q. Williams mocked to the Bills. I know it's highly unlikely: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/news/2019-nfl-mock-draft-why-kyler-murray-doesnt-make-first-round-grade-yet-plus-a-new-tight-end-for-patriots/ I can't recall if there were any additional ones mocking Josh Allen to Buffalo, but here's one: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/draft/2019/01/16/nfl-mock-draft-2019-kyler-murray-first-round/2573007002/ It's a lot harder to back check for Devin White. For Quinnen Williams and Josh Allen, I just went through Mockout.com's database, and looked at any mock that didn't list them in the top 5. The database has the top 5 picks for every mock that it includes. I don't know that Devin White is a top 5 pick in any mock, so that makes too many to go back and check each one. I'm pretty sure I recall it. You can believe me or not.

I'm sure this is nothing new to you, but I think it might be helpful to have all these names in the same place. If I missed any, feel free to add them. Comments on who you like from the list or who would make you puke are welcome. I put some comments down. Offensive line: Jonah Williams Greg Little (not so much lately) Ja'waan Taylor Cody Ford (wouldn't mind in a trade down) Dalton Risner (same here) Defensive tackle: Quinnen Williams (wouldn't that be nice) Ed Oliver Jeffery Simmons Christian Wilkins Dexter Lawrence Edge: Josh Allen Clelin Ferrell LB Devin White (great prospect - but what do we do with Tremaine Edmunds?) WR DK Metcalf AJ Brown N'Keal Harry CB (I'm not a fan of any CB here) Greedy Williams Byron Murphy

There are several "name receivers" that have caught most of the attention: Metcalf, Neal, Butler, Samuel and Brown. There is nobody that is free of caveats that could get in the way of greatness. Maybe Brown being small and light could be prone to injury in the physical pro game, Metcalf has the neck injury. Neal and Butler have the size but might lick the speed and may have concentration lapses. Samuel looks more like a running back. That makes picking the first one off the board something of a crap shoot. There are lots of other big receivers in the draft: Lil Jordan Humphrey (Texas), David Sills, (WV), Miles Boykin (ND), Arcega-Whiteside (Stanford), Kelvin Harmon (NC State) are just a few of them. There are a bunch of medium sized WRs too, and some more small, fast and/or quick receivers I'm of the opinion that Buffalo might pick up another receiver in free agency and then pick up a sleeper WR late in the draft. My personal favorite is Jazz Ferguson out of Northwestern State (not the University of Northwestern). He happens to be the younger brother of Jaylon Ferguson, an edge rusher who might end up in the first round. It's really a very deep WR draft, just not a lot of confidence about the top.

He's been medically cleared by his doctors to participate in the pre-draft stuff. I know there are doctors and then there are doctors, but the early evidence is good.

At his pro day, his best time was 4.66, a slight improvement over his combine time. I found one old article about his transfer to Auburn that claims he had a 4.4 40 to his credit. There's something going on here. I just don't know what. I do think there were extenuating circumstances that negatively impacted his combine workout to a degree.

This is the first year that attending a 1 PM game is not a hardship for me. I would probably prefer a 4 PM or so start for a game that I'm seeing in person, but I can do it with no problem. I'll likely only be going to one game anyway.

He could not have known exactly what Belichick would do, but it's pretty well known that Belichick is all about changing up what he's done in the past to confuse an opponent. It should have been fairly easy to figure out that the most vulnerable part of his own team was having a fairly young and inexperienced QB. I know it would have been a challenge, but as soon as McVay noticed Belichick was using a late shift to zone coverage in his secondary, he needed to go to work to figure out how to give Goff his best chance of beating the zone coverage. I'm sure that was not the first time Goff saw zone coverage all season. My guess is McVay is going to spend some time in training camp next summer having Goff audible to a play for zone after the defense goes through a shift from man to zone coverage. It will be part of his growth process as a QB. It's just too bad Belichick got another Super Bowl title out of it.

There has already been ample speculation about Buffalo trading down with Washington and picking up the extra second rounder. Since, we've come to this point, players still on the board in whom Buffalo might have an interest include: Jawaan Taylor, Cody Ford, DK Metcalf, Christian Wilkins and Jeffery Simmons. I could be happy with one of them.

Knowing what Belichick does, why didn't the "genius" (McVay) figure out some way to counter it. Instead, he let his QB walk into a giant trap. Wade Phillips at least had a game plan for dealing with Brady on offense.

Granted, Brady is a first ballot Hall of Famer, beyond that, not caring for him, I don't care much for trying to decide if he is the greatest of all time, or football's version of Michael Jordan, or whatever. Kornheiser can talk about it if he wants to. I don't listen to Kornheiser anyway.

Tillery reportedly was locker room poison, to the point of trying to get his college coach, Brian Kelly fired.

Jerry Tillery looks like the antithesis of a process guy. I don't think Beane will touch him with a 10 foot pole.. OP's free agent signings would be OK. I think the best case scenario for the Bills in the first round is a trade down. If they've gotten their OT in free agency, Metcalf would be OK a little lower in the first round, or Risner, or a DT like Wilkins. If they don't get their tackle in free agency, Taylor would be a good get.

So, in the opinion of CBS football experts, Buffalo had three first round quality players? I'll take that. I think Edmunds will make the Bills happy too.

Long has good size. I think cutting him is as much about cap management as anything. there is some chirping in twitter world about the Jets bringing him back. The timing of the cut was to avoid a roster bonus. It does not make a lot of sense to me to bring him in unless he's seen as a clear upgrade, and I don't think you can prove that on the basis of last year.

In theory, they could sign a UDFA to the PS and save a spot on the 53 man roster, but I understand the value of having multiple veterans around to help mentor a prize rookie. You could also save a roster spot by teaching a real offensive lineman to long snap, but you have to have a long snapper who is good. It's better to have a great long snapper than a mediocre one who saves you a roster spot. BTW, Derek Anderson has already demonstrated his worth as a sounding board to Daboll, and has made contributions to the playbook.

A year and a half ago, I bought a designer breed - schnoodle. We went through the internet. We lived in Bath, NY at the time, and found a breeder in Shinglehouse, PA. He was the last of the litter, and the breeders were not going to breed schnoodles any more. They were going to continue breeding English Springer Spaniels and Springer doodles. I'm guessing they were retiring their schnauzer, and didn't want to replace it. It wasn't a terribly complicated process. We got him for $350, which is a steal. Schnoodles can run from $500 to $2,000 normally. It was the combination of him being the last of the litter, being 12 weeks old and their intentions to stop breeding schnoodles that got us that insane price. He is an incredible dog: higher energy than any dog I have ever seen, amazingly smart and full of mischief, no health issues whatsoever. We love him and will keep him for the next 15 years or so. He'll be the last dog we ever have, I'm pretty sure. I think if I had it to do over again, I would look for a dog that had a little lower energy level. We puppy sit for our daughter who has a 10 month old cockapoo that has a much lower energy level. Quite frankly, he would be a much easier dog for us to manage. BTW, we would normally look for a shelter dog, but I have pet allergies. I've had dogs my whole life, but made the decision this time that for the last dog we ever had, we wanted on that wouldn't aggravate my allergy symptoms too much. Schnoodles are ideal for that because both parent breeds are considered non-shedding. We looked long and hard for a non shedding shelter dog. They are hard to come by. If you want a pit bull mix, they are all over the place.

No. Each is nice to the other because it is in their own economic best interest. It is reciprocal greed. I can't blame them. It works, and there are other situations where owners have had personal relationships with leaders in the team's locker room, But there is nothing noble or altruistic about it.

I have to assume the jogger had a knife. It also happened to be a juvenile - not quite full grown. As a result, it would have been a little smaller, and perhaps not quite as lethal, though still formidable. As the article suggests, it is not unheard of for persons to fight off an attacking mountain lion, though mountain lions aren't normally killed by the human when that happens. Personally, I would not only make sure I'm armed, I probably wouldn't go alone either.

Goff. He has a nice live arm. He can run a designed play the way it is designed, but I don't think he's the kind of leader you want at QB, and when he's facing a real smart defensive coach, the defensive coach will be able to disrupt Goff's rhythm by taking away what the play is designed to do. A better QB can make the read and improvise.

I agree. Goff is in a very QB friendly offense, but he personally doesn't seem to have a lot of leadership, ability to read defenses or improvise. Obviously Bill Belichik figured out his limitations and designed a defensive game plan to take advantage.

The phantom hold was the most obvious bad call of the game. The Rams could have done plenty to overcome one bad call, and didn't.

Allen is a very smart QB. He is still inexperienced, of course, but made great strides in reading defenses during the season. I think year two will show a big improvement, but I think he'll continue to work and improve the mental aspect of his game for several years. a major part of that will be reading defenses. Goff and the Rams were able to make some adjustments late. You're right about the drop, but had Goff been able to get a better grasp earlier, there might have been a few more chances for big plays.

Beane is simply articulating general team building principles that every team more or less operates by, or at least says they do. Beane is not giving away any deep dark secrets