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I was going to say there are all kinds of heart conditions. Some can be career threatening. Some can be treated with medication. Some can be eliminated through surgery that would allow him to continue his career.

Yeah, Gesicki is tearing it up at the combine. You can't say he's not fast enough anymore.

I suspect Tre White is a pretty active promoter of his fellow LSU teammates. Hopefully, he can add some good information to what the scouting staff is able to dig up.

I don't think the Bills are going to telegraph their QB strategy in any way, shape or form. Besides, at this point their draft strategy is conditional on what they are able to accomplish in free agency, where they also have a strategy. There are conditions in that too.

Interestingly, according to PFF, neither Mason Rudolph nor Lamar Jackson would be a reach for Buffalo to pick up in the first round.

One of the many things that was heard about Rosen over the last few months was that he was not well liked by teammates. I'm curious to learn if there was anything to that or is it just a piece of unfounded and useless debris that tends to float around NFL prospects this time of year. In general I'm liking the things I've heard about and from him lately.

This. They are still in research mode. I don't think they have ruled out signing a free agent. If they do, the free agent they sign will undoubtably affect their draft strategy. If they don't sign a free agent and retain Tyrod, that also will affect their draft strategy. In particular, those options will have an effect on whether or not the Bills attempt to trade up to the top 5. It could also affect whether they draft a QB in the first round at all, though I would be shocked if they don't pick up a QB somewhere in the top three rounds.

I don't expect Nelson to drop to the 20s and I don't expect the Bills to trade up for a guard.

I think it's possible, but it is not the most likely strategy this year. If you draft right you can get a heck of a player at the end of the first round, top of the second.

Dealing with cancer is something you learn how to do. It's not just the medical issues, the treatment etc., it's the psychological stuff you have to learn to wrestle with - the "what ifs." Because you don't know you'll be able to beat it, you have to ask some hard questions: Am I ready to die if that is what happens? How do I relate to my family through this? Will I be able to deal with the pain if there is a lot of it. I had a stage two lung tumor removed a year ago, followed by chemo. When you have had the initial cancer treated, and there is no evidence of any left behind, you're in something of a state of limbo. You can't ever be sure it's not coming back. That's where I am now - hoping for the best. I know virtually nothing about Kelly's cancer, but I imagine the next step is to assess whether any alternative treatments are available (something not classified as chemotherapy). If there is, they might give that a shot. You may have seen ads on TV for Opdivo and Keytruda. Both are immunotherapy drugs that are used for lung cancer. There may or may not be some immunotherapy drugs available for Kelly's particular type of cancer. I'm in a clinical study now for a drug, but I'm in the control group (I don't get the drug). Should my cancer come back, I could take that drug, or I might be a candidate for Opdivo. I know I'm not a candidate for Keytruda (the genetic profile of my cancer disqualifies me). You just have to hope something works. Maybe it will just give you more time if it doesn't cure the cancer. Maybe with more time a newer and better drug will be developed. In the meantime life goes on. I think Kelly's experience with his son Hunter, and now his cancer has made him a much wiser and better person. I dwould love to see him beat it for good at some point, but if not, I think he is living life the right way, I don't know if that was always the case.

I like Cordy Glenn, but I'm not averse to trading him if the price is right. I'm not in favor of letting him go for peanuts.

That certainly weighs into any evaluation, but if you take into account drops by Jackson's receivers, you also have to look at the number of drops by receivers of QBs in the draft who had a better completion percentage than Jackson. Essentially, whenever you do comparisons, you want to be sure it's apples to apples.

I'm not so anti-Taylor that I'd jump ship like some fans i the Bills retained him, but I disagree with several of the OP's points. #1 Free agency precedes the draft. If Buffalo sign's a free agent QB, that QB will have no idea what is going to happen in the draft, because the Bills won't know. They will likely tell an potential signee, "You will have every chance to start, but we are going to continue to try and do what is best for the team." Any QB with the right attitude will be unafraid of that kind of situation because they think they are good enough to win a competition. I don't think the Bills are locked in to having a youngster start at any given point if the Bills are winning with a veteran acquisition. #2 I suspect if the Bills sign a top level veteran QB, they will not draft a top QB. They will draft a second or third tier guy with the chance to develop. Jimmy Garapolo was one of those a few years back. #3 If Tyrod is retained as a starter/bridge QB or whatever, the offensive coordinator will have to run an unconventional offense built around Tyrod's abilities and limitations. Dennison tried to go more conventional last season, and the offense suffered as a result. If you have to run an unconventional offense, then whatever developmental QB you have on your roster is going to be disadvantaged, if he is a more conventional. He's not going to be able to develop his strengths because that's not the offense the Bills are running. If you then draft an unconventional QB because that's the offense you're running, you push to the future any ability to run a more typical offense because you've got nobody who can run it, unless Nate Peterman develops. I think creativity is a wonderful thing in football, but there is a reason conventional offenses with more passing is the norm. It works! A more conventional veteran QB will be advantageous to a young developmental guy because the young guy can learn the things a conventional QB needs to do, things he can't learn very well from watching Tyrod. #4 Like a lot of fans, I think Buffalo has a chance to be improved next year. Like a lot of fans, I also believe that Tyrod will likely hold back and limit te amount of improvement the offense can make. Therefore, I care very much who the QB is, whether he's a bridge or a long term starter. As I said, I won't jump ship if Ty is the guy, but I have to admit, I'm very skeptical that the Bills offense can substantially improve with Tyrod at QB.

Before Wood was forced to retire by his neck injury, there was zero mention of the Bills drafting Price. I don't think Price would be a bad pick, but with Ryan Groy ready to step in to a starting role at center (the Bills are paying him like a starter) it is hardly the position of greatest need for the Bills. I think that it is this mistaken perception of desperate need that is driving most of the national hype surrounding Price to Buffalo. I just want to shake these guys and tell them, "The Bills just are not that desperate at center." What about a really good WR, or a MLB with the athleticism to really make the McDermott defense click. It wouldn't even be a terrible idea to double up on defensive tackles in the first round (not to even mention QB). If I were GM, (be glad that's not the case) I would be more inclined to look for a backup interior offensive lineman with upside a little later in the draft. I also thought it was a little odd that Reuter referred to both Kyle Williams and Harrison Phillips as nose tackles. I see both of them as one gap 3 tech guys who are decent at stopping the run with a good nose tackle next to them, but who's real strength is creating disruption in the backfield with initial quickness and superior hand fighting technique. Am I wrong?

That's my question too. If the Bills draft a plug and play center, what will be different about the 2018 season for me as a Bills fan to think that the Bills will start Groy at guard ahead of Miller/Ducasse? Free agency will answer some of the questions we all have (and probably cause a few new ones to be raised. I'm not going to get too tied in to what I think the Bills should do in that first round of the draft until free agency changes the picture to whatever degree that happens.

Overall, that's good news, though not earthshaking. It pulls Jacksonville out of the free agent market. Albright says they will probably still draft a QB. That may be true, but doubt it will be in the first round.

Flat earthers don't say how thick it is.

True story: Way back in high school chorus, I remember the director telling the altos they were flat. One of the altos piped up, Mr. Williams, we may be out of tune, but I can assure you, I'm not flat."

It's all about the cap. A few million is nothing to these owners who are raking in the big bucks. If the Bills can do everything they want to do with the cap space they'll have after trading Tyrod, they'll do it if they think it makes the team better.

As per another thread, it looks as if the Bills could pay his bonus, according to Ian Rappaport. That does not mean he won't be traded. That actually makes a trade more likely, and far more likely than getting anything out of him on the trade market if he's franchised.

If Davis can be signed to a fair contract, I'm fine with it. He visited several teams, however, and is hoping a bidding war erupts over him. I don't want the B ills to over pay. Yeah, i time to move on from Tyrod if an upgrade can be obtained. By all means, explore what Cordy Glenn can bring in a trade. As far as resigning Preston Brown and Kyle Williams is concerned, I'm OK with both moves, however, don't pay Preston Brown so much you feel like you have to start him. You have to try at least to find someone more athletic. I think the Bills are perfectly willing to sign Kyle Williams to a short contract at a fair price. I'm just not sure Kyle wants to go another year. Only he knows if his body is up to it. Obviously, if the Bills do part with Tyrod, they will need to acquire two QBs. Peterman would be the only real QB on the roster at that point (Joe Webb being a wildcat specialist). Even if Peterman somehow happened to develop into a starter in training camp (a possibility I don't completely dismiss) the Bills can't count on it. Even if they do acquire a sure thing, I would think they'd want competition for backup/developmental QB on the roster. I also think the Bills need to add quality at WR. and outside linebacker.

As I read Rappaport's tweets, what I am reading is that #1. the Bills are not satisfied with just letting Tyrod become a free agent. #2. once they pay his bonus they will retain two options - keep him or trade him. The are willing to do either depending on how the trade market looks. The bonus, being a bonus will count against the Bills' salary cap in any case, but because it is a bonus, it makes the remainder of Tyrod's compensation much more palatable to any potential trading partner. In simple terms, Tyrod becomes much more tradeable if the pay him his bonus. No other team is going to trade with Buffalo for Tyrod now because they don't want to deal with the bonus. The downside of this notion, of course, is that it increases Buffalo's already high dead cap number. They do have room to absorb it, and that dead cap money all disappears next year. Obviously, the Bills will draft a QB this spring, but it may not be Darnold, Rosen, Allen or Mayfield.

It is an option to keep on the table. Obviously, if the Bills want a top QB in this draft (in which Mike Mayock says there is no top QB) they are going to have to give up draft picks to get there. The alternative is to plan on a veteran starting in 2018.There are a bunch of veterans who will be playing for new teams next season, but there will also be teams throwing money at several of them. I don't necessarily think that Josh McCown should be their top target, but it is a reasonable option if Buffalo is unable to sign one of the higher priced veterans. Backup QBs do tend to make solid coaches too.

He'll end up as a backup somewhere. That's w he belongs.

Even though the Bears are declining to pick up the option on Sitton, I believe he is affected by the rule that forbids tampering until the official start of free agency. Only street free agents and players actually cut by their former teams are eligible to sign right now.