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Terrible idea and Dawkins did not have a "regressive" season at all. He graded out right where he finished his solid rookie year. What he didn't do is take the next step and he has admitted as much. What's with people wanting trade decent 2nd and 3rd year players before they reach their ceiling anyways? Thank goodness Beane isn't doing that.

I want to draft a FB on day 3. DiMarco can block and catch, but he is slower than a parapalegic pig in a puddle of honey. We can do better.

never believe rumors. As Buddy Nix pointed out, GM's may hint at this planned action or another, but only a fool takes it seriously. GM's are as clueless as the rest of is when it comes to guessing what another GM is going to do.

If you grade all the draftees and the rest of the guys finishing their college football careers, those grades will more or less be normally distributed about an average. Think bell shaped curve. You only draft the top end, so the guys at the top will usually be spread out a bit more in terms of grade. As you get into lower rounds, you find the grades from one player to the next not changing much at all. Therefore, you take the best player in round 1 when it's your turn unless you have 2 or 3 guys with very similar grades. Then you take the one that matches your greatest need of the 2 or 3. In the middle or late rounds, the grades will all be clustered together, so you just take the guy at the position of greatest need since his grade will be as good as the best guys left on your board. Of course, specific numbers and patterns can differ a little from year to year, but this is the general approach. Call it drafting for need of BPA. Whatever you want, but teams always do it and somehow many GM's don't seem to grasp simple math that explains it.

1. Lack of talent. 2. Lack of work ethic. 3. Low football IQ.

Allen completed only 52.9% last year. A 3% increase wouldn't even give him 56%. I do think the D slips if we don't shore up that DL, but our D was only 18th in points surrendered in 2018 anyways. They were far from 2nd best to begin with. Also, I disagree on Shady. I still think he's got 1 more 1,000 yard season left. I think Gore will slip to #3 on the depth chart.

1. McCoy responds to the excellent work done to rebuild the OL by playing with renewed purpose and runs/receives for 1,500 plus all purpose yards. 2. Beasley leads the team in receptions with 80+ passes caught and 7 TD's. 3. Jones continues to improve edging Foster out for the starting job opposite Brown. 4. Our top 4 WR's will all have 400+ yards. We may not have any household names, but do have 4 avg to good WR's in Beasley, Jones, Brown and Foster. Look for more 4 WR sets giving us favorable matchups for our 3rd and 4th wideouts because there's very little dropoff in talent from 2-4. Beasley is clearly our best. 5. We will trade 1 or more DE and/or WR. 1 and 3 are possibilities. Number 2 will happen after Brady retires.

If we get a great DT, a solid OT and 1 more surprise in the late rounds or UDFA at RB or LB or TE, I'll call this a good draft. Beane needs to nail the top 2 picks. I'm not impressed with what he did in the 1st round drafting the 4th best QB at 7 and trading up for a LB when better LB's were still available. I sincerely hope he proves me wrong. Oh and draft a punter. We could use a solid upgrade there to really top off this offseason.

I think we have a glaring need at DT and nearly so at OT and DE. Still, Beane did as good a job as you could expect at smoothing out the holes. I'm also expecting another big signing. I think Beane is waiting to see what happens next weekend before deciding on a move like Clowney, Clark or Suh.

They can wait until 2020 to draft a highly ranked RB and maybe just draft someone to challenge for a spot behind Shady in 2019. I'd love to see Henderson in Bills blue next year, though. Let's see what he can do at this level. Memphis isn't Alabama, but he sure is fun to watch.

Why are you including Whaley in this analysis? It's just insane that so many people are making this mistake.

That's a big maybe on Sweat or White, but who knows? I've read that Sweat may have a heart condition. Ouch!

Our greatest need is for elite talent, so a trade up would be good too. DT is our weakest position overall followed by OT and G. It could be a long season if the DL doesn't get elite help. They'll have trouble getting off the field. I'd gladly sacrifice some day 3 picks for a top 5 talent that falls.

I've wanted Oliver all along. I'll still be happy with Jonah Williams, Q Williams or J Allen if any of them fall unexpectedly. I really hope a couple QB's go before we pick so we can get an elite player. It's starting to look like Oliver will be gone before we pick, though. I wish Thursday night would hurry up and get here. The suspense is killing me. I disagree. You'd be reaching for an offensive playmaker at 9 and we sorely need help on the DL.

I hope you're right about Edmunds, but he still has a very long way to go. Hughes is very good, but we really need 2 elite DL at both DT and DE IMO. We have multiple playmakers in the secondary.

Gary's production in college doesn't warrant a top 10 pick, but that doesn't mean Beane won't reach for him. After all, he even traded up for Edmunds when he probably could have gotten him in the 2nd and Vander Esch, who is far better, was still on the board. I hope he doesn't make that same mistake again. Allen needs guys that can get separation to limit interceptions on his often off target throws.

We are? Why? Maybe one should get a life rather than despair over something as trivial as this.

80% of what all sports publications put out is nonsense. If you don't like it, why on earth did you feel compelled to drag it out further by starting a thread about it?

Because we want to reach for a player at a position of need with a top 10 pick?

Definitely staying with 7-9 until I see at least 2 elite talents added to this roster.

Maybe not #1, but I'd be on board for this. Murray can aim his passes, yes?

UGH! Lotulelei and Phillips starting at DT all year? Now there's a recipe for disaster. We'd be one of the worst teams in the NFL against the run.

Great pick at #40!

I can practically see the Cowboys stadium from my house. Well, I can if I go up to the corner store. I'm thinking of going to the Thanksgiving game.