MrEpsYtown

Yeah, he's a diva. So is Adams. So is Hollywood Brown. We have been down this road before.

My opinion, but I think they just need a guy who can get off-press man and make plays. I don't think it needs to be a big fast guy who can't run routes, or a tiny fast guy who can't make contested catches. The guy has to get off man, run routes, and catch the football. Ideally, it's a good sized fast guy who can run routes and gets off press man, but those are few and far between...essentially Nico Collins, Aj Brown, Justin Jefferson types.

Slayton, like Diontae Johnson, is a drops guy. Led the league in drop percentage for a couple of years and I think he came in third in drop percentage this year.

yeah, I was thinking about sticker shock, especially with some of these teams who have a crazy amount of cap space.

That seems high to me. He's a good player with upside, don't get me wrong. This makes the Shakir contract look pretty good and probably means the Rams cut Kupp, which I think makes him more attractive.

Joe Marino has been banging the table for Bobby Brown III of the Rams. I'm with him. He's a monster. 6-4, 330, young, athletic. Some video Bucs website made, but there is some good breakdown around 3:44

Bosa is interesting if you cut Miller and he takes on that role. He's not enough though. As a secondary piece it makes some sense.

I think Kyle Allen was probably the glue here. I think Allen and Kirk were boys at Texas A&M and carried on that relationship. It seems like they became friends through Kyle. Josh was also at Kirk's wedding. There was a story that it was awkward because he and ex Britney were there I guess. Doesn't mean anything happens, but their is a relationship there and Kirk has been explosive in the past, and that's a need. Also a release so not a comp pick formula guy.

Yeah Kingsley was barely even active at times. He played LG in a meaningless game in which the Chiefs got blown out by the Broncos. Banking on him being anything is a large jump.

Good move for Chicago if it happens. As for why, I think it's just asset allocation. You can't pay all of your linemen and they want to pay Trey Smith and already have Creed Humphrey on a big extension.

I put this in the Adams thing, but I'll put it here...just some ideas for bargain bin pickups... Elijah Moore-super fast and small. Had a mini breakout this year. Probably gives you what Hollywood Brown does for a fraction of the cost. He also has return ability and hates the Jets. He’s also somehow just 24. While he did get some slot time, the Browns played high outside a lot. I think he'd be an interesting add for this offense. Josh Palmer is a like a younger Darius Slayton. Not as productive so far but has the size and some speed to make a difference and should be much cheaper than Slayton. Even though he isn’t the fastest guy, he makes plays down the field. KJ Osborn lost his way over the past year, but he was an effective player in Minnesota and really struggled last year. He should be dirt cheap looking for a bounce back. Good speed meh size. A sneaky add could be a guy like Jalin Hyatt, deep threat right? Hasn't really fit with the Giants at this point. Perhaps a change of scenery/playing with a real quarterback could do him some good. A trade here could make sense. Assuming they bring back Hollins, but if they don't former Chief Justin Watson brings a lot of the same things to the table as a WR4 and special teams guy. He just doesn't have the fun, quirky personality. These are really marginal upgrades. I think there is a chance they bring back Amari Cooper at a price that makes sense for both parties. We really didn't see true Amari Cooper this year as he is a much better player than the version we saw. Outside of that, I could see Cooper Kupp added. I mentioned this elsewhere, but they allegedly pursued him at the deadline, and that tells me they think he can co-exist with Shakir in the offense. I think he may get released. Christian Kirk may get released, as well as Tyler Lockett and those guys make some sense on some level. I can say this with confidence, they will not add a diva. Been there done that. Adams and Metcalf are divas. Hollywood Brown has some diva in him and Antonio Brown is his cousin. Buyer beware on those guys. The Bills best bet for adding a pseudo #1 IMO is Amari Cooper or Cooper Kupp.

Same draft class with Kyle Allen and Darnold...I am guessing they were all working out together going into that and still get together for training in the off-season. Just a guess and speculation on my part.

I think all three guys have warts. Slayton has drop issues and has missed a bunch of games due to injuries over the years. M. Brown is very small and has his injury issues. D. Brown has 59 catches in his career, so you are paying for projection Rob Johnson style. My bargain bin version of those guys: Elijah Moore-super fast and small. Had a mini breakout this year. Probably gives you what Brown does for a fraction of the cost. He also has return ability and hates the Jets. He’s also somehow just 24. Josh Palmer is a like a younger Slayton. Not as productive so far but has the size and some speed to make a difference and should be much cheaper than Slayton. Even though he isn’t the fastest guy, he makes plays down the field. KJ Osborn lost his way over the past year, but he was an effective player in Minnesota and really struggled last year. He should be dirt cheap looking for a bounce back. Good speed meh size. Just some ideas of guys who I think may fit. But I don’t think you want to play a premium for guys with warts.

Yeah I love the guy. But you will extend him at 27 years old, not a crazy amount of tread on the guy, so he should be productive. But this all just happened with his brother, who arguably had a better career up this point in his tenure. Held out, wanted a big contract, got it and lasted two years. Guy is 29 years old and out of the league. It’s just a terrible investment to make. History of running back says it and his own flesh and blood says it as well. Maybe franchise James Cook for a year or two and go from there. Davis isn’t the same guy, but when Cook was out Davis was very productive. Yards and points are just that, I don’t think it matters how they come about.

Yeah I would agree. But I could see them finding a Cook-like dude this year and letting him walk next season. I love Cook, and as good as he has been, I just don’t see them paying a RB.

See to me, you should never pay a running back unless they are Saquon level special. The idea of drafting one in the mid rounds every year and just churning through these guys prime years then casting them aside makes a ton of sense to me. Davis was like a 25 year old rookie. Literally plugging an older polished dude in there until he is 29-30 and never paying him is pretty shrewd.

49ers imo

It’s Garrett all day. He gets the team over the hump in my opinion.

I’d offer sheet KeVontae Turpin. 2nd round tender…I’d give a 2 for that dude all day. Speed and so dynamic.

Draft one. It’s supposed to be a strong TE draft. Good role player, but 3 million is a lot.

That 2021 draft is hard to look at at. Rousseau is a pretty good pick, except the fact that most media reports said we were taking Eric Stokes if he was there. Spencer Brown amazing pick. Everyone likes to talk about the Basham pick costing us Humphrey, but when you dive further, shortly after that pick some interesting guys went... Andre Cisco, Milton Williams, Alim McNeil, Paulson Adebo, not to mention the receivers who went when we felt it was a big need, Nico Collins, Dyami Brown, Josh Palmer, St. Brown...and we wind up with Stevenson. I know hindsight is 20-20 but that was a God-awful draft. And overall, outside of Shakir and Davis, you have a bunch of guys who lasted maybe a year or two. I mean I did think Justin Shorter was interesting, but a project that completely failed. And in the process, they passed on some interesting wide receivers like Dontayvion Wicks, Xavier Hutchinson, Andrei Iosivas, and of course Puka Nacua. Extremely poor evaluation when you are targeting a WR and studying these guys like crazy and you draft a guy who never plays a down for you. That's a fail. You are targeting the interior pass rush and draft Boogie in front of Milton Williams and Alim McNeil. It's just a huge failure of evaluation and projection.

Love Shakir so what else will they do? Does anyone think they will allocate another 15-20 per for a top guy or are we essentially running it back with an more expensive Shakir and no Cooper?

Yep, been here for all of it and just saying what I see and feel. What they did 8 years ago does not give them a lifetime pass.

I like it. He's a good player and def part of the solution for sure. I just think its so funny with the Cook stuff and it being 15 a year.

Respectfully disagree. Mahomes got hurt they were fine with Chad freakin Henne. Tom Brady out for the year and the Pats make the playoffs with Matt Cassell. Even the Ravens were fine when Lamar was out. I am saying this team is probably picking #1 overall if Josh was out. That's how good he is and that's how bad the roster is without him. I love the Bills, and love this team, but in my opinion, this item is not talented.