MrEpsYtown

Have to pack this away fro next draft season when Beane uses mid-late picks to get up and get guys he targeted. I'm fine with his strategy. That's two more draft picks who didn't make the team.

He’s the guy I would have taken #1, just as I would have taken Herbert, and even Trey Lance a few years ago. Huge upside with Richardson but he is raw. To me if you are taking a shot on a QB early in the draft you swing for the fences. Yeah there is a good chance you strike out, but why settle for a game manager? In terms of his understanding of the game, apparently he knocked that stuff out of the park. They don’t do the wonderlic anymore, but according to reports, Richardson crushed the new tests. I would probably let Minshew start the first 4-8 games, but I think Richardson will be, by far, the best QB out of this draft.

Cook and Kincaid. I also think Connor McGovern is going to be very good. He looked good to me vs the Colts.

It should be Jacksonville. They want a running mate to take some usage off of Ettienne. Good OL, really good defense, an emerging QB, and a really good offensive coach...a return to Florida (even though its Jacksonville). That's what I would do.

Good fit for what they do. Interesting depth add. I remember there was someone in that college program connected to McDermott.

Not too much wide nine, just when they were in the double A gap mug front. However, McDermott’s Carolina teams did use more wide nine, which was a staple of mentor Jim Johnson’s defenses with Trent Cole etc. More McDermott defense could mean more wide 9.

I think the biggest thing is that 5-6 years ago none of these dudes would have signed here. The fact that vets want to come here to win and are taking very little money to do so is remarkable and not something I had experienced with our beloved Bills up to this point.

I think they should use him as a situational interior rusher like they said they would when they drafted him. I think at his drafted weight he is more DT than an edge in this defense. Were camp reports that he bulked up a bit?

Chicago drafted a high-upside edge player in the top 10 and then made him an inside linebacker covering all of the time. When he moved to the edge he was able to make a nice impact. One of the reasons why all those dudes got fired in Chicago. And 100%...you can never have too many pass rushers and he will help us.

4.42 at his size is not fast, add that to pretty sloppy route running and pretty bad hands…you have nothing. His short area quickness rarely showed up. I think people made him out to be something he wasn’t. I think the idea of what he could be was way more interesting than what he was. I am not surprised at all.

I like Ed. I think he is disruptive while playing within the defense. He has the ability and quickness to make splash plays like a Dareus or JJ Watt, but Oliver does his job and helps his team win. He has some flaws in his game at the point of attack and frankly there are times when he is asked to so to much. This is a small risk, but I for one am glad they are bringing him back.

He's big...5 years ago but it's more fun than saying "who?"

I agree with Gunner here. I think, barring injuries, McGovern is going to start at LG pretty much no matter what.

100% agree there. Don't love his game, but he has experience and teams could do a lot worse. He must have priced himself out.

Yeah, I am not sure what to make of Edwards, but it appeared that he was headed for a nice payday, maybe a little more than Connor McGovern got, and then he ran into all those injury issues, so it is a perfect buy low. But a very strange market for guards...Dalton Risner is still a free agent. At the end of the day, Torrence should start at RG...but if he isn't quite ready I do think there is a good chance Edwards starts there. A good problem to have, but still a risk.

David Edwards is my sleeper. I think he starts. I don't know what happens everywhere else, but they talk him up every chance they get and he was a high level player before his injury last year. He is also still very young. I also think Boogie Bahsham has a mini breakout.

David Edwards looks huge. If he is healthy, he probably has a pretty good chance to start.

Yes 10% totally lazy, it appears almost as if he completely missed the snap count or something, he practically still in his stance when the DT is already at his heels. Terrible.

IMO Morse is right there. He is sliding to the stacked backer. If he slides left there he is sliding to no one. It is true that he has leverage on that inside technique but pass protection calls are more predicated by the alignment of potential blitzes or by number of hard men on the line of scrimmage. It is possible that the back was supposed to help Saffold, but Saffold is just terrible here, perhaps he thought he was getting help. Should Morse have maybe thrown his left hand out to help Saffold on the slide right? Maybe, but Bates clearly knows he is getting help here. Perhaps Morse got the call wrong, but that is the way I learned and teach the slide.

They need to bring back NFL 2K. 2K5 was so far beyond anything Madden does and we are talking 18 years ago.

Bill Polian?

Football is dying because youth coaches are typically idiots trying to emulate their old HS coaches. They are usually volunteers who don't take the time to learn new techniques and teach the garbage they learned in their wing t high school systems 20 years ago...the old chicken wing and bite the ball techniques. There is so much safe, amazing training out there like Tip of the Spear and the Seahawks tacking stuff that takes the head out of the game, but it is expensive and takes time to learn. It's tricky to ask unpaid volunteers to put the time in. We have to educate our youth coaches in order for this thing to succeed, we need to hit this at the roots. The other issue is minimum play counts and parents playing their kids at positions they aren't suited for. This alienates the other kids and they quit. It's the classic "my son is fat and slow and should play guard, but I'm the coach so he's our tight end." Daddy ball.

Yeah Tremaine is going into a system that is very similar to ours. He is going to be asked to run and cover. Bears fans probably expect the splash plays for the price tag, and when they don't get them, he will be their message board whipping boy. I think he is released after year 3.

This is always true with mid-late round picks. For every Matt Milano or Dre Greenlaw there is a Vosean Joseph. I remember when Miami drafted Jerome Baker thinking that he would turn into something and he has become a solid pro. Some 49ers fan probably said the same stuff when they drafted Warner, and many Bills fans were hyped about Reggie Ragland. None of any of this past history has anything to do with whether or not Williams will be a success. Some of us are just fans and like to root for players. I am excited to see what Trenton Simpson does in Baltimore almost as much as I am excited about Dorian Williams for us. Nothing wrong with any of this discussion.

right Josh baby!