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Just comparing to last year, the games that are different are: Last year: Chargers - good Vikings - meh Packers - meh Texans - meh Colts - good Bears - good Jaguars - bad Lions - bad This year: Giants - bad Cowboys - good Redskins - bad Eagles - good Browns - good Steelers - good Bengals - bad Broncos - meh I think one of the Giants/Bengals will end up being more competitive than people expect, but either way, I think this year's slate is at least on par with last year's, if not more difficult. Jets should obviously be improved as well (while the Dolphins should be worse). Last year's schedule looked more difficult when it came out than this year's does, but the Jags, Vikings, and Packers were all pretty big disappointments. That could obviously happen this year too, but for now at least, I think this year's slate looks to be on par or stronger.

I don't know the Jets schedule, but I don't think the Bills schedule looks any easier than last year's. At the end of the day, I think the playoffs are only within reach if Allen takes a major step forwards (which is absolutely possible but not something I'm willing to count on).

I don't think Buffalo and the Jets are on the same tier as Houston/Indy/Pitt. I'd probably just move Buffalo and Jets down to the big blah tier that you have below them in the OP.

Yes, he has Warring going at #98, so he would be an option. I agree; he's really intriguing to me. I think I'd prefer your first 3 picks over what Brugler has as well, though I think I'd lean towards Wilkins over Burns. I also might prefer DK over both of them, but it's tough with DK for me. I think he's a great prospect, but the WR class is so deep that there's a serious opportunity cost to taking DK at #9 even if I think he has elite potential and an under-the-radar kinda high floor IMO (if his medicals check out).

Syracuse is fine defensively; always among the top 10-20 teams in that regard. But the offense has been consistently atrocious ever since the sanctions we got a little while back.

Some of the guys that went shortly after those first 3 picks (focusing on positions that would make at least some sense for Buffalo are): #9: Devin Bush, Andre Dillard, Christian Wilkins, DK Metcalf, Brian Burns, Jonah Williams, TJ Hockenson #40: Chris Lindstrom, Justin Layne, Dalton Risner, DeAndre Baker, Hakeem Butler, DreMont Jones #74: Dawson Knox, Miles Sanders, Damien Harris, Nate Davis, David Montgomery, Kelvin Harmon

Their offense was literally #2 in the country in adjusted offensive efficiency. There’s a difference between not liking offense and playing at a slow pace. I’d kill for Syracuse to get a coach that can get his team to score the way Bennett does. If UVA can keep Bennett there, they’re going to be a force to be reckoned with for awhile.

Doubt he makes it, but literally no harm in giving him a shot considering the roster exemption. Pretty cool.

I don't think Brown slipping to 40 is out of the question. He's not really someone I want Buffalo to take anyways, but I definitely wouldn't be on board in the top 15.

I like him but I'm not really sure what his upside is. Seems like he's really freakin good at contested catches, specifically fades, but he didn't really do much else at Stanford. As far as athleticism, granted it was a pro-day so take a grain of salt, but he ran a 4.49 40. Definitely didn't look that fast on tape though.

https://theathletic.com/909149/2019/04/08/dane-bruglers-mock-draft-5-0-projecting-all-seven-rounds-and-all-254-selections/ Bills Picks: Buffalo Bills1 9 DL Rashan Gary2 40 OT Kaleb McGary3 74 WR J.J. Arcega-Whiteside4 112 TE Josh Oliver4 131 RB Trayveon Williams5 147 CB Kris Boyd5 158 LB Ben Burr-Kirven6 181 DS Ugo Amadi7 225 OG Fred Johnson7 228 PT Mitchell Wishnowsky

First game starts at 8:12. Second game starts at 59:30. He doesn't really do anything in either outside of getting pushed around by the one guy that was his size and having a nice spin move at one point. He’s #12.

Eh, I've watched some of his scrimmages in the U.S., he didn't really show any post game at all and outside of like a 10 foot fadeaway jumper where his mechanics were not good, he didn't attempt any jumpshots much less any 3 pointers and that was against some pretty terrible competition lol. I'll be pleasantly surprised if he turns into a player for us; big men often take longer to develop so maybe things will click into place once he's on campus. But I don't say this lightly, I've never been less impressed with a Syracuse player's high school film than I was with Edwards.

I'm personally not high on him, but hopefully he proves me wrong and becomes a big piece for us in the future!

In order, my preferences are: 1. Ed Oliver 2. DK Metcalf 3. Trade Down 4. Christian Wilkins 5. Trade Up for Quinnen And of the options listed, my LEAST preferred options (excluding the "Other" categories) would be Trade Up - Josh Allen, TJ Hockenson, and Jawaan Taylor in order from least preferred to most preferred.

They look fine to me except for the black one

There's almost always a surprise loss and a surprise win. For me, the surprise win is Pittsburgh, surprise loss is Miami on the road. I think Baltimore is likely better than Buffalo and view Denver as being roughly the same tier (unless Allen makes a big leap in Year 2 which can't be ruled out).

I don't really view it as an easier schedule. We're swapping out: Jaguars - bad Colts - good Texans - meh Packers - meh Vikings - meh Bears - good Lions - bad Chargers - good for Cowboys - good Eagles - good Giants - bad Redskins - bad Browns - good Steelers - good Bengals - bad Broncos - meh And I think the Jets improvement and Dolphins decline are roughly a wash. Also figure McCoy's decline likely continues, and while the Bills have upgraded pretty significantly offensively, it's still probably among the worst group of weapons in the league and a roughly average OLine with solid depth.

Haha, I'm sorry to be that guy. I just don't want to bake in a huge improvement from Josh Allen. I love him and certainly hope he makes the leap this season, but that's the only way I see the records that everyone else seems to be predicting right now. I may feel differently depending on how the draft works out.

Home: Dolphins - win Patriots - loss Jets - win Ravens - loss Bengals - win Eagles - loss Redskins - win Broncos - loss 4-4 Away: Dolphins - loss Patriots - loss Jets - loss Steelers - win Browns - loss Giants - win Cowboys - loss Titans - win 3-5 7-9 overall record

It's because fans are obsessed with learning about who their team might end up with and aren't patient enough to just wait and see.

I had 6 exactly right and 1 (Josh Allen) where I had him going to the Bills but had us trading up to 10 to get him rather than 7.

I am pretty much always on the "do not trade up" bandwagon. Quinnen is the only guy this year that makes me remotely consider it. Best prospect in the draft and best DT prospect to come around since at least Suh if not Sapp IMO.

As one poster alluded to already, Tyre Brady is the one for me. I have him ranked as the #4 or 5 WR in the class. I also would like Matt Colburn, RB from Wake Forest, as a UDFA. I don’t expect him to be drafted but he’s a talented all around back IMO. Darwin Thompson (Utah State) and James Williams (Washington State) are two other RBs that probably go around the 5th or 6th that have some promising tape and numbers. Lastly, I like Jonathan Ledbetter from Georgia as a big DE prospect and CB Derrick Baity from Kentucky if he lasts that long. Edit: I don’t feel as passionately about them as I do Tyre Brady, but two other WRs I like late in the draft are Jamal Custis (Syracuse) and Olamide Zaccheaus (Virginia). FWIW, my deep sleepers last year were Levi, Josh Adams (started down the stretch for Philly), Trey Quinn (expected to start for Washington this year), Martez Carter (don’t think he stuck on anyone’s roster), and Luis Perez (I think someone will scoop him up this offseason now that AAF is over). I say all this to say that I’m probably due to be wrong about all these guys this year lol

Duke is good and all, but without restructuring his contract, you're paying a guy starting caliber money in 2019 to likely be marginalized with McCoy and Gore playing and then paying him like a roughly top 10 RB after that. It's pretty steep for a guy that's probably best suited as a 3rd down back. Didn't he want to move to being a slot WR last we heard from Duke or am I misremembering that?