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Looks like Matt Miller is another guy that doesn't have Anthony Johnson among the top 10 WRs in the class.

I'm guessing that this has already been brought up, but per Football Outsiders, Carolina is the #14 rush defense in the league versus Buffalo being #12. Buffalo has improved pretty dramatically from a year ago, but Carolina hasn't fallen off much at all. And both of their DTs are rated much higher by PFF than Star. It's really the pass defense where Carolina has struggled this year, which as we know, Star has almost zero impact on.

Definitely possible. Hard to tell if he's pointing up for a jump ball or just sticking his arm up to say he's open. Regardless, this was by far the best Zay has ever looked

It's hard to tell because the camera is a little blurry/it happens pretty quickly, but are my eyes deceiving me or does Zay call for Barkley to throw it up high for him and then Barkley literally throws it so low that Zay has to dive to the ground to catch it?

Yeah, the Steelers leaked the "terms" of their contract offer to paint him in a bad light, when in reality, they were offering him very little in terms of guaranteed money. I can't say I blame him for sitting out the year; playing would have risked his next big contract and Pittsburgh wasn't negotiating in good faith.

It's still obviously great to see it that packed, but they pretty much gave tickets away this week to fill it up. It really is great to see though.

Yep, and Beane and Schoen (or however you spell it) just got to watch Deebo in person too; definitely seems like a guy to keep an eye on in the offseason. He seems to be a very divisive prospect. I've seen him listed around the #20 WR in the class by multiple reputable draft guys and then some people like Pro Football Focus for example see him as like a top 3-5 WR in this class. He seems to have a pretty gigantic range right now.

This doesn't necessarily mean a ton to the question in the OP, but just hypothetically speaking, how many of the current Bills starters on offense do we envision starting for an NFL team next year? I think there's a decent chance Alabama's current defense has more starters in the NFL next year than the Bills current offense does.

By my count, Buffalo has now scouted 14 WR/TEs that have been mentioned as potential 1st/2nd round picks (well, I guess 13 since DK Metcalf was out this past weekend, but I'm sure they did some sniffing around about him while they were in town): WRs: N'Keal Harry JJ Arcega-Whiteside Hollywood Brown Anthony Johnson Riley Ridley AJ Brown DK Metcalf Demarkus Lodge Deebo Samuel Bryan Edwards TEs: Noah Fant Albert Okwuegbunam Kaden Smith Irv Smith

Maybe the best part of this article is the fact that between those two games alone, Beane got to see like 5 pass-catchers that are projected to be in the 1st/2nd round discussion. By my count, we're up to 14 WR/TEs that Buffalo has scouted that have a chance of going in the 1st or 2nd round.

I think Buffalo probably wins, but I just don't think a 28.5 point spread is realistic. IMO, Quinnen Williams and Raekwon Davis would feast on Teller/Bodine/Miller and the pieces that Buffalo has on offense just aren't talented enough to hang 30 on Alabama IMO, which is basically what they'd need to beat the spread. I'm sure the defense would shut Alabama down for the most part; I just don't think the offense is talented enough to hold up their end. One of their DTs might end up being the #1 pick this year and the other is likely going to be a top 10 pick lol

Having watched Alabama quite a few times this year, I think Quinnen Williams and Raekwon Davis would rival the Bills defensive interior right now. Quinnen in particular looks like one of the most dominant defensive linemen we've seen in awhile. I know he's currently the highest rated linemen PFF has ever had. I think he'd feast on the Bodine and the guards.

Not that draft position is the end-all-be-all or anything but, looking at mock drafts for this year and next: Alabama: 11 first round picks Buffalo: 7 first round picks 35 of Buffalo's players were drafted in any round; Alabama probably has more than that on their roster right now. Obviously Buffalo's players have developed in the NFL whereas some of these Alabama guys are projects, but the sheer number of NFL-ready guys that Alabama has is pretty absurd. Like I said, I really don't think the Bills could even score 29 points on them right now, much less beat them by over 29+. I also think Alabama's QB and WRs are better right now than Buffalo's.

I honestly don't think the Bills, with Peterman at QB, are capable of scoring 28 points against Alabama's defense, much less outscoring them by more than 28.

For those that have a subscription with The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/637156/2018/11/07/draft-alert-breaking-down-3-wide-receivers-who-could-be-game-changers-for-the-bills-in-2019/ For those that don't, Erik Turner (Cover1) suggests N'Keal Harry, Hollywood Brown, and AJ Brown as guys that would be a good fit for the Daboll's scheme/Allen's skillset. https://thedraftnetwork.com/2018/11/07/perfect-pairs-between-2018-qb-class-and-2019-rookies/ In this link, Kyle Crabbs of the Draft Network looks at each rookie QB and pairs them with a prospect for the upcoming draft. For Josh Allen, he pairs him with DK Metcalf from Ole Miss, saying:

My prediction was somewhere in the 4-6 win range. I would say it's a 2-4 win range now.

I think the perfectly clean programs are the exception honestly. I know of guys that were on the end of the benches in college that were getting paid by their schools, and for example, you have a school like Kansas (who are easily right up there with Kentucky as far as high profile goes) offering Zion Williamson money/Zion requesting money and then he ends up at Duke and we're supposed to believe he passed up on all of that to play at Duke for free? I don't buy it. I think the FBI hearings showed beyond a shadow of a doubt that impermissable benefits is a very widespread thing.

He touched the ball 26 times last season and fumbled it 6 of those times.

I think he's at least: 1. Been more productive in college than Foster 2. More shifty; Foster seems like he literally can only run straight. This guy has at least a little bit of elusiveness to him. I think he's more like a Tavon Austin type than a Foster type but still probably a non-factor overall unless Daboll gets creative.

For those interested, Lance Zierlein's scouting report on McKenzie from a couple years ago when he was in the draft: http://www.nfl.com/draft/2011/profiles/isaiah-mckenzie?id=2558129 The skinny on him is: Dude is absolutely tiny at 5'7" and 170 lbs, but he had a 4.42 40 and 36" vert. He was a return specialist for most of his college career with 6 punt/kick return TDs and then his playing time increased a lot his junior year, in which he led Georgia in basically all receiving categories with 40+ catches, 600+ yards, and 7 TDs. Pretty much purely a vertical threat that was considered to have relatively poor hands and poor route running but has speed for days and can make people miss once he gets the ball.

Am I taking crazy pills or did OP get the name, team, and previous team all wrong?

The Draft Network just updated their top 500 big board: https://thedraftnetwork.com/2018/06/28/2019-nfl-draft-prospect-database/ For the UB fans, Tyree Jackson dropped from (I think) 146 to 213th (7th best QB). Anthony Johnson went up from 148 to 145 (22nd best WR). Their top 10: Nick Bosa, DE Ed Oliver, DT Quinnen Williams, DT Deionte Thompson, S Raekwon Davis, DT Jeffery Simmons, DT Greedy Williams, CB Clelin Ferrell, DE Brian Burns, DE Mack Wilson, LB Top Offensive Players: 11. Jonah Williams, T 12. Noah Fant, TE 13. DK Metcalf, WR 14. Kelvin Harmon, WR 18. David Edwards, OT 19. Justin Herbert, QB 22. Tyler Biadasz, C 27. Yodny Cajuste, OT 28. JJ Arcega-Whiteside, WR 29. Dawson Knox, TE 30. Kaden Smith, TE 31. Chris Lindstrom, G 32. Riley Ridley, WR