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I actually laid out my mock off-season on BuffaloRumblings back in February. To summarize: Tyrod Situation: Trade Tyrod. At the time, the Tyrod trade had not actually happened, but I suggested trading him to Cleveland for Cody Kessler and their 4th round pick. This gives Buffalo a young QB with some experience who can compete for the starting job. Free Agency: Bring back Exclusive Right Free Agents: Nick O'Leary Lafayette Pitts Logan Thomas Eddie Yarbrough Re-sign: Kyle Williams Leonard Johnson Joe Webb Cut: Lorenzo Alexander (in retrospect, this would have been horrible...he's been incredible this season) Outside Free Agents: Vontae Davis (he had already signed at this point unfortunately; otherwise I would have preferred to bring EJ Gaines back instead) AJ McCarron Allen Robinson Nigel Bradham Charles Johnson Frostee Rucker Charles Sims Draft: 1.21: Lamar Jackson; to me, he was the #1 QB prospect in the draft and I had a feeling he'd slide to 21 which obviously makes it even better. 1.22: Tremaine Edmunds 2.21: Harrison Phillips 2.24: RB Ronald Jones; I thought he was the #2 RB in the class at the time. Obviously he's disappointed so far though. 3.32: OT Jamarco Jones; ended up going in the 5th round in real life, but I thought he'd be a nice developmental tackle prospect. 4.1: CB Issac Yiadom; ended up going 2 picks before this in real life. Bills were very limited at corner and I thought his height and length would be a good fit 4.21: OG Sean Welsh; think he went undrafted in the end 5.21: Dorance Armstrong; went in the 4th round in real life. Thought he'd help to address the need for pass-rushers 5.29: LB Jack Cichy; went in the 6th round in real life; wanted to add more LB depth Projected Starters: QB: AJ McCarron (with Kessler and Lamar behind him) RB: LeSean McCoy (Ronald Jones as the backup and Charles Sims as a 3rd down back) WR: Kelvin Benjamin, Allen Robinson, Zay Jones TE: Charles Clay O-Line: Cordy Glenn, Richie Incognito (obviously this didn't end up working out), Ryan Groy, John Miller, Dion Dawkins D-Line: Jerry Hughes, Kyle Williams, Harrison Phillips, Charles Johnson LB: Matt Milano, Tremaine Edmunds, Nigel Bradham Secondary: Micah Hyde, Jordan Poyer, Tredavious White, Vontae Davis

Watson most certainly does not have better protection, as we saw literally a few weeks ago when we played against him. It's not Arizona levels of bad, but their OLine is absolutely horrific. The Bills OLine is bad too, but not on that level. Ledyard seems to be very high on Daboll, which is really what pushes Allen's situation up ahead of all of these guys.

Our chances at getting Stewart have definitely improved a lot recently. We had been thinking for awhile that we had no realistic chance at him and now there's definitely hope. I know Stewart hated his visit to Kentucky at least, so unless they make a convincing last ditch effort, they're probably out on him. We'll see with Akok Akok; I'd prefer him over Stewart personally. He's keeping things really close to his vest as far as his recruitment goes. Someone close to him is trying to push him to UConn and has been telling UConn that he's 100% going there, but AA himself has denounced that. I really hope he ends up in orange but I'm not really confident about it. Guerrier...I think Syracuse would be pretty shocked if they don't get him. Assuming we get him, I'll be pretty satisfied with him and Goodine as the big commitments. Obviously adding Akok and or Stewart to the mix would make it even better though

Based on what I've heard, we seem to be pretty confident that Guerrier will commit. Seem to feel like Akok Akok is a coin flip and might be less likely than Isaiah Stewart at this point. My gut feeling is that we end up with neither Akok or Stewart; think Akok Akok ends up at UConn and Stewart at Michigan State or Washington. I hope I'm wrong, but that's my prediction at this point.

The fact that we have two threads and 25 pages of posts about him is precisely why he should not be signed.

Issue is I'm not sure he'll enter the draft after his injury. I doubt he's taken in the first round at this point and he has the potential to be a top 10 pick if he returns to school. If he enters the draft, he's gotta be one of the guys they consider though.

Not a chance. Jordan Howard would probably be more likely but I can't imagine the Bears seeing McCoy as an upgrade over either of their RBs.

Unless McBeane have changed personalities overnight, there's no way this kid comes anywhere near the Bills unless it's bring your nephew to work day and Jim is coming.

It specifically states that to be first degree it's either: a. you're trespassing in a dwelling or b. you're trespassing in a vehicle with intent to commit a crime Intent to commit a crime is not a requirement for (a), which is what Police brought him in for.

No, intent to commit a crime is only required if it's a vehicle based on what was referenced above.

Sounds like he probably faces a small fine and everyone can move on peacefully.

He'd definitely add the speed and quickness that Buffalo needs. I think the questions with him are his hands and size. He's listed at 160 lbs. That's just nuts, and there's obviously the question of what he'll lose by putting on the weight that he probably needs to play in the NFL. I've also seen people question his hands a decent amount which isn't great considering what Buffalo has dealt with the past couple years. If he's there in the 2nd round I think you gotta consider him, but I wouldn't feel comfortable taking him where Buffalo is likely picking in the 1st (unless they have a significant trade down).

He's literally Syracuse's backup QB now. He'll be lucky if he gets a UDFA deal.

Yup, Kingpin, Killgrave, and Cottonmouth were all absolutely amazing in their roles which is what has me so excited to start DD Season 3. Villains in Iron Fist were definitely lacking both seasons compared to those guys. Season 2 was slightly better IMO.

Point #1: There's simply no way that Beane goes for Carr. I'm sure he wants Allen to continue playing. Point #2: Paying a QB that can't carry a team roughly $20 million is not a good place to be; this was one of the main reasons for moving on from Tyrod. I don't think Carr ends up getting moved. The teams that would have interest in him either cannot afford him (Jags) or their picks are too valuable to trade for him (Giants). The only real possibility I see for a trade is if Oakland and Miami agreed to do a Foles-Bradford style swap and just swapped Carr and Tannehill but that's probably a longshot.

For those suggesting that Shurmur was stupid to go for 2, it's statistically speaking the right move.

I honestly thought the first season of Cage was pretty lame once we hit the halfway point. I won't spoil anything about the show just in case someone around here is interested and still hasn't watched it, but you'll know what I'm talking about; something major happened at the halfway point and it all went downhill after that for me. Jessica Jones season 2 was alright, but David Tennant was amazing and obviously he was very minimally involved in season 2. I still love Krysten Ritter and I liked the way they developed Malcolm in season 2. I sadly think I preferred Iron Fist season 2 over Luke Cage season 2; the ending of Iron Fist actually had me kinda excited for Season 3. Hope it returns on the Disney service.

I kinda get what Eli was thinking with the QB sneak. Don't really have to waste any time telling people what to do and QB sneaks work like 90% of the time. Just so happens Eli apparently occupies the 10% by himself. They took so painfully long to run it though.

Yeah I more or less agree. Just don't think it'll be the big city that woos Giannis. I can't speak to Unibrow, but if Giannis leaves, I think it'll simply be because the Bucks aren't good enough and there's another team out there that offers a better opportunity. Like I said, I expect him to leave eventually. I won't be mad when he does either; he's made the Bucks fun to watch again for the first time in nearly 20 years.

Maybe it's just all being polite, but everything that Giannis has said for the past 4 or 5 years suggests that he doesn't really like big cities like LA, NY, etc. He says Milwaukee reminds him of his home back in Greece. I'm a Bucks fan, and I'll probably continue to expect him to eventually leave until he retires, but we'll see. He's certainly said all the right things and it looks like they've finally found a real coach. The Bucks have looked fantastic so far this season.

I was hopeful at first. Then I was skeptical after this offseason's moves coupled with gameday decisions that McD made throughout his first season, but continued to think they need to get the offseason to bring their process full circle. After this statement, I think I'm pretty much out.

Gruden also said Cooper will be a big part of the passing game moving forwards like a week ago so I’m not gonna put much stock in what he says. Having said that, I don’t think they’ll find any takers for Carr so I think he stays at least for this season.

He's paid roughly $14 million next season and then becomes a free agent after that.

To be fair, his contract is fully-guaranteed for 10 years if I remember right. Oakland really can't afford to get rid of Gruden for quite awhile, so he should have a long enough leash to tear this team down (and maybe even tear it down a second time) lol. Raiders probably played themselves by giving him that much power, but that's where we are now. They absolutely have to nail these picks/the signings they make with the money that they saved on Mack to not come away looking like fools though, and that's not an easy task.