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FWIW, DK was my #2 target behind Oliver at #9 last year and I don’t really want Shenault unless he slides to #54. I don’t think he’s anywhere near DK as a prospect personally.

AJ would theoretically address it. I think a trade might be more likely though (or if there’s a cap casualty).

Pretty easy to watch him play and see how Daboll would love to have him. I’m concerned he’s not really a good fit for the biggest hole in our WR corps, that being the X. Struggles with press coverage and struggles with route running. I’d be happy to take him if we address the X spot before the draft but I don’t want to take him and pencil him in there.

I'd love to have him but it's not happening.

I won't touch any over/unders until just prior to the regular season personally. No sense in risking it now when for all we know one of our important players could suffer a season ending injury in preseason or something. Not to mention we really have no idea what half our opponents will look like next season. But looking at it right now, I'd guess we're looking at that 8-10 win range again, so if I had to bet right now, I'd probably go over.

Basically, yeah. Paying RBs a lot of money and or taking them in the first round is a waste of premium assets IMO. There might be an exception to that rule here and there but I don't want to be the team trying to find the exception.

Just say no to first round RBs, especially when we have a starting RB already.

He also referenced being #87 in the montage before his performance; it's 100% Gronk. I think the 9 Super Bowl appearances was on the entire season of the show, not just the group from the first night. I'm fairly confident none of the others are athletes, so unless it's like "Yeah, I was shown on a crowdshot at the game", it seems pretty unlikely.

I don't really see the Evans comparison. He reminds me more of guys like Stefon Diggs and Santonio Holmes; shorter guys that were very good at going up and grabbing jumpballs that you generally rely on bigger guys for. He's most likely my #1 realistic option at #22.

Happy for him. Will be very curious to see what they do with their team this offseason but they're ripe to be back in the playoff race immediately if they do it right.

The O-Line and Rivers (largely due to the O-Line but also because his arm wears down every season) were the worst parts of the Chargers this year. I truly think they would have been better off starting Tyrod. He at least could have helped negate the poor O-Line play a little bit.

They won’t do it, but SF can basically get out of Jimmy’s deal for free this offseason and try to upgrade their QB if they wanted to.

I agree for the most part. Nobody really stood out so even though Mahomes was uneven for most of the game, he won it. Its almost always a QB nowadays and with 310 yards (320 before the kneels) and 3 TDs and leading the comeback, he ended up being the obvious choice.

Nah Mahomes ultimately made all the plays to win the game. Sammy would have been my runner up if it were up to me. He seemed to come up with a big play whenever KC needed it.

Mahomes didn’t look right for most of the game. Almost certainly SB MVP now lol

The Shining/Mountain Dew commercial was so good.

Very touching.

I'd still be perfectly fine bringing Gore back under the condition that we also draft another young RB to add to the room. Gore clearly wore down over the back half of the season, but he was a good contributor for the first half and clearly has made an impression on Singletary and I'm sure he would do the same for whoever we draft this year as well. Put him in the RB3 role and we should have a very good RB room IMO. Edit: Of course this assumes that he would accept that role

Yeah, I mean, I didn't like the idea of taking Zay even if it were like the 4th or 5th round. With Laviska, it's more just that I'm higher on other WRs, but I think he's a fine 2nd round guy (and if we add an established X WR, I'd honestly be fine with taking him at 22). I'm sure if we take him, there will be other WRs I would have preferred, but I won't be legitimately angry about the pick the way I was with the Zay one.

I hated the Zay pick well before it happened and I am relatively low on Laviska, but I definitely think Laviska is a better prospect. Having said that, Turner is saying Shenault's size/explosion/athleticism should allow him to get open in the NFL...same height as Zay and I will be very shocked if his athletic scores are as good as Zay's. He carries more weight than Zay did, but athleticism is not at all going to differentiate Laviska from Zay.

I don't expect to make the tournament but am hoping for the best.

I wouldn't really want Teddy or Hill to be my QB of the future, but I gladly invite the Saints to do it.

Yeah, the article touches on that. Basically says Green Bay has the aura around it that Buffalo currently does not. Also mentions that Buffalo has to offer more money than almost any other team due to the income taxes in New York. Teams like the California teams can get away with it because players want to live in LA, but Buffalo gets hit by the income tax as well as being a relatively undesirable place to live. I tend to think that we can sign almost anyone we want if we're willing to overpay them. Sounds like some guys like Amari Cooper wouldn't even go for that though.

Some random thoughts on some of our players at this point in the season: Girard: Not shooting the 3 ball as well as I had hoped, but his PG abilities are pretty far along for a freshman that was viewed mostly as an undersized SG. The feeling of seeing him at the free throw line is completely unfamiliar to me as a Syracuse fan. Buddy: People were harping on him way too much earlier in the year. Yeah, he's not the most active defender, but he's an amazing shooter, smart player, and has a developing game off the dribble/in the mid-post. Hughes: Obviously just very good. Dolezaj: Remains one of my favorite and simultaneously disappointing players. With a more aggressive personality and perhaps in a different system, he could be one of the focal points of an offense with his savvy moves, great passing for his size, and smart reads. It pops every once in awhile for us, but I can't help but think he may have been better off playing elsewhere. Sidibe: He's definitely improved but remains a weakness more often than not. Guerrier: Painful to watch most of the time offensively, but how can you not love how hard he's playing right now? He flies around the court and makes hustle plays left and right. Can only hope he develops more of an offensive game. Washington: Pretty much the perfect backup PG; just takes care of the ball and makes sure things don't get out of hand. Obviously wish he had more scoring ability in his arsenal, but we can make due with him. Goodine: Has been disappointing relative to what I thought he might provide immediately, but he's shown flashes recently of gaining some confidence. Doesn't seem as lost as some of our other recent guard busts (Carey and Kaleb come to mind). Edwards: I remain low on him.

If the ball is getting to the WR relatively easily, it isn't an interception worthy throw. The INT-worthy throws are when he throws passes that go through a DB's hands, get dropped by the DB, stuff like that. For example, with the first Jets game, I think they most likely did not ding him (at least not much) for the INT that went off the WR's hands and into the hands of the LB, but they definitely dinged him for the one where their safety dropped the INT. Regarding the other parts, they can for the most part tell what players' assignments are. I'm sure there's some that they get wrong, but for the most part, if you're watching All-22 film, it's pretty easy to see for example if a CB blows their assignment in zone coverage or to see if a WR runs the wrong route. It's probably trickier with the trenches.