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Gunner how do top 4 defensive players grade against players on their positions in previous years?

Bandit your Jets comment is hilarious, and your mock makes sense, esp. those trades for WRs. But I am still convinced that Redskins take Tua.

Thanks for posting these. I became fan in 2017 so I'll definitely check these. Sammy Watkins one should also be interesting.

Great, thanks. Not sure what exactly do you mean by summer but be assured I will get back to you on this in June

Hi Gunner. Thanks for making these for us who don't watch college and/or don't understand football ? I have couple of questions. 1. You mentioned couple of times that you have 20 players with 1st round grade. Who are they? I guess 17 are pretty clear: QBs Burrow, Tua, OTs Wirfs, Becton, Wills, Thomas, WRs Jeudy, Lamb, Ruggs, DEs Young, Chaisson, LB Simmons, DTs Brown, Kinlaw, LB Simmons, CB Okudah and S McKinney. From the first round based on what you wrote I think you consider QBs Herbert, Love, any other WRs and DEs Epenesa and Gross-Matos as first rounders. So who are remaining three? LBs Queen and Murray and CB Fulton? You said you have him graded higher than Henderson but not sure if it warrants 1st round grade. Or are they both in and one of the LBs not? 2. How much time do you invest in this? I think you said you have ~120 players graded and I assume that you put at least 2 hours of tape into each one, with much more into some. That has to be crazy amount of time. 3. What I miss with mocks and drafts overall is some later evaluation. There are sometimes articles on how drafts pan out but those are really rare. What I would appreciate is if you could put some perspective into past mocks and drafts. Eg. take 2018 draft, take your final mock and make something out of it. Take first round of real draft, mention your draft grade, evaluate how it worked (I think you said you watch every game of NFL so you can evaluate NFL players), and compare your mock with real draft and real performances. Then also take some interesting players from later rounds (Bills players, your remaining top players, players from later rounds who are great) and add them too. I think something like this would be very interesting for many people if you had som time. I'd like to know how your evaluation translates into real NFL.

Good decision given how its close.

I am not arguing that Okudh is elite. I don't watch college and even if I did I'd have no clue ? I completely rely on opinion of local experts (with you being among them in my eyes) I am just saying that based on my experience with last 4 drafts I'd say there is 15-25% chance that Okudah in fact falls out of top 6. Therefore I won't be stunned.

Why would you be stunned? Even if GMs were so high on him as you to he can easily fall to 7. I'd say 2 QBs and Young are lock, with 3rd QB being very likely. That leaves only 2 guys to be taken sooner than Okudah. It is very likely that at least one team decides to take franchise OT rather than CB. Then throw in some random pick like Ferrell last year and Okudah goes 7. Lattimore who you mention went 11, after John Ross (!).

Not true imo. It will be hard to play better and finish 9-7 or worse. Schedule will be harder but not that much. If Bills play better than in 2019 they will beat teams similar to those who beat them in 2019. Oh and we lost one game we'd win with starters in 2019.

Good. We need something to look forward these days. Hopefully they also release schedule on time so we can pretend that everything is normal.

I hate you.

I have no idea, I was just originally arguing your death rate numbers. I think total isolation of people over 60 is one of the keys right now. In my country they are not allowed to leave their homes other than for necessary shopping. As of today, all shops are open from 9am to 12noon only for seniors. But I do think that it is worse that you think even under 60. There are more and more stories spreading how badly are people dealing with virus even when they are 35 or so. I guess we will see.

Ok if you only meant young people then you are probably right (based on available sources). However, it is still based on the fact that even people under 60 get appropriate medical care. It probably will not be possible if much higher percentage of population gets infected.

There is a huge difference between Olympics and NFL imo. Olympics had to be postponed since they need qualifications and trainings of athletes which cannot happen now and will not happen couple of next months. You also need athletes from all over the world to gather and participate. Same goes for fans. NFL is entirely different. It is US thing only, so in only depends on how US handles the virus. I have no idea how it works in reality, but I guess you can have almost normal season when some training camps are postponed and situation gets better in June or even July. You can also adopt some measures to prevent risks - play without fans, or limit fans to 1/3 of stadium capacity or something like that. I am quite sceptical about the virus itself, but NFL starts in September and there should be enough time for things to get better until then.

Fixed.

I wouldn't sign him but he has special place in my heart for his Pitch Perfect cameo.

The sooner you guys realize that it is a real possibility the better. Very sad but true imo. Nobody knows what will happen at this stage but I'd say its coinflip at best. God I hope I am wrong.

You take Jets offer, make it public and then just change your mind and sign with your old team for less.

It seems that I am in minority but I want Clowney in Bills uni come tomorrow. Then add some veteran RB in FA, one bigger WR and one other contributor from the draft and we are ready to roll.

Didn't read whole thread and don't want to start new one because of this, but I have a question related to this topic. On paper, is our Dline now better or worse than it was? To sum it up: Pros: We added Addison, Butler and Jefferson, Harrison Philips should be back, Oliver has gained experience. Cons: We lost Phillips and Lawson, Hughes will be one year older. Star and Murphy remain Star and Murphy. What do you guys think? If the Dline is better, in what? Pass rush or run stopping?

This is really a huge change from NFL perspective, really looking forward to it. Now lets hope there will be 2020 season.

Are the numbers official or you guys are just guessing 30/3?

It will be really funny if he somehow signs with Dolphins.

I have no idea who but we are definitely not done. We have money to spend and by trading for Diggs they confirmed thet window is now. I'd be shocked if they didn't manage to get some veteran Dline help.

Sorry for the stupid question, but when will be real deals reported? Today after noon ET, which is in less than 2 hours, when the "tampering" period starts? Or on Wednesday when deals become official?