No_Matter_What

I almost forgot to close this thing. When we were on the clock, following players from our big board (listed in OP) were still available: 3. Andrew Booth, CB, Clemson 7. Daxton Hill, S, Michigan 8. Devin Lloyd, LB, Utah 9. Kyler Gordon, CB, Washington Kaiir Elam had most votes when I closed the poll, so I consider him next on the board. Booth's medical concerns were apparently bigger than we expected, and I don't think Bills were interested in the first round LB at all. So all in all we were pretty close to the Bills choice.

Beane asleep at the wheel. He is also not signing our draft picks. I say fire him until it's too late!

Wow. I am coming from Europe this year no matter what. I planned week 2 since I expected Bills to be home and it fits me the best work wise as well as weather wise. Now I am happy its Titans but surpised it is MNF 😲 Does it mean tickets will be more expensive? Does it change tailgaiting experience for better or worse?

Sportrac already has Wydermyer and RB Blackshear accounted for. What I find interesting is that Blackshear got 15k signing bonus, while Wydermyer got nothing. Do I understand it correctly that this is something what depends only on the agreement between the specific player and the team? Anyway, it would be great if Wydermyer could stick. Talented depth players with 700k cap hit this year and 870k-980k next two years is exactly what we need.

Jets? Are you kidding? I just read on jetnation that if Denzel Mims becomes what he was drafted to be their offense could become truly unstoppable!

Why do you keep on repeating "undersized LB"? We already have one "undersized LB" and he is one of the best player in the team.

You're right about Beane and I am not a skeptic, I have no problem believing he would've taken Shakir in the 4th. And I am completely fine with still wanting Elam+Cook. I would do the same. But unless I am missing something your math is wrong. It is fifth and sixth in such case. We take Hall, Emerson and Shakir, and we still have both picks we used to trade up for Shakir (our original 5th and 6th).

All of this plus DTs are also an upgrade, at least on the paper.

You need to include that 4th rounder we gave up for Elam in the equation. That might change things a little.

Quality of his play is a big deal. Why would we let go somebody who is like 100% top 5 WR on our roster? Makes absolutely no sense to me. And the fact that he is on a cheap contract makes it even less likely.

Ford saves money but I still think he stays. They will give him one last shot under new OL coach and it's not like we have better options. Haack is gone for sure but he saves only a little money. I think its less than $400k if you consider that he needs to be replaced by Araiza. Don't you think that Matakevich could be cut? Cutting him saves quite a lot. Any chance that Spector (or anybody else) pushes him off the roster?

I am truly surprised how many posters mention Crowder as a possible cut candidate (you mention it as remote possibility only, but some people are even advocating it). He is not going anywhere. If he is healthy, he is super reliable WR who will thrive with Allen, same as Beasley. If he gets hurt, he might be replaced by Shakir or McKenzie and might not get his snaps back, but he isn't going to be cut.

Sweeney is as good as gone. OJ Howard already took his spot, and if we roster one more TE, it will be Wydermyer.

I remember him from Hard Knocks. He didn't seem ok to me mentally.

That is entirely possible. I wanted to add that Moss has definitely upper hand. But I am less sure than Epenesa and Ford.

Haack is gone for sure. Epenesa stays (95%), Ford stays (90%). Moss is a tough one. We are not keeping all four RB. I can imagine a world when we decide to keep Duke Johnson. Gilliam, Matakevich and Taiwan Jones might be gone.

You sir are a prophet.

That's right and fine. But my point was that NFLPA Report I linked states that we have actually 2 MORE players on the roster (i.e. 69 not 67).

Not that it matters much, but I just wanted to point out that NFLPA Public Salary Cap Report has Bills at 69 players (before rookies and UDFA). Last month they always listed 2 more players than Sportrac. I have no idea what is the reason but I think its worth mentioning. https://nflpa.com/reports/public-salary-cap-report Sportrac has 67 players + 8 rookies (i.e. 75 you mention).

In Gunner's Day 2 Debrief I was quite vocal about Terrel Bernard pick - I didn't like it at all since I felt that was a huge reach. So I need to stop by and say that Shakir pick makes up for in in terms of value. From now on I'll consider both 4th round picks and my soul can rest in peace Speaking about UDFA, I was really surprised how many of them actually make our roster. I am talking only about those, who were originally signed as UDFA by the Bills. Right now it is Cam Lewis, Tyrel Dodson, Ike Boettger and Reggie Gilliam (plus Reid Ferguson, but nobody drafts LSs so that's logical). Recently it was also Levi Wallace and Justin Zimmer. Then there are lot of guys who hand around and never actually make 53 man roster. So it will be interesting to see if somebody gets in this time. Now it surely looks that Wydermyer could be the man since we are lacking in TE department and he can play.

When the names were called, Shakir. But now after I digested it all a little, its Elam. I wanted Booth so much and was like 100% convinced we take him if he is there, that I was in shock when we took Kaiir and quite dissapointed. But now after watching him and reading about him I love that pick. Shakir is 2nd because of value. Cook close 3rd. Bernard is such a wild card.

Lol spot on!

This needs poll.

This a good question. After couple of votes it is clear that people think what I think - Dolphins and Jets got better, while Patriots got worse. So that begs a question. Is there a realistic chance that Patriots will end up last in the division? I'd say its fairly possible, but it depends on Zach Wilson a lot.

Did you mean it I made it in the OP, i.e. with link posted? Or should I choose some other option from what postimg provides and it will directly appear as a better image in my post? I am not arguing with this. I don't think both Moss and Johnson make the roster, but unless proven otherwise I'd say they are more likely to keep a guy they drafted. But that is definitely an open competition. Why do you think this? To me he seems like an absolute lock based on his WR ability alone. He was a 4th round pick in Beane's eyes. You think Stevenson or Hodgins will kick him out of roster? And there's also his return ability, which all but guarantees his roster spot anyway.