Allen2Moulds

I'm not disputing this, but the general sentiment is that they won't pay Chase and Higgins and have hinted at such. I believe they, like the Raiders, are often cash poor, which I believe comes into play with signing bonuses, but I don't pretend to be a cap expert.

Where are you on Tee Higgins? My first thought was that he misses too much time, but in looking at his games played, that might be overblown. He's only 26, and might be a FA. I don't think Cincy can afford to resign him. He's also not a diva. Just seems like the perfect match/all in move, in addition to Garrett.

I agree. Add the piece that's hardest to find with Garrett, and fill the other holes through draft/FA. In my opinion, ai only see 4 clear holes, and Garrett fills the biggest one. Not to mention, the domino effect he will have on the rest of the line. 1. Premier pass rusher - trade for Garrett. 2. Get bigger up the middle and find replacement for DQ - preferably draft with a day 2 pick or FA 3. Boundary Receiver with speed - likely have to find them in the draft or via another trade, if you have enough draft capital left. Perfect world, might be a pipe dream, but DK Metcalf. 4. No.2 CB - draft or FA That's my list/order.

The one thing that sticks out to me with Beane's drafts is this. Beane claims that early in the draft, he goes BPA, and that later in the draft, is more when they go position by position. But if you look at his draft history, it actually suggests the opposite. He seems to always force the issue in the 1st with attacking an area of need vs. Truly going bpa. I think this is why he does better in 2-7, vs. The first round.

Agreed they have players all over, but the driving force of their entire defense, is Jalen Carter. He was regarded as the best player in the draft, but due to off field questions, he slipped to I believe to 9. We had the same opportunity when we drafted Oliver, over a guy like DT Simmons. Last year it was Cooper Dejean, who was mocked over and over to the Bills. We passed on him for Coleman, and thought there was a chance we would still land him if we were aggressive, and traded back into the 2nd round, but again the Eagles cashed in. As good as Beane is, there is a major gap between Beane and Howie Roseman. Honestly could be a big gap between Roseman and the rest of the league.

I understand the argument for Washington being a good landing spot for Myles, but I wonder if they would make the deal? They did so well in the draft last year, they might say, let's find our own guy. If you pay all the draft capital to get him, you suddenly lose some of the advantages you had over other teams. Ideally you can go after Tee Higgins, or any other top FA to bolster your roster, and than also load up in the draft. Young regimes typically don't like to part ways with their draft capital.

Our defense needs a face-lift. We still lack speed and athleticism, and size/strength in our front 7. I think we all saw the potential our defense has with an elite pass rusher (von pre acl), and believe we have to go all out to land a premier pass rusher. We need to start treating it like a QB. If we don't have this, nothing else matters. It's a lot easier to plug any other hole on defense through FA, or even day 2/3 of the draft. The dline is the final thing to fix, to finally get over the hump. It took way too long to build an oline good enough to win the SB. Now it's time to do the same with the dline. Let's not wait another 5 years, or it'll be over for us.

Let me clarify. Bills Mafia knows how great Moulds was, but I don't think the rest of the NFL does. When I talk to friends of other teams, unless you closely follow the Dolphins, most don't even know who he was, or kind of heard of him. I always end with....he still owns most receiving yds in a single playoff game all-time.

Trade for premier pass rusher, and it's not even close. I don't have much faith in us drafting an impact DE or DT. That being said, I feel like this is the order of importance: -DE1 -Boundary WR with elite speed -Run stuffing DT/Daquon Jones replacement -CB2 with CB1 upside to replace Douglas

I agree with this, but a no trade clause would've been nice.

Joe Marino was the one throwing around the no trade clause. Unfortunately it appears to be false information.

Fair enough. Don't get me started on that 3rd and 5 screen. At least to Cooper. I would have preferred a quick slant, or something else, where we are on the move. Same thing with the last play. Spags has a long history of being ultra aggressive in key moments. We had no answers for that blitz. I don't like that Shakir lined up 11 yards behind the line of scrimmage, basically taking our best weapon out the play. Amari was running 1yd drag route, and 2rd receiver was running a 3yd drag. No slants on the play. No matter who we add in the offseason, we have to get better at situational football. Different teams/circumstances, but at the end of the day, 2 years in a row when the game is on the line. The Chiefs defense have put their foot on our neck on the last drive of the game, the way they do against everyone else.

Tell that to the 4th and 5 play that left Josh and our entire line confused. KC blitz 2 guys I believe, and 3 got through. Online whiffed on 2 of them. Not to say we don't need better Jimmy and Joe's, but I believe you are over simplifying it. If that's the case, the bust rate for QBs, would be far less than what it is. Within a single formation, tons of wrinkles can be added. That being said, there's nothing that excites me about this hire.

I don't track any specific books, but all-over social media, they're saying that the odds flipped back into Allen's favor. That says Vegas knows.

I like Rousseau, and do think he's a solid to above average player, but people on here act like he's so hard to replace. He had 4, 8, 5 and 8 sacks. His biggest strength is setting the edge. I know he's still young, but nothing there suggests that he's going to suddenly explode to a 12+ sack guy.