Ethan in Cleveland

Bills have 49 guys under contract now. 48 really when you consider they have two punters on the team. They lost starters at safety x 2, wr x2, edge, and center. Every other starter returned and they get Milano back from injury. They already filled one of the WR spots and 1 safety spot in FA. They filled Center and 1 safety spot internally. They signed a few special teams level guys and some guys like Collins that will be long shots to make the final 53. They absolutely need a starter at WR. They need an edge that will play significant snaps and hopefully will be better than AJE. They need a backup RB, a rotational DT, and a safety #3. I don't care much about the position but they also need a punter returner. They probably will add another WR or a CB that has some return ability late in the draft. Also they will have a little more FA money after June 1st for a couple more depth guys.

Happens all the time to me. Saw 2 guys wearing Bills hats and Yankees jerseys at the Guardians game last week. Saw two in London, two in Milan, and even a guy wearing a Josh Allen jersey in San Marino ( an independent city state inside of Italy - not Dan Marino's house). Go Bills and fist pump is usually all I do

Did Jets also throw in a couple of Staten Island Ferry tickets as well???

Agree. Much rather draft edge in round 2. My distaste for AJE is well documented. I think the corpse of Von will rise and have 9 sacks this year. AJE will have 3 in the first 6 weeks and then disappear again.

Oh I see what you mean now. Agree. No WR even the top 3 guys would match what Diggs produced. My thought is you get a guy or two and hope the offense is more diverse with Kincaid, Cook, Knox, and Samuel getting lots of opportunities. Are you advocating trading draft pick for a veteran? FYI I don't believe anything Beane says. The only truthful statement he made was the Bills are worse without Diggs. There is no way he believes the WR group is ok. Honestly if he drafted 3 WR it would be less shocking than if he takes an edge in round 1.

3 of the top 6 rookie pass catchers from 2023 were taken after the first round. One of the six was a TE. So only 2 of top six were first round and both were taken after pick 20. Diggs as you know was a 4th round pick. After the top 3 guys in this draft, the next ten probably have a good a chance as any to succeed.

Agree this mock is as bad as the mock and real drafts of Mike Mayock.

I have no issue with them drafting an edge if all the WR with a first round grade are gone, but Kneeland wasn't even first team in the MAC. No freaking way. If they don't get a star WR in the first round, then I would prefer they go volume in the second and take two WRs.

Nabers at 13 is worth giving up 2025 #1

OMG I would love to see the board explode if this went down. https://www.nfl.com/news/seven-round-2024-nfl-mock-draft-round-4 Small school edge in round 1 who had 4.5 sacks in the MAC, while Cinci and KC both add WRs, Miami adds an OT, and Colts add a generational TE. Blocking WR and Robert Woods clone in round 2 and passing on Franklin Then DT and S No trades up or down Standing pat and taking another smurf blocking WR and 3 defenders with the top four picks.... oh this place would melt down

Well done. Excellent analysis. One question, do you think McCarthy is a top 5 QB talent? Or are you just saying he will get picked there as an extreme over reach. This guy averaged 22 passes pee game in college. He is a game manager with good accuracy. Ok but not elite size. Ok but not very good speed. Decent arm. Just curious if you think he is a top 5 talent?

I thought they were until they traded Diggs. Poyer and Hyde were not difference makers last year. I have no concerns moving on from them. Milano will be back. Getting DQ to return and perhaps a resurgent Miller should be enough on defense. Rousseau is in a contract year so he is going to ball out. Douglas was playing at a level even better than White before his ACL. He is a steal and I still have hopes for Elam. My concern is the offense. Yeah Diggs play fell off quite a bit but he still caught over a 100 balls. They have no one that can get deep now. Teams can sit on short zones with a single high safety and there will be little place to go with the ball. Unless you play a team like Dallas that can't stop the run they will really struggle. Kincaid needs to continue to develop but I don't see him in year 2 being Kelce and being able to carry the offense. All that can change in ten days. I don't believe a word Beane says. He lies and twists the truth at every PC. There is no way he thinks they can win with this group of WR. If he really does then we are truly screwed. But I believe he will draft not one but two WR. No way he doesn't get Allen more weapons. As always our rate limiting step will be coaching....

No matter how the McDermott apologists want to spin it, the playoff failures have almost entirely been poor defensive play. Texans and all KC games the defense choked or never even showed up to play. Credit the D for the Ravens win no doubt about that. Colts win was even worse coaching by Reich. Nobody showed for the Bengals. Allen and the offense has carried McDermott. Hope he proves me wrong, but if they don't make the SuperBowl this year McDermott has to go!

Coughlin won two SuperBowls with the lesser Manning who was a great playoff QB but far from elite. Harbaugh took Kaepernick to a NFC Championship and SuperBowl Doug Pederson won a SuperBowl with a scrap heap QB I'd take both of them over McDermott

Excellent points. My guess is most of these guys are marginal NFL talents. Like you said they get paid, they get health care, and they graduate. All good things.

Drafting two WR with first three picks is perfectly fine with me. Or using one of the picks to aquire a guy in a trade is fine as well. Get an edge with the other pick and a safety early on day 3. I'd be fine if they traded multiple day 3 picks to get back into the third round. There is probably only 4-5 roster spots up for grabs at this point. 6 if you add another punter. 2 WR, Edge, S, CB and P. You can trade all the other picks away becuase they either aren't making the team or you can find a LB or CB in UDFA to play Teams.

He knows his fate is hitched to McDermott and can't do anything about it. This is going to get a very interesting season.

Excellent!

Can you explain what the Green Bay Method is? And if it is as ineffective as the rhythm method I want no part of it....

What is the over/under on outright lies Beane told?

I'd be ecstatic if they got Jefferson. Outside of that I'm fine with a couple rookies.

Does Michael Vick's run with the Eagles count? Not really a bust with the Falcons, but did make a ProBowl with the Eagles, named comeback player of the year, and made the playoffs twice.

The Wilson and Watson trades show that anything can happen. Wilson was two firsts and two seconds Watson three firsts and a second. Remember at the time Watson pre-sex charges was considered a top 5 QB. The OP trade scenario is close. You would probably need to add another first round pick in 2026. I would make that trade on three conditions. First you fire McDermott. Second you bring Brady in for one year. Third you bring in Belichick. Then you trade out of #1 to 3 or 4. Get another first round pick. Then draft Nabers or Harrison Jr, an OT at 9, and package #28 and one of those other picks to move up and take best pass rusher you can get. Take a safety and another WR in round 2. Trade up from 4th to 3rd round and get your RB#2. In that scenario you have as good a chance at a SuperBowl as any team. Additionally you have more picks in the future. You then have a stocked young cheap offense that you can plug and play another veteran QB for 2025 if needed - say someone like Dak or Baker on a 2 year deal.

I've been saying this for years. We are lucky Allen was available when he was. You know if Cleveland or the Jets take Allen, Beane would have chose one of the other QBs that have been busts. That said Harrison Jr and Nabers look as close to sure hits at the WR spot as any other. Trade down is easy to say. You need a trade partner. And with a roster that had been stacked for years trading down didn't make a lot of sense because there was just not that many open roster spots. However this year is a bit different with holes at WR x 2, safety, edge, dt, RB#2, and backup C. With a deep deep WR group and no 3rd round pick a trade out of the first round wouldn't be the worst decision.

What an interesting thing to say. Poyer and White were loyal to the organization. Apparently loyalty runs only one way in the NFL. I will never feel bad for any player that tries to get maximum value when they can. If a player outplays his contract I support him asking for more money. I completely understand why any player would hate being tagged. Yes that one or two year contract money is great but the risk of injury and missing out on substantial guaranteed income is tremendous. The NFL and NFLPA have done some nice things. Rookie wage scale works well to not overpay for guys that have a very good chance of being busts. Adding performance pay for rookies that outperform their contracts. A vet minimum salary that counts less against the cap. These are all good. If I were the NFL and NFLPA I would let each team designate one QB that is outside the salary cap and you can pay them anything you want. Then you have a cap for all the other players. I would keep the roster at 53 with 10 person PS but let them dress any 53 they want on game day.