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Josh will sign an extension. It has no impact on the cap this year and very little next

Interesting take. I would agree Dawkins and Poyer are 4 and 5. Dawkins is not truly elite but he is a top 10 LT. My feelings on Edmunds are well documented. He has the physical tools to be even more dominant than White. I hope he emerges this year. I've never been sold on Oliver and wanted the other Josh Allen or Hockenson in that draft. But he played well last year, DT takes a long time to develop, and he should get more 1:1 pass rush situations this year with a more athletic group of DL. I have two other candidates for elite status. Tyler Bass. He has an elite leg and he got better as the year went on. He could be an All-Pro next year. And then there is Knox. I think more of him than most on this board, but the board is correct that he lacks consistency.

My top 4 1. Bledsoe - 2002 season was his second highest rated, second in yards, and highest comp % of his career. Not only was it one of the best ever in Bills history it was a highlight for Bledsoe's career as well. He set Bills season total record for yards in 2002 only to be broken by Allen last year. 2002 season of QB play was the best during the 17 year drought. Then it all fell apart. 2. TT - fun fact Tyrod's QB lowest rating as a Bill was 89.2 and as high as 99.4 (Jim Kelly's highest was 97.6 in 1991). TT was QB for three years and Fitz was for four. If you take Fitz best three years he only passed for 1000 more yards than TT. Where Fitz beats TT handedly is in TD passes. In Fitz's best three years he has 20 more TD passes than TT did in his three years. TT had 16 interceptions total in 3 years. Fitz had 23 in one season, 16 and 15 in the other two. TT offense led the league in rushing 2 years in a row and was a top 10 scoring offense twice 3. Fitz - as above, he scored and he turned the ball over. Fun to watch and had some exciting wins but just too careless with the ball 4. Flutie - more urban legend than effective QB. His best season in win total he had a QB rating of 75. The team won despite him not because of him. That he is fourth on this list is a testament to the 13 other piles of garbage that played QB for the Bills

Don't forget Matt Barkley. He was projected #1 overall too before he decided to stay for his senior year.

Shhh...facts are not welcome here

Put a dome in OP and cut back to 68K seats and raise the ticket prices I was all for a downtown stadium but OP just makes more sense. The cost would be far less and that savings can be used to build a dome. Just build a similar structure to Minnesota and it will be amazing!

Agreed. After Oliver and Star the rest are street free agent types that can be replaced. Phillips and Zimmer are cheap and are probably playing for one of the last spots on the roster.

If you have the QB then you can win. Allen's development covers up some holes. This is not a critique of Beane or McD and please don't take it negatively. Every team has question marks somewhere and the Bills do as well. The Bills interior o-line is at best a work in progress and is one concussion away from a disaster. Edmunds could be a top 5 LB or out of a job by season end. As you said TE is a concern though I am still a big fan of Knox. CB#2 is a nice position battle. There is no star at RB but there should be enough talent at RB to have a bit more balance this year.. Kicker looks good but still only a year sample size. So I agree with the OP. The roster us solid which makes for some nice threads for some of the roster spots.

Agreed. Edmunds needs to play better and the young DL needs to produce. Hopefully they find a little bit of a run game to go with the passing attack. Everything is set up for a SB win.

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Not sure what you have been reading, but It's been very well documented that Beane and McD asked him to lose weight last year. which he did. Baltimore has always liked having experience on defense mixed with some youth.

I'd rather keep him than Gilliam. But it likely will come down to Kumerow and Hodgins for the last WR spot. Like others have said if you can get a 5th for Kumerow from GB I'd make that deal if Hodgins shows anything in camp

Perfect response. Trubisky is a great back up option. He lets you cut Fromm and go with just two QBs on the roster opening up an extra spot for a WR or linemen. He is good enough with this team to win games if Allen got hurt. Fromm and noodle arm from last year were not.

Get younger not older on DL. I like the mix of youth and experience that Beane has put together. Didn't like most of the moves last year including Epenesa pick. But having him drop weight and then adding two young pass rushers should be a big improvement.

Davis had 3 drops all last year and made a number of very difficult catches. He has excellent hands. And this would be year two as he was a rookie last year. Are you speaking about Knox?

Modern day NFL DE. Tall and lean.

What does Minn need? A consistent QB, a healthy defense, and Aaron Rodgers retirement.

We have watched the games. The deep passing game is all about Josh not the WRs. Daboll has proven to be able to get guys open deep but Allen has overthrown them too many times. He got better last year and if he can be just a bit more consistent they can hit maybe 10 or 12 more big throws during the season. That is really all they need to do to make the defense respect the deep ball even more than they do now.

I thought the defense was getting shredded by the offense yesterday? Or is this specific to a few nice pass rushing plays?

It depends if Wentz's contract has playing time bonuses too. Players don't take kindly to sitting if it affects their pay. I've read in the past teams have paid bonus money if they don't hit certain performance thresholds due to being inactive the final week if the season. That would not be the case of course for draft pick compensation. As you pointed out he would need to miss a decent chunk of the season or portions of games to avoid the pick changing to a #1. That said if he needs foot surgery he could miss half the season or more.

Hope they keep his reps down. He is a lock to be the pk. No need to overwork him.

Good post. You can’t teach arm strength and speed. Accuracy as we have seen can be taught and improved. It’s hard to do but it can be done as Allen is proving.

Agreed. He is the perfect game day guy to have in case of an injury. He is probably not a guy you want starting but he brings so much flexibility you can dress one less OL for game day thus allowing an extra WR as a return guy or another special teamed.

They needed a center not another swing OT. But generally agree at that point there are few guys that will make this roster. Zimmer has a real shot to make it over Phillips. Phillips was a healthy scratch down the stretch last year. My guess is a fully healthy Phillips might be a bit better than Zimmer but it will be a close call.

Nice job. Swap out Johnson for Obada. Johnson has done very little to keep a spot. Agree with only keeping two QBs. Doyle is not making the 53. He will go to IR or get cut. Waste of a draft pick. That opens up another spot for a fourth safety.