Ethan in Cleveland

Tall fast pass rusher. I'm happy

With Etienne gone it's time to trade out and get another mid-round pick this year or a second next year.

This is setting up perfectly for Etienne at 30.

If you want trades yes it is

Another CB gone. Good. Take Etienne and then load up on defense tomorrow

Espn. I said I dont like Greenberg earlier but he is actually doing a good job.

They drafted LT last year but he was hurt and signed Reiff to play RT.

That list is why you draft pass rusher

Challenging Buffalo. Such a nice ring to it

12 to the Patriots in a trade up

Picked Lance to 49ers a week ago Jones to the Patriots is almost a sure thing now

Did ESPN just put up a picture of the wrong Lafleur?

I dont like Mike Greenberg Suzy over did it with the Botox

It's obvious he carried Mike McCarthy and the entire franchise. Now he may have another moron HC. He should be disgruntled.

Seriously. They should just stop reporting anything a month before the draft. It's all BS

There are only two spots on the roster that would make sense. Edge and TE. There are only a few TE's in the league worthy of giving up a first round pick, and none of them would be traded by their respective teams. That leave edge rusher. As has been pointed out the cost of a veteran edge is substantial. They don't have the cap space to pull that off. They need to get younger on the DL. Beane just needs to make some solid moves and picks. Just come away with one additional dynamic player on offense - RB or TE and an edge rusher early and add depth at center, CB, 1-tech DT.

Normally I favor trade down to acquire more picks. But that is not the right scenario now. The roster is loaded. They only have 2 maybe 3 spots on the entire roster that are not settled. This is the year to move up and get your star RB or pass rusher. If one of the WRs falls, maybe that is a guy to target. If there are no willing partners to trade up, moving back a few spots and picking up a late third or early fourth may be wise. Then you get 4 players from say 35 to 110 or so, and at slightly less cost. Beane needs to use those late round picks as capital to move up or just give away for higher rounds next year. With punter and kicker settled, there is almost zero chance a 5th round or later pick makes the roster.

Agree. They need an impact player that makes a difference in 2021. It should be SuperBowl of bust mentality at One Bills Drive. To me that is a RB or an edge in the first round. A CB, C, and a 1-tech DT are needed for beyond 2021. TE is the wild card here too. Can Knox develop? Is there another TE besides Pitts in this draft that is an upgrade over Knox?

I don't know the answer to the OP question. My take is it is far easier to screw up a QB prospect with bad coaching and bad supporting cast, than it is to coach them up. Have to believe the coaches help somewhat, but the ability to make quick a decision and deliver an accurate throw is more inherent talent than it is coaching. Coaches might help with pre-snap reads, after that I suspect it comes down to the player.

Any list that does not have OJ as one of the top 10 best first overall draft picks is just wrong. He is still in the argument for top 5 RB of all time.

As much as I have posted that Edmunds was terrible last year, it makes little sense to give him up for a draft pick or to move up a few spots in the draft. His potential alone is more valuable than a 3rd round pick. Trading him without an immediate first round pick to replace him leaves a gaping hole in the defense, and at best does not improve it. If you don't want Edmunds at MLB then move him to edge. Otherwise just get an edge rusher and probably another corner in the first 100 picks

Glass houses... Spain Jefferson Addison and Butler forced to take paycuts or get cut And that isn't even including the guy that quit at halftime

To be fair, this is not entirely accurate. The CBA is negotiated and agreed by current players. It does cover the draft and rookie wage scale. BUT those future rookies are not part of the union yet and are thus not represented. They only get to choose to agree to be part of the process as designed or not play at all. Point in fact the rookie wage scale took money out of the pocket of rookies and diverted it to veterans. That may be the right thing to do for the league and some portion of current NFL players but it does lower potential income for incoming rookies. Not saying it is wrong or a bad idea, just saying point of fact current and future rookies had no role in negotiating the CBA.

By big I assumed you meant height like Julio Jones or AJ Green. Straight line speed is at best the 3rd most important attribute for a WR. First it is route running and then it is their hands. Third is probably body control and then speed. There have been plenty of pure speed guys that are not good WRs. The NFL is about matchups. A RB on a LB or safety is a matchup problem. Just like an elite TE is a matchup problem. You can take out a WR from a gameplan easily becuase you will always match them with a corner and double with a safety. It is much harder to defend an elite TE or RB.

The Chiefs don't have a big deep threat. Th biggest WR they had was 6-1. Diggs is 6'0" and Davis is 6'2". They have elite speed in Hill that almost no other team has and an elite TE. The Bills need to counter with Knox getting better and adding another speed weapon. That could be Etienne.