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Kincaid was on the field with Trent. Trent even got more snaps than Kincaid. Maybe we should draft another TE next year and run a 4 TE offense.

Oh so just like when we all knew Gabe was gonna walk last season?

Damien Harris had over 2300 yards from scrimmage and 20 TD’s. He signed with the Bills last year for $1.7M. Justin Shorter, a fifth round pick, has an average salary of $1M. Is a fourth round RB (who has a significant chance to not beat out Harris’ career numbers with the Bills) an economical decision when you can spend an extra 400-700k for probably a better player to fill the backup role and use the 4th rounder on a player that may end up dictating a $10-15M+contract? Imo, no.

I was just drawing the comparison of a productive tweener falling relative to their production. I haven’t watched a single snap of Solomon, I admit it lol

Former Bills UDFA Eric Striker was a very productive EDGE in college that didn’t have enough sand in his pants to stick in the NFL

No, I didn’t. Again, you’re assuming that McD also knows what players that AREN’T on his board WILL be drafted before the Bills pick. How have we not won a Super Bowl with this oracle running the show?

They are all on the same board! You do not understand how drafts work. At all. I’m not trying to be mean, but you really do not get it.

You didn’t answer my question. How would McD say “I think this third round grade safety should be higher than this third round grade WR (that I didn’t scout)?”

The board that Beane made without McD’s input at all? The one that has every other position on it? The one that may have a WR, RB, DT and a DE in between the first and second safety? How does McD move a safety prospect up or down without scouting the other players in between? Magic?

Yeah, he does. Because Beane does and that’s how they build their draft board? How else would you rank the prospects? Do you think Bishop was the best safety they scouted in the draft? Do you think Carter was the best DT? Do you think Coleman was the best WR? No. Of course not. They scouted guys that they thought were better and ranked higher and guys they thought were worse and ranked lower. So when they get a third rounder in a trade, they can look at the top of the board and see whose available. Because they already made a board with ALL THEIR SCOUTED DRAFTABLE PLAYERS ON IT. Thats what the GM DOES. You are just demonstrating a fundamental misunderstanding of how drafts work. Your contention is that McD: 1. Has prescient knowledge of what players will be available when the Bills pick and scouts ONLY THOSE PLAYERS 2. Has prescient knowledge about trades that haven’t happened yet and scouts ONLY THOSE PLAYERS that will be available when they are picking to borrow some British slang, that’s just complete rubbish.

The next fascist government should hire the Bills PR team. They are doing an incredible job editing out all the footage of McD reviewing his personal draft board and making the selections himself while Pegula and Beane get him coffee.

Yeah you argued it poorly. You said 50-60, now you’re saying the first 5 picks which ended up being 141 players. So which is it? even if you still say 60, do you think McD has secret knowledge of the draft order? You say “he probably doesn’t waste time with Joe Alt,” but he doesn’t know if Cooper DeJean goes in the first or falls until the second. He doesn’t know if BTJ falls or doesn’t. So he would need to also scout those players right? And he doesn’t know we have a third rounder until draft night, so when does he scout those players? Also, what makes you think that McD has such a high opinion of himself and his ability to scout WR that he would want to scout a WR personally and sign off or veto a WR draft pick? This is the guy who is notoriously hands off the offense except for vague “run the ball” comments. Now all of the sudden he’s breaking down how fast Keon Coleman gets out of his break?

Not this year. Probably didn’t think it would be accepted after a trade out of the first round lol Dude, the first 5 picks is 141 players. We didn’t even have a third rounder until draft night. Do you think McD didn’t sleep after round 1 and watched HOURS of film of players in a round they didn’t even expect to have a pick in? I think what you fail to understand is how much time this stuff takes at a professional level. There’s a reason there’s a bunch of other scouts and football executives. They are not all getting coffee while McD reviews the film of 141 college players.

Mahomes has the best record down double digits in NFL history. FYI.

Does this mean that you believe the “he was our last first round prospect” line that BB trotted out for like 3 years.

No I’m not. Beane and McD worked together at Carolina. Beane knows what traits and skills McD likes and what player profiles he prefers. He may even consult with McD on certain positions or players. But Beane makes the picks. I’m not sure what other input you could possibly think he has. There are hundreds of prospects. McD ain’t watching film on all of them and making his board. Do you think Beane pulled up Bishop film while we are the clock to get McD’s approval? The sole responsibility of the draft is on Beane. the only draft that McD had final say on was 2017 and it was probably the best or second best draft we’ve had in a decade.

There goes the “Coleman was their pick all along” take lol

So you agree with GB here?

So what is your point? Would you prefer Beane draft 3-4 backers and ends that don’t have roles on McD’s defense?

Every coach has input. Some coaches run the whole thing. McD isn’t one of them.

This is a very funny attempt at a “gotcha” that the 7 year HC has input on the draft lol

Does it prevent you from throwing to JAGs like Sherfield who alligator arm passes from your generational QB in playoff games?

Oh wow, you can draft a WR high BEFORE one or two leave your team?

Here are some answers to your rhetorical questions. No. Never. No. No. No. Not me. None.

Why did the Niners draft a first round WR when they had Deebo and Aiyuk?