BigAl2526

Cook is very tradeable . . . except the other GM will need to accept having a player who wants to be overpaid and doesn't mind making noise.

Zabel is not a terrible lineman. I don't disagree with any of the positive attributes suggested in the thread so far, but the fact remains that this is a first round pick. Teams are going to at least find an immediate starter in the first round, if not a high impact player. Zabel is not going to start for the Bills in 2025. Maybe he would eventually. He's certainly not a high impact player. for them. I'm not sure he would be for anybody.

Usually, I just do this on my own. That is, I scan through the myriad mock drafts being generated on the internet, and pick out ones that really outdo themselves in terms of the sheer stupidity their picks for the Bills. I thought maybe I could collect suggestions for stupid drafts on this thread. Feel free to contribute. Maybe I can pick a winner myself, or maybe I could do a poll. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. In any case, here is my first nominee: DraftWire has a mock draft authored by Curt Popjoy. It is a three round effort. I admit the second round picks for Buffalo are decent. Trey Amos at #56 seems like a fine pick Kyle Kennard at #62 works as well. It's the first round pick that makes my jaw drop - Gray Zabel offensive tackle from North Dakota State. Really? Granted, he's rated as a late first/early second round value and he's versatile, having experience at all spots on the offensive line, but he's short armed for an NFL tackle, and his athletic profile isn't terribly impressive. He's elite in his vertical jump and excellent in his standing broad jump. but is otherwise pretty average or below. He runs a 5.3 40. Then, of course, he's from North friggin Dakota State. The biggest issue is offensive line is the strongest position group on the whole team except for QB, and the depth might be better than the depth at QB. Still available to Buffalo when they pick are DT Derrick Harmon, WRs Matthew Golden and Emeka Egbuka, CBs Azareye'h Thomas and Shavon Revel, and edge rusher Landon Jackson (whom the Bills reportedly love) Be alert and post your thoughts on terrible picks made for the Bills.

From his college scouting report, he sounds like a younger version of the guy Buffalo used for the past couple seasons. Finesse and altitude, but not a huge leg.

It's much more fun to nit pick the efforts of others than to do it myself. A lot easier too.

Me too, on both counts. Class of '74.

Even if I were 45 years younger, in great shape and had crazy football skills (not true), I still wouldn't be able to play in the NFL with this rule. I have year around allergies and my nose rarely stops running, especially when I engage in activity. I can't take tissues onto the football field. I either wipe or drip.

Sign him to the PS and put him on a diet. If he can lose 100 lbs before mini - camp in 2026, you can test him to see what you've got. He's not going to be an NFL player at 464 lbs.

NFL teams are being careful about spending cap dollars on aging players. I haven't checked personally, but read that a fairly large number of free agents with names we might recognize are still waiting. Some will get signed, but asking prices are going to have to drop. Maybe during the season, injuries across the league will give opportunities to some of them.

I saw an article today where Restrepo said he's been running in the 4.53-4.58 range during training. He felt his hamstring tighten u during warmups to his pro day performance, but ran anyway, thinking he could gut it out and time where he wanted to. Even at 4.53, I'd question if he would be an upgrade for the Bills over Shakir, since Restrepo would play the slot in Buffalo like Shakir.

Ideally, that's what Beane would hope to do. The tight cap forced him to make some tough choices on where to spend, presumably based on the availability of potentially impactful free agents and the positions they pay. Yours is a valid position. Beane apparently disagreed.

I can't believe that Beane thinks Jackson can hold down the starting CB job across from Benford. He was limited in the amount of free agent dollars he had to spend, and made the choice to hand a sizable contract to Joey Bosa and several moderate contracts at other positions of need. He's going to draft a CB he thinks can be a decent starter.

Honestly, I find it more cumbersome to have one thread that ends up having 70, 80 or 100 pages to wade through. I actually like separate threads on the various sub- topics that make up our pre-draft conversation. That way I can look for the sub-topics I find more interesting, rather than look through one interminable thread looking for the interesting stuff.

A slower version of Cole Beasley? I'll stick with Shakir. If I were a receiver running in the range of 5 seconds, I would probably just put in a job application at the local Piggly Wiggly.

It matters more in man coverage than in zone. It doesn't matter going against every receiver, but the margin for error shrinks for a CB when he is slower and/or smaller. Thomas is not the slowest CB in the draft, but if skill set is similar, or course you pick the guy who is faster and more athletic.