BigAl2526

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.

At the moment, it looks like the odds are better for Grant to be the Bills' pick than any other player. As we all know, that can and probably will change over the next five weeks. I would be happy with Grant.

Well, Cook is under contract for the 2025 season. I suppose that Beane's options are to cave and sign him for a big money deal now, try and trade him (assuming there is a team willing to risk that Cook will accept what they are willing to play, or let Cook play out his rookie deal in hopes that Cook doesn't hold out or become locker room poison. If Beane goes into the draft without being relatively certain about Cook's future with the team, I assume he will draft a running back.

I don't have any information on which to evaluate him as a player, so I'll take Gunner's word for it that he's terrible. It is interesting, however that he has good measurables, or did coming out of college. Besides being big, he has long arms, big hands and ran a 5.15. His production has been underwhelming to say the least. So, would there be anything a great defensive line coach could get out of him or is he stuck in mediocrity.

Do you mean "Pastor?" I'm available. I have 40 years experience.

I think that since we're now talking about electricians, EMTs and firefighters instead of Free agents, this thread has about run its course.