GreenMtnBillsFan

That's right I forgot about Edwards too. I totally agree. Brady seems to love the RB rotation with each having slightly different but complimenting skillsets anyways. You don't have to draft the next James Cook, Moreso just find a guy with similar traits that you like and let him develop behind the strong O-Line.

Agreed, Cook has a great skill set and is a great player for us, but running a competitive football team means making concessions. RB's do deserve to be paid as they've been screwed over for years, but I just don't think Cook sees eye to eye with Bean on this and unfortunately we can't pay everybody. Torrence and McGovern are both OL pieces the team has to decide upon soon (and Torrence is gonna be $$$), and we still have Benford in extension conversation as well. There's a lot of good players that are extension eligible in the next 1-2 year still, and much like Tremaine, I think someone is going to end up walking for big money and that just is what it is.

I love Ty Johnson and think he excelled in the RB3 role, but I'm 100% on board with drafting an RB in this year's class. There's some really solid ones with a lot of different skill sets. I could definitely see them finding a back that has similar qualities to Cook (explosive, shifty) and trying to develop them this season in the case that Cook walks next year. If Johnson resigns, then they just hang on the PS as RB4.

Yosef! That leaves Jalen Virgil and Darry as the last Alum on the team (now that Sam Martin is gone)

Exactly, he's likely a camp body and RB3 competition regardless of whether Johnson resigns or not. He'll either compete with Gore jr. and Johnson, or a Draft pick and Gore.

Definitely, I'm no GM but the more mock drafts I do, there seems to be a lot of interesting options for all 3 of those positions at various points throughout the draft, which hopefully means we have more chances of hitting on a player that'll be productive and serve as good depth.

Beane must really like the DT and DE's in this draft, because it feels like they're really aiming to target there right now. Obviously things could change and I'm sure he'll sign some vets for cheap deals to help round out depth, but I think he's aiming to get "younger and cheaper" at the DT and DE position overall. That doesn't necessarily help the fact that we could use a game wrecker at those positions, but it seems like they're trying to reset the defense as a whole by letting go old contracts the past two years (Hyde, Poyer, Tre, Von) and locking up Bernard, Rousseau, and hopefully Benford.

Yeah I think that people really need to start readjusting their perspectives and expectations on these moves. It's going to continue to cost more and more to maintain good players, but at the same time the cap will likely continue to rise, so it all balances out. What really matters is the % of cap and positional value. Certain positions are just going to take up a larger % of the team's overall cap, but as long as Beane isn't out there to making mega deals way over positional value, then there's not all that much to worry about.

To be honest, I don't think Beane seems to place a lot of value into the Backup QB's. I wouldn't mind a Minshew or backup of higher quality, but it always seems like they'd rather use that money or draft capital elsewhere rather than a higher rated backup or developmental QB in the draft. I wouldn't be surprised if they keep Mike White and cut Trubisky after 6/1.

I'd love Garrett as much as the next guy, but I would be pretty pumped if Beane was able to pull off a deal here. Hendrickson, Rousseau, another FA (Epenesa is also fine as a DE3/4) and a draft pick would be a solid group.

I really liked Sam Martin and thought he was pretty solid for us, but definitely seemed like a potential cut option for some cap savings. I think they really like Jake Camarda and want to give him a shot to win the starter's job. They'll still bring in competition (draft pick or a vet), but I think they envisioned Camarda when they offered him a Futures deal.

He'd have more opportunities to catch the ball if he was better at pass protection. Ty Johnson takes those snaps because he's a good receiver and also can help protect Josh on 3rd down when the defense might send more pressures.

That's a great point and I think it hits the middle ground that some people miss. There's certainly a way to improve the offense and the defense in the same offseason and at the end of the day, the Bills need to just keep swinging at getting great players, whether they're veterans or rookies in the draft. Teams can provide a framework (like the Eagles), but at the end of the day, you can't replicate exactly what they did. Teams have been trying to replicate the Patriots for years and it never seems to work. As frustrating as it is coming up short, Beane and McDermott have a philosophy they believe can win them a super bowl, they just haven't gotten the right pieces and breaks yet to make it happen.

Good to know! I've seen his name pop up a ton to on the mock drafts as well. Not super familiar with his skillset but I'll go watch some highlights.

I'm a Vols fan for college football and have been taking Dylan Sampson in mock drafts for the fun of it. Lot of comps to James Cook in terms of explosiveness and speed. https://www.nfldraftbuzz.com/Player/Dylan-Sampson-RB-Tennessee It'll be interesting to see if they do take an RB this year and let Cook just play out of his final year.