Coach Tuesday

Do they even plan to field an offense?

https://twitter.com/DAonCBS/status/989697845791019008 Gettleman didn't even listen to offers for the #2 pick. He's Buddy Nix, I'm telling you. What a moron. If Reese were still the G.M., we'd be welcoming Sam Darnold to Buffalo this weekend.

Agreed. The Bills have a tough task ahead trying to teach Allen to elevate his game.

I tried to dig up the Shaq Lawson pick thread, I predicted in that thread that Whaley would be fired for that pick and it looks like I was right (sorta). I also thought Bradham was a "home run" pick. Those are the two times I've been right.

The thing is, Manning was running an elite offense in college (I watched a ton of his Ole Miss games) - he was making checks at the line, reading defenses, and shredding them single-handedly - it was obvious what he would become at the NFL level. Rudolph has been a defined-read guy at Ok St. and the jury is out as to whether he can elevate his game.

This dude is the linebacker version of Clowney. If he stayed in school for 2018 he'd be on track as a top-3 pick in 2019. McD has a track record of being able to mold linebackers. This pick was a calculated risk with an enormous upside. Now it's up to Edmunds to put in the work (and not get hurt). If he does that, we're potentially looking at the next Cornelius Bennett.

We will see. It's a good pick in the sense that they didn't spend a blue chip asset on him and his strength (throwing downfield) matches up well with their offense. But his physical skillset is much closer to Tommy Maddox than Big Ben, and reading defenses is not something he's proven he can do.

Correct. If he tries to make throws like that in the NFL, he'll have a very short career - back-footed heaves downfield are a recipe for destruction, no matter how strong of an arm you have. This is why it's so dangerous to draft based upon measurables - guys like Allen often end up relying solely on their arm talent to bail them out of trouble and ignore fundamentals like footwork and play design, and that's why they flame out. Allen might make it - but to me, the odds are stacked against him and I didn't (and still don't) feel that the Bills should be in the risk-taking game at the QB position.

Looks like the Jets got a good player as well.

They need to build an offense around him ASAP. Need a burner who can take the top off the defense, and a bunch of tall WRs and TEs with good hands and big catch radii. Benjamin is a decent start but where are they gonna find the rest of those parts?

I'd say CBS is NOT killing it...

Where are the Rudolph zombies now? Those people were the worst...

This team has no players

And they stole the Cowboys’ pick, who is named Dallas and would’ve replaced Witten. Good for them.

Then again he is already leading the league in jersey sales and I suspect Beckham is top five. They have various incentives...

Another one of those "who are you to question these wise personnel men" posts - great.

The Bills remain steadfast in their refusal to adopt a modern passing offense. The best we can hope for is that the continued evolution of the college game rewards mobile, improvisational QBs, because that's what the Bills are interested in.

But that is not the point. His value-over-replacement is not high enough to justify the assets they effectively "traded" in lost opportunity costs.

Exactly.

Buddy Nix 2.0

Welcome. However, before we allow new posters to express opinions about current scenarios, they must first set forth their positions on the Flutie v. Johnson debate, whether Ralph meddled, the true role of Russ Brandon, and whether prior regimes can be faulted for failing to get Sammy Watkins into space.

I have been saying this for awhile - their pro and college personnel evaluations of offensive players are very concerning - to say the jury’s still out is putting it kindly.

Might be able to package him with a lower pick for a second. MAYBE. But I’d do it - dude is basically a human paperweight.

Book is still wide open, son.

Fake fan! Get behind all of their draft day moves, despite whether you’ve been railing against those same players for the past three months, or find a new team to root for.