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The fact the Bills didn’t deem him worthy of their practice squad or further development after signing him to a 3 year deal was wild.

It’s the twitchiness that leaves athletes, the “quicks,” not so much straight line speed. Speed and strength carry well into the 30s if injuries haven’t broken the body down.

He sacrificed a 4th round pick to move up for Knox, sacrificed a 4th for Elam, and a 4th for Kincaid. Think he sacrificed a 4th for Cody Ford too, either that or a 5th. Tried to sacrifice a 3rd for Bishop last year too but teams weren’t taking his call. My complaint has been that Beane trades up too much. Of course I wouldn’t be saying that if he had hit on at least one other blue chip player. As such, I’d rather sit pat or trade down and accumulate more ammo.

A) Would Christian Benford fetch a 1st round draft pick? B) If a team offered a first rounder, would you want the Bills to take it?

I’m in the further minority because I’m not giving any one WR $40M/yr. I don’t care who it is. I’d rather trade Chase for a bounty and fortify both lines of scrimmage.

I got the feeling the two sides aren’t all that close. I expect an infusion of youth and speed in the secondary during the draft, let’s hope the newcomers can play.

Q: Who wins in a footrace between Hamlin, Douglas, Rapp, and Coleman? A: The turtle

I wanted to move on from both Hamlin and Douglas so we wouldn’t have any more 4.6 DBs in the secondary. That unit needs an infusion of youth and SPEED.

I didn’t realize the number one DT in run stop win rate, Tedarrell Slaton, signed with the Bengals on a 2 year $15M deal. I thought he was still unsigned. A 6’4 330lb run stopping behemoth is exactly what this DL needed.

A veteran, WR John Brown, said the same when he came back after his injury. He had to find the confidence he had before he was injured because the offense was moving well without him. He had to find where he fit in again. I will echo that Keon’s hunger seemed A LOT less post injury. Almost like he was going through the motions versus actively trying to make a name for himself. You can’t teach effort or heart, so while he was upset that he was no longer as big a part of the offense as he was, he still had to make the most of the opportunities that did come his way and he didn’t do that.

Bills probably wanted him back on something close to a vet minimum deal.

Trent Murphy-like signing? Just a rotational piece, nothing more. Him and Epenesa are tied for DE3. EDIT: sounds more like an athletic Lorenzo Alexander type. Went from a 310 DT to a full time outside LB. Most likely still DE3 in the Bills scheme.

At least the Chiefs are losing better players than they’re gaining.

https://www.the-sun.com/sport/13544468/aaron-rodgers-new-york-jets-locker-room-split/

I remember the game he embarrassed Tre White (pre injury White). First time I ever thought White looked like a boy trying to defend a man.