Dr. Who

I've changed my mind a bit on DK. After the combine, I was thinking too much of a risk and I didn't like poor performance on 3-cone drill and quickness tests, etc. I've come back round to thinking if Q Williams doesn't fall within striking range and Ed Oliver is gone, I take my shot with Metcalf. Some may say if you're going offensive playmaker at nine, why not Hockenson? I think a transcendent WR moves the needle more than a very good TE. If Metcalf can be the next Moss, Josh Allen is going to throw him a lot of TDs. All that said, N'keal Harry in the second is a safer WR pick.

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I prefer Hockenson to Fant, but I think Hockenson goes too early for a feasible trade up. There is a chance, however, as some have speculated, that Fant goes before him.

What's funny is the OP as a response to a particular thread. It's well aimed imo.

I like current Bills, love the old standing buffalo. Classic Jets is a good uni, so no need to change and certainly not for this.

Fant at nine seems like a huge outlier. I am interested in Fant if you are trading up into the back of the first to get him. I don't see how you pass on the DL talent likely to be available at the top of the draft.

Yeah, they purchased another forward lateral.

Generally agree, though I think rb is in play day two or early three as well.

Does this mean Oliver is our target? You and Beane are both on a roll.

Honestly, I was just thinking about that last night. You could do a lot worse imo.

Juvenile and garish. Wouldn't wear it if it were free.

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Sweat and Gary are the fellas I have the most skepticism towards.

Yeah, let's call him.

Sunday morning I'm usually pretty sleepy myself. I have a friend who is an Orthodox priest. I wonder if he'd do an exorcism to get rid of a ghost?

Guess you missed the sarcasm. I called the other fella out for condescending aplomb. Then I was sketching out his dismissal of those who disagree with him.

Yes, but he is lost with condescending aplomb, so there's that. Meanwhile, you are ignorant, don't know statistics, and don't realize Allen is epically challenged on basic skills and has little chance of even being an average qb.

One draft is not enough to establish a pattern, of course, but Beane was proactive in last yrs draft, so I expect if there are blue chip players he covets, he will move around to get a player. Maybe a trade ends up involving a combination of players and picks. He could move back and then trade back up, but if they really like a top five player, that strategy is out. I simply don't think he's going to sit and let the draft come to him in the first three rounds.

I like Ed Oliver and have been focusing on DL at nine. I think there are some fairly good wrs likely available in round two. If they go Metcalf, I'll be excited, while still feeling there's more risk there than I'd like. If he is in the conversation you allude to, you have to go get him for Josh.

I seriously doubt the plan is to make small moves in the middle of the draft.

I have no idea if they are moving up for Oliver, but I liked Allen before the draft and I also like Oliver.

Well, if we're going to pick a player who is already gone, might as well select Bosa.

Happy Birthday, Terry. You're a decent fella who happens to be a billionaire. Probably not too many of those. P.S. Royal Blue is the Sabres' color.

Well written, as always, yet isn't the point of your overall comment that it can't always be Allen, for better or worse? No doubt, Allen will retain the gunslinger streak. That's exciting and he has the arm to deliver. But Allen needs to take the short throw and allow for the boring, drive sustaining play if he's to become the best qb possible. I think he's smart enough and humble enough to figure it out.

I know your view, John. I am getting old. I don't have the patience I had when I figured I had forty or fifty years to see a Cup. Perhaps you're right and I hope for the best. What else can one do? Personally, I just don't have confidence in Housely, but I don't claim to be a hockey expert.