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Agree for sure, my fear is that if we sit put at #25, the guys I covet, and feel could step in from day one and start opposite Tre, Gardner, Stingley, McDuffie, Booth, will all be gone. I'm praying Beane gets aggressive and moves up and goes after Sauce. If you're gonna move up, go big and go after the cream. Sauce has the potential to be even better than Tre, with dreamlike measurables, and if i read it correctly, he NEVER allowed a touchdown?? Jesus. Then for the sake of double dipping, I move up again in the 2nd and grab Watson. Draft grade, regardless of remaining picks, A+.

Sauce Gardner Christian Watson Hey if you're gonna dream dream big...

Not sure how many of you saw it, but an article in the Syracuse Post Standard has us trading up to take Sauce Gardner. While I would absolutely be thrilled with this scenario unfolding, doesn't it seem a bit unrealistic in that we seemingly didn't have to give up very much to jump 18 spots from 25th up to 7th? I feel like we would have to give up way more to make that move...we're talking about the consensus best corner in the draft, could even possibly be better than Tre someday, and the CB2 spot filled in the most delicious way... "The best way to gain some separation from the rest of the pack? Make a bold move. In our mock 2.0, the Bills do just that and add some sauce to their secondary. *TRADE* Round 1, Pick 7: CB Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner, Cincinnati Bills receive: 2022 1st (7) Giants receive: 2022 1st round pick (25), 2022 3rd round pick (89), and 2023 1st round pick, 2023 5th round pick"

I watched his YouTube highlights, and damn if dude doesn't bring the nasty....Jesus he's a beast....but I won't allow myself to even dream of Thibodeaux, as I don't imagine him falling past pick 5, and we don't have the real estate to make a jump like that....plus I don't think McDermott would go after him for some reason.

I think it's just in my nature to worry a little about each and every opponent we face, each and every Sunday. Remember, any team has the potential to win any given Sunday. HOWEVER, count me among those who have definitely made the transition from hoping we win each week, to EXPECTING to win every week. This team, this roster is absolutely loaded with talent, starting with none other than our All-World unicorn of a QB, Mr. Josh Allen. I've never said this before today, but I expect us to beat every team we face. There is not a single team in this league that I look at and think if we beat them it's an upset. This organization as a whole is a winner from top to bottom. I've gone from "if" to "when" as it relates to hoisting the Lombardi. We've never been closer than we are now, and I couldn't be more excited about this upcoming season. As we all know, so many things have to happen in order to win the super bowl, a little luck included, but this team has drastically reduced all those extra variables, and put us in a position that for the most part, we just to need to line up, play our best version of Buffalo Bills football, and the "W's" will pile up. I hope you guys are as ready for the ride this year as I am, because this is about to be one helluva season. LFG!!!

Holy crap our first memories are identical. My first real memories of the Bills, at least concrete enough to accurately name players, were also of that playoff game vs the Browns. In all honesty, I began taking an interest and watching the Bills in 1980, at the age of 6, seeing Joe Ferguson handing it off to Joe Cribbs, tossing passes to Jerry Butler, and seeing big Freddy Smerlas on the d line. But I specifically remember that playoff game in 1989. I was 15 years old, and my dad and I had gone to our old house to paint it and get it ready to sell. So it was just he and I in there, and we had brought a tv with us to watch the game while we painted. I remember Harmon dropping that pass in the end zone and Kelly throwing a pick a few plays later to seal the defeat. I remember that was the first time I was actually hurt we lost. However, the four year super bowl run most definitely strengthened my love of the Bills. The first super bowl, after the loss I don't think I spoke to anyone for like two weeks. The 2nd year in the loss to the Redskins, I remember being pissed and frustrated. The 3rd year, during the colossal beatdown we suffered by the Cowboys, I was 18 years old, and was serving over in Korea. The beatdown was so bad, I remember going to get a haircut at halftime. And the last year, I really thought we were going to pull it off. We were up at halftime. But that 2nd half, after that Cowboy TD drive where Emmitt Smith basically ran the whole drive himself, scored the TD and ripped his helmet off, I had a sick feeling the Cowboys were about to take over, and they did. I remember just being kinda numb to the whole thing.

Before you just mentioned it, I hadn't even allowed myself the opportunity to envision Thibodeaux coming to the Bills, as I figured he'd be a top 5 pick. But good God, talk about a pass rush...Miller, Rousseau, Thibodeaux, Oliver...someone said it in a different thread, we could be the first D line to actually kill a quarterback....

Good point you bring up about Saffold being injury prone, I didn't really think about that, or how it affects our G depth...

Damn good looking roster if you ask me, damn good. I haven't been this excited for an upcoming season in all my years as a Bills fan. I EXPECT us to win every game. We address CB either via FA or a stud draft pick, and this roster will be, dare I say, complete.

Crap, they got me...but when I saw the "and ranch of course", I knew something was really really wrong. But I still didn't get it....damn I need to be better. LMAO @ Detroit Lines

Uhh, hoping that tweet is about anything other than football. I for one completely agree the edition of Von Miller would do wonders for Mr Hughes. Let us also not forget his level of play has NOT dropped off that much. Just last year he was still one of the league leaders in QB pressures. Maybe the sacks weren't there but I'd love to see him out there opposite Von on 3rd downs next year....I'd bet serious coin his sack numbers increase from last year. Is it merely a matter of Beane not wanting to pay him what he's asking for for his services?

I think the jury can still be out on Darnold, I don't think I'm ready to call it on him just yet. The guy has had the complete opposite of Allen in no consistency whatsoever, no line, no real receiving talent, tons of injuries. I'm not saying I think he's anywhere remotely near Allen's level, but that he could possibly be a serviceable QB if given the chance...Rosen, yeah I was dead wrong on, I'm among those who clamored for us to draft him.

Something tells me he'll be crossing that off his "list" before the seasons over. Just a matter of time baby.... Not to mention, it's quite a feat to accomplish and not something that happens very often. Roethlisberger holds the record with 4 total times (3 regular season 1 postseason), and Brees (both regular season) and Brady(once regular season once postseason) both twice. Norm Van Brocklin's record for the first game with 554 yards all the way back in 1951 still stands to this day. Count me among the least shocked if/when that record falls this year. Big things baby, big things....

Super understated point, Josh throws some serious heat and nothing at all wrong with having oversized mitts to reel them lasers in. In watching Watsons tape I also noted how naturally catches the majority of passes with his hands, love how he brings the ball in. In all honesty I would be thrilled if we took him at 25 and don't think it'd be a reach at all. I literally salivated watching his YouTube video. IMO he'd look damn good in a Bills uni...

I'm certainly not giving up on him, but I tend to agree with FireChans in that he really didn't do too much last year, outside of a couple of decent punt returns. I'm down to see what he can do given a chance or two at WR....However, this year's draft just has such sexy prospects it's hard to ignore the fact at least one or two bonafide stars could be there waiting for us when we pick...

As talented as Hamilton is, I can't lie, if Beane were to trade up for him, I'd be disappointed...maybe it's the fact Hyde and Poyer just had unbelievable seasons, or the glaring need at CB, or the glut of uber talented WR's, but that's the one trade up player I'd least want to see.

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!! Post of the day hands down!!!!! 😄

A Q&A session where the players maybe answer a few basic level questions, nothing too heavy or serious, and how about a players vs fans Bills trivia game?

I do acknowledge we need to address the CB spot, I guess I just don't see it as a gaping hole. I have great faith in Jackson solidifying his spot at CB2, loving Taron Johnson at the nickel spot. After that, Neal is next man up..... Okay, CB is a huge need. I stand corrected....

My sentiments exactly. I too wanted "the other Josh". And have no problem admitting I threw the remote when they announced the pick. But its never felt so good being so wrong, and that crow was actually delicious... 🙂

I almost feel like it's a no-brainer. Beane has addressed so many needs its insane, yet absolutely nothing at the CB spot. And because of that, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he went WR, OL, or somewhere else. We all know how every year in the 1st round teams make picks noone saw coming, be they reaches, head scratchers, etc, thus causing players to fall. Nothing is off the table when it comes to our GM, and I love that. But obviously the safe bet is CB. Can I just say that it feels really, really good to head into the draft with no GAPING holes, and we have the luxury of actually going after BPA? I honestly cannot think of an offseason like this one, and haven't been as excited for an upcoming season as I am for this one. I have no clue whatsoever how I'm going to get through the next 5 months without spontaneously combusting.

While I completely agree w/you regarding Oliver and Groot, this feels like the classic domino effect. It's very rare when one player comes in and changes things up like the addition of Miller has the potential to do. Every level, IMO, is gonna benefit, in a major way...and yes I agree Oliver could quite possibly benefit moreso than others. Like you said, by the end of the season, he was clearly not just our best d lineman, he was becoming practically unblockable from a one on one standpoint. My goodness the possibilities are endless. Edmunds is either completely stoked at the Miller signing(plus Settle, Jones, Phillips), or maybe even feeling a bit of pressure, because right now, all the chips have fallen into place for him to play his best ball. As cablesabres68 said, he should be able to play much more instinctively now. This has got to be a put up or shut up year for Edmunds, and I believe this move, above all things, will show us what we truly have in our MLB, and will allow Beane and Co make the best decision regarding Edmunds future in Buffalo.

I absolutely believe that Dane proved himself, and is MORE than deserving of the # 2 CB spot.

Coffee all over laptop screen on that one!! 😆😆

Agree 100%. I'm an eternal glass half full guy, but my thinking is, if he couldn't excel playing for Brady, who is the absolute master at running the two TE system, plus the fact he's coming off an Achilles tear, my expectations of him are pretty low. So if we can get any real production out of him it's all upside. And like many on here said, perhaps a change of scenery will do him some good, AND I'd like to think Josh can pull something out of him that few other QBs could.