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The Dolphins are the biggest threat this year. They were 10-6 last year, Flores can coach, and they have a ton of high draft picks again this year (thanks O’Brien). On the other hand, they are apparently going to roll with Tua, and Josh has their number. Patriots are apparently going to try to be a ground and pound team this year, and it’s going to be awful to watch. Jets will win a lot more games this year, but they are a year or so away from being a real threat. If they draft Wilson and he is as advertised, they could be the long-term problem in the AFCE.

Sewell is going to be good; it’s too bad he sat out this year. Could see him landing with the Bengals...

The Jets drafted a LT (Becton) last year and he is an absolute stud. They are not in the Penei Sewell market.

Darnold seems like the kind of guy who would be perfectly happy being a backup; maybe that’s his calling. Watched a lot of Zack Wilson film, huh?

I doubt even Sam Darnold’s Mom has him rated higher than Zack Wilson.

Good grief. Brown is 20 years old; this is most likely Sanders's last year...

The hyphen is your friend...

Other than Davis, none of those guys is young and none of them are what I would call burners. It's the one element that's missing from our WR group. But you're right, the Bills will probably try to fill that gap after the first round. And I don't think Simms would strongly disagree with you; he certainly thinks Waddle can be a star...

Not fair. Simms loves Waddle and ranked him just barely behind his top 3.

It’s a fair question but if you read the specific allegations, it seems like Watson was consciously doing scummy, awful things while not blatantly crossing the line that would make him criminally responsible for sexual assault. There was enough ambiguity in the “situations” that the women may have felt that Watson was a scumbag but probably couldn’t be successfully prosecuted for a crime, especially if each of the incidents were viewed in isolation.

Also said this is another really good WR draft class. Brown or Toney have to be possibilities if they fall to 30....

Agree. This is another excellent WR class and there’s almost certain to be a really good one available at 30. This is a WR-centric offense and we should definitely consider someone like Kadarius Toney or Dyame Brown if they are available at 30.

Absolutely not. The Bills’ window is now. We need to add players who can help us get to the Super Bowl this season.

Chris Simms agrees with you. There was a very long thread on this a couple weeks ago...and he’ll be gone way before the Pats pick.

Until this thing gets resolved, Watson has zero trade value, and at any rate, Houston would be unwise to trade him when his value is at rock bottom. It's status quo until a lot more is known and I'm not sure how there could be a resolution before the draft.

Well, I doubt he would have led off with his weakest cards...

The plaintiffs’ lawyer released some of Watson’s texts to two of the women today. If that’s all he’s got, it’s pretty underwhelming. I’m starting to smell a rat.

Why did Denver cut him?

I think what he meant is that Trubisky is better than the starters for the other three teams, which is correct, as of this moment.

That's very true, but at some point, the cost of having Gruden run your franchise into the ground outweighs the cost of paying someone to replace him. Only Mark Davis knows what that point is...

Although they aren’t yet at the bottom of the heap, this is a franchise that just seems to have no idea WTF it’s doing.

Yeah, that’s a problem.

Insane contract. This is Gruden’s last year there.

No. He said he rejected a six-figure demand before the suit was filed. Makes complete sense.

I’d be less willing to dismiss it if there were at least some sort of finding that he did something wrong, but that’s just me.