Your one, and only one, draft hot take?

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

We are less than 48hrs out from the completion of the first found of the draft. What is your biggest hot take?

 

Mine is Darnell Washington being the first tight end off the board.
 

I think this still qualifies as a hot take. I have seen some recent rankings and mocks that have Washington as the first tight end off the board or the second highest graded right end in the draft. 
 

Still, the overall consensus I think is that he is a second round prospect and the #3 TE. 
 

Some rumblings of possible medical issues but those could maybe be smoke screens. And after seeing how Gronk’s career panned out after his serious medical red flags I think more than one GM will be willing to take a gamble on him.

[BADOLBILZ]

16 minutes ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

We are less than 48hrs out from the completion of the first found of the draft. What is your biggest hot take?

 

Mine is Darnell Washington being the first tight end off the board.
 

I think this still qualifies as a hot take. I have seen some recent rankings and mocks that have Washington as the first tight end off the board or the second highest graded right end in the draft. 
 

Still, the overall consensus I think is that he is a second round prospect and the #3 TE. 
 

Some rumblings of possible medical issues but those could maybe be smoke screens. And after seeing how Gronk’s career panned out after his serious medical red flags I think more than one GM will be willing to take a gamble on him.

 

 

It's not an exact comp but Washington reminds me a lot of Johnny U's favorite target

 

 

[Big Blitz]

Zay Flowers falls out of the first round.  
 

JSN

Johnston

Addison

Only 3 WR go in RD 1.  Unless we go Downs - I can live with Hyatt to I think.   

[QLBillsFan]

The Bills take Marte Mapu late in the draft and he plays a hybrid LB/S role ultimately winning the MLB starting spot by mid season. The Bills go WR early and miss out on Campbell and Sanders. 

[GunnerBill]

Hot take.... Jack Campbell will still be on the board at #59.

Edited April 26, 2023 by GunnerBill

[No_Matter_What]

6 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

Hot take.... Jack Campbell will still be on the board at #59.

If you're right, will he be on the board at #60?

[NastyNateSoldiers]

I’m sorry I got 2 

 

#1 - Only 1 Wr will be drafted in the first rd

 

#2- AdeTommy Adebawore will be a Pro Bowler by yr 3

[JoPoy88]

2 hours ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

We are less than 48hrs out from the completion of the first found of the draft. What is your biggest hot take?

 

Mine is Darnell Washington being the first tight end off the board.
 

I think this still qualifies as a hot take. I have seen some recent rankings and mocks that have Washington as the first tight end off the board or the second highest graded right end in the draft. 
 

Still, the overall consensus I think is that he is a second round prospect and the #3 TE. 
 

Some rumblings of possible medical issues but those could maybe be smoke screens. And after seeing how Gronk’s career panned out after his serious medical red flags I think more than one GM will be willing to take a gamble on him.

my hot take is I’m going to laugh at all the beat, fat, old, whipped wannabe draft experts here that skewer Beane no matter who he picks just because he didn’t pick their guy. 
 

edit: it’s not actually a “hot” take, I’ve done it for several years now.

Edited April 26, 2023 by JoPoy88

[Doc Brown]

The Bills move up to #24 swapping 1sts with the Jaguars and giving them our 4th rounder.  Similar to what we did last year.  We leapfrog the Giants to take Jordan Addison or Zay Flowers (whichever one is left). 

[davefan66]

Beane will draft BPA first round and then fill needs remainder of draft with trades if need be.
 

 

[4merper4mer]

3 hours ago, BADOLBILZ said:

 

 

It's not an exact comp but Washington reminds me a lot of Johnny U's favorite target

 

 

IIRC Johnny was very upset when Leo Durocher stole this two sport athlete and future HR king.

Rashee Rice will have one of the two best careers of WRs in this draft.

[Tipster19]

The Bills will trade off Oliver to move up in the draft.

[gonzo1105]

2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

Hot take.... Jack Campbell will still be on the board at #59.

it’s only a hot take on this board. I think both you and I know that with the exception of maybe Simpson that those guys never were being picked in round 1 

[John from Riverside]

Whoever we end up, taking in round one, even if I hated the night of by the time the next day rolls around, I will have found a way to like it

[gonzo1105]

All top 7 TEs are gone by the end of round 2. 
 

Mayer, Kincaid, Musgrave, Washington, LaPorta, Kraft, Schoonmaker. 

[LEBills]

If Will Levis is there at 14, he is a patriot

[78thealltimegreat]

If true there’s really only about 15 players with consensus first round grades someone we all thought would be top 15 will be there when the Bills pick…

The guys this year will be Notre Dame TE Michael Mayer and WR Jordan Addison 

Beane will skip them to draft Mazi Smith of Michigan 

Edited April 26, 2023 by 78thealltimegreat

[BuffaloBaumer]

All of this draft excitement and hype is hilarious because the bills won’t even be picking Thursday night 😂

[NeverOutNick]

5 hours ago, Big Blitz said:

Zay Flowers falls out of the first round.  
 

JSN

Johnston

Addison

Only 3 WR go in RD 1.  Unless we go Downs - I can live with Hyatt to I think.   

I’ll go opposite and say Zay Flowers will be the first WR taken. He’s who I want the bills to take but GMs know he’s the most talented WR in this class and he will go first 

[SirAndrew]

This is a weak draft class, with very few guys who are going to be game changers. There also aren’t any franchise QB’s in this class.