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8 minutes ago, BarleyNY said:

 

Sure. Anything can happen. But that is ignoring the actual odds of success. This is not a typical draft. The players staying in college for NIL money has gutted this class. Pick 143 in 2024 is not the same as pick 143 in 2020 or 2028. That’s my point. 

I get the point.  And I still think the point is we won’t know for years whether this pick turned out to be valuable or not, so I wouldn’t go around stating definitively this pick has very little value.  Regardless of NIL they’re not cancelling day 3 of the draft.

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2 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

Current Draft Capital, including forecasted Comp pick for Edmunds, and their Modern Trade Chart Value:

 

Round 1 - 28 (209)
Round 2 - 60 (88)
Round 3 - 99 (36)
Round 4 - 129 (18)
Round 5 - 143 (14)
Round 5 - 159 (10)
Round 5 - 162 (10)
Round 6 - 192 (6)
Round 6 - 198 (5)
Round 6 - 206 (4)
Round 7 - 246 (1)

 

Lots of capital for movement around, especially on Day 3. No chance we use all of these picks.


I like Douglas, but would you look to get a 3rd back for him?  Or even Rasul + a 4th and 6th for a 2nd? For a team that really wants a starting CB on a reasonable $ 

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58 minutes ago, DCofNC said:

Ahh the ole McDermott philosophy of someone being too valuable to let play, gotta love it.   I don’t like seeing him go, but if doofus won’t play him, you can’t pay him.

Do you ever have anything good to say ever

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Bates played 35 snaps on offense (3.01%) and only 79 snaps on ST (18.37%).  Yes, it's unlikely we'll stay as healthy next season as we did this past season on the OLine, but Bates is a luxury we could no longer afford.  

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54 minutes ago, Green Lightning said:

And play who at guard? Morse is glass at this point and gets easily bull rushed by quality DTs, which we see in the playoffs

 

 

Edward is still in play
And I think they really like Alec Anderson

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20 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

 

Splitting hairs but actually $1.433M in space saved because we're doing it before March 15. Also we avoid having to take on a $2.567M dead cap hit in 2025 when we inevitably would have released him next offseason.

 

Still I don't think this has anything to do with cap space. Ryan Poles just weirdly has a hard on for Ryan Bates so we are happily accepting his overpay.

I’m an idiot and misread it. Thanks for the correction. 

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7 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:


I like Douglas, but would you look to get a 3rd back for him?  Or even Rasul + a 4th and 6th for a 2nd? For a team that really wants a starting CB on a reasonable $ 

 

We're not getting a 3rd for him. We paid a 3rd for Douglas last season, but we also got a 5th in return. And that was Midseason.


I like Douglas too and I figured Tre was the odd man out. But listening to Beane talk about him at the presser, it does seem to me that Douglas isn't long for the team and Tre is staying. My guess is he or his agent aren't interested in not testing the market next season and/or we're not interested in doing something long term with Tre and Benford here.

 

Maybe a late 4th or another high 5th? Hard to move guys on 1 year deals.

 

4 minutes ago, GASabresIUFan said:

No, I know Chicago's only 5th is 143.  I was looking for a link to the draft chart.  I use a different one and wanted to see how they compare.  Thanks

 

Yeah, you probably use the old Jimmy Johnson one. The modern Rich Hill model reflects current deals more accurately.

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11 minutes ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:

Feels like Beane kinda bungled this going back to 2022. Should've given a higher rd tender to Bates, but didn't. Then when the Bears offer sheeted him we matched it. We paid a lot for 2 seasons from a backup O-line and now we're eating 4mm deadcap for a depth guy. At least we got a 5th rd pick I guess. 

If we took on injuries on the line, we would be very thankful that being actually did this and gave us a quality back up stop bitching

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1 hour ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Thats the biggest issue when you play cap games, which the Bills will be doing. Depth gets thinner.

 

Bills were extremely lucky health wise on the OL last year. It won’t happen again.

Yep this is obviously the year the IOL goes down FMLLL I'd rather have a high quality versatile IOL depth piece that knows our system inside & out than another rotational DE

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This is an awesome move! He was a backup and we were overpaying for him. Now we clear up over $3m in CAP space for a guy who played possibly a handful of snaps last season and no meaningful ones. As Sal Capacio said, Alec Anderson fills a similar role, has a full year in the system and is millions cheaper.

 

I definitely think this ups the potential for a Center in the first few rounds, but with 11 picks now I think it would be negligence if we didn't draft a center.

 

This draft is going to be super interesting. I've heard from some of the experts that this is a very top heavy draft in the sense that after rounds 3 or 4 the talent drops off a cliff. I expect Buffalo to make 5-7 picks in the first 4 rounds. I hope they all hit!

 

Gonna be a fun draft!

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20 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

But listening to Beane talk about him at the presser, it does seem to me that Douglas isn't long for the team 

What exactly did you hear him say to make you think this?!  Because he said what he “brought” to the defense, instead of what he “brings”?  I’ve seen people running with that person’s interpretation, which is quite a stretch imo.

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