Five Weeks in, Las Vegas thinks everything AFC is already clear

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1 hour ago, JaCrispy said:

I still think ultimately the Jets have a stronger roster to sustain themselves through the course of the season…

 

PS…If the Bills are looking to draft a WR in the upcoming draft, it doesn’t look promising…Last year was the year to do it, unfortunately…

 

Early on, DT looks like the way to go in the next draft…There are some really good prospects from the mid to late first round…

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Jets have that defense which I know a lot of people think is overrated but I think it’s one of the best in the game, and that will always help them stay in games. All they need is a moderate offence and they’ll win plenty, plus they have a softer schedule.

 

their trouble is the offense under Rodgers has been as bad as it was under Wilson, so if they can improve that they’ll have a good shot at the division.

 

the Bills defense is capable of being very good but is inconsistent and gives up too many third down conversions so they’re hard to trust

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35 minutes ago, DCofNC said:

He fell well within reach to go get him.  The Bills have traded up to draft Elam, Kincaid and multiple other later round guys, but THIS is the one case you can’t understand?

Those were slight move ups. To Get Thomas, the Blls would have had to get in front of Jacksonvills. Go and look at the actual draft, and identify the team that would have been willing to trade back. Here are the relevant picks:

17 Minnesota Vikings Dallas Turner 

18 Cincinnati Bengals Amarius Mims OT GeorgiaSEC

19 Los Angeles Rams Jared Verse DE Florida State ACC

20 Pittsburgh Steelers Troy Fautanu OT WashingtonPac-12

21 Miami Dolphins Chop Robinson DE Penn StateBig Ten

22 Philadelphia Eagles Quinyon Mitchell CB ToledoMAC

23 Jacksonville Jaguars Brian Thomas Jr. WR LSUSEC

 

17 - The Vikings traded up with Jacksonville to get Turner

18 - The Bengals reallllly needed OL help and took the best that they could get. This was a terrible pick, but the Bengals don't know how to scout OL so it's par for the course

19 - Rams needed to replace at least part of Aaron Donald's pass rush production

20 - The Steelers reallllly needed OL help. They took a C in the second round who's starting for them.

21 - Fins would never trade in division, otherwise this would have been the spot

22 - Eagles had a terrible secondary last year and went into the draft aiming to address that. Their first two picks were both CBs, and they got the best one in the draft here.

23 - The Jags read the board the way that I just did and traded back knowing that Thomas would still be there. 

 

The Bills would have had to massively overpay to get those teams to not take the BPA at positions of real need. In retrospect, Beane should have used that Minnesota 2025 second to move up before the draft, but we had no way of knowing that the Vikings would overperform this year.