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Although they had a bunch of draft picks, they were mostly day 3. I think missing out on that third round comp pick left Beane without draft capital to be aggressive, and it seems none of the other GMs were inclined to play ball with what he did have. He reportedly tried to trade up in the third and got no bites; perhaps there was another WR he was targetting. Next year they should have an additional second round pick and two extra in the 4th (if the NFL don't gently caress the comp picks again), so I would expect an aggressive Beane. If the Vikings suck, they could have picks 32 and 33....
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He’s only slow at running so it should be fine
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Pablo Bluth posted:Although they had a bunch of draft picks, they were mostly day 3. I think missing out on that third round comp pick left Beane without draft capital to be aggressive, and it seems none of the other GMs were inclined to play ball with what he did have. He reportedly tried to trade up in the third and got no bites; perhaps there was another WR he was targetting. This was always going to be a bit of a transitional year, and they all but committed themselves to that when they dumped Diggs. We'll have lots of cap to work with next year, even before jettisoning Von Miller. And def hope they shuffle McD off: 5-6 in the playoffs and no road wins is...not encouraging. To say nothing of losing to both the Chiefs and Bengals at home.
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Apr 28, 2024 22:41
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https://twitter.com/BillsChatPod/status/1784580652626522549 He was reportedly good on special teams, so probably the current favourite for punt/kick returns in the upcoming season.
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Apr 28, 2024 22:44
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TheBizzness posted:He’s only slow at running so it should be fine This is probably the most shared tweet in Bills circles rn: https://twitter.com/NextGenStats/status/1764054057264529412 I can largely buy that he just had a lovely 40 and plays faster, but I can't get over that he can't separate against college DBs and that his contested catch % isn't even particularly good. But he seems pretty funny so hopefully he's actually good.
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fsif posted:This is probably the most shared tweet in Bills circles rn: as a FSU fan i will say the separation thing is overblown, jordan travis doesn't exactly throw with timing or with good accuracy so there's a lot of having to run back for a ball or stopping entirely to wait for it to arrive
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21: Chop Robinson, Edge, Penn State 55: Patrick Paul, T, Houston 120*: Jaylen Wright, RB, Tennessee 158: Mohamed Kamara, Edge, Colorado State 184: Malik Washington, WR, Virginia 198: Patrick McMorris, S, Cal 241: Tahj Washington, WR, USC
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fsif posted:This is probably the most shared tweet in Bills circles rn: I’ve watched some of his games, he looks pretty good to me. We gotta do our thing in the AFC East thread though, ya know? Can’t wait to watch him return kicks.
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TheBizzness posted:He’s only slow at running so it should be fine I lol'd at this. But Pats also drafted a "fast in pads" guy so uh hopefully that is actually an extremely real thing
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fsif posted:This is probably the most shared tweet in Bills circles rn: Wait running routes at the combine? lmao come on. Who gives a gently caress about that Game speed gps is somewhat useful info. Combine route gps is bottom of the barrel poo poo He's no slower than other successful NFL receivers in any case. I would worry about his hands, his bad route-running, his 56 percent catch rate and his overall inconsistency before I worried about his speed.
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Dalton Risner is the name that seems to be floating around the circles as the guy Miami has a handshake agreement with at OG
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Watched some analysis suggesting that Coleman could be a killer big slot guy but probably would fail outside
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This is going to be the most exciting Pats training camp in a while, which means this dead period is going to be rougher than usual 
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That DT market. https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1784953076232622384
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https://twitter.com/BuffaloBills/status/1784945785764716896 PFF grades are ok, but he's lost two seasons to injuries then a year long betting ban. I assume he's cheap.
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Overpaid I don’t Defensive Tackles can’t make plays if you run outside the tackles every down
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These are all probably fine players individually but I feel like the Patriots spent a lot of money this offseason retaining the core of a bad team.
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Diva Cupcake posted:These are all probably fine players individually but I feel like the Patriots spent a lot of money this offseason retaining the core of a bad team. Eh, might as well lock up the few good players you have. You have to spend the money somewhere.
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Apr 29, 2024 15:49
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So long as they're frontloading the money it's fine.
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I mean the big contracts they gave out have been to: Christian Barmore - Very good DT Michael Onwenu - excellent guard, solidly good RT that has to play there out of need. Kyle Dugger - Very good strong safety that was forced to play out of position a lot due to need last year. Then they re-signed these guys for reasonably cheap deals: Hunter Henry - Reliable receiving option Kendrick Bourne - Reliable receiving option, very cheap Anfernee Jennings - Run stuffing end who does a lot of work in a Belichick system. Josh Uche - Dirt cheap pass rushing specialist who only does work if Judon's there to take eyes off him. Like just due to need, I wish they had signed Tyron Smith or Calvin Ridley even if I don't think one of them is an answer and the other is comically overpaid, but they still would/should have done all these moves with that.
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Yeah, I think I was just expecting that given they had the most or close to the most cap room going into the offseason, almost none of it was allocated to bringing in any outside talent. Not that they're bad contracts. It's very clear this is a tear it down to the studs situation.
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Oh I agree, but also looking at free agency around the league... there's very few contracts I would've wanted. The cap going up like it did hosed us a bit. There's a few trades I wish we could've gotten in on, but like even loving Michael Pittman Jr got franchised due to all that cap space.
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Also I laughed https://twitter.com/jerrythornton1/status/1784894224254583162 (Pop Douglas had 2 less receptions and 250 more yards then Zeke, but it's still funny).
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hell yea. He's been pretty under the radar, but performing https://twitter.com/tkyles39/status/1745109011609854394
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Kalli posted:Oh I agree, but also looking at free agency around the league... there's very few contracts I would've wanted. My Hot Take is the Patriots basically did everything they realistically could/should have. It will probably still suck in 2024 because a) their offensive talent to start with was SO BAD and b) most QBs bust no matter how high you pick or how hyped they are. Like even if they hit multiple times in this draft they are probably pretty bad!
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https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1784982678304936332 The falcons are like the rear end in a top hat sitting first base at a blackjack table sitting on their 16s loving over everyone else trying to have a good draft.
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Thank you for your service, Zeke. You were probably the best offensive player on the team last year, which is a big  I wouldn't have hated him coming back but I guess they see him as redundant with Gibsonsean10mm posted:My Hot Take is the Patriots basically did everything they realistically could/should have. It will probably still suck in 2024 because a) their offensive talent to start with was SO BAD and b) most QBs bust no matter how high you pick or how hyped they are. Like even if they hit multiple times in this draft they are probably pretty bad! Looking back at free agent signings I wish they could have landed Mike Williams or Hollywood Brown. Neither is an alpha WR1 but is there any doubt they'd still be by FAR the best receiver on this team? They're both on cheap 1 year deals, we couldn't beat that? Nosre posted:This is going to be the most exciting Pats training camp in a while, which means this dead period is going to be rougher than usual Thinking about the camp where even beat reporters watching them install the Matt Patricia offense were like "oh... oh no... this is gonna be a god damned catastrophe" lol
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mcmagic posted:https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1784982678304936332 Yep, the Jets got gigafucked by the Falcons' insanity. That was obvious on draft night. Olu is a great consolation prize, though.
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They would, but Hollywood would most likely be a repeat of Agholor in this offense. Williams is a weirder case because he's great until he gets hit and explodes. I guess I would've liked to sign him, but I think we just absolutely had to find a LT somewhere in FA / the draft and... didn't. Like, I was willing to be optimistic about the offense doing something the last two years until proven otherwise, but I just don't see how we aren't a bottom 5 offense this year. I think we're worse at just about every offensive position then we were for Mac's rookie season, and I don't see how we don't have a full year of Vederian Lowe caliber left tackle play. quote:Thinking about the camp where even beat reporters watching them install the Matt Patricia offense were like "oh... oh no... this is gonna be a god damned catastrophe" lol Or last year's "stink, stank stunk" about our WR's in camp. https://twitter.com/NBCSBoston/status/1686207422577225729
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mcmagic posted:https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1784982678304936332 lol what? Them taking a player you aren’t interested in makes it more likely that player falls to you. It’s the opposite of black jack.
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Yeah LT is going to be A Problem, no getting around it. It's baffling that they didn't even come out of the draft and FA with like a B- level starter
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TheBizzness posted:lol what? Them taking a player you aren’t interested in makes it more likely that player falls to you. It’s the opposite of black jack. odunze was going 9, if they traded down to 10 with the jets, they still would've been able to make their lovely pick.
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They apparently truly think this guy could be the LT https://twitter.com/BerndBuchmasser/status/1784614982295953679 The optimistic take is that the coaching is hopefully fixed, so maybe him or one of our terrible guys last year actually can show something? Probably not though
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Maybe if Scar was in the building I would have more faith in their ability to transition a developmental player to LT. The current staff needs to prove it.
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Yeah, like if that was the plan, cool. Should've signed Tyron Smith or Beckton or one of these other injury prone guys so you don't have to pray you can thrust him in day 1.
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https://twitter.com/PSchrags/status/1784972369586536487 Was a formality they would.
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mcmagic posted:odunze was going 9, if they traded down to 10 with the jets, they still would've been able to make their lovely pick. Jets should have made a better offer, blame Joe Douglas
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TheBizzness posted:Jets should have made a better offer, blame Joe Douglas To be fair, the Falcons made such a remarkably foolish decision, it's fine to presume they wouldn't do anything reasonable.
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