Buffalo Bills The offseason begins

[Husko]

Is anyone willing to take on the mock draft polling?

Friends, the nfl draft is less than 2 months away. Due to a number of personal and professional things (2 trials in the next 2 months, 10 day trip to Mexico in March, and then prepping for our first child to arrive), I really don't think I'm a good candidate to run our mock draft polling venture this year. But I really don't want it to die! Would anyone be up for taking it over? I'm willing to help set it up, get it going, show you how I did it, or just let you run the whole thing however you want! The obligation is really just putting up about one poll a day. Let me know if you're interested! (or just start running it now!)

 

[Jim Bob]

One thing Beane takes umbridge with is the lack of clarity on number of responses. So I tried to glean how many responses there might be based on the percentages reported (are they all divisibles of a certain number?). The answer: no. They're all over the places. Which leads me to believe players can choose which questions to respond to and which to leave blank, which I would say is poor methodology if you're going to report percentage-based answers. I do think the big picture answer is a lot of players participated, though, specifically because of the question on cold tub space, which yielded 98% saying they have enough. The only way you could get to 98% is if 50 players participated and 49 said yes (or some number close to those and rounded, like 48/49 or 50/51). All that to say, it's a substantial number.

I do strongly disagree with him saying it's not great feedback because players are saying it anonymously but not in the building. That means players don't feel comfortable complaining to you, not that it's not an actual problem. Big difference.

I do agree with one thing:

They need to follow up with the players and see what can be done and what are the real complaints.

That also means that they need to create a culture where it is safe for players to give hard feedback. Hopefully that is in place and they can do stuff to improve things.

There are some things that I wouldn't take seriously. But, I do think that travel can affect their ability to perform on the road. So, that should be looked at.

 

[TehDoak]

I do agree with one thing:

They need to follow up with the players and see what can be done and what are the real complaints.

That also means that they need to create a culture where it is safe for players to give hard feedback. Hopefully that is in place and they can do stuff to improve things.

There are some things that I wouldn't take seriously. But, I do think that travel can affect their ability to perform on the road. So, that should be looked at.

I think the issue is that they don't have a private jet and just charter commercial planes. There are what....24 first class seats on most of the plane? And the rest is just shit? Especially if you are 6 foot, 300 lb plus?

Sounds like a market opportunity for someone to make a private charter plane company with a fleet of 5 or 6 planes with 100 comfortable seats and lease them to teams season by season.

 

[Der Jaeger]

I've done a few mocks this morning, and a trade down into the mid-30s (second round) would yield a 4th rounder and not really effect the players available to the Bills too much. I've gotten Tyleik Williams every time. That could help the Bills trade up out of the 4th and get their 3rd back.

I've been able to get a real quality player at 56 every time. Stewart, who they interviewed, has been there each time.

A trade down from 62 has also gotten be Phillips or Walker each time. Gets the Bills another 4th, about mid-round.

Using Brugler's board, some bottom of the 3rd types who could be there for a trade up are Chris Paul, Trey Amos, Isaiah Bond, and Cobee Bryant.

If Beane went all Belichick in this draft, he could get this:

2-35ish) Tyleik Williams, DT Ohio State (trade down and add around pick 112)
56) Josaiah Stewart, DE Michigan
3-70ish) Jordan Phillips, DT Maryland (trade down and add around pick 128)
3-95) Trey Amos, CB Mississippi (trade 108 and 128)
3-97) Chris Paul, LB Mississippi (trade 112 and 131)

That would be like adding a shot of nitro to the defense. And if Beane held off on a Garrett move until after June 1st, it's pretty amazing.

 

[Jim Bob]