Bills | Interested in acquiring Waters

['Hamas' Jenkins]

Originally Posted by el borracho

I'm not insisting on it nor saying it will happen but it is a possibility that would a) give us 2/5 of a kick-ass Oline and b) take advantage of the value at the top of the draft. Oline is definitely a need, so it's not like I am insane to suggest we add another piece and adding a top 3 prospect is a great way to replace a 32 year old player on the line.

By the way, there is no guarantee that Albert is "going to be" a Pro Bowl left tackle (although he looked great last year) and, really, I don't care so very much about overpaid/underpaid since it isn't my money as long as the Chiefs are able to field a competetive team (and there doesn't seem to be any money constraints at the moment).

You should care about the cap because if we have two first round contracts tied up into the two OL positions left of center it means we have less to spend on the RDE, QB, #1 WR, RB, DTs and the other guys who are the prime movers for the team.

You can find a replacement for Brian Waters in the 4th round.

Would you rather roll the dice with BJ Raji, who plays the most important position on the D, and a 4th round guard, or Eugene Monroe and a 3rd or 4th round NT?

This is why people need to take positional value into account at the top of the draft.

[el borracho]

Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

You should care about the cap because if we have two first round contracts tied up into the two OL positions left of center it means we have less to spend on the RDE, QB, #1 WR, RB, DTs and the other guys who are the prime movers for the team.

You can find a replacement for Brian Waters in the 4th round.

Would you rather roll the dice with BJ Raji, who plays the most important position on the D, and a 4th round guard, or Eugene Monroe and a 3rd or 4th round NT?

This is why people need to take positional value into account at the top of the draft.

Well, if you could find Waters' replacement in the 4th round why would anyone trade anything for him?

Also, I'm taking the long view that all of our problems will not be solved this year so I'm willing to suffer on with a lesser player at one position if we get a much better prospect at another position of importance. By the way, I view the Dline as slightly more important than the Oline (not much) but this draft seems to tilt towards O so I would take that into consideration, as well.

We certainly need a DE, as well, but I don't think many would be thrilled with Orakpo because, even though he may be the best prospect this year, overall, there are concerns. Somewhat similarly in my mind, there are LT prospects who are rated higher than Raji so, that is the thinking, there.

P.S. I would be pretty happy to have Raji, too. Just throwing out a possibility.