‘Lets start with the biggest question facing next year’s Bills defense: linebacker. Matt Milano has been a stalwart on the Bills defense and is due a massive upgrade from his rookie deal that was paying him an average salary of $665,000 a year. His results on the field have the free agent in line for a top 10 outside linebacker payday. That could have him in the the $12-14 million dollar range.’
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Buffalo Bills facing salary cap restrictions as the offseason amps up
‘“The further you go probably the more it hurts because you know you’re that close,” Beane said. “You’re walking into that game knowing you’re 60 minutes away from an opportunity to win it all and that’s ultimate goal. So when you’re right there on the doorstep and you don’t do it, in our locker room it’s a lot of tears.”’
Season of success followed by offseason of uncertainty
‘The problem begins with the salary cap. This time last year, the 2021 cap was expected to rise from $198 million in 2020 to $210 or $215 million. Then, the pandemic hit and the league had to brace for significantly less revenue. The 2021 cap is still unknown, but has a floor of $175 million. It’s not expected to be much higher. Beane said more will be learned about the final number after league meetings over the next couple weeks.’
Beane wraps up 2020 season and addresses Buffalo’s offseason plans
‘The running game and tight end positions are areas that Beane is focused on improving. He said that the tight end play was ‘up and down this season.”
‘We still have to go further’ | Takeaways as GM Brandon Beane looks ahead to the offseason
‘”We’re still not a Super Bowl team,” Beane said Wednesday. “There’s one team happy at the end of the year. We made a great step last year in ’19 from ’18 and another step this year. We still have to go further. The goal here is to win that thing. Until we get in that game to compete for it, we can’t win it. So, it wasn’t good enough this year.”‘
10 things we learned from Sean McDermott’s final press conference of the 2020 season
‘”They’re (Chiefs) in year eight, right and we’re in year four, but that’s a little bit of a feel for how long they’ve been building their program and where we are,” McDermott explained. “There’s a lot that we’ve improved on in terms of what’s gotten us to where we are. But to Tre’s [White] point and what we shared as a team yesterday, there is still a gap in terms of where we are and where they are. It’s just not one answer as to what solves that problem. We all have to continue to ask ourselves the hard questions of the what ifs, the whys and the hows.”‘
Bills Today | Could this be Buffalo’s breakout player in 2021?
‘Selected in the fourth round out of Central Florida, Davis emerged as a significant piece of Buffalo’s passing puzzle. He appeared in all 16 games with 11 starts and finished with 35 catches, 599 yards and seven touchdowns—becoming one of Josh Allen’s best breakaway targets.’