WhitewalkerInPhilly

Why would he do that he already owns them

As much as I wanted a big free agency splash, tying up 4/5 of the draft picks we hit on and locking them in under market rate is a strong long term move. We will see about Cook. If anything, there is the franchise tag

I'm not going to make grand promises about the guy but he looks like the kind of player McDermott has made look good. I try to remember that Hyde and Porter weren't some superstar acquisitions. They were solid journeymen who shone paired together in the scheme.

They already had paid out a signing bonus so I think that amount will still be applied

That is why I never freak out at the initial numbers. It's always "up to" and there are so many ways to get outs. It looks like it's a two year deal that effectively can be kicked to three if we want and then if things are going well but the Bills in a prime re-signing window. If it's a flop, the Bills are quickly through the worst of it. You can critique Beane's player evaluations at times but his contract structuring is top notch

I mean Jesus On one hand, I wish I had those players. On the other, Burrow is going to leave the field on an ambulance while his D gives up 40 a game

Jeez I knew he's not popular but the response is more dire than I thought. I dont think anyone is mistaking him for a perennial Pro Bowler but if you go around the league a lot of CB2s look like Dane Jackson. Do I suspect that he'll be fighting for playing time? Absolutely. I suspect that Beane is taking a CB in the first half of the draft and I liked what I saw of Ja'Marcus Ingram in limited time last year. But he's enough of a known quantity that Beane doesn't feel pressured thats he NEEDS to get a Week 1 starter and has to repeat the Elam mistake

Honestly I see this as insurance against another "gotta take a CB oh ***** we got jumped and took the guy we liked let's try this Elam guy" scenario

It's hard to be angry about picking up a guy you know can hold it down at CB2. I expect one of our top 3 picks to be CB but now it's no longer *such* a glaring position of need. Pick up a double gapping 1 tech and we are ready for the draft

High athletics and instinct but needs to be put into the right scheme? If McBeane thinks he fits then it could be a steal

Honestly a 5th, 7th and the cap space for a 6th is the most we were going to get for him. But it tells me that Beane has a CB move coming

I unfortunately agree that priority to draft a safety is lower, mostly because safety in a role that I think is critically undervalued and can be acquired with impact in late 1st - 2nd round. But I like what I've seen in brief clips

Let's get lil john WHAT?!?

Let's be fair, Trevor Lawrence's worst nightmare is Trevor Lawrence

I got a quick highlight preview but from I saw he hits like Rapp and tracks the ball like Hyde