WhitewalkerInPhilly

Or DaQuan? It means that the Bills didn't overpay for vets

I mean, I would love it if we got Dane back for one more year a la Levi Wallace. I do think it's notable that after Day 1, the signings were bringing back expired vets, meaning that they probably had an offer from Beane, waited to see what they got and ultimately came back.

I want another safety, but I am looking at the spotrac list and almost no one is gone.

I have a feeling that Beane had give both AJ and DaQuan offers and they wanted to see if anyone backed up Brinks truck. When no one did they take the known quantity

Ha! I'm happy for two reasons: One, Mixon is a scumbag yet did well when you had to worry about 3 high tier WRs Two, Zach Moss? Ok. Talk about downgrades

Honestly I'd rather DaQuan and Chin

Well with Allen's restructure that puts the team under the cap in absence of other information.

They didn't push for the full potential restructure value

In general, he's done a remarkably good job keeping his team in competition since he came back in 2016. 2016 they go to #2 overall and get a QB. In 2017 they win a SB and make the playoffs in 18 and 19 only to see their QB start to slide, but pick up a fallback in 2020. After a bad 2020, they spin off their QB for a 3rd in 2021 and what became a 1st in 2022. They change coaches and put in their 2nd round QB and make the playoffs in 21, get back to the Superbowl in 22 and still are a playoff team. I mean, it's a bit surprising after the market being so dead in previous years. but man, I am happy it's not us putting down big money for it and that we have Cook on cost control for two more years.

I mean, the Eagles fans by me will likely be happy EDIT: I just saw the money, what the hell?

Base is $13 M a year, ~16-17 with incentives.

And this, ladies and gents, is why the WR FA market is broken and why Dionte Johnson and Courtland Sutton are worth sending a day 3 pick or two: less money for better production

PFFFFFFT. Relied upon too much as WR2? HAHAHA

I'd hate it more of the Bills secondary depth wasn't a complete nightmare at the moment.

Not announced yet, but almost certainly some

I mean that's the best explanation I have heard so far. It mystified me that Beane hadn't made an offer, and having an offer out there and not fully pressing the void year options on that extension would make far more sense if there was something Douglas was mulling on.

bad initial numbers for the release. X is chaos atm

never mind, thought we were getting more cap sapce on top of it but it was a false lead

Awww man he got us!!! I'm too happy to be mad about it. some of the takes on the "Buffalo Exodus" are now hilarious

Wait wuuuuut Look, this better be an amazing trade because cutting him makes zero, zero, zero sense. It would be an $11 M hit for less then $5 savings. Unless the Bills are getting a massive haul for him this would be an uncharacteristically bad deal from Beane after some really sharp moves.

At this point I am more surprised that we seen Von and Knox cuts rather than extensions on Dawkins and TJ.

It's not a bad hedge at almost no risk while they take their shot in the draft.

I don't know, as we have not seen the money, is that Beane was able to layer incentives on Von's deal. Due to the way that incentives are structured, "not likely to be earned" can mean a modest improvement over that happened the previous year and do not count until next years cap. So "play 15 games", "500 receiving yards", "6 TD" (all numbers he hit in 2022) would apply and could mean he gets even more take home money if he bets on himself. Of course, if he is just a dud and gets outstripped by Kincaid he gets injured he gets none of it. If that's Beane's strategy to get out of bad contact years for underperforming players, it's kind of genius

I hadn't seen the money. If I'm the Steelers, desperately in need of a QB and picking in the high 20s, why wouldn't you take a flier on Rus for that money? If he bounces back, great! If he doesn't you are no worse off than when you began.