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This is why I am excited to see some new blood (or new old blood if it is McD) in how we call our defense and attack offenses. McD already showed he could get more out of the same defense than Frazier when he previously had to strip Frazier of play calling duties in season and the defense immediately improved. I actually really like the idea of McD calling the plays as long as it doesn't create issues in his overall HC duties and management of games.

Henry would be an exciting add, but I don't know that it makes sense. RB is the easiest position to acclimate too, so I would think if there was a hole that the Bills would be comfortable with youth from the draft at it would be RB. Someone suggested we trade Oliver, and I do think trading Oliver in general makes sense as I have a hard time seeing us pay up to keep him next year. But I don't think trading Oliver for a short term option at RB makes sense, I would think Beane would rather get draft assets that can infuse youth and longer term players into the roster. The other things to consider here are that Henry wasn't nearly as effective before Titans built up their OL into one of the best. And our OL needs a lot of work, so not sure Henry just walks in and plays at the same level here unless we can significantly improve the OL, which acquiring Henry might limit our ability to do so. Then you have the mileage and high use of him combined with his age. I think about guys like Shaun Alexander who just instantly fell off a cliff earlier than expected thanks to the power run style and high use rate. Would I be excited if Henry was a Bill...sure...do I think it would happen, doubtful.

Yeah, the message wasn't that he wanted out though, that is the point. He wanted to get an extension, yet this board speculated he was trying to force his way out of Buffalo, and they were wrong about that. And now, the board is again speculating he is trying to force his way out of Buffalo. You realize this whole thread title is not even accurate? He didn't unfollow Buffalo and then follow Dallas like the thread title implies. He has been following Dallas because of his brother. That is the kind of stuff I am talking about. Creating panic before the full info is known. So I will wait until there is something actually factual and confirmed before I start to panic. Especially given its not mathematically possible to trade Diggs anyway, so something MUCH more substantial than unfollowing someone IG is going to have to happen before there is any chance of a Diggs trade. So yeah...until something significant happens to say otherwise, its a non-story just like the possibility of Diggs getting traded last year to Dallas was a non-story.

I said this board all said it was because he was trying to make his way to Dallas last year. Did you miss that point or just ignore it? Point was, this boards panic was wrong, and Diggs remained a Bill and did so in a way to stay to the end of his career. So all this other panic now that he suddenly wants out is just fan noise until I see something indicating he is trying to get out of Buffalo. And I would bet good money Diggs and his agent are fully aware his big extension last year makes trading him nearly impossible from a cap stand point for the Bills during their pursuit of a Super Bowl.

He unfollowed the Bills last year and deleted all the pics related to the Bills. Then he signed a deal to stay in Buffalo to the end of his career despite all this panic around here he wanted out of Buffalo to go to Dallas last year. So yeah, non-story until I see something that tells me there is a story.

True, but he would still carry a $24M dead cap hit next year too. So even a post June 1st trade is going to be a major cap issue for the Bills who already don't have cap space. Under his current deal as it stands now, Bills can not afford to trade him. The only way a team would ever consider taking on those cap hits is if that team was tearing it all down and willing to be in cap hell for the next 2 seasons as part of clearing out all the cap and starting over. Bills obviously are not doing that and are in full pursuit of a Super Bowl. So unless something changes with his contract, Diggs is a Bill for at least the next 2 seasons.

I can answer that: No Frazier. Since joining the Bills, Hughes has played 10 seasons, 4 before Frazier, then 5 with Frazier, then 1 this past year in Houston. In the 5 seasons not with Frazier Hughes averaged 8 sacks a season (including 3 with 9 or more). In 5 seasons with Frazier, he averaged 4 sacks a season, only getting over 5 once (7 in 2018).

This seems like a non-story to me. I get the reason people are talking about it, but here is what we know: He already followed the Cowboys, so he didn't unfollow the Bills and then followed the Cowboys. If the main priority for Diggs was to play with his brother, he would NOT have signed an extension just last year to remain in Buffalo until the end of his career essentially. Everyone and their mom knows Josh Allen is better than Dak, its not even a debate. So we know Stefon isn't looking at Dallas as a better opportunity for him in terms of production and QB play. Dallas already has a #1 WR and even if Diggs became the new #1 there, it would be more like 1A and 1B on a team who also wants to run a lot. He already hated that in Minnesota. Diggs this season literally said Josh Allen saved his career and changed his life forever. He and Josh are super close, more so than most other QB and WR's are when it comes to life off the field. The cap hit from Diggs contract (both this year and next year) make him almost impossible to trade for the Bills. There is literally no incentive to trade Diggs unless something changes and some impossible rift or divide pops up between the team and Diggs, which there are not really any signs of right now. So I have a hard time believing Diggs suddenly wants out of Buffalo, especially for Dallas. Wouldn't surprise me if he just did this just to troll social media because of the all the dumb speculation he wanted out or wanted to go to Dallas this offseason.

Jerry Hughes also had 9 sacks this year for Houston after we cut him.

Haha, you said it right there...wait until you see the money the Saints came up with. Where do you think that money is coming from? They are creating more future cap issues, cutting starting players, and creating dead cap hits through restructures that will impact their ability to keep players in the coming seasons too. And they were already doing that just to get under the cap as they entered the offseason as a 7 win team that was $30M over the cap. And for what? To sign a middle of the pack QB who didn't do much in Las Vegas with better weapons in guys like Davante Adams and NFL leading rusher Jacobs? He has a young piece in Olave, but he is no Adams, and Kamara is on the decline and not close to the player Jacobs is today. Bahaha, but you think this proves the cap doesn't matter. The Saints are one of the worst examples in the NFL on how to handle the cap and also for not getting results despite their cap issues. Unless you think being cap strapped every year to just win enough games to not get a good draft pick and yet not be good enough to contend for a SB.

Why don’t you read my post in the Saints thread. Lmao, saints are probably one of the worst examples you could cite. You know a 7 win team $30m over the cap.

But you are only looking at that specific signing...you aren't looking at the players they lose as a result that same year or the next year or two. You are not looking at all the other holes they don't fill because they had no room to improve the team after making all these cap maneuvers to sign one or two players. The signing of that player is such a tiny part of the whole equation and does not mean that the cap has no impact elsewhere after they sign that player.

For the record, I agree with you that at 31 things like his production and contract size weigh in on these decisions. But, you realize the Vikings were dead last in the NFL in pass defense the past 2 years thought right? Showing some pass defense stats doesn't tell the whole picture on Kendricks ability, he still led the team in tackles and was still one of their better players on Defense. Jerry Hughes put up 2 sacks for us last year and then went on to put up 9 sacks on a new defense this year despite everyone saying he was washed because the Bills didn't get many sacks. Kendricks pass defense stats are going to look worse while playing on a team whose is the worst in the NFL at defending the pass, doesn't mean Kendricks is the reason. Kendricks will have suitors, he is only 31 and he is still a good player even if he isn't at the level he was in his 20's. The only reason Kendricks is not a Viking today is because his cap savings by cutting him was nearly $10M, far more than they could save restructuring, at a time the team is way over the cap. Vikings are staring down the real possibility of moving on from Dalvin Cook too, who is so far refusing a pay cut. The point is, they don't really have a choice in these matters do to the cap situation. On a defense that had major issues already, they had to cut one of their better players on the defense for cap reasons and create a new hole to fill. That was more a cap decision than a flat out ability decision. And again, this isn't the end all, be all example of cap issues. There are countless examples throughout the NFL and its history where teams have had plenty of cap issues.

So a team who had a bad cap situation the last 2 years but found a way to sign players just to win 9 and 7 games respectfully is an example that the cap doesn't matter? The Saints won 7 games this year and entered the offseason $30M over the cap, and they didn't even have a highly paid QB on the roster. Not the example I would follow as a GM

They have also lost players along the way. They already had to restructure Davis and Hill and are going to have to cut, extend, or restructure these contracts at least...as well, and that is just to get under the cap. DE Jordan $25.7M CB Lattimore $22.4M LG Peat $18.3M RB Kamara $16M QB Winston $15.6M Then you still have Michael Thomas at $13.3M, and because of his cap hit is expected by everyone to be released post June 1st. Teams can use the Post June 1st designation twice ahead of June 1st, so the expectation is that the team will either use it for Peat or Winston. They probably won't restructure Davis as it will result in a massive dead money cap hit shortly down the road, so their only option there is an extension. Lattimore will most likely be restructured, and probably Kamara too. Both will bring some issues later, but they don't really have a choice because those issues are a little further down the road than the dead money issue Jordan restructure would cause. So yeah, the Saints are going to find a way to get Carr, but it still hurts the team now and in the future and the Saints will not have the cap room to further improve the team around Carr. The Saints are not the team that I would want our GM to pattern his cap strategy after. They were way over the cap before paying Carr, now they got do all this just to get under the cap, then do more still to sign Carr. And their cap situation isn't getting better anytime soon either, they will not be able to build the team up around Carr and will likely remain a middling team, which IMO is about the worst situation to be in. I would rather tear it down and rebuild than be stuck as a middling team, getting middle to lower round draft picks, and no cap space to build outside the draft either.

So much for your "cap jail" doesn't exist theory lol... Vikings just cut their long time captain, pro bowler, and leading tackler in Kendricks because of cap issues and being $25M over the cap prior to the cut. But because they saved $9.5M it became something they had to do. Rams are now trying to trade away Allen Robinson and are willing to eat and pay part of their salary just to get his big contract out of there because they still have cap issues too. I mean these are just a couple of many examples that happen all the time when a teams cap situation becomes a problem. Some GM's are great at avoiding getting into these worse situations or at least mitigating them to a degree. Others not so much or sometimes they willfully put themselves into a situation where the cap is going to become an issue shortly down the road for the purpose of going all in on a SB like the Rams did (doesn't always work like it did for the Rams either). Regardless how a team gets there, it's still a real thing. I mean NFL history is littered with teams who have gone through a major cap crisis and had to take a step back before they were able to clean it up. And again, just because I am saying cap jail exists does NOT mean I am saying Bills are in cap jail. I think Beane is one of the best GM's in football at how he handles the cap, player contract structures, restructures, etc.

I think you’re mistaken, the guy I’ve been suggesting has been Foreman. I don’t hate Perine, just prefer Foreman. I do think Bijan would be someone we could not pass on if he is there at 27, but I very much doubt he lasts that long.

I feel like Perine is more of what we already have in Cook and Hines. I’d rather have a guy who is a tough runner in the elements.

Al-Shaair - LB from SF. Cheaper Edmunds replacement. He can do a lot of the things Edmunds can do and has been overshadowed by two studs in SF. A guy poised for a breakout in his next stop. D’onte Foreman - Be a nice compliment as a RB to Cook. He can catch, runs with purpose and can pick up tough yards.

Considering there are like 100 plus reactions to my OP and only 3 of them were negative, I’d say most everyone got their wish.

No offense, but this is one of the more whinier rants I have seen this offseason. Not sure why this would bother anyone, it is not like its going to set his rehab back or anything. It is the offseason, nothing wrong with him looking down the road and taking opportunities to further his aspirations post career. In fact, I thought this was pretty cool and good for him.

When evaluating his personal performance, the rest of the team doesn't get to be his excuse. Case in point, on what was a critical 3rd and 4, and the team desperately needing to hold Cincy to a FG to keep this game within reach, he lines up our DB's 10 yards off the LOS against the murderers row of Bengals WR's. That has nothing to do with the offense or anyone else on the team. It was not a mistake by the players or failed execution. That was absolutely 100% on Frazier and a terrible decision. McD himself was reportedly yelling on the sideline prior to the play when he saw this stupidity. So while I agree, our offense wasn't at its best either, and I felt Dorsey got grossly out coached in that game too, it does not excuse one bit the undeniable mistakes Frazier once again makes in a critical moment of a win or go home game. And you can go back to KC the year before and literally look at other terrible decisions and play calls by Frazier in the final 2 minutes of regulation and OT to give away a game we should have won if not for the defensive failures. While I am not going to say he is a terrible DC, he clearly isn't given the Bills D has managed to finish with some high rankings. But, in big games in the playoffs, he has shown he has no idea how to slow down teams like KC and Cincy. And I can confidently say that because no one who has beat us in the playoffs the last 3 years has won their next game and it was a direct result of their offenses being slowed down, mostly by much lower ranked defenses. I have also watched Hughes average 8 sacks a game without Frazier (5 seasons) and only 4.4 sacks a game with Frazier (also 5 seasons). At some point, something has to change. I welcome someone new calling the defensive plays. McD already proved him calling the plays over Frazier got better results once before, I look forward to seeing if he can do that again.

Lol...so you literally ignore all the facts that were stated to you and just revert back to this stance of the Chiefs being this big bad boogeyman. Lol, so weird they weren't that same unstoppable force to the teams they faced the week after curb stomping the Bills defense.

Since joining the Bills, here is Jerry Hughes performance with Frazier and without Frazier. With Frazier (5 seasons): Hughes averaged 4.4 sacks a season, with only 1 season with more than 5 (7 in 2018). Without Frazier (5 seasons): Hughes averaged 8 sacks a season, with 3 seasons of 9+ and only 1 season under 5 sacks. That includes 9 sacks this year when he was supposed to be washed and playing on one of the worst teams in football. Doesn't that show a picture of how it is more Frazier and his system than the player when that player is performing at a much higher level when not being coached by Frazier? The issue is they don't hand out Lombardi trophies for regular season performances. It doesn't matter what you do in the regular season, come playoff time, its a whole new season of win or go home and against the better to best teams in the NFL. And Frazier has shown to come up small in those moments too many times, with too many critical mistakes.

You say that, yet in the 2 playoff games against the Chiefs, the Bills gave up an average of 40 points per game. In the Chiefs next games each of those years the Chiefs scored an average of 16.5 points per game, both losses. So you want to claim the Chiefs are this big bad unstoppable force, yet the Chiefs lost their next game BOTH times they Beat Buffalo in the playoffs and averaged LESS than HALF in points scored than what they averaged against us. Chiefs vs Bills - Average 40 points per game. Chiefs vs next opponent - Average 16.5 points per game. So yeah, this excuse of "well its the Chiefs" is nothing more than an excuse, and a bad one at that, that doesn't hold water.