Hapless Bills Fan

I wonder if this is why we haven't seen a Diggs extension yet - did his agents tell Beane "we want to see how the FA market in WR shakes out before we deal"? (I also know Beane historically likes FA-Draft-Extend but our cap situation is so poor that Diggs contract seems like the "elephant in the room")

https://nfltraderumors.co/titans-releasing-g-rodger-saffold/ Titans clear $10M in cap by cutting Saffold. He had a cap hit of $12.35M

You've captured my concerns concisely. I don't think Saffold is That Guy any more. On the other hand...he started his career 12 years ago as a LT, and has played RG and LG. So there's that.

Negative. $1.5M now, $4.1M if cut with a post-June 1 designation (but then the cap relief doesn't apply until post-June 1) https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/star-lotulelei-12294/

When the answer to the question "so who else we got on the roster at 1TDT?" isn't "uh...uh....uh....uh"

I'll caveat this with Morse is a very good run blocker in space - very good pulling Center, and that's a hard thing. As Beane has said fairly in the past, Morse is an athletic center, he isn't and will never be the guy who takes on a NT and shoves him back 2 yards

It's not un-possible. I think cutting him is a decent move for both sides: 1) I think some of the Bills problems with the run game and in pass pro is that we couldn't decide an identity. Did we want big, physical guys who can move the DL around? Or were we more interested in athletic guys with quick feet who can get out in space and pull? (Ideally we'd have both, but everyone wants those guys) So letting Williams and Feliciano move on is a way to open the door to a clearer identity 2) Williams undoubtedly would like to be seen as a RT. So cutting him lets him pursue that He's effective and this way he can go out and look around and if he doesn't like what he finds and the Bills are still in need, a reunion is possible. But I hope that last is not true and that we find someone better. I don't know if Morse is the source of said rumors, but the rest is spot on. In 2020 he struggled some and had a down year, leading to the pay cut request. He had a resurgence in 2021 and got rewarded. It also sends a message to the locker room "if you do agree to take a pay cut but keep your head down and grind and improve, the Bills will reward you."

That was the first report, turns out as often with Brandon "Loose Lips Sink Ships" Beane the first report was wrong

Really? I saw him as very much in the Steelers QB mold. A bit shorter and lighter than Big Ben, but basically solid sturdy type with a good arm and some mobility.

Classy message from Mitch:

That idea quacks me up

Anyone hoping for Scherff to the Bills, that's a No: I woulda thought it was "Both, not Either/Or"

PS for what it's worth, Graziano is linking him to the Colts: https://www.si.com/nfl/colts/news/marcus-mariota-name-espn-insider-hearing-most-colts

You don't understand why the Mariotta market IS hotter, or ISN'T hotter? By the 2nd sentence, you mean the latter. 1) Mariota would be on his third shot, not his 2nd. In 2020, the Raiders brought him in at 2 yrs/$18M to compete with Carr. He flamed out. 2) Comparison https://stathead.com/football/pcm_finder.cgi?player_id2=TrubMi00&player_id1=MariMa01&sum=0&request=1 I think it shows what my eyeballs tell me, which is that Trubisky is a better player, but YMMV - they're certainly close

Ha, Trubisky isn't sharing with the $258M man. But I agree it gives the Steelers something they lack - a legitimate starting QB who can play in their offense.

That's Rick to you

I probably can't keep up, but I thought that was the term for when people source their news from internet feeds using algorithms to show them more of the same type of information they've shown an interest in? I think reporters B, C, and D rehashing reporter A's info without a new source or confirmation deserves a different term

That's the "right of first refusal" tender, correct? If we lose him, we don't get compensation?

I'm guessing, riffing on the "Carolina connection" They're probably all going off each other, not independent reports. It's what they do these days. I'm sure the Bills have an interest in Landry, just as I'm sure the Bills had an interest in JJ Watt last off season. But how far they pursue that interest depends on what his agent tells them he wants.

You can take the "W" since it appears to be of such great importance to you, I won't continue this I note that you failed to demonstrate anything amounting to 'I believe that $4M/yr was a good deal' - because you can't The point of the above quoted was a second case where you were not caveating "IF the deal is as reported" as you claim, when responding to someone else who just quietly said "let's wait for the details" I will leave just who snarked at whom, and who is indulging in "pure emotional over reaction" as an exercise for any intelligent reader who cares - a number that is likely smaller than you appear to believe at this point.

Thought these articles off Buffalo Rumblings were of interest here. All 22 review of Beasle https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2022/2/11/22924699/all-22-year-in-review-buffalo-bills-wr-cole-beasley All 22 review of McKenzie https://www.buffalorumblings.com/2022/2/11/22924597/all-22-year-in-review-buffalo-bills-wr-isaiah-mckenzie Both are captioned "all-22-year-in-review" but both are pretty well focused on 1 game. For example, the McKenzie review focuses on the plethora of crossing routes he ran in the 2nd NWE game as representing what routes the Bills think McKenzie can run, where really I think as Cover1 points out, McKenzie told Daboll about Bryant "“He’s playing off and outside, let me run away from him.” Daboll listened, and the Bills offense took the attitude "we're gonna do it until you prove you can stop it" McKenzie has a limited number of games where he meets the standard to be charted, but in the very next game you can see him running a broader route vocabulary. So that kind of conclusion is a bit shallow and disappointing IMHO. My Key Takeaways: 1) Beasley affects the game, even when he doesn't get the ball, in a way that McKenzie has yet to show he can do 2) OTOH, McKenzie affects the game with his speed, even when he doesn't get the ball, in a way Beasley can't. McKenzie isn't a Beasley replacement but he brings different skills to the table 3) Both players on "get him the ball quickly" plays, suffered last year from blocking problems downfield, which may be play design issues where defenders were on the watch and not worried about being burnt elsewhere (for various reasons, including OL breakdowns, lack of credible run threat, and homogenous WR skillsets)

Want me to take an "L"? Stand and Deliver. Show where I said anything that can be reasonably construed that way. Spoiler: you can't. Not being found "Shouting other people down" when the details of a contract aren't known yet does not in any way show what I think. It shows I have patience and sense and am gonna wait until the details are known to opine. Let's review what you said to me: "If you don't think handing a 2 year $8M deal to an undersized 6th year receiver who can't handle kick return duties and is coming off 15 active games with only 178 yards receiving on the season is an over pay...............then you aren't very good at math........so maybe having a clock you have to set manually isn't right for you. " Nothing in there about IF the deal as reported is true, or IF the deal as reported is really structured with a $4M cap hit this season or even $4M guaranteed overall - just about what you think I think (Spoiler: you don't know that either, and your reading comprehension seems to need an exercise plan) And to someone else who pointed out that the McK cap hit wasn't gonna be $4M this season, let's wait for the details: "Oh I'd guess that the McKenzie cap hit is only $2M or so in 2022 but that there will be dead money if cut after the season...........and they are already going to be borrowing money against the 2023 cap........and I expect that they will likely want to move on from Dirty after this season. At least I'd hope they'd find a couple WR in this draft that they think are keepers." Again, nothing in there about IF the deal as initially reported is correct....and actual contract has minimal dead cap of $300k next year.

It's not what he says, it's how and when he says it. Like, 1) before the details are out 2) ranting and Emo, other people can't do math or use clocks blah blah 🤷‍♂️. For a dude who wants to be taken as an authority, makes him look foolish. JMO. Even if the deal had turned out to be $8M overall, how it was structured and what was guaranteed would make all the difference - as has been detailed elsewhere, a lot of those "big number deals" aren't All That when you look at what's guaranteed and what's due when.

I'm gonna go with "everything said by a dude with a twitter is not a new thread" here. Discuss in existing stadium thread if desired.

Yeah, I've been looking for info on this guy's credibility or insider chops and not finding same