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Already a good starting DE, no signs of peaking. $18.4M AAV for next 5 years was a hell of a deal

Rousseau's pressure stats in the playoffs is pretty good relative to his peers. Also, I know there were some people saying that Rousseau gave up on the run play TD by Mahomes, if you look at the video it is the third clip and he absolutely did not give up on that play. By the time he had began to slow down his pursuit, Mahomes was clearing the goal line. I think people probably saw a bad angle or something but it is clear as day in that clip that he had no shot whatsoever of getting to Mahomes. He went inside but didn't bite hard and when he went to pursue Mahomes the RB was there to crackback block Rousseau.

This thread will be fun 10 months from now

I’m not nearly as down on Kincaid as many on this board are. There were an uncharacteristically high volume of throws that Josh missed Kincaid on this year and he was playing with lots of injuries. Barring injuries I expect him to play at a high level this year.

I haven't seen enough of him to form a solid opinion about him one way or the other. I do think the Bills will draft a LB with one of their picks this year to compete for a roster spot with the hopes of eventually becoming a meaningful player that contributes. Dorian is fine but I don't think they will just settle with him being an entrenched starter.

Shaun Dolac here we come!!

Look who is second

Stingley is the premier CB ballhawk in the league. The completion percentage you are citing is out of context. Benford is one of the top 2 CB’s in the league in yards per target meaning that when WR’s do catch the ball on him it’s for a pittance. He doesn’t give up many yards and receivers don’t get much separation on him as he is among the leagues best. He’s also scheme versatile as he is not just a zone CB, he is actually a good man to man corner. I was thinking the Bills could get him for $21-$23M AAV. Now I think that ship has sailed. The Bills already have a hole at the position which also increases his leverage. I don’t see how the Bills let him walk next season unless he regresses or has a serious injury concern. Benford is arguably the Bills best defensive player, you don’t let guys like that walk unless you have a good backup plan in place. And the odds that they will find a replacement either via draft or FA as good as him is miniscule. The only leverage the Bills have is that Benford would have to wait another year before he has life altering income and if he were to be seriously injured he jeopardizes tons of guaranteed money. Neither camp is in a hurry to get a deal done, realistically they could wait until a few weeks before the season begins.

It's easy to say that the Bills should have locked up Benford by now but we don't know what he was asking. With that said, his price went up and there is no way that I see that the Bills will let him walk. The sooner they lock him up the lower they will have to pay. His bag went up probably around $3-$5M more AAV than what it could have been had just 2 weeks ago. WR's don't get separation against and they don't get too many meaningful catches on him.

I've been wanting to create a thread on this topic, the two most undervalued position groupings has/had been the RB and CB positions. RB's are now beginning to get paid closer to what I believe are there more fair valuations. The CB market up until now had the highest paid guy at $25M AAV, which is criminally undervalued. If WR's are the 2nd/3rd highest paid groupings with the max at $40M AAV, then the guys who have the ability to cover those guys on an island should be paid at a somewhat commensurate valuation. Stingley's contract is 20% higher than the next closest guy. That is a blowout resetting contract at that position. I think this is probably the disconnect between Benford and the Bills, I'm guessing the Bills are offering a team friendly deal of around $20M AAV and Benford is looking for $25M AAV. Despite what some may believe that he is only a Zone Cover DB, he has demonstrated that he can play man to man sort of coverages at a high level. There is no way in my view that the Bills at some point whether its this year or next let him walk away without either tagging or extending him.

I expect Dalton to have his best year yet. He has a couple things going on last year, injuries and for whatever reason he and Josh couldn’t get on the same page. There were multiple times off the top of my head where Josh over threw him on the down the field plays. Remember the play that he ended up missing a wide open Kincaid that would have been a 27 yd TD? https://www.nfl.com/videos/josh-allen-misses-golden-opportunity-for-28-yard-td-pass-to-kincaid If memory serves me right Kincaid suffered a knee injury and missed a few games and was hobbled for a few more as a result of this play

He still can play at pretty high level. On a side note, I saw a video of him this past season talking to his defensive teammates in a Mic’d up situation on the sideline and he is an absolute leader. Just the energy and what he was saying I just remember coming away very impressed with what and how he was saying it. Would love to have him on the team and now with 2 of our defensive players being sidelined for the first few weeks it should be a consideration

What the Hell???

Greg Cosell really likes this pickup, says he’s very smart, helps setup plays for his teammates because he understands and processes what’s happening, has good athleticism and makes plays