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I hear ya but that sin was committed 4 years ago and the blow is somewhat softened with Benford being a late round draft pick that ended up being what we wanted Elam to be. And for where we are now, it was good that he was able to recoup some draft value and take off $2.5M from the cap

Cover one guys had a nice chat with our new DE and how he gets his FG blocks

I would think that the Bills won't be bringing back Rasul and Kaiir we know isn't coming back. I would think the odds of signing a CB is very high via FA and most likely a draft pick or two more at the position.

Wow! Beane fleeced the Cowboys!

It just didn’t work out. Needed a fresh start. Should free up $2.7M Good Job by Beane to get something for him

It has to be done to compete with the Eagles of the world. Cap space keeps increasing so that will absorb many of the future dollars. You're right that it does end up getting paid one way or the other, but the Bills can make a very strong run of it over the next few years by continuing to kick the can down the road. There are things they can do to mitigate those eventual dead cap Voided years such as releasing players. I would imagine that next year Samuels will be gone if not this year and that guys like Epenesa will be gone as well. Even Milano could be a cap casualty this year or the year after. Plus you do have Beane signing these 1 year deals that will be off the books. It's a necessary evil if you want to compete.

You don't need space to extend Cook or Benford, in fact extending either one of them frees up cap space for 2025.

FS is what we are lacking most. Bishop and Rapp are best suited as SS's. It's an athletic guy who has produced in the past that will be given an opportunity to compete. I'm sure it is a very minimal contract, I like it. Trevor is his own worst nightmare.

Eagles are hemorrhaging lots of quality defensive players. They will rely on their draft to replace them.

Not quite yet, I don't think. They need to get a quality 1 T that they believe is better than DaQuan to do that before that move happens I believe. Probably not going to happen until at least after the draft. Everyone needs to remember that there will be another wave of cuts and releases after the draft and there will be good value signings available.

I don't believe they envision him as a starter. I think they will look at the draft and hope to get someone who could eventually be in consideration to compete as a starter or if a really good safety is available early on to be a starter. For now, I think they believe Rapp and Bishop are the two envisioned starting safeties that are on the roster.

I'm seeing a lot of this online on X from different analysts and Steelers media people that It appears that he wasn't a great fit in a 3 - 4 and that in a 4 - 3 you could reasonably expect him to get back closer to form. I also keep seeing from them that he has a lot of "juice" to his game. High character guy with Juice with a history of good production in a 4 - 3 alignment. It's another 1 year deal, I like it. I still fully expect the bills to draft a DT and DE with one of their first 3 premium picks if the right opportunity presents itself.

Yeah, meant to say Mitchell

He’s not. But Ty Johnson wasn’t either and he was as retained. I’m getting the data from overthecap. Which is tabulating those that have signed onto other teams not those in limbo.

I think so but this thread is for official losses and pickups. I didn’t want to go speculating for all the teams who would be retained or lost

Not yet, he hasn’t signed with anyone but he highly likely will be gone

I did a little exercise to see how the Bills are doing relative to some other notable teams on their acquisitions and losses. This list won't include the extensions of their own players, this is a simple look at the pickups and losses. It is early still but it is a glance at where we stand vs some of these other teams. Note: I am getting this data from overthecap so it may not be 100% updated. Also I am not including players who haven't been picked up in FA as of yet. Chiefs Pickups LT Jaylon Moore (expected to be starting LT) RB Elijah Moore (expected to be a backup RB) Losses RB Samaje Perine (valuable 3rd down back) LG Joe Thuney (Stud LG who played LT as well) On balance so far a net negative Ravens Pickups WR Deandre Hopkins (losing gas in the tank) Losses LB Chris Hoard (Jag) CB Brandon Stephens (starting CB but was picked on a lot this past year) LG Patrick Mekari (Starting LG) On balance a net negative Texans Pickups WR Christian Kirk (good replacement for Diggs) IDL Sheldon Rankins (quality depth in rotation) S Chauncy Gardner-Johnson Jr. (Quality safety) CB Tremon Smith (not even a JAG) WR Braxton Berrios (meh to serviceable slot) LG Laken Tomlinson (ok starting guard) LB Nick Niemann (Special teamer) Losses LT Laremy Tunsil (very big loss, specially for a team that needs better pass protection) LG Kenyon Green (starting LG at times but struggled with upside) Safety Eric Murray (starting safety - ok) On balance - tough to say with big loss with Tunsil, but other quality pickups (I'd say slight net negative) Eagles Pickups LG Kenyon Green (not a great pickup) QB Dorian Thompson (downgrade from Kenny Picket) Losses DE Josh Sweat (pretty big loss) Safety Chauncy Gardener Johnson Jr (Decent loss at safety) QB Kenny Pickett (serviceable backup) IDL Milton WIlliams (pretty big loss) LB Oren Burks (eh) CB Isiah Rodgers (Decent player) On balance so far a big downgrade San Francisco Pickups CB Tre Tomlinson (jag) Losses WR Deebo Samuel (down year but potentially could be very good) CB Chavarious Ward (good starting CB) QB Joshua Dobbs (quality depth) LG Aaron Banks (quality starting LG) LT Jaylon Moore (Decent to OK LT) S Talanoa Hufanga (Decent starting S) RB Elijah Moore (decent depth RB) On balance YIKES And the Bills Pickups DE Joey Bosa (upgrade from Von Miller) DE Michael Hoecht (quality rotation) WR Josh Palmer (quality WR who will most likely replace Amari Cooper) Losses P Sam Martin (serviceable) WR Mack Hollins (played well for us last year) On balance a net slight positive. The Bills seem to be stacking up pretty well against other top teams so far.

Rousseau hits a pop sacrifice fly and picks up a Ribby?

So far so good. I suspect they will get a CB and a DT and possibly a safety and then they will be pretty much done with FA.

Michael Hoecht is buying in lol

I'd be interested to see the structure of this deal. I'm guessing they probably added a void year or two.

If he stays healthy he’s is a $30M AAV type of player. He’s $12M because he usually isn’t healthy. Definitely worth a swing and this move will not preclude the Bills from drafting an edge rusher if one presents itself