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From my somewhat naive perspective, cost seems fine given how it's added to existing contract and assumed increases in salary cap. But what do I know?

Imagine Josh's academic pedigree with Fitz's physical traits 🤯

Is this really us, the Bills, that are signing a franchise QB to a big extension? Awesome.

Where'd you hear that? I'd love for it to be true but I don't remember hearing about any flashes from Wildgoose.

Love seeing Sweeney take 1st team reps.

An example of how one of the contracts influences the perception of likelihood of making the team. Now, I tend to think that 600k is so minor as to not matter, but perhaps you're right. Thanks for the background here. I thought there might be something to the lockerroom/buy-in/process aspect, but I hadn't combed through previous examples. -- My own prediction for DT: Zimmer makes the roster and Butler is cut. DE: honest to god I don't know. But I'm a believer in Obada and I think Johnson is a core STer, which makes it more difficult. I'd hate to lose Obada in favor of Addison but I'll admit to being biased toward the "potential".

As we all watch the camp thread in anticipation of hearing about who's flashing and who's not, many of us are focused on the roster bubble and playing the "who do we keep/cut" game. For both DE and DT, roster cut downs are expected to be difficult. Below is the list of players who I think are in contention for roster spots for each position, which I expect is fairly unsurprising. DE: Hughes Addison Epenesa Rousseau Basham Obada Johnson DT: Lotulelei Oliver Butler Phillips Zimmer Assuming we keep 6 DEs and 4 DTs, one player will be cut from each list above. Now, throughout the summer I've heard that Addison and Butler are less likely (or extremely unlikely, depending on who you listen to) to be cut due to their restructured contracts. (1) Just how detrimental to the Bills would cutting these players be, in cap terms? (2) Would cutting one/both be considered controversial within the locker room considering that they were willing to restructure? (3) I'm generally curious just how much faith I should put into the "hard to cut them because of their contracts" observation. Would it be enough to keep them even if they were outperformed by another player? I'm not much of a cap guru, so any insight appreciated.

And also, his 2018 performance wasn't "abysmal". Beane was right in that it's clear who watched all his plays and who only watched the stat sheet.

Can you imagine if we got Ertz, too? 🥶

Same here, man! Happy birthday. ***** tom brady.

Excited for the pads to come on, at least!

I really think he'll make the team - and an impact.

Well, heck. Ya should have said something Sherlock! Who knew 😅 I, too, am thrilled that football is back and we can focus on the good stuff.

The twitter crusade is unreal. It has to stop. Talk about a distraction.

Just awful.

If I see a Bills decal on a car while driving, I will chase that sumbich down and scream 'Go Bills!' out the window. They're usually terrified.

Was one of my favorite players on the team when he was at Stanford. A number of games where he effectively was the passing game outlet and generated all of the big plays. I really haven't paid attention to him in the NFL because as I really only have the energy for the Bills, but if he's physically able I think it's reasonable to assume he should increase his recent output given who was QBing the eagles.

Bruce represented himself and the Bills well in those quotes.

It's going to happen. Can't wait.

This is exactly how I feel. I expect his stats to fall a little, but not his prowess as a quarterback.

I hope he continues to develop. He's had steady improvement and has been a joy to watch.

I thought AJ was playing well toward the end of last season. I'm not sure what folks were expecting from a second round pick with no offseason and a fairly drastic conditioning program, but he's catching unnecessary heat. Let's see how he does on the field. He looks like he belongs at the moment, and hopefully he shows more.

Holy *****. That is legitimately shocking.

The NFL is notorious for promoting absolute value.

Add me to the list fans disappointed by Star not showing up.