d_wag

good list, seen conflicting reports on waddle, has been brought back or not? he would obviously address the swing tackle need and would be very affordable coming off the injury. marlowe is the default at safety, again very affordable and clearly knows the system. RB depth in the FA pool is questionable, they probably want a vet in the room but is that just yeldon and they add another body in the draft? only other one i'd add to the list is a size WR - clearly they have upgrade immensely at WR with the addition of diggs as a true #1 but that doesn't bring in the redzone size threat i think is still needed, be it free agency or draft. would love to see demarcus robinson get a look, untapped potential there but he might want to go somewhere with more opportunity with the top 3 depth chart spots locked up in BUF.

On diggs, new cba makes it much more difficult for players to hold out if they are on their second contract or beyond. Fines cannot be waived and season will not accrue towards FA. Going to see much less of that type of behaviour going forward.

This offseason falls short, would be a TON of cap room left on the table, joe needs to do some math

looks like you've omitted a couple key special team acquisitions in perry and alexander from your projected 53, i think they do make the squad and bump murphy and stanford or lacey from your projected 53 (murphy a shame but doesn't offer much value on ST, stanford and lacey both very replaceable and were part of the reason why the coverage team was so bad last year) . I also think yarborough will lose his spot to harold at DE and i think demarco will stick around again for his special teams value, bumping the WR group down to a more reasonable 6 (see ya mackenzie, he's been replaced by roberts). duke is certainly the fav for the 6th WR spot at this point, given they surely want to have someone with size in the grouping. it would be great if they could squeeze a very late pick or two in the trade market from the inevitable OL dumps (Sirles, Butler, Bodine, Vlad, and McDermott appear to be on the outside looking in and may have some value to outsiders). some like Lafayette Pitts but i agree with you that he misses the cut (didn't show enough as a gunner last year to warrant a spot, they need to get much better there, kevin johnson is good candidate there to help). injuries happen but shaping up that the late picks will start the year on the practice squad (johnson, johnson, and sweeney) if they get through waivers. that being said clear to see the improvements year on year across the roster, but would expect nothing less given the dozen and a half free agent signings and another top 10 pick. doesn't sound like beane will ever be in the comp pick game given the amount of contracts that will be up at the end of year and some of the comments he made at his pressers about how he likes to address the roster needs through free agency.

I don’t think they love him so no point turning this in to a strawman. I simply think they didn’t sign him just to cut him. Signing free agents just to cut them in camp is not a way good teams run things. If they were to add Ansah it is clear he would have to go.

It’s not about what I think of Harold, it’s what the bills think of him, and I don’t think they signed him just to cut him in camp. I appreciate they have the cap flexability to get out of any deal but that surely would be a waste when unspent dollars can just be rolled over. I don’t see a roster spot available for Ansah, barring injury in that group.

Who are you binning off to make room for Ansah? Hughes, murphy, shaq, and now harold are your 4. Yarborough is unlikely to make it. Did we sign Harold just to cut him? Nah. I think they moved on from Ansah. Also think we have our 5 at CB and no one worth a damn out there at WR.

Like I said earlier, i thought neal showed very well and I also rate Marlowe (who will be facing a roster crunch himself, will they keep 5 safeties?). LB is wide open, Stanford and Lacey stunk and do not belong on the roster, thankfully Joseph will take one of their spots (Edwards, Milano, Alexander, Mo, Jospeh, and ?). 6th WR spot is also an open competition, I’m good with safety before you add another guy to the mix. Maybe they keep 5 backers only and 5/6 safeties, then this starts to make more sense (but not how i expect this to play out, expect him just to be cut and try to stash on PS)

Give me another LB or a big WR where their is an actual opportunity to make the roster. I’ll say this draft does bode well for duke williams, he’ll get comp in UDFA but has to be considered early fav to make roster if they keep 6 (i consider brown, beasley, roberts, and foster locks with zay very closely behind). I thought duke would be on outside looking in post draft but he’s the size guy the don’t have in other 5 and a guy like mckenzie doesnt offer that.

You can get competition at deep positions in UDFA and doesn’t burn through a pick

Yes Dawkins is very much on the hot seat, for both his job and even his roster spot. This might light a fire under him and we see big improvements in TC but he’s going to need to show up or he’ll be off with the depth now on the roster. Currently very overrated on this board.

Meh, would rather just flip the 6th for a 5th next year if the guy just isn’t gonna make the cut (which I don’t think this guy will, barring injury). Cutting picks is a complete waste.

I thought neal showed very well as a rookie, core ST guy who showed well when given limited D snaps, would be disappointing to cut a guy like that one year in to his rookie deal

Equally tough uphill roster squeeze at that position to make team CB - Tre, Levi, Gaines, Johnson, Johnson S - Poyer, Hyde, Bush, Neal, Marlowe Good luck

Will struggle to make roster with depth at S, if he does it will be cause of ST work. Expect him to land on PS.