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This contract is hilarious

Yes and no, keep in mind only the top 51 count against the cap until you submit your 54 man roster in late summer. But really this is about legal tampering period and teams have a window to make every move cap lega. If Beane signs Sweat for 28M AAV, having otc.com say we only have 1M in cap space, isn't really a barrier. He'll have a bunch of levers he can pull ready to go.

They just have to be under the cap beginning of the league year. After they can do whatever they want, and only the first 51 players you have under contract count agains the cap. So he can restructure as he goes Josh Sweat is probably my top target for the Bills

GR is one of the best run defending DEs in the league while a good but not great pass rusher (who might yet still get to great). The bills lowered their cap number and kept him. in a world where beane traded him for draft picks, how would this game out in the bills being better both when combining both onfield impact and cap health? There’s not a player the Bills could get in the draft that would be even close to as good as GR in run defending - or likely pass rusher considering where they draft

If your barometer is Super Bowl or we suck then you’re probably not having fun being a football fan

They might be the the 2nd winning franchise during that time period

Folks the Bills saved significantly on the cap this coming season by doing this. It like helps land Garrett

He’s only a good pass rusher but he’s an elite run defending DE. You put him opposite a legit pass rushing DE that’s a tier better than AJE and that’s a great bookend set

In this case it seems there’s a lot more that we don’t know than do know. These domestic issues can be very very ugly - and complex.

who's Josh golfing with these days

Assuming Cinncy GM would rather get a massage from a live cobra than trade him within his division or to another AFC contender They have Burrow, Chase, Tee Higgins and Trey and missed the playoffs. Imagine if Sean McDermott missed the playoffs with the current roster, much less with all those stars

Thw Bills jhave what 4 defensive lineman under contract? They'll I think want 9 on the gameday roster

yea no one gonna take this trade if that's what he's demanding in an extension. They'll be lucky to get a 3rd

As an overall #1 or as a field stretching X?

He's going to have a really good market because there's no more guarenteed mooney left, just the void years for his already paid bonus which stays with Seattle. He's 28 so has a few prime years left so I could see a 3rd rounder (and he'd want the team to extend him)

HE just needs to get healthy

Actually really enjoying what the Bears are doing. They just added both Jonah Jackson and Joe Thuney, two excellent guards. they have a hopefully improving Darnell Wright at RT, and presumably will add a LT via draft. Really solid foundation they're building on O

Also, they got a little bit lucky + still reaping the rewards of drafting well The titans didn't value AJ Brown and this was his first extension year with the Eagles and his cap hit was 11M. The Giants didn't value Saquon and the Eagles got him at a bit of a bargain (his cap hit was 3.5M) They got a career year out of Mekhi Becton which absolutely no one would have predicted Josh Sweat was drafted by the Eagles in 2018, never did enough to earn on a big time extension, got a 1 year contract this season and had a career year. Zach Baun was a journey pickup who turned in all-pro season They drafted guys like Jordan Mailata, Landon Dickerson, Jalen Carter, Jordan Davis, and Milton Williams, not to mention Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean. Sure it's good cap management, but there;s a lot of great drafting + luck

Now there's a creative solution. Trade Cook for a 2nd. Trade a 5th for ETN

Which comes with a huge signing bonus for that to be effective, but that's actually what the Eagles and Beane do now.

I think getting Curtis Samuel healthy (he was injured towards the end of camp) would go a long ways. But the Bills will add explosiveness on the outside.

The same team that's likely going to lose a stud pass rusher and key DT depth piece

This is Cook's first eligible extension year, but he's got a year left before the franchise tag comes into play My guess is if Cook doesn't get an extension he holds out

All the power to him and I hope someome pays him. He seems like a good dude and I'm all for NFL players getting their worth from these billionair owners. I just don't want that going against the Bills cap.

I'll add just because you can doesn't mean you should