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Waddle hasn't re-signed yet, but I could definitely see them bringing him back. Should come pretty cheap. They still have Nsekhe as depth, and he can play both sides. So they could wait until the draft to bring in another guy. Extending Poyer is great, and means they just need depth at the safety position. Siran Neal is pretty much set as the "big nickel" spot. They really like Jaquan Johnson. Marlowe and Coleman are free agents, and I'm not sure either guy comes back, so these are the guys we are seeking to replace. Knowing the way this team operates, they definitely want a veteran voice in each unit. I fully expect them to add another RB in the next couple days, but it may not be someone who gets a ton of carries. I think they prioritize this position in the draft, between the 2nd-4th Rounds. I really don't see them adding another veteran WR, unless it's someone deep on the back-end at the league minimum. Odds are very high that a really nice WR prospect will fall into their laps on draft day, and they simply don't have the room on the roster to keep everyone. It couldn't hurt to add another guy. But like safety, I don't see them adding anyone much higher than league minimum. The primary spots (Milano, Edmunds) are set in stone. AJ Klein has plenty of starting experience, and they really like Vosean Joseph (who was on IR all of last season). Tyler Matakevich fills the special teams aspect they like out of backup linebackers.

I would still expect the Bills to add the following positions via free agency: - Veteran RB to replace Frank Gore - Swing Tackle to provide insurance behind Cody Ford - Cornerback with both outside and inside versatility - Safety depth And Bills fans, that pretty much encompasses the remaining needs we have across the roster. Take care of those spots, and the Bills are free to go BPA at pretty much every slot in the draft. It's a beautiful thing.

All of what you said is certainly true. I believe Bill Belichick's "Patriot Way" mentality, which he installed across every aspect of the franchise, was THE main reason for New England's unparalleled success over the past 20 years. Even more than Tom Brady. But I also believe that Belichick and Kraft's power struggle following Super Bowl LI was the end of the "Patriot Way" - and the ultimately the beginning of the end for New England's run. Yes, the Patriots still went to two more Super Bowls after that and even won another ring. But the battle over Jimmy Garoppolo was the moment that Belichick lost full control over the team's personnel decisions. It started the team down a path that finally reached a dead-end yesterday. If you believe all the reports out of Boston, you know that Garoppolo was Belichick's plan for succeeding Brady. Regardless of how indestructible Brady seemed, Belichick knew the day was coming that age would finally catch up to his Hall of Fame QB. While other franchises with veteran QBs usually sit on their hands until it's too late, Belichick has always been very forward-thinking and aggressive in drafting QBs. After-all, the only mark against Belichick's legacy is the fact that he only did it with Brady under center. If he could transition and then win a Super Bowl without Brady, his status as the greatest ever would be unquestioned. Reports say that Belichick wanted to trade Brady after the 2017 Super Bowl win against the Falcons. At that time, the Patriots still could have gotten a massive draft-haul for Brady and then handed the reigns of a championship roster over to Garoppolo. But Robert Kraft pulled rank, and refused to part with his boy. With Garoppolo set to hit free agency, this destroyed Belichick's transition plan that had been 3-4 years in the making. You will notice that in March 2017, the Patriots became uncharacteristically aggressive in both Free Agency (Stephon GIlmore) and trading draft picks for players (Brandin Cooks). This team had operated under the same mentality for almost two decades, and been massively successful. But suddenly, they were mortgaging their future for one-last chance at championship glory. This is because of everything listed above. The plan Belichick had been setting in motion was toast. The "Patriot Way" was dead. Until it happens on the football field, many will refuse to believe it. They will cling to the idea that Belichick has some magic trick up his sleeve. He doesn't. His magic trick was traded three years ago to the San Francisco 49ers. The Patriots have very few options left at QB for the 2020 season. They have an offense with very few weapons, and virtually no cap space/draft capital to improve it. They do have a strong defense, but I would anticipate a very ugly season.

As always, much of this will come down to the QB. The Dolphins very possibly amassed all these picks, but then played themselves out of the top two prospects in the draft. Sounds exactly like our approach for much of the last 15-20 years, which led to the longest playoff stretch in the NFL. My hope is that Washington takes Tua, just so the Dolphins get stuck with the leftovers. The Patriots are pretty much screwed for 2020. I don't care who the coach is. The best QBs left on the market include Cam Newton, Jameis Winston and Andy Dalton. The top QB prospects will be long-gone by pick #23. Combine this with among the worst RB/WR combinations in the league. They will likely still have a strong defense, but the fall from grace isn't going to pretty for the people of Boston.

We probably keep 6 guys. Stefon Diggs, John Brown and Cole Beasley are all locks. With the ridiculous depth in this draft, I fully expect the Bills to draft another WR in the first 4 rounds (and I expect them to make the active roster). The skill-set of that receiver will likely determine which of the other guys is expendable. - Duke Williams is still our only bid-bodied WR. If we draft a big guy, he's in trouble. - Andre Roberts is still our only returning. If we draft a guy capable of handling KR/PR duties, he could be in trouble. - Robert Foster is likely our default gadget-guy to replace Isaiah McKenzie. But I wouldn't be surprised if McKenzie is brought back on a lower salary.

Agree that New England will still be a decent team and play hard. But what "good QBs" are still on the market? The best options for New England look like Jameis Winston and Teddy Bridgewater.

Sounds like Brady is going to either Tampa Bay or the LA Chargers. I'm WAY more interested to see what New England does at Quarterback. What options to they have available right now? - They pick #23, and then not again until the 3rd Round. - Dak Prescott was franchised. Ryan Tannehill was re-signed. Drew Brees is apparently working on an extension. - All word says Phillip River to Indianapolis, but it's not been officially announced yet. - Even Marcus Mariota and Case Keenum have been snatched up. At this point, their best bet would probably be Jameis Winston or Teddy Bridgewater...

The Texans only fired Brian Gaine last June. So Bill O'Brien has been the GM for roughly 9 months. Most of that was during the actual season, so this will be his first full offseason in control of the roster. Free agency, draft and all. Not sure why you would have been expecting a collapse for "a few years." Until recently, I thought most fans viewed Houston as an up-and-coming team, with one of the NFL's premier young QBs.

Free Agency isn't even 24 hours old yet, so things are bound to change. At this point: - The Quinton Spain extension means starting O-Line is pretty much set. - The Stefon Diggs trade knocks WR from top of the need list, down to the bottom. In my opinion, the biggest need on the team is now Edge Rusher. We have basically swapped Shaq Lawson for Mario Addison in the DE rotation. But with Jerry Hughes aging and Trent Murphy always hurt, I would really like to see another good player in the mix. Josh Norman was a nice depth addition, but we still need one more CB. Depending on what happens with Jordan Phillips, we may need another DT for the interior rotation. We need another RB to pair with Devon Singletary. And I wouldn't mind another TE to pair with Dawson Knox. And that folks, is pretty much it. If Beane can make 4-5 more moves this week, we could walk into the draft without a single glaring need on the roster.

The problem isn't how good Houston was in 2019. They were definitely among the best teams in the AFC last year. The problem is how good these moves are setting them up for 2020 and beyond. In all my years watching the NFL, I haven't seen anyone consistently get LESS VALUE in trades that Bill O'Brien. Trading away Jadeveon Clowney was fine. Doing it for Barkevious Mingo, Jacob Martin and a 3rd Round Pick was downright highway robbery for Seattle. Trading for Laremy Tunsil was a good move for his young QB. Spending two 1st Rounders and a 2nd Rounder was a ridiculous over-payment. And I refuse to believe that Arizona's deal was the best he could get for DeAndre Hopkins. Absolutely no way. And I'm not sure why he wanted David Johnson so badly, when he already traded away a 3rd Rounder for Duke Johnson. When everything is added together, the Texans roster is no better than before O'Brien started making moves. One could certainly argue it's worse. Yet the team is in deeper trouble with the salary cap, and has wiped out a good chunk of its draft capital for the next two seasons.

Despite the narrative around here, Brandon Beane and Sean McDermott aren't trying to build a team full of church-going boy scouts. They never have. The Bills have embraced players with strong, vocal and outgoing personalities (Tre White, Jordan Phillips, Dion Dawkins). The front office has also stood by players with both on-the-field and off-the-field incidents (such as Josh Allen, LeSean McCoy and Zay Jones). Most teams value character to a certain extent, and the ones who don't usually regret it. There is a reason Antonio Brown and Josh Gordon aren't on NFL teams. The teams who kept giving them chances ended up getting burned, and eventually everyone stopped believing they were worth the headache. Beane/McDermott believe that in addition to talent and skill, it's important for players to match: A) Their scheme/system and B) Fit into the locker room. They value players who put in the work, and desire to win games more than rack up stats. It's a stark contrast against Doug Whaley, who believed in just grabbing the most talented guys available, and worrying about how they actually fit later.

I would disagree with the general premise. In my opinion it's better to have a deep roster full of good players, rather than a team with several big holes and a couple so-called superstars. Outside of QB, one player RARELY puts you over the top. But even if your argument is true, what game-changing superstars are we missing out on? Jadeveon Clowney? Austin Hooper? Jack Conklin? These guys are nice players, but hardly superstars. True superstars rarely hit free agency. If you want superstars on the team, you usually need to draft them or trade heavily for them (Arizona and DeAndre Hopkins notwithstanding, ugh). Sometimes it's nice to make a big splash (see last year with Mitch Morse), but generally speaking the best value comes in the 2nd-3rd wave of free agency. This is where Beane generally makes his mark, and it's where most of us were expecting him to attack this year again. His best signings last year were arguably John Brown and Jon Feliciano, and both were guys not highly sought after on Day 1 of free agency. With the progress Beane has made so far on the roster, he's earned a little bit of trust.

I want to treat PFF like a legitimate thing. I really do. But these guys are really just becoming a waste of space on social media. We have a whopping three moves so far, and have somehow decreased by 3 percentage points... - We signed Josh Norman, who very likely could be a depth move and not even a starter on this team. - We re-signed Quinton Spain, which would be a total wash since he was on the Bills last year. - We lost Shaq Lawson, who according to PFF wasn't even a Top 100 free agent.

This is how you waste the career of a very talented young QB. Reminds me of the Colts with Andrew Luck... before he prematurely retired.

Yikes. Some really bad trades going on today. NFC West is cleaning up. AFC South is on crack. DeForest Buckner isn't anything special. Indy very likely could have kept that pick and gotten Derrick Brown or Javon Kinlaw, and not given out a massive contract.

They still should have gotten more for Hopkins. WAY MORE. It's almost like Bill O'Brien decided to shop him around, started down the list of 32 teams in alphabetical order, and then took the first deal Arizona threw at him. OK, DONE!

We are only 3-4 hours into the tampering period, and he wasn't among the hottest names. It may be awhile before we hear news on him.

The tweet suggests this would be a tagged player, or player close to the expiration of their current contract. Otherwise, the "paid" portion wouldn't make much sense.

Nobody knows what is happening behind the scenes. You have to wonder if the Bills even had an opportunity to make an offer, considering we are only 2 hours into the free agency tampering period. If Bill O'Brien had been actively shopping DeAndre Hopkins to all 32 teams, you would have to believe that multiple teams would have offered a better deal than Arizona.

Does the coronavirus affect people's brains? Because I think Bill O'Brien has it.

In another post I suggested it was foolish to pursue DeAndre Hopkins, because I believed the price was too high. I take it back.

Agreed. I'm sure this will be repeated a thousand times over the next 1-2 weeks, but the Bills still need to be wise about how dollars are spent. Cap can be rolled-over from year to year. So what we don't spend in 2020, will be extra to use in 2021. This is really our last offseason without key pieces of the roster hitting free agency. Starting next year, very important Buffalo Bills will have expiring contracts (Dion Dawkins and Matt Milano chief among that list). And it will pretty much continue each year from that point. Not to say Brandon Beane needs to be frugal (and I don't think he will be). But the stupid contract we avoid handing out today, could allow us to re-sign someone else we really need down the line.

As Americans, I wish we could show more unity and grace in times like these - instead of this condescending/you are dumb and stupid attitude towards people with different viewpoints and opinions. There are lots of people that are very concerned about this virus, and are worried about the death-toll it could take on the (especially elderly population) if steps aren't taken to slow-down the spread. Health officials are the ones making these shut-down recommendations across the country. Maybe they are looking at worse-case scenario. But maybe that's not the wrong approach to take when it comes to people's lives. At the same time, there are lots of people who are very concerned about how 8 weeks (maybe longer) of completely shutting down the country is going to devastate the economy/business owners/jobs/etc. It's not about the inconvenience of losing the NBA playoffs or being stuck inside their homes with nothing to do but binge Netflix. The long-term financial effects of this will likely be terrible on millions of families. Furthermore, I wish we could just stop the political attacks. For just a few weeks. Please. I believe one of the main reasons (some) conservatives are taking this virus less seriously, is because the Democrats couldn't even wait 5 minutes before using it as ammo to attack the President. It's absolutely pathetic and an absolute disgrace. This virus is not ANY politicians fault, and it's clear that government officials are trying their best to protect citizens. Even if we disagree on how quickly response times should be, or what methods are being used to keep people quarantined. This is a situation that nobody could have been prepared for. On the other side of the aisle, Trump himself needs to stop using every news conference as an opportunity to bash the Obama's response to H1N1. Or why some of the above problems were due to the last administration. The blame game needs to STOP NOW. It's time for us to unify and move forward.

It would probably take two 1st Rounders (bare minimum), plus his $14 million cap hit. So yes. When this draft is absolutely stocked full with WR talent, it's probably not the wisest time to make that kind of trade.

One thing to remember is that Jon Feliciano is a free agent in 2021. So the coaching staff may feel that Cody Ford just needs another season of development. If he struggles again, the opportunity will arise again next year to kick him inside. Sometimes you upgrade by just letting young players develop. That's what we are obviously doing at Quarterback. So why not other positions? Our Left Tackle play improved in 2019 without a player change. Same with Middle Linebacker. I think the team will be depending heavily on improvement from Ford, along with Ed Oliver (hence letting Jordan Phillips walk) and Dawson Knox.