Bleeding Bills Blue

He plays special teams as well. Core teams players have more value than 6th wide receivers who don't play...

20.4 million. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/mitch-morse-16773/ They whiffed on QB quite hard. Also traded 2 firsts for a wide receiver. Traded a 4th for bryce brown. The entire 2016 draft. Not to mention whaley didn't get along with legit any head coach we brought in.

From a cap perspective yes - but from a cash perspective i think they have insurance for things like this. Someone here probably knows more than I do. 20.4 was guaranteed. He got about 11 of it this year. If he were on IR this year, and retired next year we would be on the hook for the remainder of the signing bonus, and 2 mil of his 2020 salary that was guaranteed at signing. Assuming they do it like they did with wood, they'll figure out if they want to eat it in 2020 or spread it through 2021. At that size (9 million) we'd probably spread it over 2 years.

Yeah - i mean... had a great year ago. Wasn't drafted ahead of ramsey or Bosa. An argument could be made that he should have been in the top 5 picks. The trade-ups for QBs moved him down, but he's a really good player.

He's missed time every season with injuries. Has 10 career sacks in 3 years. And is a backup in year 4. Also considering he was paid 10ish mil over 4 years he was overpaid considering his contributions. I would have preferred Myles Jack or Jaylon Smith in the 1st - higher ceiling players with injuries. Drafting for need got us a mediocre end, who was a poor scheme fit under that defense - and has a really low ceiling of a run stopping defensive end with mediocre upside as a pass rusher. We ended up trading up and drafting Ragland in the 2nd for a LB spot that Jack could've filled. Staying in that pick we probably could have drafted 1st round talent in the 2nd with Jarran Reed. We also used a 4th in that trade that could've been used for Prescott. So basically going need caused us to draft a pass rusher in a mediocre class. Then trading up to get ragland after a run on LBs caused us to lose out on prescott - who i can honestly say we may have looked at in that spot with Taylor on the final year of his deal.

He's an average player that was paid a premium based on contract, and on the draft capital used to acquire him. Therefore its a below average selection in my opinion.

I think he'll end up signing back here next year tbh.

He was def. holding FG's in those years at least while also holding a clipboard.

I think he moved up to backup in 2004 or 2005, but yeah, he definitely was PS in 2003. Not a long list of QBs for that. I don't think there's a reason to hang on to him TBH.

If he caught it he probably wouldve taken a decent lick, but he may have also scored the TD. This isnt the 80s/90s - he goes head hunting and he's getting a penalty, a fine, maybe an ejection, possibly a suspension.

I see people at my touch football league make that catch. That throw is fine. It's in a place where the DB cannot make a play on the ball.

Disagree. That was an incredibly catchable pass. I don't know if he lost it in the sun, or feared the contact - but any wide receiver should be able to catch that pass. If anything leading him more might lead to a pick.

Yeah - some nice little plays - picked up a 3rd and 10 and generally carried buffalo down the field on the first TD drive.

I'm excited for vanilla scheme vs. vanilla scheme

Usually you hear about it on the grapevine - guess you'll find out soon if LA or Dallas is desperate for RB help on their holdouts. While they may call, i don't think we're advertising it.

He was a pre-draft depth signing - sets you up to draft BPA by having brought in line depth.

Nope. I agree with playing him at RG if it makes the best 5. Just sucks that the depth went from solid to really bad in a second

My prediction...? Pain.

It's tough - the Cowboys rely on zeke more and it'd likely be no new money in 2019 anyway. His option year is set at around 10mil, but he'll want to be highest paid at his position, so i would guess 16per year? But looking at Dak going from 2 mil to 30 mil, and Cooper looking for 20... gonna be tough to come up with the 55+ needed for all 3. Zekes not even in his option year yet either... Just a mess. You hit on a 4th round QB but when it comes time to pay him you have to gut the team it seems like. Gordon's interesting because... he's a good player, but hes not even close to as good as elliot. Worse YPC... Comparable Receiving numbers... More Miles... Missed time with injuries in 3/4 years... 1 1000 yard season. So its hard to evaluate where he should be paid honestly. Somewhere in the AAV between freemans 8.25 and Johnsons 13 - either way its more than the 5 he's set to make this year. Both are looking for large guarantees - but i tried to simplify and look at the AAV

Ideally Ford becomes your backup swing tackle, but an injury to dawkins would then have ford at RT, and Nseke moving to LT, and another guy coming on at RG - thats 3 changes for 1 injury. Waddle has started 31 games in the league, including games the last 2 years. Our new 4th tackle could be one of wesley/mcdermott - who haven't even played 31 snaps in the NFL. I know its a depth spot but that's a considerable drop-off. Especially with the 3rd tackle possibly taking regular snaps at RG.

Looks like the starting 5 is starting to form - but the backup swing tackle job will be up for grabs. I think if dawkins or nseckhe were to miss time you would move ford into that spot, but that just creates a hole at RG. Sometimes its better to leave the unit intact in situations like that.

Makes sense - 2 teams that didn't have their QBs. And 3 teams that shouldve won more games than they did in 2018. The Jets at 4-12 going to 8-8 doesn't seem far fetched with their additions. Giants are a tricky one because of the loss of beckham, and everyone assumes they'll be terrible.

Ford still functions as a backup swing tackle - but you still will need a 4th tackle for sure. We're probably carrying at least 9 linemen on the 53

So who starts where? Trent williams at LT, where do we put dawkins?

They also have a good punter and kicker. We spent some money to improve the kicking game after carpenter fell off a cliff. They also haven't shied away from improving the punting game by adding young players and moving on from Schmidt. We were almost 6 yards behind the league leaders in net punting average. League average was over 68 punts per team - This amounts to over 400 yards per season. Thats a lot of field position for our defense. You want to see more Fair catches, and more in 20s too.