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So Gurley got 4 years 57.5 (around 14 per) with 45 guaranteed. Bell's 2 years older and didn't play for a year. Should be interesting. I'm thinking Jets...?

Piggybacking - his roster bonus is due in mid march- so that's a pretty solid incentive to trade him before then. Saves 2.5 mil of cap and cash.

To be fair - we probably have one of the worst playing surfaces in the NFL. The company legit has one team using their product - us. https://www.aturf.com/play-level/professional-sports/. Seems like a dated product

If they do - look for Buffalo, the Jets, the dolphins - to be at the top of their list.

Steelers will do everything in their power to trade him to a non-contender

Steve Smith Giants?

I'd like to see flowers, but realistically maybe Graham or Fowler. Need to add a pass rusher to rotate with the 3 we have. Trent Brown would be nice as we could move Dawkins where he's needed. Paradis or Morse would be cool - but i think there's a lot of teams looking at veteran centers. We do need to bring in a few linemen though. Not super into the TEs as Cook's the best one and he'll be 32 by the time the season starts. Would prefer seeing us grab a receiver so we're not forced to overdraft one. I would like to see BPA in the draft and go after a premier tackle we could use at 3 tech.

I mean - he wrote what someone asked for an autograph... I personally think this is a non-story. The story is the clap-back from jalen ramsey... smack talker extraordinaire. Guy is afraid of contact but loves to talk a big game. He'll never win a thing with an attitude like that.

I think they were pretty desperate to add anyone with talent before final cut down day so they could get a look. They already knew that WR was going to be a big problem in 2018. It was a miss, but i appreciate them shooting a shot there. No cap ramifications in 2019 and the lost pick means nothing. Just a waste of Terry's money.

He's probably attended more Sabres games than most. Probably does some charity work. To live here year round as like... a wealthy celebrity - i feel like you have to like Skiing (and once you really like skiing you're probably traveling elsewhere), Hockey, Hunting, Good Food, Campfires, drinking, and country music (we only seem to get top end country acts in buffalo consistently - the music scene here kinda stinks). Maybe gambling as we have a few casinos in the area now- but like... real gambling. Just playing table games til the wee hours, none of the clubs and famous DJs etc like a vegas trip ?.

Still can't blame him for trying - we gave up very little... maybe it was like a back alley deal that went along with the Tyrod deal. Like - some future considerations of us taking some money back or something.

I believe he was in man with benjamin on a long completion too

2018 was a tough year - cousins and keenum got paid starter money and it looks like buffalo wanted no part in either. They weren't willing to part with picks for Foles as they needed the ammo to maneuver the draft. Bradford was an overpay at 20 mil. Bridgewater was like the wildcard of top end backups - and we ended up waiting and getting McCarron for a really reasonable deal. The thing was, he was thoroughly outplayed by Peterman and Allen in practice and preseason. The mistake was not keeping McCarron as Peterman flamed out spectacularly. No one they could have signed on the opening of free agency was going to be a long term or even short term solution. They also probably should have pursued Anderson sooner. Barkley kind of fell into their laps once he was healthy.

Groys already gone. Murphy is an interesting choice because 2.5 mil of his salary becomes guaranteed on 3/17. Free agency basically starts the 11th though - so they at least get a chance to replace him before they theoretically cut him.

Yeah - but you have to look at the actual cash. We're eating 4.5 - but he already has that 4.5. We're saving 4.5 in cash to get rid of him. Not saying the Pegulas are in the poor house, but i wouldn't want to sign a bunch of game checks for millions of dollars to a straight up bum.

Yeah - with our WRs teams were very comfortable playing man coverage. So Allen hurt them with his legs. We really lacked receivers who could create space over short distances. Zay was starting to show that more, but a really solid slot guy and a TE gives a young QB a great safety blanket.

Foles to the jag's makes a lot of sense... but hes under contract and will have to negotiate some kind of sign-trade type of deal. Tannehill really is a wildcard - but i don't see Cincy. Just isn't an upgrade. Backup to Darnold under Gase? Seems to make some sense.

I think it depends whats there - if there's a player there you scouted and like a lot then i would say grab him. There is a clear opportunity to start here for sure - but a few other teams had really lousy punters as well. The seahawks drafted dickson in the 5th last year and he was the best punter in the league last year - but for the most part rookie punters usually fall in the middle of the road.

For sure - but if Tate were interested i think i'd rather have him (or A.Brown if the price isn't too steep... a man can dream right?!). Tate has been more productive over his career, can play inside and outside, and has a better catch rate over his career.

Yeah - there are still examples of WRs playing productively after age 30. Nelson still looked relatively productive for the raiders, Amendola was Miami's leading receiver, Emmanuel Sanders was having a great year before tearing his achilles, Crabtree was a solid addition for Baltimore, and obviously Edelman won super bowl MVP so he's still solid. I wouldn't rule it out, but i doubt it's like top of our priority like adding some help along the offensive line.

Solid Blocker - solid hands. Not sure what he has left in the tank though to be honest. Could mix him in as a 4th guy though. Especially with not much on the roster at TE. Need that guy that can get the sticks on 3rd downs. I just always try to remember - young doesn't mean good. Especially at WR. For every JuJu or Ridley - there's flat out busts like ross, coleman, kevin white, Agholor, davante parker.. etc.

Well they were in good shape - paid a big contract to... Malik Jackson, Calais Campbell, AJ Bouye, Andrew Norwell, Tashaun Gipson - traded for Dareus during a playoff run too. Extended Telvin Smith, Marqise Lee. When the roster is this top heavy, injuries just tank the whole year. Not to mention they extended Blake Bortles for some odd reason. They hit on Ramsay for sure - and jack seems like a solid LB. Cam Robinson was alright in 2017 before missing most of last year. But Fournette, Bortles, and Fowler have not made the impact that they needed to when all 3 were picked in the top 5.

You can either try and swing for Foles and band-aid what you have. Or you can tank 2019 to try and get tua or herbert for 2020. You then burn through 2020 with a rookie QB. So 2 years of paying a bunch of players premiums, or you can save the money and stash picks for the team you're actually building for 2021. They'd have cap flexibility in 2021, a rookie QB to build around, and a bunch of players on rookie contracts.

I have 0 interest in this guy. He essentially complained about usage with every coach we had and the current regime dumped him for cap space for 2019. We shouldn't use said cap space to bring him back.

Who's first order of business was to what - extend blake bortles with the worst contract ever? ? Since he's a cap casualty look at teams that are trying to preserve comp picks. It's a deep draft for d-line though so I would guess his agent suggests he try and get a job quickly before he loses the game of musical chairs.