Kirby Jackson

I’m not buying that (no offense). Duke is a guy that didn’t make it in the NFL. He went to the CFL and played well. He is getting another chance. He went to the team with the worst WR depth chart in the league. It was an easy decision.

He didn’t choose Buffalo because of the fit. He chose Buffalo because he has a shot to make the roster. Let’s be real...

100% agree I happen to believe they love Oliver. I do too. He’s an elite prospect. If he were gone though, Burns is an option.

I could see Burns. The Bills want pass rush. His bend and explosiveness make him a viable option.

Bojorquez may not make the team. The rest of the ST should improve though

FWIW, I think that Nsekhe is their best OT. That could certainly be their best 5.

It’s possible for sure!! I think that the OG additions ensure that Dawkins remains at tackle but the OL will look WAY different.

This was my thought too. There is CLEARLY a plan. Now, if you don’t like the plan, fine, but it isn’t confusing. They signed: Long, Felciano, Waddle, Nsekhe, Spain and Morse. The plan was to upgrade the OL in FA. They added 2 TEs and 2 WRs as well. They lacked talent on offense and tried to upgrade that.

Great post!!

The OL is close to set. They may add another guy in the mid rounds (tackle maybe) but as it stands now they will be cutting guys that have played a lot. They absolutely aren’t taking an OL early. The plan was clearly to address OL in FA. The Bills signed a top center, 2 surefire starters that we are underrating on here in Spain and Nsekhe, Dawkins still has a spot as well. That leaves 1 open spot (RG) and Long, Teller, Feliciano, Sirles, Boettger, Bodine, Vlad etc... competing for it. Waddle is your swing tackle and a couple of the guys trying for RG as your depth. You are likely keeping 8 (at most 9) OL.

I tend to think that smaller stadiums work better but these leagues prepare for success. I honestly think it’s an ego thing more than anything. These guys don’t want to play in a 20K HS stadium when, if things go well, maybe they get 50k? There are also some technological limitations, specifically in the media rooms. If these leagues ever do get bigger they will need to be able to support the media needs. I think that they “scale up” so that they don’t need to make changes. It’s easier to sell more tickets than to find a new venue, refund and/or relocate what’s sold, and do it again. It doesn’t look good on TV but it is easier logistically. That’s my $.02 anyways...

I’ll take the Jags

I don’t disagree at all with that. It could be as simple paying the players (which may be coming anyways).

Apples to Oranges at this point but if the NCAA feels “threatened” by minor league football (which will never happen) they will call on the NFL to change the 3 year out of HS rule. They will absolutely acquiesce to that in fear of losing top flight talent to another football league. These minor leagues, are never, and have never competed with the top level of collegiate athletics!! The money isn’t there and won’t ever be there.

He’s old but he doesn’t have a lot of mileage. He’s certainly not here for a while but he’s a really good player. It isn’t crazy to think that he is the RT for 3 years.

Oh man, I forgot about that guy!!

Fisher? Yeah, I think Boettger and Teller have a shot at the PS if they don’t make the team. Those guys may get picked up though. Our OL talent is much improved. We are talking about cutting guys that started last year. They are probably at least depth guys somewhere. I think Teller makes the team but it certainly isn’t a lock.

They aren’t keeping 10 OL. I’m going to say that Boettger and Felciano get cut (or they don’t draft any OL). OL as I see it: Dawkins-Spain-Morse-Long-Nsekhe Swing OT: Waddle Depth interior: Teller (with Long going to center) 8th guy: Felciano or a draft pick Jawann Taylor There is pretty much no chance that the Bills go OL at 9.

He hasn’t been marginal though. He has been a borderline dominant player but played behind 2 early picks (one of whom is an All-Pro). Nsekhe is our best OT now. He’s just old. He’s probably a 2-3 year solution.

Just seeing this but the Bills are getting Spain according to Spain:

Tom Brady has already been addressed in this thread. The Seahawks kept Sherman, Thomas, Wagner, Wilson, Baldwin, Avril, Wright, Lynch, Chancellor and Bennett on 2nd contracts. The salary cap in 2015 when they were working on this was $42M less than this year. I’m not sure how you are interpreting that as falling apart? The cap increasing at the rate that it does makes this simple. The Saints were the first team to master it. They kick the can down the road until their window closes. When Brees retires, they will take a year like the Bills just did and reset it. No one does that while their window is open. No one has “cap issues.” That’s a fallacy. I’m not trying to be a jerk or pick on you specifically. People are always talking about what a “bad guy someone is” when he holds out or asks for more money. The reality is that’s the ONLY leverage that they have in this system. This isn’t a game to them. This is their career. We have a hard time relating to that but it is just like our careers. No one takes a “company friendly deal.” We all expect to be paid the market value of our services. I don’t mean to spend so much time on the soapbox but this is a topic I feel strongly on.

You certainly alluded to it!! There is never a team that is ever in jeopardy of not keeping the guys that they want. If they have to have them they can BERY easily. So you don’t care about their earning window but they shouldn’t either? Would you be cool if people found it “refreshing” if you worked for less than your market value? I know I sure as hell wouldn’t want that. I want to be paid what I’m worth. There is also a MAJOR difference between cap space and contract. The largest cap hit of any QB is 15.7% of the cap. If you don’t think that the right QB is worth that then we don’t agree. Also, you aren’t keeping star players on “team friendly deals.” You pay market value. It is great to have rookie contracts and everyone agrees with that. It isn’t however a bad thing that a guy wants to get paid what he’s worth. There has never been one reasonable argument that they are out of line.

It’s probably both (plus any obstructed view seats). We used to report a capacity of 16,188 but there were many a playoff game where we had over 18,000 in the building.

You can’t estimate $0 because they wouldn’t have been able to start the year. There is/was a bare minimum number to reach the expenses and they didn’t hit it (not surprising). One of my best friends is the COO of one of the AFL teams and I have the EXACT concern. He’s a smart guy and has a ton of experience but I have little to no faith that the league will work this time. I thought that it was a short-sighted and stupid decision on his part.

It’s the revenue number that was an estimate. The expenses are/were pretty easy to define but the revenue numbers are a total projection. Obviously season tickets, groups, sponsorships, etc... are pretty stable but those variable revenues (single game tickets, concessions, etc..) are a crapshoot.