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That or he doesn’t want to go home.

I have no idea why Joe Flacco is still playing professional football. You might think the $3.5M he’s making this season would be worth dragging his 38 year old ass out there to play, but not when you realize he already made $171M.

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think I might hate listening to Troy Aikman talk more than I hate listening to Chris Collinsworth talk. It could be because I’m currently listening to Aikman. Next time I hear Collinsworth it’ll probably switch back.

Exactly. He was our most impactful defensive player before injury - and that’s saying something with how well several others are playing.

That is correct. Someone else’s misunderstanding is the issue. Injury settlements were generally used with the kinds of players you mention. After being placed on IR and getting healthy enough to play they would agree to give up some of their salary for the season so they could become a free agent. This was because they could not be reactivated from IR by their team. The new rules that allow some players to return from IR will likely make injury settlements a lot less common. There is no reason someone like Von Miller, who has a lot of guaranteed future money in his contract, would give up any of that money by agreeing to an injury settlement.

Why would you expect a 5th round rookie WR to be utilized more than Shakir has been here? It seems like the team is getting him involved a reasonable amount for where he was drafted and for what he’s shown in his opportunities.

Finding a way to get pressure on White (without Von) and keeping Allen clean are two huge keys to the Bills winning this game. It’ll be interesting to see how the coaches address those two facets.

They actually work very well together. Groot needs a DE like Von Miller opposite him to be really effective against the passing game tho. Von was one of three players we couldn’t afford to lose. This one really hurts, but it’s rare anyone wins anything without overcoming adversity. It’s not going to be one player stepping up though, it’ll have to be everyone stepping up and pulling a little more weight. That all said, I can see Hughes back in Buffalo this season if released or next. That’s the kind of player we will need to help shore up DE while Von recovers.

Wow. That is ridiculous. You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

I grabbed a set of 4 Lorex cameras with a hub at Costco. They are battery operated and work on Wi-Fi. The hub hooks up to your router. I can use my phone to view them anytime. They are motion sensitive (adjustable sensitivity) and record when they detect any motion. They’re pretty darn good and cost only a few hundred bucks. Battery life is excellent and installing them was easy since they are wireless. Just a couple screws each. I’d highly recommend sometime that. Edit: My only gripe is that only one person at a time can be signed into the app for them. Only that person gets notifications. If someone else signs in, then the other person gets kicked off.

The Bills are at the point where contract decisions are budget constrained. It’s this-or-that, not yes-or-no. The Bills can conceivably retain both Oliver and Edmunds, but doing so will have consequences for other players and roster spots. 2024 cap spending is already at $215M for 26 players. Restructures this season will bloat it further. So will new contracts for Edmunds, Oliver or any other player signed through that year. As helpful as an increasing cap is, it is not keeping pace with our spending.

I heard that the Browns tried to trade for Wilson before pursuing Watson, but Wilson turned them down because he preferred Denver. How different things might look if that went through and Watson wound up in Denver. Not for the Browns. They’d still be 4-7, but Denver would’ve started a QB not on their current roster for 11 games and have Watson the rest of the way out. Instead the Broncos are tied to the Wilson anchor.

Agree on Hines. I didn’t go down the road of possible cuts, but Hines would be my first for that or salary reduction. We’d be left with just Cook at RB (plus a FB).

I do. It’s a real contest to decide who is worse, Greggg the coach or Greggg the human being

My down and dirty cap and position estimates for 2023, assuming a $220M cap are as follows: - 35 players under contract - approx $10M over the cap - restructures of top 7 or 8 would net approx $60M which would give Bills approx $50M in space - biggest needs would be QB2, SWR, RB depth/starter, LG, IOL depth, RT depth/starter, MLB, S (if not Hamlin), P So it’s doable, but it won’t be painless. $50M to cover 18 roster spots, a practice squad and injury relief is not that much. I can’t see the Bills burning a third of that on tagging Tre Edmunds. It would be better to ask him for last look after he tests the market if they don’t reach a deal before FA starts. I didn’t cover possible cuts or extensions as I don’t want to get that sidetracked. Doing all of the restructuring above would also put a lot of cap pressure on 2024, but most of it will be necessary. The restructures will impact large extensions though. Spotrac for reference

I remember the DC in NO during the Bountygate time telling his players to slap the helmet of the opposing RB. Something to the effect that when getting off the pile “everyone touches his head”. It’s dirty, but it’s been a part of the game forever. Still, I’d like to see a fine here.

Would it change your option if the Bills were on offense in your scenario?

One other thought: After a certain team achievement is reached* players often focus more on their contracts. One hopes the Bills have that issue after this season concludes. * Note the skillful jinx avoidance

This has been my point for the last few years. Edmunds is an ILB, he’s no hybrid of any kind. ILBs generally don’t get paid well, with notable exceptions for real difference makers at the position (and some busts expected to be). The premium for a difference maker and an average MLB is $10M-$15M per season. Edmunds has obviously taken a step forward this season, but is that enough to warrant the huge contract he will be asking for? And is that where we want to spend our cap space? For instance, it it means that we can’t keep Ed Oliver then does that impact Edmunds’ play? For me it really comes down to his contract demands and how badly he wants to be here versus how badly he wants the last dollar. I’d he wants top of the market, I let him walk. If he’ll take something in the $15M AAV range I’d give him more guarantees. I don’t blame any player for maximizing their earnings, but I don’t love having those guys as my cornerstones. I’d rather have guys that value being here. Milano certainly did that with his contract.

Knox has $12.5M guaranteed next season. He’s not getting cut before then. $10M of that is an option bonus that will be spread out over 4 seasons so there’s no way to significantly lower his cap hit for 2023 either.

Technically yes, but teams can work a trade while his agent works a new contract with the acquiring team (something they’d insist on anyway). Then he would sign the tag and the teams would execute the trade. There is an early deadline to trade tagged players to consider as well. FT for LBs was $18.7M this year. Projection is for it to drop to $17.5M next, though that will likely go up. OTC

Big jumps in cap space always help teams keep their players. Good to have a team that we want to largely keep intact

Chefs. Gotta go for the one seed. And if we can’t take care of the Phins on our own we do t deserve that anyway.

I agree. Many times when players say they’ll do “whatever it takes” to play somewhere, that does not include taking vet a minimum contract. He’s making $6M for this season. I don’t want him back at anywhere near that. I’d certainly take him back near vet min tho.

Releasing audio of every second of the fight that lasted less than a minute? That seems very easy to do and for people to digest. But your point that other things might be on the recording that the NFL wouldn’t want heard by the public is certainly possible. I’m also not excusing him swinging a helmet at Rudolph’s head. But criticizing him for that and calling him a liar for what he said about Rudolph’s actions are two different things.