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I’ve said it several times before. Right now CB is the glaring need. If we don’t sign a CB before the draft and we want to take one in the 1st round, then it will require at least a slight trade up. That’s simply because every team will expect us to draft a CB and will trade ahead of us if they want that player.

Keyshawn:

I would not make that assumption regarding Edmunds. I wouldn’t have picked up his option, but we did so we are stuck with him this season. I let him walk after it. That makes other decisions a lot easier. DL: Oliver has already had his fifth year option picked up so he will be here through next season. He should be extended beyond that. Von Miller will be here for at least three seasons due to his contract. They are the only two DL players with big contracts. LB: Milano is making a sizable contract, but is worth it and should be kept. If the Bills let Edmunds walk, then Milano is the only big LB contract. I’d draft a player who could replace Edmunds on day 2 this month. DB: Tre has the biggest DB contract and isn’t going anywhere barring catastrophe. Taron Johnson is our Nickel. He just signed a contract that will keep him here. We need a CB2. Hopefully we get a solid, reasonably priced one in FA and another in the draft. Hyde is signed through 2023. I expect him to play it out. Poyer is the only real question mark. I don’t know what he’s asking for so I can’t say if we should extend him or not. If reasonable, then, sure. Do it and lock him up with guarantees for the next couple years. If not, we should trade home before the draft. Regardless the Bills should find a safety that can develop in this draft. It’s all manageable if we don’t squander our cap space.

That is the best case scenario IMO

We will see some FAs sign a week or so prior to the draft. Many will be nervous about signing post-draft after draft picks have filled many of the holes on teams. Good FA pricing now, but even better after the draft. But there will also be less FA talent after the draft too.

That’s funny. I’m totally the opposite with movies. I don't like the “good guys win because they’re the good guys” (usually with the main good guys not really sacrificing anything of substance or growing personally) movies. Too much like Disney for grown ups to me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not reading Hemingway every day either, but I like stuff that feels real. Or I’ll take a good, goofy comedy that isn’t selling itself as anything more than that. Still, results count. KC was a phenomenal game. Ditto SB25. Objectively both were some of the best Bills games ever. But Ls don’t make my personal list of “Best” Bills games. Yup. I wasn’t alive yet, but I agree. Championships are at the top.

Thank you for only including one loss in their list

About a month ago I finally decided I was able to watch the end of regulation again. My daughter happened to wake up and come downstairs as I cued it up. She looks at the screen, sees what I’m watching and gave me a “WTF is wrong with you!?” look. I still have not watched it.

Strongly considered Tom a few picks ago. Went with the bigger need. I agree that he’s an IOL in the NFL. I’d have taken him if I thought he was a starting OT.

@NewEra is on the clock

With the 96th pick the Denver Broncos select Greg Dulcich, TE, UCLA.

With the caveat that free agency still offers possible CB2 solutions, I agree that a trade up for a CB is what would need to happen. The main reason is that every team would believe that we are drafting a CB. One team would jump us for any one worth our pick. So it wouldn’t need to be a huge move up, but it would need to be a move up.

The short answer is that I don’t see a realistic path forward where Poyer plays out his current contract. There are several paths forward at this point, but that one will become too ugly if it’s forced. Some context for that: - Poyer fired his agent because he did not get a deal done that was acceptable to him. That points to Poyer’s resolve in getting a deal done. It also tells me that getting a new long term deal done will be very difficult because the sides are pretty far apart. - Poyer hired Rosenhaus. I don’t think I need to go into detail about what that means, but he’s an agent that has gone to great lengths to get his clients higher end deals. Occasionally that’s been to their detriment, but usually he’s been successful in that. - His wife. She’s been quiet up until recently, but it doesn’t look like that has lasted. She can add distraction in a major way. - He plays safety. Poyer has been an outstanding player for the Bills. But he’s a safety, not a franchise QB or a stud WR or a shut down CB or a stud Edge player. Few safeties would be worth a protracted dispute and distraction to a SB contending team. - Timing. The draft is a few weeks away so there is time to move him if needed. There also time to adjust our draft priorities. There are just a few worthwhile FA safeties left, but we could still get a starter there. There are also options beyond coming to an agreement on a LTD or trading him. Another possibility is giving him a nice bump for the season, adding some void years and a no tag clause. He’d get paid more for this season and could get his deal next. But this is already bleeding out into the public, which is not good. The Bills can’t reward that either unless they want to see more of it. This FO is too savvy to allow Poyer to become a distraction.

So just the one safety?

Can’t blame Poyer for wanting to make what he’s worth. Difficult to say what the right course of action is without knowing where both sides are with respect to an extension. One thing I know for sure is that Poyer isn’t playing on his current deal. Hell get a new one here or we will trade him to a team that will give him one there.

So happy this got done now. The right move assuming the contract is structured well. I’m curious to see how much cap space it opened up for this season.

I have no problem with making a bold move. If they can get a real difference maker at a premium position, then the asking price in the article is not too high. Also, Tre will be 32 in 2027 when a rookie would be coming off of his 5th year option. His current deal is set to end in 4 seasons. That’s pretty good timing. The real question is this: Is the difference in players (cornerbacks) available at 7 versus 25 worth the extra picks? My gut says not in this draft. I think that a smaller trade up would be the way to go. But if I thought the difference was that big at 7, then I’d be in.

With the 75th pick in the draft the Denver Broncos select Joshua Paschal, Edge, Kentucky

I see that I am on the clock. I will make my pick shortly

Lots of legitimate buzz around him. He will go a lot earlier than most think.

It’ll be interesting to see if he is okay with playing out this year without a new deal. I keep expecting to see an extension done for him (and Diggs). This Bills FO has been very tight lipped about extensions (which is a good thing) so it could be in process. Poyer’s wife has been vocal on social media about his contract in the past. Nothing like that these days so if I had to bet, I’d say they are negotiating and it is going reasonably well.

Yeah, he really went out on the limb with the possibility that a player who wants a new contract could possibly be traded. It’s exactly the kind of insight that I’ve come to expect from him.

With the 64th pick the Denver Broncos select Tariq Woolen, CB, UTSA. Outside only CB who is still learning the game, but has unreal physical abilities and has already performed very well in zone. Denver was the most zone heavy team in the league and their lack of secondary depth was a huge detriment last season. @section122 you are on the clock

I was very happy to see him go for it on 4th down twice on their first possession. But unfortunately that’s been the exception, not the rule. And obviously the whole body of coaching work that day left a lot to be desired, especially on the defensive side of the ball. To sum up the coaching decisions in that game - Great on the first offensive possession, then back to the usual until the meltdown at the end.

This rule was why the Raiders traded away Khalil Mack. They were still in Oakland, which had the lowest revenue of any NFL franchise and ownership with no other significant source of income. Davis just didn’t have the cash to put into reserve for his contract. It is a rule that is no longer needed but it will need to be negotiated out of the CBA. The owners have to decide that they want to get rid of it (and many don’t), then they have to give up something to make that happen. That’s why it hasn’t been done yet.