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The huge salary cap caveat these days is the impact of the new broadcasting deals that will be inked soon. The cap should see an enormous increase.

The Saints structure their big contract to do this kind of thing. That strategy definitely has its pitfalls, but the bigger point is that the Bills don’t have things set up like they do. There are places they can create space, but their situation is not like the Saints.

Cleveland wants to recoup draft capital so it really depends on their offer versus Seattle, Carolina, etc.

Could extend Diggs and Poyer. Can also gain space by restructuring White and Dawkins. That’s the remaining low hanging fruit. Edmunds is the only other real possibility, but I think we are stuck with him this season unless a team gets stupid.

The NFL has to approve every trade made and every contract teams sign players to. They can disapprove the trade or contract. They could also conditionally approve the contract with changes. Then the only recourse would be a lawsuit.

LOL! Whaley was sidelined for that draft because he was on his way out. He was so angry about being ignored that he actually left the draft room. McDermott ran that draft and Whaley was fired the day after it concluded.

Thank you for reminding me. I had blocked that out of my memory. My favorite part was when he bid against only himself and drove up Clay’s price.

Yeah. Von Miller is a marquee signing. McKissic would have been a mid-tier signing. It’s just dumb speculation that anger over McKissic backing out would’ve impacted Miller.

You’ve shown that you are no expert either. Watson was a top 5 QB in the league when he played. He’s been off one season. Work ethic and talent have never been an issue. The contract and trade value are both in line for someone of his talent and performance. His character is the only issue - and it’s an enormous one. You don’t have to make up garbage excuses to not like Watson or the move. It’s right there.

Finally. The nightmare is over.

I don’t think that is it. I think they just decided to move on and they’re trying to find the best option possible. They have to play the game regarding him being the starter this season. They can’t tell other teams to bend them over the negotiating table for him or their next starter.

Right or wrong, once the Browns showed their hand and looked at an upgrade at QB it was predictable to see where this would go. Could the Browns make him play this season? Sure. But that is fraught with pitfalls. They still have to say they expect him to be their QB this season - until they replace him. Then they can trade him. As for Mayfield, he deserves some of the blame for this situation, but I don’t blame him for wanting out now. That would be a huge mistake. He could wind up having to play there this season if they can’t get his replacement and his trade value sucks.

***** that’s funny. (That was a 4 letter word.)

The salary cap is real, it’s the contracts that aren’t. The Bills had room for one big addition this off season. Kudos to Beane & Co for getting it done.

Ah. Misread Taylor’s deal as per season.

How TF is Tyrod making twice what Trubisky is?

My concern is that three Bills players were in the top 50 players in PRWR in 2021 - and two of them were Hughes and Addison. The third was Oliver, who had the 5th highest double team rate of those top 50 players. PRWR is a good metric to look at. It’s more stable than sacks overall. But I worry that outside of Oliver we don’t have the players to pressure QBs. He’s going to need more help. That could be a draft pick, a free agent or development of players already on the roster.

A Yeah. I was fully prepared for Wallace to go elsewhere - but not for $4M/season.

Your point is the important one moving forward after this season. If the Watson deal doesn’t come through (likely) and Mayfield plays well enough to warrant an extension (possible), then the road ahead could be very rocky.

I want that on my wall

Meh. Baker never let anything like that affect him. He got jerked around in college. He walked on at Texas Tech where there was an entrenched starter and wound up starting that season for them as a true freshman. Then after getting jerked out of a scholarship there he left and walked onto Oklahoma’s team where he had to sit out a year. Then he beat out the entrenched starter the following season. All he did was start there for 3 seasons and became the only walk on player ever to win the Heisman trophy. The Browns FO talking with Watson might not do anything more than piss him off Aaron Rodgers style.

But he’s basically still a rookie

Browns meeting with Desean Watson today. https://www.profootballnetwork.com/sources-deshaun-watson-set-to-meet-with-cleveland-browns-brass-on-tuesday/

Yup. I’m happy for him and I’m glad we didn’t give him that contract.

The big question is: Do they bother to put an OL in front of them this year?