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$7.43M over three seasons left on Henderson’s contract. Fully guaranteed. Fifth year option available. He had a round one grade from every site I checked, though some had him mid to late first round. He’s a man coverage boundary CB so if he’s really available some team will take a shot on him. Like most here, any interest by the Bills would be dependent on compensation. The one thing I don’t buy is the BS about the Jags being so happy with their CB room they’d let him go. Why isn’t any other CB on the trade block? Why such a young, highly touted draft pick who you’ve already paid most of his contract dollars to? That makes no sense. They want him gone because of something up with him or the organization. Finding out the real story should be done before any real negotiations.

If you don't think that teams can find a difference maker at 17 - especially at MLB - then I don’t know what to tell you. Interior LBs are almost never taken early in the first round anyway. The Donald comment was just to show how ridiculous your statement about not finding difference makers after the early 1st is. The NFL is full of them. The Bills have a bunch of them too. How about Tre White? Or Diggs? Beasley? Hyde? Poyer? Milano?

Well, Leonard was drafted 36th overall and he’s a three time All Pro. Who’s going to tell Aaron Donald that he’s not a game changer because he went 13th overall?

Thanks. Had beach volleyball on the brain because I watched the gold medal match last night

Not sure what medals/competitions you’re referencing here. The US Women's Beach Volleyball teams have won several gold medals at the Olympics. Klineman in particular and Ross also have a bunch of gold medals from other competitions.

I know Tre is young, but 2020 was year 3 for him. I see how his injury likely impacted his ability to take on blockers. The good with him are the splash plays. He makes some great ones. He is outstanding at scraping sideline to sideline. But on the bad side are his mistakes, of which there are too many. If he cleaned up his coverage and gap integrity issues, he’d probably be an All Pro. But those haven’t gotten better and I don’t think a full offseason in 2020 would’ve made a big difference. Still, things can click for players. Maybe it’ll be easier for him this season with him being fully healthy.

I think we know who Edmunds is as a player already and he’s not worth close to that IMO. He does, however, deserve a chance to prove he is. We have him locked up for two seasons so let’s see how this year - and maybe next - goes.

All Pro and washed up vets/JAGs aren’t the only two options. It definitely doesn’t work like that. There were reasonable options in FA and the draft, but Beane went in other directions. I’m hoping we add another decent CB for depth before the season starts because we are thin.

I like it. It is the market value deal that Allen earned and it got done at a time that made a lot of sense for both sides. Allen didn’t take a discount, but I didn’t expect him to. And there is nothing wrong with that.

That’s not even close to true. He’s worth $193B and there are around 330 million us citizens. He could give everyone $584 and have nothing left. You beat me to it

I’ll make this simple, but this is based on OverTheCap’s numbers because they make a lot more sense than Spotrac’s: Addison: The total difference between him playing this season and getting cut is $2M. That does not include someone to replace him on the team. Butler: Difference between keeping and cutting is $3.3M, less replacement cost. Hope that helps.

Congratulations to both sides. Allen got PAID and the Bills locked him up for 8 seasons. Huge wins on both sides.

I suspect that veteran staters will be getting a lot less preseason playing time than we’re used to seeing. I expect to see that league wide with some exceptions for new offenses

If they moved the Bills the Pegulas would have to sell all of their other investments in Buffalo, including the Sabres (quite possibly a good thing) and their massive real estate investments in Pegulaville. No way would Bills fans support those. In all likelihood there would be a boycott of everything Pegula connected. The saddest thing here is that Austin was the best threat Jerruh’s firm could come up with. They’re embarrassing themselves. There’s no chance of all that happening if they’re getting a reasonable deal on the new stadium.

That was wise

PFF ranks the Bills offense as elite, 5th overall and in the highest tier (1). The 5 teams in that tier are the ones that played in the conference championship games and the Browns. Notably they have the rest of the offenses in the AFCE in the lowest tier (5). That feels very promising with respect to a comfortable division win and overall record when looked at that way. https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-offense-rankings-tiers-2021 “Josh Allen’s breakout 2020 season propelled the Bills offense into a different realm the franchise hasn't visited for a long time. Allen’s overall PFF grade jumped from 64.1 in 2019 to 90.3 last season and put him among the very best players in the league. Stefon Diggsalso proved to be a shrewd acquisition, as he thrived with the extra opportunity he received within the Buffalo passing attack. This offense is also one of the league’s most cutting edge in terms of pass-happy balance on neutral downs, giving them an analytics boost over many other units in the league.”

Halfsies?

True. But we don’t know what they’ve made in profit from the Bills though (dividends are included in S&P returns). Those profits could’ve been reinvested in the S&P or something else. Plus owning the Bills likely had a positive impact on some of their other investments. And soon the team’s value will be further increased by the new (probably heavily subsidized) stadium. The ultimate answer of which would've been the better investment is very complicated and ever changing, but your point that it isn’t out of line with other investments is a good one. My main point was that even the lowest valued team in the league is doing pretty darn well, so buying an NFL team has been a very safe and very profitable investment. I think that’s hard to argue against.

Still a hefty increase from the $1.4B the Pegulas paid.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cincyjungle.com/platform/amp/2021/6/12/22528520/bengals-offensive-line-higher-than-expected-in-updated-rankings Some action taken, but they’ve probably just moved from abysmal to the below average/poor range.

I agree. I know he wants to get a deal done soon, but he’s probably going to be leaving a lot of money on the table. Maybe a contract with escalators built in would be best for both parties.

While I don’t think this will happen, I was surprised to see that the Bills were tied for 15th in team sacks last season. That’s pretty good for a team that didn’t have a single dominant sack threat or any player with more than 5 sacks.

The Bengals hopes for a decent season hinge on Burrow’s mental and physical health. That team is just too poorly run and their OL is not good so I just don’t see it going well. I think 7-8 wins is their absolute ceiling, but I don’t think Burrow is going to last the whole season. The wheels will come off when he gets hurt again. The Bungles are ruining a(nother) really good QB.

So true. His best move right now is to pretend that he will mentally never get over this injury. Then ball out for his new team after he’s traded.

Flacco carried that team through the playoffs and to their SB win. The Ravens told him to play out the last year of his contract and earn his big payday. He did exactly that. But then he never came close to playing that well again. That’s the chance a team takes in that situation. I think Mayfield, Lamar and Allen are all waiting for at least one of the others to sign so the bar is set. Reasonably it shouldn’t be Allen first. He should be last. But if Mayfield and/or Jackson bet on themselves this season, they might not sign until next year. And honestly it might be the Ravens pumping the brakes on a deal with Jackson. Of course he might be waiting on another QB to sign so he can copy their deal since he has agent mom representing him. Baker has not hit the ceiling Josh has yet. His success also hasn’t been as sustained as Allen’s, but he is finally in the same system for a second season in a row - and he is on a loaded team for the first time ever. He has the best opportunity of the 3 to elevate his play and contract in 2021. So he might want to take that chance. It’s a weird 3 way game of chicken and I have no idea who will swerve first.