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This should’ve occurred to me before, but it’s entirely possible that Williams’ agent is throwing out a big contract number for some reasons beyond necessarily demanding it: - It might be an attempt to drive down the trade demands from Washington. - He might have a preference of where or what kind of team he wants to play for and the $20M number might be for the undesirable teams. An “If you’re going to send me to Siberia I’ll do it for $20M a year, but I’ll take considerably less to chase a ring.” kind of thing.

Pretty sure the combination of what Washington wants in draft compensation and what Williams is looking for in a contract will equal him playing out his deal where he is. If he was turning 26 and a picture of health it’d be a different situation.

My first thought was along those lines. If you pay Poyer, then you have to redo Hyde’s deal too. Both have to wait for the new CBA to be approved, but you can have the lesser of the two safeties making more than the better one. Currently neither is making what he is worth though. Yup. Poyer’s power play would be to hold out for most of the season and return for at least 6 games to get his accrued season and make it to FA. I don’t know that he’d do that, but I also wouldn’t expect him back here in 2021 if we don’t extend him before the season is out (unless the CBA renewal prevents it). I’d wager that it gets done along with a new Hyde deal.

I don’t have a problem with it, but I wasn’t sure if Long was in their plans since they signed Morse. I’m happy to have him backing up at C and OG though.

Oops, sorry. I misread your post. Missed the Saskatoon part.

There is no longer a Fudrucker’s there. I moved to Williamsville almost 8 years ago and I think it was gone around that time. It’s been a couple other restaurants and is currently an Anchor Bar. People used to refer to the subsequent restaurant’s location as “Where Fudrucker’s used to be.” That’s how I know.

No idea. That’s crazy. I guess the franchisees can do as they please with pricing.

In order of likelihood: Up, down, stay put. There is almost no way we can sit on a WR at 22. We will get jumped and miss out since our target will likely be pretty obvious to all. So I think our first choice is to move up to get a better quality WR who is a fit for us. If that doesn’t work out then I think we’d want to move back. 22 seems like it’d be right after the purple chip/red chip break so I’d rather move back and get additional picks rather than get one of a tier of players that will extend well into the second round. Last choice is to take our pick of those red chip players.

Would think there is a decent amount of money tied to active roster bonuses per game. Nice low risk signing for a guy who will finally return to the scheme he was elite in. Even though he is older now, he should be able to fill in as needed on the outside. I am a fan of this one.

My last family order was 2 cheeseburgers (2 patties each), 1 BLT plus one little fry and no drinks as it was carry out. Total was $24.26 plus $2.12 tax. 2 drinks for the kids would’ve added to that (I always get water). Still, it’s about $10 pp on average when I go unless my 17 year old son is starving and gets a second burger. That’s a very, very small premium over McD’s, BK, Wendy’s, etc. As for the one little fry, if you’ve never gone to 5 Guys they always over serve fries. They give you the container and then, regardless of size or number of fry containers purchased, dump a measured tin of fries into the bag. I think it’s more fries than the little fry container has in it. It’s part of their schtick. We never want for more. Honestly, the burgers are so filling I rarely even need the fries. But they are fresh cut and soooo good. Whatever Burger toppings you want are all included. I get mine All the Way plus grilled jalapeños and hot sauce.

I don’t get burgers at fast food restaurants often. I almost always go to Five Guys when I do. I’d love to try an In-n-out burger sometime. One of my (half) brothers who grew up in the Bay Area and Denver swears they are his favorite.

I love me some Marshawn. That dude doesn’t have a shred of pretense.

Bar Bill, Gabriel’s Gate and Elmo’s are my favorite wing spots. I was supposed to go to the new Bar Bill on Main in Williamsville/Clarence tonight for a friend’s birthday celebration but sadly she is sick. I was really looking forward to it. The Bar Bill and Gabriel’s Gate are a fun local places. Elmo’s lacks their ambience. It’s a hole in the wall, but the wings are no joke.

What I’m saying is that a young athlete can be smarter, wiser and in better shape in the future than they are today. So it’s not better than their peak potential, it’s better than their current reality.

They’re just too good of prospects to last to us. Even on the very remote chance one falls some other WR needy team will jump us for him. If we want one we have to make a move up.

You are correct. I always thought that was misunderstood by most people - and that’s why it’s so cliche. You can’t show up one day and just try harder. The only way you can give 110% is if you work your butt off to be 10% better than you are now. In the gym, on the practice field and in the film room. It’s about making improvements and getting better. No one explains that.

CBA is the reason. The 30% rule would prevent this now. As soon as the CBA goes through I’d expect it to be done. I’d keep it simple and do a 5 year extension with his big signing bonus now and this year’s salary unchanged. It would effectively be the deal he’d be getting now if he was going into his option year added to his current contract. He’d get his big payday a year early along with some additional guarantees. The Bills would get 2020 rates for a 2021 contract as well as a presumably less contentious negotiation. Either way he’d be signed through 2025. Win-win.

As good as he looks here my first thought is “Wow, Joe Burrow is fantastic.” Quality highlights for sure, but I will have to watch some game film. Great with the contested catches, but how’s his separation? Lots of throws had to be dimes. Jefferson looks like he could be a Michael Thomas if he also had Brees throwing to him. But is he going to get all of those dimes from Allen? I’m hoping for a bigger WR with separation ability and a big catch radius. Still, the contested catch ability is a huge plus and he looks to be a quality prospect.

Probably not in the cards for the Bills for a number of reasons. The most important one is that you don’t displace a good, young LT for an expensive elite one at the end of his career. You just pay you good one and move forward.

The trick in that case is finding value for your trade down. There has to be a team - or better yet teams - that do see a difference in 22 vs mid 30s and are willing to pay for it. Usually that points to positional importance or scheme specific players. 22 isn’t a terrible spot for that. Elite and blue chip prospects will be gone. Purple chip prospects will probably be running out around that pick. Maybe we can’t trade up for one we want and there’s only one or two left that don’t fit here. Some team will come get them. Or maybe they run out totally and someone wants to snag a red chip QB or DE (since it’s such a poor class overall). I’d rather get a better player, but this is a good way to go if we can’t. Ha! Jinx!

Your plan sounds like it’s on the spot for what we hear analytics based value models say. It should be noted that while that is where the greatest value is, there are two issues with building a complete team that way and that analytics models do show this as well. It doesn’t maximize wins and it doesn’t utilize cap resources well. A very value centric team could be built this way, but that team wouldn’t win that much and it wouldn’t even make the league salary cap floor. The point of those value models is to gain salary cap that can be used for elite players that equate to wins. So, yes, if an elite prospect can’t be acquired it’s better to get more second tier prospects. But ultimately teams want to spend to their cap limit in an effective manner. That means a strong base of value players along with as much elite talent as can be had.

Yes, Feliciano and Ford both had rotator cuff surgery.

This is my worry also. I have heard a lot of good things about Epenesa and YGM, but I think it may be just what you’re saying. Epenesa scares the living daylights out of me. I’m not yoked to metrics but at 22 we damn well better be taking a player that’s athletic. His SPARQ score is in the 15th percentile for Edge players. That’s not a typo. There is zero chance I am interested in him for the Bills on days 1 or 2. I think he’d be best served as a 3-4 DE. I think a team that plays that gets him on day 2. Gross-Matos is probably going to be a solid 4-3 DE and he’ll get over drafted due to the league wide need and scarcity of Edge players. I don’t want the Bills to be the team that does it. Taking him at 22 just seems like a reach unless the difference makers are all gone and we were unable to trade up to acquire one or get value in a trade back. He’s my safety school at 22.

RG wasn’t exactly a strength last season either. Lots of OTs have issues if they’re constantly peeking inside to see if they need to give help. I don’t know if this was the case last season or not, but how the player(s) next to an OLman having trouble are playing is always something to look at. Plus a torn rotator cuff is a significant injury for any OLman. I expect some OL additions this offseason to shore up that squad. We certainly have the resources to do that. If Ford struggles or if the injury bug hits, then there’s no excuse for us not to have good enough depth to keep a solid line together.