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That would really undermine Tyrod. It'd be a clear indication that he's just an expensive bridge and it'd make it known that he is not in the team's long term plans. It'd be better to just find a cheaper bridge QB and draft away at the position.

Play the long game, not the short one. Too much focus 2017. I'd like to see them strive for a SB in the coming seasons though, not just tread water for a few more seasons.

Could be that the Bills are sniffing around available QBs at the Combine. Lots of deals get worked out there. Agents and GMs work overtime on that stuff. The Bills might just be checking out their options at QB though. Looking to improve their situation and gauging the market doesn't NECESSARILY mean they are moving on from Taylor.

I don't mean to be argumentative on this. I'm from Cleveland and know some people who have direct insight into the Browns organization. Could they absorb his contract? Easily. But I was told that while they are interested in him, they are not interested in his current contract."

I get what you're saying, but it's just wishful thinking. Cleveland will not take on his current contract.

http://www.rotoworld.com/headlines/cfb/65379/Kizer-arrives-in-Indy-at-a-full-6-4-233-lbs 6'2-1/8" per combine measurements

Gross, indeed. But it'd just be for depth.

No team is trading for Taylor under his current deal because no team is paying the price of consequential draft picks plus $40.5M for two seasons of Taylor. On the other hand, the Bills aren't paying his option bonus and then trading him. They aren't eating that. Restructuring is unlikely to help as it's unlikely to mean less guaranteed or total compensation. There's only one exception and that's if Taylor wants out of Buffalo badly enough to take less elsewhere. I just don't see that as realistic.

F Marrone. Still an egomaniacal douche nozzle.

Good thing we don't need anything else with that 1st round pick.

Good question. I'm ecstatic about his improvement from year 1 to 2. Hopefully we just need a RT to complete the line for 2017. Some depth too, obviously.

Not kidding. Currently Carp is set to be the 8th most expensive K in 2017, but he was 12th last season. There are some pending FA kickers that you aren't seeing on the 2017 list. http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/kicker/ Sure, you could draft one or pick up one on the cheap. Or you could easily wind up paying as much or more for a quality veteran - especially when factoring in Carp's dead money. Even in your example - which would indicate an unproven or lower tier kicker - it's not a lot in the scheme of a $168M cap. And it'd probably be a lot less than that. I'm not even advocating for keeping Carp, I'm just saying that there isn't much, if anything, to save there.

Yeah. I was thinking the same thing. I'm not sure how Darby fits the new scheme either.

Nice call on Verner, Cover1

Yeah, I should've kept it realistic. It was the booze.

The Buffalo News publishes an article praising something the Bills have done.

Gilmore is not suited to press-man like Rex had him playing. Add in the lack of pressure on opposing QBs and not a lot of CBs were going to look good. Gilmore is best suited to press-zone, especially Cover 2. McD is likely to run mostly Cover 3 with other zones mixed in. That would put the CBs into more true zones without pressing as often. That seems to be something that Gilmore could do well, although it is different than what he excelled at under Schwartz. It sure fits him better than press-man. Why don't you think he'd fit that scheme?

Did a little more digging on him. Looks like he could be a good starter on a team with a lot of cover 2/3/4. If he has help over the top his lack of top end speed will be mitigated and if he drops into a deep zone he will and be able to ball hawk (which he is good at). He would make a lot of sense in McD's scheme.

We don't know how good or bad Ragland will be, but we really should find out. I have reservations about him in coverage, but I know I might be wrong - and I hope I am. Or maybe he flexes to the DL in some nickel/dime packages Let's see what we've got.

Really? I'd put Gilmore in the top 10 in the league. He's not top 5, but he's top 10. If I'm DW, I'm franchise tagging him in order to get a long term deal done. No question. No screwing around with the transition tag. That's a waste of time.

Seems like a good fit as a 3rd corner. He wouldn't break the bank either.

Then you're missing some real comedy gold

Cam Newton also had a crappy defense his rookie year.

Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers........

$20.6M in dead money if traded. That's actually $4.2M more in 2017 than if he would be kept. (Note that cutting him would result in even more dead money because of future guaranteed salary.) Also no other team will give up much value for a highly paid player who's one screw up away from a huge suspension. So, other than that......