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How’s he going to fit in time to be a successful owner while also fulfilling his duties as CEO of Ye’s Donda Sports - and being wasted all the time? His schedule must be crazy!

Bills need to add a decent TE to the roster. I’m not suggesting using a first round pick or anything like that, but there has to be someone on the roster who can play respectably if Knox gets dinged. The drop off right now is immense. It would also allow the Bills to use 12 personnel if they could get a favorable match up.

How many of those 11 or 12 with first round grades are QBs?

The Browns are restructuring Watson for the same reason the Bills will restructure Allen. Both need cap space and both players have big salaries in an early year of a long contract - and the money being restructured in both cases is guaranteed anyway.

Agreed. The good news is that he got a public vote of confidence! The bad news is that he needed to get a public vote of confidence. What really matters is what the Bills do. To date they are in a holding pattern. No replacement, no extension. I think we see at least one significant addition to the WR corps and the team goes into the season intending to let Davis play out his rookie deal. Anything that happens beyond that depends on Davis.

As much as I hate to contribute to this thread, I’ll weigh in on this. My first thought was that Frazier was dealing with a serious health issue, but after hearing Beane talk about it I think it was a firing. Warrow said that Frazier’s contract wasn’t up yet and contracts typically prevent coaches from double dipping so Frazier probably wouldn’t be coaching in 2023 if fired. The way it was done seems like more of a face-saving measure for a respected colleague.

I agree that while Goodell certainly looks guilty, he likely isn’t going to be held accountable for this.

http://amp.thecomeback.com/nfl/roger-goodell-dan-snyder-bank-fraud.html Allegations that Snyder fraudulently secured a loan to buy out minority owners of Commanders. Goodell alleged to have signed off on the loan despite knowing it was fraudulent. It’d be such a shame if both of them were no longer able to be involved with the NFL.

Please not Greggg. The only experienced coach I would want less is Wrex.

He’s like a Jake Locker, but with less heart.

Agreed. I hope it is this and not a major health issue.

Best of luck. Embrace all the cooking you’ll be doing. It’ll pay off.

Well that certainly all checks out.

It’s a pretty famous meme

Agreed. I expect this to be the way it plays out. The decision gets a lot more difficult if he doesn’t get top of the market money.

You are confusing team that get immediate production from early picks with teams that reach to fill needs and have to start those rookies.

Again, I’m speaking to teams that rely on the draft to fulfill IMMEDIATE needs.

I think you are looking at the real draft the way fans look at interactive mock drafts. Prospects don’t stack neatly like that in real life. Rarely is there one player sticking out on a team’s board. Usually a group of similarly rated players at different positions to chose from. Easy to take one where there’s a bigger need. Teams that force picks to fill immediate needs are the ones that you see reaching for that. Good teams do consider need, but it is more long term and they put themselves into position to take better talent and more impactful players.

While that was also my first guess on the situation, looking at his contract I do not think that’s it. He got a $10.5M SB in 2020 and the low salary years are behind him. I doubt the Dolphins could get back any money anyway. And it’s only $4.2M at stake anyway. Not that clearly stating that injuries are the issue isn’t the smart move by him. He played three years of his five year contract. Link

It helps when those players are good enough to get onto the field. The Bills moved on from many of the high priced DL and replaced them with draft picks. They spent much of that savings on Von Miller. The seemed forced to me. They went into those drafts knowing they were taking DL early and often and they forced some of those picks rather than going with better prospects. Ditto with Elam.

There’s a huge difference between: - having to take players at certain positions to fill immediate needs and - having at least a serviceable player ahead of those players In the former, teams are stuck reaching in the draft and then playing rookies with the hopes they work out. In the latter, the rookies have to earn their way on the field. It doesn’t mean they sit for years on their rookie deals, but the team doesn’t have to depend on them immediately. I think your last paragraph is correct. Moving around the draft to find value is smart. Also there are usually similarly rated players at different positions so need can be considered. But if a team used FA to eliminate positions of desperate need they put themselves in position to take advantage of values in the draft when they fall to them.

Probably not. But I guarantee that they don’t look at situations like you described so simply. The odds that there wouldn’t be similarly rated players at different positions in the second round is very, very low. And if it was the case that a C was far and away the best player on the board they’d likely trade out for value. Later in the draft they’d take one as depth, especially if that player could also play OG and had upside.

The best teams do not put themselves in a position where they have to fill immediate needs via the draft. I think quality FOs would look at your center situation with more nuance. Say that center is sticking out on the team’s board on day 2. What’s the whole situation? How much is the All-Pro C making? How close to the end of his career is he? Can he be moved for a pick. Do other teams rate the C similarly? If so, some would be probably trade up to get him and you could leverage that into good trade value. Can the C play OG, even for a season? So maybe the best move is to take that C, let him compete at OG his first season. The following season he can step in at C and the team can trade their All-Pro C to save cap space and get some picks or a player back.

There has already been a huge shift in the attitudes of the fans. Excitement and belief that last year was our year has turned to disappointment and concern. Even if everyone hasn’t made that pivot, most seem to have. I don’t know how badly the Bills would have to perform in 2023 for McDermott and Beane to lose their jobs, but that’s now a conversation. Fans aren’t even considering the possibilities that Florio and Simms are. What if we miss the playoffs? What if that happens because the OL is largely ignored again and some lineman who shouldn’t even be on the field blows an assignment and gets Allen injured? A lot depends on how this off-season, season and playoffs pan out.