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Just a really bad idea that would horribly damage the parity in the league. The thought of it is rooted in short term self-interest.

Perfect answer. None of us know what combination of the above is the reason for the Bills OL declining from below average last season to even more below average this season. But my eyes told me that was the case long before today when I saw those numbers from PFF.

F no. It seems like every freaking position - including 4 backup defensive lineman - is of utmost importance in McDermott’s/Frazier’s defense. Yet that defense still falters every year in the playoffs. How about they spend some money and picks on the offense and make do with a modestly priced FA at MLB and see how that goes? Maybe even coach a guy up. It’s time to flip our resource allocation and help Allen and the offense out.

My guess is that they got the 4 years, $44M contract estimate from Spotrac. They have it calculated as his market value. Obviously a player’s calculated value can be very different than the contract that player gets or that player’s asking price. If Edmunds was willing to sign for anything close to that contract it would’ve happened before last offseason leading into his $12.7M option year. I fully expect the Bills to make the mistake of re-signing Edmunds to an egregiously large contract instead of using that cap space on the offense.

Absolutely it is what happened. The Bills had a glaring need at one position - cornerback. It was so obvious that would be the position they had to take that I not only called the position, I called the slight trade up we’d need to make well before the draft. The trade up was necessary because everyone with a clue knew we’d take a CB and the Bills knew they’d likely get jumped if they didn’t.

Everyone knew the Bills painted themselves into a corner and had to draft a CB in the first. It was also obvious that they’d need to trade up at least a little bit to make sure they didn’t get jumped for their guy. They did that, but only two picks. I can’t say for sure that Beane had McDuffie ranked ahead of Elam, but I am sure they should have. KC made the right move there obviously.

That’s because we are approximately $22M over the cap now. The first $22M we free up just gets us to $0.

You said “restructure” which specifically means keeping compensation the same but changing its structure. Usually that means converting salary or a roster bonus into a signing bonus to delay the cap hit. What you mean is that you want him to take a pay cut. I don’t have any issue with that, but if he said “no” we’d probably have to part ways with him and find a FA C to replace him. He’s due a roster bonus on the 3rd day of the league year so it would have to be done before then. I’d like to see a new OG and competition at RT so that could mean 3 new starters on the OL. That might not be optimal, but I’d be open to it. Another way to go would be to draft a player this year who (hopefully) will be his replacement next year and part ways next offseason. That obviously would work with or without going down the pay cut path.

That would not do a whole lot of good. Any cap space we could push out would just hit next year.

We are very lucky Morse has held up as well as he has. We should have had our future C on the roster two drafts ago, but we didn’t take one. Then we ignored it again last year. We have to draft one this April.

While it is necessary to restructure some contracts, the Bills have to keep an eye on future seasons. They currently have approximately $220M allocated in 2024. Restructures this season will add to that cap number.

Yup. Certainly a fair point.

My point is that judging every move by every team on whether or not they won the Super Bowl that season is absurd. By those standards every move 31 teams made were bad and every move Philly or KC made was good. It’s just ridiculous.

Is there a Matador competition?

Maybe Saffold is a really good dodgeball player

That’s a very solid draft overall. People forget how few draft picks actually work out. Too WR with Diggs via trade, back up DE, solid (if limited) starting WR, quality PK, great depth/decent spot starter at CB and a good depth WR we let go. Really tough to complain about this one. The big issue is that the two drafts since have not yielded much value.

I didn’t come into the game rooting for either team, but I found myself rooting for KC for two reasons: - Eli Apple - KC looking like they’d give Philly less of a fight with a banged up Mahomes

I watched Ossai push Mahomes and said “He just cost Cincy the game.” before I even saw the flag.

I just wanted the AFC team to lose to the NFC team. Looks promising

Cool. I guess Josh Allen is not that great since the Bills keep coming up short with him too. Crazy, I thought he was a top QB and I was happy to have him. But now I understand how wrong I was.

Come on. SF came up short having to play an injured third string QB.

This quote from Beane at the press conference puzzled me: “I don't want to overreact to one game.” Did he miss the wildcard game against the Dolphins?

Well, the Bills did get to an exciting level of success long enough to get the new stadium deal.

This. It’s too early to tell with Brown. A competent starting RT or Swing Tackle should be brought in. Then it should be about who earns what in the competition.

That’s fair. The Bills have not publicly disclosed if one is technically higher than the other in the org. They may technically be peers, but I don’t think there’s any chance that Beane outranks McD. Also I don’t think it’s an overstatement to say that Beane got this job because he was McDermott’s choice. It would make sense that Beane would feel like he is in his debt for that.