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? MVS is getting a $1.125M signing bonus (guaranteed). We don't know the actual contract details yet. His base salary might push it to $2M, that's what I would guess actually. OBJ is getting $3M. The "max value" doesn't really matter at all. Those are just fun numbers for agents to flex their muscles. So we're talking about maybe a $1M-$1.5M difference between the two players. Yeah I would classify that as "almost the same."

Come on man. I'm not rehashing an entire offseason of discussion. If you're just catching up to the draft now that's fine. The rest of us have been talking about the players we didn't take for weeks now. He would step in and immediately be the best WR on the Bills today IMO. Top 2 at worst. If you watch that video I don't think you can reasonably disagree.

Double dip at WR in the draft was the obvious move. Signing the more talented OBJ for almost the same money we are getting MVS for. Don't act like there weren't other options.

Well, he can play the Gabe Davis role. Stretch the field vertically and draw coverage downfield. We needed this role in our offense. Unfortunately this probably means no bigger moves are coming. Coleman, MVS, Samuel, Hollins, Shakir is our top 5. Claypool, Hamler, Shavers, etc. are fighting for the 6th spot.

"Up to." I guess we'll see the real numbers at a later time.

He has YAC speed, not vertical speed. And yes that's a meaningful difference on an NFL field. MVS can get vertical because of his combined size and speed. That is a skill set that as of right now we don't have on the roster unless you count Claypool. By the way I'm not happy that in May I'm somewhat celebrating the potential signing of MVS. Really that's insane to say out loud. But at this point we just need that skill set on the roster. Can't have defenses completely ignoring deep zones and never make them pay for it.

If you get over a 9.0 RAS score while actually running all of the drills, you're an elite athlete IMO.

He is an elite athlete. But he looks clumsy on the field because he isn't a natural football player. Never quite figured out NFL caliber leverage or spacing, etc. I would bet a lot of those focus drops come down to him thinking too much on the field. The NFL is littered with elite athletes that are reduced to being just role players because they lack the intangibles, nothing unusual about that archetype. Over the last year or two of his time with the Bills I'd like to keep his role simple. Basic blocking assignments, quick designed throws in the red zone, check down routes, that sort of thing. Let him use his natural athleticism without thinking too much and you have yourself a nice, albeit overpaid, complementary player.

Did I? There was a thread last week with a poll about which available vet WR would be the best signing and MVS was my choice in that poll. Then again I'm sure two months ago I felt very different. When you've struck out at the bar for four hours everybody sudddenly looks hotter.

What sucks if that unless Beane makes another move, "eventually" isn't soon enough. The way we've built this roster, Coleman and Hollins are the only two guys you look at as true outside WRs (and not everybody agrees that Coleman is one). So he's going to be forced into a big role before he has a chance to refine his skillset. As someone that loved the prospect before the Bills took him and had him as my #1 Bills target after the top three, even I know he needs time to refine his skillset. I love who he has the potential to become, not who he is on day one. The expectations are going to be too high because the fanbase is looking at him as Diggs' replacement and that's really just not fair to him.

Alright man. I think you lost the plot of what "field stretching WR" means. I'm aware that literally any WR can run vertical routes. That doesn't mean that say Cole Beasley is a field stretcher. Anyways... Hopefully MVS if nothing else can take on the Gabe Davis decoy "draw coverage downfield" role and still come away with like 400-500 yards. For close to the vet minimum (presumably) this would be a good signing.

Right, like I said the Bills don't have a field stretching WR on the roster.

Come to think of it maybe this entire offseason is just Beane trolling the jersey makers. Marquez Valdes-Scantling Sedrick Van Pran-Granger Re'Mahn Walter Zhamar Jamar Davis

I'd be okay with this. We don't have a field stretching WR on the roster. He gives us a baseline for that role, albeit a low baseline.

Waiting until the trade deadline certainly makes sense. Perhaps the plan is to see if Claypool or Hamler can turn their careers around and negate the need for a trade. Of course that's an unlikely outcome but the plan makes sense if we absolutely have to wait until further into the season to be able to afford a new WR. Might as well take a flyer while still knowing in the back of our mind that the season doesn't hinge on one of those flyers working out. I just find it really unlikely Plan A is Mack Hollins as the #2 outside WR, or Coleman as the presumed #1 for that matter, for the entire season. Hollins was seen as a Trent Sherfield caliber signing. Coleman is a rookie and the team historically never goes into a season with the rookie penciled in as the surefire starter. The lack of investment at the position makes me more confident an investment is coming, if not right away then at some point in the season.

It's possible. I think the new regime in Tennessee will want to evaluate Levis though before holding a fire sale. The reason I think Metcalf makes sense is Seattle already knows they need a new QB in 2025. This is just a transition year for them. They need to do what the Bills did in 2017 and set themselves up as well as possible to get a QB next year.

Right now we have probably just enough cap space to cover our draft picks. That still leaves us with $10.2M after June 1. I don't remember exactly how much Beane has typically entered the season with but I believe it's usually around $2M to $3M.

What do you think the plan is for Tre's $10.2M? That is what makes me think a trade is coming.

It feels like a trade HAS to be coming. We have $10.2M more in cap space coming up after June 1. I know Beane likes to have a small cushion for in-season moves but he is not going to leave that much available cap space. And Beane has been seemingly deliberate with how blatantly he's ignored the #2 outside WR. If I've said it once I've said it 100 times - Mack Hollins will not be our #2 outside WR. I just don't believe Beane would let that happen. So reading the tea leaves I believe a plan is already in place and will come to fruition at the right time. Of the available names, Metcalf makes the most sense for someone we could trade for and have the trading team retain some of the cap hit so we could get him on the roster and then immediately extend him. Hopkins probably won't be available until the trade deadline. Aiyuk I believe we would not be able to afford to even place him on the roster to then extend him because his 5th year option is fully guaranteed.

@CJ_Caggiano on Twitter. He hasn't posted any leaks yet, usually the day of he will post what he hears.

Not sure if this exactly counts because he's a rookie but I'll go with Javon Solomon as a sleeper that could end up with a lot more production than anyone expects. Like Bernard his path to seeing a lot of playing time is pretty easy to envision. His skill set meshes well with Rousseau on the other side. I could see him kind of coming out of nowhere and ending up with like 8 sacks on the season.

I'd want to see one more source on this but those details are insane if true.

I love the way he effortlessly plucks the ball out of the air. A big focus of our past two offseasons has been adding pass catchers that, well, catch passes.