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I think they actually sent the paperwork to Cincinnati instead of to the NFL, and then they blamed Cincy when the trade fell through. I guess Jimmy Haslam's wife (Dee?) ripped them a new one. Can't blame her. Not knowing you are supposed to send the paperwork to the NFL and not the team you are trading with is a pretty big rookie error and made them look incompetent.

Eh, not so much. I mean, yeah it sucks for this year. But they are, IMO, being smart and getting as much of that dead money out of the way this year as possible (instead of spreading it out over 2yrs or more). So next year they will be in great shape with about $100M in cap. And they did a great job of cleaning up the Bills cap for the future.

Thanks. Just out of curiosity, Do you know what QBs Beane has went to see himself? I know he personally scouted Rudolph.

Very interesting if true. Anyone have a link or anything to back this up?

I think it's almost a guarantee that we draft a QB round 1, especially when looking at McCarron's contract details. It doesn't look like the contract of a guy they plan on being their starting QB. IMO the numbers look like an insurance policy in case their rookie QB isn't ready to start day 1 or they somehow miss out on their guy in the draft.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/03/14/aj-mccarron-can-make-up-to-16-5-million-over-two-years/ These are the supposed details of the McCarron contract

I'll be interested to see what he signs for. Its be great if he ended up back in Buffalo. Not counting on it though.

Yeah I think they weren't willing to overpay for any of the free agent QBs. Maybe Bridgewater picked the Jets over the Bills, or they offered better contract incentives? Seems like a very similar deals. Bridgewater signed a 1 year deal that has a base salary of $5M and is worth up to $15M. Although he signed after McCown did, and McCown was told he would be starting, so you'd think Bridgewater would've had a better shot at starting here. Which is the one thing that makes me wonder if maybe we weren't interested in him... edit - I guess the deal with the Jets is potentially worth more. I was thinking McCarron was on a 1 year deal worth a possible $16.5M, but it's a 2 year deal. So Bridgewater can potentially make in 1 year what McCarron can potentially make in 2 yrs.

Well, I can't say that I know a whole ton about McCarron outside the limited snaps I've seen him take for the Bengals, but I can say 1 thing for sure - I like this a lot more than I would have liked giving up a 1st (+ possibly more) for Nick Foles! Hopefully all that crazy talk about pick #21 for Foles can die now... We have a guy who should be able to start opening day next season, and we didn't give up any assets to get him leaving all that draft capital for a (possible trade up for a) QB in round 1. And if we we didn't know for sure before, now we know 100% that the Bills are going QB high in the draft (at least IMO).

With the way things are shaking out in free agency I am thinking more and more that the #3 pick is our target. With The Browns signing both Carlos Hyde for 3yrs $15+M ($6M year 1) and Isaiah Crowell for 3yrs, $12 M, they look to be going QB at #1 instead of Barkley. Gettleman said if he uses pick #2, that player should have hall of fame potential. They seem to be all in on making a run with Eli the next few years. If Browns go QB at #1 and Barkley is sitting there at 2, the Giants might not want to even trade out of that spot. Barkley would be a huge help to Eli and seems to fit Gettleman's criteria of hall of fame potential. If that's what happens it would leave pick #3 as the perfect trading spot for the Bills. It'll be cheaper than trading to 1 or 2 - it may only take our two 1sts plus the Cleveland 3rd (that would equal just slightly more than the draft value chart for the #3 pick), or maybe one 2nd (instead of the 3rd), leaving Buffalo with their pick of the remaining QBs and a good amount of draft capital to still improve the team (1 or 2 2nds, 1 or 2 3rds, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th). Indy has a ton of holes and wasn't all that active in free agency (I believe they've only signed 1 guy so far...). Ballard has said he's a huge believer in building through the draft. We will see soon enough I guess...

Wow that tweet he replied to was quite interesting - Wouldn't you think he'd want to gather as much information as he possonly could on every 1 of these QB if they're really drafting a guy at 1? Unless they're really just that sold on Darnold. I mean, they could still have them both in for private workouts. But why not go to their pro days anyway? Do you know, Did anyone One from the Browns attend? Their asst GM maybe?

This makes me appreciate the Dareus trade even more. Im not sure what Suh's cap hit would have been for a team that traded for him. I know it would have been lower than what it would have been for Miami, still more than Dareus though. But Suh has performed much better than Dareus on the field, and I don't think he's had any drug related suspensions or off field arrests that im aware of (I know he's not facing a 10+ game suspension for his next mistake...) and Miami could not get a thing for him. They had to release him.

Still no contract numbers for Star? I'm hoping this is a good sign that the numbers are team friendly...

I believe so. I think he was a free agent, not cut. Redskins were trying hard to keep him.

Not sure they see him as that, given it looks like his contract is 3 years $21 million.

Agree. Thats why I quickly changed my post. I figured it might be a bit confusing, as he will likely be a DE here. You must have quoted me before I changed it...

Sounds like we may have beat out the Patriots and Redskins, who both supposedly really wanted Murphy. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/03/14/report-patriots-buccaneers-bidding-for-trent-murphy/ This is a nice signing. He's pretty good.

Beat me to it! lol

My prediction - They struggle for the first few games of the season due to some of these key losses in FA and roster turn over. Everyone goes nuts once again spouting off about "this is finally it for the Patriots, the Dynasty is over!" And then they, once again, start playing amazing right after that, go on a run and win the division as always. As long as they have Belichick preparing guys throughout the week + devising his master game plans, and Brady playing at the level he is, they will be good. Their downfall is inevitaby coming. But I won't believe it until I actually see it happen for an entire season or more (which I doubt will be next season). It'd be a lot more fun legitimately beating the Patriots while they are still good, anyway. Maybe if we finally get our QB that will be a real possibility (even if not this season)...

Luck all day every day. Even in 2016, playing on a torn up shoulder, he threw for over 4200 yards and 32 touchdowns. He is a very special QB. How can you even start to compare him to Foles? Luck has been vey good to Great every single season in the NFL but 1 year (2015, when he originally injured his shoulder). The year before (2014) he threw for almost 5000 yards and had 40 TD passes! Foles isn't even worth a 1st round pick, let alone being in a discussion with Andrew Luck. He's had 1 good 8-9 game stretch (in his 6 years in the league) way back in 2013, and 2 good playoff games 4 years later. Both came under new, innovative offensive minded coaches (1st year of Chip Kelly, Doug Peterson tailoring his play calls to Foles. And notice how in 2014 Foles wasn't nearly as good in Chip Kelly's offense as the league caught up to what they did. In fact, he was bad).

Kyle Williams conference call (sorry if this has already been posted) http://www.wgr550.com/articles/news/williams-buffalo-home-it-s-where-i-want-be Love KW so much. So glad he's back. Itll be great for all the rookies that we may potentially bring in this year, too. Glad he will be there to mentor them.

Spotrac always changes the cap numbers right after a trade happens, so it can be hard to find accurate information. Those numbers you posted are actually what he will cost for the Bengals. His cap hit is cheaper for Cincy since the Bills already paid over $30M (of the $65M) the first 2 years. His cap hit for the Bills would have been - https://www.buffalorumblings.com/buffalo-bills-news/2016/5/7/11616536/cordy-glenn-contract-details-salary-cap-savings-for-buffalo-bills 2018 - $14.45M 2019 - $12.45M 2020 - $12.7M