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    Bills sign Duke Johnson!!

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    3 hours ago, ArtVandalay said:

    Completely disagree, Duke has a better build (shorter but stockier), faster, quicker.  He's better than McKissic and almost certainly cheaper once we get the details. 

     

    Good signing for a pass catching back, this is all you need. No need to invest $7 million in a 29 year old JAG like Mckissic.

    McKissic got a lot of garbage yards playing on a garbage team. Everyone run down the field and then they throw a dump down to McKissic. By far Beanes worst signing this off-season. Thank Jesus we got out of it. Duke is a little slippery between the tackles too

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    Ryan "Rick" Bates Watch Thread

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    31 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:

    Im not going to talk crap about Bates just because he is going through the process

     

    He is good......he should have been starting much sooner.....and I hope he comes back

    Fair point. I believe most agree. And I feel Beane will do what’s best for the Buffalo 🦬 Bills.

    Current Bills salary cap situation - 4/8/2022 12:50 PM $200.1MM - taken for “Top 51” - Sportrac current estimate is that Bills are over by $2.8MM for all - Link to Sportrac in 1st post

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    3 hours ago, Shaw66 said:

    Thank you to you guys who are tracking this.  I dont even understand all that you're saying, but I get the big picture.  Point is, there's another restructure or two coming.  

     

    I also get that everyone cou ta on the cap increasing.  Still, at some point down the road we have pay for the restructures in cap dollars, and the full value of Allen's contract will hit.  How limiting will all that be?

    Yes agree Shaw thanks so much for the updates. I think in a perfect world Beane would like to hold onto a restructure or two until next year. Diggs would make sense. And give us all the room we would need to sign a veteran CB, rookie contracts, and maybe a little bump for Ricky bates. And have some pocket change for next year. 

    Ryan "Rick" Bates Watch Thread

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    5 hours ago, MrEpsYtown said:


    I think he is the best guard left for sure. I am not sure if he gets 5 million. I was thinking in the 4s. And my guess is that he isn’t a Giant because he isn’t a Bobby Johnson guy as evidence that he rode the pine so long, and clearly is better than the guys he was sitting behind.  

    That’s my point. Bills simply match . Bates will be a Bill next year. Beane is smart. 

    5 hours ago, freddyjj said:

    Would be a no for me.   At $5mm per year Gates would be in top 50% of league by position.  Can't see someone giving him this on 5 games worth of film. 

     

    Bills could have assured a 2nd rd pick by offering him $4mm and chose not to.  Have to believe that OBD feels confident they can keep him at a cost acceptable to them.  

    Exactly my point. This is why Beane is a Wizard. 

    Ryan "Rick" Bates Watch Thread

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    So does anyone thing Bates will get a contract from another team for more than 5 million per year ? If so he’s probably the number 1 Guard still on the market. And if that is true surprising the Giants didn’t go after him. In Beane I Trust 👏👏👏👏👏👏

    Ryan "Rick" Bates Watch Thread

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    So it’s safe to say anything below 4 million is a moot point. So the real question is how much more will a team be willing to pay above 4 for Ryan Bates knowing the Bills can simply match. Is Ryan Bates a 6 million dollar a year player? Beane obviously doesn’t think so. 

    Rams taking calls re: Robert Woods

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    After signing Allen Robinson yesterday the Rams are looking to actively trade Robert Woods. Would the Bills have interest? I feel he’d be perfect in our system. A lot has changed in Buffalo 🦬 since he has left. What a great guy & player to bring back to the organization. 

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    Ryan "Rick" Bates Watch Thread

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    52 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

     

    $3.9M would currently slot Bates in at #14 on the Bills cap list, with Phillips Lawson Jones and Saffold unknown, Bates said by Schefter to be lower, and Miller assumed to be higher.

     

    Is Bates a top-20 player on the Bills roster?

     

    Neither Wallace nor Harrison Phillips would have broken our bank to sign, as it happens.  But Beane had a value on them, and he wasn't going to exceed it.

    Beane evidently does not consider Bates a $3.9M value.

     

    Now, maybe he's wrong - if there's one position where this regime seems to struggle with talent identification, OL seems to be it.  But maybe he's not.

     

     

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    27 minutes ago, pennstate10 said:

    Not giving Bates a 2nd round tender was a gamble.

    If he ends up signing for >$4.0 million, Bills were wrong.

     

    In that situation, if they match, they pay him more than the $3.9 mil a 2nd round tender woudl have cost.

    If they dont match, they lose out on an extra 2nd round pick.

     

    If Bates offer is <$4.0 million, Bills made the right call.  

     

    Given the way Bills OL played last 5 games of the season, I think you want to keep the OL as intact as possible (DW salary was far too high, so he had to go).  Given that caveat, I think Bills should have used the 2nd round tender, which would have scared away all other teams.  Now they need to sweat a bit.

    You need to apply for Beane’s job. Pegula will give you special consideration your White & a Penn State Grad 👍

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    Ryan "Rick" Bates Watch Thread

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    So if Minnesota offers him 4 million we can match and everything is fine. If they offer 5 or 6 or a multi year deal Bills will have a decision to make. We probably need to leave the big boy stuff to Beane. Nice to say what you would have done but none of us really know exactly what’s going on at One Bills Drive .

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