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It’s pretty hilarious how every time a massive deal like this occurs… the player, the team trading the player, the team trading for/paying the player and the Cincinnati Bengals all start trending.

5 years / 150M is too much tbh… DK is a monster and is in his prime, but I have serious concerns on how a physical specimen reliant WR ages once that deal gets into years 4 and 5. Unless this is a fake six year deal like Vons was.

Yup.. everyone wants to pretend he’s some locker room cancer, yet his teammates and a ton of guys around the league always have his back.

This is viewing the south as “Florida” And with Florida, anyone given equal financials and living in Hoboken or Buffalo vs Miami or Tampa is choosing the latter unless we have a contender… something NE, and the NY teams currently do not.

Tyreek Hill picked Miami over New York, in part, due to taxes. Northern teams are simply fighting upstream with certain players when even NYC & Boston area teams have to overpay based of stuff out of their control.

Bengals people believe their FO has basically told Hendrickson to find a trade that blows them away or else he’s playing for Cinci next year. If I’m the Bills, I tell his agent that we will make an offer to tempt them but only if he’s willing to sign long term on a team friendly contract. His other option is playing in Cinci and then becoming a FA another year older. Similar to DK, I don’t know how many teams are willing to give away a premium asset(s) and extend at 30M+ per year. As pointed out above.. Commanders make sense. And if they’re involved, we’re not getting Hendrickson.

Cowboys and Bengals most affected. Parsons is going to want more than 40M per year and the Bengals already stated that Ja’Marr Chase will be the highest paid non-QB when they get the deal done.

Fwiw.. shouldn’t this give pause to a team like LAC or HOU in trading for him? If his asthma is truly affecting him like that, can’t hate on the man for it.. but those teams will likely have to play in KC, BUF, BAL etc when it matters..

The dead cap we took on last year from Diggs and the dead cap we’re taking on this year from Von is brutal. Both correct decisions to move on from, but this further highlights why this offseason has to be a hit for Beane.

Thats why for me, its dependent on price… If he replaces Von, ok cool. If he’s being paid to start opposite Rousseau… you’d think we’d have learned a lesson with Von post-injury and signing a guy like Samuel that - shocker - can’t stay healthy.

Probably the highest ceiling player available if he doesn’t become the Defense’s version of Curtis Samuel. Wouldn’t hate it depending on the cost.

At least we didn’t have a prominent player telling everyone in media that will listen that we’re a Myles Garrett away from winning a Super Bowl. That would be awkward.

Bigger worry for us should be DK doesn’t want to play in the cold because of his asthma and Hendrickson now costs 30M per year, at minimum, on extension with Garrett and Crosby’s deals. He won’t get paid like them, but like Saquon’s deal and Cook, they will be referenced.

“I want to win” code switches real quick when a team pays you 35-40M per year as a pass rusher.

Thats definitely changing, but unless Beane wants to go full Howie Roseman and treat void years like lines of coke, I just don’t see how it makes sense to have a 75M+ backfield when you have an Allen, Burrow, Mahomes etc.. The Ravens aren’t even paying that for Henry, nevermind the fact they signed him for a 2-3 year window last year. I don’t blame Cook for going on the offensive in wanting to get paid given the Bills having never handed out a contract like that to a RB under Beane, but it didn’t need to be so constantly public, and at a certain point… maybe we just do right by him and trade him somewhere that will? I hear the “run him into the ground and let him walk” sentiment, but I also don’t want Cook playing all year on pins and needles worried one wrong move and his future earnings disappear. While I’m not a huge fan of all this.. I also believe he’s good enough to not have to worry about that. Someone will pay him what he wants right now.. As long as we’re not getting completely clowned on the trade I’d do it A) because it makes sense for us and B) because it’s the right thing to do for him

We have no idea if this is true or not. This is the first player in the Beane era that I can remember openly negotiating like this. Diggs, we still don’t know the full story on, but i don’t think it’s a coincidence that after his direct shot at JA on social media, Beane pulled the trigger.

Agreed, but now Schneider calls Beane and says “hey, is that 2nd on the table?” And Beane responds with “For a guy we have to extend at 30M and says he doesn’t want to play long term for…?” And repeat for any cold weather contender and teams with assets/cap like NE. Kinda kills his negotiating power…

Sounds more like a “let’s see what our DE room looks like this Summer and if you haven’t found a home yet and are willing to come back on a low base/incentives contract, we can work something out”. I have no idea what Von’s market would be. He'd likely only play for a contender or maybe a team like Denver. Not sure any of those teams have interest at him on a 1 year / 10M type deal that we see aging pass rushers get after FA and the draft are all sorted out.

From other reporters on X, it sounds like the more realistic trade Seattle has to consider is a mix of assets that equal a 2nd. Doesnt sound like they’re even getting a 2nd Round pick offer. DK wanting 30M kills their leverage and if the warm weather thing is an actual deal breaker and he’s serious about playing for a contender, that removes Buffalo, Kansas City, Baltimore, Green Bay etc..

I don’t get why so many people think Rousseau’s extension closes the door on signing/trading for another big EDGE piece.. As pointed out above, Crosby, who everyone would’ve loved to trade for, is at around 35M per year. If the Bills sign Sweat to 20-25M, that’s 40-45M per for two players. If they trade for Hendrickson, that’s gets pricey, but the beauty of Rousseau’s contract/age, is that the big money likely hits in the next 3,4,5 years, and I guarantee you at 24 years old / 29 when his deal is up, the Bills hope is to restructure and extend Rousseau again. Which means they could take on a bigger EDGE cap hit these next 3-4 years before they are ever paying heavy for two EDGE players.

Unfortunately, the same reason I don’t think we should pay him, is also the same reason im not sure we’d get a pick back that makes sense to move him for. (Unless he’s committed to holding out and being a distraction) This draft class is LOADED at running back. Are teams going to be willing to send us a Day 2 pick for a guy they know wants 15M per year or just draft a guy? Cook is good enough that I think teams could be interested in trading for the sure thing, but this draft class probably lowers our negotiation ability if we are open to trading him.

Remember flying out to LA and seeing him dominate opening night. 70% of the stadium were Bills fans and we were all convinced we were winning it all with him. Then he got hurt and could never get back to form. Sad it played out this way, and it seemed like a restructured deal was going to be worked out, but at the end of the day… this is probably for the best.