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Agree with a lot of that. The thing about Tre is Beane had zero control of what happened. If his play falls way off Beane has only a couple of choices. Move on with a cut/trade or see if he can fill a Hyde roll. Anyway, no matter what happens, I don't put it on Beane. Von's situation is pretty much exactly how you put it IMO too. Just have to wait and see how it plays out. If Von's play falls off I got to put the miss on Beane. Bad luck sure, but it was a risky move. As for Knox, I know it's the thing now to hate his contract, but I don't see Dawson going anywhere, anytime soon. IMO when Beane drafted his wide-out TE with a 1st it took DHop (or other WR worries) off the table. We probably won't see the fruits of the Kincaid/Knox duo until later in the season, but I like the possibilities. If the front 5 OL can jell those 2 could wreak havoc. As for cap relief next year, Beane has a ton of options to reduce the deficit with moving on from a few of the Morse, Hines, Harty, Neal and I'm going to throw a name out that may get me some grief, a Taron Johnson trade. Low dead cap with a lot of cap space created with all these players. The only other thing I would add is what will Dawkins play be this season? If he is going to stay, next spring is a re-sign. If that doesn't happen they could be looking for a new LT in 2025.

Personally, I think the Bills have had some decent talent on the DL. I do suspect that they were not used as a unit as well as they could have been. I'm not diss'ing Frazier, but I think he was too conservative with calling the D. I have a real hope that Sean pushes the D a lot more this season. It won't work all the time but then it's up to Josh to bring the W home.

I enjoy the whole "cap-ology" of football. Beane has used the restructure tool a lot lately. The defining result of how well a GM uses the tool IMO can be seen in how much "dead money" is used to perform its function. In the last 3 years the Saints have had a total of $118M in dead money, Beane has $40M. That is the bottom line of all the "shenanigan's". Not all, but most of the "bad" dead money, comes directly from void years. Beane is looking at $7M (as of now) next season and the Saints are hovering around $55M just in void years. That is dollar for dollar "paying Peter" money that is not used for current roster players. If the day comes when Beane has too much dead money, I will question his planning. In the meantime, I like what I have seen this season. Go Bills!

Filthy Beast was on my "ignore" list long before he left the forum. It's a much-underused function of the board. Everyone has a right to post, I also have the right not to listen to bull-droppings!

They have recently lost Hendrickson, Rankins, Armstead, Marcus Williams, Mathieu, Onyemata as just some of the big dollar guys. They let a lot of middling players go every year too because they can't pay them. They do all this for a sub .500 record. I'll take Brandon Beane's strategy over the Saints any day. Any GM can get under the cap at any time, that's not the question. Darek Carr is now the savior for the team. I have my doubts that it will work out for a Super Bowl run. That's all that matters.

Take a look at who the Chiefs have locked up at DT for next season. You probably won't. Too many fans are myopic about this team and don't realize that most of the criticism they fantasize about happen to other teams all the time.

Well done Bandits! My brother and sister-in-law are big Bandit fans and go to a lot of games. League Champions are league champions, can't see why anyone wouldn't like that!

If by "getting by" you mean a 16-18 record for the past 2 seasons in one of the weakest divisions in the NFL then yes, they get by. The Saints wouldn't even sniff the playoffs with their roster if they played in the AFC. I don't understand why they are considered as a model for cap management. They are constantly rotating out of good players to make the cap and are definitely pushing all their chips in with Derek Carr. I don't expect them to be making a Superbowl run this season.

I have to disagree with you on this. It makes no sense to abandon the DL because of some misses both in the draft and FA. My hope is for a healthy DL this season that plays at a playoff level. DHop is a good player but I think the obsession with him is way overblown.

I do and I think he is capable of it. Playing better does start with him staying healthy. Ed is a good football player. I think he is getting paid a little more than what his performance has shown, but nothing too outrageous. My general thoughts for the signing are this. The $45M in guarantees no doubt has the $10.7M fully guaranteed 5th year option money baked into it. So, it ends up being $34M in new guarantees. That half the contract or 2 years of the 4. There will be an out for Beane if he needs it. I'm going to wait to see what all the contract details are, but it seems to me that Beane will ultimately save around $6M or so on this year's cap which is what he needs to get through the season.

Taron Johnson and/or Morse makes more sense than Hyde. He's on his last year and already has $3.4M in dead money next season in void years.

Just bumping this if @BillsNutHawaiior anyone else has info on this.

One point that is often overlooked in these types of debates is that bygone era players, if playing today, would have had the advantages of all the training, equipment, nutrition and knowledge that current players have. Today's Jim Brown would have been even stronger and faster than his 60's self.

I'll add more to your point. If McDermott can lead the Bills to a 13-4 record this year, he will have a .658-win percentage. That's better than Andy Reid at .641 and just behind Belichick at .662. The only active HC above them is Matt LaFleur at .712. With only 66 games coached, his numbers will be heading south this season in GB. What some fans I feel don't understand is that Beane and McDermott are still learning.

Yep. See my post above yours. His finale scene.

Just being specific to the CBS and Fox in Buffalo Channels. You access these channels right from your Cube? There isn't another application that has to be loaded? What points the Cube to the specific channel? I can stream live Colorado Springs CBS (for example) through my Paramount+ account, but of course can't get the Buffalo CBS feed live. This is interesting. I hope you don't mind answering these questions.

I just don't see the point of comparing Kincaid to Reed. I'll admit I get a little tired of some of the sarcasm on the board. So, let's just forget about it. As for Dorsey, I've watched enough football to know what an elite OC can do. Dorsey IMO is nowhere near that. I'll add "yet" to that sentence. He inherited a great QB. You don't think that last season was his ceiling, do you? If you don't, then we agree he can do a lot more with the team. I've often used this analogy about OCs. Good ones know how to set up a D the same way a boxer sets up his punches and uses his opponents strengths against him. In Dorsey's defense, I've also said that an experienced OC (I've used Andy Reid in this) has faced more 3rd and longs in his career than Ken has in total plays called. He IMO still has a lot to learn. I hope he learns to excels at it.

My point is that Beane isn't going to say anything meaningful at rookie minicamp. Why would anyone (not necessarily you) think differently.

It's Rookie Minicamp, what do you expect him to say.

Kelce is an awesome TE but let's temper some of the accolades. He spent his entire career with Andy Reid as HC/OC. He has had Alex Smith and Patrick Mahomes as his only 2 QBs. His career would be a whole lot different if he was drafted by the NY Jets in 2013 instead of KC.

I've been a bit critical of Dorsey's first season. He does get a pass for being a rookie at it. So, I guess you can laugh at me too. However, I'm not the one comparing Josh Reed and Dalton because of the media's opinion of his hands. So for future reference, are you claiming the Kincaid will drop a lot of balls? I've been hesitant to post this but after your comments I will. Dorsey has to prove to me this year that he is the Buffalo Bills Offensive Coordinator and not Josh Allen's play caller. Josh is a great QB, but he does need a coach to tell him what he is not doing right. IMO. It's "rookie minicamp". What you are seeing are coaches "teaching".

Wow. The biggest Von Miller involvement in all of this (whether or not he had any influence) is him not taking a lot of snaps in camp. Ray will be battling Kingsley and Cline for PS positions. What is the big deal here?

Poona Ford's contract numbers came in at Spotrac. $2.25M with playtime and sack incentives. Beane did good again. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/poona-ford-25691/

This is the whole deal right here. We will see the best he has. I'm curious to see his play this season. Same with Ed.