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Done? He scored 16 TDs the last 2 seasons with the Bucs.

Anyone can say what they will about him, but he has a nose of the endzone.

Seems to me that Fournette for around $3M is the answer to the RB question. I wanted him BEFORE he went to Tampa. Just turned 28 but his snap count won't be crazy. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2023/03/16/buccaneers-make-release-of-leonard-fournette-official/

It's going to be all on Dorsey this year. I see them wanting to have most of the WR able to play everywhere. It's a unique and maybe a risky scheme, but one I can see working great if it's executed right. The slot guy will be constantly changing I believe. Harty, Diggs and Shakir (and even Hines occasionally) should all get snaps there. Lots of fans want a true slot, but I think this is the plan. I will be watching to see if I am right or way off.

It's a good mix of styles. Give Josh a moment more before he has to move with a better OL and give Knox more true routes, they could tear it up. I know everyone has their own opinions, but this is what I hoped for.

Odds are he will get signed a vet minimum (or close to that) to compete on another team. If he gets cut, he will be back on the Bills PS.

I see the rookie WR being an outside guy who will replace Davis next year. As the primary outside depth guy, he can get a lot of snaps. Spelling Diggs and Davis alone probably gives him 30%.

Depends on Shakir and Harty's play. McDermott has to let some of these rookies play more if the others don't produce as needed.

"The blessing!"

Beane said yesterday about the cap space that there could be some "cap casualties". McKenzie is the first and I don't see Siran Neal making the 53. Siran with a post June 1st cut saves $2.8M. That almost pays for the Practice Squad where he might be in September!

McKenzie had to go IF that means a high round WR pick. Add that to your list and a battle for WR6 in camp. Now I see the draft as WR, LB/OL, OL/LB if Beane can't trade back.

That would be great. Let's hope that the Eagles and Lions want to trade UP.

I commented on that in my post above yours. Beane can't force a trade down. He will probably need to draft a LB but just because some think it's Campbell and he takes him at #27 is huge speculation to me. If Beane doesn't get a MLB in the FA he has to have multiple LBs targeted in different rounds of the draft and with only 6 picks he can't have the luxury to move up in any of the rounds to take one.

I can see your point, but the 5th year option had to be decided the previous year and they used it exactly the way it was designed for. None of us are privy to what Edmunds and his agent thought his worth was back in year 4. My hindsight comment was more about that. Beane might have known Edmunds wanted too much back then.

Typically, Beane has had the luxury of filling every hole in FA before going into the draft. One thing he has spoken about is how things have changed as the team fully matured. It stands to reason that he and his team would need to adjust from the past drafting scheme into a new one. If Beane goes into the draft needing Edmunds replacement, I can see he would have multiple LBs targeted in the 1st 3rds. With pick #27 being on the cusp he will have to let the draft come to him and see if a trade down will be there or pick a player at #27 from another position.

Agree. Way too many critiques based on hindsight around here. Trading Edmunds a year or even 2 ago while the Bills were on the threshold of a SB run would have been irresponsible. I can make an argument that the Bills D scheme was due to Edmund's traits. I can see McDermott, who just happens to have total control now, evolving the scheme on D to a post Edmunds team. With Poyer back, the only big change is Edmunds. Fans here can debate McDermott's HC qualities but he is an extremely competent DC. I have a lot of hope he can adapt with a new D scheme.

If he had some gas left, but pretty old. Speaking of Denver, I saw Royce Freeman's name on the RB UFA list. His first 2 years in Denver were pretty good as that big body back. 3rd year he got pretty much benched when Williams and Gordon were tearing it up. Fell off the face of the earth after that. Crazy what happens to some of these RBs.

They shouldn't. Those should not be part of the cap. One thing fans need to know, Spotrac and OTC are not official NFL numbers. These sites do the best they can with the info they get. From the Spotrac site: NFL SOURCES Spotrac relies on these great sources for collecting thorough & accurate NFL news, contract data, and more. Certified NFL Agents Official Reports Team Beat Reporters Our data is our interpretation of these reports and in no way represents official data collected by the league.

Ah, a good Binghamton, NY boy!

Ha, I'm the old man now. Bill passed away a number of years ago.

LOL. That's what we talking about. Going to the moon on slide rules. The kids said, slide rules, what that? So I got Bill to bring one in.

Years ago, we had an older guy in our Engineering group. I had him bring in his slide rule to show all the young kids. Their faces were hilarious when old Bill showed them how to use it. The were amazed that's what people used before computers.

Both would start this year at the G spots. Who goes where will be figured out in camp. The rookie (let's say a 3rd) is depth until next year when one of them goes to C. I guess that's my point. I personally will wait to see which guy is better. I was a bit disappointed in Bates last season even though he was at RG.

Maybe Beane thinks that McGovern or Bates will take over C next year. Leaves RG still open. I was hoping for a RG in the draft. They could keep the rookie as depth and to adjust to the NFL this year and he could take it over next. Or a rookie.

I think I can help. In mid-February the Bills had about 52 players. They now have 61 confirmed contracts. That is 9 more players. Every time a new contract has been signed it has displaced on of the cheaper Reserve/Future guys (PS guys) that were on the team. An example is this: When Kyle Allen's contract is on the Spotrac books whatever that number is will take off them 51st guy. Right now, that is Christian Benford who has a hit of $918k. So, the increase of Allen - Benford is all the cap will go up. So, 9 guys displacing about $820k (I'm averaging) comes to about $7.4M more in cap. I can't remember but someone took a $600k decrease in pay restructure. That gets back most of what you are saying. LOL, correct. I wish I would have seen your reply before I did mine!