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There will always be fans who see stat "totals" and go from there making assumptions. For instance, Kelce and Knox have the same averages last year in Yards per Catch, Yards per Target and Catch %. One might assume Kelce gets open more than Knox, but I don't have any stats on that. If someone does, I would like to see the analysis. I bet by comparing Kelce and Knox there will be a lot of fans laughing at that. Two stats that I find interesting is this. Kelce had 92 receptions and 20 went for over 20 yards. Knox had 49 and 14 went for over 20. Using the receptions and Kelce having almost twice as many, and they both had 9 TDs. Knox can stretch the field. How Josh Allen spreads the ball around this season is going to be very interesting.

The "Bills Mafia" thing doesn't bother me. At my age, nothing is black and white anymore.

If you look at the whole TE room, it could work out pretty well. If Morris can keep developing, he is cost controlled cheap for 2 more years. Sweeney has to know his way to stay on the team for another year is to work on his blocking. He would be a vet minimum. If he can't do it, bring in another cheap blocking TE. The cost of Knox and 2 others could be right at league average!

There all saying what we all already know. Bunch of "bandwagon" climbers. "Get out of my eyeballing seat you new meat dummies". https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/0f477d6f-8e1d-482b-baf2-5389b9e0ff79

Good term and a good way to describe it.

I don't know about what happens if he is cut. I try to keep an eye on things like this, so I know in the future. So did I but the more I thought about it (after I saw today that his dead cap changed for 2022) is his signing bonus for 2023 is a fixed cost. Maybe Sal was wrong.

Everything you posted has truth to it, but everything also has to have context taken into account. Ertz was traded and then extended. He's on the wrong side of 30 and his trade cost has to be added to his dollar cost. The Bills could of (and may have) went after him last year and chose not to. Beane is betting he is right to stick with Knox. In the long run the added cost of some teams "overspending" just is the nature of the beast. The GMs of the league have to live with the cost of an elite WR being $30M this year and only going to rise. Bills fans are worried about the cost of Davis in 2 years. None of us will know what that will be. It happens up and down the roster at all positions. Knox was drafted, developed and re-signed and is now going into his 4th year a well-respected teammate by the organization and the city. For me it's one of those "I don't know if it's true, but I believe it" when I say Josh Allen would rather have Dawson Knox over Ertz. He's a fan favorite and we all know @muppywill go to bed with a smile on her face! LOL, that's a part of being a fan of a football team too. To be honest I was hoping Knox would sign for a $1M or so less, but it won't sway me in saying it's a good deal for the team. I'm happy for Dawson and happy he will be a Buffalo Bills for the long-term. I also believe Dawson hasn't reached his ceiling yet. We'll all see how he plays tomorrow.

His salary is between David Njoku (on the high side) and Jonnu Smith/Hunter Henry on the lower side. Dawson Knox is as good or better than all of them. Kelce's contract has nothing to do with anything. It's a completely different set of circumstances. Knox is getting paid "today" right where he should be in comparison.

Even if it does Beane has to do things one at a time. The thing with Davis is it's all unknown right now. He's under contract for next year and we all (Beane and McDermott included) have to wait to see what happens. He could play well and be a solid WR2 or he could play better than last year and end up a WR1B. Then again, he could go crazy and price himself out of the Bills market. It will be fun to watch what happens with him, but they had to address the TE position now.

As bad as Zach Wilson has played the Jets fans will be calling for him after 4 weeks of Flacco. The guy showed he was done in Denver and his record with the Jets the last 2 years is 0-5.

Yolo just posted a tweet saying what I'm thinking. I guess using stats some may not like the signing, but I think Knox is still developing and has a good chance to outplay his contract in the long run. I also think all 4 will sign for more than Knox. That will put him at 10.

Gesicki, Schultz, Hockenson and Fant are all going to jump his contract next year. I think it's good Beane got it done now.

I didn't think a deal was going to be made this season. Looking into the TE market it's probably good that Beane got it done now. Both Mike Gesicki and Dalton Schultz are playing on tags and TJ Hockenson and Noah Fant were drafted with Knox and have contracts coming up. Knox's contract will drop out of top 5 and be close to bottom of top 10 real soon.

The decision on Gabe Davis does not need to be made until it's deadline of March 2024. Knox decision was needed a year earlier.

I know Spotrac is not the "official" cap space entity, but OJ Howard's 2022 dead money cost came down about $950k. Bills now have $3.1M in cap space. FWIW.

Agree with you on his play at the end of last season. The thing is, will he return the same way after another ACL injury. He has to pass a thorough physical and prove he still has it during a detailed workout. If he can then I can see a contender signing him.

I've been going back and forth on him and Epenesa. Will be interesting who it is.

It's not Josh Allen's fault. It's "wind confusion"!

I'm an old man now, if I'm singing about Rum and Cokes the song ends around 95.

My connection of his dots is as valid as his observations. Sometimes I'm wrong I will admit, I still got some land I bought outside of Letchworth State Park for sale.

196,200 seconds, I mean 196,199 seconds....wait.

So, a guy from the Ringer (a .com sports site whose HQ is in Los Angeles) comes out with a not too great critique of the Bills QB just in time for the opening game between the 2 teams. Right.

He takes a lot of chances when a D-lineman is in his face. His new starting RG play is going to be big. If the Bills can consistently beat Coleman Sheldon, then Stafford will have a D-lineman in his face. One of my "keys to the game". If McDermott, Frazier and Washington can exploit this it will help even out the Darnold factor from the other side.

Agree a lot of weight will be on Mac Jones's shoulders along with their DBs. In the past teams had to play mistake free football to beat the Pats. No one wanted to get in a shootout with TB at QB. BB and TB dictated the play and teams were very intimidated by them. That's in the past. MJ is not TB and teams will play them more straight up and try to play "their game" and not BB's more than any time in the last 20+ years.

Take the Bills out of the equation for a moment when you look at BB and his 2021 season. BB had the inside track to win the AFCE going into their Bye Week. In the past when BB's teams would be at their best at the end of a season and entering the playoffs. What did they do? The Pats lost 3 of their last 4 games with their only win against JAX. They backed themselves into the playoffs and proceeded to lose to the Bills in one of (if not THE worse) playoff loss since BB became HC. In those 3 regular season games and the playoff loss the "vaunted" NE defense with BB's famous X's and O's schemes gave up an average of 35 points per game! During those games their offense averaged less than 20 points per game. BB and the Patriots ended the 2021 season, by far in the worse way, since Bledsoe was QB. Until he shows me that it was a horrible fluke, I'm predicting the slow crumbling of the once mighty empire. The NFL is much more about offense than defense and I don't think BB can adjust to that change, especially with the secondary he currently has on the roster.