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The highlighted from Stosh is my answer. Gabe has been a #4 WR for 2 years with over 1,100 yards receiving and 13 TDs. In his limited role he has performed way better than expected and I do believe his best is yet to come. Penciling him in as a #2 is OK with me and he has hopes to be more than that. FTR he only took 51% of the snaps this year.

I swear I couldn't agree with your 3 points quoted more. Please copy this and re-post every time it's needed, and I will "like" it every time.

All true but it's also true that there is no "big hole" at WR. I can see Beane being open to a 1st round going in a lot of positions.

This is what I tried to say in my OP. The Spotrac starting point I cited is after the cap increase and after all the players whose contracts have expired. So many of these cap space threads have replies that are not capturing the facts. We (and others) are on the same page.

OK now we get to my original point. I disagree that Gabriel Davis is a JAG. IMO he is a stud and could in every way be another Diggs (who was selected a round later than Davis).

I couldn't agree more. Beane is looking out for the future and will do whatever he can to improve next year too. I will be watching to see if some of the players he lets go to open up cap for re-signing of our own can be traded. Every little bit going forward will help. One of those late 3rd day guys could be a hit 2 years from now.

The current Spotrac $'s I cited is after the Futures contract. Technically every vet that is signed from now on with have to displace a lower player's cap hit. Thus, resulting in a little less than his contract calls for. I merely used today's numbers to start the season's discussion.

I agree and also think Klien stays next year. I'm going to speculate that Klien restructures by giving up some salary in return for more guaranteed money. I think he will do that and I think Beane will ask for it.

I know all the internal numbers of his contract. The fact remains his extension starts next year and all the change in cap hits for this coming year is on what is his 5th year option. In other words, Beane used the new contract to lower Allen's cap hit this year. A year that he needs more cap to make a push. Josh Allen is playing this year under his 5th year option. He played 4 years under his original rookie contract, 1 year under his 5th and another 6 years starting in 2023 regardless of what the actual cap hit reflect.

What in the Sam Hill does my comment about a huge hit in the 4th round have anything to do about this year's 1st round pick? I won't take the bait so you can continue on with your opinions.

I welcome all the new members. I just ask they take heart to Mr. Vargas's plea in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Mr. Vargas : [before he and his class enter the operating room] I just want to ask you one last time. Please conduct yourselves with the utmost maturity. [the class files in, but pulls Spicoli aside] Mr. Vargas : Hey, you in my class? Jeff Spicoli : I am today.

I couldn't agree more. I just mentioned in the Gabe Davis thread about him on GMFB that he was a A+ pick as a 4th rounder. I guess my point is, hoping to improve by big free agents is not the way I see Beane going. The draft will be the hope of the future. I'm not saying Beane will not get a guy in FA he feels he needs to target it's just dumping the old guys for a new bunch of new FAs is probably not going to happen.

Drafting Gabe was an extremely big hit for Beane and his team. I hope like hell that they find another Day 3 WR in this year's draft!

I agree with a lot of your points but this 2023 big cap raise will be totally eaten up by Josh's raise. All things being equal Josh has a $23.4M cap jump in 2023.

The Chiefs will keep their big star players for next season but they got a tough off season in front of them. They got a lot of UFAs especially after doing a lot of restructures and signing a lot of one year contracts on the cheap. Comparing overall talent IMO will have to wait IMO until we see what kind of team they field next year.

I don't see much if any. Josh is under his 5th year option this year. His big hits don't start until 2023. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/josh-allen-25102/

Currently 53 contracts but 2 (Sanders and Addison) have Void year contracts that will turn into Dead Money soon. Josh has a hit of $16.4M this coming year and that goes up to $39.8M in 2023.

A guy like Williams is tricky. After paying Dead Cap they save $5.6M. I'm not sure you get replacement player who is a big upgrade for that money.

Good chance that Diggs gets an extension this year and after it's over this year's savings could be close to your savings.

I said above when teams had to be under the cap. Bills cap money is what it is so I don't see how it doesn't matter? The cap space of $2.8M is after the agreed upon raise. Cap for this year is $208.2M. This number was agreed upon between the NFL and the NFLPA earlier last year. Here is the link for the league. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cap/

No doubt Brandon Beane and his guys are back at work preparing for next season. Draft Combine starts March 1st and the Free Agency Negotiating starts March 14th. Beane will need to open space up for re-signing some of their own so decisions with some of the vets will be coming soon. No time for self-flagellation. The Top 51 Cap starts March 16th. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/cap/

LOL, I had the clip below pictured as I read your post. Reading some of these hot takes today makes me feel better. I was so disappointed the last 2 days but it's over for me. Time to dust myself off and look forward not back. I guess some fans want McDermott and the coaches holding their playbooks walking through downtown Buffalo like this........... LOL.

After all of the hard physical and mental effort that players put in all year long AND a Buffalo team with evidently such love for each other that our disappointment as fans can't compare to them. IMO.

Yes, numb is right. Been a fan since the AFL Championships too. I ask myself how do they come back from this? There is always X's and O's, player personnel and coaching changes and all the other stuff to be discussed but this will come down to their character. I will support them as a fan and hope they can do it again. This time hopefully in Orchard Park.

I won't recover until after the Super Bowl. Josh Allen must feel like Willem Dafoe's character in Platoon. He gave it his all. I do hope that all the Bills players can help each other through this.