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Vikings 2nd to boot!

Probably never know for sure. I'm sticking with Beane and Josh thinking with one side of their brain and Diggs with the other. I think we all know which sides those were.

Your #2 point is interesting. Being that the trade wasn't done until April, it tells me Beane wasn't planning all off season on getting rid of Diggs. It is interesting that Diggs got a redone contract to become a UFA next March.

It is known there was strain with Diggs. It's who he is. Beane converted $6.7M signing bonus in March of 2023. If he (and anyone else in the organization) KNEW he was gone at the end of the year that wouldn't have happened Imo. That would have set up way too much dead cap being planned. IMO Beane and Josh believed Diggs would be a mature man and play one more year. Diggs is nothing but emotion. He did/said something in March that ended it with Josh and Beane. That's how I see it.

I agree. The timeline fits it. The early FA signings were to replace Davis and the draft this year (and next) would have set up Diggs replacement. Diggs seen the handwriting and had a fit about it. I believe he forced Beane to trade him. It's all water under the bridge now and I am interested to see what Josh and Brady can do with the WRs and TEs. Wouldn't it be "poetic justice" to lift a Lombardi without Diggs. All that being said I can't believe Beane wanted to trade Diggs this spring and eat all that cap. But that's me.

Let me put it this way. I do believe both Beane and Josh thought that Diggs could be a member of the team for one more year before free agency. Something really went off the rails with Diggs in March IMO. I like Diggs a lot but I'm sticking with the "knife in the back" thing.

I just didn't see any Ayiuk type trade happening. I personally didn't want Beane to trade up into the top 10. Too much for me. I probably would have taken another WR but he didn't. I'm not elated with the WR room, but I can see how it happened. We will see how it works out starting Sunday. Dude. I'm giving my thoughts on the situation. You don't have to agree but stop with the "crocodile tears" type comments. Read my other replies above.

I agree there were other options but nothing that Beane saw being a big deal. Johnson is a one-year rental for $10M. I'm not saying Beane did a great job with the WR room. I am saying it was a BAD situation he was put in. I also don't think Hollins is the WR2 no matter what the depth chart says.

I hear what you guys are saying. No one, foremost Brandon Beane thought anything like this could have happened a year ago. Davis got overpaid AND has not produced near enough to keep on the team. Davis was the 2nd highest paid WR in the FA market. Samuel was the 5th. Diggs went a bit "mental" and really put a knife in Allens back. He could of "eased up" on all of this, but evidently kept it up where Beane had no choice but to dump him for what he could get. Throwing his dead cap on top of the other moves that needed to happen put things in a bad situation. Could Beane have signed another high dollar WR? Some say he should have but he has made the choice to go with Samuel, Hollins and MVS. He got a 1st pick WR in the draft. Evidently not the one most vocal poster seemed to have wanted. Could have drafted another WR in later rounds but I guarantee no matter how that player will play he would be the WR2 on the initial depth chart. What WR FA did you want? Here is the list. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents/_/year/2024/position/wr/sort/contract_average/dir/desc

Bills went 1-13 that season. The franchise's worse.

People don't have any idea what Hollins role this year will be. They see WR2 in a "start of the season depth chart" and think he is going to get 90 targets like Davis got. I damn well guarantee he is not getting 87% of the offensive snaps which is what Davis averaged the last 2 years. Instead of having some patience to see what the O will look like some enjoying ranting and raving before there is anything substantial.

The comparison of dead money does not put these 2 teams "in the same boat". Also, Surtain was under contract through next year. His extension doesn't kick in until 2026. If you compare the 2 teams' players contracts, I'm quite sure you'll go with the Bills roster over Denver. How many wins do you think the Broncos will have this year?

And they called it puppy love Just because we're seventeen.

I'd have to start with Rael Enteen.

While all the details are not going to be available to us fans, it seems evident that the Diggs issues got worse and worse until it had to be addressed. Beane did that (to his credit). BIG cap hit and a big hole was left. We will start to see Sunday what becomes of it. I have to be hopeful at the start of any season so I will look at the addition by subtraction rule until it's proven otherwise.

Definitely mistakes with Dennison and Dorsey which he has moved on from. I think McDermott should have kept Danny.

Randy Crossman was the Bills ST Coordinator since 2013. He was a holdover when McDermott came to Buffalo. Dennison was one of the few available guys to take a OC job with a new HC back in 2017. He had done the job before but hasn't been an OC since. Moving on from him when Daboll was available was a good move. I think Josh Allen had a lot to do with the Dorsey selection. It did not work out.

It seems so. If Solomon's injury is just a strain he will be healthy in a week or two. No big deal because the Bills are not dressing 6 DEs Sunday. Solomon can sit this week.

It's crazy every year with some of these people. OMG Worthy and Odunze are listed as 2nd string WRs!

The players from Arizona will be wearing parkas. LOL.

You are right about the Bengals, and they will start to feel the pain very shortly. Last year the Bills had the second least amount of dead cap in the NFL, $10.1M. Next time fans want to restructure players and add things like void years people should learn some math. The vast majority of this year's dead money is Diggs and the old vets void years. Miami already has $20M in dead money for next year and is looking at 30M over the cap even with their huge rollover this year. Fans should not look at a one-year snapshot as to how cap management is being handled.

Totally agree. OL needs 5 good starters. The OL is only as good as its weakest link. You can hide one bad OL man with schemes but that only limits the play of a TE or RB which could be used as weapons. It is obvious that many on this board disagrees with me, but the OL overall talent is just as important as the 5 WR talent. Love to see Josh with a little more time. I think he tears it up. Diggs not realizing his role and creating the bad situation hurt this team a lot. Beane is doing his best to adjust.

It's the only thing that really matters right now. Fans can dissect things nine was to Sunday, but on any given Sunday (or Monday, Thursday, etc.) it ends up with men lining up and doing the job a little better, more often than not, than the guy across from him. If the players and coaches give it their all (like most have done in the past in this era) I like our chances again this season. Maybe it's a bit naive or childish for me to feel that way, but I'm glad I do. Watching Bills football keeps me hopeful and feeling young. Maybe this is the year Shaw!

Yes, and your OP was full of opinions. The definition of "opinion" is "what one thinks about something or somebody; viewpoint. An opinion is not necessarily based on facts".