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These are my thoughts as well. Now his size characteristics make him likely even more valued by Buff. We love these tall big guys for MLB.

There's inherit risk whenever you license out a property. They have the keys to your castle. Any number of actions could effect your bottom line in the future or on the next deal. Take for example Thursday night football on Amazon. If your not growing viewers you are risking shrinking viewership.

I've never understood NFLs model here. First off, the NFL should be their own network ( they literally already have this) The should have a stream service ( Again they have this) Charge folks less, make it grow, and profit more by running it. Or NFL should sell non exclusive deals with many people and several sources. Sell rights to Xfinity , Amazon, YouTube, DTV, Dish, etc .. Let the above run PPV games ala carte. Let them all get the service for a non exclusive price. They would make more this way and continue to grow the sport and viewers. The exclusive rights deal is lazy. Bad corporate model and extremely risky. It's been bad for the NFL. The only caveat is RedZone, which is farmed out apart from Sunday ticket, and run well. RedZone is the standard.

There are too many to list: Sammy seemed like a sure thing. Not a bust but disappointing. Hardy for sure. The TE Shawn Nelson. We were all so happy w him then he never got going. Trent Edwards. Not a high pick and did not expect much, but after about his first 16 games looked to be a solid NFL QB.

I agree w/ Florio to some extent, but I also like the route the Bills went. There's value in continuity and not hitting the panic button. Allen is well supported. I think this team loves Davis still, and also the stable of RBs they have. They also know w Miller back they can get back on track and I believe the plan is to right the wrong of last season. The Bills were a good team that beat the champs last year, even with our injuries. We can't over think the Bengals game. I think the story last year was a small group of players did not shape out the way they hoped; McKenzie and Crowder, Davis did not play consistent, Saffold was a liability and Brown did not take that big step. The Bills moves seem focused on rerolling most of the above, with the draft left go, and late free Agency for wild card/ trades / moves. I stand to think that adding a couple studs in the draft and we will be very good. Getting back to Florio, if I were the boss, I would have made a move for a top guard or maybe mcglinchy. The money there was not crazy and could have been done.

Lol at people barf emoji Klein didn't have Edmunds range and coverage traits but he's more than serviceable.

Rumor: by the time Hooker's ACL heals Richardson will still suck. How anyone, sane or otherwise, could have Hooker behind AR-15 after watching tape and football games is besides me. This is from a Gator. Richardson is fool's gold.

My guess is this will be his last season....then he comes back a couple years after. Once the retirement mode gets in your mind, its tough to get out.

I'm fine w it. He's a great player.

I'd take him back at the right price, but not sure of value.

I'd prefer Bonetta over MJD..... seriously he's goddawful.

Dawkins is tracking toward eating himself out of the league. He was worse in 2022 than most folks realize and he may need to be replaced next season. Oliver is worth keeping this year. We won't do any better than him on the DL in trade value and he will be fired up w contract year and Von returning. He's going to be productive in 2023. If he's here, I expect him to have a great year and shock everyone.

Tough as hell. I like signing him in Lawson's role. Guessing he'd be cheap but prefers going for a ring. He's worth it for the attitude he'd bring. I'd probably pace him to last for the playoffs in case von goes down again. I'm not against resigning Lawson though.

You still have to draft a T because Dawkins is eating himself out of the league

I thought motor was considered a sound blocker. I do agree he was underrated, and would have done better with more rhythm and use. I will miss him and would not have minded if the Bills re-signed him. He was an underrated receiver, good teammate, and talented guy. Motor's biggest problem was his fumbling. When you nickel and dime the fumbles, there were some costly turnovers over the years. He seemed to fumble a lot, especially when you factor his lower attempts. Total fumbles were middle of the pack, but when you factor his low # of att/ they were high. His fumbles/attempt stat was likely top 5 worst in the NFL last year. Another flaw; I don't think he was a great short yardage back. Some of that is made worse by our oline, but yeah, I think ultimately, Bills wanted a guy who hit the hole harder...maybe seeing a guy like Pachecho didn't help him. Stat-wise he was sorta Fred Jackson like...but not the on field leader, nor the rags to riches story, and he didn't seem as tough as Fred, though he was no pushover.

Honestly, solid signing. He's more productive than Gabe Davis per snap, better catch % and word is excellent blocker. Decent production given he's likely the 3rd or 4th option every play and had a back up QB for several games.

I would not hold my breath. They signed McGovern to be a starter. Somehow, Bates is some unshakable stalwart on the line now. Bargain basement. I'd doubt if they perceive us needing anything but some late round picks for depth. Hope I'm wrong. We will likely sign a couple deep dive dudes on 1 year deals to fill out some depth.

I don't agree RT is clearly our biggest need. I would agree it is a need though. I'd say needs are MLB , slot WR, G, and RT. Could also see us going S and bigger RB in the later rounds.

An identity over the years, yes the Steelers have been better than the Bills. Super bowls and playoff appearances validate this. Many recent in the same era. Their only struggles have come when they've drifted away from solid Oline play and running, and or has bad QB play.

I think the Steelers know a thing or two about how to build a team. Stack an oline for a young QB...run...pass...balanced o in the cold weather built for runs in January. They have an identity...and that's very cool. ...better than our current identy which is to let Allen run around like a chicken with his head cut off and huck it deep into gusts and wind. Frankly, even K-gun prioritized oline as well...we stacked guys and horded talent on the line....you can argue that line built the K-gun. Shoot, and when the weather got cold and snowy we threw screen passes galore and ran the ball.....not the huck it deep downfield attack forcing throws into wind and bad weather that people falsely recall.

Its mind baffling Virgil...I came off that Cincy game and this season thinking we really needed to get tougher on the oline. Get meaner with a more physical attitude. It appears the Bills don't share those concerns.... At a minimum, we have huge depth needs this year and needed solid bodies. No ones looking for a power running team, but Beane and CO are not on the same page with OLine talent. There have been huge mistakes and those mistakes have been made trying to find lower priced gems in the rough, bringing them in on revolving short term deals, and hoping to develop them. This has largely had C- results. This track record is a factor when I don't give Beane the "benefit of the doubt" like a good fan should. With OL matters, I simply don't trust them. Also the Bills are so stubborn on some (particular) developmental projects like Ford and Brown, they hang on to them much longer out of either arrogance or stubbornness, then jettisoned guys like Teller. Hell, even our so-called stalwarts like Dawkins and Morse, could be gone in 1-2 years. I just don't get why there was not more priority put on the OL and bringing in a top vet this off season. We had the money to do this....we chose not to and to get by with less....essentially we are not valuing the OL. This will kill us next January. I'm scratching my head on a couple of the moves / non moves.

Huge miss for us. He's 2x the player McGovern is.

Powers got 4/51 a contract like that could be done friendly to the cap. That's likely more cap friendly than Poyer's deal. I honestly don't see Morse here forever, and frankly Dawkins is not the stud and unquestioned bookend people think he is. Very quickly we could be depleted on the oline...and not spending much money on it with those 2 gone in 1-2 years. I really thought we needed to get one of the top Gs available in FA instead of some fringe depth guys, which we could have replaced by young guys on the draft, or UDFA. Its especially more important when you figure the team has been lousy at evaluating OL talent...both FAs and Draft picks. We don't have the track record with middle of the road gems in the rough that gives me blinding confidence. Guys like Feliciano, Spain, Nsekhe...then dudes like Van Roten, Quessenberry, Saffold...etc... there's a ton of flops....or at least guys who were avg at best. I thought it was a given the Bills were going to open up the pocket books for at least one top OL. Seems I was wrong, though there are a couple still out there I like.

I would say first thing is filling the glaring gaps. Second try to improve fix areas of 2ndary weakness, and lastly to get better depth. I thought getting better for the Bills meant getting saavy tough maulers on the Oline. Oline is currently worse. We got a mid level finesse blocker, who may or may not pan out. Tons of depth holes along the 2nd string...and no improvement to other weaker starters, or guys with questionable injury history. I knew it was going to be tough to get better at QB2. We got slightly worse. I also hoped that "addressing gaps" would be w some younger players, not older players or mid level players who have never been the guy you want/ hope them to be. Because we've not clearly filled those needs, we will likely have to draft the same positions in the draft. Harty is kind of in an awkward place for me. We need more WRs but still need that slot guy, still need a big WR.

Meh....