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Breaking. Diggs found out that Damar is not really Damar. He was going to reveal the conspiracy that the covid vaccine led to Damar's death and the Bills have been in on the cover-up. Stef was taken to an undisclosed location by the feds. Trump has scheduled a press conference later today and will expose the whole scheme.

Except Beane that reworked his deal while this was all going on. The restrux opened up $5M in cap space that we have yet to use.

We have over $5M in cap and moves that could be made. Could easily get $10-15M to Hop.

Kind of like our DC just needing a break...

Diggs - What are we gonna do to get better? McBeane - You just wait and see. Major moves coming Stef. McBeane - What did I tell you. Have you seen Sherfield and Harty. I love these guys. Diggs - Huh? For the practice squad? McBeane - Just wait until the draft. McBeane - Hell yeah. Kincaid. Game changer. Diggs - Kincaid, Sherfield, Harty. Are you serious? I am going to be triple covered. McBeane - Great right? Will open things up for other guys. Diggs - Huh? I hear DHop is still available. He can really open things up for everyone. McBeane - We looked into it. Kenny doesnt think its a good fit for what we wanna do and will only take away targets from Harty and Sherfield. Diggs - I am staying home. Let me know how those practices go...

Newest report. Diggs showed up Monday and received his playbook. He thought it was a misprint because every play was post, dig, slant. He lost his sh*8 when told no Kenny is simplyfing things this year.

Or trust the GM. Allen and Diggs have been carrying this team. What other moves have helped since the 13 loss? We drafted Cook and Shakir and both had limited to no impact. We drafted no OL, signed Saffold and rolled with S Brown. We signed Crowder at WR. Then when needy for help didnt make any moves at the trade deadline except trading for Hines, signing Brown and Beasley. None of these moves helped this team. Now he is supposed to trust the same approach this offseason? Diggs does not want to hit repeat. We have a ton of depth and mid-level talent. We needed a couple high end names and replace the mid tier with some rookies. We dont need $3M+ special teamers.

Sign DHop and see if Diggs shows up...

Maybe Allen2Davis2Drop

I think Diggs is not happy about the direction of the team. He wants to win and knows there is a short window. Meeting with the GM is telling of that. It could be issues with Dorsey. It could be an issue with not getting help at WR2. It could be attitude - "if nobody else cares why should I" "you dont care what I have to say then I am clearly not that important". Bottom line Diggs wants to win. I am not sure he sees anything the Bills are doing to be the same all in attitude. It can look more like what we call the process- reward our guys and be competitive so we have jobs for many years.

Smoke...fire More reason we need Dhop. This team without Diggs is in trouble. Maybe its less about Allen and more about the front office not helping him out at WR. This team still has no one that can take pressure off Diggs just a handful of role guys.

Devils advocate: 22 Diggs is still 23 Diggs, slightly older. Same (could argue age = downgrade) 22 Davis vs 23 Davis - The 22 Davis was coming in with huge expectations after the playoff. He did not live up to the hype. Downgrade (based on reality) 22 McK / Crowder / Shakir vs 23 Shakir / Harty / Sherfield - Big ?. Shakir is still Shakir, last year there were mixed expectations, this year there are mixed expectations. McK and Crowder vs Harty and Sherfield? I dont know. Crowder is the most proven of them. McK can be polarizing, some say he is not used enough similar to Harty. Sherfield is serviceable. I don't see two guys that have been in the league 4 years and not done much being a huge upgrade over McK and Crowder. Same (could be better could be worse) 22 Knox/Morris vs Knox Kincaid - Unless Kincaid gets hurt or is not on the field this has to be an upgrade. Upgrade

We could have used the Harty and Hines money to pay for Hopkins or pick your #2.

What other signing does this team need to make? We have $5.5m in cap space and still room to create more. Go get Hopkins with that space.

Yeah, I heard the Bills are upping it to $15M per for Cook. Will be cutting Josh Allen to afford the deal and are willing to eat the dead cap for an aging RB just so they can have two Cooks in the kitchen.

Ed Oliver is cut, traded, or not resigned - Good riddance the guy was a bust. Way overpaid and not a process guy. Thank god Beane does not overpay for guys like this. Ed Oliver is extenended for 4/$68M - Another wizard move by Beane. He makes everyone around him better and is always drawing double-teamed. Look how bad this team is when he is not on the field.

In the 5 games without Murray he had 34 rec for 332 yards. Still on pace for over 100 rec and over 1000 yards with Colt McCoy, Trace McCorsley and David Blough...

How did DS get paid basically twice DH? Not that money is everything, but DS was in more demand and higher paid. So more teams out there believe he is the better player. The Bills needed a player like Harris more. He will likely get much less playing time than DS for the Bills. The real upgrade question is if Cook in year 2 is better not Harris.

They can structure a deal with under $5m in cap hit. Restructured deals can easily get there. Hines is overpaid at $3.5m. Add in guys like mata, Neal, not all the OL will make the team etc.

Exactly. Just look at 9 drops on under 100 targets just last year. Hopkins has less in over 300 targets the past 3 years combined.

Agreed. That is the point many are missing. Its not just we dont need another WR bc we have a bunch of decent guys. Its what he does to the WR room. He makes every other guy better just because of the attention he will require.

The drop off from Diggs to our next best target is huge. Teams can target Diggs without too much concern of the supporting cast. The addition of Hopkins will also make Diggs even more dangerous.

Better happen. He goes to KC, MIA, NYJ, CIN gonna make the year even more challenging.

While Allen is still factor #1 for our success. What other story lines will be most important in the next season?

Poona Ford will be our best IDL. Hyde and Poyer will both miss time and Taylor Rapp will be a solid fill in Damien Harris will be used like Williams in DET. Minimal carries but 10+ TD's.