YodaMan79

You're delusional. If you could find a willing partner to accept the money owed (a big if) you're looking at a conditional 6th or 7th tops. In a position of much higher value, what did the Bills get for M. Darius?

I'm astonished at the lack of awareness and understanding of the salary cap and position value. RBs past the age of 28 have very little value in the trade market. When you add to the equation a high cap number it's even less. Also, the legal issues of this specific player and previously known character issues and you're stuck with him.

This isn't the 90's NFL. It would be a colossally stupid/Bills move to do this. Similarly to when they gave McCoy a contract extension for more $$$ when it wasn't needed. over the past 5-8 years, good teams don't have their RBs making 8+ million. You pay the other skill position players first and the men in the trenches.

Steven Means should be in here and offered a contract. Not a sexy name, but the guy can play, he lost out on a numbers game in Philadelphia. The Eagles DL is one of the strongest in the league. This is how you find diamonds in the rough.

Guy can flat out ball when healthy. His contract made it hard for the Eagles to trade him. He will be a great addition if possible. The only down side is he's susceptible to soft tissue injuries. Be prepared for him to sit 2-4 games a year. He's young and still has a good amount of career ahead of him, not often these guys get cut this time of year. Make it happen.

Father Time is undefeated. At his cap number and fresh legs always available in draft at a discounted $, I suspect this will be his last year. His ego is too big to realize what AP should have, the FA market is not kind to RBs at any age. As a aging RB, always the reduced team deal. Agents do their clients a disservice in not being honest with them. Why the Bills gave him an extension when they did was confusing? 2017 4.0 YPC, that will not merit his cap number. Has dropped a bit over the years.

Camp body that could surprise some ppl if injuries deplete the already questionable group. Solid pro, nothing to loose in seeing what he can do.

Lets hope they get him an appointment with Nelson Agholor's sports psychologist and the QB and coaches put him in a position to ball out. If NA could recover from what he was going through I have hope for Zay. We need some mid-tier players to step up and surprise us and the league.

I like the analogy. Did he pass on the Bills for the Ravens last year? The more I think about it, I like the post above. Lets hope they find the next Jimmy Smith, Rod Smith or Wes Welker off the trash heap.

Maclin is a professional. Good team guy who's been bitten by the injury bug. I think he'd be good for a young WR room.

Bring him in and kick the tires. Guy was a beast and a big target. Never relied on solely on speed or quickness, was just a physical force and big target. I think a new QB would be lucky to have a couple big physical targets that can win 50/50 situations.

Talent wise 5-11, but I thought the same thing last year. Good coaching and hungry roster could add 2-3 wins. I think we're looking at a 7-9 year.

They were historically bad, no sarcasm. Agholor looks like a stud now, but he's been a head case the previous years. I'm surprised he's put his career back on track.

Great signing. I see nothing but up side here, no risk.

You're right. Right now they are eagles 2016 bad.

We'll only know in about 3-4 years. We should look at previous draft rags to see how good their prognostication skills really are. I'd also like to see a montage of the network talking heads describing all the can't miss players that have done nothing in the league.

If he'll take a one year "show me" deal I think they should entertain it. Other than that, someone had to catch those balls in Philadelphia. He is a nice player on an established team from here out. A slot 3 is his ceiling.

That data is interesting. It would be curious to see how it breaks down going forward with QBs now entrenched in the 25-30 million a year cap number. Using the term "false rise" in retrospect doesn't sound right. As an earlier poster stated, I think a more accurate description would have been inflated. I don't have a problem first rd grades on these kids, but being drafted in succession 1-4, or none being around at 12 is perplexing. Especially when reading the breakdown on class, with each prospect having an area of concern. I guess this is where passing on a guy like Mahomes bites us in the butt. But if they parley the draft capital gained with that trade all will be forgotten.

Similar to others, I'm all for moving up using 22 and another chip. I am not in favor of doing anything similar to the Jets. And I do feel these QBs are rising ranks due to desperation. This looks more like 06, 07, or 11 than 16 or 14.

If capped contracts on rookies, specifically QBs weren't in place, do you think this many would be going in the first round this year? We've seen teams that have had success with QBs on rookie contracts take advantage of their low cap number and load up on talent in other areas. Before if a team made a mistake at QB in RD #1 it would set them back years, from a cap perspective. It's a copy-cat league and these teams want to get away with having control of a QB for 4-5 years with a bargain cap number. Not that I disagree with this philosophy, but I think we're seeing a false rise up the boards of these QBs, potentially due the positive financial implications if you're lucky enough to hit on a starter. I hope they'er lucky enough to find one of the 1-2 guys that will actually pan out. I think this crop of QBs would be spread between rounds 1-3, if not the precedent that's starting to show itself. We need to dodge the fools gold, and if we can't get QB they're 100% confident in, draft BPA. Stud players in other positions are dropping due to the false inflation of some guys that in other drafts that would be lucky to be picked before the second round. I know some of you think we should sell the farm no matter what. But what if the talent this year doesn't justify it? Just an FYI, when the eagles drafted Wentz, they did so because all their scouts and consultants indicated the QB crop from college was progressively going to get worse. This is due to running gimmicky offenses, always being shotgun, emphasis on the screen game and defensive looks. I think it's harder now than ever to know if a QB with translate into the pro game. Buyer beware. *League rank of starting QB cap hit for protected starters in 2018. (From PFT.com) 23. Mitch Trubisky: $7.258 million. Slotted rookie deal from 2017, as the No. 2 pick. 24. Jared Goff: $6.984 million. Slotted rookie deal from 2016, as the No. 1 pick. 25. Carson Wentz: $6.669 million. Slotted rookie deal from 2016, as the No. 2 pick. 26. Jameis Winston: $6.337 million. Slotted rookie deal from 2015, as the No. 1 pick. 27. Marcus Mariota: $6.053 million. Slotted rookie deal from 2015, as the No. 2 pick. 28. Patrick Mahomes: $4.1 million. Slotted rookie deal from 2017, as the No. 10 pick. 29. Deshaun Watson: $3.463 million. Slotted rookie deal from 2017, as the No. 12 pick. 30. Dak Prescott: $680,000. By rule, he can’t sign a new deal until after 2018. *The list doesn’t include 32 quarterbacks, given the possibility that one or more rookie quarterbacks will be Week One starters.

I guess you know little to nothing about the assets they've acquired. The Bills should hope they're so lucky.

Agreed. Every decent QB would be worth multiple 1st Rd picks now... The beauty is doing it organically and finding value where others couldn't see it, or didn't have the opportunity to capitalize.

Great, we give the NYG the potential foundation to turnover that roster, to win a couple more Lombardi trophies, while we suffer with a Leaf, Smith, Russell or worse. Dramatic I know, but look at the QB track record here. not quite Cleveland, but that's not saying much. I want to give a kid the best shot possible and not have to have them carry a team before they're ready. What Carroll did with Wilson should be a blue print. That whole team carried them in their SB runs.

Ok, who's our Todd Gurley, Aaron Donald, Andrew Whitworth? Not mentioning the other defensive players that were just traded, and skill position players that made Goff look good, the Bills roster is very thin. I'm also under the opinion that coach made Goff look really good. He called everything and gave Goff very little leeway.

Looking at the teams depth chart, I'm stating the obvious, but they're really thin in a number of key positions. I attribute the run to playoffs having more to do with solid coaching, pride, and a dumb luck, than the overall talent on the roster. All indications were that it was a tank year, like the 76ers, we were all to trust the process. I give a lot of credit to the players, in not accepting losing as a forgone conclusion and over achieving. I'm really impressed with what management has done with amassing draft capital. Now they just can't blow it and draft an Okafor, let's find healthy versions of Simmons and Embiid. We should take advantage of all the hype surrounding this QB class and get cornerstone pieces in place with the corresponding drop of other positions. Draft BPA and don't get cute. Two positions that make everyone around them better, OL and DL should be the focus, with skill position players on offense mixed in rounds 2 and 3. It may not be sexy, but it's what will build sustained success. This would potentially allow McCoy to put up one more monster year before Father Time comes a calling, and hopefully provide depth on DL helping the DBs and LBs. This could be the start of dethroning the evil empire. Let's see if this front office can help speed up sending BB and TB12 into the sunset. I apologize for the Philadelphia references but I've been here since the early 2000s and have seen how Eagles have been successful (In envy), got bad, rebuilt and changed philosophies. And it all started with coaching and a cohesive FO. Think about it, Reid made Alex Smith look good. The success guys like Feeley, Garcia, Vick, Foles and now Wentz had can be attributed to stability. They all had a very solid pass blocking OLs and a stable OC/front office, for the most part. Mr. Beane please find the next Jason Peters (this one stings), John Runyan or Tra Thomas, so when you do find the QB to lead this team they are in a position to succeed. Finding guys like Rodgers, Watson, Wilson, Cousins and Mahomes outside of the traditional top ten gives me hope. In short, lets not be the Rams of 2011 and 2012 and hopefully they acquire some foundational players.