No_Matter_What

Maybe he brings a notebook with him, that will be a final straw...

I wonder how many of you (even from ones who voted for him) would be underwhelmed if we ended up with Amos in real draft. And I also wonder how many of you (again including those who voted for him) would say that Beane has reached for need over BPA. (I am not trying to be ****, I just think that there would be very little excitement on these forums, just like after Elam or Coleman picks).

Haha I love that you made Chiefs pick before the Bills pick But since we are not taking OT it is perfectly fine.

Sportrac details: https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/77062/christian-benford Cap hits: 2025 - $2,6M 2026 - $7,5M 2027 - $19,4M We can cut him after that with $9,2M dead cap.

If we are including unlikely positions, then TE Loveland should be in based on his consensus ranking, which is top 20. Also DT Williams was mentioned couple times as potential 1st round pick. But none of them will be chosen eventually so who cares Looks like a solid pool to choose from. I say BPA between WR/DL/CB. Nolen?

So I'd say based on mocks and reading these forums these guys should be included DTs: Nolen, Williams, maybe Collins DE: Green, Ezeiruaku, Scourton CBs: Hairston, Amos WR: Burden

Everyone just talking here and nobody tagging @Ralonzo!

I think @Ralonzo should make the pick so nobody messes up his Commanders pick

Don't you think that they are able to evolve? Elam had measurables McDuffie didn't and how it turned out?

Since I go to bed in 2-3 hours and would love to see TSW poll before that I tag @Ralonzo to make sure he's ready once @TOboy makes his pick

Yeah I can see it I bolded Olave trade and asked where that idea came from. I don't remember any trade rumors related to him.

Lol where did this come from

This sucks. It lowers our chances to get a comp pick in 2027! J/k. Happy for Benford. Good deal for Bills.

Absolutely. Shakir and Bernard extensions saved cap space this year, and so will Benford's.

I saw them both as our potential path to compensatory pick and they failed me It is crazy that our lone CFA lost atm is Hollins.

I need to consult my own cap chart I have at home, but from memory I'd say that (other than Josh's incentive you mentioned) Hoecht and Ogunjobi's cap hits were adjusted - probably due to suspensions.

I see that your are checking Sportrac as often as I do Ty Johnson - originally reported as $5M/2, in fact $4/2 with some incentives. Can be cut next year with almost no dead cap. Great deal. Gilliam - same deal as Hamlin, and one thing I don't get. They say it is $2M guaranteed and he gets $2M in cash, but cap hit is $1,3M. Anybody knows how is this possible? Dane - wow he signed basically (or maybe even literally) for vet min.

My bad. I opened old one from Feb 10. There is same trade but different players.

Not sure if this is not reading comprehension problem on my part, but Reuter has us moving up to 24 to take Grant, not Thomas. Vikings take Thomas at our original pick. Edit: Oops wrong mock, nevermind.

I said this many times before and I'll say it again - you have absolutely no clue if trading up was possible. First of all it was no "small" trade up. There was no way to do it without our 2nd round pick and we had no 3rd. But even if Beane was willing to give up 2nd (I would be for Thomas), you have no idea if there was a trade partner. Let's say 2nd round gets us to 18, which is not even certain. Bengals almost never trade. Rams took Verse, they wanted DL and he was falling. Steelers needed OT and we don't know if they would go as low as 28. Dolphins trading with us is highly unlikely and I assume Eagles were ecstatic to get Mitchell. So how exactly was this "small" trade up possible? If you thought at the time of draft that either Worthy or McConkey should've been the pick, then fine. But Thomas (not to mention top 3, which were absolutely out of reach) was most likely than not just impossible to pull off.

It is a nice chart https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/overview/_/year/2026/sort/cap_total Have a look. Just look at orange players + Milano. Or you know what, I'll do it for you Milano - § 11,071,000 Bosa - § 7,200,000 McGovern - 4,805,000 D. Jones - 3,724,000 Epenesa - 2,861,000 Ogunjobi - 2,570,052 Playing Time Incentives (non-cumulative) 55%: $300,000 65%: $630,000 Sack Incentives (non-cumulative) 2: $150,000 4: $300,000 6: $600,000 8: $1.2M Like you said, suspension prevents him from hitting most sack incentives for sure. Playing time is interesting. If it is counted from all games, he is already doomed lol.

Contract details in: https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/21807/larry-ogunjobi So in fact this is §6.7M contract with additional §0.6M playing time incentives and up to §1.2M sack incentives. §4.1M cap hit this year and §2.6M dead money next year. And my understanding is that his salary guarantee is voided by PED suspension (sportrac says so) and also that his 2025 cap hit will be lowered due to suspension. I like that there are sack incentives in the contract. It should be used more often in NFL contracts imo.

I know, but I don't think it is very likely. I don't see him as a Bill in 2026. Anyway, after seeing this I guess that I was wrong, and we are actually under the cap even after all remaining missing contracts without any restructures. So unless we sign some other relevant FAs we only need to free about $10M later for 52/53, PS, rookies and inseason moves. So basically Dawkins' restructure might be enough, which is great.

Well this is some serious can down the road kicking. I don't think Beane did this in such extent before. We already have almost $30M in dead money in 2026.

Can you name these players that were available and we didn't sign them?