Einstein's Dog

He is not 34, quite the exaggeration there. He is 25. Not really a slowing down type age. As to the overall signing, I like it. Not because of this guy but because they are sticking to the overall strategy of going cheap on RB. I am hoping the plan is to use remaining resources into an upgrade at WR2 during the season (barring no big injuries at other positions prior).

Your situation is more plausible. It's not 50/50 just because those are the two possibilities. Hines was probably with a bunch of friends and something bad happened. If this was some extremely random person hitting a stationary Hines, I think the agent would have put that out there in milliseconds. It is fishy enough that the stationary part came out a good amount of time later. The agent probably had to make sure story that would fly first (all Hines friends will cover for him on that and no one else was around to say otherwise).

Huge difference between investigating to see if a violation occured and not enforcing the contract when dealing with a clear violation with a resulting injury. They have these clauses so the players think twice about doing the activity. It's backwards thinking to think they will let Hines slide but go full out contract technical on a Josh or Diggs. These things usually work in the opposite direction. I agree with you and think Sal C is mistaken. Make Hines pay and give Josh something to think about before his posse engages in things like this.

Took several pages here (a time delay) for the stationary jet ski tweet. Might have been talked through with his agent. We'll also get to see if Hines presses charges against the person who allegedly rammed him.

I had mentioned this possibility a few pages back. A dirt cheap offer at this point should do it - he was released from Wash. A dirt cheap McKissic and getting back the money from Hines, and all of a sudden this has to be one of the least expensive RB rooms in the league.

Good odds that the Bills do pursue getting it back. The players need to know the consequences involving risky activity. IMO, it would be bad precedent to not go after it. I'd be ticked off if Josh did something this stupid. And are all you really buying the stationary bit. If Hines was really stationary and has a case, he can use legal means to get him money from the alleged person that rammed him.

Need the backup to J Cook. Do you think they'll give J.D. McKissic a look? Throw him a low ball offer.

Do you really have to include the snarky "but since it makes sense, it won't happen"? Like the FO does illogical things all the time. Lets face the reality, it's a "you" problem. You want a 3 down back. Getting Dillon would require giving up draft capital and paying him. This is not the FO's strategy. Their strategy is solid and ahead of the curve. The FO has it right, you come off looking like a spoiled fantasy football nut.

Another attempted linking to an RB to the Bills. I am hoping Beane is laughing somewhere. IMO, one of the excellent strategies employed by the FO has been the conscious effort to keep the monetary investment in RBs low. It is ahead of the curve as we now are starting to see the rest of the league start to copy the strategy. IMO trading and paying for an RB would be a bad allocation of funds. I would rather read conjecture on the WR2s - that's where the last remaining money should be going.

Why would the Bills look to trade away their #2WR, they are not rebuilding. And as GB mentions, it's possible to get a compensation pick if the Bills don't sign him. There is no error to even be considered here. Even if we had DHop, you keep Davis. I don't see how you come to the conclusion Beane is pounding the table for Davis. The Bills have been discussed in the OBJ and DHop sweepstakes. Of course Beane is not going to bad mouth Davis to the press, who would? It's posts like these that just reek of an anti-Beane bias. Posing a question on error in judgment when none exists, and claiming Beane is feeding the fans a ray of hope because he hasn't publicly bashed his current WR2. C'mon.

I agree with you, on the whole the WRs as people are a harder to root for position group. DHop has had prima donna tendencies, and the reports of poor practice patterns was a real concern to me (and probably Beane/McD). You like Tyreek Hill? How/why? My god no. He's made it about Tyreek plenty. KC moved him. That's KC, not exactly a pillar of morals. Remember when he wouldn't restructure for KC? And please don't forget the whole college saga/behaviors that had him slip down the draft. I like M Evans, and wouldn't mind Tyler Lockett/C Godwin/H Renfro/A Thielen.

It's finally over. I was having DHop fatigue. The longer it went on the less my enthusiasm. Started to look prima donna-ish, and news of poor practice habits didn't set well. M Evans has become my top hope. Should be able to get him after the Bills/Tampa game on 10/26 right before the 11/1 trade deadline. Tampa should be about 2-5 at that point. Should be able to acquire him at a more reasonable price.

To get an upgrade in the $10M budget range it looks like the Bills FO may need to wait for an in-season move. If a team starts poorly and goes into rebuild mode then a trade is possible. Candidates include: my favorite M Evans (root for Tampa to lose early), Jeudy, M Thomas, one of the Raiders WRs Renfro. Maybe A Thielen - although he just signed. T Lockett is another.

But it doesn't have to be DHop or nothing. The plan may still be to possibly put another $10M into the WR2 if necessary. The draft is generally for the future while FA is for the present.

What if Beane has a $10M budget in mind? Looks like that's not going to cut it for DHop. M Evans is on his last year of a contract that is for $13M, so after a third of the season and putting in a third round pick- the finances of Evans are looking better than DHop. Jeudy is cheap, at least this year, still on his rookie deal. M Thomas signed for $10M for the year, if New Orleans is out of it early, they would want that expense off the books- which would be a third less at that point, and probably wouldn't take much draft capital.

I disagree with going for another DL. Our Defense is set, and if healthy McD has enough talent for it to be one of the best in the league. Available money should go to the offense, in particular I am concerned with the WR2. First option is DHop at the figure Beane has already floated out there. I don't think that will get it done, at betonline the odds moved significantly towards Tenn today. If that doesn't work I think they ride it out for the first few weeks with Gabe. And then make a move. Odds are one of the NFC South teams will tank. Then Tampa - M Evans, Carolina - A Thielen, or New Orleans - M Thomas, should be in play. In the AFC West either the Raiders - D Adams/Renfro, or Denver - Jeudy might come available.

First off, it is your opinion that Beane has a "misevaluation of a player's value", but Beane's opinion seems to be holding up better than yours. Hopkins has not hit the OBJ lotto. No, we don't believe Beane when he says the player is only available if he accepts a discount, that is GM speak. He has a value in mind and doesn't want to overspend. Past overspends aren't really relevant (and Beane did pick up J Brown/E Sanders/Beas in the past).

I think you need to get over that, it's just GM speak for they have a set figure/budget in mind and aren't going to move much from the figure. The GM is hoping that the Bills being contenders is worth something to the player and factors into the decision to push them to us. The player is not insulted - that's made up by your frustration of Beane not breaking the bank for DHop. DHop will use the same logic if the business decision he makes favors the Bills - DHop will claim it's his competitive nature and drive for the title - blah, blah, blah. When in reality the business decision came down to even though the Bills offered slightly less, DHop's mid to long term finances would benefit more by going with the Bills. Beane's public attitude to me, screams "take it or leave it." And it looks like some of our fans are having difficulty accepting it. It would seem logical Beane has a backup plan. It looks to me like that might be to give Davis another 4-6 week trial, if he doesn't show improvement then make a move. Some teams will be looking for draft capital - like maybe Tampa (M Evans), Rams (Kupp), Raiders (Adams), Denver (Jeudy). We have the extra third from Edmunds and the cost will be slightly reduced (a third of the way through the season) and controlled (due to putting it together prior to a trade).

I'm starting to get some DHop fatigue. The odds the Bills get him have diminished with what looks to be the increased emphasis on money, and the reports of his poor practice habits. I'll have to revisit the Mike Evans thread because he is becoming just about as realistic at this point. Tampa starts out at around 1 and 3 (very possible) and can then ship out Evans under the rebuild philosophy (that they don't want to admit to yet). Evans has a reasonable salary of $13M, and a quarter of that would be gone by then. The Bills could negotiate a nice 2-3 yr deal that is cap manageable, all for the 3rd rounder we got for Edmunds leaving.

Tampa starts out 2 and 4 and trades Mike Evans to the Bills.

Except it DOES. You need to connect the dots. Beas said “huddle presence can’t be taught “. Beas was very impressed that Stroud was said to be higher than Dak. And Dak was the best in Beas’ opinion. Thus Stroud > Dak > Josh. And Josh can’t do anything to improve it (ridiculous). So this is really a sly two for one insult fest, the rookie Stroud is better than Josh, and Josh will never have it.

No, I didn't say there was nothing to criticize. What I was saying was the "blame" is not there to non-Bills fans. Furthermore, I was saying that your characterization of his hiring as a "mistake" by higher level, looks like a biased attempt to blame McD/Beane for something that hasn't happened yet. Not only has it not happened, but the plan is right on schedule.

What "blame"? By almost all metrics, the Bills offense did well. Generally the criticisms are coming from Bills fans who micromanage the game from their sofas. Compared to the rest of the league the Bills offense was well above average, top 3 even. And what 'mistake"? The higher level people were looking for continuity to have a contender in 2022 and a developing OC for the future. Nothing to apologize for there, they are right on track so far. Often times it looks like to me, that people like to use manufactured blame on Dorsey as a way to criticize upper management (who they were looking to find fault with).

I don't understand your thinking, the NFL History part. Here are some of the recent WR combos: LA - Kupp + Woods, Tampa Godwin + Evans (+Gronk), KC - Kelce + Hill. That's 3 out of the last 4 titles have gone to teams with WR1+2 combos that are 1A/1B, and better than the current Bills. I agree on paper it looks to me like the lower level depth has been improved. That's really not a ton to work with though because those players are the replacements for McKenzie and Crowder who really didn't get much work. I'm in the group who would like to see an upgrade in WR2 (G Davis). It's a long shot now and probably not happening. DHop looks like he is going to the hjghest bidder which won't be the Bills. If Gabe doesn't improve maybe an in-season trade will be looked at, if some team like Tampa or the Raiders stink - then M Evans or H Renfrow could be possibilities.

How does Dorsey have more than these: J Chase/Higgins/Boyd K Allen/M Williams/ (Q Johnson)/A Ekeler D Adams/H Renfrow/J Meyers Hill/Waddle I know you said when Allen is factored in, but that is accounting for a large factor because the Bills WRs aren't on those levels. Many of us wanted an upgrade of WR so that Dorsey would have an advantage.