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He'll get to learn from two great but aging (and sometimes injured) safeties. If he doesn't see the field much this year, that's ok for both sides. Good to have a younger player with upside in the system.

With the high winds in Highmark Stadium I'd be worried that he might blow away.

Anyone decent left in free agency? Or could this suggest a promotion internally to starter for one of the younger guys?

So Harty, as small as he is, will play some outside and not just be in the slot? Thanks again.

Anyone care to do a summary or share a couple salient points for those of us who don't subscribe?

If the team really likes someone in the draft they think will be there, say, in the fourth round, I can see this working — though assuming a player you like in the draft will be there when he's "value" is always a risk. I get that more money to spend somewhere else helps, like MLB, but the interior D-line is vital; who do you like in free agency that can reasonably do most of what Ed does at a lower cost? Well, I think we need close to the same production because the QBs we struggle with can unload the ball in a hurry and inside pressure may be the best way to get to them. How much did Campbell play DT (versus DE) recently? If he can fill in middle and do a good job for $2 million, sure.

It's not $10.7 million after you factor in his replacement. Who replaces Ed and how much does he cost? If you can get the same production from a $5 million player, you save $5 million. But I'm not sure we can.

Campbell, 36, was released by the Baltimore Ravens this offseason after making 14 starts with the team in 2022. Last season, the defensive lineman recorded 36 total tackles (4 TFL), 5.5 sacks, 14 QB hits, two passes defensed and two forced fumbles. If signed by the Bills, the 3-time All-Pro would not count against the Bills in terms of 2024 compensatory picks. Those numbers ai't bad for an old guy. For a low cost, I liked him as depth and a mentor to Groot.

Good one! Is your name an ST reference, btw?

For most of the 2022 season, Josh was nowhere near the best QB in the league.

Exactly. And even if we get Hopkins, I still want to draft a high-ceiling WR for the future as we can't have our two best receivers on the wrong side of 30 with no one in the pipeline. Always be developing WRs...

One more question please: If a free agent is signed but then cut before the season starts or early in the season, does that factor in?

Well, does this sink the 3rd-round comp pick next year? 😕

yup. If we had a ton of cap room the next two years, I'd be more open to it. The only way this is good cap-wise is if we let go of Steph after a couple years and backload Jeudy's contract — and he plays up to the contract's value. Otherwise, take the cheap labor through picks. We are in bad cap shape. And before anyone can tell me — but the cap is going up every year! — yeah, that means competition in better cap shape can buy more on the free agent market than we can.

To be clear, trades don't factor into this right?

So is this the gist of the pay-wall hidden rest of the article, that the Bills need to protect Allen? That's the philosophical change Dunne alludes to early on in the free part of the article? Thanks for the info.

If there's no dead cap with cutting him, can we release him but then resign him (if no other team signs him) at a lower salary? Given no one's likely to trade for him, that seems like a decent solution. EDIT: my bad: didn't realize if we cut him we eat the salary as dead cap. I assumed since it wasn't signing bonus that wasn't the case.

Yikes. every position in the third round is 40% or well below for success. In my head I would have thought the numbers would be better for that round. And it looks like the Chiefs beat math (0% success rate for drafting backs in the 7th round) with Pacheco. My advice to Beane: give the scout(s) who said draft Milano and Teller a raise (or rehire them); give the scouts who said draft Epenesa and Basham brooms.

One would probably pick up some horrible, horrible social skills, but, yes, one would know football techniques and assignments.

I'm no expert on Harris but if he blocks like he runs, I believe it.

Nah, I didn't got to PFFF; just found that in an article when I Googled him. I'm not saying he stinks (not saying he doesn't) but that was a bad year. Maybe injuries played a role.

If he was playing hurt and looked good in prior seasons, ok. But if those stats are not a reflection of playing hurt, that's pretty odious.

2022 4 games 10 pressures allowed 3 sacks allowed 1 penalty 75.6 run-blocking grade 27.8 pass-blocking grade PFF grade: 58.2 overall

Yeah, I know. So I said this year or the next. We can't pay for Josh, Steph and Jerry Jeudy or some other WR $20 million a year going forward. Maybe squeeze it in on a front-loaded deal but we'll be in trouble later and like it or not, Beane claims we need to compete every year. Perhaps some this year are "all in" and the future be damned. I'm not one of them.