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1 hour ago, FilthyBeast said:
Again, current salary cap means nothing
Stopped reading after this. So many of you live in a fantasy land that there are no consequences or penalties for doing so and you're just plain wrong.
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Thing that bugs me is that even if a coach didn't get word in to Bass, how did Bass not take it upon himself to check and somehow assumed that they wanted it kicked out of the endzone?
Like as a Kicker, you'd think he'd stop and think "I probably should squib it or kick it short of the goal line to eat clock" or at the very least say "this is a big time situation with a number of options, what do you want me to do, coach?"
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2 hours ago, ChronicAndKnuckles said:
What is this obsession w/ Berrios? Dudes never even had a 500 yard season. Yeah yeah Jets and all, but come on.
Yeah, miss me with the Berrios and Andy Isabella obsessions. I don't get it.
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We're losing 4 of our 7 WR's from the 53 man roster last season. Whether it's a WR who is to be 2nd or 3rd in reps, a big time WR needs to be added in FA, Trade, or the Draft. And we'll still need at least a couple more to fill out the roster.
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1 hour ago, jlgarsh said:
Obada can play all 4 spots, perhaps he can play where Phillips was?
Dude, no. Obada was a nice little story that people got excited about. But the hype was a lot of sizzle but no steak, outside of the one game against the Panthers. He slid inside a number of times in a reserve role and didn't provide a thing. Being our starting DT? C'mon.
He's a Free Agent and we're not using cap space on a guy who's role can easily be replaced by a late round draft pick.
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Never trust a guy named Chad.
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I mean, if he wants to come for peanuts and be our replacement to Efe Obada - okay. But we need something strong opposite Rousseau. Signing Lawson, Re-signing Hughes or Addison (at this stage in their careers), Epenesa, or Basham is not the answer. But I'm okay with Lawson being part of the 3 man rotation with Epenesa and Basham outside of the Starting 2 though.
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Colts take a chance on Wentz and give him a bag. They IMMEDIATELY regret their decision. Washington be like "we'll take your bad decision on as our own!'.
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Extend Stefon Diggs and Tremaine Edmunds - lowering their cap figure this season.
Release Cole Beasley, Jon Feliciano, AJ Klein (done), Matt Haack, and Vernon Butler. Paycut/Restructure Daryl Williams and Mitch Morse
Restructure any recently signed players that are open to converting to bonus' or pushing out cap figures.
Re-sign Harrison Phillips and Ike Boettger. Tender Ryan Bates and Justin Zimmer. Focus on getting a legitimate starting veteran DE opposite Rousseau via Trade or FA. Sign or trade for a WR. Draft a speed WR with a Day 2 or early Day 3 pick. Draft CB Round 1. Get another RB and TE to compliment Singletary and Knox via FA, Trade, or the Draft. Sign best veteran QB who doesn't get a starting gig. Draft Punt God in Round 5.
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He's not ancient. But he will be entering his 11th season in the NFL. I don't pretend to have followed him closely over the past season. But I can't imagine if his skills weren't eroding with age at 32 years old this year, they'd have released him. So I don't know that I'd be screaming for him to replace Edmunds completely. Bringing him in, okay. But is he an every down player we can trust for years to come at this point?
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7 hours ago, PetermansRedemption said:
Well, this team does pretty much exclusively want to pass. So if you can’t get the targets here, you aren’t getting them anywhere.
And what of Gabe Davis? Are you comfortable keeping him as the 3rd highest in reps and surely receptions? You'll lose him when his rookie deal is up for someone who can give him more playing time and a team that will pay him, which we won't be able to do after paying Diggs and Metcalf.
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... or not.
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You know we're a million over the cap right now right? Better question, you know that the salary cap exists right?
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10 minutes ago, IronMaidenBills said:
When does he make that signature move that puts us over the hump? Does someone need to poke him with a stick? We are within striking distance and here we are shedding players to create space because past signings didn’t win the Lombardi. It’s big splash time!!
We woke up this morning 6 million over the cap. Releasing Klein puts us at just under a million over. Gonna need to do a lot of extensions, releases, restructures, and pay cuts before we can do anything. And like everyone else has pointed out, FA hasn't opened yet. There's been one big trade that has happened in the entire league. I mean, this is a joke post, right?
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2 minutes ago, dollars 2 donuts said:
Again, for those who think this is going to be easy:
1) We are only going to be able to sign so many guys in FA; and
2) We are going to have to let go of a number of good players and I just am having a problem thinking that even with the additions this team could be better in 2022, top to bottom, than they were by the time they put it all together in 2021.
This was one of the many no-brainer moves we could make to free up cap space. Others being extending Diggs, extending Edmunds, releasing or re-working deals on Beasley, Feliciano, Morse, D. Williams, and Butler. This is not a huge loss. You can easily replace what Klein brought us with a draft pick or a cheaper option.
I wholeheartedly disagree. I think the players that we'll have going out aren't going to make us substantially worse off than we were last year. On the contrary, with good drafting and smart moves in the FA and Trade market - I can easily see us being better off.
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A more realistic scenario would be Tyler Lockett, who appears to be on the market. Just 3 Mil on the cap this season and nothing guaranteed beyond that (9.7 next year if they keep him). Seems like the kind of cap friendly, decent player move Beane would be interested in.
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On paper, it sounds great. But he's the ultimate diva. You'd be putting a lot of pressure on Allen to make sure both he and Diggs are happy with the amount of balls they get. You'll have to do that, pay them both, and most likely lose Gabe Davis in a couple years when he also wants to get paid and/or want a place where he'll get more balls.
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You get comp picks for losing players and not replacing them. When you're able to do that wherein it doesn't hurt you because you're loaded at the particular position or positions you're losing players in, fine. But I don't believe short suiting yourself going into the year for mid-late round picks a year later is a smart practice. And I don't think Beane does either.
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14 minutes ago, FieldGeneral said:
With our cap space and the viable free agents, it's not possible.
There are a number of ways they could free up space. Extend Diggs, paying him this year almost exclusively in bonuses. An Edmunds extension could lower his cap figure for this season as well. Release, pay cut, or restructure Cole Beasley, Jon Feliciano, Mitch Morse, Daryl Williams, Vernon Butler, and/or AJ Klein. Plus, with the cap rising today more money has been added.
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1 hour ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
I don't think he fits the bill for "already released", but of course if he's careful nothing stops him from bumping into Beane and expressing how he'd love to play for a QB like Josh Allen, or stops his agent from scheduling a meeting to discuss other clients who are playing for the Bills or potential trade targets of the Bills *nudge nudge*
I disagree with Thad Brown's assumption that it has to be a recently released player. I've actually been going back and forth with him on Twitter about it and he's said nothing that makes me feel it's gospel and anything more than him pontificating.
As I stated in a previous post, the Combine is and always has been the place where agents meet with teams behind closed doors. While it's "technically" not legal - it happens every year and everyone knows it happens. Tampering is seldom if ever filed at the Combine because a.) It's so close to FA anyways and b.) Literally every team talks to agents there.
There isn't an available player that remotely comes close to a "big name free agent" or even Thad's watered down description. And also - if it were a free and clear FA, there would be no reason to be vague about it. Breer would just give the players name.
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24 minutes ago, BearNorth said:
After seeing what the rookie wideouts did last year; this guy with 8 years of wear on him is going to want more than ($20MM) franchise WR money; we are cap strapped, and there are some burners in this draft class. Is he any better than Gabe Davis as our #2?
First, he's not making more than Franchise money. Not coming off last year. Spotrac (which is, no pun intended, generally spot on) lists his market at 16 mil a year.
Second, if he wants to come here that badly to reach out to us, he'll have to be willing to take a team friendly deal, which would come under that number.
And lastly, we will be losing Emmanuel Sanders, Cole Beasley, and Isaiah McKenzie (also Jake Kumerow, if you need him). That's more than HALF of our core. Signing Robinson would take up one of the 4 spots. We would still draft a speed WR, probably in the mid rounds as it's a deep WR class. And Gabe Davis would still be getting a lot of work, as again, Robinson is just one WR in with 4 out the door.
As for the money, that's where the quote from Joe Schoen comes in that we're doing work to have serious money and the report that ownership wants to make a big splash come in to play.
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Had heard Allen Robinson was at the Combine with his agent. To me, he makes a lot of sense for this. He's spent his whole career with subpar QB play. Could easily see him saying "get in touch with the Bills so I can play with Josh and have Diggs taking a lot of the heat off me".
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14 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
Just to be clear here, the "Thinking must be an already released FA" seems to be Thad Brown's addition.
There isn't one of those that fit the bill. I think he's operating by what's "by the books". Which is stupid. Everyone knows that while it's technically not the "legal" tampering period, The Combine has always been the place where agents of FA's talk with teams and there's never any "tampering" claims filed over it because EVERYONE does it there.
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Who said it was going to be "shocking"? You can make a "big splash" without it being shocking. Von Miller, JC Jackson, Chandler Jones, Allen Robinson, Rob Gronkowski would all be big splashes.