Don't listen to it. Our cap situation is great. We don't have anything in terms of future anchor contracts yet. We have plenty of options to push money into the future.
Beane doesn't want to push cap back and spend major assets on a rental player. I get that. But there's moves to be made.
They'd be better off with an extension. Tag number is like $18 million this year.
It wouldn't make sense. I don't think Edmunds will sign a deal with the Bills unless it's around that number. I don't think the Bills are going to pay that.
So if you do take that into account trading Edmunds this offseason makes sense if there's a decent market for him.
Exactly why I say extend him. But he might have an inflated price tag right now. His accomplishments say top 5 ILB, even if his play doesn't.
Edmunds probably believes he's worth somewhere around $18 million per year.
I think the chatter is because the next options with Edmunds are extension, trade, or let walk in free agency.
Those that think he's average or worse don't want an extension, but also don't want to just let him walk. So they're hoping for a trade.
Beane knows this but we don't really have a big contract long-term on defense. Tre White has cap hits in the $15-16 million range. That's pretty good. We're in the market for a big contract DL. Oliver is going to probably be right around Tre White.
Let's go get that guy now. If you listen to Beane he says after QB pass rusher is the most important position. Let's get him.
We're actually in a pretty good position right now for future cap. One deal isn't going to kill us.
There's rumors of Fletcher Cox getting traded. Thats another chance for the Bills to get better. Let's see what happens.
Extention would've lowered Mack's cap hit a lot. We'd push a lot of money into the future, but there are so many ways to make it happen without destroying the current roster.