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I agree with your sentiment on Stidham. The thing that impresses me about him is his accuracy and ability to step up in the pocket. I think he has a chance to be good. More importantly, I think Bill B. has proven he can develop a QB. I watched every throw from Stidhams preseason game vs. the Lions and it was impressive. With that said, his arm is weak, and when he has to throw outside the hashes it takes a long time to get there.

Gore is done. He was awful. That said TJ Yeldon is on the roster and isnt terrible. I also happen to think this years draft has a decent crop of backs and wonder if we might pick one up in round 4 or 5. Right now my favorite FA available is Lamar Miller. Good cutback runner, with speed.

I would.

Hyde's value is in the $3-$4M range, he'd be very lucky to ***** $6M at this point. I see him getting maybe $3.5M on a 1 or 2 yr deal

This is one of those times I'm thankful the player didnt choose us. Melvin Gordon isn't a good RB. I understand he was a 1st round pick and hes got some name recognition and cache, but watching him play........not good. While I'm glad we missed out on him I'm concerned the Bill's would think investing $8.5M a yr. In an avg RB is smart business. It is actually very dumb, and I think we dodged a bullet here Sign me up for Lamar Miller, who I view as a better RB than Gordon for about half that price. That's a much savvier move.

Give me Lamar Miller. He's a good cutback RB, and as of 2018 still had decent long speed. He tore his ACL last season, so there might be a hold up with needing to check his knee, but he's my vote for best bang for your buck. I think Lamar Miller, might be looking for $6M/yr., but with the dust settling on the RB market I believe he'll be be signed for $3.5-$4.5M/year. I'd be down for a 2 yr - $7M deal with maybe some upside incentives that could push it to the $9M range.

I'd be shocked if it's more than 2 years - $16M I'm actually quite happy the Bills didn't sign Melvin Gordon. He was not a good RB last season.

Correct. If the Bills get around to White's extension next year, which I think is the logical time you're looking at: 5 years - $90M w/ roughly $58M guaranteed If they dont get around to it until 2 years from now, you're looking at: 5 years - $100M w/ about $65M guaranteed

The all in move will likely come during the season if the Bill's record is looking good come mid October. I think there will be some interesting names to be had before the trade deadline this season, especially with teams that have crappy records and might be looking to tank for Trevor. These aren't necessarily players I think the Bills would be interested in, but players like: Christian McCaffrey Julio Jones Julian Edelman Jamal Adams Stephon Gilmore DJ Moore I believe might be available for the right price. And one last name, and this one gets to your question: Khalil Mack Imagine a pre Halloween trade for one of the best DE's in the game, for a contract, that in a year or 2 is actually going to look well below market. I've always had a gut feeling Khalil Mack will end his career in Buffalo, that said, the dead money he'd leave behind for the Bears in a trade probably doesn't make him moveable until a year or 2 from now, at the soonest.

I actually want no part of Gordon. I watched a few if his games last season and he was bad. Went down easy, fumbled and looked slow. Ekeler was so much better, it was almost comical that they split duties when Gordon came back. I dont think Tyrod is a good QB, but I do think Ekeler has a chance to be a top 2 fantasy RB

I give it a C+ I like the player I like the contract I think the compensation was too steep I worry about the diva attitude that comes w/ Diggs If the Bills rip up his deal and give him a new fat deal, I'd grade the trade closer to a D.

Did Waddle resign? I can't find that new anywhere.....he signed a 1 yr deal last year.

The sticking point for me is are the Bills going to rework his deal? Usually traded guys want their deal sweetened like when we traded for Shady and whats being reported that DeAndre Hopkins wants a raise. I like Diggs as a player, but he seemed to whine a lot in Minnesota when things didn't go his way, and that attitude won't fly in Buffalo. Also the price we paid was way too steep IMO. We needed a 3rd rounder back this year to even the scales IMO. I honestly think the coronavirus played a part in this trade. There is a lot of talk that much of this years offseason could be cancelled and it's already tough to bring rookie Wr's up to speed with a full offseason. I wonder if the team wanted a vet, knowing they aren't going to have time to get a rook where he needs to be by September.

Anything more than 2 years - $7-$8M would surprise me

There's been some subtle instagram hinting that maybe Shaq and the Bills are closing in on a deal w/ him posting a pic of himself from this past season in uniform. What do you predict Shaq's deal will come in at? I'll go first...... it's tough to bet against Micheal Gianitti of Spotrac.com, his website is terrific and he does a great job at predicting contract values, he currently has Shaq's market value pegged at $7.6M/year. I think that's slightly low, as the Bills and Shaq probably both agree he's in line for more work over the coming years with Hughes getting older and Trent Murphy likely entering the last year of an underwhelming performance/contract. Final prediction: 4 years - $38M

I too wonder if Ford is a player the Bills would consider trading. It seems unlikely, but the G spots are crowded on this roster and if the Bills don't think he's capable of playing RT well, maybe they do move on while he still has value.

I vote no. Tough decisions need to be made as your roster fills out and sometimes you have to let guys like Poyer walk. Also I remember Joe Buscaglia being pretty high on Jaquan Johnson last yr., so Poyer's replacement might already be on the roster.

If there's one minor complaint I have with the Bills under the Beane/McDermott era its their propensity to always want to trade up in Rounds 2 & 3. Now they have hit on their fair share of players, but trading up in the draft, as a whole, has proven to be a losing strategy longterm. This year I'm getting the sense the Bills are going to make the smart move and look to sell the #22 pick. Beane, in an interview, gave a hypothetical, but he kind of tipped his hand and admitted the strength of this draft is in rounds 2 and 3......and I think the Bills would love to be in a position position to pick 4 maybe even 5 players in Rounds 2 & 3 of the NFL draft. How? Glad you asked...... Trade pick #22 to a QB needy team looking to leapfrog the Patriots at pick #23. There are quite a few teams this could apply to, but for the sake of this scenario let's use the Colts who have picks #34 & #75 (which happens to be an almost exact match on the trade value chart) Now the Bills are sitting with picks #34, #54, #75 & #86 and #100 (via a trade up with our 4th and both 5ths, because you know they can't go a whole draft without getting an itch for a trade up) Under this scenario you could have a 2nd day as follows: #34 - Yetur Gross Matos (DE) #54 - Clyde Edwards-Helaire (RB) #75 - Damon Arnette (CB) #86 - Bryan Edwards (WR) #100 - KJ Hill (slot WR)

Spot on. Poyer was a terrific signing and he really has outplayed his contract, that doesn't mean the Bills need to pay up since they've gotten such good value out of Poyer. If I'm the Bills he's on the roster this year under his current deal and then he's probably gone in '21. I think Jaquan Johnson will probably replace him in '21, if not start splitting some time with him in '20

I think 3 years - $28M is where the Bills would like to be on a Shaq Lawson extension. I think 4 years - $50M is where Shaq Laswon would love to be. If allowed to hit the open market I could see a Lawson contract coming in around 4 years - $44M Seems like too much, probably is too much, but there are so many teams that have a ton of cap space I think some avg. to slightly above avg. players are going to get some nice contracts this yr in FA.

We should address the situation. I'd vote for a 1 yr $5M deal for Case Keenum. He'd be a big upgrade from Barkley, but from listening to Brandon Beane it sounds like they're willing to sit tight with Barkley.

Only way you consider taking on a horrendous contract for a depreciating player is if they throw in a draft pick sweetner. And because of the $12+M in cap space Gurley is guaranteed next yr. it would have to be a pretty nice sweetner, like a 3rd round pick, IMO. Perhaps a team with a ton of cap space would think about it, much like the Browns did a few years back when they traded for Brock Osweiller.

I'm assuming 8.5 will be heavily juiced on the under, so much so that I think this total will probably be moved to 8 pretty quickly, with a slight juice to the over. If you want to bet under 8.5, I'd do so soon, if you like the over I think you'll get a better # this summer

6 years $250M $120M guaranteed

I actually like 17 games, and think it's the number of games the owners have wanted all along. It gives the NFL the ability to really expand their international and neutral game sites, with every team having to play in 1 per yr. It also makes it a much fairer system since no team has to lose a home game and every team has to play one. Throw in an additional bye week, which comes before or after the international game and you can sell player safety, while also adding another week of revenue. 17, an odd number, also ensures a winning or losing season, no .500 seasons which I like. I do believe the playoffs need to be expanded to 14 teams if a 17 game regular season does pass. You dont want there to be too many meaningless games late in the season and adding another wildcard team in each conference will help that. Only the #1 seed gets a bye, so wildcard weekend would be 3 games on both Saturday and Sunday: #7 @ #2 #6 @ #3 #5 @ #4 Games at 1PM, 4:45PM & 8:30PM Talk about a fun filled weekend (and a huge weekend for all of the sportsbooks)