FWIW, Chris Brown said the same thing on the 97 Rock pregame show. Except he doesn't believe the Bills will franchise SJ.
He said the sides talked before the season, they were far apart, they have no plans to talk. Brown said that he felt there was no way they would franchise him, but he didn't make it clear if he felt they would just let him walk either.
Let's just hope they get some of these deals done before the end of the season, especially SJ, we need his #swag!