BuffaloRebound

Can’t see anybody paying Rudolph more than $6-7m per year. Can make a argument that a Tight End like Rudolph helps the team more than Watt would have. More bang for the buck.

They play different positions even though they’re both Tight Ends. Rudolph would be an upgrade over Lee Smith. Allows more 2 Tight End looks and would help the running game.

Unless they’re giving up on Knox, it’s gotta be an in-line Tight End who’s a good blocker. So that’d leave Rudolph and Smith. Not sure about Henry’s blocking prowess. I don’t think Ertz is a fit. He’s used similarly to Knox.

2 years $12m? He might free up Knox to reach his potential. And probably helps the running game too.

On offense, I’d sign Jonnu Smith and bring back D Williams. I’d prefer keeping John Brown but he’s gotta take a pay cut. I think our Running Backs are adequate but I’d upgrade the #3 RB position to a vet who the coaches will actually consider for playing time like a Marlin Mack coming off an injury. On defense, I’d replace Addison with Clowney. Butler and Jefferson need to take pay cuts or I’d replace them with Short. I cross my fingers that Milano doesn’t get offered more than $12m per year by another team and he comes back to Buffalo at closer to $10m per year. In the draft, I’d take a DB in round 1 and an interior OL in Round 2. Wallace, Boettger, Feliciano, McKenzie are guys it’d be nice to have back at the right price but aren’t making or breaking your team and are replaceable.

What’s so special about Vrabel? His defenses have been poor in Tennessee. And coming from Belichik and O’Brien tree, I can’t imagine he’s a player friendly coach.

I actually think Clowney wouldn’t be a bad signing. Doubt he gets more than $7-8m on a 1 year deal. That’s basically the savings if you cut Addison. He can rehabilitate his career here then move on. There’s premier talent in there somewhere. You’d be buying low with him instead of over-paying for almost every other free agent pass rusher with premier talent.

Can somebody explain exactly when you have to be under the cap... Is it by March 17th and then again by the draft? So theoretically, Beane doesn’t have to do any cuts or restructures before March 17th, can sign a bunch of guys when free agency starts and then has to be under the cap again by the start of the draft?

Since there’s no way you’re cutting a guy you just signed before he plays a game, his first year salary and signing bonus are implicitly guaranteed. So if the Bills offered 2 years $25m, that’s not that far from 2 years $31m regardless of the guarantees. Beane clearly sees the need to upgrade the DL if we were that involved with Watt sweepstakes. If $6m over 2 years was the difference, I really hope that means Beane is gonna go out and get a difference maker in free agency.

Well I hope this means that Beane wouldn’t go above a certain number for Watt because he thinks there’s better free agents out there he can land.

I think we are fine at RB. Moss showed promise at end of year. Singletary will be highly motivated next year or he’ll be playing on a vet minimum deal. Add a low priced vet like Marlin Mack as competition and that’s a solid RB group. Tight End is the biggest need on offense assuming we re-sign Williams at RT.

Washington is a team I could see willing to deal one of their young Defensive Linemen for a 1st round pick. They desperately need a QB and could use more draft ammo to move up from pick 19. Also not sure how they’ll be able to pay all 4 of those guys when they come due.

Would you trade pick #30 for one of WFT’s Defensive lineman not named chase young? They need a QB more than anything and are short draft assets to either trade for one or move up in the draft. If rivera is following the Beane model, they will go all in to find their franchise QB. And they aren’t gonna be able to pay Allen, Payne and Sweat in addition to Young.

Go get Fletcher Cox. He was still dominant last year and has no injury history. 2 years $33m left on his contract. Gotta imagine he doesn’t wanna waste his last couple good years in a rebuild situation.

Good luck to him. Would’ve been a nice pickup, but at least he didn’t pick Cleveland.

$8m over the cap isn’t much. Could easily convert Rodgers salary and roster bonus to a signing bonus. He’s probably due a new contract coming off an MVP year anyway. Maybe that’s what Watt’s waiting on. Can’t see Watt going to Green Bay unless Rodgers is a happy camper.

If Watt doesn’t pick Green Bay, it won’t have anything to do with the salary cap. They could easily make it work if they want it to.

That looks like same dude he blew up in both those clips. Poor guy.

I know it was only 1 game, but he was pretty bad when I re-watched the Colts playoff game. Drops, no separation, and basically bullied by the Colts DB’s. His money would be much better spent on a big bodied TE who can block and move the chains.

I don’t know. When you look at the 3 best TE’s in the game (Kelce, Kittle, Waller), none of them had huge college production except for kelce’s last year at Cincy and none were drafted in first 2 rounds.

Well if Knox went in the 3rd round with little college production, Tremble looks bigger and a better athlete. If we could trade back a couple times and pick up a few more top 100 picks, seems like the type of guy worth taking a gamble on. NFL is a league of athletic freaks.

Depressing to think we traded away 2 Hall of Famers (Peters and Marshawn) in an 18 month span. Good job Russ. That might’ve actually been Nix too.

Makes for a good narrative when he signs with Bills for less than that. Makes Beane’s job easier when Watt takes less money to go for a championship.

I think Moss takes a step up in his 2nd year. Bring in a low priced vet with some speed/power to compete with Singletary. I don’t think McCoy is better than Singletary at this point.

Here’s a question... what would Addison get in this market if the Bills released him? How about Butler or Jefferson?