BuffaloRebound

Colts probably bidding against themselves. Eagles would be wise to pounce on that.

They could certainly do worse than spending $14m on Milano, but I think they’d replace Hilton at WR, could see them go after Ertz at TE, they need CB’s and could use an edge rusher. They also need a LT too. I think they attack those positions first before loading up at LB.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/02/11/shaq-barrett-is-ready-to-break-the-bank-now/ Tampa has a lot of guys to sign... David, Godwin, Barrett, Gronk, Suh. Whitehead the Safety is a Restricted Free Agent. I’d go after all of their defenders and Gronk.

They have the cap space for now but hard to see Indy giving Milano $12-14m per year when they’re gonna have to pay D Leonard close to $20m per year at the other LB spot.

Im sure some guys will get tagged but it’s a lot harder to tag guys if the cap is going down $15-20m. Does look like there’s gonna be more edge rushers available than usual. Ngakoue, Dupree, Judon, Barrett look like they’re gonna hit the market.

I’d like to re-sign D. Williams too but the guy is 1 year removed from being worth $2.5m on a 1 year deal. And I think teams are gonna be very cautious giving him a big deal. Milano has been a good player his whole career.

Milano ain’t perfect but he’s a good player that helps a team win. Somebody will pay him. Bills were a noticeably better team with Milano on the field. I hope Beane finds a way to bring him back. He’s easily our hardest to replace Free Agent.

If there’s the slightest opening to get a deal done, Gruden will make this happen. He didn’t come out of retirement to go 8-8 with Derek Carr forever. You know that Chucky is dying to get Wilson or Watson.

If Hughes could grab and hold on, he’d be a double digit sack guy every year.

Just a hunch on my part, but I have a hard time seeing the NFL lopping off $15-20m from the salary cap in 2021. Yes it’s a possibility, but if all their TV contracts are extended for 10 years like is being reported, I can’t see them punishing the current players that much so the guys playing 5-10 years down the road benefit. Especially when the current guys are the ones who kept the League going during a pandemic.

In the spring/summer of 2019 right or wrong Wentz was viewed as a top 5 QB. Their contracts were signed 2 months apart and almost identical in new money. https://seahawkswire.usatoday.com/2019/06/07/eagles-qb-carson-wentz-gets-more-guaranteed-money-than-russell-wilson/

You’re arguing that most deals are structured with huge upfront signing bonuses. I’m arguing that they aren’t as evidenced by Wentz’s deal which was signed less than 2 months after Wilson’s and is the best comp. You introduced time value of money which is completely irrelevant to paying Wilson a $65m signing bonus on a 4 year $140m deal vs paying Wentz a $16m signing bonus on a 4 year $128m deal. Yes, a guy who was already paid $88m on the first 2 years of his deal, consistently takes a beating behind that OL, and is now schedule to only make $19m in 2021 has an incentive problem. And the Seahawks have themselves to blame. Memo to Beane, do not structure Josh’s contract like Wilson’s no matter how big a fan he is of the time value of money.

Everybody prefers to get paid now over in the future. Time value of money is only a small piece of it especially when the risk free rate is below 1%. The more important piece is nobody knows what the future holds so give me the money now. What’s gonna happen if Seattle does trade Wilson? They’re gonna eat that entire $65m bonus. And I guarantee you Wilson is gonna get a new deal and make a lot more than $19m in 2021 for his new team. Take a look at Wentz’s contract. Similar money but only a $16m upfront bonus. Wilson’s contract is horribly structured for the Seahawks sake. It gives Wilson a tremendous amount of leverage.

Time value of money don’t incentivize a guy to get his body pounded by 300 lb guys another year for fringe starter money. It was dumb of Seattle to structure his contract that way even if that’s what Wilson’s agent asked for. Most if not all people see that they’re getting paid $19m this year, not that I got $50m last year, $15m of which was an advance on this year.

I assume the tag #’s are going down if the cap is going down right?

I don’t look at as egotistical, more like leverage. Like it or not it’s a QB driven league so they’re the ones who have it. And if he has issues with taking too many hits and doesn’t feel like he’s being listened to, they’ll surely be listening now.

Looking at his contract, he got paid $50m+ in cash in 2020. He’s only slated to make $19m in cash in 2021. I know, poor him but that’s a really poorly constructed contract from the standpoint of incentivizing the player. Instead of a $65m signing bonus split over the first 2 years, put in guaranteed roster bonuses that spread what is paid to the player more evenly each year. Human nature for a guy like Wilson to say I’m not getting my head beat in for $19m, which is fringe starter money for a QB.

I’d be very happy with a couple trade downs and 5 picks in the top 100. Use 4 of those on the defensive side of the ball to improve overall speed and physicality. I’m happy with Beane’s overall job performance, but we’ve used a lot of picks in trade ups for guys who’ve turned out to be JAG’s. Get more bites at the apple and improve the speed on the defensive side of the ball.

It’s like we’re at the middle school gym and a kid’s lunatic parents are embarrassing him and everybody else in the gym going nuts at the refs.

Over the course of a 16 game season that strategy might work. Hughes plus Addison playing 50%each might give you the same production of Shaq Barrett playing 100% of the snaps. But it most certainly doesn’t work in a 1 game playoff scenario where you need premier pass rushers to stop the top offenses. Give me the the stud pass rusher at $20m per season over Hughes and Addison at $10m each.

This. They played 3 deep safeties and had Mahomes running for his life rushing 4. The running game was how to beat that defense but KC’s O-Line fit man-handled and Edwards-Helaire is a slightly better version of Singletary.

More interesting to me is how Tampa Bay almost silently put together a hell of a roster the past 6-7 years and wouldn’t even had a playoff appearance to show for it without Brady.

Let’s call it a front 6 since almost everybody plays with 5DB’s now. Looking at the 2020 salary cap, Tampa used $59m on its top 6 DL and LB’s (Barrett, JPP, David, Suh, White, Vea). Bills used $50m on their top 6 highest paid DL and LB’s (Addison, Murphy, Hughes, Butler, Jefferson, Klein).

It wasn’t just against the Chiefs that the defense looked bad. They almost cost us the game against the Colts by imploding on those two 4th quarter drives. Yes, they looked good against the Ravens but they run a gimmick offense.

I’m not saying we stink, but we are gonna take a step back if OBD shares this guy’s sentiments. I can agree that our offense is good enough to win a Super Bowl with some tweaks. The defense needs a major overhaul.