BuffaloRebound

Mariota’s got 1 year $10.6m left for 2021, no dead money. Wonder if this means Mariota or Carr are on the move. There’s no way they’re cutting Mariota. If teams are that desperate that we’re talking about 1st rounders for Darnold, Mariota is fetching at least a 2nd rounder.

Kind of weird to be paying your 3rd string QB almost $3m. Also were they really that afraid of losing him that they had to pay him that much? Gruden’s a strange dude.

‘Some in the League’...how was that even a story? Complete red flag when a story says ‘some people think’ and provides no names. Thanks for stirring crap up and motivating Mahomes.

I think saints make tons of sense too for Darnold. They are cap strapped and have Hill if Darnold continues to see ghosts. I think Darnold could actually turn it around give the train wreck the Jets were, but it’s still a dicey proposition thinking the guy is suddenly gonna be good once he leaves the Jets. 1st round picks are truly being de-valued if Jets fetch one for Darnold.

He needs to be upgraded but $3.2m for 1 year is almost a no brainer. Somebody will sign him if we original round tender him which means no draft compensation since he was an UDFA. Can never have too many CB’s.

And mortgaging their future means what in the NFL...1 or 2 years? We broke a 17 year playoff drought in the 1st year of a rebuild and in a year many people accused us of tanking. Dolphins are another example of a quick rebuild. And unlike the Bills in 2017 and Dolphins in 2019, we already have our franchise QB

Laugh all you want, Mariota will be somebody’s starter in September. And I bet Mariota would fetch more in a trade right now than Carr. I don’t think Mariota is that great. We just already know what Carr is... extremely mediocre.

Since this conversation is going there, I’ll also say that cap problems are highly over-rated. Seems like every year, people go crazy over the Rams cap problems and every year they find a way to get under the cap and still be a contender. And their cap problems stemmed from bad contracts to their own players (Goff and Gurley), and they were still able to unload those contracts and remain a contender. Unlike the NBA and MLB, football contracts are very club friendly and generally easy to get out of. Heck, you could cut $30m pretty easily from the bills roster before you start impacting wins and losses.

If you have your franchise QB, I agree that 1st round picks are over-valued. And picks after the 1st round are where you find the best cost controlled contracts if you hit on the pick.

If I were a team in need of a QB, I’d actually go after Mariota over Carr.

Exactly. If you give Milano $14-15m per year, Leonard is gonna rightfully want $20m per year. I can’t see any team who’s thinks they’re contenders paying Milano $14-15m per year. His best bet for getting that kind of money is from a rebuilding team or maybe Belichik who simply likes to weaken division foes.

Edmunds also has a little Thomas Smith in him. For you youngsters, Smith was an above average CB in the mid 90’s for the Bills. He was good in coverage but his giant flaw was QB’s had no fear throwing his way because he had no chance of ever catching the ball. I feel NFL QB’s and offensive coordinators have caught onto the same thing with Edmunds. Even if he’s in the right place, there’s no fear of throwing the ball in his direction.

My guess is some/all of these guys will be more than willing to take pay-cuts. I wouldn’t wanna be looking for a new team in a year where the cap is going down by at least $20m

I think McBeane finds a way to keep him. He’s one of our best players on defense. So many guys on that side of the ball who under-performed their contract. Unless they use that money to bring in a Leonard Williams, you find a way to bring him back. Otherwise you’re making your team worse.

No. I’d much rather trim the fat on the DL and give Leonard Williams $20m per year than give Milano almost $14m per year.

At least this means he won’t be in the booth calling games. So thank you Liberty Christian in Argyle, Texas.

It’s not just Kelce. Tight Ends killed us all year.

Culture maker? Guess he wants to let it be known he’s ok going to a rebuilding team as long as they pay him.

Brees routinely got subbed out when he was healthy and was an extremely limited QB at the end. Josh is our offense. Not saying Barkley couldn’t be upgraded, but given the Bills current cap situation and the fact that we have no running game, whatever money we spend on upgrading Barkley could be put to a better use.

Back-up QB might be the least important off-season decision. If Josh gets hurt, we are screwed regardless of who the back-up QB is. If Barkley’s OK with $1m per year and he helps Josh get better, then bring him back.

Speed and physicality. Don’t care what position is drafted, this roster needs more speed and physicality.

Maybe not but Gaines got cut immediately. Bills are also in a bit of a pickle on the DL. Lots of cap room tied up there with a decreasing cap. Just not sure how it’s gonna go over in the locker-room if a guy who went through everything these guys went through this season is cut to make room for Star. All these guys who are close to 300 lbs are high risk for Covid.

Will be interesting to see what happens to a lot of these guys who opted out because of Covid. I’m sure they all had their reasons, but it does make you wonder how well these guys will be received in the locker-room. I‘m sure the bond in the locker-room was even stronger this year with all these guys went through to play. So much has changed since Star agreed to take a pay cut in exchange for guaranteed money.

Detroit went almost 5 years without a 100 yard rusher in a game. Let that sink in. If the Rams asked Goff to drop back and pass like Detroit asked Stafford to, Goff’s numbers would be a lot worse. The Rams have one of the best records in the League since McVay took over. Goff was complete garbage the year before McVay took over. There’s a reason a bunch of teams wanted Stafford and a reason the Rams had to throw in sweeteners to get somebody to take Goff.

This is a beautiful thing. I am now a Matthew Stafford fan.