BuffaloRebound

Houston would make most sense. Lots of cap room, he’s a hometown boy, and tough to attract free agents during a rebuild. Might even be able to get a 3rd rounder for him

Yeah. For awhile his mouth has been writing checks his body can’t cash. Seems like he’s more cut out for professional wrestling or a podcast these days.

He was definitely better this year. Didn’t see QB’s manipulating him as much. There’s no denying his size and speed, and at worst there will be no drop-off in his 25-28 year old seasons. The problem is the Bills have backed themselves into a corner in regards to the defense and cap/financial resources. Everybody has gotten extended or in Oliver’s case the can has been expensively kicked down the road another year. Edmunds might be the wrong guy to put your foot down on, but they can’t keep handing out extensions to non-elite guys on that side of the ball. I’d much rather have Edmunds at $15m per year than Oliver at $10m+ next year.

Milano gets home more often than not when he blitzes. Edmunds rarely does. When he’s unblocked, Edmunds is a heat seeking 6’5” 250lb missile. When blocked, he doesn’t have the bend/flexibility to shed or get around blockers. He also plays too upright and loses at the game of leverage. If he had any ball-skills, he’d be a heck of a safety or big nickel. He’s really a tough case. For a team that’s undersized and not particularly fast in its back 7, you don’t wanna lose a 6’5” 250 lb 4.4 guy. But can you really afford to pay him $15m+ per year when it’s Milano and the safeties who are making all the plays?

This. His center of gravity is too high. He’s easily routed away from the QB.

I’ve been a critic of Edmunds but I can live with re-signing him. He’s 6’5”, 250 with elite speed, durable and only 24 years old. He had his best season and still might have some upside. The D -Line is the bigger problem.

If it’s really 3 years $45m, with all the non-guaranteed nonsense added to the last 3 years, I can live with that.

It seems like it’s more than that. The drumbeat for Frazier as a head coach from One Bills Drive was louder than it was for Daboll, and it just seems like McBeane has a ‘no expenses spared’ approach for Frazier’s defense to the detriment of the offense.

I’ve always hated 4 team divisions. Creates perverse scenarios where a 7-9 division winner hosted a playoff game against a 12-4 wild card team. The NFL schedule is un- balanced enough especially with uneven amounts of home and road games now. Do away with divisions, play everyone in your conference plus 2 NFC teams every year. Top 8 in each conference make playoffs. Nobody gets a bye.

The more time that passes, the angrier I get. We’ve essentially wasted at least the last 2 years giving Frazier and his defense everything they want (2 pro bowl safeties, pro bowl CB, 1st round pick CB, $9m per year slot CB, 2 Pro Bowl LB’s, a defensive line 8 deep with non bargain free agents and 1st/2nd round picks). And it’s still a soft D that gets manhandled when it counts. Yet we constantly had to hear the last 3 years how it’s a crime that Frazier isn’t a head coach. Funny how that narrative has fallen silent at One Bills Drive since the Cincy debacle. Shower Josh and the offense with the resources you’ve given the defense and we’d be unstoppable. It’s an offense-driven League.

Frazier and the defense have been given every possible resource (money and draft picks) to succeed, and our defense still gets its ass handed to it the last 3 playoff losses. Daboll used to gripe about lack of resources on the offensive side of the ball and maybe that’s what the rumors about differences between Daboll and mcDermott were about.

https://www.nfl.com/news/one-offseason-move-for-each-afc-team-ravens-must-pay-lamar-jackson-jimmy-garoppo This guy says let Edmunds walk.

Because we give a lot of good, not great players rich contracts. Look at the Chiefs. They pay Mahomes, Kelsay, a few elite OLinemen, Jones, and Clark. Everybody else is on rookie contracts or bargain free agents. They tie up their money in elite players. When you dig into our current situation, the spending on defense is out of control. And on top of that, we still use most of our premier draft picks on the defensive side of the ball. With the exception of Dane Jackson and Lawson this year, you either make close to $10m+ per year or your a 1st or 2nd round pick on your rookie deal if you saw the field regularly on this defense.

Yep. Another Mcdemott/Frazier defensive special. KC scored 3 TD’s on 3 straight possessions with no resistance and game was over. And we’ve spent more and more resources on defense since then at the expense of the offense with the same playoff results.

I’m not a fan of paying Oliver more than $7-8m per year or Edmunds more than $11-12m per year. With Josh we’re trying to win Super Bowls not be happy to make playoffs every year. OL, WR#2, and even RB is where the money needs to be spent this off-season.

There’s definitely options between paying Edmunds $15m+ per year and starting Bernard. I’d rather spend that $15m+ on offense or D-Line. I’d also try to get Oliver’s $10m+ off the books. If i’m spending that money on defense, I’d much rather a $5-7m per year Edmunds replacement plus Payne or Hargrave for the same price of Edmunds and Oliver.

2020. Not even close. He torched defenses. It was a thing of beauty. Some of those passes in the San Fran and Denver games were absurd. It was like watching Bonds hit 70 home runs. Wasn’t even fair to those defenses. Defenses adjusted, our OL stinks and we haven’t given him any more weapons. Go get a high end #2WR and get a stud on the OL.

Wow. That young woman is a bad-ass. Franchise is in good hands after she’s done with her tennis career.

Defense: sign Poyer, let Edmunds walk, trade Oliver. Sign Daron Payne or Javon Hargrove and sign a vet LB in $5m per year range as Edmunds replacement Offense: trade Oliver and pick 27 to Houston for pick 12. draft Skoronski from northwestern. He can play Tackle or Guard. Sign Michael Thomas as Diggs’ 1B. Let Singletary walk, restructure Hines, and sign a bigger RB in Free Agency for under $5m. Draft best OL/WR available in 2nd round.

Yeah. Davis needs a better QB. That Josh Allen is a bum!

McDermott’s a quality person and an excellent leader. I’m not sure it’s killer instinct he lacks as much as he doesn’t seem to be innovative or the risk taking type. Basically Dick Jauron with a top 5 QB.

That’s the catch of having Super Bowl expectations leading into a draft. Rebuilding teams with tons of holes can sit back and let the draft fall to them. Teams like the Bills and Chiefs have to aggressively target specific players at specific positions. It’ll never happen since the draft has become its own ecosystem, but it really makes sense to do the draft before free agency. By then, everybody knows who the teams without a lot of holes are targeting.

Then trade up to the 10-12 range for the best Offensive Tackle still available and sign a premier WR free agent. Josh desperately needs an influx of premier talent at WR and OL. Ed Oliver + pick 27 for Houston’s pick 12.

Seems like the QB’s and Edge guys will go early. Haven’t watched enough college football to know who the good WR’s are, but I’d love for Beane to move up a to get a difference maker at WR. Garrett Wilson went 10th last year. Chris Olave went 11th. Somebody of that ilk in that range.

Kind of depressing when you look at the 3 DT’s who got drafted right after him.