DrDawkinstein

It's my personal opinion (cant speak for the actual players) that Beane has enough of a well-established track record of paying guys (Tre White, Milano, Dawkins, Taron Johnson, Siran Neal, Josh Allen, Stefon Diggs, Poyer and Hyde already extended once) that he has the wiggle room to let a guy like Edmunds, and even Poyer, walk and players will chalk it up to the "business", and still believe in Beane's vision for building the team. You have so many guys that already got paid by the Bills, I dont think letting one guy go will undo that. And heck, it could be argued that "All of you who are here who got paid are the reasons why we had to let Edmunds walk".

It is true that the Bills, as a whole, are a pretty tight-knit crew. Very family-like. It is also true that it is inevitable we will end up losing some key players to Free Agency as the years pass. If the team and locker room cannot survive the business side of the game forcing out some beloved players, then we arent mentally strong enough to ever win a Super Bowl. Outside of Josh, no one is safe at an individual level.

Ah, that much I def agree with you on. But when he does manage to go the right way, he still has more than one responsibility to take care of. I try to find as much credit to give him as possible, because it's so easy to bash him and I want to be clear that I DO want to give him a shot and do wish he would be good. But so far, I'm not seeing it.

I'm about as big of an Edmunds "basher" as they come, but the Cover1 guys did a great video that show how much he really is asked to cover. Most of the time, Edmunds has TWO gaps to cover, so he has to wait to see which side of the OLineman the back decides to cut to before he reacts. Otherwise, any halfway decent back will read Edmunds' choice and simply go the other way. If that is the way the scheme works, then anyone we put in MLB will likely still have the same hesitancy. My bigger issue is that when he does finally make the read, and goes to make a tackle, he either gets blocked out or the RB runs right through his arms.

You dont even have to bring Edmunds into this discussion. If a talent like Devin Lloyd somehow manages to fall to our pick at #25, you run that card up and draft him. He would be BY FAR BPA. Worry about what you do with any existing MLB after the fact.

Fan Duel CEO is a huge Bills fan. I wouldnt be surprised if this was partially to remind people that the Bills are the only NY team.

WHAT

And right now we have 5 out of the 6 we listed (not WR2) under contract long term. Most on team friendly deals. Magic Beane.

Agreed. It wont be long until teams will have $100M wrapped up in 3 guys. QB ($50M), WR1 ($30M), WR2 ($20M).

Oliver and Knox. Dont care about anyone else on the list (no disrespect to Poyer, but I think he'll be aging out). Will be interesting to see what we do with Davis too.

Great post. It inspired me to go back and watch the entire presser, and man, you aint wrong. Such a cool, calm, collected, mature dude. Makes me think the entire incorrect "diva" marrative that came from Minnesota was really nothing more than Minnesota not having anyone else who matched his competitive juices, and his demanding excellence from others looked like a diva. Totally worth the 15 minutes to watch.

I wouldnt sweat that much. There are so many tricks and moves and loop holes available to competent GMs. With restructuring and moving money around, Beane will always get us what we need. How he does it is up to him and Overdorff to worry about, and they seem to be some of the best in the league at it. For us fans, "the cap is a myth". And even better, expected to go up by large amounts with the pending new TV/streaming deals and Amazon and Apple throwing their large wallets into the ring.

"Running my mouth" because we're talking about the cap? No one is saying we want them gone or they are bad. Just that they are next on the chopping block due to the way the business works. Looking at the next few years, it's unlikely we pay a pair of 33+ year old Safeties $10M each as they age out of the league. Relax, bud. Like it or not, that's the business. Nothing against them.

Diggs' number was $18M. New deal should free up another $8M for us. From what I've heard on the radio by cap experts, Spotrac numbers, while technically accurate for right now, do not give the whole picture. Things change once they go to "Top-51". It is expected that Beane already has the money for rookie contracts earmarked, and if we were to go to Top-51 today, there would be a few million available for the rookie deals (we definitely dont need $8M for rookies). PLUS, the $8M or so we created with the new Diggs deal.

Spotrac wiped Diggs' number and dont have a new one, so the total listed for the Bills is currently $18M short. Expect $10-11M to be added back on when the new numbers come in.

Maybe a 1-year extension for both, but I dont think either of them would want that. Luckily we have a couple years until both would be gone. I'm also hoping/planning on some of the young DL talent to develop and kind of take their place in a way, just opposite side of the defense. Once Oliver and Rousseau come fully into their own, and we get some decent production from Settle, Basham, and maybe even Epenesa, it will be the DL that will help the young, rookie Safeties look better.

Diggs, done. Knox, Davis, and Oliver next. Bye, Edmunds and Poyer, and likely Hyde the year after.

It is when the cap jumps once Amazon and Apple get in on the streaming/TV deals.

Oof, would only be worse if he signed with Eugene Parker

True, I forgot about the haul they got for Wilson.

Well, he worked out in a gym with Jumbo Elliot, but never in a true Giants capacity since he wasnt under contract and it was only a day or two between being cut and getting signed to our practice squad, as is the usual timeline.

Yeah, probably. I just think theyre putting the cart before the horse signing Metcalf to a 2nd contract when they have no QB, and it could be a few seasons until they find one. It's like signing TO when you have Trent Edwards at QB. Same thing Miami is doing.

I dont know who you are thinking of, but that isnt Jason Peters. He signed with us from the beginning. Was a TE/Special Teams star (remember the blocked FGs?). Was developed by Mouse McNalley into OL, and eventually LT. He was always a Bill.

We barely punted at all in 2020, and won a playoff game in 2021 with no punts whatsoever. I love you, I know this is all fun and games, but a line needs to be drawn somewhere and YOU ARE CROSSING IT, SON!

Bed news is the new location has a Pet Cemetery on it.