DrDawkinstein

Who? Not Tyreek Hill. Not Davante Adams. Not Mike Evans.

Question for you: Which WRs are making $25M? Are there many of them? Or is the Hopkins contract, much like his trade deal, an anomaly?

Just a note that we didnt really re-do his contract. We just moved some money up to this year since we had cap space this year, and reduced it down the line. "the Bills are increasing Diggs' 2020 compensation by $3.3 million (now $14.8 million). Buffalo is also reducing Diggs' 2021 cash by $300,000, but increasing the guarantee by $7.7 million -- making it a total of $11 million. Additionally, the Bills reduced Diggs' 2022-23 cash from $25.55 million to $22.67 million"

Think we'll see a lot more 1 year deals with current teams due to the drop in cap?

What happened with Hopkins? He was further along in his 5 year deal, and his cap hits for this year and next year are $7M and $12M, right in line with Diggs deal.

Diggs just finished year 2 of a 5 year contract that he just signed. He already thought he was the best WR in the league when he signed it. We are at least another season away from him asking to re-do the deal. And could probably get ahead of it by simply making his remaining 3 years fully guaranteed (right now he has NO guaranteed money left). We have a couple years to figure it out.

But it does work since we will extend Josh in the same way. I've seen $180M Down from $198M, but not as low as the $175M floor.

Do your research before starting threads? https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/patrick-mahomes-21751/

John Brown money. Just slide Ross right into that spot and contract.

Its not that we let him walk as much as he's a hot commodity on the market. I hope the same thing plays out as what youre proposing. Dont get me wrong. edit: I also think Ramczyk is the better player and more long term solution, so if the price difference is a couple mil a year, I hope they try to go after Ramczyk first.

Yeah thats more like it.

Sign a RB who knows how to find and hit holes? Instead of going head down into the pile (like Moss and Yeldon and Singletary all do)

I dunno, man. No real reasoning other than wanting to mention Ramczyk's name in this discussion. Never know what happens. Maybe Williams signs somewhere else quickly while the higher priced Ramczyk stays on the market and has a deal fall through. Stuff happens.

Hilton is already 31, will be 32 next season. I dont see that speed holding up. Need to go younger to keep up (or even get ahead) of the top speed in the league. If I'm set on replacing Brown, I'm looking at Waddle or the like, in the draft.

Yep, Im assuming we lose Williams and Nyseke is gone, so there goes both our RTs and all our OT depth.

I'll throw Ryan Ramczyk's name out there for discussion.

That is for Beane and Overdorf to worry about. The Saints are $100M over cap for next year, same as every year, but they figure it out. Not for the fans to worry about.

After 25 years of "living for the draft", the stupid Bills have really ruined it for me with ALL THIS WINNING! How am I supposed to enjoy mock drafts when it's nearly impossible to tell who will still be available so late in the 1st round? Stupid, sexy, winning Bills. 😤

I'll give Epenesa a pass for now, but agree that Dobbins would have been the right pick there. Almost seems like Beane either panicked or was frustrated due to losing "his guy" (Dugger) to the Pats, and just made a hasty pick.

It sucked Sunday night, but I was surprised how quickly I got over it. We made my preseason expectations/demands of: 1. Win the Division 2. Win a playoff game Anything past that was gravy. It sucks to lose, but I also think it was the next lesson this team needed to learn. I'll reference this: 1983 - Draft Jim Kelly. 1986 - He actually starts playing for us. 1988 - Bills go to AFC Championship and lose against Bengals 1989 - Ronnie Harmon drop, lose to Cleveland in Div round of playoffs 1990 - Dominate for 4 straight years I certainly hope we dont have any "Ronnie Harmon"-type early exits next year. But I do think we are setup to be successful and in the dance for years to come.

I dont want to pay EITHER of those LBs $14M/yr. I'd pick up Edmunds 5th year option to give him some time to prove it, and us some time to replace him. I'm not paying Milano. I know he is "our best LB", but that isnt saying much. For someone who is supposed to be some great coverage LB, we get destroyed by TEs. Plus he is still a liability in open field tackling. I'm drafting Milano's replacement this year, and looking for Edmunds replacement in 2 the 2022 draft.

Yeah, tough when we are paying Quinton Jefferson almsot $7M a year and Phillips got $10M. Would've been worth it. A younger, more fiery DC might help a bit. But we aren't changing much in the scheme. That is McDermott's scheme. It will likely never change that much.

I'm high on Harris. Low on Etienne (think he is over-used already). Part of me would love to see Harris make it to #30 for us. But another part of me thinks "Just keep picking RBs in the 3rd until you hit on one". There are too many successful late round and even UDFA RBs to use a 1st rounder on RB. I just dont think the value is there.

Yep, I've mentioned him and Lawson regarding losing their attitudes on D. I thought Feliciano was "that dude" on the OL, but he got punked Sunday. Ford can be nasty too, so missing him probably hurt. But definitely need more guys who play on the edge. Bring me those Brandon Spikes/Richie Incognito types.

I think Physicality was the biggest factor. And most surprising. San Fran came out and tried to bully us, and we came back even harder and bullied them. Same with NE and a couple other teams. That's why it was so surprising to see us look so weak and timid and soft and flat against KC. We were missing an edge, big time.