DrDawkinstein

If he's available at our #1 pick, I don't see any way McBeane passes him up. And even tho I'm banging the table for a WR, considering this class, I'd be fine waiting to Round 2 on a WR if it meant getting Dejean. He'd be an immediate starter at Safety, and pretty much McD's cream dream of a defensive player.

lol wut? There were no fans in the seats that year. There certainly weren't planes full of fans going. You know, the whole COVID thing. The last time we took over Nashville was in 2019. 70% Bills fans. We won 14-7. edit: Bonus pic of the stadium emptying over the bridge into downtown Nashville. Complete Bills takeover.

This is NOT a ranking of "best". This is just "most liked by their players".

We need to fill both Coordinator positions this offseason. I'm interested in Bobby Babich as DC, but if Saleh gets fired I wonder if he would go for a season or two in Buffalo. No idea at OC. Seems if they are half decent enough to be an OC, some team already made them a Head Coach!

McDermott's dream: a situation where playing to a tie is a good thing. We finally hit his coaching sweet spot.

https://buffalonews.com/sports/professional/nfl/bills/officiating-crew-that-throws-the-most-flags-on-road-teams-draw-bills-dolphins-assignment/article_181821e8-ab02-11ee-8e8f-ab949cb445ec.html Officiating crew that throws the most flags on road teams draws Bills-Dolphins assignment If you are an anxious Buffalo Bills fan and into conspiracy theories or just need something to stress about until kickoff on Sunday, we offer you this: Alex Kemp and his crew have drawn the assignment for the Bills' game against the Miami Dolphins. Kemp's crew is tied for second in most penalties called this season at 14.75 per game. (Land Clark's crew at 15 per game throws the most flags). Of those penalties, Kemp's crew averages 7.13 flags against the visiting team, the most of any crew. But home teams are 7-8 this season in games his crew has handled. Kemp's crew also had the Bills-Cincinnati game in Week 9 (11 penalties for 98 yards) in a game that featured Josh Allen being called for a taunting penalty for pointing and laughing at a Bengals player as Allen went into the end zone. The crew also had the Bills' playoff loss to Cincinnati last season.

Sure. But I think the bigger, and more accurate, point is that the Bills have about $85M they could gain regardless of exactly how over they are, which should put them about $40M-$55M under. His first 3 phases are all no-brainers IMO

Right, theyre guessing too. They're merely $5M off from Tompsett's guess. No one knows the numbers for sure, but Tompsett DOES count a cap increase of some sort in his starting number which is why he starts at $29M under. He talks about exactly this at the 9:00 mark of the Cover1 video.

I believe Tompsett covers that in the videos, that the $29M number counts the expected increase in cap.

If we do move on from Morse, I think Bates is the heir apparent at Center. At least for a season or two. Could draft a new Center in 2025, have him sit behind Bates as IOL depth and then take over once Bates's contract is done.

But given the numbers, the kick-the-can restructure doesnt really change much on Diggs. He's here through 2025 either way, and then we still have an out if we really needed it.

Diggs RD 1 Rookie Shakir Shorter Isabella Free Agent If Beane spends a 2nd on a guy we think is going to be our 5th WR then that is a fireable offense. We have GAPING holes at starting positions on Defense. Between the following pass catchers: Diggs Rookie Shakir Kincaid Knox Cook We're already talking about our 7th best option. No need to get that deep when we have only 1 DT under contract next year, and only 1 starting DE under contract.

In general agree, but we have too many holes to fill and not enough high picks to fill them to spend another pick that high on double dipping. Bills currently have 10 picks. 1st 2nd 4th 5th 5th 6th 6th 6th 6th 7th I believe we're expecting to get a 3rd for Edmunds as well. Giving us 11. I could see Beane using a couple of those 6th to package with a 5th or 4th and moving up in those rounds. So maybe a 2nd WR there if the right guy falls. But it will take some luck and finagling. Go Bills

Yeah, If that's our only option, than we wont even bother. No way he takes it and it isnt worth the hard feelings of asking your "super stars" to take pay cuts. Bad juju. Roll with it, let Von play assistant DL coach like he has been, and adjust after next season.

Nothing about Von at all in the plan to get to $72M under. Which is good to hear we can get there even with that contract on the books. Not sure what we do there. Seems like it costs more to cut him than keep him. But I'm still trying to hash out the post-June 1 numbers. Either way, I think Miller is on the roster next year but not beyond that.

With the state of our line (and how GOOD it is), I'd be SHOCKED if they addressed it at all in the draft. We have all our starters locked in, and even Morse's replacement on the roster already. Re-signing Dawkins to an extension can save us enough.

I was banging the table for Dax Hill in 2022 since he played both CB and Safety. Could have already been converted into Poyer or Hyde's spot by now and still be on a rookie contract. Cooper Dejean has McBeane written all over him, if he lasts until our 1st pick. But I doubt he does. Would still need to bring in a FA. With this WR class I could see going DB in the 1st and still getting a playmaking WR in the 2nd. If a Legette or Polk falls. (A reminder to some folks that AJ Brown, DK Metcalf, Davante Adams were all 2nd round WR picks).

They could wait a year if they need to. I dont think he's going anywhere.

There have been too many times this season where sometime in the game I've mentioned "the other team needs a TD to cover so watch the refs hand them one before we get much farther". And then sure enough, the flags start flying and the other team is handed a touchdown drive. The Tampa game for sure. The line was Bills -8. Late in the 4th quarter the Bills were up 24-10. Called that the refs were about to give them a TD. As Tampa's drive stalled they're handed a penalty on a failed 4th down attempt of a ticky-tack Def Holding call, 1st down Tampa. Stalled again on 4th down, refs fail to blow the whistle for forward progress, instead call a penalty, 1st down Tampa. They get their TD and 2pt conversion to cover, and then the game went right back to the "regularly scheduled program" of the Bills holding on to win. It was all so obvious.

Thanks, meant to mention that when I was talking about Douglas going into contact. He doesnt need to be able to play in the box like Poyer, but he does need to be able to take good angles and make the TD-saving open field tackle. And as you point out, I dont think he can do that consistently.

Given Diggs' age and remaining contract, there is no reason he shouldnt play it out and finish his career here in Buffalo as the next Bill to get into the Hall of Fame. Especially if we take a WR in the 1st next year. We'll be getting two WR1s for the price of one, and as Diggs' contract ends in 4 years, have the 5th year option on the new guy to give us even more cap space in 2028.

He isnt the rangy ball-hawk who can lay a hit to dislodge a catch. Between the knee and achilles injuries, I'm not sure he can change direction back there as would be needed. I'm also not sure he is as instinctual or able to recognize what's in front of him as well as some others either (not saying he is BAD at it, just not as good as you'd want in a safety). If we are talking about converting anyone to Safety (specifically Hyde's spot), I'd put the order as: 1. Douglas 2. Benford That's really it. I was wondering about Douglas's willingness to go into contact when he got to the Bills, but he's proven he's willing to go in and hit. And I dont think his ballhawking or awareness can be questioned at this point either.

He's not a good fit at Safety at all. Cut him outright and save the money, OR offer him something like 3 years/$18M with like $15M guaranteed. He gets some more guaranteed money and we significantly lower his cap hit. Other than that, he is welcome to test the market.

I had a thread about that. Full breakdown of how we can get $30M, $40M, even $50M under cap for next year... Thompsett's full plan has us getting to $72M under cap, but I don't think we need to do all that.

Dolphins could be looking at a scenario where if they end up #2, they have the Bills coming right back to Miami and have to beat them 2 weeks in a row versus they lose and end up playing the Jags or Chiefs who look like far easier match ups at this point. Not saying they'll WANT to lose. But I could see them resting guys, losing, and then making a deeper playoff run.