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I'd say it's primarily his injuries. It's like McDermott says, "the best ability is availability". Especially if Babich and McD planned to change the scheme to utilize Bosa and Heucht as movable chess pieces. We could have had Rousseau and Sweat for under 40 mil per - 2 players in their prime for 3 or 4 years feels like a better swing than this. But I will gladly accept being wrong on this take.

I hope I'm proven wrong - and I'm usually pretty optimistic with Beane's signings - but I'm not convinced he's a fit for this team.

Up to 15.6 million? 12 million guaranteed? Yikes!

I don't think so. Unless we trade Cook during the draft, and we are not carrying 4 RBs on the roster. Maybe a UDFA to get some looks in preseason.

That's perfect for us. Field stretcher, with great analytics. This fits the Bills offense.

Twitter is kind of a hellhole anyway. So maybe not?

You can always roll savings into next year. That's not an issue - if anything, it gives us more options if potential trades open up.

I think people need to use percentage of cap as they look at these numbers. It's completely reasonable that deals signed for comparable ascending players just 3 years ago are now around 33% higher (cap went from 208M to 279M).

Thank you! He would have been a horrible signing for us.

Kirk traded to Texans apparently.

For his supposed speed, he does not get wide open at all. I watched every catch he made this year - he's good, and got better as the year went on, but not what you want in a separator.

Look at percentage of cap when deals are signed. Don't get caught up in the actual numbers because everyone looks overpaid compared to those who signed earlier.

There are a lot of podcasts that discuss how you can open up about 70 million in cap space (Cover 1, Joe Marino, etc. ) - not that we will but it's available with restructures and extensions. I don't think we will do all of it but we could do pretty much anything we need to this free agency if the right players came available. That said, I want to keep Rousseau and Benford. Those are prime positions, these are ascending players about to enter their prime. You don't become a better team casting those players aside.

Maybe to restart his Sabres' goalie academy.

I thought Joe Marino made a good point about Coleman ... that after 9 games, he was roughly on par with the top rookie receivers, 400 something yards, 3 touchdowns. After the injury, he wasn't the same player. I think the fans should give him -and Beane - a little grace considering that Allen wanted Coleman specifically, and he was doing really well. If he doesn't move forward this coming year, then have at it. Same thing with Kincaid. He had a top 10 all time rookie year for tight ends. Let's give him a chance to move past his injuries. I'd like sure-fire winners with my top picks also but that's not necessarily a given at the back end of the round.

Marcus West only got promoted last year after former DL coach Washington left for the Bears so maybe this past year gets a pass. Besides special teams, this is the one area of the coaching staff that feels like a weakness. Even the better free agents we sign underperform while here. And then they look good when they leave (Poona Ford). Something about our scheme is amiss. Maybe it's because we don't let our best lineman play upwards of 70 percent of snaps? Maybe it's a position we just draft poorly? If so, it makes sense to trade a high pick or 2 for a difference maker. Or start looking for better coaching. Imagine we get someone to help out D line the way Kromer helped the OL.

Where does Deone Walker rank among the 1Ts? Supposed to be very large and quick for his size, apparently showing it at the Senior Bowl. (Edit: Sorry, I see your comment that you weren't too impressed - could you elaborate?) Also, I think it's fortunate that DL is a strength in this draft and OL a relative weakness. We should be set on that side of the trench.

In comparison, I was looking online for Superbowl tickets and they were in the $7000 - $10000 range so these seem relatively cheap!

Trying to decide if I should walk down to the sports bar here in Vancouver Washington to watch on their 40 foot screen. Or stay home and watch and pace the floor while my wife tries to keep me calm ... what to do, what to do.

I believe it's because he's a waiver claim and not a free agent - once the playoffs start, rules change.

Perfect.

I just want a 100 pages.

Everybody hangs around against the Chiefs.

You know, I used to feel this way back in the Kelly Thurman days also. Be a high risk, high reward defense because your offense is probably better than the opposition. If you get a couple timely sacks or turnovers, that's almost the ballgame. But Walt Corey's defense was kinda like this one. Bend but don't break. And that was with Bruce and Bennett! That's where you need a creative coordinator to change things up. It feels like the Bills' personnel (smaller and somewhat slower across the back 7) limits options.

I agree somewhat but it's also why I'd like to see Elam getting more reps. It's important to have man corners when we pay teams like the Rams. Joe Marino mentioned coming into this game that Stafford was 30th or 31st coming into this game against man to man. Our primarily (very good) zone corners got beat by even better zone busting receivers and a head coach completely in his bag. This was one of the few games where Babich and McD had no answers.