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You mean like punching him in the head repeatedly?

Only as CB3, but might be a little expensive for that. If he takes a deal, I'm all for him coming off the bench.

I'm sure most teams recognize that both are on the wrong side of 30 with declining skills, and are probably looking at those two as "break glass in case of emergency" players to sign mid-season if injuries become a problem for them. Any team trying to sign them now is probably offering well below what they're looking for, so they might as well wait until some team becomes desperate due to injuries.

Sure thing, whatever you say.

Ex-Browns WR Amari Cooper Gets Bad News on NFL Future Would seem to make sense that it's a Bills coach making that statement...

Gotta appreciate the honesty here.

Yep, kinda the whole point of the thread...

If that's the case, why are we so stinkin' bad at stopping the run??

Right…and most people, I would argue, were really interested to see how Poona and Settle would perform in this defense, given their promising careers before coming here.

Seems like it’s been a long time since the Bills had a difference-maker at DT. Not for a lack of trying, though—the Bills have drafted guys (not many) and brought a bunch in as free agents over the years, but almost entirely without substantial success. Oliver had a really good year in 2023, but that’s about it. DaQuon was looking pretty good that year too until the injury. Other than those two performances, the best we’ve had is really just average, with most performances ranking below average. We’ve brought guys in with varied backgrounds and skill sets, only to watch most of them disappoint or perform below expectations. Going back to 2020 that list includes guys like: Brandin Bryant Star Lotulelei Vernon Butler Poona Ford Tim Settle Austin Johnson Jordan Phillips Dewayne Carter Linval Joseph Granted, almost none of these guys were known to be, or were expected to develop into, difference-makers. I mean, for the most part we’ve gotten what we paid for—average, at best, though you could argue it’s even less than that. Then you look at what Poona and Settle did after leaving the Bills and having impact years, it starts to make you wonder… Is it the Bills defensive system more than the players? Is this a system that just doesn’t bring out the best in this position? If we drafted or brought in a true blue chipper at DT, would he just also underperform or disappoint? Or is it really just that we have underinvested in the position and it’s purely the lack of high-end talent that is the limitation?

In the world where you're trying to make an argument about a "trifecta"...😛

If only you had just left the Lions off of your list...

Yeah but 3034 would mean over 1000 void years on a single contract...

3034 is a pretty long time away...would they even allow that many void years?