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I haven't dug into FAs too much yet so I can't comment on the players but they might have to add 3 players. Personally, I like Bates at C, adding 2 starting Gs, and a OT like maybe Fant who can compete with Brown. I'm not out on Brown yet. Unfortunately, I think this might be a weak year for OL in the draft so it's either going to be take one early or not at all.

That 10 mil in cap space could get you a nice offensive lineman and a comparable player to ed oliver. Joe Thuney's first year cap hit was under 5 million.

@MAJBobby Great job again! Restructures: Yes to Allen and Von. No to Diggs, wait til next year Dawkins: Can't do anything that makes it financially harder to move on unfortunately. Maybe they can figure out a reduction that gives him small guarantees into the 25 season? I like the Milano extension idea and i wonder if those void years are there because they already had this possibility in mind. Same with a small Hyde extension(I think he will be fine physically). Ed Oliver - they either need to extend him or trade him IMO. They can't just let him play out his 1 yr / 10 mil deal. Personally, I'm in the trade camp for Oliver. Just think you can spend that money better.

Makes you wonder a bit why McVay asked him to leave the Rams a couple years ago. I'm not sure you ever "lose it" as an OL coach. Usually these guys are good for a while and from job to job.

Is it too much to ask that our defense has the ability to scheme up some gameplans in the playoffs that are the deciding factor. Everyone wants to bring up these games that the offense failed and thats fair but they are failing because the other team is scheming up stuff that is disrupting our offense. AFCC vs. the Chiefs - the difference was that our D got abused and Spags outsmarted Daboll/Allen. AFCDiv vs. the Chiefs - offense showed up this game. Defense was embarrassing. AFCDiv vs. Bengals - the OL was bad but Anarumo outsmarted our OC/Allen with the blitzes from depth because all our routes are slow developing. Is it too much to ask our defensive minded HC and our DC to scheme up a defensive plan that is the difference in the game? Are we forgetting that the Colts in 2020 moved the ball up and down the field? Or that we were a couple drops from that Miami game being a possible embarrassment as well?

we have the guy who helped design this run game on staff already.

This would be a nice REALISTIC development (No, Vic Fangio isn't coming here to be a DC).

Chase TD looks like Marlowe is at fault.

If he was responsible for claiming that Jaquan Johnson was a capable NFL backup safety then I could see the reasoning.

Frazier is calling the defense though, right?

Ball coming out so quick, Von Miller wasn't the factor today.

Because it's a play-to-play ranking and the grades are probably based on a positive/negative/neutral grading system. Bills had a few negative plays at critical times that really impacted the game.

Where they are picking should typically be where you can find elite interior OL which has been an ongoing issue. I'm more inclined to try to swing a trade for a WR who can contribute right away.

Do we know exactly what surgery Hyde had performed? ACDF? Or was it the disc replacement?

It's not about just letting those guys walk. It's about how to best spend the $$$ that they will get on players. I like Edmunds a lot but there is a world where we let him go and use that money to sign other FAs. Maybe it's just me but I think this iteration of the Bills defense is probably coming to a re-tooling phase. Both safeties are on the wrong side of 30 and have injury concerns. I'm not sure that you can pay 2 off-ball LBs over $10 mil. Other than Rousseau, who are the long term talents on DL? Oliver is a great player but he's not someone that I'm giving big money to. No matter what happens with this season, I think we are due for some changes on defense.

They can't force them to play. As far as I know, the Bills can list all of their players as injured/unavailable and simply forfeit three game. Again, if I'm the McDermott/Beane/Pegula, I care less than 0% about what that means for 31 other teams.

Playing the game to POSSIBLY get the 1 seed and the extra bye week makes zero sense. Scenario 1 (week 19 game): week 18 - game "week 19" - game (every other team gets a bye) WC - bye or game DIV - game Champ - game If you win both week 18 and 19(which is going to be both mentally taxing and just hard because CIN is good), to get to SB - Game, Game, BYE, Game, Game If you lose either week 18 or 19, to get to SB - Game, Game, Game, Game, Game So you either need to win 4 games with a bye in between weeks 2 and 3 OR win 5 in a row. IMO - from the Bills perspective - you forfeit the game this weekend against NE and take your bye week right now and then go win 3 games to get to the SB. There is not a fair way to do the seeding without playing the CIN game, but playing that game makes zero sense for the Bills on so many levels. If I'm the Bills, at this point I'm only concerned with my own team and what is best for them. Is it fair to whoever is fighting for that last playoff spot? NO, but I am not concerned with that in the least. They had all season to get in a better position. Everyone is saying to let the Bills have the most control in the process for themselves - well, that is how you do that. Unless the NFL has a way for the Bills to get the 1 seed by beating NE this weekend AND not having to re-play the CIN game, the NE forfeit scenario outlined above is the most fair way to do that.

Owners wanted it extended to 17 games. That wasn't a Goodell initiative.

Down to 7th in the betting odds. Dallas the current favorite. Cowboys, Packers, Giants, Rams, Bucs all ahead. Bills tied with KC in 7th. It's betting odds so take it for what it's worth but Dallas had been getting alot of press recently.

They've been linked to Hunt before. And he is one of the best RBs out of the shotgun. Would really help the RPO package. A Hunt/Singletary tandem with Cook as the 3rd guy would be a huge upgrade over what they have now. Cam Akers makes sense because they really liked him in his draft year and the connection with Kromer. But I think this would be more of a move looking to next season. I think TE is a sneaky position that might try to upgrade. They signed Howard and I know Morris beat him out but you have to think they wanted more out of TE2.

It would be slightly calculated with the cap expected to rise significantly after the 2023 season. 1. Bump your efficiency numbers in a good offense/good team. 2. Cap goes way up in 2023 offseason. 4. Profit one last time

You're right. 10 months. So he would get 4 games in December and then the playoffs. So he'd be a pure playoff addition.

This is basically it. They can marry alot of the run game and pass game together with the zone runs. Also really works well with the RPO game. Just more options off of it I think.

Cam Akers if he gets cut is something I'd be interested in as a depth play.

He returned to fully participating at training camp on Aug 25, which is 9 months. 9 months from 2/13 is 11/13, which would mean that he would be a full go for the end of the season and the playoffs.