JerseyBills Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 Crazy thing is , you can easily throw Taron Johnson on that list too! Kid is a stud and was playing with a bum shoulder since week 4 I believe. Still , he was great in coverage and great against the run. Absolute steal in the 4th round . Anytime you have a draft where you got 3 steals that are legit starters going forward, plus your franchise QB and Franchise QB of the defense , that is a culture changing draft and sets your franchise up for long term success 5
ROCBillsBeliever Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 37 minutes ago, JerseyBills said: Crazy thing is , you can easily throw Taron Johnson on that list too! Kid is a stud and was playing with a bum shoulder since week 4 I believe. Still , he was great in coverage and great against the run. Absolute steal in the 4th round . Anytime you have a draft where you got 3 steals that are legit starters going forward, plus your franchise QB and Franchise QB of the defense , that is a culture changing draft and sets your franchise up for long term success I really hope that, years from now, people look back on last year's draft as a defining (and positive) turning point in the Buffalo Bill's history. 2
buffalover4life Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, BillsVet said: Who'd they cut to get to $100M? The foundation on offense is extremely suspect: aged at RB, 3-4 new starters needed on OL, WR is an unknown or thin at best, and almost nothing long term at TE. Excuse me, I rounded up, they have $83 million with no cuts and get another $8M(cutting clay 4m, bodine 2M, Vlad ducasse 2M).. I didn't say the whole house is built, I said we have foundation to build on. The 7 players that I mentioned (QB, LT, CB, CB , FS, SS, MLB)I can easily see being here for 3-7 years on very reasonable deals, 1/3rd of starters set for that period of time is a foundation IMO, Obviously we have holes to fill on the offensive side of the ball.. I think they use the 83(91) million to shore up the O-line, maybe one of those elite pass rushers available to finish the house. Then draft TE or WR high to give josh the opportunity to open the Super bowl window. FA wish list Rodger Saffold- G Daryl williams- RT any elite pass rusher to pair with jerry Draft wish list T.J hockenson- TE D.K Metcalf- WR Hollywood brown-WR Edited January 23, 2019 by buffalover4life 1
Misterbluesky Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 Foster would be a #4 flanker on most teams.
Bobby Hooks Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Just Joshin' said: You are being very mean to him. Watch it or you may trigger his sensitive soul. I tell him to be less cowardly, honest, and direct and somehow that makes my soul sensitive? Hmm... okay. What’s next, am I a “snowflake”?
Brianmoorman4jesus Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, matter2003 said: Key point? If you want to get UDFA's, get them from Alabama. Yeah go get guys that have already been coached the correct way 1
Stank_Nasty Posted January 23, 2019 Author Posted January 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Misterbluesky said: Foster would be a #4 flanker on most teams. I respectfully disagree with this. once he got called back into action he was on about a 1,200 yd pace to close out the last 7 games. I think he very well could end up as a very nice #2 option going into 2019 season. 2 1
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 ...accolades deserved IMO.....think about the 2018 draft picks and UDFA signings......I think most if not all will be on the 2019 roster.....not too bad for McBeane and his "Gang of 17" staff......a 2019 repeat with some key FA signings and a loaded cookie jar could set this club up as a long term competitor..........stay tuned....
BillsVet Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 4 hours ago, buffalover4life said: Excuse me, I rounded up, they have $83 million with no cuts and get another $8M(cutting clay 4m, bodine 2M, Vlad ducasse 2M).. I didn't say the whole house is built, I said we have foundation to build on. The 7 players that I mentioned (QB, LT, CB, CB , FS, SS, MLB)I can easily see being here for 3-7 years on very reasonable deals, 1/3rd of starters set for that period of time is a foundation IMO, Obviously we have holes to fill on the offensive side of the ball.. I think they use the 83(91) million to shore up the O-line, maybe one of those elite pass rushers available to finish the house. Then draft TE or WR high to give josh the opportunity to open the Super bowl window. FA wish list Rodger Saffold- G Daryl williams- RT any elite pass rusher to pair with jerry Draft wish list T.J hockenson- TE D.K Metcalf- WR Hollywood brown-WR 17M rounding error? Don't you think that's substantial here? I do. Every year TBD goes through the same process. Talking about how close the team was and a player here or there will get them across the finish line. For a time this season they were one of the worst offenses since passing rules were changed in 1978. I'm hopeful and optimistic about Allen, but he's got almost nothing around him in terms of a proven NFL type at the peak of their career. Dawkins took a step back and beyond that, what is there? Everyone loves to point to Foster, but he played well for about a third of a season. They'll sign some free agents, but going from 6 to 10 wins is a big leap. Not impossible, but significant. And there's no way on God's green earth that they use the whole cap space this off-season. Not happening. They need to plan for the 2020 off-season and re-sign their guys from the 2017 draft class. 1
RobbRiddick Posted January 23, 2019 Posted January 23, 2019 5 hours ago, Warcodered said: It was so nice of them to preface Allen's section with "Hey we had to put all the Rookie QBs on here." Yeah, I'm kind of confused by how down on him the media seems to be. They're down on Allen in the same way they were in love with Tyrod. I guess it just confirms the belief that they don't watch the games and just stick to highlights and box scores.
buffalover4life Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 23 minutes ago, BillsVet said: Every year TBD goes through the same process. Talking about how close the team was and a player here or there will get them across the finish line. For a time this season they were one of the worst offenses since passing rules were changed in 1978. I'm hopeful and optimistic about Allen, but he's got almost nothing around him in terms of a proven NFL type at the peak of their career. Dawkins took a step back and beyond that, what is there? Everyone loves to point to Foster, but he played well for about a third of a season. They'll sign some free agents, but going from 6 to 10 wins is a big leap. Not impossible, but significant. And there's no way on God's green earth that they use the whole cap space this off-season. Not happening. They need to plan for the 2020 off-season and re-sign their guys from the 2017 draft class. 83-91 million is plenty of room to splurge on a couple big free agents These players cost no where near the 83 million in cap space. Rodger saffold will cost 14-16 million, Daryl williams around 14-15 million and the elite pass rusher 22-24 million. leaving. Thats about $53 million of the $83 million in cap. Leaving $30 million for rookies and other veteran signings. you look at the blueprint other teams have laid out, most recently the rams, formerly the eagles and Seattle. They are drafting their rookie QB and then spending on everything and every way around that rookie because that 4-5 years that you have them on their rookie deals you have a financial competitive advantage over everyone who has paid their guy.
Saint Doug Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 This is just another way ESPN can say our draft sucked.
billsfan89 Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 24 minutes ago, buffalover4life said: 83-91 million is plenty of room to splurge on a couple big free agents These players cost no where near the 83 million in cap space. Rodger saffold will cost 14-16 million, Daryl williams around 14-15 million and the elite pass rusher 22-24 million. leaving. Thats about $53 million of the $83 million in cap. Leaving $30 million for rookies and other veteran signings. you look at the blueprint other teams have laid out, most recently the rams, formerly the eagles and Seattle. They are drafting their rookie QB and then spending on everything and every way around that rookie because that 4-5 years that you have them on their rookie deals you have a financial competitive advantage over everyone who has paid their guy. The Rams were a historically bad offense Goff's rookie year and the years proceeding. In the 2017 off-season they spent big adding Witworth and Sullivan on the offensive line and added Woods and Sammy to their receiving core. In the draft despite not having a 1st round pick they added Gerald Everett and Cooper Kupp to the receiving core. The Rams went from one of the leagues worst to leagues best offenses with little more than Goff, Gurley, and Saffold in place. The essentially remade their WR core and heavily upgraded their O-line in a single swoop. That being said big flashy moves are not always the stuff of legends. The Rams contracts to Woods and Sullivan were rather modest, Witworth was their only truly huge signing. Although they did dip into future draft selections to trade for Sammy.
Augie Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 Two of our three are UDFA’s? One guy’s opinion, I guess. I’m glad we could get these guys the way we did, but there might be some guys I’d have ahead of them.
machine gun kelly Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 I’m glad they received some accolades. Beane found a couple of gems.
foreboding Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 18 hours ago, Misterbluesky said: Foster would be a #4 flanker on most teams. Why? Because he was an udfa? His numbers near the end of the season suggests he is a legit wr.
JerseyBills Posted January 24, 2019 Posted January 24, 2019 (edited) 21 hours ago, Stank_Nasty said: I respectfully disagree with this. once he got called back into action he was on about a 1,200 yd pace to close out the last 7 games. I think he very well could end up as a very nice #2 option going into 2019 season. Ya absolutely , he was the best deep threat in many categories , and I love that he did it the last 6 games as opposed to the early season, so there's no excuses that teams were still getting comfortable on defense. I think the opposite is true about him being a 4th WR on most teams, I think he'd be in the running for top 2 WR on the majority of teams , he has serious superstar potential , just tremendous upside considering his college career. From week 10-17 he's up there with D Jax ,who has Mike Evans and Tyreek Hill who has the best TE in the game , these guys had superstar WR that defenses have to prepare for. Foster had Zay Jones , which makes his performance even more special. At the very least he looks like he's going to be a legit deep threat that teams have to respect, with hopes he turns into a complete WR Edited January 24, 2019 by JerseyBills 1
Misterbluesky Posted January 25, 2019 Posted January 25, 2019 On 1/24/2019 at 8:38 AM, foreboding said: Why? Because he was an udfa? His numbers near the end of the season suggests he is a legit wr. Too many drops for my liking and he's a sloppy route runner.He had some numbers because he was given mega playing time as the year went on ...that was due to us having a skeleton crew of flankers. That won't be the case next summer at SJF.
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