whatdrought Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 I'd take him. The reality is that about 60% of the OL free agents on the street next week would be upgrades on our line. I am fine spending big on one or two and then getting a couple of deals like this guy. I think we can realistically build a starting 5 (including Teller and Dawkins) in FA and then spend the draft looking for skill players and rounding off our defense. 2 1
TOboy Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 The more available the better. Increases our chances of landing someone, and maybe even drives down the price a little. I'd be fine with Lang for a couple of years.
PetermansRedemption Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 Lang, Williams, and Paradis/Morse is my dream free agent shopping list so far. If I am entering further into dream world, give me Jesse James, Devin Funchess, and TY Yeldon. Yeldon as a backup RB to spell Ivory and split with a, hopefully, rookie drafted RB. Funchess as a 2-4 receiver. Jesse James as a 2 TE. Go into the draft with your needs on offense as WR, TE, backup OL, RB in that order. 1
whatdrought Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 Daryl Williams, TJ Lang, Matt Paradis (Mitch Morse), Wyatt Teller, Dion Dawkins 1
NewEra Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, Bills2ref said: Lang, Williams, and Paradis/Morse is my dream free agent shopping list so far. If I am entering further into dream world, give me Jesse James, Devin Funchess, and TY Yeldon. Yeldon as a backup RB to spell Ivory and split with a, hopefully, rookie drafted RB. Funchess as a 2-4 receiver. Jesse James as a 2 TE. Go into the draft with your needs on offense as WR, TE, backup OL, RB in that order. Funchess? Ehhhhh. He’s be in my nightmare world. Happy with the rest of your world though! 2
McBean Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 If they can fog up a mirror, sign em up. Would be better than what we have now.
MAJBobby Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) Sounds like he is thinking Retirement. https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2019/03/08/report-t-j-lang-retirement-detroit-lions/ If he wants to play and his head is fine from the concussion in Dallas, a 1-2 year incentive laden deal to protect against the health Edited March 8, 2019 by MAJBobby
2020 Our Year For Sure Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, MAJBobby said: Sounds like he is thinking Retirement. https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2019/03/08/report-t-j-lang-retirement-detroit-lions/ Damn, three concussions since '17
Andrew Son Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 4 minutes ago, MAJBobby said: Sounds like he is thinking Retirement. https://lionswire.usatoday.com/2019/03/08/report-t-j-lang-retirement-detroit-lions/ If he wants to play and his head is fine from the concussion in Dallas, a 1-2 year incentive laden deal to protect against the health Must have heard the Bills were interested. 5
Bleeding Bills Blue Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 11 minutes ago, SWATeam said: Must have heard the Bills were interested. ?
PetermansRedemption Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 28 minutes ago, NewEra said: Funchess? Ehhhhh. He’s be in my nightmare world. Happy with the rest of your world though! Oh he is far from my ideal receiver. But the free agent crop of WR’s this year is trash, and Williams, the best of the worst, is likely signing with the colts. I really don’t want to overpay for a completely average WR, but we definitely need a veteran in here. With the Carolina connection I believe Funchess will be that veteran. 1
ctk232 Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 40 minutes ago, whatdrought said: I'd take him. The reality is that about 60% of the OL free agents on the street next week would be upgrades on our line. I am fine spending big on one or two and then getting a couple of deals like this guy. I think we can realistically build a starting 5 (including Teller and Dawkins) in FA and then spend the draft looking for skill players and rounding off our defense. I'd still like to pick up at least one OL guy in the draft if the value is there; whether it's the first two rounds or 3-5 for sleeper/depth pick consideration. Filling all our OL woes with seasoned vets is fine for the near future, but we'll quickly find ourselves in the same problem if we don't also compensate with youth and draft picks. The obvious exception being younger FA signings like D Williams at 26 and the like, though the same argument would still apply in time as you get closer to 30+ 1
Formerly Allan in MD Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 53 minutes ago, whatdrought said: I'd take him. The reality is that about 60% of the OL free agents on the street next week would be upgrades on our line. I am fine spending big on one or two and then getting a couple of deals like this guy. I think we can realistically build a starting 5 (including Teller and Dawkins) in FA and then spend the draft looking for skill players and rounding off our defense. At least 70%.
ctk232 Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Bills2ref said: Oh he is far from my ideal receiver. But the free agent crop of WR’s this year is trash, and Williams, the best of the worst, is likely signing with the colts. I really don’t want to overpay for a completely average WR, but we definitely need a veteran in here. With the Carolina connection I believe Funchess will be that veteran. I know everyone is up on Humphries and T Williams, but I'm of the minority that doesn't see the upside for either, especially for what they would cost. I'm also in the now minority thinking Funchess would be one of the only FA WRs remotely worth what he likely could be had for (to clarify, Funchess still has a price tag for me that I wouldn't go over per his recent season - right around the 5-6 mil mark, which I know is too high for many on here). Cobb, Garcon, Moncrief and the like may end up commanding too much for their worth, and Funchess might fall in that fold as well. The argument for any of them being the veteran presence in an otherwise young corps (don't dislike the guy, but I don't personally think Deonte Thompson is that current veteran role guy to have). But I'm still for taking a chance on Funchess to help round out the corps and compete for options in an otherwise meh WR FA pool overall. Given our cap cushion though, we're likely more comfortable making higher offers regardless so much of this opinion will likely end up a moot point. ?♂️ Edited March 8, 2019 by ctk232
TigerJ Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 I'd want to be sure of his health. He missed 10 games last season. He's 31. Some guards can play into their mid 30s or so, but some have trouble keeping their bodies in one piece. 1
co_springs_billsfan Posted March 8, 2019 Posted March 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Tatonka68 said: TJ Lang released any takers? Saw the uniform and thought he was a Panther at first. "Of course we'll sign him!"
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