Bills internal discussions about Trey Flowers - DE

[BillsFan4]

I’d be interested in signing him, but I don’t know if I’d do it for $18+M per year. He’s good, but IMO he hasn’t shown to be in that elite, huge money pass rusher category. 

[Fan in Chicago]

26 minutes ago, BillsfanAZ said:

I hope they can pull this off. I think Flowers would be a great addition. 

Said no one in the year 2000 ?

[CaptnCoke11]

8 minutes ago, Tatonka68 said:

Can he play O-line?

 No but he doesn’t play another position that Buffalo was poor at last season

Edited March 11, 2019 by CaptnCoke11

[4merper4mer]

22 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:

Normally I agree that OBD has been air tight but Josina seems to get some real info 

I'm sure the Bills have had internal discussions about every free agent and more. This isn't exactly a scoop.

Edited March 11, 2019 by 4merper4mer

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

‘Monster Deal’, Indeed.  ?

Flowers is just going to announce an energy drink endorsement, or he’s signed on to rep for FTD.  With his last name, he’s a natural for the florist gig.

[BuffaloBillsGospel]

13 minutes ago, John from Riverside said:

I dont understand why we would get rid of Jerry.......book end DE's is a good thing?

 

He's 31, on the last year of his contract and is the 2nd highest paid, I guess we could absorb that contract for a year perhaps but the more likely scenario would be to cut Hughes since they signed Murphy to a fairly big FA deal.

[YoloinOhio]

23 minutes ago, BuffaloBillsGospel said:

I'd guess that would be the end of jerry Hughes if we signed Flowers since he's 31 and owns the 2nd highest cap hit.

I think Murphy would be more likely to go 

[Pete]

Flowers is best free agent available.  It seems to me that FA is heavy on D- spend a good chunk of cap on flowers

[BuffaloBillsGospel]

Just now, YoloinOhio said:

I think Murphy would be more likely to go 

 

 

Not a chance, you just signed a FA last season to come here and let him go, how would any FA want to come here after that? Just my opinion and was stated by Rodak also.

[YoloinOhio]

3 minutes ago, BuffaloBillsGospel said:

 

 

Not a chance, you just signed a FA last season to come here and let him go, how would any FA want to come here after that? Just my opinion and was stated by Rodak also.

They will keep the best player imo. I don’t really get your point about just signing him last year. It’s all performance based. He will get any money that was guaranteed to him. All FAs know that. 

[thebandit27]

5 minutes ago, BuffaloBillsGospel said:

 

 

Not a chance, you just signed a FA last season to come here and let him go, how would any FA want to come here after that? Just my opinion and was stated by Rodak also.

 

Well, Rodak is wrong.

 

Players LOVE being on the open market--it gives them a chance to pocket more guaranteed money.

[BuffaloBillsGospel]

2 minutes ago, thebandit27 said:

 

Well, Rodak is wrong.

 

Players LOVE being on the open market--it gives them a chance to pocket more guaranteed money.

 

You don'tr sign a FA and then release him the year after, if it's true that it's tougher to get FA to come here then I'd say cutting a FA after 1 season would make it even more difficult per me  .

[Doc]

14 minutes ago, BuffaloBillsGospel said:

He's 31, on the last year of his contract and is the 2nd highest paid, I guess we could absorb that contract for a year perhaps but the more likely scenario would be to cut Hughes since they signed Murphy to a fairly big FA deal.

 

Hughes is also a pressure-monster and the Bills have loads of cap room.

[BuffaloBillsGospel]

Just now, Doc said:

 

Hughes is also a pressure-monster and the Bills have loads of cap room.

 

 

Not saying they have to but 18M per Flowers , 10.4 per Hughes and 8.4 per Murphy, that is a ton of money tied up there but Hughes does come off the books if not resigned the following year so who knows.

[thebandit27]

1 minute ago, BuffaloBillsGospel said:

 

You don'tr sign a FA and then release him the year after, if it's true that it's tougher to get FA to come here then I'd say cutting a FA after 1 season would make it even more difficult per me  .

 

It really all depends upon the deal that the guy signed.

 

Even if it's technically a 3-year deal, it could be structured with so little guaranteed money that the player and his agent know they'll be back on the market quickly.

 

Murphy's deal is like that:

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/trent-murphy-14456/

 

Only $7.9M guaranteed, and over 50% of that came in the first year.

[BillsfanAZ]

27 minutes ago, Fan in Chicago said:

Said no one in the year 2000 ?

Still makes me angry over that waste of a pick

[purple haze]

58 minutes ago, thebandit27 said:

 

Josina Anderson is fairly tied into the Bills' organization.

 

Her and Alex Marvez seem to be 100% when they report Bills' news.

She is from North Carolina. ?  Not that that means anything. ?

[Doc]

17 minutes ago, BuffaloBillsGospel said:

Not saying they have to but 18M per Flowers , 10.4 per Hughes and 8.4 per Murphy, that is a ton of money tied up there but Hughes does come off the books if not resigned the following year so who knows.

 

Murphy would obviously be the odd man out.  Assuming they don't approach him about a pay cut (which they should do anyway even if they don't sign anyone).

[Kirby Jackson]

1 minute ago, Doc said:

 

Murphy would obviously be the odd man out.  Assuming they don't approach him about a pay cut (which they should do anyway even if they don't sign anyone).

Just hope that he doesn’t injure himself signing that piece of paper

[Magox]

If the Bills were to sign Flowers,  either Murphy or Lawson would be out this year and the other one out the year after.  My guess is if Flowers is picked up, they'd keep Murphy around as a rotational guy and look to trade Shaq now while he still has some draft capital value.