Khalil Mack traded to Chargers for 2nd and 6th round picks

[BillsFanForever19]

1 hour ago, FilthyBeast said:

 

Again, current salary cap means nothing

 

Stopped reading after this. So many of you live in a fantasy land that there are no consequences or penalties for doing so and you're just plain wrong.

[MasterStrategist]

9 minutes ago, NewEra said:

He’s had his share of hits and misses.  Luckily for him (and us) his hits are 0-2 bottom on 9, gw grand slam type hits.  He’s a very good GM but he has a laundry list of somewhat bad misses. 

Every GM has misses, bottom line he turned Buffalo into a top 3-5 team for the foreseeable future.  That's after inheriting a ton of bad salary cap mismanagement, no QB, and a team that hadn't made the playoffs in ages.

 

I like Mack too, but not at the expense of a 2nd rounder and the cap hit he carries...at his age and foot issue, it's a risk.  Chandler Jones, much more desirable, other options exist in the draft as well.

[Buffalo_Stampede]

2 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

The window is open as long as Allen is QB

Not as simple as that. Yes we're always contenders with Allen but we have about $20 million more in cap space to use on players around Allen right now. That window is closing. It's basically a cap space window. 

 

We've blown a lot of cap on mediocre defensive lineman during Allen's cheap years.

Edited March 10, 2022 by Buffalo_Stampede

[Alphadawg7]

20 minutes ago, NewEra said:

He’s had his share of hits and misses.  Luckily for him (and us) his hits are 0-2 bottom on 9, gw grand slam type hits.  He’s a very good GM but he has a laundry list of somewhat bad misses. 

True for all great GMs.  Bill Walsh, considered one of the GOATS. traded up for JJ Stokes and called him the next Jerry Rice.  He also referred to Jim Drunkenmiller as the next Joe Montana.  
 

No GM bats a 1000.  But Beane not only has grand slams, but he has drafted very well and found many starting players who are all key contributors.  Allen, Oliver, Edmunds, Levi, Knox, Davis, Brown, Singletary, Rousseau, etc.  

 

He has also signed guys that went on to be important players for us all across the roster.  
 

Beane has had a lot more hits than misses and is widely considered one of top minds and GMs in football right now.  Not to mention, he’s been a master at maximizing trade values, structuring contracts, etc.  

Edited March 10, 2022 by Alphadawg7

[Solomon Grundy]

I'm waiting for the two defensive players that approached the Bills to be named Chandler Jones and Calais Campbell. Then all bets are off

[RalphWilson'sNewWar]

11 minutes ago, GoBills808 said:

Maybe let’s get the chargers to the playoffs first

 

baby steps

Herbert is already behind pace.

 

by year 2 most of the top QBs are either MVP or Super Bowl Champs/Super Bowl Appearing,

 

He can’t fall Behind too much more or else he starts to become this generations Warren moon/Philip rivers

 

43 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:

For sure it did with a 34 year old quarterback

 

Josh is 25 and we can have him here for another 10-15 years.. we need to be smart around him

Be smart sure.  But don’t be apathetic to making big moves to go all in.

 

Buffalo has already had three solid looks at going to the Super Bowl.  Two of those opportunities ended by epically blowing leads.

 

And now you have other teams in the AFC loading up to make your trip there even harder.

 

There’s just a little too much Darcy Regier on the way Brandon been talks about wanting to make sure you build consistency and never pushing all your chips in a single season for my taste.

[GoBills808]

3 minutes ago, RalphWilson'sNewWar said:

Herbert is already behind pace.

 

by year 2 most of the top QBs are either MVP or Super Bowl Champs/Super Bowl Appearing,

 

He can’t fall Behind too much more or else he starts to become this generations Warren moon/Philip rivers

 

😂😂Herbert is a good young QB and they’ve built a nice team around him

 

just needs some seasoning

[buffalobillswin]

The good news is that the west can beat up on each other and we can get the remains of whoever limps out of it. 

[Jerry Jabber]

31 minutes ago, ndirish1978 said:

And his remaining contract is 63.9M over the next 3 years

Ouch!!!

[Captain Hindsight]

1 hour ago, Process said:

Von Miller is two years older and went for more as a half season rental. 

 

I get that it's also a salary dump for the Bears but damn, how did they only get a 2nd. 

Tells me there wasn’t much of a market 

[ALLEN1QB]

36 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:

 

Give It a Rest

Fine.

[GoBills808]

6 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:

Not as simple as that. Yes we're always contenders with Allen but we have about $20 million more in cap space to use on players around Allen right now. That window is closing. It's basically a cap space window. 

 

We've blown a lot of cap on mediocre defensive lineman during Allen's cheap years.

I get that his contract will accelerate. I just don’t think that difference in cap space offsets the value of a top QB to worry about windows in free agency.

[Big Turk]

Again. Nobody has been "traded" yet. Deals have simply been agreed to in principle, but no trades can be completed until after the start of the league year.

 

Plenty of time for teams to back out of these deals or get better ones. I wouldn't count on any of these until they are made official.

 

 

 

[Buffalo_Stampede]

5 minutes ago, RalphWilson'sNewWar said:

Herbert is already behind pace.

 

by year 2 most of the top QBs are either MVP or Super Bowl Champs/Super Bowl Appearing,

 

He can’t fall Behind too much more or else he starts to become this generations Warren moon/Philip rivers

 

Be smart sure.  But don’t be apathetic to making big moves to go all in.

 

Buffalo has already had three solid looks at going to the Super Bowl.  Two of those opportunities ended by epically blowing leads.

 

And now you have other teams in the AFC loading up to make your trip there even harder.

 

There’s just a little too much Darcy Regier on the way Brandon been talks about wanting to make sure you build consistency and never pushing all your chips in a single season for my taste.

Beans biggest mistake was keeping Trent Murphy as 3rd DE when he could've cut him to save $8 million in cap space or use it to go for a big fish. Instead we had Addison and Murphy eating like $18 million in cap space the year we went to the AFC Championship. 

 

Imagine that $18 million used on a premier pass rusher? 

[MiltonWaddams]

50 minutes ago, ALLEN1QB said:

So you're saying doing nothing is fine? 

No, I’m saying that there is still a week until free agency tampering opens and that the fact they haven’t done anything yet isn’t an indictment on the quality of general manager we see in Buffalo. You may want him to jump at every opportunity, but he hast to work within the Cap structure and ensure that the long-term viability of having a high level team is in place. I’m not someone who worships Beane as as the greatest GM in NFL history, but I am also well aware of the fact that he is assuredly one of the best out there currently based on the way that team has been built and has competed over the past two seasons, maybe three. Maybe you have recency bias or just became a fan in the last few years, but I’ve been through close to 20 years of abysmal play from this franchise and I am not about to get down on one of the men who lead us out of that.

[YoloinOhio]

21 minutes ago, MrEpsYtown said:

So I trust the process. I don’t always agree with everything. The fact that they were not in on this at that price kinda makes me feel like they have something else in the works. Or Beane really likes this draft. 

The fact they were not in on this price is because they weren’t able or willing to take on his entire contract and The chargers were. 3 years 63.9 million. 

[Saxum]

2 hours ago, FluffHead said:

Meanwhile Beane taking a buddy nix nap

 

 

 

 

What is difference between a Buddy Nix nap and a fluffernutter coma?  Bigger dreams.

 

[gonzo1105]

I mean maybe the guy gets revitalized in a new city but he has been pretty average the last couple of years with a bloated salary. He should be able to have more success due to Bosa being there and a good dline but the Bills dont have the cap space to be taking on that massive of a salary right now. Everyone gets all up in arms about every move every other team makes. 

 

This time last year it was how the Chiefs were adding all these big stars in Orlando Brown, Jarran Reed, Joe Thuney and we were doomed and falling further behind pace of the Chiefs. If we didn't have coaching blunders that same Bills team would have beaten the Chiefs. Sometimes big stars dont really amount to much in the end. 

[TheWeatherMan]

Chargers are paying their starting DE’s $59M this year.  That’s more than we are paying our top 4 players.  

[BADOLBILZ]

1 minute ago, TheWeatherMan said:

Chargers are paying their starting DE’s $59M this year.  That’s more than we are paying our top 4 players.  

 

 

How can they afford to pay gunners on special teams?