Hapless Bills Fan Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 4 hours ago, ALF said: $13.5M cap space now , I don't know how Beane did it https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/cap/ Currently showing $18.9M, but that's without Miller, Daquan Jones, Saffold, Howard, and BigJ9797 Phillips if it's true he and the Bills re-signed. Easy peasy. Cut Beasley, Williams, and Feliciano. Extend Morse to give him more $$ but less cap. Restructure Hyde and Milano to convert most of their 2022 salary to roster bonus. Let Harrison Phillips and Wallace walk. Don't tender Zim and limit Bates to a "1st refusal" tender. (Did I miss anything?) There ya go! I'll be honest, I didn't think it could be done without extending Diggs and Edmunds, but that's why I'm not an NFL GM 1 Quote
dhgold Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 I haven't read all 53 pages of this thread, so maybe the topic has been covered, but as a Bills fan who has lived in Denver since before Von was drafted, I wanted to mention some local anecdotes that indicate what a special athlete Von is (hopefully not was). Repeatedly over the years, local sports talk people have related being at practice when Von was "on" and how he was at least a level above anyone else on the field. Orlando Franklin, an all-decade Broncos right tackle recounted a training camp incident where near the end of practice, a running back took a shot at Von which Von considered cheap. This fired Von up and terrified Orlando who was lined up against Von. For the remaining few plays of practice, Von destroyed Orlando and wrecked the offense. Despite being an above average NFL starter, Orlando was powerless against him. As far as baseline talent think Bruce Smith. 5 Quote
dave mcbride Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 Maybe worth mentioning that Bruce Smith's two best seasons occurred when he was 33 and 34 (1996 and 1997)? 3 1 4 Quote
TOboy Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 Watched a video of Bruce and Von watching film together last night. He has a ton of respect for Bruce, I wonder if that played a small factor in choosing Buffalo. Regardless, it’s a fun watch on YouTube for those interested. Quote
BillsFanForever19 Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdf53Bjc/ 1 Quote
Brennan Huff Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) Definitely need one of these Edited March 17, 2022 by Brennan Huff 2 Quote
Stank_Nasty Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, PatsFanNH said: Of course the Bills are SB Caliber. I’m sorry the D never should give up that many yards in less than 13 seconds.. I mean I was ticked when the Pats D gave up a FG with 30 seconds left and 2 time outs to dallas. It just shouldn’t happen.. you're missing the point. it was an anomalous event.... a freak, generational type happening is what kept them from moving on. Edited March 17, 2022 by Stank_Nasty 1 Quote
Warcodered Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 https://forums.jetnation.com/topic/165445-von-miller-signs-with-buffalo-bills/ Quote
njbuff Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 24 minutes ago, dave mcbride said: Maybe worth mentioning that Bruce Smith's two best seasons occurred when he was 33 and 34 (1996 and 1997)? His best season was 1990, but who’s counting. 1 Quote
ALF Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 Maddy Glab said it best , Beane said hold my beer 😄 , he made the salary cap somehow work. The man really is a wizard. Quote
Ralonzo Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 2 hours ago, hondo in seattle said: I gotta admit, the locker room leadership stuff does excite me. Showing my age... I remember when we signed Phil Villipiano - when he was past his prime - to help build a winning culture. 1 hour ago, BRH said: And Isaiah Robertson! I loved both those guys. You guys reminded me to dig thru the boxes in the garage for that Bills #40 Miller jersey. 3 1 Quote
boater Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, ALF said: Maddy Glab said it best , Beane said hold my beer 😄 , he made the salary cap somehow work. The man really is a wizard. Thankfully, gone are the days when the unimaginative Jim Overdorf was delegated the task of running the salary cap. Beane is much better at it. Whaley and other GM's just let Overdorf run the contracts show without supervision it seems. Quote
dave mcbride Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 11 minutes ago, njbuff said: His best season was 1990, but who’s counting. Not according to advanced stats. His 1996 season was one of the greatest ever by a defensive end. He was far more complete a player that season than in 1990, when he was just a sack machine but pretty so-so vs. the run. He had a ridiculous number of pressures in 1996 -- setting the NFL record, IIRC. 1 1 Quote
The Wiz Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 19 minutes ago, ALF said: Maddy Glab said it best , Beane said hold my beer 😄 , he made the salary cap somehow work. The man really is a wizard. 2 Quote
newcam2012 Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 31 minutes ago, Stank_Nasty said: you're missing the point. it was an anomalous event.... a freak, generational type happening is what kept them from moving on. It was a collasal failure on the Bills coaching staff. Let's call it what it was. No need to sugar coat it. Facts are facts. The Bills have to move on and hopefully they learned from it. The scar will always be there for many of us. Just like the Tennesse miracle. It's in the NFL history books. 1 Quote
Stank_Nasty Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, newcam2012 said: It was a collasal failure on the Bills coaching staff. Let's call it what it was. No need to sugar coat it. Facts are facts. The Bills have to move on and hopefully they learned from it. The scar will always be there for many of us. Just like the Tennesse miracle. It's in the NFL history books. right but my original point to the pats fan was we didnt need Miller to get us over the hump. The roster was already there. I think thats pretty clear. Him saying he doesnt even think Miller gets us over the edge is silly, when it quite literally took a freak occurrence to end the season 2 Quote
noacls Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 1 hour ago, dave mcbride said: Maybe worth mentioning that Bruce Smith's two best seasons occurred when he was 33 and 34 (1996 and 1997)? 89, 90, 91, 92, say hello. Nice try though. 1 Quote
PatsFanNH Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Sheneneh Jenkins said: You are correct, never should have....but they did what coaches told them and everything else is history. Not much you can do then, I guess one of the D players possibly could have spoke up maybe and questioned the play calls? Point is it really doesn’t matter.. the bills had the potential last year but failed get over the hump.. this year with Von Miller and IMO a bigger addition will be the returning of Tre White They just might this year. The Bills are in the WIN NOW mode.. enjoy it. It may last 1 yr or may last 20 years. 58 minutes ago, Stank_Nasty said: you're missing the point. it was an anomalous event.... a freak, generational type happening is what kept them from moving on. As I said, my point was no matter the reason they didn’t get over the hump. 1 Quote
The Wiz Posted March 17, 2022 Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: I know Beane is a wizard, but I really want to know how he keeps everyone in the dark, even Rapoport, calling us a mystery team interested in Miller. Edited March 17, 2022 by The Wiz 5 Quote
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