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1 minute ago, Thurman#1 said:

 

 

Without considering money, that's a fair offer. But I don't see us bringing in any high-dollar guys at this point. He wouldn't be worth that as a one-year loaner, and we've already got a financial quandary coming up with us likely having to let someone go we'd rather keep. I don't think we could extend him when we're already paying Von Miller to be our standout rusher.


We don’t have to let anyone go. Beane can clear over $60mil with restructures/extensions without cutting anyone. 

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1 minute ago, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:


We don’t have to let anyone go. Beane can clear over $60mil with restructures/extensions without cutting anyone. 

Maybe Spotrac can create it for us by typing up nonsense and hoping it’ll stick.  It works on some, maybe the nfl won’t notice it.  We can just show them a link….boom…. 50M in rollover cap room. 

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13 minutes ago, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:


We don’t have to let anyone go. Beane can clear over $60mil with restructures/extensions without cutting anyone. 

 

Yeah all that does is kick the can down the road.  You cant sit there and just keep restruction people.  That catches up eventually. Continuously extending people leads to old players on your roster that cant play anymore and 50mil in dead cap.  Let the GM be the GM.  This isnt Madden football.

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35 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

Yeah all that does is kick the can down the road.  You cant sit there and just keep restruction people.  That catches up eventually. Continuously extending people leads to old players on your roster that cant play anymore and 50mil in dead cap.  Let the GM be the GM.  This isnt Madden football.

True, but I feel the majority of fans would be in favor of suffering a few down seasons if Beane pushed all the chips into the middle of the table and nabbed a SB victory. 

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56 minutes ago, Scott7975 said:

 

Yeah all that does is kick the can down the road.  You cant sit there and just keep restruction people.  That catches up eventually. Continuously extending people leads to old players on your roster that cant play anymore and 50mil in dead cap.  Let the GM be the GM.  This isnt Madden football.

If it gets us closer to that Lombardi trophy imo do what ever it takes !! 
Rams agree 

25 minutes ago, Buffalo Junction said:

True, but I feel the majority of fans would be in favor of suffering a few down seasons if Beane pushed all the chips into the middle of the table and nabbed a SB victory. 

No F@&$! Kidding !!!
I’m sure everyone would be more then ok with any move Bean makes to see that SB parade down town Buffalo THIS YEAR !!! 
I’ve been waiting for over 30 years and I’m sure some of us even longer  !!! 

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1 hour ago, Buffalo Junction said:

True, but I feel the majority of fans would be in favor of suffering a few down seasons if Beane pushed all the chips into the middle of the table and nabbed a SB victory. 


And there is no suffering if the players are still good. You only get in trouble when the players decline drastically or you sign a guy like star lotuloleilei (Or your QB retires ala Brees)

 

Those other guys don’t know what their talking about. They should let the GM do what he did this past offseason again. They were probably saying we had no money this time last year too. 
 

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2 hours ago, Thurman#1 said:

 

 

Without considering money, that's a fair offer. But I don't see us bringing in any high-dollar guys at this point. He wouldn't be worth that as a one-year loaner, and we've already got a financial quandary coming up with us likely having to let someone go we'd rather keep. I don't think we could extend him when we're already paying Von Miller to be our standout rusher.

I don't see them trading any 1sts, thats not part of "the process'

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1 hour ago, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:


We don’t have to let anyone go. Beane can clear over $60mil with restructures/extensions without cutting anyone. 

 

 

Yeah, theoretically we could do that.

 

And it would theoretically be possible for me to buy a Lamborghini if I was willing to put myself into the most extreme types of debt. But it would mortgage my future.

 

Just because something is possible does not mean it's a good idea. Doing any of what you're suggesting is not a good idea.

 

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31 minutes ago, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:


And there is no suffering if the players are still good. You only get in trouble when the players decline drastically or you sign a guy like star lotuloleilei (Or your QB retires ala Brees)

 

Those other guys don’t know what their talking about. They should let the GM do what he did this past offseason again. They were probably saying we had no money this time last year too. 
 

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I trust Beane to get it right.  He’ll make his mistakes….just like every GM in every sports history.  He’ll also continue to make sure that we have a pass rush.  Other than the impact of QB, pass rush is next in line with regards to championships in todays day and age.  
 

I don’t think there will ever be a year in which we don’t win the super bowl because we didn’t trade for a RB.  

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2 minutes ago, Thurman#1 said:

 

 

Yeah, theoretically we could do that.

 

And it would theoretically be possible for me to buy a Lamborghini if I was willing to put myself into the most extreme types of debt. But it would mortgage my future.

 

Just because something is possible does not mean it's a good idea. Doing any of what you're suggesting is not a good idea.

 


Then which players do you want to lose and why? I wouldn’t mind moving on from Edmunds and Oliver. But let me guess you don’t like that idea either.

4 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

When they weren't up against the cap and had a glaring need

Oh so you meant to say “I don’t think they have the cap space” 

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35 minutes ago, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:


And there is no suffering if the players are still good. You only get in trouble when the players decline drastically or you sign a guy like star lotuloleilei (Or your QB retires ala Brees)

 

Those other guys don’t know what their talking about. They should let the GM do what he did this past offseason again. They were probably saying we had no money this time last year too. 
 

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As long as we got Josh Allen throwing to Diggs we still make the playoffs even if our roaster is less then perfect !! 
There is no suffering in seeing a SB ring on Josh Allen’s finger  !!! 
GO BILLS !!! 

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1 minute ago, Putin said:

As long as we got Josh Allen throwing to Diggs we still make the playoffs even if our roaster is less then perfect !! 
There is no suffering in seeing a SB ring on Josh Allen’s finger  !!! 
GO BILLS !!! 

Agreed. And the rest of the roster is pretty great as well. There’s no reason they can’t keep everyone currently on the roster if they want. I know that scares some people because they’re risk-averse. 

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27 minutes ago, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:


And there is no suffering if the players are still good. You only get in trouble when the players decline drastically or you sign a guy like star lotuloleilei (Or your QB retires ala Brees)

 

Those other guys don’t know what their talking about. They should let the GM do what he did this past offseason again. They were probably saying we had no money this time last year too. 
 

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That's just not true.

 

Nobody says we have no money. Nor is it true that there is no suffering if the players are still good. If every player were still good, that would only mean Beane wouldn't be forced to incur dead money. Dead money is not the only problem when your cap is in crappy shape. Far from it. 

 

Beane probably did overspend his original intentions a bit when Von Miller became available. But we didn't pick up CMC, or any of the many other high-priced guys still available after that. Beane still left plenty of re-structures and other ways to kick the can on the table. For good reason. We shouldn't use the money we have in a wildly reckless way. 

 

This team is built so that their excellence is sustainable. That's because Beane left those restructures/extensions on the table. He's financially conservative. And that's a good thing because it means we'll be able to react nimbly in the future.

 

 

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51 minutes ago, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:


And there is no suffering if the players are still good. You only get in trouble when the players decline drastically or you sign a guy like star lotuloleilei (Or your QB retires ala Brees)

 

Those other guys don’t know what their talking about. They should let the GM do what he did this past offseason again. They were probably saying we had no money this time last year too. 
 

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Ha I see you tagged me for disagreeing:)

 

It's midnight where I am and I am on cellphone. I'll respond tomorrow, but more likely than not we will need to agree to disagree.

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8 minutes ago, Thurman#1 said:

 

 

 

That's just not true.

 

Nobody says we have no money. Nor is it true that there is no suffering if the players are still good. If every player were still good, that would only mean Beane wouldn't be forced to incur dead money. Dead money is not the only problem when your cap is in crappy shape. Far from it. 

 

Beane probably did overspend his original intentions a bit when Von Miller became available. But we didn't pick up CMC, or any of the many other high-priced guys still available after that. Beane still left plenty of re-structures and other ways to kick the can on the table. For good reason. We shouldn't use the money we have in a wildly reckless way. 

 

This team is built so that their excellence is sustainable. That's because Beane left those restructures/extensions on the table. He's financially conservative. And that's a good thing because it means we'll be able to react nimbly in the future.

 

 


I only said we don’t need to lose any players that are currently on the roster. That’s not a crazy idea and it doesn’t involve being reckless.
 

Tremaine already makes almost 13mil this year. If you wanted to keep him how much more would it cost? Would that be reckless? Same for Oliver. He’s already set to make 10 million next year. I don’t think giving him a slight raise would be irresponsible. 
 

How did we go from “draft, develop, and sign our own” to “keeping our own would be wildly reckless”?!

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30 minutes ago, Rock-A-Bye Beasley said:


Then which players do you want to lose and why? I wouldn’t mind moving on from Edmunds and Oliver. But let me guess you don’t like that idea either.

 

 

 

You're damn right I don't want to move on from Edmunds, Oliver or Singletary. Edmunds and Oliver in particular would leave massive holes. Oliver and Edmunds particularly.

 

And yet they may have to say goodbye to one next year, already. Possibly even two, though my guess is only one.

 

But we've got no backups for Edmunds or Oliver (they don't see Bernard at MLB, I believe) and would have to bring in high-priced FA replacements or use a high pick to switch in and suffer the mistakes a young guy makes and the lack of veteran savvy. It would be creating holes that would then have to be filled.

 

Burns - assuming we could get him, and I know you've already said you're aware they don't want to let him go -  or someone like him amounts to putting ourselves into a situation where we get more and more cap squeeze and have to create more and more holes. Burns would help, but he's not needed. And there are guys who would help but are not needed at every position on the field outside starting QB and Von's position. We're already the #1 defense, a scary group, because they are getting pressure with the front four without having to blitz. 

 

If you can get someone who could help for cheap, great. No need to start spending like a sailor. Beane is conservative and yet still able to field a terrific roster with significant future flexibility. That's a very very good thing.

 

 

 

 

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