Mike Evans to hit free agency (UPDATE: Re-signed by TB)

[DJB]

16 hours ago, Warcodered said:

To be fair he plans to hit free agency, until he doesn't, happens all the time so I wouldn't be surprised if it went either way.

I wasnt prepared to hear about Evan’s personal life and its too early for this type of talk in here 

[Warriorspikes51]

Houston is not expected to pursue him

 

 

10 minutes ago, harmonkillebrew said:

Why is that?  Seems every media outlet has a suggested Diggs trade

he’s not untradeable. It would depend how much both parties wanted to move on. It’s looking more like he’ll be here. If he’s here 3/17 that’s an 18.5 million bonus

[Einstein's Dog]

I like Mike and had been pining for him for a couple of years.  But I think it is too late now, he will be too expensive.  Even factoring a discount to us for ring possibilities and HOF credential help, he will be too expensive.  We needed to get the trade done and that didn't happen - Tampa did much better than anticipated.

 

I'm excited about drafting a youngster.  A Mitchell/T Franklin/or K Coleman would work for me.

 

In terms of veterans I lean towards DHop.  I think he looked excellent last year and has a great salary of only around $13k (probably less than what Gabe will get).  Trade a 4th to the Titans and rework the contract for an extra year at that range to overlap Diggs (we need insurance there).

 

[billykay]

16 hours ago, Virgil said:

 

I feel like he'll get more than 21 mil from someone else, but could be wrong.  I'd expect 25-30 mil. 

He is not going to receive 25-30 million at age 31.

[Utah John]

This is simply not the year to overspend on WRs.  Some FAs will get big contracts but when it comes to FAs vs promising rookies, a lot of teams that need WR help will go with cheap rookies.  There are too many good options in the draft.

[DapperCam]

Evans is incredible, and would absolutely tear it up with Allen.

 

I just don’t see how we can afford him without crippling our future. But that is why they pay Beane the big bucks.

[BuffaloRebound]

Would love Evans.  He’s a legit #1 WR.  Only way it would make sense though is if somebody gives us a 1st rounder or high 2nd rounder for Diggs in the next 10 days.  

[mannc]

1 hour ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

Houston is not expected to pursue him

 

 

he’s not untradeable. It would depend how much both parties wanted to move on. It’s looking more like he’ll be here. If he’s here 3/17 that’s an 18.5 million bonus

Diggs is effectively untradeable for multiple reasons, but mostly because the cap hit the Bills would have to absorb is unacceptable.  There is absolutely zero chance of him being traded...about the same odds as the Bills trading Von Miller.  Not happening.   

[Matt_In_NH]

what would his AAV be?

[Warriorspikes51]

7 minutes ago, Matt_In_NH said:

what would his AAV be?

probably 25 mil….although teams like the Bears or Panthers with lots of cap might offer 30 IMO

[Matt_In_NH]

3 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

probably 25 mil….although teams like the Bears or Panthers with lots of cap might offer 30 IMO

ok, I had him crossed off the list, now I just ripped up the paper.

[Ya Digg?]

So not for nothing, hasn’t there been a ton of complaining on here for about 2 years because the Bills went out and signed a high priced free agent who was over 30 years old? And now there are 4 pages of people saying to do the exact same thing???

[Saint Doug]

1 hour ago, DapperCam said:

Evans is incredible, and would absolutely tear it up with Allen.

 

I just don’t see how we can afford him without crippling our future. But that is why they pay Beane the big bucks.

If I recall, Evans couldn’t connect on the deep ball Allen threw up to his vicinity this past season. 
 

[ToGoGo]

19 hours ago, HappyDays said:

 

Probably not. It sure would be fun though. We would have to pull every lever we had and probably include a couple void years at the end to minimize his cap hit in 2024. Cut Morse, cut White, cut Poyer, maybe even restructure Diggs as much as that seems like a bad idea. All of that plus the extra $12.9 million in cap space, I think it would be feasible and give the current regime one or two last all-in years before they either close the deal or we let another regime handle the rebuild.

 

Don't think that's the right move. Unless Allen was 37 and this is our last shot to win a title before he retires, there's no need for this. We have a 10 year Super Bowl window right now. 

[paulmm3]

Good player at a position we need. But we're broke. No use thinking about Mike Evans any more because zero chance we can make it happen

[DapperCam]

43 minutes ago, Saint Doug said:

If I recall, Evans couldn’t connect on the deep ball Allen threw up to his vicinity this past season. 
 

You mean he couldn’t catch the deep balls Mayfield threw him?

[Doc Brown]

3 hours ago, Einstein's Dog said:

In terms of veterans I lean towards DHop.  I think he looked excellent last year and has a great salary of only around $13k (probably less than what Gabe will get).  Trade a 4th to the Titans and rework the contract for an extra year at that range to overlap Diggs (we need insurance there).

 

I'd do that in a heartbeat.  I make more than that.

Edited March 2 by Doc Brown

[Doc Brown]

2 hours ago, billykay said:

He is not going to receive 25-30 million at age 31.

He might get $25m AAV for a two or three year deal.  Just with the salary cap jump this year and there's a lot of WR needy teams with a lot of cap space (Panthers, Patriots, Texans, Cardinals, Titans, etc.).

[Saint Doug]

2 hours ago, DapperCam said:

You mean he couldn’t catch the deep balls Mayfield threw him?

Yeah, I had a brain fart. There’s unfortunately been too many hail Mary’s in Buffalo’s recent past. 

[NoHuddleKelly12]

He was pretty reliable in fantasy football for me this past season, but overall I agree with the idea of getting younger and faster at the position for us. A burner to chase down Allen’s deep rockets!