Bills DL.......how many come back to the Bills on 1 year contracts??

[Special K]

Floyd, Epenesa, Settle, Phillips, Jones and Lawson.

 

You have got to think at least one or two of these guys come back.

 

Floyd will not be back for less money.....he has no loyalty to the Bills as he only played here for one year.

 

Epenesa and Jones will be interesting to watch because I am sure the Bills would want these two back on team friendly deals, but they could probably command more money elsewhere....we will see what is most important to them.

 

I would put Settle, Phillips and Lawson in a category marked "back only if the Bills want them back"....I think Phillips and Lawson are good depth players who are "Buffalo guys" and would want to be back.....they also bring much needed attitude and energy to the defense.

 

In the end, I think the Bills will end up signing DaQuan Jones, Phillips and Lawson.

 

What do you think??

 

 

[Ben]

Seems like Floyd is going for 1 last big payday and I bet epenesa gets a much bigger deal than we are all expecting given his age and production last year. The other 4 are in play. None will cost much at their ages and would fill a pressing  need 

[The Jokeman]

3 minutes ago, Special K said:

Floyd, Epenesa, Settle, Phillips, Jones and Lawson.

 

You have got to think at least one or two of these guys come back.

 

Floyd will not be back for less money.....he has no loyalty to the Bills as he only played here for one year.

 

Epenesa and Jones will be interesting to watch because I am sure the Bills would want these two back on team friendly deals, but they could probably command more money elsewhere....we will see what is most important to them.

 

I would put Settle, Phillips and Lawson in a category marked "back only if the Bills want them back"....I think Phillips and Lawson are good depth players who are "Buffalo guys" and would want to be back.....they also bring much needed attitude and energy to the defense.

 

In the end, I think the Bills will end up signing DaQuan Jones, Phillips and Lawson.

 

What do you think??

 

 

I'm hoping we can get AJE for a 3-4 year deal and Jones back for 1 or 2 years. The rest can go to be honest.  

[Aussie Joe]

AJE if they can get him cheap enough … 

 

 

 

 

 

[SCBills]

Shaq on a vet minimum deal. 

 

AJE/DJ only if they’re very team friendly.  
 

Not really interested in much of this group after, yet again, not showing up in the playoffs.  

[Aussie Joe]

Probably rather they fill Shaq’s spot on a Day 3 guy 

[Trust The Process]

Hard NO to Settle who's just another guy I can replace with someone else cheaper. 

 

Hard NO to Phillips, gimp, can't trust his availability. 

 

Hard NO to Lawson who's just another guy. I'd rather draft his replacement on Day 3 of the Draft.

 

I'd bring back Floyd but only for less than market value which isn't going to happen anyways. 

 

Jones for no more than $3M per year for 1-2 years

 

Epenesa for no more than $5M per year

 

 

Edited March 7 by Trust The Process

[wppete]

Jones, Epanesa and Shaq Lawson will be back. 

[SoonerBillsFan]

9 minutes ago, Special K said:

Floyd, Epenesa, Settle, Phillips, Jones and Lawson.

 

You have got to think at least one or two of these guys come back.

 

Floyd will not be back for less money.....he has no loyalty to the Bills as he only played here for one year.

 

Epenesa and Jones will be interesting to watch because I am sure the Bills would want these two back on team friendly deals, but they could probably command more money elsewhere....we will see what is most important to them.

 

I would put Settle, Phillips and Lawson in a category marked "back only if the Bills want them back"....I think Phillips and Lawson are good depth players who are "Buffalo guys" and would want to be back.....they also bring much needed attitude and energy to the defense.

 

In the end, I think the Bills will end up signing DaQuan Jones, Phillips and Lawson.

 

What do you think??

 

 

I don't want any of them.  We didn't achieve our ultimate goal,not even progress,with any of them here.

 

Bring in fresh new talent and let's see how that goes.

[mrags]

Only one I want back is Lawson on a very team friendly deal. 
 

jones is getting old and now the injuries are going to start piling up. 
 

AJ just isn’t good enough. Took him too many years to even get anything and he still disappears for half a season at a time. Probably because he’s now too small for the position. Either way, unless he wants to sign for vet min or a little over it’s not worth it. 
 

loved Phillips for many years but he’s a shell of himself and can’t every stay healthy. Look for Jones to follow in these footsteps. Hard pass. 
 

Floyd wants too much. No. 
 

Settle absolutely sucked. Not as advertised. Hard pass. 
 

Ford sucked even worse than Settle. No. 

[BuffaloBill]

I wonder if Von redid his deal in an attempt to help get Floyd back.  It’s a long shot but would love it if Beane can work this out along with a solid EDGE pick in round 1 or round 2.

[SCBills]

5 minutes ago, mrags said:

Only one I want back is Lawson on a very team friendly deal. 
 

jones is getting old and now the injuries are going to start piling up. 
 

AJ just isn’t good enough. Took him too many years to even get anything and he still disappears for half a season at a time. Probably because he’s now too small for the position. Either way, unless he wants to sign for vet min or a little over it’s not worth it. 
 

loved Phillips for many years but he’s a shell of himself and can’t every stay healthy. Look for Jones to follow in these footsteps. Hard pass. 
 

Floyd wants too much. No. 
 

Settle absolutely sucked. Not as advertised. Hard pass. 
 

Ford sucked even worse than Settle. No. 

AJE is strange because a meh player cant randomly look like TJ Watt .. and he absolutely looked like Watt against Jax.  That was an insane performance. 
 

But as you point out .. he just disappears too much.  

[Aussie Joe]

4 minutes ago, SCBills said:

AJE is strange because a meh player cant randomly look like TJ Watt .. and he absolutely looked like Watt against Jax.  That was an insane performance. 
 

But as you point out .. he just disappears too much.  

I don’t think they are going to get the real TJ Watt for $7m a year though.. so they might have to get the guy that occasionally looks like him..

 

 

Edited March 7 by Aussie Joe

[SCBills]

Just now, Aussie Joe said:

I don’t think they are going to get the real TJ Watt for $7m a year though

And therein lies the issue.  Do we want to keep paying these types of contracts for these guys who don’t seem to make a difference in the postseason?

 

I’ll be very interested to see the Chiefs if they don’t bring back Chris Jones.

 

Their DL is a lot like ours .. except they have Jones and we have Oliver.  Jones being the best DT in the NFL for the past two years has elevated a lot of guys similar to AJE, Rousseau etc. 

[mrags]

Just now, SCBills said:

AJE is strange because a meh player cant randomly look like TJ Watt .. and he absolutely looked like Watt against Jax.  That was an insane performance. 
 

But as you point out .. he just disappears too much.  

Yeah. It also brings me to the “too small for the position” comment. I’m sure I’ll get a ton of flak for this. While I don’t believe 260 is too small for the position. I do however think AJ is because in college he played much bigger. I’ve seen him listed anywhere from 275-290 in college. And if you look at pics of him from them until now it’s mind numbing how much weight/girth he lost. He looked like JJ Watt coming out of college. Primed for a LDE spot. Then the Bills made him lose weight and too much of it imo. Thinking they could turn him into a speed rusher. It hasn’t backfired completely, but imo it hurt his overall game, and it hurt his ability to stay healthy long term. Seems like every year he’s got some kind of nagging injuries that are keeping him from staying on the field. And that’s why I say he’s too small for the position. Because he has the frame to play heavier. 

[BBFL]

13 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said:

I wonder if Von redid his deal in an attempt to help get Floyd back.  It’s a long shot but would love it if Beane can work this out along with a solid EDGE pick in round 1 or round 2.

Need for this one to be an absolute hit instead of the AJE/Groot/Oliver/Basham picks… I like Ed but he really took a few years to solidify himself as worthy of the #9. Groot I like also but he’s still relatively raw and needs extended play time. 
 

Either way, with how it’s looking in terms of Edge guys on the roster, they need someone that high to be a 6-8 sack guy minimum year one. 

EDIT:  Unless they feel there’s a guy like Floyd who can produce on a one year team friendly. Maybe Clowney but last year in Baltimore he might have priced himself out of availability to us. Danielle Hunter maybe?

Edited March 7 by BBFL

[mrags]

4 minutes ago, SCBills said:

And therein lies the issue.  Do we want to keep paying these types of contracts for these guys who don’t seem to make a difference in the postseason?

 

I’ll be very interested to see the Chiefs if they don’t bring back Chris Jones.

 

Their DL is a lot like ours .. except they have Jones and we have Oliver.  Jones being the best DT in the NFL for the past two years has elevated a lot of guys similar to AJE, Rousseau etc. 

exactly. We need guys that step up in games of importance. Not disappear completely 

[Blackbeard]

My issue is that none of these edges seem to get to the qb.  
 

 

[Augie]

22 minutes ago, Aussie Joe said:

AJE if they can get him cheap enough … 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sadly, I don’t think that is going to be possible. He got ragged on quite a bit in the early days, but I like his contributions. Someone with more cap space probably will too. 

[BBFL]

2 minutes ago, mrags said:

exactly. We need guys that step up in games of importance. Not disappear completely 

Im with you but to further go on to his point… We have Oliver, they have Jones…

 

That becomes a wash when he’s disappearing in the playoffs too…

 

😞

 

Post-Season their DLine has Jones, we have…. ______? 
 

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