Safety Julian Blackmon visiting Bills

[TheyCallMeAndy]

12 minutes ago, TBBills Fan said:

Rapp feels like Jamal Adams light to me.  In the box "big hitter" can't cover like whiffner

He can absolutely cover

[JakeFrommStateFarm]

Very good player.

 

Much better than the washed up Sébastien Joseph Day

[Beck Water]

5 hours ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

Bringing in a guy hurt 2 years Ina row, including a torn Achilles.   Right...

 

The thing is, he apparently had a career year last season....AFTER recovering from the torn Achilles.

[Sierra Foothills]

3 hours ago, BigAl2526 said:

I don't think the Bills were ever going to pay top dollar for one of the top names at safety in free agency.  Not paying top dollar means taking a chance on some aspect of a candidate.  With Blackmon it's a health question.  With someone else it might be measurables, age, past productivity or whatever.  That's what Buffalo did when they acquired Poyer and Hyde and it worked out OK.  I'm fine with it.

 

From the perspective of market economics, 9 of the top 11 safeties on PFT's Top Free Agent List are now signed.

• Antoine Winfield 7
• Kamren Curl 22
• Kyle Dugger 31
• Xavier McKinney 37
• Geno Stone 48
• Jordan Fuller 59
• DeShon Elliott 62
• Jordan Whitehead 95
• CJ Gardner-Johnson 104,

The last two remaining unsigned are Justin Simmons 47, and Julian Blackmon 72.

 

[nedboy7]

17 minutes ago, Sierra Foothills said:

 

From the perspective of market economics, 9 of the top 11 safeties on PFT's Top Free Agent List are now signed.

• Antoine Winfield 7
• Kamren Curl 22
• Kyle Dugger 31
• Xavier McKinney 37
• Geno Stone 48
• Jordan Fuller 59
• DeShon Elliott 62
• Jordan Whitehead 95
• CJ Gardner-Johnson 104,

The last two remaining unsigned are Justin Simmons 47, and Julian Blackmon 72.

 

 

6. S JULIAN BLACKMON, INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

2024 Free agency rank: 66

Blackmon started for two seasons in college at cornerback, and he has logged more than 350 slot snaps since 2022. In Gus Bradley’s Cover 3-heavy scheme, Blackmon spent plenty of time as a single-high safety. Almost half of his snaps were down in the box in 2023.

Blackmon appears to be a better fit near the line of scrimmage due to his average recovery speed, but his plus lateral movement and solid ball skills from his days spent as a cornerback show up more often when closer to the line of scrimmage. Blackmon’s 30 defensive stops in 2023 were more than his career total before this season, and he missed a career-low 7.4% of tackle opportunities.

 

 

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-2024-nfl-free-agency-rankings-safeties

[DrDawkinstein]

6 minutes ago, nedboy7 said:

 

6. S JULIAN BLACKMON, INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

2024 Free agency rank: 66

Blackmon started for two seasons in college at cornerback, and he has logged more than 350 slot snaps since 2022. In Gus Bradley’s Cover 3-heavy scheme, Blackmon spent plenty of time as a single-high safety. Almost half of his snaps were down in the box in 2023.

Blackmon appears to be a better fit near the line of scrimmage due to his average recovery speed, but his plus lateral movement and solid ball skills from his days spent as a cornerback show up more often when closer to the line of scrimmage. Blackmon’s 30 defensive stops in 2023 were more than his career total before this season, and he missed a career-low 7.4% of tackle opportunities.

 

 

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-2024-nfl-free-agency-rankings-safeties

 

Hmm, interesting.

 

I'd think Rapp was the replacement for Poyer, and we needed a sure-handed ball hawk to replace Hyde. Blackmon sounds like another Poyer/Rapp or even Taron Johnson.

[nedboy7]

24 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Hmm, interesting.

 

I'd think Rapp was the replacement for Poyer, and we needed a sure-handed ball hawk to replace Hyde. Blackmon sounds like another Poyer/Rapp or even Taron Johnson.

 

I like both the new safeties (hopefully).  But we are definitely taking a step back in the safety position.  Or it would appear at this point.  We shall see if McD still has the magic touch. 

[The Jokeman]

12 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

Hmm, interesting.

 

I'd think Rapp was the replacement for Poyer, and we needed a sure-handed ball hawk to replace Hyde. Blackmon sounds like another Poyer/Rapp or even Taron Johnson.

The Bills like interchangeable Safeties to help disguise coverage. Yet if we're replacing Hyde I'd say we need more of a Center field type and different reports say different thin gson Blackmon. As some think with his CB background he better deep but PFF says he's better closer to the line of scrimmage.

Edited March 19 by The Jokeman

[buffblue]

Blackmon is the ideal type of player to sign in free agency. Should be mid range cost but he is still young and ascending. This would be an excellent move if it came to fruition. 

[Paul Costa]

Sounds like a good fit. He has to realize his injury past plays into this. He also has to realize he has a great opportunity to play on a SB contender & play a maximum amount of prime time games. Two year mutually friendly deal makes sense 😃

[Captain Hindsight]

7 hours ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

One of the younger FS with starting experience 

Breakout 2023

60.9% completions (fantastic)

4.3% missed tackles (fantastic)

Great athlete. 

This is basically poyer 8 years ago

[TBBills Fan]

I was just having a dream and I was in a hallway and all I could hear was "don't let him leave the building" on the loud speakers.  Take that for what it's worth 

[Aussie Joe]

 

 

Edited March 19 by Aussie Joe

[NickelCity]

Just now, Aussie Joe said:

 

 

Is it bad that I think less of that metric after this tweet 😅 

[SydneyBillsFan]

So what sort of money would get it done?

[Ethan in Cleveland]

3 hours ago, Beck Water said:

 

The thing is, he apparently had a career year last season....AFTER recovering from the torn Achilles.

LOL...do you know what career year means?

It's the peak or sometimes referred to as the anomaly year in a person's career.  So by saying he had a career year last season, it implies that he won't reach that level of performable again. Or that his 4 INT season was an anomaly and he will regress to his prior level of play of 0,1,and 2 interceptions.  

[Aaronthebaron]

I’ve met him a few times, he’s not only an extraordinarily good person, he’s a dynamic player. I think this would be an amazing signing.

[Turbo44]

3 minutes ago, Aaronthebaron said:

I’ve met him a few times, he’s not only an extraordinarily good person, he’s a dynamic player. I think this would be an amazing signing.

Please do elaborate

[SydneyBillsFan]

6 hours ago, Turbo44 said:

Yep - this appears to be a no brainer signing if not cost prohibitive. His analytics for coverage skills and tackling are elite. If he’s $5m year you could structure it so it’s 2024 cap friendly: 5 years $20m, $10m singing bonus with salaries of $1.5m for each of the first 3 years and $5.5m in year 4. This way the cap hit would be $4m for first 3 years and $8m in year 4 (dead cap of $2.5m if you cut him before year 4). No brainer 

 

No way you're getting him for that money.

 

I'd expect  something like 4 yrs, 26mil, with 14 gtd.

[Aaronthebaron]

1 minute ago, Turbo44 said:

Please do elaborate

He lived in my neighborhood in Utah. He’s such a genuine guy, and unbelievably kind. Not exaggerating, I think he’s an awesome individual. I was crushed when we didn’t draft him. Football-wise, he has amazing instincts, and seems to play incredibly fast because of them.