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[ProcessTruster]

Draft by all accounts is very good for Edge and D Line this year.   First year that has be so in many years.   Just in time. 

 

Parsons, Garrett and Crosby in all likelihood are not going anywhere.   If they were free agents I'd feel differently, but they are not I believe. 

Edited Saturday at 11:02 PM by ProcessTruster

[3rdand12]

4 hours ago, K D said:

James Cook plus #30 overall. I doubt they want to give Cook a big contract. If they wanted to do that they could have signed Barkley

No Bills empathy from you here.

 All love for our James 🤩

 We already had him when Saquon became available from the Giants

 

[ProcessTruster]

2 minutes ago, 3rdand12 said:

No Bills empathy from you here.

 All love for our James 🤩

 We already had him when Saquon became available from the Giants

 

I doubt Beane resigns Cook if its $20m per.   If its $10m, sure, but seems that brother Dalvin is making $20m waves.  Makes no sense to pay that.  

[3rdand12]

3 hours ago, Sojourner said:

Parsons is a player I could get behind if you can’t get Crosby/Garrett. Cowboys defense would be even worse without him, falling apart territory. 

Does Parsons fit in Bills defense though ? I considered this a good while ago. but never went further in the thought , since i felt he wasn't going anywhere last year. this might be worth a look. 

Does he fit in with Babich? Could they adjust to have him succeed?
 For me , I am not trading two firsts for baby jesus. Much less Crosby at that cost !
Draft looks good

13 minutes ago, ProcessTruster said:

Draft by all accounts is very good for Edge and D Line this year.   First year that has be so in many years.   Just in time. 

 

Parsons, Garrett and Crosby in all likelihood are not going anywhere.   If they were free agents I'd feel differently, but they are not I believe. 

THIS

 

6 minutes ago, ProcessTruster said:

I doubt Beane resigns Cook if its $20m per.   If its $10m, sure, but seems that brother Dalvin is making $20m waves.  Makes no sense to pay that.  

I won't project that yet

 

[Sojourner]

12 minutes ago, 3rdand12 said:

Does Parsons fit in Bills defense though ? I considered this a good while ago. but never went further in the thought , since i felt he wasn't going anywhere last year. this might be worth a look. 

Does he fit in with Babich? Could they adjust to have him succeed?
 For me , I am not trading two firsts for baby jesus. Much less Crosby at that cost !
Draft looks good

THIS

 

No but he is a difference maker. Definitely not ideal for the system we run but you could make it work as he has the talent however would it be ideal to play him where he wants: continue the LB role that he’s in?
 

Talk is they may be switching to a 3-4 scheme in Dallas and I would expect they switch him exclusively to an OLB role. 
 

He’s best as a moveable chess piece with freedom to attack different gaps and areas of the line. Would he fit here? I think he fits anywhere if I’m honest. The question is if you play him exclusively on the edge does he rack up the sacks you’d expect him to be getting based on years prior? I don’t think you’d ever know until it was happening/possible. It would be close though, guy is a stud. 

Edited Saturday at 11:22 PM by Sojourner

[Magox]

15 minutes ago, ProcessTruster said:

I doubt Beane resigns Cook if its $20m per.   If its $10m, sure, but seems that brother Dalvin is making $20m waves.  Makes no sense to pay that.  

He will be in the $12 -$14m range.   RB valuations were too low the pendulum swung too low and it will come back to a more reasonable medium.

[3rdand12]

3 minutes ago, Sojourner said:

No but he is a difference maker. Definitely not ideal for the system we run but you could make it work as he has the talent however I don’t think it would be ideal to play him where he wants: to continue the LB role that he’s in. 
 

Talk is they may be switching to a 3-4 scheme in Dallas and I would expect they switch him exclusively to an OLB role. 
 

He’s best as a moveable chess piece with freedom to attack different gaps and areas of the line. Would he fit here? I think he fits anywhere if I’m honest. The question is if you play him exclusively on the edge does he rack up the sacks you’d expect him to be getting based on years prior? I don’t think you’d ever know until it was happening/possible. It would be close though, guy is a stud. 

Well then , I am not far off in my own thinking.

Now , more importantly.

 

Can McBabich make it work to  firstly sell Bills Dfense to him ? and then actually put him into the best position to win his matchups and dial up our Defense a notch or 3

 not sure over here

5 minutes ago, Magox said:

He will be in the $12 -$14m range.   RB valuations were too low the pendulum swung too low and it will come back to a more reasonable medium.

So we can keep him ?!

[Sojourner]

1 minute ago, 3rdand12 said:

Well then , I am not far off in my own thinking.

Now , more importantly.

 

Can McBabich make it work to  firstly sell Bills Dfense to him ? and then actually put him into the best position to win his matchups and dial up our Defense a notch or 3

 not sure over here

So we can keep him ?!

I might be in the minority but the talent on the defense is more of the issue than the schemes and designs/concepts they run themselves. 
 

If they can grab a quality guy on the interior as well as another CB I think they’ll take massive strides to what we saw a few years ago. An aggressive defense is nice as it’s not allowing an offense to, in theory, dictate the game. However, when you have the right line play in McD’s defenses, it’s just as troublesome as you’ve got 7 guys to disguise, roll, invert or trap coverage with. 
 

The bigg st complaint circles back to talent again, they’ve put a decent amount into it prior to the last few years but we still have pretty much the same issues. Trusting they finally get the right players is a concern. 

On top of that, we know Safety is a critical part of the coverage schemes Sean/Babich run. They should be grabbing one of the litter that’s available in FA as it does seem to have quality available pre-negotiations. 

That might be a tough pill to swallow but Bishop is still raw and Rapp, as much as he has good play here and there, can be a liability to himself and his team with injuries. 

[K D]

33 minutes ago, 3rdand12 said:

No Bills empathy from you here.

 All love for our James 🤩

 We already had him when Saquon became available from the Giants

 

So you think the Bills should give Cook the Barkley contract because they already had him? Uhhh ok. Barkley was a free agent, if they wanted to give a big contract to a RB they could have had the best. Are you suggesting Cook is as good as Barkley?

[Cheektowaga Chad]

16 minutes ago, Magox said:

He will be in the $12 -$14m range.   RB valuations were too low the pendulum swung too low and it will come back to a more reasonable medium.

I believe sportac has him at 8.5/9 million the last I checked 

 

Which I think if it's 10ish he is looking for you sign the deal

[Sojourner]

19 minutes ago, K D said:

So you think the Bills should give Cook the Barkley contract because they already had him? Uhhh ok. Barkley was a free agent, if they wanted to give a big contract to a RB they could have had the best. Are you suggesting Cook is as good as Barkley?

 

Lol what?
He’s suggesting we already had Cook, a productive back in our offense, and didn’t need to spend the money on Saquon…?

[97bills]

5 hours ago, BuffaloBillsGospel2014 said:

If I'm spending that kind of draft capital (I'm hearing it would cost a 1st this year, next year and 1-2nd round pick in either year) then Myles garrett would be my pick by a country mile. He hasn't had less than 10 sacks since his rookie year and doesn't appear to be slowing down at all plus he's signed for 2 more years with a cap hit of 19.7M this coming season and 20.3M the following which is very manageable imo and if he doesn't pan out we don't have several years like the Miller deal to be irate about it. He's the player I'm going all in for since he's also stellar against the run.

I would give up those draft picks in a heartbeat, if Garrett were to be had.  He would change everything on our defense immediately, we need impactful players now on defense, those draft picks might be good year one , or 3 years down the road, or bust. Allen isn’t getting any younger, 

[K D]

46 minutes ago, Sojourner said:

 

Lol what?
He’s suggesting we already had Cook, a productive back in our offense, and didn’t need to spend the money on Saquon…?

Cook is due for a contract so we either have to pay him top back money or trade him. So if we don't plan on paying up then trade him while he's worth something. If we are going to pay him then I think that's dumb because we could have had Barkley is what I'm saying.

[Sojourner]

Just now, K D said:

Cook is due for a contract so we either have to pay him top back money or trade him. So if we don't plan on paying up then trade him while he's worth something. If we are going to pay him then I think that's dumb because we could have had Barkley is what I'm saying.

So, second rounder? Lol
 

In all seriousness, i don’t think Barkley would have come here. 
 

1) the money

2) if it’s between us and the Eagles, the team he can run salt into the wound of 2x a year was too palpable for any competitor that believes in themself. 

[ChronicAndKnuckles]

5 hours ago, Sojourner said:

Parsons is a player I could get behind if you can’t get Crosby/Garrett. Cowboys defense would be even worse without him, falling apart territory. 

Parsons is just as good. I would be ecstatic for any of those 3

[Mister Defense]

On 1/27/2025 at 11:02 AM, Aussie Joe said:

Yeah sure…. Will take more than just our Pick 30 though ..

 

Very very likely, and I think it is funny when people on here question whether we should trade our (end of the) first round picks for an elite player, like a Diggs, when we can. Their reasoning makes little sense, especially if the player we get is in his prime: we cannot give up draft picks...

 

Of course we should! The Bills will likely never be in a position with Allen to get that elite d-lineman in the draft, unless they have mega draft capital to move far up, and then maybe they would sacrifice other areas of need if we do.

 

The Bills will likely go after a Crosby or a Higgins in free agency this year, and may give up a #1 for Crosby. But it seems extremely unlikely the Raiders, or any team, would let a game changing  D-lineman like him go for one draft pack, near the end of the first round.  The draft is a crap shoot while a player like Crosby, if healthy, is not.

 

 

[78thealltimegreat]

1 hour ago, Sojourner said:

So, second rounder? Lol
 

In all seriousness, i don’t think Barkley would have come here. 
 

1) the money

2) if it’s between us and the Eagles, the team he can run salt into the wound of 2x a year was too palpable for any competitor that believes in themself. 

Barkley is an Eastern PA kid and his dream was to be an Eagle. Even if the Bills somehow offered more money he wasn’t coming here cause of other factors 

[Sojourner]

Just now, 78thealltimegreat said:

Barkley is an Eastern PA kid and his dream was to be an Eagle. Even if the Bills somehow offered more money he wasn’t coming here cause of other factors 

Oh for real? Thanks for that. always heard he was a Jets fan even though if he grew up in that area. Makes sense even more as to him sprinting to sign with them lol

[K D]

1 hour ago, Sojourner said:

So, second rounder? Lol
 

In all seriousness, i don’t think Barkley would have come here. 
 

1) the money

2) if it’s between us and the Eagles, the team he can run salt into the wound of 2x a year was too palpable for any competitor that believes in themself. 

Bills could have had first dibs at him as soon as Schein decided he wasn't going to pay up Beane could have been there waiting. I think paying Cook the Barkley contract would be dumb at this point. So my proposal is trade him as part of a deal for Crosby. Cook is a hot name right now and a bad team like the Raiders is going to need to run the ball with no QB.

[Sojourner]

8 minutes ago, K D said:

Bills could have had first dibs at him as soon as Schein decided he wasn't going to pay up Beane could have been there waiting. I think paying Cook the Barkley contract would be dumb at this point. So my proposal is trade him as part of a deal for Crosby. Cook is a hot name right now and a bad team like the Raiders is going to need to run the ball with no QB.

Prior to the playoffs I could get behind that. After his effort in the AFCC, that’s a slap in the face to what he did. Bigger picture though, if it were to land the unlikely shark of Crosby/Garrett, go for it. It would be more of a game changer. 

Edited Sunday at 02:34 AM by Sojourner