Benford has to be next

[whorlnut]

With Benford considered a top 5-10 corner in the league, he has to be next for an extension, right?  IMO, if Beane allows him to hit FA, it will be a crazy bidding war for this guy. With corner already being a need, we can’t risk losing this guy. I’m honestly surprised he wasn’t the first one to get paid this offseason. He’s a game changer. Thoughts?

[Warriorspikes51]

Just now, whorlnut said:

With Benford considered a top 5-10 corner in the league, he has to be next for an extension, right?  IMO, if Beane allows him to hit FA, it will be a crazy bidding war for this guy. With corner already being a need, we can’t risk losing this guy. I’m honestly surprised he wasn’t the first one to get paid this offseason. He’s a game changer. Thoughts?

Not sure he's earned that yet 

[Buffalo4Life01]

I really like Benford.  He's not flashy and doesn't get you with splash plays but he is super reliable and always dependable.  However,  I don't think I'd call him a top 5 to 10 corner though.  I can see him in the 15-25 range.  He's quite good, but not great.  Just my humble opinion.

Go Bills!!

[Mat68]

Idk.  Bedford is going to be most expensive.  Likley the hardest to get to the finish line. 

[T.E.]

1 minute ago, Buffalo4Life01 said:

I really like Benford.  He's not flashy and doesn't get you with splash plays but he is super reliable and always dependable.  However,  I don't think I'd call him a top 5 to 10 corner though.  I can see him in the 15-25 range.  He's quite good, but not great.  Just my humble opinion.

Go Bills!!

Hard to make a bunch of plays when QBs avoid throwing to your side.

[Augie]

2 minutes ago, Warriorspikes51 said:

Not sure he's earned that yet 

 

So, cheaper to sign him sooner than later, when he will cost more. 

 

I love the player, but that last concussion came on rather easily. I don’t want to get into how he was cleared and all that, it just seems like something we need to be OK with long term. 

[nosejob]

3 minutes ago, whorlnut said:

With Benford considered a top 5-10 corner in the league, he has to be next for an extension, right?  IMO, if Beane allows him to hit FA, it will be a crazy bidding war for this guy. With corner already being a need, we can’t risk losing this guy. I’m honestly surprised he wasn’t the first one to get paid this offseason. He’s a game changer. Thoughts?

While I hope they do it now, this years FA CB and Safety crop is huge. Sign Benford, draft Porter, sign Ciso or Holland and ...

[Virgil]

Josh pry has to come before Benford, if only to free up the cap space 

[BuffaloBillyG]

6 minutes ago, whorlnut said:

With Benford considered a top 5-10 corner in the league, he has to be next for an extension, right?  IMO, if Beane allows him to hit FA, it will be a crazy bidding war for this guy. With corner already being a need, we can’t risk losing this guy. I’m honestly surprised he wasn’t the first one to get paid this offseason. He’s a game changer. Thoughts?

I like Benford a lot. Great value for the place he was picked at. However if signs that have pointed to us moving to play more of a man to man defense are true, he's worth less to us than he would be in a zone scheme IMO. The number he may seek may not match up to the output we get in the future. 

 

If we move to more of a man scheme, I'm ok letting him test the market.

[BillsFan130]

3 minutes ago, Mat68 said:

Idk.  Bedford is going to be most expensive.  Likley the hardest to get to the finish line. 

Will be an interesting one for sure.

The one I'm fascinated about is Rousseau. Kind of reminds me a bit of the Edmunds/Ed Oliver situation.

 

Cause if we extend him, we save a good chunk on cap space this year. But do we want to give him 20-25 mil a year

[nosejob]

2 minutes ago, BillsFan130 said:

Will be an interesting one for sure.

The one I'm fascinated about is Rousseau. Kind of reminds me a bit of the Edmunds/Ed Oliver situation.

 

Cause if we extend him, we save a good chunk on cap space this year. But do we want to give him 20-25 mil a year

And does it limit us from signing Trey?

[MarkyMannn]

1 minute ago, BillsFan130 said:

Cause if we extend him, we save a good chunk on cap space this year. But do we want to give him 20-25 mil a year

Idk $20 maybe is tops for me for Rousseau. Probably the same number for Benford.  And I'd put Cook as a bigger priority than either of them.  Just too big a weapon to let walk

[BillsFan130]

1 minute ago, nosejob said:

And does it limit us from signing Trey?

Ya exactly. I would rather Hendrickson needless to say

[BarleyNY]

IMO Benford should have been first. 

[BillsFan130]

Just now, MarkyMannn said:

Idk $20 maybe is tops for me for Rousseau. Probably the same number for Benford.  And I'd put Cook as a bigger priority than either of them.  Just too big a weapon to let walk

I agree with you on the Rousseau number.

 

Cook is where i differ from you a bit. I'm not a big fan of paying RBs. But I get what you're saying, he's definitely a weapon 

[Buffalo4Life01]

11 minutes ago, T.E. said:

Hard to make a bunch of plays when QBs avoid throwing to your side.

Look, I like him.  I really do.  But I'm not paying him top 5-10 cb money.  He's not in that tier in my opinion.  

[nosejob]

Just now, Buffalo4Life01 said:

Look, I like him.  I really do.  But I'm not paying him top 5-10 cb money.  He's not in that tier in my opinion.  

I like him as well, but I wonder....is he the kind of guy whose gonna be hurt for spells?

[WhitewalkerInPhilly]

Agreed. Of the five players we went into with looming contracts (Shakir, Bernard, Benford, Groot, Cook) he's the only one left who I think you can get good value on by locking up early. He's not flashy but his analytics are consistently top tier. Meanwhile Cook and Groot are looking for huge paydays and those are cans I am fine with kicking the can down the road on

[nosejob]

Didn't we already extend Groot?...before?

 

 

Edited March 7 by nosejob

[BarleyNY]

2 minutes ago, nosejob said:

And does it limit us from signing Trey?

Depends on Rousseau’s contract. If I’m him I hit FA next offseason unless I get the bag from Buffalo. He’s not worth $20M-$25M, but some crappy team will do it (just like with Edmunds). The Bills shouldn’t do it, but with the Bernard extension it seems like they probably will. The Benford deal tells me that there is pressure on them to not backslide in 2025. They aren’t looking to take unnecessary risks that could cause a backslide (even if there is upside to doing so).