Bills sign DL Michael Hoecht on a 3-year deal worth a max value of $24M

[Coach Tuesday]

Just now, Fan boy '92 said:

Rams message boards are upset about this, ie at least he's out of conference, he's a valuable piece, etc.

 

Remember when the Washington message boards were upset about losing Tim Settle?

[Fan boy '92]

Just some reference since most of us don't know who he is. Would you prefer them to be glad he's gone?

[streetkings01]

20 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said:

 

Remember when the Washington message boards were upset about losing Tim Settle?

Tim Settle was actually really good in Houston this past season.

2 hours ago, Bills!Win! said:

I’m not too excited about the bills chances this year based on the last 24 hours 

I am…..we still have a MVP QB and one of the best offensive lines in football plus a ton of draft picks. I’m really excited about the 2025 season and this is coming from someone who’s been a Bills fan since 1990(10 years old)!

[Generic_Bills_Fan]

2 hours ago, Bills!Win! said:

I’m not too excited about the bills chances this year based on the last 24 hours 

It would probably have  to be a shocking trade to excite you then which is pretty rare.  Palmer was honestly one of the better free agents in this FA class lol it’s not a very good one 

[akinko_kd]

Perhaps next season the Bills defense will have more creeper rushes and zone blitzes

[BRH]

54 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

This guy reminds me of Bryce Paup.  

 

Came here to say this and was surprised it took this long for someone to raise it.  It's the size, the high-90s number, the DE/LB flexibility, the NFC experience, and, well, the other thing.

[BuffaloBillsGospel2014]

1 hour ago, Royale with Cheese said:

This guy reminds me if Bryce Paup.  Maybe Hoecht gets 17 sacks and wins NFL Defensive Player of the Year.

His odds are extremely low, put $100 down and if he wins…you could pay off your PSL in one payment.  Its worth the risk.

 

Paup had 32 sacks already before joining the Bills and this guy has 13.5. I'm not taking that bet at all but i'll be pulling for him and you (if you put down the $100 on him).

[Ralonzo]

14 hours ago, JDubya76 said:

Who?

 

He's been noticeable every time I watched the Rams. They have an embarrassment of riches on their DL like the Bills have on their OL.

[SoonerBillsFan]

25 minutes ago, akinko_kd said:

Perhaps next season the Bills defense will have more creeper rushes and zone blitzes

How about an actual stunt for once?

[JDubya76]

4 minutes ago, Ralonzo said:

 

He's been noticeable every time I watched the Rams. They have an embarrassment of riches on their DL like the Bills have on their OL.

Nice, I don’t watch the Rams very much, something about Fox announcers feels off to me. Literally no other reason, lol.

Edited yesterday at 02:13 PM by JDubya76

[Royale with Cheese]

18 minutes ago, BuffaloBillsGospel2014 said:

 

Paup had 32 sacks already before joining the Bills and this guy has 13.5. I'm not taking that bet at all but i'll be pulling for him and you (if you put down the $100 on him).

 

I'm going to put $10,000 on him.  If I win, I could buy the Buffalo Bills.

[Mat68]

Power end with good speed.  Not flashy but a need. He  wasn’t on my radar but style of FA I prefer.  Played well when given the snaps. Maybe he can excel in a larger role.  

[BADOLBILZ]

1 hour ago, streetkings01 said:

Tim Settle was actually really good in Houston this past season.

 

No Tim Settle was actually really BAD for Houston but they let him just shoot gaps to his hearts content so he made some plays in the backfield.   He wants no part of doing the dirty work at DT.   Which is too bad because he's built to play with leverage.   Jordan Phillips wants nothing to do with defending 2 gaps either but at least he has the excuse of being tall and long legged. 

[mannc]

4 hours ago, Bills!Win! said:

I’m not too excited about the bills chances this year based on the last 24 hours 

Agreed.  The Panthers, Jags and Patriots are going to be incredible this year!

[JerseyBills]

Rams fans on Twitter have high praise for him, sad he's gone. 

[ColoradoBills]

3 minutes ago, mannc said:

Agreed.  The Panthers, Jags and Patriots are going to be incredible this year!

 

Imagine that!  LOL.  Panthers/Jags Super Bowl this year!

Let's see what some of the other true AFC competition has done.

 

Ravens:  Have not signed a FA.  They did lose a number of players to FA.

Chiefs:  Jaylon Moore and Elijah Mitchell.

Bengals:  Tedarrell Slayton, Oren Burkes, Semaje Perine.

 

Context escapes a lot of fans.

 

 

[mannc]

24 minutes ago, ColoradoBills said:

 

Imagine that!  LOL.  Panthers/Jags Super Bowl this year!

Let's see what some of the other true AFC competition has done.

 

Ravens:  Have not signed a FA.  They did lose a number of players to FA.

Chiefs:  Jaylon Moore and Elijah Mitchell.

Bengals:  Tedarrell Slayton, Oren Burkes, Semaje Perine.

 

Context escapes a lot of fans.

 

 

One of the only benefits of not having a franchise QB is being to blow a lot of money the second week of March on guys that other teams did not want to re-sign...

[TBBills Fan]

21 minutes ago, mannc said:

One of the only benefits of not having a franchise QB is being to blow a lot of money the second week of March on guys that other teams did not want to re-sign...

This reminds me of my tax return and strip.clubs

[DC Grid]

Not horrible, but dang does it increase the need for a big space-eating DT / NT type.  Bills are just too small up front and adding another hybrid tweener seems to be digging a deeper size hole.  

[BuffaloBillyG]

2 hours ago, BRH said:

 

Came here to say this and was surprised it took this long for someone to raise it.  It's the size, the high-90s number, the DE/LB flexibility, the NFC experience, and, well, the other thing.

Milk check?