Free Agent Lull.... are we done minus bit players or more to come?

[JP51]

35 minutes ago, djp14150 said:

 

 

in a slow point now between now and the drsft because , unlike hockey, you can draft players who can start from game 1 of 2025.

 

post draft you see some player trades occur of those low cost on post draft contracts because of how teams drafted where somebody drafted higher and picked 2 DL making the player they drafted last year in mid trounds a bit redundant so a team might trade this player to someone else.

 

then you have june buyouts to spread out cap space opening up some cap room.

Agreed more positions in football too... at some point it makes sense to see who you draft and at what position ... so I agree unless there is a major player that we can fit I think it makes sense to round this out at minimum after the draft and potentially after June 1. 

1 hour ago, davefan66 said:

Feel thin at CB. Wonder if we sign Rasul or not. Dane isn’t a starter, is he?

Don’t see a Benford contract for the sake of cap space. Wouldn’t provide enough room.

 

Edit: sportrac had us at $4.42 million in space. Where would we be if we didn’t have the cap purge last year??

I see that as probably the most likely signing if he goes past the draft and remains unsigned. You may get him back on a good deal... kind of like Milano a few years back. 

[atlbillsfan1975]

People saying if the Bills don’t do anything a CB means they are drafting CB first seem to miss the irony of that statement. The Bills just traded a first round CB and have a top 5 CB starting who they drafted in the 6th. The Bills can find a CB pretty much anywhere in the draft, relax. 

[Thurman#1]

Done, barring a couple of cheaper journeyman types, I think.

 

Probably some movement after training camp too, but probably not anyone expensive.

Edited March 20 by Thurman#1

[OldTimer1960]

18 minutes ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:

People saying if the Bills don’t do anything a CB means they are drafting CB first seem to miss the irony of that statement. The Bills just traded a first round CB and have a top 5 CB starting who they drafted in the 6th. The Bills can find a CB pretty much anywhere in the draft, relax. 

Do you think it’s a good idea to look for a STARTING Cb as a rookie late in the draft?

[billsfan89]

I think they will make some at least mid level type move at corner. The Bills don’t like to go into the draft with glaring needs they seem to like having at least a veteran “starting caliber” player at minimum for each position.

 

CB2 right now so the Bills massive glaring hole. I can see McBeane bringing back Douglas or signing another comparable talent before the draft.

 

Right now we are in wave 2 of free agency that more calm discerning period after the first few days “frenzy”. Cap space has dried up somewhat and teams are picky about players that will cost them comp picks. So the movement is slow but I do think there wil be a move at corner 

[DapperCam]

4 hours ago, Simon said:

I anticipate seeing a veteran CB added to the roster before the draft

I think Dane Jackson was that veteran CB. 

[Simon]

3 minutes ago, DapperCam said:

I think Dane Jackson was that veteran CB. 

 

I think it was a good pickup but I don't think it's the last we'll see.

[davefan66]

1 hour ago, JP51 said:

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I see that as probably the most likely signing if he goes past the draft and remains unsigned. You may get him back on a good deal... kind of like Milano a few years back. 

I don’t know. No posturing by his camp like Cook. So I believe a contract is being worked on. Can they actually get one done?  If one is done, Is that at the expense of signing Cook?  Yeah, we have 29 million dead cap next year (heard that here, not sure the numbers), so feasibly next year should be better cap wise.

 

With only a little over 4 million cap space, Beane needs to do something to sign the draft class and most likely a few bottom tier FA’s to fill holes.  Not sure who is left to restructure.

[SoonerBillsFan]

53 minutes ago, Simon said:

 

I think it was a good pickup but I don't think it's the last we'll see.

I wonder if the Asante Samuel rumors were true, but his price is still too high?

[NewEra]

5 hours ago, nosejob said:

I don't want to see Hamlin starting and their love affair with a 5'9 Cam Lewis is getting old.

Doesn’t really matter what you want.  We’ll see how it plays out, but I’d be shocked if we invest another decent pick/more cap at the position for 2025 

 

Rapp, Bishop, Forrest and Hamlin is likely out S room this season

[gonzo1105]

I think we’ll add some low end guys to fill out the 90 and compete. Maybe you get one more “name” signing for a bargain but I think they have turned the focus onto the draft and their 10 picks. I don’t think much changes in need with their signings 

2 minutes ago, NewEra said:

Doesn’t really matter what you want.  We’ll see how it plays out, but I’d be shocked if we invest another decent pick/more cap at the position for 2025 

 

Rapp, Bishop, Forrest and Hamlin is likely out S room this season

I think they will add a safety in the draft but it won’t be until the mid to late rounds to compete or go on the PS for a year 

[Mister Defense]

7 hours ago, Simon said:

I anticipate seeing a veteran CB added to the roster before the draft

 

 

Stephon Gilmore, in my view. Homecoming.

 

Older than Douglas but seemed to play much better than him this year.

 

A few years older, but likely a future Hall of Famer.

 

They need someone, as the cupboard is strikingly bare at cornerback, almost embarrassingly so for Beane.

 

 

 

[Warriorspikes51]

8 hours ago, TheyCallMeAndy said:

We need to add 24 players to get to the 90 man mark, we still have note worthy roles at TE3, CB2a, and NT2 to fill. 
 

I don't know how many needle movers we will see, but there will be additions. 

NT2?  WHO the heck is NT1?  
 

DaQuan Jones? 2 years ago and even then he wasn’t the powerhouse we need

[SoCal Deek]

5 hours ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:

People saying if the Bills don’t do anything a CB means they are drafting CB first seem to miss the irony of that statement. The Bills just traded a first round CB and have a top 5 CB starting who they drafted in the 6th. The Bills can find a CB pretty much anywhere in the draft, relax. 

I have no idea how you put that logic chain together. CB is a four down starting position in the NFL, and you need TWO of them. We currently have one. You believe we should roll some mid-round rookie out there? Would you say the same for any other four down position either on offense or defense? 

[RyanC883]

9 hours ago, TheBeaneBandit said:

I concur. The roster as  is means we are drafting a CB first 99.999999%.

I tend to agree, but we also have a DT shortage.   Would love to get Grant and one of the projected day 2 CB’s

[billsfan89]

4 hours ago, SoonerBillsFan said:

I wonder if the Asante Samuel rumors were true, but his price is still too high?

 

His price is only going down as teams cap space dries up and teams are less willing to lose comp picks for signing a player who counts against that formula. The Bills might be able to leverage that for a better deal.

[Doc Brown]

6 hours ago, atlbillsfan1975 said:

People saying if the Bills don’t do anything a CB means they are drafting CB first seem to miss the irony of that statement. The Bills just traded a first round CB and have a top 5 CB starting who they drafted in the 6th. The Bills can find a CB pretty much anywhere in the draft, relax. 

Benford was an outlier given his draft position (we drafted a punter before him) and about half of first round picks are busts.  Odds of that happening again are slim.  Just because Elam was a swing and a miss doesn't mean you take another swing.  I think they draft at least one with their first three picks and then one in the later rounds.

[TheBeaneBandit]

16 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:

I tend to agree, but we also have a DT shortage.   Would love to get Grant and one of the projected day 2 CB’s

I have the same dream lol

[SoCal Deek]

19 minutes ago, RyanC883 said:

I tend to agree, but we also have a DT shortage.   Would love to get Grant and one of the projected day 2 CB’s

So it’s going come down to who’s available when the Bills number comes up. DT and then CB….or CB and then DT. Potato, potato. 

[BillsFanForever19]

I wonder if there's a restructure or two that hasn't been announced yet? Because otherwise - we have absolutely NO cap space right now.

 

According to Spotrac, which is up to date on all the extension, restructures, and pay cuts up to the Milano move - we are only $662,978 under the cap.

 

And that doesn't include the contracts of Ty Johnson, Reggie Gilliam, Dane Jackson, and Kendrick Green because they don't have the exact numbers for those yet.

 

There's gotta be a restructure that we don't know about and/or one (or more) coming bc we're more than right right now with what's reported. We're nowhere.

 

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/cap/_/year/2025/sort/cap_total

Edited March 21 by BillsFanForever19