WhitewalkerInPhilly

I'm not going to make grand promises about the guy but he looks like the kind of player McDermott has made look good. I try to remember that Hyde and Porter weren't some superstar acquisitions. They were solid journeymen who shone paired together in the scheme.

They already had paid out a signing bonus so I think that amount will still be applied

That is why I never freak out at the initial numbers. It's always "up to" and there are so many ways to get outs. It looks like it's a two year deal that effectively can be kicked to three if we want and then if things are going well but the Bills in a prime re-signing window. If it's a flop, the Bills are quickly through the worst of it. You can critique Beane's player evaluations at times but his contract structuring is top notch

I mean Jesus On one hand, I wish I had those players. On the other, Burrow is going to leave the field on an ambulance while his D gives up 40 a game

Jeez I knew he's not popular but the response is more dire than I thought. I dont think anyone is mistaking him for a perennial Pro Bowler but if you go around the league a lot of CB2s look like Dane Jackson. Do I suspect that he'll be fighting for playing time? Absolutely. I suspect that Beane is taking a CB in the first half of the draft and I liked what I saw of Ja'Marcus Ingram in limited time last year. But he's enough of a known quantity that Beane doesn't feel pressured thats he NEEDS to get a Week 1 starter and has to repeat the Elam mistake

Honestly I see this as insurance against another "gotta take a CB oh ***** we got jumped and took the guy we liked let's try this Elam guy" scenario

It's hard to be angry about picking up a guy you know can hold it down at CB2. I expect one of our top 3 picks to be CB but now it's no longer *such* a glaring position of need. Pick up a double gapping 1 tech and we are ready for the draft

High athletics and instinct but needs to be put into the right scheme? If McBeane thinks he fits then it could be a steal

Honestly a 5th, 7th and the cap space for a 6th is the most we were going to get for him. But it tells me that Beane has a CB move coming

I unfortunately agree that priority to draft a safety is lower, mostly because safety in a role that I think is critically undervalued and can be acquired with impact in late 1st - 2nd round. But I like what I've seen in brief clips

Let's get lil john WHAT?!?

Let's be fair, Trevor Lawrence's worst nightmare is Trevor Lawrence

I got a quick highlight preview but from I saw he hits like Rapp and tracks the ball like Hyde

https://x.com/BillscastPod/status/1899864529854407020?t=F-BrvhZYGhxYb6bygSUIzA&s=19 I know it's a highlight reel but holy cow

I didn't say he was an *above average* starting safety 😜 To be completely honest my draft shopping list hasn't changed one bit: DL, WR, secondary. Do I feel slightly better at the idea that Bishop and/or a rookie will need to win the starting job? Yes. Do we have to make that investment? Also yes