WhitewalkerInPhilly

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

If we get a full year of peak Joey Bosa and have right of refusal? *Then* throw a deal like we gave Von. Did we draft a DE who is also good? Oh no, that only means we have one of the best DE groups in the league. Now, my prediction is that we get roughly equivalent production to 2024 Von and he prices himself out but once again, it's hard to be mad about that

I'm fine with it. He knows the system. He's a starting NFL safety. I think we badly need an upgrade but I believe those can be found late 1st to 2nd rounds

I hope someone can help me clear it up: is he going to be the 1 Tech? (Or at least in rotation with DQJ) He played 5-tech for the Steelers and from what a know that is usually a 2 gap assignment.

Pretty much. I don't think there's a single new player signing that I would rule the Bills out from drafting. I want reinforcements at DE, DT and WR. I'd love it if the team takes another big swing but if this is what the roster looks like going into draft day I'd say we are pretty darn close to where we ended last year with three picks in the top 62 and effective red shirt seasons for Carter and Solomon And I said it before and I'll say it again: of all DEs who actually made it to the open market (Crosby and Garrett had money thrown at them, the Bills can't force a Hendrickson trade) there is no one with a higher ceiling than Bosa. It's hard for me to be mad at taking a one year swing at a guy whose been to the Pro Bowl five times including last year. If it doesn't work out, oh well, you got the chance to get a guy on a rookie deal up to speed.

This is a very minor thing in the grand scheme but a cherry on top of this signing is that as a cut Bosa doesn't count against comp picks.

We did!

I have chosen to die on the hill of "Fullback is an underappreciated position whose value doesn't show up in stats or analytics"

I've had the chance to sleep on it and I'm liking the move more. Even if there's risk I would argue there's less of it here than with Von Miller's original deal. Von got $20M average on his deal even if he never got paid that much and he was older when Beane gave it. Now? At this point the Von we got last year was as good as we are likely to get. He was better than some people here think but no one mistakes that from what he saw in 2022. Bosa, even with the injury caveat is 29. You see DEs playing well into their 30s. Bosa has easily the highest ceiling of anyone who hit the open market. From a contract point of view the two worst outcomes I can think of are being so injured he doesn't see the field (in which case it's a waste but we are mostly already through it) or he plays himself into a mega deal (which is a great problem to have)

I think there is zero question that of all free agents (not potential trades) Joey Bosa is the most talented by a mile. I do worry about injuries but it's a one year deal. Say we use a day 1-2 pick on a DL and roll in with Groot, Hoect, Bosa, Solomon, Smoot, AJ and a rookie? I'd love a superstar but at this point I want it at DT

I remember in 2020 there was something similar and you had CeeDee Lamb and Justin Jefferson slide to the back half of the 1st round

I was going to say it made sense: pick up another journeyman, draft a rookie and hold an open competition And then I saw the guaranteed money. Jesus

Dude is an inch taller and 20 pounds heavier

Cover 1 had him in their wishlist and did a breakdown. Palmer seems ridiculously reliable

Looping this baxk to the point I made above: this seems like the kind of signing that makes Everyone Eats work better

Ok going entirely by what was on my wishlist? He's near perfect. Believe me if a Jamar Chase fell into the team's lap I'd be stoked but if the plan is to tune up the "everyone eats" a man to man separator was the missing piece. Take a guy in the mid rounds (along with a RB) and load up everything else on D

I don't know him. TELL ME HOW TO FEEL

It's not like we broke the bank for them either, they were just evaluated well.

As infuriating as it is to see players I want going, I am having massive sticker shock compared to what Beane is locking up our pending FA for. They're always someone when the dust settles who is productive but isn't on a team for a variety of reasons: cut to make room for another player, on the backside of their career even though they're productive or overplay their hand on the market and take a prove it deal. I WANT the surer thing but if teams want to cap hell themselves in advance I really can't stop it.

Just a reminder that while Beane has misfires more often than not he knows that he's doing

I've heard of him!