WhitewalkerInPhilly

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

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