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    After Day 1

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    4 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

    Great no one else wanted Epenesa or Lewis so we just had to keep them....

    Or DaQuan?

    It means that the Bills didn't overpay for vets

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    After Day 1

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    4 hours ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

    My guess is we'll see Dane Jackson return as Outside CB4 and Ty Johnson return as RB3. Maybe there's a fun move like a vet RB2 or a mid tier Outside WR3 with the potential to Start in the event that our Round 1 WR doesn't have his sea legs under him at the next level immediately.

     

    But I tend to agree he's probably laying low. Waiting for teams to spend their money and then fill some holes with the best of what's left, at decent prices.

    I mean, I would love it if we got Dane back for one more year a la Levi Wallace.

     

    I do think it's notable that after Day 1, the signings were bringing back expired vets, meaning that they probably had an offer from Beane, waited to see what they got and ultimately came back.

    Eagles sign Saquon Barkley - $46.7M with $26M Guaranteed

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    30 minutes ago, Einstein said:


    Yeah, Howie Roseman knows what he is doing. 

    In general, he's done a remarkably good job keeping his team in competition since he came back in 2016. 2016 they go to #2 overall and get a QB. In 2017 they win a SB and make the playoffs in 18 and 19 only to see their QB start to slide, but pick up a fallback in 2020. After a bad 2020, they spin off their QB for a 3rd in 2021 and what became a 1st in 2022. They change coaches and put in their 2nd round QB and make the playoffs in 21, get back to the Superbowl in 22 and still are a playoff team.

     

     

    33 minutes ago, No_Matter_What said:

    How come last year no RBs got paid and now the same guys are getting crazy contracts?

     

    I know this RB draft class is percieved to be weak but still...

     

    Anyway, I am happy it's not us who pays RBs (and hope it stays that way).

    I mean, it's a bit surprising after the market being so dead in previous years. but man, I am happy it's not us putting down big money for it and that we have Cook on cost control for two more years.

    Rasul Douglas contract restructure... saves $2.5 mill

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    1 minute ago, Low Positive said:

    They probably put an extension in front of him and he has to decide whether to sign it or "bet on himself."

    I mean that's the best explanation I have heard so far. It mystified me that Beane hadn't made an offer, and having an offer out there and not fully pressing the void year options on that extension would make far more sense if there was something Douglas was mulling on.

    Russ signs 1yr $1.2M deal with Pittsburgh

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    1 hour ago, BBFL said:


    Disagree. That $1.2 is no commitment. Neither would $5m. They’re bringing him in for competition, don’t think he nails it in either for the reason you stated; he wants to show people he’s willing to play. He’ll get that chance there. 
     

    Pitt will be looking at these QBs if they fall to them, no doubt. Pickett isn’t the guy. The guy isn’t even on the roster. That team is just looking to win now and fix the position as they go. 
     

    They have too much talent on both sides of the ball just to wait it out and hope something materializes that’s a long term fix. 

    It's not a bad hedge at almost no risk while they take their shot in the draft.

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    Knox "Reworks" Deal Frees Cap

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    6 minutes ago, HappyDays said:

    I was told a couple weeks ago Knox was approached about a paycut. I'm not sure what leverage we used considering his dead money hit would have been higher than his normal cap hit, but I'm glad to see he accepted the paycut. Perhaps we threatened a release with a post-6/1 designation?

     

    Glad to see Beane being especially ruthless this offseason. It is a necessary change.

    I don't know, as we have not seen the money, is that Beane was able to layer incentives on Von's deal. Due to the way that incentives are structured, "not likely to be earned" can mean a modest improvement over that happened the previous year and do not count until next years cap. So "play 15 games", "500 receiving yards", "6 TD" (all numbers he hit in 2022) would apply and could mean he gets even more take home money if he bets on himself. Of course, if he is just a dud and gets outstripped by Kincaid he gets injured he gets none of it.

     

    If that's Beane's strategy to get out of bad contact years for underperforming players, it's kind of genius

     

    Russ signs 1yr $1.2M deal with Pittsburgh

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    10 hours ago, Captain Hindsight said:

    Good move for the Steelers. Wilson just has to be not horrible and they are a playoff team. For 1.2 mil, that’s a good bet

    I hadn't seen the money. If I'm the Steelers, desperately in need of a QB and picking in the high 20s, why wouldn't you take a flier on Rus for that money? If he bounces back, great! If he doesn't you are no worse off than when you began.

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