Hapless Bills Fan

I tip my hat to you.

Since I don't get the chance to do this often....Imma gonna do it now

Don't sleep on Bates as a backup swing tackle. In addition to an effective drive at C vs NE, IIRC he saw some time at one of the tackle positions vs Sea and of course Mia

And from the Bills: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMadf4VFTyZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I have this same concern. Although we haven't yet brought back Boettger (though I'm told we want to). And I'm OK With That!

You're a Prophet!!!!!

Wow. https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/football/news/bills-jon-feliciano-not-leaving-buffalo/

It would shock me completely

I could be mistaken but I thought Ford had success at LG in college. So maybe he's more comfortable there? Has Boettger ever played RG? I think they need to draft/bring in more at OL Winters is a FA and I doubt he's resigned. I love Mongo. I loved Smoke, too.

Well... to that regard, we did just release John Brown. So someone has to pick up the targets and receptions he had.

I could always be wrong, but I don't see Beane pursuing a free agent RB. It's not like he's gonna lay out his off-season plan, but I think he tends to say what he means and mean what he says when he gives a presser. So when he said "I think it's very unfair to single out the backs for our running problems" but "we never got to the point where teams said we've got to stop their TE from going off", I feel that reflects his assessment that upgrading at TE is a higher priority for the team than upgrading at RB. Where that upgrade comes from (draft, FA, improvement by a young player, depth chart) 🤷‍♂️

I'm glad you're where you need to be! I'll put it out there: I'm skeptical of the "moderation" thing myself. I think addiction has to do with the way our brains are wired. But the point of the link is that it does apparently work for some people, at least over the short term. It's an opening where some are willing to try, then willing to change if they can't make the social thing work.

I'm not saying all of these or any of these are desireable. But Greg of Cover1 is right that they're feasible I'm not saying Beane makes the moves the OP suggested. But I think he may make 1 or 2 moves that surprise people. A lot depends upon what he likes in the draft.

I think it would be the same style of contract that had the Cardinals offering Watt a 2 year, $28M contract with a cap hit of $5M this season, or the Bills offering Milano a 4 year, $41.5M contract with an $8M cap hit this year.

Say more - why? Joe Buscaglia of the Athletic did an analysis. He had this to say about Henry: and about his blocking And this to say about Jonnu Smith: but also: I think they're both an upgrade on what we've got. Spotrac projects $8M/yr for Smith and $10M/yr for Henry. For that size of contract money, Henry may be closer to what we need. I tend to think they're both pipe-dreams for us fans and Beane will be shopping the bargain basement for a backup plan at TE.

It's a good question. I think if the right guy is interested we might see one, maybe two. But I kind of expect it more on defense, specifically edge.

A guy in the comments there says

I like the idea of adding a top talent at TE or dual-threat RB (I personally think TE is the bigger need). Then you do what you need to do to achieve that. If it's position yourself in the draft to take a top prospect, OK, what it takes. If it's sign one in FA, OK, what it takes. I just don't like the strategy of "well, we really need one so our plan consists of take a high-ceiling low-floor guy in the 3rd round and wait 3+ years" backed up by "sign a career backup for $18.75M/$8.3M guaranteed" in Tyler Kroft. We paid the guy $10.7M for 2 years work and got 18 receptions on 30 targets for 190 yds for it. Sometimes bargain-hunting works and sometimes it doesn't. Maybe paying a TE who can actually make 50-60 receptions/yr for 600+ yds would be actually more cost-effective - 3.3 - fold more effective if my math is right. But, maybe they'll roll into camp with Knox, Sweeney, and a bargain-basement FA and a rook 🤷‍♂️.

I think if we intend to take a step, we need an upgrade on offense that doesn't depend upon faith.

Of course Josh is cashing in big time, but that doesn't affect us much this year or probably next

I think a strategy where the team drafts an RB in the 3rd round 3 years in a row needs some self-scouting. Just saying.

For a multi-year contract, why not?

Pulling for your friend, man. I hope he finds something that works for him.

I'm sure they talk about all sorts of deals, but basically Miami needed a LB after dumping Van Nuys and Houston is converting to a 4-3 D and has extra ILB.