Magox

This is what I’ve been saying over and over.

Based off last years production this contract which in all intents and purposes is up to $18.6m AAV over the next 5 years matches up. I posted the advanced stats multiple times, you can find them in this thread. Through objective lens it’s a good deal. The beauty is that he is ascending, that’s not in dispute. I would assume he hasn’t hit his ceiling yet unless last year was the peak and I don’t see any evidence to suggest that.

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It won‘t He will end up being less than 3.5% of the entire cap in 2026 and around 4% in 2027, assuming the Bills use the 1 voided year which seems to be their recent M.O

Keep in mind, that’s 8th in the league of existing contracts in place. Many of those deals were from 1-3 seasons ago. If all players were up for a contact extension, at this contract he signed there most likely would have been 15 Edge defenders who would have gotten higher payouts.

Yes and I creates a thread that I had to delete because of it Thanks Muki! lol

I hear ya, but I think they will. The way he played last year was at near elite level. Ripping off long TD’s, phenomenal around the end zone, showed that he could run in between the tackles, good receiver. Bottom line he is a play maker and arguably the best offensive skill position player on the team. I don’t think he will walk unless his demands are unreasonable and last I saw his asking price was $15m AAV which isn’t too far off his correct value

Incorrect He had a sack in the Denver game and another one in the Ravens game. No one showed up on defense Va the Chiefs specially the DB’s and coaching schemes

For those that only base his value off of his sack production 15th in the league in solo tackles at DE - 10th in the league in Tackles for loss as a DE - 3rd in the league in forced fumbles at DE - 10th in the league in Stops at DE -19th in the league in sacks at DE - 18th in the league in Hurries at DE - 2nd in the league in QB hits at DE - 10th in the league in Total QB pressures - 11th in the league in Batted Passes -12th in the league in PFF ratings And he did this by being - 25th in the league in Total snaps - 32nd in Run defense snaps -17th in pass rush snaps And he also had 2 sacks in the playoffs this past year. $20M AAV and if you include his $13m for 2025 that means over the next 5 years his AAV will be $18.6M He will cost around 2% of the cap in 2025 Leas than 3% in 2026 And less than 4% in 2027 Not to mention close to $10M in cap savings for 2025 providing lots of flexibility to go after more FA and trade targets!

Benford Allen Cook They will all get done!

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Yes, very likely around $10m cap space for 2025 will be freed up

He is going to be less than 2% of the cap in 2025, less than 3.5% in 2026 and around 4% in 2027 Book it!

And this going to free up around $10m in salary cap for 2025 If you include his $13m that is scheduled for 2025 the $93m over 5 years at an AAV of $18.6M

Hell yeah! What a deal for the Bills! Beane has been on fire with extending our core young players to team friendly deals!

So he’s an Andrew Tate wannabe

Right, but it wasn't until his 7th season until where he saw that drop off and that is because he suffered an injury and didn't play hardly at all. Plus he had a lot more wear on those treads. Cook is going into his 4th season.

Good organizations don't make habits of letting go good, young players because they don't want to pay fair market value. That's for the loser ball clubs.

Yes, that will provide the most. Extending Rousseau gives the second most at around $10m+ Restructuring Dawkins gives around $8.7m If Von can do a cut in pay to $5m bonus and minimum base that would save $10m

For real though

It’s a good point, if Sedrick could become the answer he would represent larger cap savings 2026 and beyond

Another way of looking at it Also, I wouldn’t be surprised that some of this $53m isn’t base or automatic bonuses but performance related.

I know there is hope from fans about Sedrick Van Pran but I don't think we as fans really know how he is progressing. If the Bills aren't sure that Sedrick could be the long-term answer then they absolutely should extend McGovern. It would be nice to get those cap savings by extending him but they may want to play it out another year to see if Sedrick could be the guy.

He is a top 5 - 10 CB and he absolutely will get paid over $20M AAV and he deserves it. He's also the 5th rated CB according to PFF Advanced metrics shows that Benford is elite in coverage, tackling and playmaking. It's really weird, we have many fans on this board that have an anathema to extending good to really good players to their market values. The good thing is that the Bills will likely extend Rousseau to his market value which will be mid $20's M AAV, Cook to around $14M AAV and Benford to somewhere in the low $20'sM AAV.

He was coming off a pretty big injury and missed most of the season. He's 30 years old, definitely another option to consider.