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@GunnerBill we were talking about this the other day. My feelings were that slot valuations are going up at a very rapid rate. Godwin can play on the boundary but is primarily a slot guy but he just happens to play it at an elite level.

Thats about what I was projecting myself. A late middle rounder. If he simply makes the team and plays special teams it worked out. If he eventually becomes the 3rd LB on the depth chart it’s a success. If he eventually becomes a starter it’s a home run.

Playmaker!

He’s showed himself to be an adequate possibility, but we are talking about a late 5th rounder and why not see if he could end up being better ?

There is no reason why Shaun shouldn't be selected by the Bills with a mid rounder if he's available. Milano will likely need a replacement within a year or two. The guys is ultra productive, and has the measurables to be a really good LB. Get'r done!

Another consideration is that you are looking to trade for someone who is 30 years old who will be looking for probably around $35M+ a year AAV. That dilutes the trade value. Also, Buffalo's recent track record of their 1st and 2nd rounds I don't believe factors in at all. I don't believe any teams GM goes into a trade possibility negotiation thinking "We haven't had the success we'd like with our premium picks, so lets trade it away to get a proven player". I truly believe that is how fans may think but not GM's, specially one like Brandon Beane. I believe they value their premium picks very much so. Also, we don't know if the Bills tried and if they did what they offered. My belief is they did make a bid which is reasonable to believe since there was some reporting that there was a bid for Myles Garrett and that whatever they bid was rejected by the Bengals.

I'm guessing that the Bills made an offer to trade for Trey and the Bengals rejected it because of the comp. Then the Bills didn't have the luxury to wait around and pulled the trigger on Bosa. That's what I'm speculating as to what happened.

Not the same at all. James Cook's networth is probably 2% of what Josh Allen's is and Josh Allen has a guaranteed contract of $250 M more that will be coming in and has significantly more corporate endorsement deals. The shelf life of a QB if successful is around 15 years, the shelf life of a successful RB is about half of that. This is arguably the last big contract that he will ever have and then it dries up. I don't begrudge him for trying to make enough money to leave a legacy behind. Could he have handled it differently? Sure, but honestly I don't care too much about that, it's not as if he is bad mouthing the organization or its players.

More good work from the Cover 1 guys with Michael Hoecht. He seems very football intelligent.

Me as well. Going into last year I always thought of Cook as a good back and I in my mind was already beginning to believe that we probably shouldn't extend him. Sometime around halfway during the year I began to reconsider the possibility of bringing him back and and by the time the season was over I completely made a 180 and believed that a deal should be done. Based off his play last year he no longer is simply a good dime a dozen back but an upper echelon player top 5-6 at his position and advanced metrics agree with that. I think what really did it for me was his homerun playmaking ability and the fact that he showed more in between the tackle strength to run the ball. How many times did we see him go low to bounce off defenders and push forward for a few more yards. Some like to minimize his 16 TD's, I think that's crazy. He showed strength and the ability to bounce it outside when defenders were crowded in the middle. As a general philosophy, I don't think its good business to get rid of playmakers and no doubt that he was the Bills best offensive skilled position player on the team aside from Allen. I'm not advocating for the Bills to give him what he wants but to make every effort to bridge the gap.

He is entering into his 4th season, he doesn’t have many miles on that tread, easily 3-5 more years. His market value will be $12m+. If he signs a $12M deal it would be a team friendly deal, he doesn’t want to sign a team friendly deal. He wants to maximize and I’m guessing at this current moment he wouldn’t want to sign for below $14M The recent signings of Aaron Jones, Saquon and Semaji Perine strengthen his case. However, if he doesn’t sign then there will be no big money this year and there is always a risk of a serious injury that would devalue his worth. I think everyday that goes by the pressure is on him to lower his contract demand. I think the Bills understand this and will wait it out, there is no hurry on the Bills to get a deal done. Im guessing he will eventually sign at around $13m AAV

I don’t think it’s because he can’t just that the Bills really like their compliment of backs. I think he could easily carry the ball 275 times a year which would be around 16 times a game. It’s a luxury to have 2 above average backup RB’s at their disposal.

I hear ya but that sin was committed 4 years ago and the blow is somewhat softened with Benford being a late round draft pick that ended up being what we wanted Elam to be. And for where we are now, it was good that he was able to recoup some draft value and take off $2.5M from the cap

Cover one guys had a nice chat with our new DE and how he gets his FG blocks

I would think that the Bills won't be bringing back Rasul and Kaiir we know isn't coming back. I would think the odds of signing a CB is very high via FA and most likely a draft pick or two more at the position.

Wow! Beane fleeced the Cowboys!

It just didn’t work out. Needed a fresh start. Should free up $2.7M Good Job by Beane to get something for him

It has to be done to compete with the Eagles of the world. Cap space keeps increasing so that will absorb many of the future dollars. You're right that it does end up getting paid one way or the other, but the Bills can make a very strong run of it over the next few years by continuing to kick the can down the road. There are things they can do to mitigate those eventual dead cap Voided years such as releasing players. I would imagine that next year Samuels will be gone if not this year and that guys like Epenesa will be gone as well. Even Milano could be a cap casualty this year or the year after. Plus you do have Beane signing these 1 year deals that will be off the books. It's a necessary evil if you want to compete.

You don't need space to extend Cook or Benford, in fact extending either one of them frees up cap space for 2025.

FS is what we are lacking most. Bishop and Rapp are best suited as SS's. It's an athletic guy who has produced in the past that will be given an opportunity to compete. I'm sure it is a very minimal contract, I like it. Trevor is his own worst nightmare.

Eagles are hemorrhaging lots of quality defensive players. They will rely on their draft to replace them.

Not quite yet, I don't think. They need to get a quality 1 T that they believe is better than DaQuan to do that before that move happens I believe. Probably not going to happen until at least after the draft. Everyone needs to remember that there will be another wave of cuts and releases after the draft and there will be good value signings available.

I don't believe they envision him as a starter. I think they will look at the draft and hope to get someone who could eventually be in consideration to compete as a starter or if a really good safety is available early on to be a starter. For now, I think they believe Rapp and Bishop are the two envisioned starting safeties that are on the roster.

I'm seeing a lot of this online on X from different analysts and Steelers media people that It appears that he wasn't a great fit in a 3 - 4 and that in a 4 - 3 you could reasonably expect him to get back closer to form. I also keep seeing from them that he has a lot of "juice" to his game. High character guy with Juice with a history of good production in a 4 - 3 alignment. It's another 1 year deal, I like it. I still fully expect the bills to draft a DT and DE with one of their first 3 premium picks if the right opportunity presents itself.