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What the Hell???

Greg Cosell really likes this pickup, says he’s very smart, helps setup plays for his teammates because he understands and processes what’s happening, has good athleticism and makes plays

There it is! Dane is serviceable, knows the system and can play man to man. But we are definitely drafting a CB or two this year

I don’t think they will be spending too much more, possibly on a cb, a few other minor signings and the draft. Dawkins I would imagine is a strong possibility. Reduction in pay to Knox and maybe cutting Daquan if they get another DT

There are all sorts of prorated types of payment and I don’t believe any of it can be restructured any further. Just the Base pay

There isn’t really anything to do for 2025. Next year they can convert his $16M salary to bonus and save about $13M

Greens everywhere except height and weight

I think this is going to end up being a sneaky good signing.

@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!