billsfan89

I loved Ed coming out of the draft and he has been a solid player. But he hasn't been dynamic which is what you want from a player drafted in the top 10. If Ed is demanding an extension and his demands are unreasonable to his level of production I would look into trading him. If you can get a 3rd round pick in 2023 and a 5th in 2024 I would strongly consider taking it. If Ed is willing to play out his 5th-year option and hit the market I keep him and get a comp pick. If he wants an extension that's reasonable I sign him.

Hasn't been a truly elite player since 2018 and last had a highly productive season in 2020. For the past two years, he has been a solid player but not dynamic. At age 33 with 9 years in the league, he wouldn't be the best option. Not a tragic idea as he may have one more solid year in him but I would rather look elsewhere unless Thielen comes fairly cheap and is willing to be a complementary WR 4/5. But I don't see that happening. If the Bills are looking at WR I would rather look to the draft or trade for a younger WR like Jerry Jeudy.

Unless the Bills find two O-line starters a good slot WR and some help on defense if both Edumonds and Poyer are gone (effectively filling all or most major needs in free agency which will not happen) I think Robinson at pick 27 would be a very foolish move. I would rather fill a more pressing need or even if the needs on the roster are less glaring after free agency I would still rather go after a more impactful position like a pass rusher or another more "preimum" position. The Bills if they can have Hines agree to a pay cut and resign Singletary or another decent vet RB to complement Cook and add depth the Bills will have a very deep RB core. The Bills just spent a 2nd round pick on a RB who had a really solid rookie year. Why would the Bills need to spend another top flight pick at a position that isn't the most valuable or hard to find in the NFL?

I like it, 2022 was effectively a red-shirt year for Ike coming off a very serious injury. Not a bad "kick the tires" season to see if he can be a depth option, at worst it is camp competition.

A solid safety but not a dynamic player either. Likely wants an extension that the Jets can offer.

Would have liked to have kept Edumonds but I would rather invest more in the offense.

2021 and 2022 were bummer endings but football in the playoffs is often a crapshoot. So its hard to completely destroy a pair of division titles and a pair of playoff victories because the team didn't win a Super Bowl. Combing that with 2019 and 2020 being very successful building seasons I would say that McD has met expectations overall.

The defense is good very good but the scheme needs to take on a different dimension in the playoffs. This zone scheme works so well against mid level or lower QB’s but against elite QB’s in the playoffs they need some other way to play.

A needed change hopefully this isn’t related to health.

I would rather trade a 2nd or 3rd rounder for Jerry Jeudy who has 2 years left on his deal. A premium pick for a one year rental is not the best idea at least give me someone who can be around for 2 seasons.

The Bills drafts from 2019 to 2022 have not been the best drafts. They haven't been tragic but the problem is that the Bills haven't hit on a "home run" pick in the draft. It's been a lot of single and doubles so to speak. 2019 Oliver, Knox and Singletary Oliver has been an above average DT and Knox and above average TE, while Singletary has been an average RB. 2020 AJ, Gabe Davis, Bass and Dane Jackson AJ had a rough first two seasons but came up better this season. Gabe has been up and down as a WR. Bass probably the best hit but at a niche ST position and Dane Jackson a solid corner. 2021 Groot, Boogie, Spencer Brown and Hamlin Groot has been decent and has some "home run potential" but thus far he has only been solid, Boogie and Spencer Brown have been very up and down and Hamlin was playing decent before his situation but is more likely a high end backup. 2022 Elam, Cook, Shakir, Benford and Bernard Benford and Elam were up and down but both look like they can play in the league, Cook looks to be a good RB with how he ended the season, Shakir flashed some but will have to develop some more and Bernard looked lost hopefully he plays better in year two. Contrast that with 2017 to 2018 which produced Josh Allen, Milano, Tre White, Dawkins, T.Johnson and Edumonds. Allen, Milano and White are All-Pro caliber players while Johnson, Dawkins and Edumonds are "Pro Bowl" caliber players in just two drafts. The Bills need some of the 2020-2022 players to develop into higher impact players and the 2023 draft class to have at least one really big hit in it.

Lamar has to be somewhat realistic that no team is going to want to guarantee 5+ years to a QB that spent the ending of the last two years hurt and has a style of play that is dependent on running. This is not an easy situation for the Ravens to be in.

The Bills just spent a 2nd round pick at RB and that RB James Cook had a strong end to the season. There is little sense to burn a first round pick when there are so many other needs on the roster. This screams lazy reporting. The Bills can resign Singletary and ask Hines to take a pay cut or spend a mid pick to replace one of them and sign a cheaper vet and use pick 27 elsewhere where it needed like on the Oline or at WR even spending it on defense would make more sense than a RB

Part of the offenses Uber success in the 2021 playoffs that ended in the 13 seconds game was the offensive line having peaked at the right time. Dawkins and Mitch were their usual good selves while Bates came in strong at Left guard playing well above average and D Williams was a really solid RG and Spencer Brown had a nice ending to the season. This year the Oline had a banged up and underperforming Spencer Brown, Bates regressed a bit to being an average player and the drop off from D Williams to Saffold was huge. Give Josh two new starters along the Oline and a quality slot WR and I think the offense becomes more successful.

My ideal “realistic” off season would be to restructure everyone they could to free up about 59 million in cap space and then get Hines to take a pay cut down to 2.5 million (which would put the Bills at 61.2 million in cap space). Then with the cap space sign Edumonds to a back loaded deal and resign Shaq, J Phillips, Singletary, Keenum and one or two or the ST players. Unfortunately have to let Poyer walk unless the market doesn’t shake out for him and he can be brought back on a one year deal but that isn’t likely. Then the Bills could then likely have some space to play with to sign a quality guard like Dalton Risner and sign a depth guard or tackle. I would then like to see the Bills trade for Jerry Jeudy a 2nd round pick and a future mid round pick should get it done and greatly help out Josh getting a reliable slot WR. That would likely “cap out” the Bills but certainly keep most of the roster intact while addressing a couple of key issues heading into the draft. The Bills could then further address the Oline in round 1 grabbing a RT and then in round 3 grabbing a WR or Guard and then in round 4 adding a center to be the heir apparent for Mitch and solidifying Oline depth. Then spend the later picks on defense to help out the depth and development there as the team invests more on offense.

The Pro Bowl still does good business despite how few good players go to it. They even got rid of the football game aspect and it is still not attracting players.

Factoring out Diggs as I am not sure you can include that as a primary pick, the Bills draft is decent a C. AJ came on a bit this season but has underperformed thus far not a bust but not meeting the value of the pick. Moss was a bust as was Fromm. Bass was a huge hit and Dane and Gabe were nice mid to late round finds. If AJ can round into a consistent starting DE and Gabe and Dane Polish up their games things will be looking up for the draft.

TE is not a tragic pick in round 1 but it would be a disappointment when Oline and WR are more pressing needs and the value at one of those positions should be there

Ideally Dalton Risner slots in at RG and the team drafts a RT in round 1. Then the team in round 3 and 4 drafts a center and more Oline depth/competition (and an heir apparent for Mitch). That would leave you with an Oline of Dawkins-Bates-Mitch-Risner-1st round pick Then you have Spencer Brown, two rookies and a vet guard on the bench.

They need to get more tough on the Oline that’s always held the offense back. Defensively the DT group in 2020 to 2021 was a big issue constantly getting run on. In 2022 they brought in D. jones, Settle and J Phillips to overhaul the position group and in the regular season it worked to make the team better against the run. In the playoffs D Jones not being there and a flat performance from the Dline just led to those issues being there again. I hope they replace Settle with another big run stuffer and beef up the Oline with two new starters and better depth.

Parham was right there. I get that LB was a depth need but the team needed both depth at guard and someone to take over for Saffold long term.

TE is not an issue, Knox is currently a top 10 TE in my opinion and Morris is a decent backup I doubt they spend anything more than a late round pick at the position

I think Sanders and Montgomery would probably cost you more than 6 million and the added benefit of Singletary/Hines combo at 6 million over a single back at around that range would be that you get an added benefit of having Hines as a returner and you don’t have to burn a mid round pick that could be used for depth or development elsewhere.

Ideally I would like to keep Hines as a gadget player and returner but he has to take a pay cut down to the 2.5ish million range. I would also like to bring back Singletary at around 3.5 million range. Between the two I would rather have Singletary back as I think he is a more all around back

It is far too early to tell but base on the QB situation of the other three teams I will say the Bills are likely to be favored to win the division again