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I agree that he is what he is.........but at 350# approx his lack of versatility is a matter of want-to not "skill set". This is a guy the Bills should never have to pay above minimum for because they are his only market. He talked his way out of Miami and Arizona couldn't get rid of him fast enough after they realized what they'd gotten into.

One of the issues with being a team that drafts for need is that defense is the matchup side of the ball..........you can always find areas on defense where it seems like you don't matchup with certain teams. On offense it is easy to rationalize that you don't need matchup winners if you have a great QB. That's what the Bills have been saying without saying it aloud the past two seasons. They gotta' change that..........they do need better talent on offense and it showed in the second half of last season and was a glaring issue in their playoff loss. But some drafts just don't align where the best talent is where you need it. They should go BPA at a premium position early regardless of the side of the ball........OR they should utilize draft capital to trade for proven commodities on offense.

Don't discourage him. This could result in better content than the time he bought goats because he didn't want to mow his lawn.

Yes Daquan Jones is the same $4M block-upier that he was when Carolina signed him away from TN. Why Beane had to pay him over $7M aav and $10M gtd for that role I don't know. But the standard for DT1T play got very low on TSW with all the fake hype that OBD gave that turd Star Lotulelei to justify paying him $40M+ for 3 seasons. In some places where they expect good DT play Jones might have been a pay cut candidate with his base salary over $6M this season........not an extend candidate.

Yes he hurt his hamstring running earlier in the season. He hurt his shoulder with a goofy diving lunge at Mac Jones later in the season. But it's easy to get them mixed up because at this stage he is probably always going to be in the process of getting injured. What has never changed is that Phillips IQ drops a good 50 points when he steps on the field. If that weren't the case he'd have been a star.

That "hustle" was just idiotic. The game was over and there was very little chance that lunge brings down Jones. It was eye-wash.......an attempt to make himself look valiant that backfired. What the guy needs to do is play smart and under control. He is more concerned with winning over the ball watchers. McBeane accept him for what he is.........but last year his market should have been league minimum and that was all they eventually got out of him. At age 31 I doubt the light is going to come on for him but even if it miraculously did.......pay him for that NEXT year........he simply hasn't earned more than league minimum with his performance in recent seasons.

How does this washed up gas giant keep getting more than minimum deals from Beane? I know fans like him because he plays to the crowd on the field and in social media but the reality is that he can't stay healthy and is a terrible run defender who basically refuses to use his natural size to be stout. I said it last year..........it's fine to sign him to a minimum deal but there isn't much of a market for his services.

Getting to that point where we are getting full 7 round mocks now https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/draft2023/insider/story/_/id/35958143/2023-nfl-mock-draft-jordan-reid-seven-round-predictions-259-picks: Bills choices for those without ESPN+: 1. Drew Sanders LB (Arkansas) 2. Keion White DE (GA Tech) 3. Byron Young DT (Alabama) 4. Jonathon Mingo WR (Ole Miss) 5. Christopher Smith S (Georgia) 6. John Ojukwu OT (Boise)

Campbell could very well be a deadline deal candidate next season. Win-win for him. He gets paid in a market that has otherwise dried up and then ends up in KC or Jax for a stretch run. Of course, maybe his good friend Lamar ends up in Atlanta after all.

In other news has anyone heard that people thought there were multiple QB's who were better than Josh Allen in that same 2018? Vander Esch started getting injured way back in 2019 and hasn't been the same player that he was as a rookie for chrissakes.........it's not a revelation that Edmunds got paid on an entirely different level in 2023. Now All Pro Roquan Smith went before Tremaine and All Pro's Shaq "Darius" Leonard and Fred Warner went after him in round 2...........all better MLB's than Edmunds. Let's not act like the Bills "nailed" the pick.........in hindsight they truly did not.

That's great........being able to beat KC early in the season the past two years should have been part of attaining the #1 seed( if not for the annual mid-season McMalaise). But playoff football is where they lag. The Bills defense hasn't been able to raise their level of play against good QB's when needed in the playoffs..........which appears to be an issue with the system......and the system is built around Tremaine...........and other contenders have been able to adapt better to their opponents.

As good as 2020? Definitely not. Lowest yards per target since 2016. Lower ypr and catch % than we are used to. Look at Julio Jones 2020..........he had a similar 9 game slate to what Hopkins had in 2022.........and he was far more explosive than Hopkins........his 15 ypr, 75% catch rate and 11.3 yards per target blew Hopkins 2022 numbers out of the water. The fall off happened fast for Julio. Remember that Hopkins was suspended for using PED's that he is now being tested much more regularly for. The system is an intentional sham designed to be beaten......if you aren't in the program you get tested a couple times a year and you know almost exactly when that will be and just have to mask it. He blew it. I don't care that he's juicing, lot's of players are. But if he can't take them any longer he could fall off significantly. Not JUST performance but also the ability to stay healthy. And you don't lose all the juice immediately so don't presume that looking good in the same calendar year that he was caught means that he's not impacted by not having them. Often times it's the year after when significant issues prop up. As A-Rod.

I didn't think they'd get more than a late 3rd for Oliver in trade due to his 8 figure base salary.........but Hargrave getting $20M+ per year is good for Ed Oliver's trade value. I don't think Denver would part with Jeudy for less than a late #1 value but maybe there is an exception.

Which is a very important component of Jeudy's value. He's inexpensive. And there is also the concern that Hopkins is in permanent decline and not just the victim of misfortune the past two seasons. We just witnessed AJ Green and Julio Jones fall down similarly around age 30......assumed they could bounce back because of how great they had been.......and yet they did not. Same concern with OBJ........but, of course, OBJ doesn't require draft pick compensation. Time is on Jeudy's side.

I call him the bond company stooge but I would never kidnap him. That would be a very Jeff Goldblum move, the height of rudeness. My guess is he might have gotten caught up in the rash of small bank closings. Full service branches being turned into person-less ATM only locations and loan officers being regionalized........and no longer has the type of desk job that allows him to stay on top of all Bills related info all day. And perhaps like a collector who can't keep his collection up to date........he's just lost interest in the process altogether. It's not a coincidence that(just like 26CB) NOBODY seems to know how to reach him. I collected sports cards and records avidly at different points as a kid and when I quit those hobbies I didn't go around to tell all the industry nerds I'd met along the way that I quit. They were really just acquaintances..........which is what you all were to Yoyo.

Yeah but what about the Texans and Jaguars? Gotta' keep up with them. It's funny how we have these myth busters who create these posts that only re-inforce the reality that they are trying to mythologize.

$11M (after roster bonus) for Dalvin Cook? Austin Ekeler is making $6M and put up 1600+ yards and close to 20 TD's. The Bills are going to be paying Nyheim Hines over $4M PLUS incentives that can take that deal over $5M to be RB3 and people want to add an $11M RB on top of that? Beane can't be that out of touch with RB value.

So you wanted to pay $20M for a RT? The Chiefs are rolling the dice that his game will elevate up to LT level........but he is a big step down from the 2020 Orlando Brown they acquired.........who was an actually dominant RT in Baltimore and who had also proven himself at LT that season. I think "grass is just greener on other side" types like you should recognize that the Bills have a RT with a very high ceiling as well.

Hopefully, if his game elevates like it did for Diggs.

Jeudy was injured his second season but his 1st and 3rd seasons were quite similar to the start of Diggs career. I think a lot of people misremember what kind of WR Diggs was at Minnesota.........Diggs wasn't considered a top 5 WR there........that happened in Buffalo. And Diggs value was tamped down by having a $15M aav contract............Jeudy has a sub $3M cap hit in 2023.

Did they contact Arizona to ask them if Dhop was a speed guy and they were like nah?

Yeah.......what some don't understand is that the only way to prevent tampering is to not allow agents to talk to GM's. They talk all the time. Deals have been getting negotiated since the end of the season. Since every team does it, there is an unwritten understanding. The only time that it's a problem is when a player is under contract. Stephen Ross obviously thought wining and dining DeShaun and Brady were covered by the code. They were not. Teams are ok with free agent discussions but not outright negotiating with their under contract players without their permission a year before they are even eligible for UFA.

Matakevich might as well just move right into Chuck Lester's old role as LB coach when he retires from the Bills in 2035. That f*cking guy just won't die whether he has a pulse on the roster or not.

Doesn't sound like much of a pay cut and incentives can take him OVER his $4.9M? WTF Beane? Hines is clearly going to be RB3.........that shouldn't cost anything in excess of $2M total.........and not $2M with future dead money. Hines should have been cut and allowed to test the market..........the kind of pay cut he should have required are the kind that don't work out unless the player is allowed to test his true worth on the market. Pay cuts in general are bad business. Every time Beane asks for one the player effort/buy-in shifts into double low. See Vernon Butler and opt-out year Star Lotulelei as the prior examples. The player needs to be able to see his value to appreciate their position..........case in point Beasley refusing a pay cut down from $7M and then being grateful to be accepted back onto the practice squad 6 months later. It's human nature for workers to check out when you cut their pay. Sign Jamaal Williams next for $4M-$5M and they can have a $10M backfield without even having a star RB in it. 😂

Yeah Volpe accomplished a rare feat hitting 20 HR and stealing 50 bases in the minors last year. It's kind of a cherry picked combo of stats.......but there hadn't been a player to do that at any level of the minor leagues in over a decade. He put on a bunch of muscle during the lost covid season, before that he had very little pop and was mainly a contact guy. He has a high effort, violent swing kinda' like Don Mattingly had when he came up. That's not a comp, just an observation. He's not as naturally talented a hitter as Gleyber Torres but he's a much smarter, focused player. Torres gives bats and plays away with his casual approach all the time.......Volpe never does. They both over-swing but Volpe works to stay closed and keep his bat "in the zone" longer(see the 4th post in thread of Volpe practicing staying in the zone) while Torres is constantly flying open and trying to pull everything. I don't think Volpe will stay at SS, Oswald Peraza and Oswaldo Cabrera both have a lot more range and a stronger throwing arm and with shifts banned those things are more important now. But he has a chance to be everything that we hoped Torres would be.........and the expectations on Torres were huge.