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When the Bills first put the low tender on Bates I thought the intention was to basically get him to negotiate his own long term deal instead of the 1-and-done or big against yourself options. Beane got poled by Poles........but just the tip. I think they were probably hoping for 2 years $7M or 3 years $10M and were probably prepared to do a 3 year $12M deal..........basically the 2nd round tender times 3........... but Poles went to 4 years(not a big deterrent, IMO) and the extra $250K per year(the tip). There was some speculation on here by those who would draft a guard in round 1 that the deal was going to be $5M-$6.5M aav........but that was NONSENSE!.........nobody pays an RFA that much above the second round tender. Poles would've looked like an idiot if he had offered that. This situation brought back memories of the Jauron/Levy Bills signing big DL Israel Idonije and G Reggie Wells to offer sheets in 2006 only to have Chicago and Arizona gladly match and thank those dumbassbills for negotiating the deals for them.

I know you like that stat but in fairness, almost all of those wins were clustered into a couple very brief periods in team history and games where they were clearly the superior team. They haven't made the playoffs enough times and had games against SB contending opponents late in the playoffs to suffer inogminious defeats the way that Green Bay has in the Rodgers era, for instance. And most of those Bills wins were in the early 90's which is long enough ago that intentionally excluding the home playoff losses in the 1960's in there is cherry picking. They lost at home with a chance to play in the first SB.

The NFL doesn't want to start their regular season in the poor TV ratings time of summer.........they want to wait until after Labor Day. Makes A LOT more sense ratings wise to extend the season until the beginning of NCAA March Madness..........which is the way it's trending.

First......at least 5 of those guys were drafted to play tackle but ended up at guard after they failed horribly outside.........Leatherwood being the most recent............very few players ever get selected strictly to play inside in round 1. And top interior OL often end up hitting free agency because its hard to justify paying them and because SMART teams fill their key positions in the draft and bad teams will always panic and overpay for interior OL in free agency. Drafting interior OL early is just bad strategy and sets you up to be a farm team for others to steal from. The "can't go broke making a profit" mindset in the early part of the draft........picking the low hanging fruit at IOL and Running Back for instance........is how you end up without enough difference makers. It's a matchup league.........which is why edge/island players make the big bucks.......they GET the one-on-one opportunities to change games..........those are the positions you draft early.

$6.5M aav would be a jaw dropping RFA bid.........likely a record for any position.

Yep, hopefully it's built so that it can be fully enclosed later. RWS was built for 14 game seasons that ended the second week in December.........once we get to 18 game seasons with 2 byes the season will be ending in late January and the conference playoffs could be wrapping up in late February. January is the worst weather month in WNY but the season potentially extending 2 months deeper into winter in itself will be challenging...........especially for those who have to travel a long way to get to the stadium. The un-tapped future of sports team revenue is milking patrons AFTER they are in the stadium so forcing them to make a business decision just to show up to your venue isn't profit-wise, IMO.

You want Allen to run less McDermott? Make the OL better and add RAC ability and speed to the receiving corps........this draft needs to be ABOUT THAT. Then try to come away with a CB2 candidate to push Jackson and a LB and S with athletic upside and potential to play important snaps in the system in 2023.

Schoen if you want a draft pick for Bradberry.....

I do hope they retain Bates. Speaking of Bears LT.......I would like to see the Bills end up with Jason Peters as a reserve tackle cheap if he chooses not to wait until August or September to sign again. Old but better than Ty Nsekhe was and Beane paid Tired Ty $7M aav. Peters was on a $2M 1 year deal with Chicago and then play him a few series every game to keep the tackles fresh and avoid the kind of catastrophic situations we saw with Brown and Doyle at LT(Doyle was a perfect 1 snap/1 sack at LT). And rotating OL more will be part of the future of football. Older fans will deny it.....but with 17-18 game seasons and spread offenses......it's coming. I can remember when people insisted Willis McGahee and Travis Henry couldn't share the same backfield and thought I was crazy when I insisted 2 back systems were coming. Two years later it was already becoming the norm. The Bills might as well stay ahead of it.

1. The idea that the reason the Bills offense struggled when it did was because Stefon Diggs was taken away.............that's false. The ACTUAL reason they struggled when they did was bad offensive line play. The Bills allowed more combined sacks and pressures than the Bengals OL did.........and it wasn't close..........it was like 125 to 100. As I opined at the time, the Bills made a tactical error signing Emmanuel Sanders to replace John Brown.........Sanders just added to their general lack of speed and RAC ability.......but with Josh Allen able to buy more time than any QB in the league they immediately became nearly unstoppable once the protection issues were lessened. 2. Davonte Adams put up 592 YAC yards in 2021.........Diggs put up just 326. That's a huge disparity. Adams is most definitely in a different class because he averages almost 5 yards of his own after every catch. It's not a 1A and 1B situation at all. And while I think Tyreek Hill is a little overrated IMO........I heard a Vegas sports book guy say today that Hill is worth +1.5 points on the line when he plays which is the highest point impact of any non-QB in the league. Diggs is outstanding but he's neither of those guys right now.........which is why he can have an astonishingly poor statistical game like he had in KC in January. Now I am all about stacking up playmaking talent at WR...........I would love to see them get 2 playmaking WR and 2 multi-talented TE out of this draft, which is pretty deep at both positions...........and would love to see them have to keep 7 even with Kumerow pushed right off the roster by an actual playmaker.

Two years left on contract.........that's PLENTY of leverage. One year.......with the WR hitting age 30 thereafter........is also PLENTY. Personally I think it's wise to let him play another season before extending..........add another WR1 potential in this draft...........before doing anything that they will regret by extending Diggs into his mid 30's with a big $ new deal. I think what you saw with KC and GB were organizations with QB's with elite arm talent realizing that they can produce massive passing #'s without paying $20M+ aaa for a WR1..........see Josh Allen to Gabe Davis in the KC playoff game for an example. And yes I know Diggs is credited for being the decoy in that game but his woeful numbers that day also underscore the concern that he isn't a RAC guy at this stage........and with a hole like that in his game he might not be viewed as being quite in the class of Adams by the Bills. Now Miami on the other hand..........they need players who can make plays around a more modestly talented passer. Basically a more likely to succeed version of what Doug Whaley tried to do by drafting Sammy Watkins for EJ Manuel........prop up a middling QB(prospect) with dynamic receiving talent.

Beane might not reach on his board...........but the Bills board itself might be polluted by team neediness. The prime example being Cody Ford and the embarrassing way that unfolded("We need a tackle") on the Bills embedded series.

I'm intrigued by Howard..........he was a big play TE at Alabama and flashed that in his first couple years.........now we gotta' see what he can do but the upside is big.

Well some people who were working OT making excuses about why the Bills couldn't afford an elite pass rusher gotta' say something now that it happened, right? 😉

At the combine the rumor was that the Bills were preparing to make a big splash........and speculation was that it was in part to get the WNY public excited with the controversial stadium funding issue coming up.

He might have a $4M cap hit in 2022 for all we know right now. Number of ways they can manipulate it to make a lot of room.

That's right! This big splash was prophesied!

Actually the McKissic thing woke Beane up.......good thing Overdorf wore brown pants on the carpool in this am

Judon really doesn't get where he's going yet. He will have 8 sacks at the trade deadline next season and Belichick will inexplicably trade him to Seattle for a 6th round pick and plug a UDFA into his spot............they are just chess pieces there in NE there isn't really any logic in recruiting or getting invested in that organization. Anyone who can be recruited is likely someone Bill doesn't want in his club. That's far too much free will.

Yep............and these aren't the deals you regret if they don't work out. They didn't get close to the full 7 years out of Mario and it was still one of the best long term deals they've ever done. Bryce Paup........similar. It's about impact............now close the deal on the Lombardi and it's an absolute Lombargain. This is basically a 3 year $52M deal............not gigantic for what should be the 3rd or 4th ranked individual game breaker on the team.

Yep congrats to Beane for doing the right thing.........this is how you do it when you are THISCLOSE........they are now much better positioned to win those critical one-on-one battles on the opposing QB's blindside and his wide game meshes perfectly with Rousseau's best trait as a pass rusher......an inate ability to recognize a QB stepping up and collect him. To all the people who bought his line of sh*t about "not mortgaging the future" on a big ticket item.........stop taking what he says at face value.........once the regular season ends then lying season begins.

Basically, Settle would have to stay at 1T. Phillips can't play any 1T. Turrible, turrible at it. Might be a disservice to the up and coming Settle. Doesn't feel like a Beane move but I knew this was coming and thought maybe Phillips and Zimmer might end up as the 3T's. Jordan Phillips is a $1M-$2M player right now, IMO. As for the cutting Star part.........

and Espinoza

Amin..........people who want a Jordan Davis can get the 2015 model and not have to wait 4 years for the new one to get dumped on the market. 🤷‍♂️

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