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That's just the recipe for it at the dining hall at Jacksonville State.

Hard to tell how much they think of Bates............but I would suspect they would have given him the second round tender if they just wanted him back for one more season as the top interior OL reserve. This looks like an attempt to get he and his agent to get carried away with that little freedom and negotiate a cheap 3 year $7M total kinda' deal elsewhere so the Bills can match it without looking like they low-balled him. If Bates believes in himself maybe he doesn't bite on something like that...........but the difference between $1M and $4M-$5M of guarantees might be tough to pass on. See the Justin Zimmer situation.

Back to Atlanta, would be my guess. They have no WR's.

Hopefully he's recovering well and will be a camp invite. I didn't think they were going to tender him.

I suspect there are a lot of "feels" involved in Beane's salary limits. Like the difference between $2M and $3M for a reserve isn't perceived as much..........nor is signing a $3M player to fill a reserve or ST spot that probably should be manned by a rookie...........so sign 5 of those deals for $1M-2M aav over............... and then balk when a difference maker demands $17M instead of $12M. Maybe Beane will prove those of us wrong that think that his numbers haven't made a great deal of sense in UFA. But other than 2018 when his UFA class was universally viewed as a lot of gross over pays..........he usually gets a lot of props from the "be careful in free agency" media crowd.........but the sensible, lower aav deals are also the one's that said media tend to be quicker to forget. Sometimes 3 or 4 of those strung together end up hitting as hard as a big one ............and there have been a lot of those.

Yep for league min no guarantees. Punt returner only..........no juice on kickoffs.

Have we learned any details on Rudiger Scaffold signing yet?

If he had to go someplace else........Las Vegas isn't bad for the Bills.......just makes that division a little more unpredictable on paper.

Yeah because we were all so floored by the news. Nice player but no big deal. Plenty of McRB's out there still.

Yeah they really seem like they are 1 impact player away from being a SB champion right now.............they were very good in 2020..........but regardless of the final result they were a BETTER team in 2021.........they just got out-manned by KC's playmakers late in that divisional game. It's time to make that move to get 1 more game changer. There is always an excuse to not go for it..........it's the easy fall back for any front office.........."they don't want to mortgage the future" becomes "well, they aren't 1 player away" pretty quick.

Not sure what's worse.........the A's stripping their team down to begin with.............or the lousy returns they are getting doing it. The Olson trade was brutal. Pache? Yikes. Is Kevyn Adams doing double duty over in Oakland?

We will have to agree to disagree on his intent. It is a fact that you don't know his intent any more than I. Is that suitable for print?

Yeah it's not "wild to think"..........but it's also not "likely" that bpa at those exact spots will be those positions in those rounds. The draft isn't like a set of stairs where one selection is just one step down in quality from the prior.........the difference in impact between selecting a Cody Ford versus a DK Metcalf/AJ Brown can be VAST........even if they are both at the top of their individual positions on your board at the time.

I never said I wasn't snarky........just pointing out your lie. Pro sports is an entertainment business. This board is here to discuss said entertainment business. Having a focused McClappy photo as your avatar doesn't change the fact that you just come here for entertainment. I do prefer good football discussion...............but do you see me demanding people show me their board when debating a topic/player? No, you do not.

That's the same technique that got the Bills them off-bus-starters.........Shaq, Ragnuts and da Fuhrer.......1-2-3 in the 2016 draft. It's been said a million times........but it's true........you really gotta' get the best players available(at premium positions) with those early picks.........they need to be the potential future DE1/CB1/LT1/WR1 of your team.......need is what free agency is for.

1) Yeah you did it to be snarky 2) Just because you do something for a living doesn't mean you are very good at it..........not every cook is a good one.........Russ Brandon was an NFL GM for a season.......facts.

Initial report........Daquon Jones = $14.6M two year contract with $10M+ guarantees That's gotta' be HIGHLY misleading.........

Hopefully the majority of those "guaranteed" dollars are actually contingent on being on the roster at the beginning of the league year in 2023..........basically an opt out if he doesn't dominate(which he likely won't).

Donke very much Schoen.

F*ckin compy's

Worst day of year for @IronMaidenBills is the day the compy's show up and suddenly those 7th rounders are going in round 5. "Oh, thanks for calling........would love to come to the Bills and be the best version of myself..........can you match the Texans offer?"

Too many 3rd rounders.........that hurts round 4 value significantly.

I like the positive talk about Buffalo as a FA destination but if it just helps add a near-finished Rodger Saffold at a bargain rate............that's not much. The other UFA's they've signed weren't ring chasing deals by any means so the evidence that it's a destination isn't there yet.

I mean......C'mon Amin .......... it's a rumor thread. When he signs there will be a new thread.........don't click on this one thinking this will be where you find out.

That is right where I thought he'd be..........never bought the $8M aav talk........he's not that kind of athlete. I was hoping for Sidney Jones......a better athlete with more risk but more upside............ but he signed back with Seattle for 1 year $3.6M. Going back to Levi would have been the safe choice.........I think if it had been 1 year $4M they might have...........but they probably like Dane Jacksons' potential more and if Tre comes back their top 3 CB positions are manned. Then in the likely event that another higher RAS type CB lands with them in the draft then it's not inconceivable that Levi could have been a spare part. I expect they will still add a veteran but probably just a 1 year deal. CB and S are the two positions I trust them to develop.