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Well Gregory has been suspended for drug issues like 5 times or something............he is talented but he is a very high risk player...........surprised Denver prioritized him that high, considering. Don't often see guys like that end up with good careers.

Yeah the depth might have hurt the development. Agree with that. But when Efe was out there he looked brutal when he had to stop and re-direct. The highlights of Tim Settle are a good example of a player showing really good stop and re-direct...........and he is a huge DT............as a DE the expectation for mobility is higher..........you really gotta' be good at that to excel in run D..........so even in limited opportunities we got to see just how bad Efe was at that. That was his rep coming in but I really didn't know why until I saw that bad COD.

That $18.5M roster bonus is the swing point.............I don't think Minnesota eats that and THEN trades him.........even for a first...........and Buffalo might have to sign him to a new contract altogether to handle the cap hit. I suspect Hunter will want to be the highest paid pass rusher in football based on his pre-injury years but I also thought Stefon Diggs would force the Bills to re-do his deal like Shady did. Depends on the player, I guess. Also not a fan of Hunter not playing much RDE..........that's the tougher position to succeed from, IMO and that is a strong point with Chandler Jones..........he has proven he can beat LT's.

He still might be in the Mc's for Buffalo too.

Yeah I'd like to see the contract details........it's a bit more than I thought they would spend, I was thinking $2.5M for that position with him or James White and less if they settled for McKinnon due to his injury history. $4M is an outright lead RB nowadays.

No he's not fast so there probably aren't going to be any 30-40 yard plays............ but there is no wasted motion with him when he gets the ball so he plays a lot faster in the 10-15 yard area near the LOS.

Yeah I really like McKissic. He does everything quick. Picks up yardage quick running and catches the ball and transitions into a runner very quick.........that's how you end up with nice averages per play. He's not explosive so not going to be a bunch of big plays or anything............but he really fits the style of offense that they were playing late last season where they were always in 3rd and 4 or less because he picks up yardage consistently.

Really like the player........this is the receiving back that I wanted.........he's not that fast but he's really quick and slippery after the catch so he makes up for not being a burner. Hopefully the contract terms look a little better.........I know that sounds cheap to some for a part time RB......but it's not if that's the number. Wish I understood what they were doing with the OL though.........this doesn't tell us anything about whether they are going to be outside zone or more of the inside zone style they were under Roman when Kromer was last here. If going more OZ then they should be looking at Raheem Mostert. IZ then Singletary and Moss work fine.

Good.........Ward is out of the AFC..........now we can char various meats on the tailgate grill again without being reminded of the Chiefs. Yes on Donte Jackson..........but not if it prevents the Bills from getting pass rusher 1.

Yesterday he was mean-smugging that Bills fans were going to be disappointed.

Von Miller home to Dallas and Chandler Jones home to Buffalo? I expect a lot of teams very much in on both but would be a good result for the Bills. Disappointed that Sidney Jones re-signed with Seattle...........for 1 year $3.6M that he got that seemed like a good insurance policy with upside for Tre White maybe not being ready for the opener. But in a couple days the big money will dry up and there will be a bunch of potential bargains out there.

This is exactly what I hypothesized in my texts to fellow Bills fans this am. It's very much the equivalent of the Bills bringing in a Belichick to those of us old enough to have lived thru Shula years. Though Mike Shula looks even more like his dad with that Shula jaw. You know Bill hates that mullet.

Efe Obada is beast in a straight line............but he can't stop and change direction at an NFL-athlete-level...........as we found out. If he weren't so big and fast there is no way he'd make it out of an NFL camp. I hope he can hang around and keep getting some pay checks.........wouldn't mind him back as the 9th or 10th DL because he can rush the passer a little........but he's just a depth player and not worth more than the league minimum(no cap impact) because his lack of agility makes him awful against the run.

Don't like Shula hire on surface..........too many cooks.........but maybe he will be better in this role. Who knows.

Yep..........two most important positions in football are QB.......by A LOT.........and then pass rusher. I posted a positional value scale here years ago and had QB at 10 and pass rusher was 4............it's a huge drop but those are the most important positions in football, IMEO(In most evaluators opinion)............though @dave mcbride has made a compelling case for CB1 to be equal or greater than Pass Rusher 1 in todays game.

Good to see TA's Lunch Pail posting again! It's very true that all teams make them............but most of Beane's mistakes have been over-swings on veterans of modest potential, not a swing and a miss on a franchise QB. Those over-pays accumulate with 51 players counting toward the cap.......... and that put them in a much tighter cap situation than they should have been after 2020........a time when they should have had the financial freedom to address needs, but could not. And the period where the most damage was done was when Beane might have been getting the most props from Bills fans.........the time from his hiring in 2017 thru free agency 2018. Started with small waste........giving Shady a $2M bonus for nothing.......then extending Eric Wood early for no reason, trading for Kelvin Benjamin, signing Lotulelei, Murphy, Kroft...........that's over $100M in cap space wasted on those all-failed moves alone. All the while he blamed the prior regime for bad cap management and fans were eating that nonsense up. Beane has definitely improved as an individual contract decision maker............he was forced to be smarter by the tight financial situation he created............but now it's about strategy IMO...........do you distribute your limited resources for more role players or do you add 1 or 2 difference makers? I think the latter is in order.

Star studded

*Might* have wanted to play closer to home..........as I noted in the Chandler Jones thread they are both from Binghamton..........Daquon played at Johnson City and Arthur, Chandler(and UFC Jon) played at Union-Endicott all about the same time range.

Very possible the Bills medical staff wasn't optimistic about his knee issues.

Chandler Jones and Daquon Jones aren't related.........but both from Binghamton high schools and same age range........their careers are followed closely by locals. Not sure if they are friends.

Joe Marino called this one.........his contract prediction was 2 years $9M. I know it's day 1...........but agents have been negotiating with teams for weeks so I don't expect these DT signings to be very expensive...........the players know their market they don't need 3 weeks to face the reality that they aren't getting 8 figure aav deals.

What really hurt was Beane re-negotiating Star's deal in winter of 2020............should have cut bait right then and there. Yeah the cap hit got pushed.........but with the ability to rollover cap dollars Lotulelei opting out in itself didn't make that much of a difference.........if Phillips had been better and stayed healthier(remember he played injured all last season too)........then he would have gotten paid by the Bills.

Gilmore may get more than JC Jackson. Did JC negotiate that contract himself? He's the most accomplished young CB to hit the market in some time and settled for less than Christian Kirk.

Yep and if the light doesn't come on in year 5...........then see ya' Tremaine, IMO. I don't care if he bulb doesn't spark until he is elsewhere in year 6..........like it did with Demario Davis..........ILB's who don't make plays are very replaceable and you can't pay that light bill before you get some juice.

Yeah now is the time to swing for it. The AFC is only gonna' get more competitive in 2-3 years. And if not..........Beane needs to stop indulging the stupid media fluffing him up about how they have made Buffalo a free agent destination if he can't get a difference maker to join the team for any kinda' winners discount. I know it's not his job to acknowledge his mistakes and the media has been made to tread carefully...........but let's hope he has learned from them.