BADOLBILZ

I don't think it would hurt Allen's feelings to have a rival...........he's a competitor..........not sure if it will be so good for the "Beane is a wizard" narrative if the Pats totally re-tooled and came away with a top 5 QB and all he was able to accomplish was to double down on what he had......including a bunch of guys that under produced........while his QB was still on his rookie contract. Not that I don't think Beaner is "tryin'" but there hasn't been a whole lotta' pressure to do more than that.....knowing the division was handicapped with Cam, Sam and Tua.

What do the Patriots care if it takes 5 firsts plus more? They don't draft well early and their HC is gonna' 70 years old next year.......it's not like he's going to see all of those guys play out those contracts.

5 first round picks and a couple others would definitely get it done IMO................. and that wouldn't be a high price to pay for an organization that doesn't use first round picks well at all...........but excels at getting production out of the players they do get. Definitely make it a lot more interesting in the AFC East for the next few years.

Some of these agents have been working on the parameters of newly signed free agent deals with officials from teams other than the one their client is contractually obligated to since before the Super Bowl. If the Bills want to negotiate prospective terms with a players agent they just need to make a call..........no team or agent is recording those discussions to be submitted for tampering.

There it is @NewEra and @dave mcbride! SB caliber RB who ran for a 40 yard TD to win a game!

I don't think anything changed wrt 5th year option. The players would like it gone..........like the franchise tag.....but they'd have to give something significant back to get that.

Good thing Star is back or we'd be doomed on the QB sneak against Miami.

Too soon

I don't think it's fully guaranteed until the very beginning of the 5th year option league year. Prior to that it's only gtd for injury. That would seem like a big give from the owners guaranteeing a deal 18 months before that season..........would really render the option even less useful.

That's his slightly less football-centric little brother Lowell..........he got drafted in the 6th round a couple years ago and when he found out he wasn't going to get a $10M bonus.........he said f that noise and borrowed some of that "Buffalo money" to start a men's lingerie business. “Scouts have serious concerns about Lotulelei’s love of football and overall work ethic,” Zierlein wrote. “He was slow and sloppy this season and his quickness suffered badly because of it. Teams looking to draft him will have to be leaning on his 2015 or 2016 tape because he was a reject in 2017. If he doesn’t commit himself to the work it takes to be a pro, he will have a hard time sticking around.” I think they get $350K every time they opt out............you know, for living expenses.........so Bobby Bonilla might be paid in full before Star gets his last free meal check.

I have not heard that change. That would be big news. There are no other instances of automatically guaranteed base salary contracts in the NFL..........guarantees are individually negotiated into contracts.

No less........that's for sure. Seemed the mod thought that it was implausible to suggest that the agent of a player could be talking to another team about a possible contract while that player is still under contract with another team. In reality........that is happening all the time........only a fool would think that these Monday afternoon UFA deals were negotiated just then...........agents discuss parameters with teams for their still-under-contract players all the time. Steve Caric is his agent.......he has free agent players.......there is more than enough plausible deniability for him to have discussions with the Bills.

He had a 38 yarder the year before.........when did that happen? And who cares? He sucks.......every other teams free agent or trade bait RB is better and you can't win a SB without one that is THAT good..........even if the numbers say otherwise on both counts! I want to add speed to the RB corps. I'd like that guy to be able to catch the ball. I also don't think it's something they should have to over-extend for. That's what scouts and league minimum salaries are for.

Doesn't take rocket appliances to know that you give him an offer sheet........worst case, just cancel the check and you never have to pay.

Maybe GB would do a straight up for Knox if Buffalo implied they would run up the cost for 1 year of Tonyan.........like a $6M deal........too cheap to let him go but maybe more expensive than they want. Ideally GB probably want someone to offer him a long term deal at a bargain rate and match and lock him up for way less than $10M. I don't think that happens in this market. He's next years Hunter Henry or maybe more $. Guys a beast, trains with Kittle, has lofty goals. Reportedly was a lot of trade interest in Knox last fall.........similar athlete to Tonyan, obviously more unfinished but more team control.

Buffalo Niagara Airport sighting.........hasn't lost weight, but shaved beard.

Of course he's not quitting and walking away from his otherwise fully guaranteed pay day........all he's gotta' do is show up for camp and do some walk thru's and pocket $4.75M. He might even be able to pocket the $250K workout bonus without showing up if the owners/players agree to do a virtual offseason again.

Singletary had a 51 yard TD run this year. It's easy to cherry pick a small sample size or site a highlight we remember..........and sure Fournette had a nice run in the playoffs........but he ran for a woeful 3.8 ypc on the season and averages just a slightly less woeful 3.9 for his entire career. I want to see them add some speed options in the backfield but they can literally do that late in the draft or in street free agency and find a dude who can average more than 3.8 ypc.

Maybe the Chiefs will waive Damien Williams and then everyone here can get a Super Bowl champion quality RB. Remember him.........4 years a turd in Miami. I don't think much of Motor or Moss..........didn't like drafting either of them...........but backs good enough to win with are still a dime-a-dozen.

I want them to add some speed to the backfield mix..........but yeah they can win a SB with Singletary and Moss being the lead backs. Runnin' bax aren't that important.

But I think Belichick warrants A LOT more benefit of the doubt.......on account of being the greatest coach in, at least modern, NFL history. People can talk all they want about Tom Brady's impact.......but that team Brady was on in Tampa this year was likely the most talented one he's been on and they were unfocused and ragged for most of the year and didn't even win their division. 11 wins in NE was a down year and they never had to play a wild card week game on the road. The Patriots won a ton with modest rosters for a decade before this.........rosters that didn't allow Brady to maximize his production.........and they still dominated.......so you can expect them to remain competitive. Really competitive. The Bills took so long to find a QB in great part because they weren't all in to win every year. Short cuts, financial excuses to pad the pockets of Ralph and Littman, skimping on quality coaching and personnel staff.........the Krafts will not be playing any "cash to the cap" BS either.........amirite @Bill from NYC?

Playing out of the shotgun all season..... the 2020 OL run blocking was terrible. Doesn't matter how light the box is if the back is being met by a defender untouched or virtually so in the hole at the LOS.......which was the case far too often. Singletary and Moss both ranked highly among NFL RB's in yards after first contact........so your contention that they were easy outs doesn't match the stats. And it's not uncommon for teams that use 10 and 11 personnel as much as the Bills did to end up not being very good running the ball........despite forcing the other team to play nickel and dime defenses.

In recent years they would sign a ST player for $3M-$4M and a backup OL for $4M-$6M and the seals on here would be clapping and honking! No sweat.......that's backup money! Now that would be the first year cap figure they'd have to bring a stud pass rusher in at. Some of that depth helped them have a legit excellent season for the first time in a coupled decades........Matakevich is a nice ST guy.........but the wizard coulda' been a little bit less generous on some of those deals.

If you think Singletary was bad.........Leonard Fournette ran for a measly 3.8 ypc on the season with Evans, Godwin, AB, Gronk and Brate clearing out the back 7. And Kareem Hunt ran for just 4.2 on a loaded run blocking line. Yes Singletary got extra blocking and had a knack for being on the field for light boxes in 2019..........but the reality is that the Bills OL wasn't blocking it up in 2020........and Singletary ran for 4.4 on a team that averaged 4.2........he wasn't the limiting factor.

On the plus side.......almost to the half way point of season.