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Bears likely wanted a 1st (considering where the Bills first rounder was going to be), which I think Beane would have been fine paying, but unlikely he was gonna give Jalon Johnson Denzel Ward Money (~20M AAV), for someone who's been mostly good to ok for his first 3 years, and closer to elite for 7-8 games this year

Not neccearily an issue, but worth noting.

But let's not downplay the 3rd round pick. In my view, 3rd and 4th rounders are hugely important, moreso for Cap control than added value onto the field. The Bills have at least 2 starters from the 3rd round this year. Bernard and Spencer Brown. Bernard has been well above expected, but just pretend he was a replacement level player for his position just as Spencer Brown is. Meaning straight average. Good enough to start. Their REAL value is that those two dides have a combine 2M in cap hit, and the Bills don't have to spend 15M in veteran money for those two spots. So if the Bills got another replacement level start from a 3rd round pick in 24, that's a 6M cap hit the Bills are eating for Douglas. So that's the value trade Beane had to make. Not easy, but hopefully worth it.

One of my best friend's is a bigtime Pack fan, here's how it went:

First of all, this stuff if awesome: Market Spice Orange Cinnamon Tea (Straight from Pike's Place Market in Seattle) second of all, I was being a sarcastic brat.

I think they understand what they have in Dodson, or rather don't have. No one 1BD thinks they have a great defense. Douglas helps shore that up.

"Bean loves to piss away cap money. 40M a year for a QB who leads the league in INTs?"

They think Dodson is good enough on 1st + mid range 2nd down, and can play Poyer/Rapp on passing situations.

There's not even a competition here. Douglas is flat out the best healthy perimeter corner the Bills have right now, until Benford takes his next leap. They also have two dudes who are now in 80%+ percentile for arm length

Johnson likely priced himself out of any trade

Surtain would have cost multiple first rounders. He;s another tier better than Jalon Johnson

He also means the Bills can be patient with Tre White. if that's the route they choose

if you're worried about the 3rd round pick, that's valid considering Buffalo has gotten some value there recently (Terrell Bernard, Dorian Williams, Spencer Brown), but drafting a 3rd round pick who will be as good as Douglas will be the next 3-4 years is going to be tough. Of course thew downside of that is that Douglas' Cap hit (4-6M after an extension) is 4 - 6x higher than a 3rd round draft pick. Sure thing vs crapshoot is basically what it comes down to

As an equivalent, he's the Pack version of Taron Johnson. Forever underappreciated, quietly very good but not great

I think the issue are those folks who say "never heard of him" which implies he's not very good. It's one thing to now know about him and seek knowledge, the other thing is something different

The draft pick is a bit expensive but worth it if they can get Douglas extended and get 3 more years of quality play out of him

Douglas was well thought of by the football twitter folks, this from Gregg Thompsett: https://x.com/GregTompsett/status/1719360478365843845?s=20

An immediate starter for Buffalo, next year has an 11M cap hit but easily extendible at Age 28/29, plays mostly zone in the Pack coverages, but can play Man (which is good for the Bills who switch coverages often), and has a future at safety if need be

It’d be dumb but there’s a chance the Jags throw this

You think the Bills are going 500?

Again, bad games happen. 17 game season. Relax

Yea that was ridiculous. Think the Bills defensive call was fine

Allen is unhinged. Just an unprecedented QB lol

Just too many injuries

Can’t defend that thrown