appoo

The same way you treat any other addiction, by working on converting it from an overwhelming need to a controllable desire

This is sheer insanity

I hadn't quite connected that Chad Hall is now down in Jax. Makes sense on why Davis wanted to go there

First real name I wanted in FA gone

Depending on the structure that is absolutely something the Bills could have swung. They didn't value him that high

looks like they restructured 3.5M of his base salary over 4 years so it saves 2.6M of cap spave

And also need. FA DEs are expensive AF - with no guarantee you actually upgrade Von

Yea, I can see the team being even better honestly: Offense: OL: You hope Edwards and McGovern settle into their new roles well, Torrance & Brown both should be getting better - it should be on of the better units in the league. Need to find some decent depth at guard and center RB: Cook is fine as premier back, need to sign/draft some specialist behind him, and a developmental guy who can step in and take 15-20 carries just in case (he screams 4-5th round pick to me) TE: need to find a pure blocking TE, and I'd entertain trades for Knox WR: Need to add a pair of deep threats, 1 in the draft and 1 in FA. The Bills actually are quite good/borderline elite when it comes to short and intermediate routes, and if they do add 2 legit deep threats the Offense is better than last seasons Defense: Here things are real dicey. DT: You have Oliver, and you desperately need to resign Jones to start at 1T. Beyond that you're likely looking at 3 more players who can be on the 54, and probably another 1T for the PS DE: You have your 2 starts, and if Von is even semi back you're good with that. Would be great to re-sign AJE, but regardless you need 3 more dudes or so for thr 54 either through FA or Draft LB: You can pretty much stand pat here, but you want to find some guys for the PS who can step up. Think about an eventual replacement for Milano as well CB: You roll with the 3 you have now, and add another depth guy, while also finding someone who can back up Taron Johnson in the slot Safety: This position is a mess All in all you have real hope for the front 7, and especially love the potential of the LB room, if they can add some speed at safety that will help out the corners quite a bit.

Better to do it in any single season

Me neither, but just wanted to add some context to him playing center at Penn State

To be clear, he only did this his Sophomore year. As a freshman and junior he played guard

Looking at the Bills roster, they only have 48 active players QB: 54(1): Allen Camp/PS (1): Buechele RB: 54(1): Cook Camp/PS (1): Darrynton Evans WR: 54(3): Diggs, Shakir, Shorter Camp/PS (3): KJ Hamler, Isabella, Tyrell Shavers, Bryan Thompson TE: 54(2): Kincaid, Knox Camp/PS(2): Tre McKitty, Zach Davidson T: 54(5) : Van Denmark, Brown, Anderson, Dawkins, Doyle Camp/PS(1): Gouraige G: 54(2): Edwards, Torrance C : 54(1): McGovern DE: 54(2): Von, Rousseau Camp/PS(1): Kinglsey Jonathan DT: 54(1): Oliver Camp/PS(2): Ankou, Cline LB: 54(4): Milano, Bernard, Williams, Spector CB: 54(4): Johnson, Douglas, Elam, Benford Camp/PS(2): Brown, Ingram S: 54(1): Damar Hamlin Camp/PS(1): Kendall Williamson P: 54(1): Martin Camp/PS(1): Haack K: 54 (1): Bass LS: 54(1): Reid Ferguson By my Count the Bills have 30 players they'll use on their 54 on the roster currently, and they need to get to 90 for camp. Beane is gonna earn his salary this off season

So for every cut starter there's someone on the roster who can compete for a starter's job: Poyer - Hamlin (A Box safety) Morse - McGovern (who will be replace by Edwards) White - Kair Elam or Douglas Tell ya what, I think the Bills will be using those 11 picks.

You lose more cap space by cutting him then keeping him, plus started to look spry at the end of the season so some hope of a bounce back

This is against an elite defense and Kalil Shakir as his best WR and literally no deep threat on the field. Josh doesn't need to do anything more than he's already doing. It's the rest of the team that needs to get better. I'm not far from concluding that Josh is a better QB than Mahomes

Bickering Bills

People got to get away from WR1 vs 2 vs 3 thinking - at least upfront. This is Justin Jefferson against the Bills last year. Ja'Marr Chase And Cooper Kupp. All 3 have one common factor - they're WR1 of their offenses. Outside of that, they all have hugely different approaches in how they're deployed. So when thinking about this Bills, I like to think about what they have vs what they don't have, and then figuring out who my favorite target is based on how well a WR does in his preferred route tree. The Bills have like 3 guys who can run that Cooper Kupp and Ja'Marr Chase route tree. When Diggs is healthy he can do it as well as those dudes. What the Bills DON'T have, is someone who run a variety of intermediate to deep routes at a reasonable level and speed You can call that person a Wr1 or 2, it doesn't matter. But that's the sizable gap in the bills offense that needs solving. They tried doing it with bargain basement speedsters, but that's not gonna cut it Minimum 2 if Gabe isn't resigned, and Shorter doesn't blow up in the off season. He can be a deep ball specialist where he runs the DK Metcalf route tree, but there's a massive way to go there. The Bills need to get a legit WR this off season

Not if you extend him out 5-6 years and stack his back end years, and give him a really solid signing bonus. You can absolutely fit him in the cap for like 6-8M hit this upcoming season

Do what I said above - resign Davis, draft a deep threat in R1, and you have both Diggs and Shakir along with Kincaid running those routes Beasley was running and that’s a win

Think they got pretty good value out of him considering he was a 5th round pick

I’d rather have Gabe over any of those guys. He’s pretty underrated right now because of the struggles of the Bills WRs in general, and because he’s a specialist. Thing is he’s got the tools to be a top 5 downfield WR. It’s not a speed thing. It’s body control, eyes, hands and instinct. But all of that means the Bills probably can’t afford him.

I’d bring back Ty Johnson & Harris and then draft a RB in the 5th or so

He really wasn't. Teams can easily scheme away explosives when you have exactly 1 downfield threat. You want to bust 2 high looks, have 2 dudes who can hurt you deep. When Davis was at his best, he had Emmanuel Sanders (who even in 2021 was a 4.3 40 type legit downfield dude) and a faster and more dangerous Stefon Diggs. That helped unlock Davis in that playoff game in a huge way. I really wish the Bills could afford to re-sign Davis. Because I'd love to pair him with someone like Xavier Worthy who can take the top off. Ideally you could do something like this: Deep Option 1: Davis Deep Option 2: Worthy Intermediate/Underneath: Diggs & Shakir Intermediate/Underneath: Kincaid/Knox And mix and match as you go.

Joe started putting together his offense when he was with Sean Payton and the Saints, and continued to evolve it with LSU as the Pass game coordinator. Being wide and vertical were both hall marks of this offense at LSU. So in Carolina, the problem was that they had a horrific OL and a non-mobile QB in Teddy Bridgewater, so couldn't take advantage of a pretty good skill core. They went from middling in 2020 to terrible in 2021. Brady probably also learned some tough lessons in not trying to force concepts you don't have the talent for. I think if Brady could get his ideal prototypes, he'd have an offense that attacks downfield and intermediate, and uses the run game to keep defenses honest and especially use the RBs in the pass game. He's why CEH was a 1st round pick. He showed remarkable maturity this season in going away with what he showed in all his early years, recognizing he simply didn't have down field weapons this season, and transformed the offense into a power, grind offense. If he can add a couple of downfield weapons I think he'll really engage Josh Allen's true strengths