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Here's an interesting reaction from a NY Jet fan perspective...

The Colts have plenty of cap $ left to spend... They also tendered one of their own WR (Chester Rogers)... Plenty of $ left to spend on Williams I'd say...

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/03/11/bills-signing-kevin-johnson/

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/03/10/report-bills-have-no-interest-in-frank-clark/

If we were willing to swap 1st rd picks with Pittsburgh for AB, why not make a similar offer to Cinci for Green. Assuming at #9 only two QB's are off the board. With Green becoming a FA in 2020 anyway, how likely are they to wanna have to negotiate a new contract with Green when he is 31? This could be their chance to draft the successor to Dalton. Maybe swap 1st's with an extra 3rd to Cinci for Green and we renegotiate Green's contract now? https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/a.j.-green-7719/market-value/

Can you summarize for us non-paying people... Did Beane refuse to sweeten the contract?

Gotta disagree. In this instance, in particular since Allen is gonna be on his rookie deal all three of the years in question here, and keeping in mind that the cap has been going up by $10 million a year, and also keeping in mind the Bills current amount of spendable cap money that's available the Bills could have very well afforded a contract of this type to get what is arguably the best WR in the NFL. I'm not necessarily saying that I would have made that move but it is not that unthinkable. The Raiders certainly think so. I'm not faulting anyone either. I just don't know that we can assume that Beane even got the opportunity.

Just one question: Do we know whether the Bills even had the opportunity to offer Brown a revised contract? All I have heard is that Brown essentially said "No way I'm going to Buffalo" as soon as he had heard of the trade.

I'm not much of a college football fan. But if Stanley Morgan Jr is anything like his father, I'd be in favor of drafting him in one of the later rounds. (assuming the Patriots don't draft him before us) I always thought his father was a helluva player...

There is also no guarantee that someone else doesn't draft a guy like Isabella before the Bills do... And I would like to see the Bills sign an experienced C in FA like Paradis or Morse as opposed to drafting one. I'd ideally like to get a guard like Saffold and an OT as well in FA. We'll just have to see how things shake out next week...

I wouldn't mind drafting a guy like Isabella but if the Bills go out and sign a FA like Adam Humphries (who also returns punts) or Cole Beasley doesn't that sort of negate the idea of drafting Isabella too? Again, alot depends on who the Bills are able to sign as FA next week. The Bills are also rumored to have an interest in Frank Clark DE as well. I really think we need to watch and see what goes down in FA first before we can begin to formulate draft plans - NO?

I don't want anybody that doesn't want to be here.

Green Bay isn't interested either per PFT.... Also, allegedly money was not the issue at all... AB didn't want to play here - period.

At 7:07 AM Josh Alpert in his PFT column reiterated that Rappaport was standing by his earlier reporting... One of those responses came from PFT as a league source told us a deal is “not even close,” but Rapoport isn’t backing off the report. He told Mike Florio in a text that the deal is “going through” and posted something similar on Twitter a short time later.

I'm pretty sure that Pittsburgh Mgt is furious about this. BUT Rappaport allegedly was still reporting the deal as done around 7am this morning (per Josh Alpert PFT) long after AB called it "Fake News"... https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/03/08/brandon-beane-were-moving-on-from-antonio-brown-talks/ One of those responses came from PFT as a league source told us a deal is “not even close,” but Rapoport isn’t backing off the report. He told Mike Florio in a text that the deal is “going through” and posted something similar on Twitter a short time later.

I just basically said the same thing in the AB thread. Seems like very half-a$$ed reporting to report a "done deal" and not confirm it with AB first. Who the hell were Rappaport's trusted sources on this?

OK. AB didn't want to come here. It wasn't about the money. Got it. And that's his prerogative. So why did Rappaport report the story when he did, the way he did? He claims to have had "multiple sources" indicating it was basically a "done deal". Did no one think to check with AB first? Rappaport's credibility here should take a real hit over this. Very lazy reporting it would seem...

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/03/08/source-deal-for-antonio-brown-to-bills-not-even-close/

Maybe this is the end of bringing in former Carolina players... I see Pittsburgh is on the list of the Bills 2019 road opponents... Should be an interesting game....

So are we gonna wake up in the morning and hear that Leveon Bell is coming to Buffalo too?

"Trust The Process!"

Here is what Peter King had to say about Rosen in today's Football Morning in America column... I asked Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner, who lives in Arizona and watched Rosen last year, what he thinks the value for Rosen is. “I would give a three for Josh,” Warner said. A third-round pick. Yikes. Saturday night, I asked a renowned NFL GM what he thought the value of Rosen in trade would. “Probably a three,” the GM said. “Not what the Cardinals would think his value is.” Apparently, Rosen isn't particularly well thought of in NFL circles... Makes the idea of Arizona taking Murray #1 overall even more plausible...

It's the "Game of Thrones" look!

Lane Johnson 2013 NFL Draft #4 Overall pick RT... Jake Matthews 2014 NFL Draft #6 Overall pick...

I don't have any specific favorites to sign. Center, tackle/guard, tight end and WR would be obvious targets in FA. Keep in mind too that the Bills need to make a decision soon on Dion Dawkins. While he is under contract for 2019 and 2020, if you acquire another LT to take over the position and move Dawkins to either RT or say LG, keep in mind that with good LT's being in such short supply in the NFL, someone else is bound to offer him more money than the Bills would likely be inclined to pay him, and he would leave in FA for sure in 2021. I don't believe that Dawkins or his agent would be too crazy about his position being changed either. So far, his play at LT has been ok, but not outstanding. The question is can the Bills do better at LT?