Bleeding Bills Blue

I'm pretty sure Josh outweighs more than half the linebackers in the league.

I always looked at tight ends as an extension of the run game. They block when you run the ball, and they add a layer of physicality to the air attack. Force DBs to come down and tackle these big dudes. Specifically at the combine. We also list josh at 237. The combine one's valid because they actually set foot on a scale, but the listed weights on the website are very likely as accurate as the ones on the WWE website.

He actually played more snaps than anyone on the bills line other than Rousseau, and more than any other pass rusher on the Panthers. Panthers had the worst defense in the league (points and yards), T-3rd fewest sacks, the lowest pressure rate in the league, the worst rush defense in the league (8 games they gave up more than 200 on the ground), the worst 3rd down defense in the league, 29th in RZ defense ... so I'm not shocked that they wanted to go in a different direction. You can literally point to anyone that started for them last year and I'm sure there's a reason to replace them.

I just wasn't impressed with what i saw this season from lewis, so i'm glad they're trying to improve the depth behind TJ. Tackling was an issue, and his coverage metrics didn't look that great either. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/2024_advanced.htm

I'd be shocked if Dane Jackson made the final roster - I'd say him, lewis, ingram, hardy are all PS candidates. As bad as tre was last year at times, and even his last season here... dane jackson was bruuuutal

Boettger was starting to trend up in 2021, then he tore his achilles and i don't think he played much after that, by the time he was healthy they had brought in torrence, mcgovern, and edwards. I always saw Bates as a Center, but they moved him around a bunch and then overpaid him. The pick they traded him for ended up going back and forth like 4x between buffalo and chicago which is kinda fun:

He's had 9+ sacks 4x in his career, i'm sure someone gives him another contract before he's sitting on a practice squad.

This isn't true though - Cook's making about 3x what any of them make this year.

Right - but that's kind of the point. Would the team be better off spending more on OL or WR than running back? With Saquan - they had 1874 rushing yards and a 4.1 YPC average Without Saquan - they had 1783 rushing yards and a 4.2 YPC average

I'm not entirely sure if you can - rookie deals are weird, especially non 1st round picks. I know he is in year 4, so he is eligible to negotiate an extension - but I don't know how much they can do to the current deal without an extension.

If you structure it like philly you can add another void year every year he plays here. so it starts as a 4yr deal with 1 void year. Then each year the option bonus triggers you spread the cap hit over 4 years again. You end up with a dead money hit the year he leaves, but it keeps the cap hits low while they're here. I'm not sure i love that model for a back though, as they don't play usually play well into their 30s so you're almost guaranteed to see a big dead money number vs. say a lineman who you can extend again to keep the void money as bonus and not load as much of it into a single season.

I don't think a holdout is going to occur while he's on his rookie deal. If he were tagged maybe, but he really hasn't earned very much money yet. His salary went up considerably this year, but none of it is guaranteed and he won't get it until they start playing the games. On a holdout on a rookie deal we can reduce or dismiss his fines if he ends up showing up, or getting a new deal.

Depends how you feel about anderson, grable, clayton, and lundt. You also have Torrence coming up on free agency in 2027.

He went from 962 yards and a 3.9 YPC to 2005 and a 5.8 YPC average. 3 years before he had 593 and a 3.7 YPC average. I don't know how you can say its "false". Swift went from 1049 and 4.6 YPC with philly, to 959 and 3.8 YPC after leaving.

I think i can provide a few reasons: 1 - I think the rate of injury factors into it considerably - afaik its one of the highest injury rates by position. You want the money you spend to be on the field not in the trainers room. CMC is a good example here. 2 - How much of it is coaching and offensive line? Barkley was pretty crappy in NY and then amazing in Philly. How much of that goes to him vs. better coaching and offensive line? 3 - The fluctuation between good seasons and bad also is a factor. Mostert is a good example. 4 - Age and injury drop-off. These can sometimes seem like absolute cliff dive drop-offs. 5 - Bad contracts that have been given out. Bell comes to mind. CMC. Gurley. Zeke.