Bleeding Bills Blue

I think its addressed in the draft - possibly the first round.

I mean... Buffalo traded Bodine for a pick, and that guy sucked! anything can happen!

Bease is a 6M cap hit this year for acquiring team - but zay jones just got 3/24. Acquiring team can push it to 2 years with a void and lessen the cap burden. WRs are making a lot of money. I doubt we can get much of anything for him but its worth trying. If you cut him he's left with what he gets on FA market which will likely be less than 6M on a 1yr deal.

Just means they added 3.4M of dead cap to 2024 and he's for most likely here through 2023.

CMC has been more injured. But Barkley played really terribly for the last year and change.

He had a rough end to his time in buffalo. Signed and started - then tore his pec in 2020 and came back likely not as strong as before. Then last year i dunno if it was covid or what but he looked horribly out of shape.

I could see them drafting someone but i doubt we're in on free agent linebackers. Ours make too much money as it is.

Part of the issue with Lamar last year is he was just playing really badly. He still had 4 4th quarter comebacks, and GWDs. And if you look outside just... TDs and INTs - he had a better Y/A, AY/A and ANY/A. LJ had higher air yards in every category too. Huntley offered similar value as a rusher but less as a passer, jackson broke 11 tackles to huntleys 3 - and had considerably more yards after contact. Jackson also put up a 37/43 442 and 4 TD performance last season against Indy.

Thought he'd be a candidate for OC (him or pat shurmur) if buffalo didn't keep dorsey. He had that one magical run with Cam, and other than that he's been pretty mediocre. Barkley and daniel jones both had their best years with him at OC, but that was under shurmur. I think he's a good person to have in the room, but i don't think he's earned the keys to the cadillac.

I think Pederson will be a massive upgrade over what they've had. He's always seemed to do a good job balancing out what an offense is trying to do. Adding linemen will help them run the ball more effectively, they get etienne back from last year as well. Kirk, Jones, Shenault - not a particularly scary unit in any case. I'd expect them to use 33 on a WR - especially if a good one falls. They need a TE as well depending on the rest of FA shaking out.

True - those 3rd deals are always risky if you put any term on there.

The Neil O'donnell to their Kordell Stewart?

29 coming off a year where he had a back injury the whole year... He's not likely to see mega deals.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/isaiah-mckenzie-21914/ 1yr deal. You would save 625k by releasing him during camp this year, which you would then lose by bringing a contract into the 53. Year 2 is very reasonable though, with a dead cap of only like 700K if they were to cut him after camp etc. He's in the mix for slot, gadget, etc. snaps. Looks like they just need 1 guy for the top 4 role most likely.

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/los-angeles-chargers/khalil-mack-14414/

17.5M cap hit, and then in 2023 and 2024 the cap hits jump to 22.7M. I know you can re-structure but that requires void years or extensions... and he's already 31 coming off a foot injury. With Mack and Bosa they should have one of the most formidable pass rushes in the league. We'll see how they address a pretty mediocre rush defense though, and honestly their secondary isn't anything to write home about.

Agreed. Houston can either take 10 cents on the dollar now, or wait and get market value. Or nothing if his career is over.

Agreed - and for Washington, they did not have a QB on the roster. I assume they're still after a rookie, but this is like the EJ manuel draft for QBs - do you draft the best of the bunch? Or overpay and get the Alex smith of available QBs like the chiefs did in 2013. Adding Reid probably helped more - but adding smith they went from 2-14 to 11-5. All the draft got was a bunch of mediocre guys drafted above their slot. In this same scenario Trubiskey is the Kevin Kolb of 2013. Maybe Matt cassel, but either way - history isn't really on his side

Depends what their 2022 plan is. Be terrible and get the cap right/start over, or try and rebuild on the fly. Buffalo traded... watkins for a 2nd basically. Similar situations in walk years. Would think they'd want that or more for Metcalf, which is a bit rich for a rental. Lockett probably costs less, and fronts the cap burden this year. If you don't plan to have all the pieces until 2024, why keep the guy who you're going to get rid of in 2024?

I'm one to believe in rehabilitiation, and generally becoming a better person etc. But this guy has done nothing but deny he did the things that he very likely did. I know he basically has to until everything is settled, but you can't just hide behind a statement and hope it all goes away. If and when this is all settled he definitely needs to make it known and obvious that - whatever happened happened, and I'm going to be a better human going forward because of it. I'm not sure how to rehab his his image and stuff, but thats on him.

They might be open to edmunds? But Lockett is going to cost as much to keep as get rid of so cap-wise it only makes sense if they extend edmunds, turning him into an asset.

He was better in 2021 than 2020. He lists 5 drops on 169 targets for a 3% drop rate. Ja'Marr chase had 11 drops on 128 targets. Deebo Samuel had 10 drops on 121 targets. Kelce had 10 drops on 124. etc. The worst was Kamara with 9 drops on 67 targets for a 13.4% drop rate.

Davis over 2 years has shown he's at least worthy of a #2. He can play inside and out, blocks well, good red zone threat. 125 targets 70 Catches 1148 yards 13 TDs I'd still like to see a dedicated slot WR player, as well as using a pick to further bolster the depth at the position. Sanders, mckenzie, and beasely is a ton of targets. Assume they sign a TE2 (and draft a TE3). They still need a dedicated slot WR (preferably take the bease role and mckenzie role), and someone as rotational depth outside. Metcalf pushes davis back down the depth chart for another year, costs draft capital, and will want a big fat raise.

I forgot the roster bonuses but the final 2 years would likely not play out as they are written anyway. We'd only pay the base salary and roster bonuses on the contract and only 2022 is guaranteed so to me its 2022- 3M (guarnateed) 2023 - 9.7M 2024 - 15.3M with 1.6M roster bonus 2025 - 15.3M with 1.6M roster bonus I went to over the cap to check and they call it a "per game roster bonus" - or option bonus of 13M. The notes say its due in 2022 if hes on the roster i guess? I'd imagine anyone acquirinig him would want SEA to eat that though. From Overthecap: Lockett receives a $19 million signing bonus and salary guarantees in 2021 and 2022. Locket is also due a $13 million option bonus in 2022. I understood it to be a deferred signing bonus but who the hell knows.

I think the issue is both Metcalf and diggs would both need extensions - and davis isn't far behind. I don't disagree with getting younger at the position - but if you can get that 2 year lockett deal (maybe 3 with a void in year 4) you get 3 prime years of a top level #2 WR with fairly reasonable cap hits and 0 risk.