that was Whaley. he liked J Will and probably felt Gillislee was a random FA pickup that mostly benefitted from our running game. i wonder if Beane would have handled it differently
McD said he wanted players like Jeremy Maclin on his team. didn't neccessarily say he really wanted the actual player, just players like him.
my original thought last week was that Shady got him to Buffalo on a visit. Buffalo was mildly interested (at the right price) and threw him a lowball offer. then the news came out that Beane was lowballing veterans and it was borderline disrespectful. the Maclin to Buffalo rumors were driven mostly by the fans and media who saw the Shady tweets and thought we actually had a chance. meanwhile, Maclin's camp was using Buffalo's perceived interest to negotiate with Baltimore. i don't think we were ever really IN IT at all
are we comfortable with Sammy, Zay, Holmes going into the season? Sammy still not full participant at practice, Zay unproven, Holmes a career backup. makes me nervous
i don't think Bills were neccessarily in the WR market. they saw Maclin was friends with Shady and probably thought they could get a discount so they threw him a lowball offer and he didn't go for it. i think they are happy with who they have at WR. i'm not