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12 minutes ago, JerseyBills said:
Just the fact he was active after a stint on ir in his rookie year gives me hope that the coaches feel he can be an X factor on this O.
This is a legit SB roster after all.
Didn't they take him off kick returns late in the season? I would love to be wrong about him, but I saw nothing from him last season, not one thing to make me feel good about his future.
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1 hour ago, JerseyBills said:
I don't remember any game off the top of my head that Hodgins was active for.
Like I said, the coaching staff seemed to gain alot of trust in Stevenson as the season went on.
Which coaching staff are you referring to and can you give any examples of this trust? I thought he was one of the least impressive players I've seen in some time. Maybe he'll show something this season, but I have no expectations.
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On 3/28/2022 at 6:46 AM, Inigo Montoya said:
"For those Miami fans revved up and thinking the Fins will be going toe-to-toe with the Bills for AFC East supremacy this year, I bring you this factoid:
Buffalo and Miami met three times in calendar year 2021 (including the final game of the 2020 season on Jan. 3, 2021). The Bills won by 30, 35 and 15 points, an average of 26.7 points per game.
Maybe Tyreek Hill can add four touchdowns a game against the Bills."
Touche'
I suppose if every game played this year is exactly like games played last year, yeah, he has a point. But it's really a ridiculous comment by a seasoned football writer. What if Hill gets to TD's in the first qtr, the whole game is changed. It's a huge signing , remember, Miami won 7 in a row last season and added quite a bit this offseason. Chase Edmunds is a very good RB. Tua played well more often than not last year, they will be tough. Good thing we beefed up our defense.
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1 hour ago, Rochesterfan said:
So the question becomes quite simply if you take the Ball and Allen leads us to a TD - are you kicking the XP or going for 2. Because if you take the ball and are assuming both teams are going to score - I can assure you Reid would be going for 2 on his terms to keep the ball from Allen on the sudden death round.
good question. Do you think McD would have gone for 2 if we got the ball back and scored in OT? Probably.
Would certainly make for exciting finishes, as if we need anything more exciting than last years game.
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Take the ball, in the KC game with the new rule, If Allen leads us to a TD to tie, KC gets the ball next in sudden death. I'd assume both teams will score.
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8 hours ago, Greg S said:
Late April the weather might not be so bad.
or it might be real bad.
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if a player chose Buffalo because of 'unfinished business' and he always wanted to stay in Buffalo, most people here would build a statue in his honor, sounds like McKissic had similar feelings about Washington.
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52 minutes ago, boater said:
Was it Overdorf or Littman the problem?
almost positive it was Littman.
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44 minutes ago, Beast said:
Funny how you think it was Littman.
Unless Ralph Wilson's alias was Littman you are wrong.
I think it was pretty well known back then that Littman was very influential with Wilson on how to spend, it rarely worked out well.
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4 hours ago, TBBills said:
Man some posters here are afraid of the Dolphins on a daily basis I hope @klos63 @FilthyBeast are doing OK.
They probably thinking the Dolphins gonna win the AFC East.
I'm doing fine, thank you. Hardly afraid of them on a daily basis, not sure where you pulled that one from, but if you don't think the 9-8 Dolphins from last season are greatly improved , you are fooling yourself.
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15 minutes ago, Starr Almighty said:
They've looked past them 7 games in a row now. Since 2013 they are 13-4 against them, I hope they are as scared of them as you are.
well since that happened in the past, it's exactly what will happen in coming years, right?
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2 minutes ago, Allen2Diggs said:
Shouldn't they get a qb worth protecting first?
He's not a bad QB, I hope the Bills don't look past the dolphins like so many fans do. They have a solid roster.
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42 minutes ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:
Why you counting Speedy with the rookies??
Agree about he $2 mil reserves part. The question was how much money is required to SIGN the rookies. Signing them occurs late spring, you're looking at who made the 53 man roster two very different things from a money standpoint.
For signing them, only the top 51 salaries are included in the cap so only somewhere around $3 mil is needed, and maybe a little less as the 5th or 6th round pick makes less money than the 51st ranked player salary on the roster so isn't included. Once September rolls around only the players that make the roster count towards the cap If 5 picks make the active roster, likely means some other vets got cut along with their salary which was higher than a 5th or 6th round pick.
Can't recall last year what vets were cut, but 2 years ago Hauska was cut, a much higher salary than say a six round pick who in this case ironically happened to be the rookie Bass. So if anything was a cap savings. Another year McCoy was cut, big savings.
Will there be last minute signings of vets sure, but that's down the road. Now they need to keep around $3 mil for the rookies.
IF the Bills sign their picks of rounds 1-4, that's almost $5.6 million in rookie salaries they need to have space for. Not sure how people come up with $2-3 million. Right now, player #51 has a $706k cap hit, add #1 pick of $2.6 million, then #50 becomes #51, his cap hit is $825K, which means for the #1 pick, we need about $2.5 alone.
I think I'm understanding this right, correct me if i'm wrong.
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9 hours ago, Ed_Formerly_of_Roch said:
As of now there are still 3 guys the Bills signed without contract values per Spotrac so the three you mention bumping for the rookies will actually be bumped off this week for them. in addition there likely will be others signed between now and then bumping off even more. To do that likely means other contracts will either be re-done or players cut. By the time the rookies sign the 51 cutoff will likely be higher. Think that means less money needed for the rookies??
Your math says a bit over $2 mil, but historically the number has been higher so not sure if we're missing something else?? Looking too at Groot and Bashams contracts from last year when we were drafting lower makes the numbers a bit higher, Groot was $2.1 mil which likely will go up some this year just because it's a year later. I know those were the numbers of Spotrac, but they somehow don't look quite right, but certainly not double.
Saw another thread about Bills having highest payroll in the league, haven't read it yet, but that could explain why much less money this year needed for rookies as their 51 cutoff is much higher than other teams and normal??
I was kind of thinking the same about Edmunds. Maybe wouldn't mind signing Edmunds to a short 3 year contract that they can easily get out of after year 1 or 2, but he wants longer and larger.
Agree too about kicking can down the road at end of a franchise QB's run. Tampa kind of did that to a lesser degree thought not so much due to Bradys contact, just in general, same with Rams, they may be in more serious trouble as have few good draft picks and Stafford is no spring chicken. Green Bay should be in that mode, but never seem to be.
Yes, you both are missing something. You are not counting the 51st player after we draft someone, you're removing the cost of the 51st player from the salary, but you don't lose the 51st salary, you just replace that player with a different one. Our top 4 picks will be for full cap amount. Read the Spotrac page regarding draft picks.
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3 hours ago, YattaOkasan said:
2 mill should be fine for the rooks. Though as you may have been trying to say it might not be enough considering the unknown contracts
They need about $6 million as it stands now.
3 hours ago, 17islongenough said:You can convert players salaries for the year to a bonus. But that pushes that cap down the road. You can extend Diggs, Poyer and Edmunds. You can cut a couple of guys but that just creates more holes.
If I was Beane I would not do any of that unless they can sign a guy who plays a lot this year
That's not necessarily a bad thing. If they player plays out his contract, it's not big deal. Pushing Milano's cap hit over his contract won't hurt us. Same with Diggs when they do his.
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If they win with him, they'll change their tune.
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10 hours ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
I actually think he wouldn't still be here.
1) Every OL coach likes to bring in a couple of "his guys" to help teach his techniques and help him "keep the room" when tempers flare. The guy who will look over and just say "Johnny - be coachable" if a player gets critiqued in practice and starts kicking rocks in the locker room Pretty clear in his interview Saffold is Kromer's guy.
2) I don't think Williams and Feliciano fit what Kromer wants to do with the line
3) When a guy who started 16 games at T and won a new contract sucks as badly as Williams did to start the season, Something is Wrong. Either he got Paid and Demotivated, or he's battling a chronic injury, or he's fighting a personal battle with addiction or chronic illness.
It's not a situation like Ford where he starts at RT and it doesn't work out so you decide to see if he can play G. Williams played RT so well he won a new contract and we were all like "OK that spot's locked down" at RT. Until the season started and we were all "WTF is going on here?"
Huh? That's quite an assumption.
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5 minutes ago, Virgil said:
Ummmmm, so what's the benefit for the Bills?
Having a real good center for 3 more seasons.
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Just now, TheWeatherMan said:
That’s my understanding.
what's the point of that? Costs the team more cash up front and might prevent necessary restructuring the following year.
Anyway, we just extended Morse, so i assume that saved us some cap money this season.
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10 hours ago, TheWeatherMan said:
Why? The unused money just rolls over to the next year. If it’s an extension I get your point, but a restructure should be a wash.
Won't the rollover money just wash the cap hit that was moved down the road?
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Just now, BuffaloRebound said:
And agents know exactly how much money these teams have available.
Beane knows how much money he can clear, when he makes an offer, he knows he can back it up.
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On 3/12/2022 at 8:05 PM, Allen2Diggs said:
The Vikings are $15 Million over the cap and Hunter's cap hit is $26 Million. Just wait for them to release him so we don't waste a draft pick.
Then he goes to the highest bidder. If we want him, we need to trade for him.
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They won't do a restructure until they actually need to the money. If they don't sign anyone, wouldn't be wise to restructure.
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Who's the alternative? Until you find someone better, you still have a chance to make the playoffs. Vikings have a dynamic offense, but the team couldn't close out so many games last season. They are banking on the new coach to fix that. Not a horrible risk.
If the Bills think that Tre will be ready by the start of the season, does that change their draft strategy?
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You can't assume a return from major surgery 2 months early, playing at a high level, in April. It's quite possible White never gets back to Pro Bowl form. The team needs to prepare for that.