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I’m disgusted that some people would give Simpson the same respect in death as his victims deserved. This world is a better place without him.

It’s not going to work for many reasons, some of which I stated above. But the cold, hard reality is that you gave the reason it is often prudent to trade player like Milano. Outside of Allen the team is devoid of difference makers. Milano will be 30 before the season starts and 31 is the typical age of the start of decline for LBers. What’s the realistic overlap of him still being a difference maker and the team acquiring enough other ones to be in position to compete for a championship? It’s not zero, but absolute best case is 2025. Two successful drafts and a successful 2025 FA haul. 2025 is his age 31 season and last under contract. Maybe he stays for a lesser deal at that point or maybe he gets replaced by a younger player. It would be nice if he could be along for the next ride. I love Milano as a player and I don’t want to see him go. He is one of my favorites. The emotional side of me is very happy he will be here this season. But the analytical side of me knows what the best long term move for the Bills would be if he had significant trade value. We’d use that to help the team reload and acquire young talent to make the next run even if it hurt both emotionally and on the field this season.

I had the same thought, but no. Two reasons. Contract. We don’t have the room to absorb his dead money. Also not coming off of that injury. Teams would need to know what they’d be getting in a trade and they wouldn’t. Otherwise it would be something to consider as he’s 30 before this season.

That’s one hell of a find. Visits and other meetings for every team over years. I’m sure it’s incomplete, but it’s the best source I’ve seen and he allows his file to be downloaded. Kudos!

McDermott is 5-0 in the playoffs against 5-7 seeds and 0-6 against 1-4 seeds. I don’t see how losing some of the team’s best players - whether that was to injury, age, trade or free agency - is going to help us over that hump. The Bills should be a good team again, but we need several difference makers besides Allen to compete for a title. This draft is about finding at least one of those. They’ll draft and spend next offseason on players they think can add to that list. Obviously the coaches have to do their jobs too.

I figured that was probably it. He did flash, but his issues showed up consistently too. It doesn’t make any sense to cut or trade him at this time because we’re paying him either way and there’s still a chance that things will click for him. It’s not likely, but it’s not like we have other CBs pushing him off the roster either.

What makes you think that?

I agree with this. Another team would have to be willing to take on his guaranteed contract. $4.5M total for 2024 & 2025. That makes it tough because they’d be stuck with that if he didn’t work out. That really tanks his value.

No one seems to be complaining about the extra money being brought in by it - 48.8% of which goes to the players.

Samuel was signed to fill Diggs’ spot. I’m not saying that he will be as productive as Diggs was, but he’s a similar type of player. I think we also will draft a player on day 3 to groom behind him. Ofc that’s in addition to an X WR early in the draft.

It doesn’t much matter as long as it doesn’t get taken to an AB level. I’d take Larry Fitzgerald or Jerry Rice any day. There are definitely a lot more WRs like Stefon Diggs out there than ones like Amari Cooper though.

Jermaine Burton, WR, Alabama. Off the field - and on the field after a game - concerns but 1st round talent. Some team will get a steal on day 2 if he puts that stuff behind him.

It’s not rare or surprising to see sports media bury stories that the team or league wants buried. Michigan chested their way to a NC. No one spoke about that. The Bills reporters know that their jobs will get much more difficult- if not downright impossible - if they run negative stories about the Bills. They can slag someone who is no longer here or is on their way out. No issues there, but if they do anything that really hurts the team - and, yes, including true, reportable incidents - then they might as well find a new line of work. Some stories do spill over into the mainstream media and they don’t stay under wraps, but by and large this is how it works.

The only issue is that a team trading for him would take on his guaranteed contract. $4.7M total for 2024 & 2025. There have been recent trades where guaranteed money reverts back to the original team if the player is cut. I’m not interested but I’d want us to insist on that if we did acquire him.

I think this discussion tells you everything you need to know about Burks. One of us is saying that he’s not a good enough separator or contested catch receiver to win on the outside, so maybe he could be a decent possession receiver, even if he’s never gonna be dynamic there. The other one is saying that he’s not quick enough to be a good slot receiver so if he’s going to be successful, it’ll have to be on the outside I think we’re both right We should just move on.

Thinking a bit more about this I don’t like the idea of adding Burkes even if it was for almost nothing. If he’s going to have success in the NFL it’ll likely be as a possession WR out of the slot. We don’t have much need there. We’d be better off looking for an X to take a flier on.

Agreed. Teams get what they can (obviously). They discount early picks differently. I’ve heard that divide first round picks into 3 tiers and second round picks into 2. IOW a late first this season is worth a top half of the second next, etc. Projecting where a team is likely to pick next season is a big factor.

Sophomore slumps definitely happen to a lot of QBs. But I think Stroud is the real deal and there will be substantially more talent surrounding him this season than last. He certainly has the talent to be up there with Mahomes, Burrow, and Allen. As for Diggs, he is who he is. The same guy that came to Buffalo left Buffalo. Unless Houston’s season falls apart, he will keep himself in check this season. After all he’s only on a one year deal.

Diggs can still play. Home games in a dome and playing in the AFCS will be helpful for him. The relationship was over here and him being on the team was going to be a real problem moving forward. Moving on while we could still get something for him wasn’t the worst thing.

First off the league won’t approve a trade if a player’s contract can’t fit under the cap. So we can’t get him here to rework his deal. It would have to be done in advance and that still won’t work since he’s not taking a pay cut and SF isn’t eating any of his contract. So we can’t trade for Aiyuk now. Could it work post 6/1? I don’t think the Bills want to wait that long. I doubt SF would want to either. If they are going to trade him I’m sure that they want it done before the draft. But I think it could theoretically be done on 6/2. We could squeeze his contract under and then extend him and lower his cap hit. A 4 year, $100M extension would put him on a 5 year, $115M contract. That could put his 1st year cap hit at about $6M. That would leave the team about $7M for signing draft picks, the transition to a 53 man roster, the practice squad, replacement players and other in season moves. That wouldn’t be enough. They’d need at least $5M more for that. I’m not sure if they could find that much or not.. So trading for him before 6/1 is not possible. Trading for him on or after 6/2 would be very difficult if not impossible. .

I’ve seen Thomas as high as 4th, but I’ve seen him a lot lower too. I do not think he’s a good fit for the Bills. He insisted a Metcalf style WR. An X who is big and fast and is excellent at contested catches. But the Bills have been running an offense with a much quicker passing game. He doesn’t do a good job of uncovering quickly so that limits him to contested catches on quicker routes or longer developing ones. Spending multiple picks on that style of player makes no sense to me.

I know enough about the cap to understand why the Bills can’t afford Aiyuk this season, which definitely puts me ahead of you on that subject. Also I understand that the trade and Aiyuk acquisitions are separate scenarios. Reread what I wrote. I’m not interested in trading up for any WR other than the top 3. Aiyuk is not feasible for cap reasons.

The writer just accidentally omitted him. Not much proofreading happens anymore.

Won’t work. Aiyuk’s current contract is over $14M. If you trade this year’s picks, then you can’t wait until after 6/1 to trade for him since that’s after the draft. Even if we did, we still don’t have the room since we need that $10M for the season. Also his next contract will still have a larger cap hit than we could absorb this season. He’s going to be a $25M a year player.

Aiyuk would be a tremendous addition to the Bills, but we can’t fit his contract under the cap so that won’t work. I have zero interest in a big trade up for any WR outside the top 3. Too much capital for not much difference than can be had near 28.