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DE/Pass Rush, DT, S, WR, LG still need upgrades in my opinion. There are some other spots that could use work, but are passable with the starters. I realize you can't have all pros at every position, but you still need solid play. While I do think Von will be better this season than he was last, it's still hard to project him being a double digit sack guy like he was before the injury. AJ was nice to keep for depth, but he runs so hot and cold, you never know what you are going to get week to week. I like Groot, though, and think he will improve once again this season. But, there is no doubt we could use some extra pop off the edge. In terms of DT, Oliver is is stud. Jones is really good too if he can stay healthy. But, we could use another 3 tech with some real pass rush ability. I don't want to have to see Ed out there for 75% of the snaps. Hard to keep him fresh for the playoffs with that load. Safety is tough. We are so used to having Hyde and Poyer back there holding things down, but it became very obvious to those that have watched those guys closely over the years that they just couldn't run anymore. They played hard and with the vet instincts they had, but they were not the same players last year. Did we upgrade there, though? Maybe athletically, but I am not sure we can expect them to be better than Hyde and Poyer were even last year. We could use another playmaker back there for sure. WR is still an obvious need. While Samuel is an upgrade over the room we had last year, I'd rather him be featured in the slot and not outside. Over 70% of his snaps have come in the slot the last few years and I want him and Shakir to share the load there. I look at Samuel/Shakir as an upgrade to Sherfield and Harty. I still want another beast on the outside at WR2. Finally, the Edwards/McGovern switch. I thought McGovern was pretty solid overall last season. Wasn't perfect or flashy, but he was solid for the most part. Can he make the move to C? I don't know. Maybe. But to say he will be better than Morse was is a bit of a reach. He was still playing very good football for us last season. Hopefully McGovern can make the switch and holds it down for us for the next several years, but I am not ready to call him an upgrade at C yet. Edwards.....to me is a backup. He was great in his role last year, but to me, there is no way he is going to be better for us than McGovern was for us at LG last year. I think we could use another home run Guard pick like Torrence was last year to compete for that spot. Regardless, I do think our demise that the talking heads are proclaiming is being severely overblown to nobody's surprise. Are we better? I am not ready to say that yet. If we can hit one 2 year one starters at key positions in the draft (ie. WR, S, and maybe even a G), then I will say the same thing I have been saying over the last several year......anything is possible because we have Josh Allen. But we still need to get him some more help and hit on some studs in this draft.

Well, that's a positive I guess..... We just need to find a way to fill the holes we still have and find a way to pass this team by....

At least they didn't get another first or something crazy like that...... But, they got something for an asset and while I am glad he's off their team, it stinks that they are probably going to be able to add a good, young, cheap piece in the draft.

The best thing anyone can do with a Diggs' Tweet? DON'T TRY READING INTO IT. You are better off ignoring it than trying to figure out what it means. He's a Buffalo Bill. He has a contract that is pretty much un-tradable. Even if he isn't a top 5 WR anymore, it doesn't mean that he isn't good. He works extremely hard. He plays with an attitude and fire. Whether he actually 100% wants to be here doesn't really mean anything. He will play extremely hard on the field for us next season. He's already come out and said he knows his tweets get people talking. Heck, even Dawkins took a page out of his book and messed with fans and media just last week! These players know they draw attention with whatever they do. For better or worse, a lot of them just crave the attention and want to be noticed and talked about. Others rather go about their business and not draw any attention to themselves. Our QB is like that...... Our WR is not. But it doesn't mean he doesn't want to be here or play for Buffalo anymore. Just leave it be and he'll be on the field by mandatory mini-camp like he is every year.

Hoping another WR needy team that is planning to draft one in the first round takes him and decides they can wait until later in the draft to take theirs. If he would be happy taking a severe prove it discount just to play with Allen, then I would look at it, but he is going to want way more than what I am ready to offer. I want new blood. I want young, cheap, explosive talent that can come in and hold down the number 2 role until he is ready to replace Diggs as the long term #1. Williams isn't that at all.

Good for him that he gets to land somewhere if he wanted to keep playing. We know by watching him over the last couple years that, while he plays with heart, he just can't run anymore. He plays through it, but he gets banged up easier as well. It's going to be tough seeing him wear those ugly threads, but he's not a safety anyone fears or has to gameplan for anymore. Hope he stays healthy and wins about 5 games this season.

Thad Brown @thadbrown7 DaQuan Jones back with the #Bills. Per his agency, 2 years/$16M. $10.5M guaranteed. Seems a solid contract for both sides. And Buffalo keeps a huge part of their defensive line. Really good move. 10.5 guaranteed so that means 5.5 mill in various bonuses. Not too shabby. He's a dominant force when he plays. Just need him to stay healthy.

Beane After Dark is rollin' once again. Here's hoping there are a bunch of incentives to reach those numbers, particularity games played.

The player has steadily been getting better, but it seems like his productions comes in spurts. Hoping the money is modest and is more based more on incentives than guarantees.

Everyone on this forum counting down the hours and minutes until the sun goes down and the sky turns black...... Beane doesn't do anything until that darkness hits.

Now the 4th highest paid tackle in the league...... I love the guy, but man, that's a lot of money. Hopefully there's some outs if needed.

No.....and that's a big part of the problem. We are every bit as good as the Chiefs in a lot of ways, mainly thanks to Josh. But with the games we play against them, it is always guys like Kelce and Chris Jones......HUGE IMPACT PLAYERS, that ultimately beat us in the end. We don't have players like that, outside the QB position, that can turn a game by themselves. Diggs is supposed to be one of those guys, but he disappears in the biggest moments against that team.

C. Jones or C. Wilkins Trade for JJ Oh wait.....you probably mean something realistic..... Mooney Chinn D. Jones

Mahomes got the MVP because of name value. But anyone that watched that game knows Chris Jones was the MVP and the main reason they won. Everyone is calling it one of the best Super Bowls ever. No way. It was a great finish, but that game was absolute trash for almost the first 3 quarters. And the main reason the Chiefs weren't already out of the game for good was Chris Jones. He was the most dominant player on the field.

He wasn't getting cut this year no matter what with $60 mill in dead cap..... Maybe next season, but not this season. He wasn't going anywhere.

I don't want to hear one time this season that Von isn't a team player. He didn't have to do this. This is a team first move all the way. Immediate cap savings and he is betting on himself which means he'll be going all out every snap to try & make plays to hit those incentives.

I don't want to hear one time this season that Von isn't a team player. He didn't have to do this. This is a team first move all the way. Immediate cap savings and he is betting on himself which means he'll be going all out every snap to try & make plays to hit those incentives.

I know....30+ feet is overkill. Just trying to be a bit over the top. But I don't think 25' should be out of the question.

With owning my own business, and the weekends being the busiest days of the week for me, buying season tickets was never going to be something that I could consider doing. I always try to sneak in at least 1 live game a season, but time just really doesn't allow me to do anything but watch on TV for the most part. So, in regards to the new stadium, I try not having too many criticisms about it because, while I would love to be there every week, I know this is a venue I won't be able to spend much time at. That said....do I have some things I wish were different, of course. Not having a venue that can be used year round for major events besides football doesn't make a lot of sense to me. But, then again, it was never going to be up to us. They were always going to build the stadium they wanted to build at the cost they deemed appropriate. But does that have to mean it's going to be bad or inferior to other new stadiums being built? Absolutely not. I am sure we won't have all the bells and whistles of a So-Fi Stadium or whatever, but does that make it worse? I don't think it does at all. I honestly believe that they put their best effort into this design and it will probably blow people away......even the people that are doing nothing but complaining about it before even seeing it for the first time. Will it have everything everyone wants? Of course not.....it doesn't have a roof, so some people just trash it because that was the main thing they were looking for. God forbid they wait and see everything else it may offer besides that. I wanted a roof too. I just think it was the logical choice given the area and expecting it to be a venue with the potential to host just about every major event out there at any time of the year. But they didn't go that way. It is what it is. Doesn't mean I am just going to just trash the rest of the stadium before ever stepping foot inside of it. The Bills will be here for the rest of my life. This stadium pretty much ensures that and that is the biggest amenity that this new stadium offers. Everything else is gravy. The thing is, I think that "everything else" is going to be so much better than most are even imagining. Enjoy this process. It really is a good thing even if it is not exactly what you personally had hopes for. PS...... The Buffalo statues should be a lot bigger than 16 feet, though. I see what they are trying to do, but at least one of them should be almost double that size.

I think he's one of those players that is still ascending. I think there is more there than what we've seen and with good coaching and the right system, he can really be a very good WR. I don't think his tape shows everything that's there yet. We'll see, though. So hard to tell who's going to be good and who's not, especially when we don't know how interviews go, how smart guys are, how fast they pick things up, etc. As fans, we have the games, but there is a lot more to it.

Of the guys we realistically have a shot at where we're picking, Mitchell is the guy I am targeting. The problem is, his workout is maybe going a little too well. We might have to trade up to the late teens to get him. The last thing I want is for us to sit on our hands if there is a guy at 17, 18, 19 that we really like and watch another WR needy team actually do what it takes to get there ahead of us. The Chiefs have already done that to us in the past, and I wouldn't be surprised to see them be aggressive to get the guy they want to again. We have to be active.

Seriously? No way.....it's way too low if anything. I think they should give him $80 million per (fully guaranteed).

When people were brainstorming ideas on how to make the kickoff a safer play years ago (before this XFL kickoff was even a thing), I actually had a very similar idea. I didn't have teams lining up straight across the field from each other like that, but instead had "pods" of players scattered all over the field between the 40s with the same rule that you couldn't go until the ball was caught. This accomplished basically the same thing by eliminating the running start but allowing for more returns. When I saw what the XFL did, I was kind of excited because even though it wasn't my exact idea, it was close enough to see what it would look like. I still like my idea of scattering players at different levels instead of right across from each other from one side of the field to another, but if I can't see my idea in practice, this would be a step in the right direction because I do think you would see a lot more returns than what we do now.

It's all about winning the big games. To this point, he has performed progressively worse the bigger the moments get. Until he wins in the biggest moments, I won't have an ounce of faith that he can. If he leads this team to a Super Bowl win, I will be the first in line for my plate of crow. I just have no reason to believe he will ever overcome his panic in the biggest situations enough to win one. I pray that I am wrong, though.