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See the Greg Tompsett tweets or his video on FA. But in short there are "likely" to be earned incentives and "non-likely". The designation is made by your performance the previous year. If you would have earned the incentive the previous year then its a "likely" and comes of the coming years cap (if unearned then it you get it back in the next year). If you wouldn't (no matter the circumstances), then its "non-likely" and comes off from the next year if earned.

Sorry your language confused me a bit. To be clear, there will be $2 mil cap savings this year no matter what. Whether we lose cap from 2022 will be dependent on his play this coming year.

I'll go a little higher with Williams to maybe 11 mil per year and a little lower to like 7 mil per year for Feliciano. However, I agree they will let both walk if they get priced out. Williams also hasnt really been paid either.

Not if these spot trac numbers are correct. I dont think feliciano played that great. If he wants to get paid (he hasnt been yet) he will not be back imo. Since tackle is more important I think they should resign Williams. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/daryl-williams-16828/market-value/ https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/jon-feliciano-16854/market-value/

Disagree as mentioned above. I think theyll have at least two new players on the line (not counting swing tackle). Continuity is not much of an option this year with the number of free agents they have.

Agree Mongo is probably gone. Would really like them to keep Williams. I think Ford can pass Ike pretty quickly if he gets a full offseason to play the position (he moved from RT during training camp last year). I say this knowing Ford's play at guard last year was very not good.

Agree they need a swing tackle. I am ok with Ford at Guard (side doesnt matter too much to me). But that still leaves the other guard spot, RT, swing tackle, and interior back up as open spots. I can get on board with Bates and Ike as the interior back up but thats still a lot we need.

Yup he was the new LG I was referring to. I think they need to resign williams and put Ford at LG. Either way you slice it though our cupboards on the line are very bare. We have 6 (including Ford) under contract. Ike gets you 7 but thats still not a team Im ok rolling with.

I disagree with this being a continuity move. I think we are bringing in at least two new starters on the line. This move is a way to start building what we need imo.

Friendly reminder we dont really have anyone under contract on the OL (LT and C starters only). We need help; we don't need to lose an above average player to save cap. Continuity is not the reason when we will likely lose at least one of starting RG and RT from last year and we will likely roll with a new LG. Agree with @BarleyNY that we should be drafting his replacement this year (along with at least one other OL). TE does not seem like a place we will spend a lot this FA because of our cap restrictions and I expect us to use a mid round pick on one again.

Just dropping by to say we only have 6 OL on the roster even. This include Jordan Devey, Ryan Bates, and Trey Adams. We have a huge need on the OL. Put me in the camp of resign Williams and draft 2 OL this year (1 Tackle 1 iOL) along with a tender for Ike. Numbers from https://overthecap.com/calculator/buffalo-bills/

can someone explain the disadvantage for the player from Field yates? I wouldve thought the conversion becomes dead cap spread across the years. So yes the cap number is higher but the dead cap number is higher too. higher dead cap is a positive for the player with regards to him staying on the team (see Mario Addison).

Stefon has little leverage if he doesnt play under his current contract (I believe he doesnt vest if he doesnt play), and we have him for 3 more years. This really isnt a conversation cause that trade was sneaky good because Diggs' contract was very reasonable.

Then they should offset it with the facemask Kelce was grabbing on the stem of that route. All of their holding was much worse. This did not lose us the game but was very frustrating. I will also say Chris Jones threw a punch. That should be reviewable.

@syhuang great breakdown. They showed these plays in the @Cover 1 breakdown of josh this week. were you watching?

I think you blitz a smidge but gotta be very careful. Certianly simulated pressures where a DE drops out will also be utilized

I made it to the End! Couple thoughts. I drink in all the media. We havent been in the championship before so I'm gonna listen to it all. Melody and Andrew Perna are great watches all the time (Washington Potatoes was the best way to deal with that franchise). I also very much like the Cover 1 guys as they are very insightful and measured. Most of the main media has been super up and down but Orlovsky, Hasselback, and Mina Kines have all been very excited about the Bills (along with GMFB). Simms is an interesting case. I think he tries to correct for how much he loves Josh. I was shocked when he had Josh as 18th best QB to start the season. Hes picked against us a fair bit too and I think its an over correction because he doesnt wanna be biased. In many ways this is a great weekend for Simms. He was high on Mahomes before most, obviously we know he loves our boy blue (probably his best theme song), and Rogers is his GOAT. Lastly he isnt as high on Brady cause of the cheating. He will be very happy when we win. For the game, I am so excited cause we def left a lot of meat on the bone in the last game. Very even matched offenses (more than the media thinks), and I think we have an edge on Defense (though they might have 3 of the top 4 players). Its been a great year and I'm excited to see it continue after Sunday night. Heres some more of Simms; I do think he likes Josh a ton (I disagree though on our defense cause i am pretty confident its better than theirs)

Pretty much anyone who put the ball in the air on Saturday struggled including a HoF kicker. I agree that it was just very difficult to work in. I think Bass will shake it off cause you can point to what tucker did. I think josh will shake it off cause hes that type of competitor.

Couple thoughts. See some talk about the Ravens only putting 20 up on Titans, but their D really held a good offense down. Thats what scares me the most. Whether its Titans play calling or OL worse at pass pro than run block or Ravens are that good I dont know, but thats what worries me the most. I am hopeful with the way we have been tested and responded all season (last week is a great example of a team that wont back down if things do go their way at all). On Simms and Florio, I like them picking against us. I think we have done well in those situations, and i saw rodney harrison (Dungy also eye rolled) correct Florio's line of "the Bills have to be second guessing themselves." Both teams got a big weight of their shoulders and will be playing loose. So excited for this game.

It’s also not a good McKenzie match up. Those jet motions are best against man which the colts barely played.

Yeah Zo is a really a good matchup for an LJ led offense. You can be fast and strong with Zo (he also so smart). Youre 70% number didnt surprise me cause of that, and I think he will be the hardest piece to replace (hoping Dirty Harry can make up for missing star a bit).

Edmunds, Milano, and Zo w/ 4 lineman would just be a 4-3 base? Take one of them off (or a DL and have Zo in a 3 point stance) and replace with a big safety (marlowe or neal), thats Big Nickel. I thought you said 3-4 was big nickel. I think I am confused on what TD you are referring to. I remember the long one to a TE last year in the Ravens game as being Poyer peeking at the QB. The one to Doyle Saturday was Tre White missing an assignment, but again I'm not sure which one youre talking about now.

I wouldnt call that a Buffalo Nickel but I agree it would be effective against LJ. Buffalo Nickel is usally subbing a LB for a Big Safety in the front 7 (reg nickel is Taron Johnson at CB). I think the TE TD was Poyer peeking in the back field and then getting just a bit mixed up as the routes crossed on the release. It was just that little bit that caused him to be a step behind. I agree Zo and Star will be missed. I think Epenesa can replace what Murphy did.

I would also like to see him block in the passing game as thats a critical need for our RBs that I know Moss and Singeltary have done well at.

The other Minshew thread got me thinking about if we needed Fromm this year. Any thoughts on if it would be smart to give him the second team reps this week and let Barkley be the Covid Back up