Logic

My Kyle Pitts shares right now.

Boom or bust WR with a low floor pairing up with a boom or bust QB with a low floor. Seems about right. In all seriousness, glad he gets some coin and gets to move closer to home. Ball out, Gabe.

RIP my Tyjae Spears dynasty league shares...

I have refused to believe all along that they'd be releasing or trading Dion after already cutting Morse. Just too much talent and leadership turnover, and it would not go over well in the locker room, AND he's coming off his best season as a pro. Never made a lick of sense. When he made his Instagram post today, I truly assumed (with a dash of terror mixed in) that it must be a practical joke on his part. Told myself I wouldn't react to it until it was officially announced, because it seemed very "Dion" to toy with Bills fans like that. Sure enough... Glad you're sticking around, Shnowman. Heart and soul guy. Leader. Josh Allen protector. Love, love, love.

Imagine working you way up the depth chart, balling out, and signing a big contract to be the TE1 of a top offense for years to come. Then the very next offseason your team trades up in the 1st round to select another tight end, and the offseason after that, they're knocking on your day asking you to take a paycut. Tough business.

There was a whole several page conversation about this recently, but... Suffice it to say that in my opinion, Derrick Henry is going to command too large a contract and too many snaps for it be feasible or logical of the Bills to sign him. Cook had the type of season last year that warrants another year of being RB1. You don't spend the money Henry will command to bring in an RB2, nor will Henry want to be that. I think signing a veteran (think D'onta Foreman, Antonio Gibson, Clyde Edwards-Helaire, or re-signing Ty Johnson) and drafting a kid late is the way to go. No giving big money to Derrick Henry and cutting into James Cook's snaps.

I think perhaps people have unrealistic expectations for a TE3. Morris is about as good as a TE3 can be, especially considering he plays behind a recent 1st round pick and a guy on a big contract. The level of athleticism, pass catching ability, and blocking Morris provides relative to the peanuts he's getting paid made this re-signing a no-brainer, in my opinion. On a team with lots of roster depth needs, TE wasn't on mine. No need to change that by refusing to retain a reasonably talented player who already knows our offense.

There was a time that I wanted the Bills to trade for Jeudy. The acquisition of Kincaid and the emergence of Shakir and the emergence of the Bills' inability to generate explosive plays changed that. I would now view Jeudy's skillset and what he provides to an offense as being redundant on our team. He doesn't provide what the Bills need to add to their receiving corps. He'd just be adding another short and intermediate threat who doesn't scare defenses deep. What the Bills NEED is someone who DOES threaten defenses deep, so that Diggs, Kincaid, and Shakir can eat underneath. Jeudy isn't that. All of that said, I always liked him as a player and still think it's possible he becomes a 1,000 yard guy now that he's in a (presumably) better offense.

It's gonna be a contract extension. He's a "heart and soul guy", coming off a career year, they need cap savings, and they just released their veteran center and won't want to create the leadership and talent void that jettisoning their good LT would create. Announcement will come soon. Watch.

FS Geno Stone SS Jeremy Chinn WR Darnell Mooney -or- Hollywood Brown RB Antonio Gibson -or- Clyde Edwards-Helaire DE AJ Epenesa DT Daquan Jones

Yeah I honestly wouldn't want to give up a premium pick (nor do I think the Steelers can reasonably request one, since he's in the last year of his deal, wants out, and is coming off two lackluster seasons), and I wouldn't want it to preclude us from drafting a WR early. If we could trade a 5th (we have three of them) for him AND still draft a WR in round 1 or 2? Sign me up all day, every day.

He is very good and has suffered from an awful OC and awful QB. He is only 27 years old, and would fit well in our offense. Assuming the compensation required is not significant -- something like a day 3 pick seems fine -- then I WOULD do it. The only thing that gives me pause is that 2024 is the last year of his deal, and he'd need to be re-signed. Drafting a rookie in round 1 or 2 probably makes more sense.

There's a simple and sad but irrefutable fact at play here. In today's sports media landscape, detailed analysis looking at x's and o's, personnel, salary cap, and in-depth team coverage doesn't get NEARLY the amount of viewers and clicks -- and, ultimately, dollars -- as the Stephan A Smith, Skip Bayless, Nick Wright brand of yelling, controversy, and cooked up nonsense. For every 5 passionate, knowledgeable football fans who are hungry for more in depth coverage of the sport itself, there are 100 casual fans that prefer the soap opera, the yelling, the pomp and circumstance. Or at least, that's what the viewership and online engagement numbers and revenue streams seem to indicate. It's sad, but it's true. Until that changes, I will continue to tune out mass media sports coverage and stick to the vastly more informative and interesting podcasts and online shows and football coverage done by people and outlets like Dan Orlovsky, Kurt Warner, Brian Baldinger, and Cover 1.

I can only respond that the coaches must NOT have felt it was unwarranted. And that, given the stacked safety market -- of which they are assuredly aware -- they must have liked enough of what they saw from him last year to feel that bringing him back was worthwhile. I'd also add that getting a raise of a million dollars is arguably not really getting a raise at all, because the salary cap just went up $15million more than expected, and contract inflation is about to happen across the league.

Yet again, the real details of a contract come out and paint it in a much more favorable and justifiable light for the team than it seemed at first. Not to sound like a broken record, but reactions to first announcements of contracts are a waste of time and typing effort. As others have said, this is "compete to start but may wind up as the 3rd safety again" money. Good. I like Rapp in that capacity.

I'd assume the pants ripped in the front, due to his absolutely legendary sized hose. Prolly looks like a tube of tennis balls hangin there. Prolly looks like a baby's arm holdin an apple hangin there. Prolly looks like an 80s policeman's flashlight hangin there. .......I'll see myself out.

Agreed, especially since the return you're likely to get for him is a 6th or 7th rounder. At that rate of return, a guy like Elam is worth more to you than the compensation you'd receive in return. For the record -- and this is probably just the eternal optimist in me -- I'm bullish on Elam this year. I think he knows it's "do or die" for his career as a starter in this league, and if healthy, I think he's gonna make a run for playing time in this defense.

I think that this selection of safeties is gonna mirror the Hyde/Poyer signings 7 years ago. I think they'll identify two guys that fit their scheme but aren't necessarily household names. A mid-to-low tier guy (Hyde) and an afterthought guy (Poyer). Fans will look at both and assume we must also be planning to draft some potential starters at the position, but those signings will wind up starting for us and performing well. McDermott and staff are the safety whisperers. Based on that theory, I could see Alohi Gilman and Kamren Curl. Something like that. I'm sticking with liking Stone and Chinn, but they never listen to me (nor should they).

Shhhh. One "telling BADOL he was right about something" per week is about all I can take.

I have to give you credit (shudder). You called the de-valuation of the safety market a while back. I hate it when you're right.

Brandon Beane will have a ton of options this year to replace Jordan Poyer and Micah Hyde. It's an absolute buyer's market. This also shows that the NFL as a whole is de-valuing the safety position, and that a market adjustment has happened and should continue. Looking at this list, what two do you like? Who should we sign? I say give me Jeremy Chinn and Geno Stone all day long, but there are several names I like on this list.

The Bills are FINALLY playing comp pick Bingo. Between yesterday's cuts, the recent collecting of more draft picks, and now the embracing of the comp pick collection process...it sure looks like Beane is finally doing what a lot here wanted: Going with a youth movement, taking his salary cap medicine, and getting the Bills into much better shape financially and age-wise going forward. As for Fatukasi. Would be a good signing, I think. Not a world beater, but you don't need (and can't afford) 53 world beaters. He's a capable player, and any time you can get a capable player in the trenches and not have it hurt the compensatory pick formula, and can fill a roster hole before free agency's first wave really begins, its a win.

The entire Steelers offense stunk last year. Their offensive coordinator was fired midseason after fans openly chanted "Fire Canada!" at games. The best Trubisky has looked in his career, arguably, was when he was wearing Bills blue. Sometimes certain offenses, styles, and locker rooms fit certain players better. I think Trubisky thrived here. Moreover, I'm just not sure who people would prefer at backup QB. The REALLY good backups in the league -- of which there are very few to begin with -- command more money and likely want a chance to compete to start. The types of guys that are willing to sign cheap contracts to be a guaranteed backups are not generally "starting caliber". That's why they're backups. So I guess my question is: what backup that's willing to come here on a cheap deal and know for sure that he can't compete to be the starter is better than Trubisky? Who should the Bills have signed instead?

Nice. People often have unrealistic expectations of what a backup QB should be. In this day and age, where teams usually only have two QBs on the 53-man roster, the whole "draft a 7th rounder and develop him behind your starter" doesn't necessarily work. It was a fine thing to do back when teams rostered three QBs. The backup was the trusty vet that could play in a pinch, the third stringer was the developmental project. But nowadays? You need a guy that can get you through two quarters or two weeks if your QB gets banged up. Trubisky is better than many backup QBs in the league, and also worse than a few of them. He's certainly closer to the top of the list than the bottom. Already knows our system, our coaches, our locker room, and has a friendship with Josh. Good signing. Not everything needs to be advanced calculous.