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"Your dumb 🙄" say the embarrassed few who will fight this to the death.

It's that time of year again. Everyone is excited about Free Agency. The league calendar is about to begin. The draft isn't too far away. The future is bright. Just as we take our first breath of spring air, we log into TBD and we see: "We need to resign DaQuan Jones." "I can't believe we resigned Taylor Rapp." No. "Re-sign" means to sign again. "Resign" means to voluntarily leave a job. It means the opposite of re-sign. Cheers, Bills Fans, to re-signing our best players and winning the Super Bowl. 🍻

For $3M 1yr as solid depth and a vet to help our draft pick Safety develop better? Yeah, sure. Go get him if you can.

There's also a tremendous benefit to Edwards being a known commodity. He knows Aaron Kromer's system, which by all accounts takes some time. We know how to use him as a TE3. He has had time with the starters as a backup guard. He looked solid with the starters and won a Super Bowl as a starter with the Rams. Getting all of that for $2.3M is a steal. Crazy to call it an overpay.

He's a great player at the most important position on Offense outside of QB. He's also competitive and "nasty" which is what we always want until we have it. Now that's a problem because he's talking? Any discussion of trading him is as ridiculous as talking about trading Josh. There's a reason nearly every poster on this board thinks it's a ridiculous idea.

It’s a beautiful thing to see several burners show their wheels. We can get one of these guys.

It depends what you think they're competing for. Playoffs 1st round? Sure. I would argue they have no shot of winning the SB with Tua, just based on how they've played against good teams and in the playoffs. They were fantastic against bad teams and will probably have a winning record the next couple of years. Yay. Is Tua going to be able to beat Mahomes, Josh, Lamar, Burrow... heck even Herbert, Stroud, and Rodgers next year? I haven't seen anything that makes me feel the answer is yes, he can beat three of them in a row in the playoffs, then go beat the best of the NFC.

The best interior offensive line in the league happened to him. Creed Humphrey is arguably the best Center in the league. (Yes, I know we passed on him for Boogie Basham). Joe Thuney is arguably the best Guard in the league. Trey Smith is a rising star and locks down the other side of the interior. You can't expect extreme disruption in the interior against the Chiefs. Our chance was on the edges and Groot, Floyd, and Von did nothing against their weakest links on the outside. Ed is still a fantastic player, but he can't do it himself. There are only 2-3 guys in the entire league who can do it themselves against elite competition.

Am I the only person who doesn't want him on the team next year? Very happy that he has recovered from the terrible on-field accident. Purely on the field, he doesn't seem to help much and this idea of "everyone is rooting for him" might be taking away from our objectivity. The best players need to be on the roster. If he's not the best player, it's a distraction.

I think we should give up on him and run him out of town, along with Terrel Bernard, AJ Epenesa, and Ed Oliver. Next up, Kaiir Elam. Player development doesn't exist!

May I please give you an example that proves this insane idea wrong? In the 13 seconds game, Josh "mentally overpowered" Mahomes to two game winning drives in the last two minutes. He outplayed him the entire game and left the field a winner with 13 seconds left. Then the defense collapsed and he didn't get the ball again. He went home a loser. Josh is already there. Are McDermott and the players around him there? Probably not.

Interesting to see so many people hating Miami. I don't even pay attention to them. Josh Allen is their Daddy and we dominate them in every critical moment.

I think most of us would agree that the Brady Era Patriots were insufferable. Let's call them a 10/10 in terms of hatred. If your second favorite team (Lions? Saints?) is a 1/10, where do the Chiefs land? I'll start. I'm at about a 6 right now. It's more respect that hatred. Yes, Mahomes is annoying and the Swifties thing is bad... but I don't feel the same burning hatred as I did with the Patriots. Curious where everyone else stands!

Projected free agent contract is $16.5M/yr. Do feel good about paying that to a safety? Also, he plays strong safety, which what Poyer plays. We need a free safety. Very similar positions, but not the same. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-england-patriots/kyle-dugger-47632/market-value/?callback=in&code=NDY3N2FJNDCTN2JIYS0ZNWY4LTK2ODUTMDHKNMQ1OWFINWE3&state=a44375d939754757be9a9b07c413cb9b

Interesting way to spin a coach with 40% career win percentage and 5-4 playoff record.

Is this not worth a discussion? You know it’s TWO third round picks, right? If a minority defensive coordinator is hired to be a head coach, the team he left gets two third round picks. The question is if Frazier fits that description. https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/nfl-compensatory-picks-for-minority-coaches-and-executives-explained

Can we put the Mahomes threads in a different forum please? He doesn’t play for the Bills. Yes he’s good. Yes Josh is also good. Yes he is beatable. Yes he has beaten the Bills in the playoffs often. Cool.

I think it's a little early to say that. They've just thrown the ball at him a lot. Sam LaPorta: 120 targets, 86 receptions for 889 yards. (71.6% reception rate) Dalton Kincaid: 91 targets, 73 receptions for 673 yards (80.2% reception rate) Both guys look great early, but it's silly to put them above Kelce, Andrews, Kittle, Hockenson, etc., until we see them develop.

Well .... read the responses in this thread. Many thought it was a foregone conclusion. It was not.

This is sneaky huge news. He was interviewed for Defensive Coordinator on several teams that have an OFFENSIVE specialized head coach. It was not a given that he took the job with the Bills. One might argue he could showcase his talents better as a play caller and eventual head coach on one of those coaching staffs. He must have loved it in Buffalo or got a great offer.

Whether the fans like it or not, the reality of the draft is that a huge component is luck. Beane has shown he's a great GM. He has made the right moves many times over. If you guys don't see that, you don't know what constitutes great GM work. Simple as that.

We have a hall of fame defensive end currently on our roster. People can laugh about that all they want, but Von had 8 sacks through 11 games prior to injury last year. Before that, he was averaging 10+ sacks every year. That's rare and he will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Let's hope he comes back at full strength next year, or even close. The book isn't closed on that yet.

Best WR draft in years and we need a long term solution for both #2WR and #1WR. .... and you guys want to spend big money in Free Agency?

Poyer and Hyde were not superstars when they joined the team in 2017, as I'm sure you know. Hyde was learning a new position. Poyer underperformed in Cleveland. Babich was Assistant Defensive Backs coach in 2017 and moved to Safeties coach in 2018. You really don't want to attribute any success to him? Tremaine Edmunds underperformed for most of his time in Buffalo. Matt Milano was great, but not known as the best OLB in the league prior to 2022. Babich moved to Linebackers coach in 2022. The result was an All-Pro season for Milano and by FAR Edmunds best year as a Bill. Is that not enough for you? How about Terrel Bernard blossoming into a stud MLB under Babich? Or Tyrel Dodson turning into a legit starter after Milano went down, after doing nothing the 3 previous years with the Bills? Klein coming in off the street and having a great game vs the Steelers when the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd OLB went down? Is that all luck as well? Babich might not turn out to be a great defensive coordinator, but success has legitimately followed him at every position he's coached with the Bills.