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This is an awesome move! He was a backup and we were overpaying for him. Now we clear up over $3m in CAP space for a guy who played possibly a handful of snaps last season and no meaningful ones. As Sal Capacio said, Alec Anderson fills a similar role, has a full year in the system and is millions cheaper. I definitely think this ups the potential for a Center in the first few rounds, but with 11 picks now I think it would be negligence if we didn't draft a center. This draft is going to be super interesting. I've heard from some of the experts that this is a very top heavy draft in the sense that after rounds 3 or 4 the talent drops off a cliff. I expect Buffalo to make 5-7 picks in the first 4 rounds. I hope they all hit! Gonna be a fun draft!

Oh... well if they met at the Senior Bowl then obviously the Bills interviewed him... so the entire notion of him being off the table for us is out the window.

I'm confused. Has it been confirmed that the Bills did NOT meet with McConkey? Can't remember which podcast I was listening to, but I think it was Daniel Jeremiah who said that every NFL team has 75 interviews at the Combine, but only about 1/3rd of them are released publicly. So again, has it been confirmed we have NOT met with McConkey???

If we stay at 28, I will be extremely happy with Thomas Jr or Mitchell. I'll be happy with Worthy, Franklin, Legette, McConkey or even Coleman (yes, despite the 40 time... he was great in drills). That's a lot of players. And frankly, I'm not going to be remotely surprised if we don't draft at 28, trade back, and slingshot to get any one of those 7 players along with an impact defensive player. Or we very likely could also just draft defense in round 1 and see if any of those players fall in round 2, which they might. And then you double dip with Roman Wilson, Malachi Coreley, Brendan Rice, Javon Baker, Ricky Pearsal, etc. in the middle rounds. This draft is deeeeeep... get 2

2 things: 1) There is NO WAY we are trading up into the top 10 this year!!! This team is too CAP strapped and needs to get AT LEAST 4 or 5 major contributors long term out of this draft. 2) There is NO WAY we are using ALL 10 of our draft picks!!! Beane will 100% be making deals on our draft days. That said, anything more than a move into the late teens is too expensive. Right now I think we only trade up for 2 players: Brian Thomas Jr or Adonai Mitchell. No way Nabers or Odunze fall to the late teens. Otherwise stay in place and get Worthy/Legette/McConkey/Coleman or whoever McBeane decides on.

Please just let them make the tourney so I can get my March sports fix!!!

That also differs wildly from what Cosell himself was saying regarding Mitchell

Cosell's statements about Adonai Mitchell are pretty eye opening

Is he really a true slot, though??? That WR looks like a dude!!! Looks like Deebo in the way he plays. He trucks CBs consistently. Google lists him at 5'11, 210 lbs with a 4.43 40 yard dash. We'll discover this all more in depth on Saturday, but if that's accurate, why is that a true slot? And frankly, if we drafted him, a lot of people thought Shakir could eventually replace Diggs. I think the modern NFL is moving beyond the traditional X, Z, and Y receiver, don't you? We have a new OC... maybe he really prefers 2 "slot" guys. Maybe even 3????

So I don't watch College Football... like at ALL!!! That said, I just watched YouTube highlights of Brian Thomas Jr., Keon Coleman, Troy Franklin and Malachi Corely. They're highlights and I understand what that means. That said, in watching those highlights, the players I most want to see in Buffalo because I believe they are the modern NFL are, in this order: 1) Keon Coleman T-2 Malachi Corley T-2 Troy Franklin 4) Brian Thomas Jr. Coleman, to me, is a step above Franklin and Corley just from watching the highlights. In reading scouting reports of him, I thought he'd be a big slug who couldn't separate. Doesn't look that way to me. Dude is elusive and even returned punts in college. I honestly only watched Corley because of the recent buzz and the fact that in Kiper's latest "First Draft" podcast, he said Corley was the guy he really wanted to put in the 1st round. I see why. Dude's a BEAST!!! My only issue with drafting him is I wonder if it maximizes his skillset playing with Josh ... Which is actually why Corley and Franklin tied to me. I think Franklin is PERFECT in terms of this offense and what it needs outside of Diggs and Shakir. I am impressed with Brian Thomas Jr's speed and downfield tracking... but that was like all I saw from him. I also understand that playing with Nabers he always got the opponent's #2 corner. So is he just a one trick pony up against inferior competition or is he really that good with the full route tree in his back pocket... just never needed it????

I posted this in another thread, but with the amount of void years the Bills are adding to contracts and our salary cap constraints this year and moving forward, can one of our resident CAP experts please explain Void years??? We just restructured Conner McGovern's contract and added 2 void years at the end of his contract. This means that even though his contract expires at the end of 2025, there will still be dead cap money for 2 more years. So does this basically just provide extra motivation to extend him for 2 more seasons beyond 2025? And if we do that, does that basically just mean the void years we just put in his contract don't end up impacting the team at all? Then as a follow up question, when we signed Leonard Floyd last offseason, it was reported that there was a void year (I think just one) that we added into the deal. According to Spotrac, Floyd has a dead cap hit THIS YEAR of $4,376,250. Now... IF that is correct regarding the Floyd deal AND my thoughts about extending a player who has void years would be beneficial in terms of the CAP, wouldn't it be wise to just sign him to another deal for next year since you're already paying him over $4m??? Even if Floyd goes out in the market and gets an offer of $10m on a one year deal from a team, the Bills could technically offer him the exact same deal and pay less than $6m in new money, correct??? Anyone with an understanding of the void years thing??? An explanation would be much appreciated

Yes it is. His son isn't the behemoth the Carolina DT was, though.

Thought about making a thread asking this question, but I think it fits here: How about Void years? We just restructured Conner McGovern's contract and added 2 void years at the end of his contract. This means that even though his contract expires at the end of 2025, there will still be dead cap money for 2 more years. So does this basically just provide extra motivation to extend him for 2 more seasons beyond 2025? And if we do that, does that basically just mean the void years we just put in his contract don't end up impacting the team at all? Then as a follow up question, when we signed Leonard Floyd last offseason, it was reported that there was a void year (I think just one) that we added into the deal. According to Spotrac, Floyd has a dead cap hit THIS YEAR of $4,376,250. Now... IF that is correct regarding the Floyd deal AND my thoughts about extending a player who has void years would be beneficial in terms of the CAP, wouldn't it be wise to just sign him to another deal for next year since you're already paying him over $4m??? Even if Floyd goes out in the market and gets an offer of $10m on a one year deal from a team, the Bills could technically offer him the exact same deal and pay less than $6m in new money, correct??? Anyone with an understanding of the void years thing??? An explanation would be much appreciated

Any chance the Orange make the tourney as an at large? Seems like they've stacked some wins at the end of the season.

Why is this such a popular thread right now??? We aren't cutting Knox. We aren't trading Knox. Most likely scenario is actually that we restructure his contract and he's locked into the Bills for closer to the duration of the deal.

I don't think the Bills were ever really going to be big players in FA. But this is awesome because it probably means that now the Bills don't have to restructure Diggs's deal like they would have before. That doesn't really mean anything even for next offseason in terms of cutting or trading Diggs, but I think it gives us an easy out on his contract in the 2026 offseason.

Yes... all of this is true. The problem is that even though I think Josh will be in the HOF, it's still always going to boil down to Super Bowls when the discussion boils down to "greatest of all time." Dan Marino was a generational QB, but because he never won a Lombardi, he's just another QB in the HOF. Same goes for Jim Kelly. I would like for Josh to at least be in the realm of that discussion. Peyton Manning is part of that discussion even though he was a shell of himself for one of his 2 Super Bowls. Josh needs to get one. And I still firmly believe he'll get not just one, but at least 2. As to your larger points, I think most of us actually understand what we're watching with Josh, but that's what makes the lack of Super Bowls hurt that much more. We understand how incredible he is, but he's not going to truly get the national recognition he deserves until he wins the Super Bowl or even gets to one. And yes, I think that national recognition matters just because of how special he clearly is.

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Josh was awesome this year. And just like 2021, he was spectacular in the playoffs, only to be let down by team and coaching. In 2023 he suffered from incredibly bad luck as far as turnovers go and a horrible case of the dropsies by his receivers in the last 9 or 10 games of the season.

I understand that it sounds paradoxical, but I actually think the idea that circumstance, system, surrounding personnel, etc. all play critical roles in what a QB becomes is pretty simple. Mahomes is a better NFL QB than Josh. In a vacuum, Josh is better than Mahomes. All my opinion, of course. Make sense?

No, that's not true

I think I was pretty clear with what I said. Yes, it does.

I feel like pretty much everyone (other than Nick Wright) has come around on JA17 being a generational QB. PFF hated him. Now they love him. Aaron Schatz pre-2018-draft wrote scathing articles about him. He was the only person to give a 1st place vote for MVP for Allen. I'm just frustrated for Allen more than I even am for myself--and I'm pretty freaking frustrated!!! Josh Allen is not a better QB than Patrick Mahomes. But if the Bills drafted Patrick Mahomes in 2017 and the Chiefs drafted Josh Allen in 2018, I firmly believe the Chiefs would have won as many Super Bowls or more... I honestly think more. And I think the Bills would have been worse. I realize that makes me a homer... but I hope you understand that I simultaneously believe that Patrick Mahomes is better than Josh and is inarguably the best QB in the NFL. I just hope and pray as a frustrated WNYer and as one empathetic to the ultimate underdog in JA17 that in a decade that conversation is arguable.

Can we stop with the releasing or trading Diggs talk already? It's not happening. Diggs is gonna be Diggs for the media. I think he just likes making the media suffer. Unfortunately, it also means Bills fans suffer... but for him it's about the media, not Bills fans. By all reports with the Bills beat reporters, he stuck around in the locker room and was one of the last to leave hanging out with the guys on locker room cleanout day and was in good spirits. Diggs is guaranteed here next year and probably the year after, too.