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What does J6 have to do with what I said? You really, really need to get over your Trump obsession, because your side’s frothing at the mouth over him is going to radicalize those on the other side to not just come after you, and your side equivalent to what we see being done, but 10x harder. And I’m here for it. Reap. Sow.

I hope those cheering for this are excited for what this country is now becoming. Oh, do you not think these new precedents will be turned on your side? We’ve reached a point of Balkanization and mutually assured destruction. Enjoy the accelerated downfall portion of the Fall of an Empire.

Meh.. I wanted Hopkins, but taking a visit to the Titans (either due to entertaining their offer OR using their offer to drive up his price elsewhere) tells me he's not exactly serious about winning and/or teams around the league view him as a potential "fall off the cliff" type of player. We'll see what he gets, and where he signs, but if I'm Beane and I can do Floyd for minimal cap gymnastics or Hopkins at say 15M per for multiple years... I'm taking Floyd (In the hypothetical contract comparison I just made up in my head)

Jets honestly make sense, imo. They have cap space right now and wanting insurance for Breece Hall is a valid concern.

The Armenians in LA, Somalians in Minneapolis, and now this … About to get real awkward for Dems. Minorities or LGBTQ+ Libs: Choose your fighter.

"Has", as in past tense, I'd agree. I can't take Cowherd seriously when he talks about our OL as if it's last years OL. It's typical national talking head shtick where they only notice if we're the Chiefs signing a name like Taylor or Bengals signing Orlando Brown. Apparently signing a solid starting OG with upside, drafting one of - if not (the) - best OG in the Draft, along with upgrading the depth is too nuanced for the Cowherd's of the world to pay attention to. This DL, when healthy, has no excuse to not be a Top 5 DL in the league. Von, Floyd, Rousseau, Jones, Oliver, Ford & Phillips is a top tier unit, regardless of whoever else does anything (Settle, Epenesa, Lawson, Boogie). Now, where criticism for the upcoming season is valid, is that we have a ton of money tied up in Von and Floyd. Money that could've gone elsewhere (D-Hop) if we had hit on Boogie and Epenesa... or done something else with the picks.

I have no idea what this tweet means. Are we over by 3-5M. Do we have over 3-5M in cap? Why more moves needed if the latter?

Beane won't blow up the cap to sign high price players, but he will do so to get rid one of our best players. Obviously.

Certainly a worry, and I hope the improved OL, run game, TE duo and WR depth could get us by if Diggs had to miss some games, BUT we're not Cinci or Miami who have a plethora of high level WR's. Chase missed time for the Bengals last year, no problem.. However, what if Kelce ever gets injured? Chiefs WR room full of WR2's functions at a high level when playing off Kelce, but he never gets hurt.. so what would that look like if he does?

The only contender who isn't "mortgaging the future" as of now is KC. Things get tight for them in the next two years with deals for Chris Jones and an aging Travis Kelce on the horizon, but they hit it out of the park in trading Tyreek Hill for a boatload of picks and then drafting really well as of late. Everyone else is in a similar position to us.. Bengals have a ton of players due big money coming up soon. Dolphins have traded away a ton of picks and handed out massive contracts to guys as they try to maximize the rookie contract of Tua. Jets have Rodgers on the books, as it stands, for over 100M next year. Of course they'll restructure that, but they aren't exactly being conservative in their approach. Chargers have aging players around a QB they are going to have to pay soon. Just not sure why some are so worried about what we're doing. Beane hasn't gone "all in". He's gotten as close as you can without doing that, but it's pretty clear that he's holding onto draft picks and views this current window (Diggs, Von, Hyde, Poyer, Tre) as one worth going for it short term. I suspect, especially if we win a Super Bowl, there will be a minor cap reset in a few years as those players all move on, but nothing too wild given we still have draft picks and an exploding future cap.

The Chiefs comparison is exhausting. I would, every. single. day., take what the Chiefs had around Mahomes last year over what we put around Allen. Elite OL vs our bottom tier disaster class OL. THE best offensive weapon in the NFL in Travis Kelce. Did we have an edge at WR? Sure.. but after Diggs, we had bad ankle Gabe and a whole lot of nothing. The skill position talent was pretty close.. Now let’s see what Josh could’ve done with a good elbow and Mahomes OL.

Random.. I mean, sure, go ahead Jets.

As long as Josh Allen is here, we'll be doing a lot of these 1 year deals. This is why teams with elite QB's can typically keep solid rosters around their QB.. We're not getting Harris, Ford, Rapp and Floyd to sign here for what they did if our QB is Kirk Cousins.

I'd be willing to offer something like 3/30 or 4/40, but anything beyond that and I think we should probably let him play out this season, recoup another 3rd RD comp pick and draft a WR early next year. So far, he's shown to be a high end WR3 or low end WR2, in a pass heavy offense, with upper tier deep threat capability. Maybe there's more there as he continues to develop, and with healthy ankles... but he's had ankle issues on and off for a minute now.

I agree. Im fine with Lawson on the PS, if he’s willing to fill that role, but I’d rather keep Epenesa and Boogie. Not that I’m super high on either, but AJ has at least shown flashes of above average pass rush ability. Boogie has shown nothing, but has two years left on a rookie deal. Id rather bank on the potential of AJ & Boogie behind Von, Rousseau and Floyd, now that we have (when healthy) three legit EDGE players. We know what Shaq is. AJ has flashed more and Basham has another cheap rookie year on his contract on a team that doesn’t have many DL players under contract after this year.

With how tough our schedule is, not gonna lie.. I feel MUCH better about facing off against the Jets, Dolphins and Jaguars early season (without Von) now that we have Floyd coming off the edge. Those are three, potentially, very good/elite passing offenses and - even without Von - we have a decent amount of firepower in Floyd, Rousseau, Oliver, Poona, Phillips and Jones.

That Terry Pegula speech... Beautiful. Nothing much to add, except I am so thankful for the Pegula's.

I mean... We've never seen a Bills DL in the Playoffs with Von Miller, Leonard Floyd and Poona Ford, under McDermott as DC.

Tough decision, imo. Epenesa only has one year left on his deal, but has shown flashes. Boogie has two years left, but has shown next to nothing. We only have Von, Rousseau and Oliver under contract for '24 if we move Boogie.

Agreed. So far, Beane has been true to his commitment. A little tight against the cap for the foreseeable future, but with quite a few core players locked up, along with preserving (and adding) draft picks.

Im “ok” with the WR situation. Think it has a lot of potential, but also a lot of question marks. That said .. I echo that poster’s sentiment. It’s truly impressive to me that we were able to, thus far, come away with.. Key Losses: Edmunds, Singletary & McKenzie Key Additions: Rapp, Harris, Murray, McGovern, Shell, Harty, Sherfield, Ford & Floyd Not counting the draft picks, the roster churn this off-season (on paper) has been a massive upgrade.

Love this move. Gives us a proven pass rusher to hold it down until Von gets back.. and also allows us to potentially use Rousseau more as an inside rusher, with Von and Floyd off the edge.

I have zero patience for Pride at this point. I grew up going to the parades and events. Now I want nothing to do with these LGBTQ missionaries. It’s a state sanctioned religion.

Why? His mom said Buffalo is perfect for Gabe. From everything anyone in the know has said, he wants to be in Buffalo long term. He can go to Florida in the off-season, and then focuses on football, with some hunting/fishing etc during the season.

I cringe whenever people use the Rams as an example. I get the sentiment, but they are such an outlier and not, at all, emblematic of our FO approach. For one, they built around an aging QB who seems to, potentially, be breaking down physically. And two, not only did they hand out big contracts against the cap, they also traded away picks to do so. Therefore, they didn’t have the ability to backfill with cheap rookie contracts. The Jets are taking the Rams QB approach, but they have a ton of talented rookie contract talent so that they aren’t destroyed by his contract. It gets tricky for them, but manageable - especially given this is a 2 year run with Rodgers and then likely a cheaper QB or rookie again. The Dolphins are taking the picks for big contract talent approach .. but aren’t paying a QB yet, so, again it’s manageable. We’re up against the cap, but haven’t been trading away picks and - most importantly - have a QB just entering his prime.