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You do if you’re not a ridiculous GM. Josh Allen is 25. He gives us a window of over a decade. Beane, now more than ever, needs rookie contract talent. Trading multiple high picks to move up in the first round is nonsensical. Why does he need inexpensive talent?.. Because he made the all-in move of signing Von Miller.

I like the idea, but unless Bradberry shakes free and we somehow scoop him up, I’m starting to join the “concerned crowd” at outside corner. I doubt Ojabo falls to RD3, but if he does, it’s got to be a discussion. That being said, RD2 WR and RD3-5 multiple OL looks to be in order. Kromer is a great coach, but as of now we have two good OL (LT & C), a young RT, a very solid vet at LG and then Doyle/Ford and randos…

Beane knows he needs to hit on his draft picks and stock the roster with inexpensive talent. Not sure what his approach will be, but I wouldn’t mind him trading back into RD2, and then using his 6 & 7 picks to trade up.. get as many picks in Rounds 2-5 as possible. Not sure I see him keeping those 2 6’s and a 7th.. those dudes are just getting cut or poached like Wildgoose & Anderson. However, If we don’t get a vet CB in FA, it would certainly seem like we’re on a collision course with corner at 25.

Sounds like Beane is pretty much done, but I can’t imagine he doesn’t address corner at some point before the draft. I also don’t trust a word he says anymore about these types of things, and I’m definitely not saying that’s a bad thing!

Decent signing. Gives us our receiving back if nothing materializes the way we want in the draft.

Not if he’s cut

We’ll see.. If either Williams or Ojabo are there at 25, the injury affected their draft stock.

Like I said, im not opposed to drafting a RD1 CB. It would have to be RD1 also, otherwise there’s no point on taking one until the middle rounds as elite trait guys will be gone by 57. Im also not opposed to going all offense RD1,2,3. WR, RB, OG. Sign a cheap FA vet and then draft two corners in RD4-6. While we’re a team building to win a Super Bowl, getting the 1 seed in the AFC will be massive moving forward, so I get the fear of entering the season without any above average talent at outside-corner… I’m just saying I think we can get by until Tre comes back with the upgraded DL and defensive scheme. Just hope we don’t get LA & KC early in the season.

The DL should absolutely help our corners. It’s not just Von Miller, it’s the 3 young guys all now working with Von and entering the years you expect them to start making a jump at their position. It’s also our revamped DT room, which now has 3 guys who have pass rush ability. We also have a top notch safety tandem to help stabilize the secondary and Tre White will be back, likely at some point around Weeks 5-8 (at the latest) I’m certainly not opposed to taking a McDuffie, Booth, Elam etc in RD1, and maybe that’s the smart thing to do, but we have a very friendly CB scheme on defense and now, what looks to be, a top end DL. Saying we’d need to score 40 with a defense that has Von Miller, Ed Oliver, a deep DL rotation, Edmunds, Milano, Johnson, Poyer and Hyde just doesn’t compute with me.. even without Tre early on.

He hasn’t found “great talent”, so yea.. that’s not accurate, but we had solid starting play from a pairing of a recent late round draft pick and recent UDFA for almost half the season last year after Tre went down. If we can snag a cheap veteran FA corner at some point before the draft, I wouldn’t be opposed to Buffalo going all offense RD’s 1-3 (WR, RB, G). Then take a couple corners and another OL in RD’s 4-6. Not sure where Hall is projected, but he does seem to fit exactly what we’re looking for.

Like the signing. Definitely needed a viable TE2. Tons of potential with Knox & Howard. Only dislike I have is that our hope is we unlock his potential… and then he leaves after a year because no way we’d be able to afford him.

I wonder how this effects the Ravens/Lamar contract talks. Given what Watson is making, in-division, what is Lamar looking for…

I don’t want to spend on Barkley, but if he’s willing to come back for a min deal as QB3, that’s a no-brainer given what he brings off the field and in the QB room.

You just have to be smart about it. If the Bears were in win-now mode, they’d keep Mack & Robinson, thus the dead cap vs talent situation looking much different. They aren’t, and have opted for less spending and draft picks. Beane is incredibly responsible in his signings, the values and structuring. I’m not worried about him falling into this trap… especially given we have an entire future of Allen at QB. Look no further than his “chips in” move of Von Miller, also having an out after 3 years where we only take on minimal dead cap.

Stafford and Burrow had two of the more underwhelming playoff runs for supposed “elite QBs”. The Stafford/Kupp drive was impressive, and I give him credit for gutting out a SB win with Higbee out and Beckham going down. 160M over 4 years puts him close to Allen/Mahomes territory, and that he is not.

Isn’t there a minimum you have to spend? I can’t imagine it’s that low to where the Bears can stand pat…

Whenever I see an NFL commercial and Allen is screaming on the sidelines to his teammates in that, now, iconic moment of his.. I’m still legitimately angry. It still does something visceral to me, knowing how he’s about to be let down.

As far as the AFC South goes, if Baker goes to Indy, I could see them challenge the Titans. Baker isn’t great, but he’s not bad either… better than Wentz. Jimmy G is probably an upgrade too. Houston is a disaster right now, but Jacksonville might be a team to watch… not to make the playoffs, but in T-Law’s second year, to be competitive with all the signings they’ve made this off-season. Tennessee had to do something… Not sure Hooper/Woods elevates them to contender status, but they (or maybe Indy) could be our biggest competition for the 1 seed for years to come, due to the absurdity of the other two divisions. Thankfully they’re built around a RB.. and that ain’t gonna last forever.

Who else do you believe has that in them? Of course its not an indicator of consistency, but it is an indicator of an extra gear your QB needs to have in the biggest moments. The reason that game is a forever classic is because the high level back and forth play is so rare, even with the elite QBs in the game.

Not sure where to put this, but came across it and it seems pretty noteworthy given the wild QB stuff we’ve seen this off-season..

We honestly aren’t even at a point where we need to worry about it catching up to us. At least not yet. Teams typically carry an average of 14M in dead cap per year. Regardless, BUF/KC/LA etc., are all playing cap games because they can win now and the cap is set to explode down the line. In 3 years, Allen’s contract will be seen as a bargain, and the only reason anyone is worried about the cap is due to Von Miller’s big contract - which is essentially a 3 year commitment with minimal dead cap in Year 4 & 5, assuming we move off him at that point.

Im not a huge fan of his, but I recognize the insane potential that he still has as a modern day linebacker. I just hate the idea of him playing this year and then us letting him walk for nothing. I believe Knox & Oliver get new contracts with us, so not sure where the money comes from for Edmunds, but if we get it done.. I don’t hate it.

Well done. Clearly they plan on this being a 3 year commitment. Year by year after if he’s trying to be Reggie White. 7.4M in dead cap Year 4 3.7M in dead cap Year 5 0 dead cap Year 6

The only reason I say TE is that we will be paying Knox and they typically take time to develop. If OJ Howard kills it, he’s probably too pricey to retain. If he doesn’t, not sure we’d want him back. Would think we might want a TE with a year in the system to compliment Knox on a rookie deal.

My guess: Bates comes back to Buffalo Vet CB, QB & OL signed in FA as the dust starts to settle (all cheap deals) CB & WR drafted in Rounds 1 & 2 (any order) OL, TE & RB in Rounds 3, 4 & 5 (any order) Depth in 6 & 7 and/or these 4 picks used to move around the board