SCBills

Regarding your final note on trading picks for proven players, it’s going to be next to impossible for us to do that with Allen, Miller, White and Diggs all having huge cap hits the next few years. And who knows what we do with the trio of young guys looking for contracts next off-season in Oliver, Knox and Edmunds. I do believe that the draft philosophy needs to change from drafting positions that take time, to drafting immediate impact players. We can lament EDGE all we want, but the fact is most teams who draft this position in the late 1st/2nd don’t know what they have until Year 2 or 3. Same with TE. Hopefully with Miller here for the next 2-3 years and the development of our young guys + Knox, we’re done with that roller coaster for a while and can focus on immediate impact positions.

They can love Edmunds all they want, but I have no idea how they lock up Knox, Oliver and Edmunds after the season. Poyer is a UFA after this year as well. Then again, when I saw the contract for Chandler Jones, I immediately resigned myself to JPP types as our big EDGE signing, so what do I know…

Im still under the assumption that we tendered him simply because he’s fantastic depth with his ability to play all over. I don’t think Kromer views him as the starting RG in 2022. Maybe Beane loses him and we find out that they just misplayed their hand. However, with a new OL coach, and how we immediately cut Williams/signed Saffold, it just doesn’t seem like Bates was much of a priority. Given Rounds 1 & 2 look like CB/WR locks at the moment, I will acquiesce that having Ford penciled in as a starter currently, with only one viable backup in a young guy Doyle is nerve wracking for sure. I just keep going back to the 3.5M they seem to have allotted for a playmaker. Offered to McKissic, then immediately given to Howard… If we are cap strapped and they wanted Bates, they had the $$ for him… didn’t give it to him with the 2nd Round tender.

Make a list of acceptable vet corners. Write up a team friendly contract. Send it to all their agents. Wait until the dust settles. First come, first serve. Draft a CB in RD1 or RD2.

KC fans now freaking out on social media to restructure Mahomes deal so they can make a move.

All they’ve really done is replace Matthieu with Reid and lose Ward. Kelce, Hill, Jones, Mahomes & Clark all getting paid… not much they can do without getting really creative.

Sounded in that presser like he’d be running a book club on the sidelines.

A smart owner who wants to win Super Bowls… which we have. We’ll see who’s right. I guarantee we don’t play him anywhere close to the percentage of snaps he’s used to in the regular season. With the AFCW becoming a nuclear war, AFCN tough as well, there is zero reason this team (even without Von) shouldn’t be a 1 seed favorite.

If we didn’t have Kromer as OL coach, this would worry me. I am unbothered.

At this point I officially have no clue what our FO may do. We still need a WR, OL, QB & CB Im afraid to look away.. I went to the gym last night and Beane signs Von Miller. Can I head out to watch the games tonight, or is Beane going make a bonkers out of nowhere trade?

I completely disagree. This isn’t Nick Bosa. It’s Von Miller at age 33. We have a team that shouldn’t be relying on him in most of our games. We want him to be the difference maker in the playoffs for the next 2-3 years. You make damn sure he’s healthy, rested and ready to go every year come playoff time. We’re paying him 17.5 per to win Super Bowls, not beat the Dolphins in October.

Star is getting cut and we likely carry 9 DL. For once, I love the deep rotation, because if I’m McDermott - my sole focus for Von Miller these next 2-3 years is too simply make sure he’s rested & healthy for the playoffs.

If we were truly going after Allen Robinson today, then I finally give up… the cap isn’t real.

This new look DL just makes me smile... unreal

If I had to guess, Buffalo views him as nice depth if they can keep him on the cheap - but that's about it. We didn't offer a multi-year deal. We didn't opt for the 2nd round tender. We offered McKissic 3.5M, then turned around and gave it to OJ Howard... so clearly we had 3.5M budgeted for a player, and that player was not Ryan Bates.

Isaiah Likely is a nice option in the 3rd potentially as well.

If the end result is SB Trophies, I don't necessarily disagree with you. However, for most fanbases, it's not Super Bowl or bust...and remembering to back before the Bills got Josh Allen, I'd be pointing to the Saints as to why the cap doesn't matter as well. That said, of course the cap matters.. if it didn't, the Rams with Stafford, Donald, Ramsey and Kupp would just match/exceed what we offered and keep Miller.

I guess Beane didn't want to give up a 2nd Round Pick in a year where the strength of the Draft is Rounds 2-4.

FWIW, every reputable reporter has them as the favorites for Watson right now. They've already freed up the money by restructuring a handful of players. If they can keep that defense in tact and simply part with picks, it obviously hurts their future roster building ability, but allows them to give Watson an Offense with Kamara and Thomas. Watch them somehow find a way to afford Armstead as well.

If he's there at 25 and we don't take him, i'll be sick. I know we could use a CB, but he's a top 10 talent who would ONLY be there due to his injury. I don't even care if he and Tre miss the first quarter of the season, just get them going halfway through the season and ramped up for the Playoffs.

Thanks for everything Cole! Instrumental in Josh's development and helping us build this team.

I highly doubt we're moving up early. We need to keep the cupboard stocked with cheap draft talent moving forward. I do think we may use those 4 late picks (2-6, 2-7) to move around in the middle rounds.

Replace Travis Jones with a WR, and that draft is filthy... Kaiir Elam, WR, Isaiah Likely and Myaji Sanders works for me.

Von Miller and Chandler Jones were the only two elite pass rushers on the FA market. Both are the same age. Both got, basically, guaranteed 3 year contracts. The next level were guys like Zadarius Smith, Uchenna Nwosu etc.. a step down for Miller & Jones. Then there's the trade market. We saw what 31 yr old Khalil Mack went for. Danielle Hunter is reportedly being shopped, but I have to believe the asking price starts at a 1st RD pick minimum... only 27, but with a rough injury history the past two years.

Above the vet minumum, which is what I would pay for him on this team. I just don't like the fit. Diggs is the vet in his prime, about to get an extension most likely. Davis is set to, hopefully, ascend - and has two years left on his rookie deal. That WR3, IMO, should be a high rookie draft pick that can play inside/outside with speed and allows us to smartly layer our WR contracts.