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1 minute ago, Reed83HOF said:
Other than AJ Brown, they have no one to throw the ball to, but yet keep adding to the DL
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1 minute ago, zevo said:
As long a Wilson isn’t going the other way...
Hot take ... I actually don’t think Wilson is that great, but for sure - id rather that not happen.
Would have to be Russ saying no to NY, because if Carroll likes Sam and the Jets have draft capital... why not?
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24 minutes ago, glazeduck said:
Count me among what appears to be the minority in not being interested in Hunter if it's going to cost our 1st rd pick. 2 or 3? Sure, let's do it, but a 1 is too rich in my book...
What about our 1st for Hunter and a 4th back?
Brings back a pick from the Diggs trade and we now have our one missing piece.. we can afford him - once Hughes, Star and Addison come off the books, we’re not paying anyone on the DL.
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Just now, TheBeaneBandit said:
Very good ILB. Didn't know he was a free agent. Much better vs the run than Edmunds and isn't weak in pass coverage either.
He’s awful in pass coverage-
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I do think we'll make a move or two in FA by restructuring and finagling the cap, but I know we're not going to be major movers and shakers here.... that said, it's kind of interesting to follow the Jets, Fins and Pats to see what they do - knowing that they are all now chasing us.
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2 hours ago, T master said:
I think the WR room isn't a priority to Beane this yr given they have Hodgins coming back this yr and he needs to fill the other positions which they lost some good players like their punter and DB is another position so i think he may think about it but has other positions of need that are more pressing right now .
Not sure relying on a redshirt 6th Round Pick is a great strategy.. especially when we are counting on a 2nd year WR to potentially take over the #2 outside spot.
I know there are only so many assets to throw around, but I think we really need to get a legit WR for our 4 wide sets, and then allow Hodgins to be WR5.
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If we don't address pass rush in FA somehow, and Joseph Ossai is there at 30, I think he's the pick. He has elite pass rush ability, but is super raw. With Hughes. Addison and Epenesa in the fold for this coming year, he could be a pass rush specialist until he fine tunes the rest of his game.
If he's not there, I could certainly see us going CB or Offensive Weapon should someone too good to pass up be there.
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13 minutes ago, CaptnCoke11 said:
Pushing all that money to future years just creates future problems. I don’t see Beane doing a lot of that.
I agree he likely won’t do a ton of this, but creative restructuring to get someone they want makes a lot of sense given the future cap increases and Hughes/Addison/Star contracts all potentially coming off the books after this coming season. -
2 minutes ago, wvbillsfan said:
I’m not convinced a healthy Cody Ford helps anything. Not saying he can’t get better. I’m just not impressed by his play thus far.
Fwiw, if he were coming out in this years draft, given how he played in college, we’d all love him in the 2nd Round.
Hard to judge him when we played him at RT his rookie year and then he got hurt early in his second year.
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10 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:
To be honest Beane didn't really do anything spectacular in terms of the cap. What he did do is keep the team together. I think many people thought he'd let those players walk to improve pass rush, TE, and CB.
Now is the hard part. How does he make the team better? That's going to take some cap manipulation.
He cut Brown/Jefferson and got Butler/Addison to take pay cuts.
The COVID FA could’ve helped, but he got all 3 of our big name FA’s to sign with us long term with fair market value contracts.
I think it’s a bit dismissive to be flippant about this offseason so far.
Agreed on your last part, even if it’s just via draft, we haven’t exactly gotten better yet.... although continuity and experience is a huge plus for us going into next year.
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Definitely did not see this coming.
Never a bad thing to have too many solid/good OL, but we know Beane wasn’t thrilled with the running game, so where are we going to address that?
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34 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:
Too inconsistent. Doesn't do anything spectacular. I don't see it, but if there's any year to really show what he's got it this year.
I think a lot of the angst people (myself included) have towards our linebackers stems from the KC game.
Looking back, our coaching was an absolute disgrace in that game. Romo was eviscerating us all game for not chipping Kelce and being physical with him.
Tampa comes in two weeks later, and what do you know... hit him every time he released from the LOS.
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3 hours ago, BillsFan1988 said:
We actually went away from man power scheme last season to more zone scheme. That was actually a very bad idea considering our backs don't have the speed necessary to threaten the outside much.
Our backs suck just face it. Btw Beane wants to throw the oline under the bus but he's signing those guys back so don't believe everything u hear.
If we re-sign Feliciano, you have a point.
However, to date there is no reason to believe he’s coming back, and if he doesn’t, that means 2/5ths of the OL (both Guard spots) could be different from what we saw for the majority of last year.
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Just now, Thurman#1 said:
The reason we beat them with Josh Allen is that he was healthy and upright.
That's largely due to the OL.
The OL, once you have a real QB, really pretty much is the be and the end all. How many good young QBs have been beaten into timid PTSD cases because the GM refused to prioritize the OL? Luckily, Beane has showed he's not one of those.
Agree and disagree. We throw a lot, so there will be times the QB is pressured (even with a good OL), but some of our biggest plays in that game don’t happen if Allen isn’t an absolute physical freak.-
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13 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
WR would surprise me greatly.
If we sign someone like Hunter Henry, I suppose I could see us going with Diggs-Beasley-Davis and co., but if we don’t dramatically increase the proven talent level of our TE or RB room, running with Gabe Davis as our outside #2, with not much behind him in proven talent is risky.
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Smart move by the Texans to re-unite Watson with a former Clemson buddy.
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3 minutes ago, MrSarcasm said:
I find it funny everyone wants another RB.
So let's just say they do sign a RB or draft a RB in the first two rounds, what do you do with Singletary, Moss and Williams? They are not dressing 4 for Game Day and probably not 3 either.
Ha... I find myself being one of them and have to remind myself to stop it.
Pre-2020, I was firmly in the “never pay RB’s / never draft them high” camp.
Then I watched Singletary/Moss for a full year, and..... ehhhh.
I do think OL improvements at the Guard spots could do the trick, but Singletary’s pass catching issues REALLY frustrated me last year. Moss, I’m fine with. DS better put in work this offseason if we’re rolling with him again.
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13 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said:
People here wondered why the Bills apparently didn't ask John Brown if he was willing to re-negotiate and extend his salary or take a decrease.
I think the Bills feel they need a potential upgrade and will seek it in FA/draft, and with limited funds and roster space, you can't seek change while keeping things the same.
I think the same may be true for Feliciano.
I hope I'm right and it's not that the Bills have decided an OL of Dawkins-Ford-Morse-who dat?-Williams would be fine to go into the season
This.
I think many of us will be shocked if the Bills don’t get younger and/or cheaper at WR and Guard.
That doesn’t mean “worse”.
Brown is a older speed guy who was banged up all year.
Feliciano is probably the least talented starter on the OL. People can say what they want about Ford, but he’s young, and we’ve barely seen him at G - coming out of Oklahoma, dude was a stud.
I could easily see us take a Guard and WR in the first 3 rounds.
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Just now, Don Otreply said:
Our pass blocking is above average, and with JA slinging the ball we are gonna do fine passing the majority of the time, run blocking on the other hand, not so much... we have two RBs that performance wise were mediocre this past year, no doubt, but that was mostly because running plays were poorly executed / designed for the vast majority of the season. This aspect I grant you is certainly in need of attention.
Agreed.. our pass blocking is above average, but the Colts DL was no joke, and Josh Allen did a lot of his damage in evading pressure.
Not to rehash that game, but my point was that the Colts had arguable THE best OL in football and a top end DL to go with it, and they lost to the Bills because of our skill position players at QB & WR.
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This is a good thread, imo. Both guys seem to be players we could target with our remaining cap space/Beane finagling some additional cap space.
Of course it’s highly unlikely we sign both (which the OP clearly admitted).
I’d go Henry.. we can draft a RB early that can produce. Any TE we draft is likely another guy we have to develop a bit. We’re already doing that with Knox.
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10 minutes ago, Don Otreply said:
Really? How many plays success is contingent on your lines holding up? The answer to that is; every single one...
I agree wholeheartedly in focusing on the trenches, but the Colts had a better OL and DL than us... and we beat them in the Playoffs mainly due to Josh Allen and our WR’s.
Just saying.. it isn’t the end all, be all.
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2 hours ago, mattynh said:
Disagree, is he an All-Pro? No he's not but he is a lot better than "not that good", a lot. Ford is relegated to backup with Feliciano and Boettger on the team. But you are right, maybe they can use their cap space to sign a bunch of all pros in the upcoming free agency....they should be able to sign Thuney and Brandon Scherff should be doable, maybe get Mack (or battle it out with Morse) as a backup Center and then draft some good road graters (fresh meat) in the draft.
Ford is going to be given every chance to start. Coming out of college, every analyst had him as a potential pro-bowl caliber Guard. We’ve since experimented with him at RT for one year and then he quickly got hurt before we could see what he can do on the interior.
1) Guards aren’t that expensive in FA, if Beane surprises and we go that route.
2) You can get a high level G prospect in the 2nd Round... sometimes 3rd.
I’d rather do any of that, than bring back 4/5ths of the same line that couldn’t run block to save their lives. And given the fact neither of our backs has “get to the edge” speed, that run blocking is very much incumbent on the interior of our OL.
Of course Beane could shock us and bring in a speed back, but if he doesn’t, we won’t just magically get better at running the ball with the same personnel.
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3 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:
Not sure if they declined the team option. You also have Yannick, Carl Lawson, Carlos Dunlap to name a few.
Either way you slice it, they need an upgrade over Addison. He’s washed at this point.
Last I heard, Lawson was likely going back to Cinci.
Yannick screams overpay from a team like the Jets. I’d like him here, but I just don’t know how we compete financially for a guy like him.
Beane will need to get super creative if he wants to go after a FA pass rusher that Is an upgrade over what we have.
*Now if you want to ask me why Butler and Addison are still on this team, likely preventing us from going after any of the high priced guys, I wouldn’t really have an answer for you.
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Well, they’re an AFC team so, by law, an NFC team must give them an elite player at little to no cost.