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I just don't get him.

Th "team" thing confuses me the most in all of this. The Ravens took a chance on Lamar when a lot of the league didn't believe in him and traded up to draft him with a SB winning, high dollar QB, on the roster. They made Lamar the starter and designed a team around him to succeed. Then they gave him an extremely good offer at the start of his 4th season. I can only look at life through my own eyes, but I would have shown my "loyalty" to the team and signed it. The Baltimore ownership and management have to feel a lot of regret where they find themselves now. I wonder if Lamar even considers that?

We will never know the details evidently. Maybe he could have returned and chose to shut it down for the whole season. Halfway through the season it was apparent the Rams weren't going anywhere, and we don't know what plans Edwards had (if any) with returning to the Rams. Strickly from a Bills fans perspective, it's good he didn't play again last season.

Thanks. FTR, I'm not down on Ike. He's filled in ok when he was needed. Improving the Bills OL and IOL specifically just means in my mind, that a guy like Ike (talent wise) should be on the bubble. His $50k guarantee surely reflects that thinking. In regard to my original post, I guess another (better way) to say what I meant, is Ike in no way should preclude Beane from adding to the IOL in the draft or elsewhere. Although now, I am starting to warm up to the idea for an OT if the pick is high.

11. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Article 6 or this Appendix, a UFA who signs a one-year NFL Player Contract that provides for a maximum of $1.75 million shall not be a CFA (an “Excluded UFA”); provided, however, the signing Club must notify the NFL Management Council upon execution of such Player Contract that the player is being designated as an Excluded UFA pursuant to Article 6 and Appendix V of the CBA, which designation cannot be modified or withdrawn by the Club. The abovestated maximum ($1.75 million) shall apply to the 2020 and 2021 League Years and thereafter shall increase by $20,000 on a bi-annual basis (e.g., the maximum during the 2022- 2023 League Years shall be $1.77 million). The one-year contract of an Excluded UFA cannot be renegotiated or extended until after the Club’s final game.

My bad. I must be mis-remembering. I thought Ike had 2 Achilles injuries.

First off, you are not allowed to say anything bad about the KC Chiefs. They are infallible. Second, Fenton was traded to Atlanta for a 7th round pick. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/atlanta-falcons/rashad-fenton-29249/

Agree totally with the G/C comment. LT is the blind spot so it's important. A lot of Josh's fumbles come from the blindside. I do feel if the line is good with those 4, the least important is the RT. Josh has a knacked to move around that DE. It's the guys in his face that cause the most disruption to him IMO.

That's just the "general" one. The "special" one is the one with the E. Or so I was told.

I would say that if he had to sign cheaper, why not with an OL coach you like and a SB contender?

I'm sticking with WR, OL, MLB and DL in some sort of order for the 1st 4 rounds. Beane can go with S, TE, or something with 5 and 6. Future needs are going to have to be prioritized. It just can't be the way it was due to the core players eating up a lot of cap.

1st: Because Ike is always on PUP/IR. LOL. If he isn't he will battle only as depth. 2nd: All true about Doyle, and Quiz is not an answer. Thus, my opinion that an OT will most likely be taken in Day 1 or 2.

Lamar's mom's fax to the NFL GMs probably go like this.

If the Bills draft an RB in the later rounds, it may mean Hines is not playing in 2024.

So currently going into OTAs I see the OL like this. LOCKS: Dawkins Bates Morris McGovern (or the other way around with Bates) Brown Edwards (Depth and competing for a LG/RG starting spot) Currently the LT/RT Depth: Doyle Quessenberry Boettger (starts season on PUP, unless injuries in camp gives him a chance) Camp depth fighting for PS spots: Mancz Anderson Van Demark There is most definitely still room (and a need for OL) on a Day 1 or Day 2 pick. My thoughts now are this: If an OL is taken on Day 1 it's most likely an OT. If an OL is taken on Day 2 to it could be an OT or G or C depending on their future plans. If an OL is taken on Day 3 or never, I will be disappointed.

Schoen and Daboll are doing what most new GM/HCs do that came from another organization. The Giants have to fill out the "come to camp" roster. Having a number of these players that they know their level of play will helps measure the other players they bring to camp. Every team does this, yes including the Bills.

I'm not saying Morris anything other than a JAG but for a 2nd TE on any NFL team his usage was minimal in the passing game. He had 11 targets with 8 completions for 84 yards and 1 TD. The Bills definitely can use a true TE2 but if they keep a TE3, Morris could be that guy as cheap as he comes. My hope is that comes with around the 4-5th round pick at TE.

I believe so, but it's hard to understand. It seems to me that if a player is cut it would depend on if his guaranteed money made him eligible.

That's what I have seen. Although he did get an ankle injury in his first playoff game in 2020 and was inactive the next game they lost. For anyone interested in his game logs. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/E/EdwaDa01/gamelog/

He was concussed last year. Other than that, he has been a healthy starter for the Rams all but 2 games his other 3 years.

I predict $1.7M one-year contract.

It seems to me Beane was quite aware of the situation and took advantage of it. Meanwhile, he can trade, sign UFAs that were cut from their original teams or are under the qualifying dollars. He also knows that immediately following the draft, all UFAs will no longer be considered under the formula. Once the dust settles, Beane has right around $10M in cap space and I don't see him adding to that unless some extraordinary options surface.

Just going to talk about a trade (not Hopkins specific). NE would acquire a lot of players who were cap casualties. They'd give up 3rd through 6's for players and usually have comp picks in those years to offset the trades not hurting the draft.. Then they use the guys for a couple years and move on, acquiring more comp picks when they hit FA along with some of the guys they just let walk in FA. Us Bills fans complained for all those years about the "rich getting richer". I'm not saying it will happen this year with the Bills, but I can see rolling a pick or 2 in trades in the future acquiring guys on shorter contract lengths with no (or next to none) dead cap. It's not a bad strategy. I know I may get hammered for saying this, but I think it's better in a lot of instances than signing big money older player like Von, who demands a lot of dead cap and longer contracts.

Most likely. Of course, if some guy is sticking out on their board Day 3, they should pick him. But that would go for more than just the DT position. The future of this team is going to be year to year, just like every other team with an expensive core already set.