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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.

Every week that goes by just makes me smile more over all this drama. Stick to your guns Green Bay.

Another $1.7M signing (or less) with little guaranteed is my guess. He'll go to camp and for all we know may end up on the PS. What's the problem.

I didn't like Von's restructure either. Beane is pushing again this year and let's hope for some of that luck. Beane could still get out of Von's contract after 2024 if he did a post June cut. But I'm sure it's not preferable. Next year's cap and restructuring will be as tough or tougher than this year's. I know you see this year's draft as weak, but Beane has to hit on some guys.

I can't approve any trade unless I see the PFF rating. Am I doing this right?

They better. Having no WRs who have at most 600+ yards a season is not that good. I'm just making a point that top teams with QBs past their rookie contract have to compromised in some way. There is a ton of eggs in the Kelce basket, to put it mildly.

Let's forget the Jets for a minute. The KC Chiefs have Valdez-Scantling as their WR1. Kadarius Toney as their WR2. Skyy Moore as their SWR. Currently, their WR4 is former 1st round (I guess we can call a bust so far, career 43% catch rate) John Ross who was cast off of the Giants. Would Bills fans be happy with that lot, as of now? I know, I know, they have a TE.

Yep, the concussion thing is the real issue regarding his health. As for his play, he seems like an average NFL G (2022 injury year removed). If they can sign him cheap, he is good depth at worse.