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I'm not sure about another 3 years but I agree he isn't going anywhere this coming season.

Restructuring is a useful "tool" in cap management, but it is not a way of life like some believe. Many are looking as 2023 is a tough year for the cap, but in reality, it's not as bad as 2024. There is risk with restructuring the wrong contracts. I will be watching what Beane does with Von Miller. I am of the opinion that restructuring Von is a mistake. As it is now the Bills can get out of Von's contract at the start of the 2025 season (Von will be 36) for a dead money cost of $7.4M. If Beane does a standard 5 year restructure his Dead Money will go up to around $13M. Will Von's play be worth that coming off an ACL at his age? As it is now, Von's cap hit is $21.2M in 2024. Restructuring will push that up to close to $24M in 2024. What then? Restructure again? https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/von-miller-7717/ Like I say every year, SOME restructuring is OK and quite normal, too much is a problem that I think Beane will not do.

2025 is realistic IF his contract isn't restructured which would push too much guaranteed money into 2025 and beyond. Just watch during the spring when many on this board will say "restructure Miller" not knowing what that means. At Miller's age and coming back from his injury, restructuring him is a huge gamble that Beane just can't take and would show me he is desperate.

I could live with that. Like I said, this debate will rage all spring.

I'm sure this WR debate will be raging all the way through the draft. I personally believe that even with a better OL and OC scheme the Bills still need 1 improvement in the WR corp. Some will want a 1st round pick at WR but it seems to me it will have to be around the 3rd round pick. Hoping that the draft falls with something like this order. OL, S, WR, OL for the 1st 4 rounds.

Thanks for your insight. To tell the truth I (as a fan) was exhausted before the game yesterday even started. It has been a rough year for all things Buffalo Bills. Haven't read much of the threads today and probably will take a break from football for a while but reading some of the responses in this thread makes me believe the fans form a perfect "bell curve" in emotions. I guess I'm still somewhere in the meaty part of that.

The Saints have gone 9-8 and 7-10 in the last 2 seasons in arguably the weakest division in the league. I'm not so sure that's who the Buffalo Bills want to emulate. Restructuring is a tool that Beane has used in the past and will in the future, but I believe too many fans think it's some magic bullet. Tough decisions will have to be made.

I may not know exactly what goes on at OBD, but it seems to me that McDermott gives to long of a leash to both Frazier and Dorsey.

I agree. I got beat up about Dorsey last week, so I went along with the crowd. Frazier is stuck in his plan that may have worked with all his stars on the field but lacked when the "next man up" became a reality. My opinion (which doesn't mean squat but to me) is both sides game plans are too rigid and do not adjust enough for the opposition. Nothing can sway my opinion that the best way to right this ship is to give Josh Allen more time in the pocket and a game plan that puts the opposing defenses on their heels.

If Diggs is pissed and want to go home let him. This loss is going to be hard on the entire team. The last thing they need is players and coaches worrying about how others are feeling. The postmortem of this season is going to take a long time and needs a deep self-analysis.

Doyle is depth. Bates and Brown are currently serviceable at best. Morse could be done with another bad concussion. If Beane doesn't address the OL as priority #1 then I don't know what they expect Josh Allen to do. Bills lost today's game because Burrow had time to throw, and Josh didn't. I will add their OC was much better than Dorsey.

I don't root for any team but the Bills. I'll watch the games and see how these teams play. Bills OC/DC/STC should be looking at these teams and developing plays to fit their own schemes.

I expect nothing less than rational mature posts in today's GDT. Go Bills.

I believe the Bills will mainly stick with what has worked all season on both sides of the ball. That being said, I'm expecting a few new wrinkles on both sides too. Go Bills!

Next game.

I don't think the Jags will win by that much today. Chiefs should keep it close.

Did not listen to any predictions or hype for this game. Not even the pregame show. KC should win but it is being played on a Saturday. Any given Saturday.

It seems to me that the Bills have to draft a starting day 1 RG early in the draft. They also need to draft a future replacement for Morse a couple of rounds later. Throw in a WR and S and the top 4 rounds are covered, and you can't rely on any of the later rounds will be starters. Trying to draft a RT too just seems to be too much. If Morse is injured, you can't have the entire C/RG/RT all be rookies. It's not going to happen. Spencer Brown needs to improve, and I think he has a good chance to do that. He will be the Bills starting RT going into the 2023 season.

No one wants to see Poyer go but it is the most likely scenario. While the cap can be "managed and manipulated" to a certain degree it does limit what teams can realistically do, despite what some fans think. Poyer will see what the market will bring him. I can see some team needing to build a D that has money and pick paying him some big $s. Heck, the Bears could sign him to a 3 year $15M per contract that they can get out of after 2 without blinking. There's no way Brandon Beane can make that work.

Of course it is. There is so many sports shows that the material is so diluted they have to do things to "keep peoples attention". It's why we have "clickbait". Having everyone "pick" the winner helps with the gambling too. Everyone's an expert. I can care less about this stuff and probably shouldn't have even posted, but it's so unimportant.

I'm constantly dumbfounded why people concern themselves about sport media's "opinions". The other stupid thing is making everyone choose a team to win. I'm surprised the cameramen don't get a pick. How about giving a choice of "too close to call, that's why I want to watch the friggin' game"! SMFH.