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I'd sure would like to see a poll of Buffalo Bills players on who they want to win.

No. Beane has not de-emphasized the skill positions on offense and he won't in the future. For that matter he hasn't de-emphasized the OL either. Beane has to constantly reevaluate every aspect of this team and attempt to balance it the best he can. He has had some pretty good misses on some draft picks and FA signings. Every team does. This causes gaps in long term planning. You don't have to look any farther than Cody Ford to see what I'm saying. He's got a number of holes to fill this season and will have a number of holes to fill next season and the one after that. For every hole he fills on defense there will be keyboard warriors condemning him for neglecting the offense and vice versa. All GMs and HCs go through this constantly and I think Beane and McDermott have been doing a pretty damn good job so far. Keep it up guys!

Do you seriously think that McDermott and Beane haven't put in a lot of time on what to do if/when Daboll was to leave? McDermott is meticulous about things like this and has a short list. That being said a whole lot of other qualified NFL Offensive Assistant Coaches would give their right arm to come to Buffalo as the OC. Give OBD a few days to look at everything.

That is not really true. He has minimum salary and most is already roster bonus which can be restructured. BUT all his signing bonus and restructure bonus has to be paid. There is nothing "magical" about his contract. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/patrick-mahomes-21751/ The Bills can restructure Josh Allen just as much. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/josh-allen-25102/

The Germans had a great army in WW2, doesn't mean I have to like them.

Getting lucky and hitting on a 5th round Tyreek Hill like KC did would be nice.

I agree with you.

What a rookie HC with Tyrod Taylor as QB on a team that hadn't made the playoffs in 17 years compared to this upcoming situation cannot be any farther apart. IMO.

It would be my hope. While I do believe Dorsey could become a top OC his coaching experience revolves 100% around the Bills and Panthers. I guess he deserves the chance if he takes it but some new blood with new ideas may not be a bad thing.

It will interesting for me to see how Josh Allen's maturity into a top franchise QB will be affected by the new OC. Will Josh get a little more input than he may of had with Daboll? Will the new OC have something new to teach Josh in reading defenses? How much could Josh influence the new OC with plays he liked working with Daboll? It seems to me an overall positive effect could be accomplished with the right hire but only time will tell. Josh now doubt will go through a number of OCs in his career with the Bills.

Tearing it all down is engrained in a lot of fans minds.

It is a challenge and we don't know what Beane will do. Last year KC went on a huge restructuring run. Maybe Beane will do some of that.

I can see how the board will be commenting through the off season with this one thread. I will just ask one question. The Bills DL personnel as of now. DT: Star Ed Oliver Phillips - UFA who needs to be signed (I guess that encompasses work by Beane) DE: Rousseau Epenesa Basham Bryant Love Beane says he has to do some work on the DL and posters say, "why"? It's pretty obvious that he does. Imagine what the above roster looks like without last year's DL picks? KC is #1 in the NFL in 2022 on DL cap spending. FWIW If Star retires or is cut the Bills will be about the lowest.

Since they don't put the points up next to your Avatar anymore, I guess it doesn't matter. LOL.

If Beane gets Wallace signed I can agree with that. If not a CB has to be in there.

The highlighted from Stosh is my answer. Gabe has been a #4 WR for 2 years with over 1,100 yards receiving and 13 TDs. In his limited role he has performed way better than expected and I do believe his best is yet to come. Penciling him in as a #2 is OK with me and he has hopes to be more than that. FTR he only took 51% of the snaps this year.

I swear I couldn't agree with your 3 points quoted more. Please copy this and re-post every time it's needed, and I will "like" it every time.

All true but it's also true that there is no "big hole" at WR. I can see Beane being open to a 1st round going in a lot of positions.

This is what I tried to say in my OP. The Spotrac starting point I cited is after the cap increase and after all the players whose contracts have expired. So many of these cap space threads have replies that are not capturing the facts. We (and others) are on the same page.

OK now we get to my original point. I disagree that Gabriel Davis is a JAG. IMO he is a stud and could in every way be another Diggs (who was selected a round later than Davis).

I couldn't agree more. Beane is looking out for the future and will do whatever he can to improve next year too. I will be watching to see if some of the players he lets go to open up cap for re-signing of our own can be traded. Every little bit going forward will help. One of those late 3rd day guys could be a hit 2 years from now.

The current Spotrac $'s I cited is after the Futures contract. Technically every vet that is signed from now on with have to displace a lower player's cap hit. Thus, resulting in a little less than his contract calls for. I merely used today's numbers to start the season's discussion.

I agree and also think Klien stays next year. I'm going to speculate that Klien restructures by giving up some salary in return for more guaranteed money. I think he will do that and I think Beane will ask for it.

I know all the internal numbers of his contract. The fact remains his extension starts next year and all the change in cap hits for this coming year is on what is his 5th year option. In other words, Beane used the new contract to lower Allen's cap hit this year. A year that he needs more cap to make a push. Josh Allen is playing this year under his 5th year option. He played 4 years under his original rookie contract, 1 year under his 5th and another 6 years starting in 2023 regardless of what the actual cap hit reflect.

What in the Sam Hill does my comment about a huge hit in the 4th round have anything to do about this year's 1st round pick? I won't take the bait so you can continue on with your opinions.