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I tend to agree with all you said especially the bolded. I will add that this year is unique and some GMs will be putting some hope in landing a couple of good players on short/cheaper deals. I'm willing to bet this is an option in Beane's mind. After the initial rush of FA players signed I like Beane's/Bills odds of picking up a couple of these players. It's a risk but I believe Buffalo is becoming a "destination" spot. I'm old enough to have patience and wait to see what the end result is after the draft!

After the Cam news it seems to me that they intend to go to the draft for their starter.

They are currently at -$11M. I don't think they will be bringing back Sheldon Rankins or Trey Hendrickson. If they are they got more players to cut/trade. Almost all the guys left with big money hits have been restructured already. I will admit I have taken some joy in watching their struggle this year. All their games have caught up to them!

Lets say you're right. Who is going to be the starter? A free agent or a rookie? Do you have a couple of names?

Steelers have a number of talented FAs (not just Juju) and not much money. I've been wondering what they will do. As for Juju and Buffalo. No.

I loved mine too until the company got sold and the culture totally changed. You definitely got to put the effort in to keep in touch with people! As to Star, I can't find anything current about the weight loss thing. It might have been on twitter. I think anything could happen concerning his future. I have no hard evidence but I do remember talk (rumors) 2 years ago or so about him maybe losing his passion for football and wanting to get more involved with his church. I want to stress that it was a rumor but I remember making a mental note of it at the time. When it's all said and done I think he plays one more year and I hope he kept himself in shape.

I just did and it's wonderful!

Smith is carrying 0 dead cap. It doesn't matter.

The first one as proven below.

I don't see the need to worry about the contract length. It seems to me that if Milano is playing well his contract could very easily be traded if cap becomes an issue after 2 years. My personal hope is that both Matt and Edmunds have not reached their ceiling yet. A full healthy summer to work on their skills would be nice.

That's an option or they could tank the 2021 season and go to the draft!

Let's wait for things to play out. As for the Chiefs currently they are down their tackles and starting center.

Just because Butler takes a pay cut doesn't mean he is a lock for making the team. A lot of crazy is going to happen during this years FA season.

Yep, a "tempest in a teapot".

I want to comment on "restructures". Most teams (especially playoff caliber teams) have a couple of players under a restructure contract. It's a very useful tool if not overdone like the Saints/Eagles have done. Beane is conservative but he does have some decent options to pull off $5M-$7M of cap savings this year using it. Poyer, Beasley and Hughes (with a void year) come to mind. All 3 combined only have $7M ish in Dead Money left on their contracts. It wouldn't surprise me if some of these players have already been approached and Beane has this knowledge in his quiver if needed.

LOL, probably the Texans. They don't have a pick until the 3rd round!

$7.8 Cap Hit with $1M Dead.

He is a Free Agent. As for the releases, Beane did what he had to do. I'm proud of him making these moves.

So when it comes to the QB, WR and TE positions for the Saints they pretty much got Michael Thomas.

It includes the top 51 contracts no matter what kind.

March 17th teams have to be under the 51 player cap. Saints, Rams and Eagles still got a lot of work to do to get there. Even the Falcons who are at -$11M only have 39 players signed. They got a lot of moves still to make.

I use the Spotrac Transaction listing for released players. It's easy to check salary data. One stop shopping. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/transactions/2021/released/

I got a feeling and have said it before there could be a chance he retires. If he does there could be a "compromise" deal concerning the bonuses.

I expect there are a lot of players in the Jerry Hughes/John Brown situation around the league right now. Some of these guys will get cut and be another name in the long FA list in their positions. Many won't be in great demand and I expect some to resign with their original teams at a bit lower of cap hit.

Well things are going to get interesting in the next 12 days. March 17th teams have to be under the 51 player cap. I'm sure Beane has talked to agents about restructures and is got both eyes on FA. Buckle up!