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We are not carrying 4 TE’s.

Agreed. Look around the league - I would not call any room "stacked". There are a handful of elite backs and everyone else. That is why the Hines money was so odd to me. We actually paid him more than Harris and Murray combined. And if the money was for a returner that is even more scary to value that over help for JA. I would of let him walk and used that money on a WR. Too late now and we are eating that money.

Did Diggs sleep in his car? Carrying blanket and a grocery looking bag. His shirt looks all torn up too.

Oh no. Can we start the how are we going to resign James Cook threads...

Its the home team bias. Folks always think our whatever room is stacked. Reality is we have a 2nd rounder that is unproven and still learning and two guys making essentially league minimum. Bills fans will call it stacked while non-Bills fans would put in the lower third of the league.

NFL Salary Cap Changes A few common sense rules that should change. 1) Players on the IR should not count vs the cap. If they played a portion of the season prorate the cap it by games before going on IR. Obviously NFL will need to make sure teams dont abuse the rule. 2) Retired players should be the same as IR players. Same goes for monitoring for abuse. Changes I would like to see. The salary of drafted players do not have a cap, only free agents. If you draft well and run a good franchise you keep your guys. Draft crappy you will need to spend and could run into cap issues. Will have less player movement, so NFL will never go for it.

Harty makes the most sense. Only other options Shakir and potentially Murray on KO's.

Has the importance of returns changed in todays NFL? Obviously yes. Return leaders last season vs 10 years prior. 2022 Touchback % - 14 Kickers >70% (leader was 90%) 2022 Touchback % - 0 Kickers >70% (leader was 67%) 2022 Leader in Kick Return Yards - 1,009 (only 1 player with 1,000+) 2012 Leader in Kick Return Yards - 1,533 (8 players with 1,000+) 2022 Leader in Kick Returns - 35 (only 2 players with >30) 2012 Leader in Kick Returns - 57 (11 players with >30) 2022 Leader in Punt Return Yards - 362 (only 2 players with 350+) 2012 Leader in Punt Return Yards - 481 (7 players with 350+) 2022 Leader in Punt Returns - 40 (only 1 players >35) 2012 Leader in Punt Returns - 51 (6 players with >35)

Number of returns by guys on the roster... KR Harty - 75 Hyde - 37 Murray - 19 Sherfield - 1 Shakir - 1 Diggs - 1 Poyer - 1 PR Hyde - 95 Harty - 77 Poyer - 17 Diggs - 6 Shakir - 3

Hines is a luxury type player. You have cap room then add him to your room. If your tight on cap space the money can be better spent, unless he is will to take less. Well they gave gave him way more money than I would have and no it comes back to bite us. TEN only had $3M more in cap space than us and was able to fit Hopkins in. Assuming no Hines the Bills would have been in the same spot as them to afford the deal.

Actually its the opposite. When you have elite DB's you can attack more and take chances. With the guys we had playing they need some help. They are not going win the numbers game its just a matter of time.

All we needed to do was restrux one or two of a few guys. TEN only has like $3M more cap space than us and got a deal done.

No team has Kelce but that is why CIN needs Chase, Higgins and Boyd. That is why MIA needs Hill and Waddle. The Bills need a Diggs and somebody. The hope is that somebody is Davis (looked possible entering last season, not so much anymore), Knox or Kincaid, one of the journeyman in Harty or Sherfield. Until then the Bills are just Diggs and the supporting cast. The teams mentioned above are the who we need to beat this year to achieve our goals. I think we are well behind all of them in threats to catch the ball until we have a solid #2 option.

That is point. Hopefully (key word hope) we see Cook get better in year 2, we see Kincaid contribute as a rookie, we see Knox play better, we get production from journeyman-type WR, and Davis can look like a #2. With Hopkins, you are buying essentially a sure thing for a #2 target. He and Diggs would essentially have been 1a and 1b. We are now banking on hope. If it pays off, great and we saved some some cash for a few depth special team-type guys. If it fails, then were those depth players worth it? With Kelce its much easier to take risks on the rest of the supporting cast. We dont have anyone like Kelce.

Sucks. Hopefully a #2 WR is not the missing piece to season while we watch Hopkins put up a 1,000+ yd season catching balls from Tannehill.

It’s the normal “what we don’t know yet” is better than what we know. Next year we could just as easily hear how player x, y, z are clear upgrades over Harty, Sherfield and Shakir. Just how it tends to work.

I got my 6

Since 2019 Bills compared to Chiefs Offense Bills O has scored under 20 3 times in 8 games (37.5%) Chiefs O has scored under 20 1 time in 12 games (8%) Defense Bills D held the opponent under 20 2 times in 8 games (25%) Chiefs O held the opponent under 20 1 time in 12 games (8%) You need to score to win in the playoffs.

I appreciated Tyrod. He was a decent bridge QB. For some reason, many expected more out of him which was unrealistic. In 2015 he actually had one of the highest yards per attempts numbers in the league while limiting int's. So he was taking chances, but that did change over the next couple years as the WR room changed. His top target in 2017 was deonte thompson...

This. The moves are not drastically different than in the past. None of them are of the "sure thing" variety. We really wont know until we see them in action. My issue is that while the OL has clearly had issues and made things more difficult. I would not say it is what will take this team over the top, it is more of the stability level and make the offense work less hard, take pressure off Allen, etc. I am more worried about two things that are important come playoffs: 1) Weapons - If Diggs is shut down what is our answer. 2) Rushing the QB - Need a healthy Miller and someone else to step up (Floyd, Groot, Oliver).

Not if you generate turnovers, the offense makes mistakes - drops etc, or your offense also has long drives.

Without even discussing how meaningful a stat this may be. You do realize that Hopkins only played in 9 games?

Kelce.

Well that is oversimplifying. It’s more about the timing and sending a message. But yeah people are probably right. This stuff never happens. No way they would ever take issue with a black player “having attitude” or questioning them. What’s next. White people mad that black history is being taught? No never.

McD picked White, Dawkins, Milano Whaley picked Jones, Peterman, Vallejo