Aussie Joe

They should bring in another FA …. It’s a buyers market at Safety so get a guaranteed starter at one position. … That might mean paying a guy $4-5m a year . Draft a guy rounds 3-5 and see if they beat out Rapp… if not in 2024 then maybe 2025 ..take another guy late to battle it out with Hamlin for the last spot .. Always thought Safety should be the least of their problems really …

Seems that the Bills have had a plan with him going back to last year when they brought him in …I’m hoping this plan works out as well as the one they had for Bernard .. He played 40 percent of snaps last year… …I would say it’s likely he will exceed that figure in 2024.. At the very least… He became the best tackler in the secondary when both Hyde and Poyer struggled with missed tackles which annoyed the crap out of me in 2023… I’m not a 100% sold on him..but optimistic to trust McDermotts judgement at this position … his numbers don’t stop them cutting bait after one year if he ain’t it …

I see Douglas still has $6m counting as a “base salary” for 2024… couldn’t more of this figure been converted to a “restructure” freeing up more space this year ?

Let’s go on the record now boys … week before FA which could lead to a “fluid “ outcome if they sign or trade for someone 1 pick only as to which WR they are taking at 28…( or a minor trade up like last year) Let’s assume Thomas is out of reach as Top 20 and Beane won’t pay the freight to move up… So who you got folks?

Was Bates money starter money? $4m plus a year right ? Honestly .. don’t remember people saying Bates was “ shaky” … OCyrus fell to 59 which was fortunate.. if unexpected

Thomas needs to dig in and do a bit of spadework

I agree … they won’t sign two FA for more money … but likely they will sign 1 at similar or more …( than Rapp) They will also draft one in the mid rounds 3-5 … Whilst it is likely Rapp will be the starter in the Poyer role … it’s not yet confirmed … This time last year no one had either McGovern or Torrence as starters on the OL and Bates was the likely starter in 2023 …

50 percent win SB.. Sounds about right… Glass half full/ half empty

Is it April 1?

Bottom line for me - I think a 5th is a reasonable price to pay for Bates who has two years of control left at $3m a year which is not guaranteed … At worst he is a useful backup that can play the three interior positions and Tackle in an emergency … at best he can be a starter … not great by any means but superior to the likes of Feliciano and Saffold who have passed through here recently for more money then Bates will get the next two years …

Cody Ford went for a 5th … and Bates is way better … If this trade doesn’t get done then I think the Bills keep him another year as backup OL … they really couldn’t replace him for the cap savings in 2024

and 30 years old I see Surely they can get a guy on the cheap around 27-28 who can play the position for 3 years or so?

Im thinking they showed yesterday they are going with a youth movement ..so DQJ might be gone

It’s pretty obvious that the Bills need an elite player on the D Line … they are difficult ( not impossible ) to draft at 28 though ..so FA is the place to get one.. We all know what happened though ..Miller was their “all in “ move… but they lost all their chips playing that hand and they are still one more year getting over that mistake … In the meantime they got to try to put out the best line they can.. I thought AJE played well at times last year … he picked up that rib injury against the Chiefs ( I think) and disappeared like the rest of the DE’s the last third of the season ..hopefully that was Coach Washington’s fault somehow …

I don’t think they are going to get the real TJ Watt for $7m a year though.. so they might have to get the guy that occasionally looks like him..

Probably rather they fill Shaq’s spot on a Day 3 guy

AJE if they can get him cheap enough …

Melting down ..

Hoe? Why is he saying he is a gardening tool?

Josh caught up with Stef in Paris?

It certainly helps to “push it down the road” when the Cap increases $30mil a year .. Josh might have to get s salary bump soon to put him back up near the top of the list … maybe they can cry poor one more year ..but you think by 2025 … his dead cap will be over $100m when they restructure him again this season… they cant do it every year …

I resent every dollar over the minimum that they pay this guy …

He did a 4 year prison term in Buffalo …

In your opinion… Obviously McDermott feels differently… does he have much of a history identifying talent at Safety?

They will bring in a FA and draft another guy ( at least 1) … so let’s see if he beats them out to a starting role … I do think you have underestimated him a tad …he improved over the course of last year from a pretty crap start … He is one of the more physical players they have on D … so perhaps that is something that the new defensive coaches ( or scheme) values more than previous..