Aussie Joe

I doubt anyone wants to restructure Diggs any further …The dilemma is that he is likely handcuffed to the team for two more years anyway… not one more… and if you don’t restructure him, then you are probably operating at $20-25m max over the cap pulling every other lever possible … Is this enough to bring back DJQ, find a cheap starting safety, edge and WR starting option if need be, fill out the other depth gaps and sign the rookies ?

DQJ is the No 1 guy they bring back … The position he plays is not as age reliant as others… and they love their “veteran in every room “ philosophy… They need to find his replacement in this years draft though … mid round pick should do it… Beane is really going to be earning his money rounds 3-5 this year … keep those picks this year Brandon

it looks too tight ..And it includes cutting Miller which they won’t do…Makes me think they will just restructure Diggs again …so Diggs is here 2024 and 2025 …don’t love it but leaning towards it must be inevitable If you can convince Tre to take a $6m pay cut then yeah .. do that … so he will be back playing for $4m next year though? Agree with a lot of your other points ..including cutting Morse which seems taboo here …

Who’s saying that ?

prediction time…. .How many new players are they going to sign over $3m per year this offseason? Might be 3 but if they bring back DQJ and AJE…. might end up being 1 …

I’m not going to lose to much sleep about Knox this year (can’t be traded this offseason) … there is enough immediate issues …but moving forward decisions have to be made …you want to continue paying TE2 $13m a year, or pay Brown and Rousseau ? Can’t pay everyone … He is a TE1 on another team though …

Starting players move on ( or get moved on) every year … I can’t buy there isn’t even a consideration of moving on from a 32 yr old C when they are squeezing every dollar

Might be in the mix … don’t know why he would be ahead of Bates though ? Was a tackle at College

Well… I’m sure they would prefer not to cut Morse …but they need to find $80m in savings … and even with that long laundry list noted above they still don’t get there.. I would also prefer them to get there without restructuring Diggs and Miller any further … so tough moves like this might have to be made… They had the opportunity to move on from Bates 2 years back … but elected to keep him and match the Bears tender .. so they must have seen something that perhaps we don’t see as yet …we don’t really know what he has at C as Morse hasn’t missed a game there in years …

They are paying him $4m a year which is not back up money..,:make him earn it this year… Take a guy Day 3 to see if he can be the man next year

Move on from Morse … no need to kick that down the road any further …they must have kept Bates around for a reason … Restructuring Knox concerns me … I would be looking to trade him after this season … he has more value elsewhere than to the Bills … but they can’t trade him this year

There are a number of safeties available this year in FA …last year demonstrated that outside a couple of elite guys at the top of the list, the rest go cheap…They will find a solid contributor in that $3-4 m range …no need to go for someone with an injury concern .. I like the draft this year as well…. take a swing at a long term guy in rounds 3-4 … don’t think it needs to be higher than that ..

They have got 18 of their 22 starters under contract for 2024 ( 19 if you include Miller)… The other ones missing are Davis, Hyde and DQJ…. Yes there is work to be done, and Beane needs to have a good offseason … the DL and Safety positions need to be reworked to the same extent he did last year with the OL… But they still have a lot of good pieces in place, and I’d be expecting them once again to be the heavyweights of the division and knocking on the 1 seeds door for 2024 …

Bills $51m over is assuming a figure of $242 M which is $18m more than last years cap… This may not be “official” as yet .. but has been reported by the usual suspects that seem to get fed all the inside info ( Rappaport )

Prefer Jones ..don’t think either are coming…. Back to Von

That won’t matter ,,,he will still take $3m versus $1m…

Case Keenum got $3m last year … Someone will still pay Trubisky that much at least in 2024 …

So should they still sign Chris Jones ?

So the question is .. what is a “reasonable deal” to offer him this year? someone mentioned Austin at $36m for three years as a comparison … I wouldn’t be to unhappy with that …doubt he takes less This is Morse’s last year … I think that a mix of paying three starters and having two on rookie deals is not a bad outcome … I think Dawkins has got a couple of years left in him still … pay him another 2-3 years

The Bills are looking to pay the minimum for the backup QB position based on Kyle Allen’s deal of $1.2m… Trubisky made $8m last year … and whilst he probably won’t see that again … i can see him still getting $3m somewhere…Case Keenum got that last year …

Hope he leaves the Chiefs .. but I’ll believe it when it happens

Like the Packers at 25/1… Love them to win the Division over favourite Lions … Packers should have beat the 49ers … threw that game away …think they will have learn a lesson

There is always next year John… Its the great thing about sports