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Imo, if we lose Douglas or Benford for any period of time, we will be calling Carolina for Dane Jackson’s price. The Elam experience is clearly over in Buffalo.

No he’s not lol. Do you trust Elam as CB2 come playoffs? I don’t. McDermott and co. don’t.

Mack running so many routes has to drag us to the left a bit, right?

I think Teller is an upgrade on OCT, personally. IMO, he's our weakest OL player by quite a bit. Good call on Zadarius Smith.

Feel this has been said about Kaiir every year he has played lol. Next year is never coming. Jamarcus Ingram starts if Benford or Douglas gets hurt imo.

Elam on his own is worth little, I agree. However, this is a league where former first round picks do sometimes garner more comp than they should, because of their pedigree. Toney was traded 2 games into year two for a 3rd and a 6th. Jeff Okudah was traded for a fifth after being a massive injured bust in Detroit. CJ Henderson was traded with a fifth for a third rounder. None of them particularly worked out, but you just have to find a sucker.

Trade deadline day is coming. Elam sticks out like a sore thumb when it comes to dangling for trade bait. His value is shot for the most part, but he has at least a first round prospect pedigree. I can imagine there's a team or two that may gamble on his upside along with a pick. Looking at the NFL landscape, Titans, Panthers, Browns, Saints and Giants look to be potential sellers in this market. I am excluding the Jets and the Pats as they are divisional rivals and would be unlikely to make any kind of trade with us. Here are some of the players I would have interest in. Titans: Jeffrey Simmons. A true elite force on the DL. 1.5 years removed from back to back All-Pro teams. Was injured to end the year last year and the Titans are an actual disaster. I think Elam + 1st gets this done and is probably close to fair value. Browns: Myles Garrett or Wyatt Teller Garrett's resume speaks for itself. He does seem to be picking up nagging injuries every year but hey, he's still elite. I don't think Elam + 1st gets this done, probably need a second or third at least. Wyatt Teller is a good OG. He's not worth Elam and a first. Browns probably jump at that. Elam and a 4th or two though? Tough call. Panthers: There is no one on this roster worth a first. There are a few player barely worth Elam and stuff. Pass. Saints: Mathieu or Lattimore Mathieu may be worth Elam with a late round pick swap. Still a good safety but lots of tread. He has been considerably healthy. I am intrigued by this one. Lattimore is still a great CB, but he's more of a man corner. Would probably take Elam and at least a second, and we don't have a CB need/not a great system fit. Pass Giants: Darius Slayton Free Darius Slayton. For real. This guy is Darnell Mooney 2.0, a solid WR who is absolutely languishing with a bad QB. Elam and a 4th/5th gets this done I think? He is good injury insurance and pushes Mack to his more natural role of "gunner." Who do you guys got?

No I was dead wrong. I can admit it. I called him Devin Funchess 2.0 and was miserable during the draft. He's clearly much more than that. The best part about hating a Bills move, is if I'm wrong and he plays great, it's still a win!

I will come in to take a drubbing. I did not want Coleman pre-draft. I didn’t see the vision of him ever being a WR1 in the NFL. But he has played awesome and has wildly exceeded my expectations, especially as a rookie. I still don’t know if I buy that he is ever going to be a 15 target a game guy. Need to see more to change that opinion. But if his ceiling is great WR2/borderline WR1, we basically got another Tee Higgins at the same draft slot. And while I have questions on if those guys are worth paying, the bottom line is this team could and has used 4 years of a physical WR to great effect.

He does. https://overthecap.com/player/stefon-diggs/3994 It’s how they gave him $22M GTD but he only costs them $5.8M against the cap this year. Although, I’m not sure if void years disqualify for comp picks.

I will concur his performance on sunday was the most out-physicaled performance that I have seen from a Bills WR in maybe a decade.

Trade incoming.

He played very well against a very good corner. I stand by what I said on dominant performance. Amari going 11 for 265 and 2 TD’s is a dominant performance. AJ Brown going 9 for 175 and 2 TD’s is a dominant performance. Tyreek going 11 for 215 and 2 TD’s is a dominant performance. Diggs going 6 for 120 and 3 TD’s is a dominant performance. I watch the entire NFL. Coleman has far exceeded my expectations and he’s a rookie so imo the sky is the limit for him, especially with the way he’s come on recently. But 5 for 70 dominant? A bridge too far, imo.

It all hurts eventually. With the cap being able to roll over, the after effects aren’t just yearly. If Diggs walks, his $16M hit next year is another $16M that can’t be rolled over or spent. With Nico set to make $18M that’s $34M down on two players who aren’t even playing right now. They will manage, but it always comes due. Our own Bills correctly played fast and loose with the cap when Allen was making peanuts but it comes due.

It really made sense for the Texans perspective too. They gave Diggs more upfront to keep him happy, and brought him to a one year deal so he was in a contract year for extra motivation/good behavior. So if he crushed it and got big money in the offseason, they would be in the comp pick formula too. Of course, the best laid plans. Trade and contract rework now looks like a disaster. He will get a Tre White-type deal 1 year, $10M with the Cowboys next year and the Texans will still have $16M in dead voids next year. all for a second rounder and 8 games of Diggs.

Bargain talent at position of need, player is undervalued due to character but you have a strong locker room culture. Makes total sense to me. He's better than Nelson Agholor. I have more faith the Ravens D figures it out by the postseason than I do Lamar/the offense is gonna play well in the postseason.

WHOOPS, my bad!

Ugh. So cheap.

To the contrary, I believe he had like no guarantees left after we dealt him. So getting this year fully guaranteed was the correct move.

Amari Cooper saw more snaps than Hollins this week. So did Shakir. Prior to the Cooper addition, Hollins got the second most snaps at WR on the team. This is not all a coincidence. Less Mack Hollins = good. More Shakir/Coleman/Cooper = good. Every team has a limited time to gameplan. Every second spent on film or gameplanning on Amari is less time spent on Shakir or Coleman. It is truly zero sum. Teams can no longer say, "lets not bother worrying about Mack" and spend their energies elsewhere. FWIW, with a healthy Shakir, the team eclipsed 190 passing yards twice in the first 4 weeks of season. We didn't have to pass for much of those games but it wasn't like we were throwing it all over the yard either. Anyways, don't want to belabor the point. I was curious if your take changed since you made the thread. I suppose it has not.

Coleman had a good game. 5 for 70 and a TD is not what I would consider a dominant game though? That's not even top 30 in catches or yardage this week.

Interesting. PFR has the Bills at 15th passing yards and Lions at 11th. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/2024.htm https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/det/2024.htm But the numbers don't add up? They also have the Lions lower in rushing attempts but a higher ranking in rushing attempts? Weird stuff. Leading the league in point differential doesn't mean that you are always running in the 4th Q FWIW. Titans game specifically we passed a ton with a lead. From PFR, the Bills have run 165 plays when trailing, 91 while tied, and 206 with a lead. The Lions have run 135 plays while trailing, 70 while tied, and 222 with a lead. Quick math says that the Bills have run 51 more plays tied/trailing than the Lions have. Despite point differential. That's almost an extra game.

When you are down a lot, you pass the ball more, yeah? Goff has passed the ball more than 28 times a game once this season. Josh has had to do it 5 times. Anywho, do you think the Bills passing game is right up there with the Lions? Also the Lions have 11th ranked passing offense lol.

Josh Allen has >600 passing yards and 4 passing TD's in his last two games. Prior to trading for Amari, he had 526 passing yards and 3 passing TD's in the last 3 games. Despite the Amari addition and the best QB in the NFL right now, we have the 15th best passing offense by yards. Where is the OP

Amari and his agent in a contract year?