Einstein's Dog

You don't need to be injury prone to get an injury at the RB position. It is a brutal high contact position that has a high rate of injury. Look around the league or just in our division - D Harris and B Hall are out already. I think Singletary has been out for injury before - I wouldn't call him injury prone though. Just like I wouldn't call J Taylor injury prone - yet he sat out a bit. Moss seems on the outs. And Cook seems to lack the trust of the staff. I'd love to see them bring in Hunt. Probably a long shot. But Hunt for a 5th would work for me.

The market priced half season rental with no compensation on losing him, IMO, drastically reduces what will be given for him. I don't see anyone coughing up a 2nd rounder for that.

You left out actual cost though. CMC was under $1M for this year and had a contract going forward. K Hunt would be more, probably in the $2-3M range for the remainder of this year and has no contract going forward - unless you get one done prior to the trade. And K Hunt is going to want to get paid

Fine the way we are? You must only be looking at just this year. And you're probably assuming Singletary goes injury free. I hope Beane isn't looking at it that way. K Hunt seems like an excellent addition from an RB performance perspective. I would like an RB that isn't just a half year rental though. Let's see if Beane can get him for a year and a half at the Sanders $6M rate that he owes the offense.

I know the price looks like a lot, but is it really more than the Bills 1st and Moss? I'd have been a happy camper to have CMC for that. Didn't it take a 4th for the Bills to move up 3-4 spots in the first. San Fran will have a low 2nd and low 3rd. It seems like all those picks combined might equal the Bills 1st.

I think CMC would honor his contract. Most of the contract and payment thought and arrangements for the next year and a half would be thought out of in advance. CMC would love the opportunity to play for a contender. ICMC would be a fan favorite and he in turn would love playing for Buffalo and fit right in. The Bills would pay him fairly and he would accept it much in the same fashion as Diggs has. And saying Singletary played well is true, kind of like saying Smoke played well before Diggs got here.

But we don't just want him for this season. Getting 2-3 years out of an elite player at a reasonable cost is what makes the whole thing so enticing. He would not be a rental, he would be an addition. The Diggs trade made us good, the Von addition made us an SB favorite. A CMC trade would start the dynasty.

I don't really like rentals. I would prefer CMC but for longer than just the remainder of the year- for this year and at least next year. It would cover the gap we have now for next years RB. If a WR got hurt, then I could see a need for a move. Otherwise I would rather see G Davis as our #2 and Shakir in the slot as our Superbowl winners. And that squad would have a lot of components coming back the next year.

Are you claiming Singletary is a current star? Because that's whose touches CMC gets. And those 17 (would actually be 18 for CMC because he would have been given the ball and scored at the 3) don't take away any from the other stars. Correction make that at least 19 because CMC would have gotten the first on that 3rd and 2 (the one where the first was there for the taking but Devin stopped/danced/blinked). Cook will not be as good as CMC this year. I don't want Beane to go overboard and mortgage the future too much for CMC. But I would be extremely excited if we got CMC.

I'm in agreement with you. I like Devin, just think CMC would elevate the offense. Would take it to an insane level. Appreciate your recognizing and responding to the attempted shift of the point. I, too, don't think the trade will happen. It was always a longshot. I think Beane has never been a pursuing a strict one year rental, he would want at least this 1/2 year and all of next year intended. That makes it more difficult. Hope KC doesn't get him.

This reminds me of the people who thought our defense wasn't bad last year (and it wasn't). That replacing Hughes with Von was "on paper" thinking. Singletary, like Hughes, is decent, even pretty good. But replacing decent with Excellent in certain spots, moves the needle. The D moved. The O with McCaffery would be next level good.

I am rooting for DaBoll too. And while I'm happy for his good start, I fear it may not be the best thing for him long term. Some of the reasons: 1. Inability to move Barkley. I can't see the NYG moving Barkley prior to the deadline because NY would lynch him. The area wants to believe they are a good team in the running for playoffs. DaBoll can't do a fire sale on decent players to reconfigure the roster to his liking. 2. Increased expectations. This should have been his first year in a rebuild. If NY goes 11-6 or 10-7 the fans will not want a rebuild. And future years probably won't be as kind in terms of terrible teams and easy schedules. There is the possibility that the good start might not be the best for DaBoll's future.

Carolina would want an RB for this year. The Bills locker room would unfortunately probably have to have Singletary gone. New #1 RB in town and no room for potential disgruntled RBs. Plus Cook has shown like he is going to be CMC Jr and will take over the spot in a couple of years.

Do it Beane!!!!!!! I had mentioned a 3rd and Singletary for CMC upthread. Along with a reworked contract that keeps CMC for at least this year and next at reasonable salary - kind of like the E Sanders money of $6M per. Do it!!!!!

Not really a half game though, because if one has a tie on their record they would be ahead. IE 13-3-1 record would be ahead of 12-4. So more like a quarter of a game.

Yes, you're jumping the gun. The coaches are doing a great job developing Shakir, everyone here should hope it continues. To me, it looks like both Shakir and Cook have playmaking ability that if developed properly, can be a great asset to this team in the future. Your last paragraph is annoying though. You conclude because of what you've seen that if the coaches don't play him to your satisfaction (some ambiguous yet to be determined standard) then the coaches aren't true to their word. What about practice? What about knowing the playbook and responsibilities? How quickly we forget the coaches put in a 6th rounder before the 1st rounder.

What? I didn't say or imply anything that would remotely suggest that. Does make you wonder the wording and reporting of the tweets that said the Bills denied it. The FO generally says they talk with a lot of teams on a regular basis to improve the squad.

CMC is out of guaranteed money on his contract. This would be incentive for CMC to rework his deal. So many people keep thinking these contract numbers are set in stone.

I would love CMC. Hope it would be more than just the remaining year and include a restructure for next year too. Because that is a little uncertain right now. They could include Singletary in the deal. Offensively in a budget and team construction sense, the FO never really replaced E Sanders -they just promoted from within. They found a cheaper replacement for Beas with Crowder and now he is out, tried and failed on a TE in OJ Howard and he is gone. The Offense could use a stud veteran playmaker as we bring along and develop the young players into the roles.

True. But there was no market for Beasley until Tampa was decimated at WR. And Sanders/Brown are more valuable to the Bills because of familiarity than a lot of other WRs out there. I like Shakir but it seems like we should have another functioning outside WR for the KC game. Unfortunately two weeks is after the KC game.

I'm a little surprised we haven't heard about either Smoke Brown or E Sanders. Either of these two would be veteran presence that have played here before (so could quickly be up to speed), that seem like could be had cheap until we're back to full speed. Sanders said the right things on the way out - Gabe Davis is going to be a star. Seems like he would accept the situation. On the downside he is 35 and has some announcing gig someplace. Smoke is only 32. Although he didn't do well at any of the other places he bounced around to, he did well here. Saw some random post where he was working out. I'm not worried about Pitt. But I wouldn't of minded seeing one of these two here now preparing for the huge battle against KC.

Yes, I agree OBJ would be great to consider later on. But OBJ is of no help for the next month. Isabella is also of little consequence for the next month. Maybe a Tavon Austin replacement. I would be looking at E Sanders. He is a veteran that knows our system and would quickly be able to get on the field. Like in a week. E Sanders said all the right things on the way out - how G Davis was going to be a star. Seemed like E Sanders would accept the backup role to G Davis. Yes, E Sanders is injury prone but guess who else is...that's right our own G Davis. Between the 2 of them one should be healthy most weeks. In the next month we're having matchups against KC and Green Bay. Trotting out the broken down version of G Davis won't cut it. A healthy E Sanders was good, comes at a reasonable price, and would be available for the insanely key matchup against KC.

Yes. I had the handle before he came on here. I may have to change.

I agree, huge opportunity for Frazier. I was going to select him in the "pick one player" thread but technically he doesn't qualify. It is Frazier's time to shine, everyone knows we're shorthanded and yet I have a feeling this D is going to contain the Fish. I also think it will take a good plan out of Frazier to do it. I've seen people say "keep everything in front of you" stuff and I disagree. Frazier needs to mix it up. Letting the Fish keep it in front plays to the lack of arm strength of Tua. And to the Bills2022, I believe you're jumping the gun a bit by claiming the Dolphins have turned their team around. If Frazier shows the blue print to stifle the Fish in a decent beatdown with our backups, the whole narrative about the upstart Dolphins will come crashing down.

I'll be there. Section 121, row 2. Going to find tailgating someplace.