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jahnyc

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  1. Given the cost of quality OTs in free agency and our need to upgrade the o-line, I think tackle (or WR) would potentially make sense in the first round of the draft.  OT will make even more sense in next year's draft since both Dawkins and Brown will be free agents after the '24 season.

  2. Wondering what we will do at safety.  Given the importance of the position in McDermott's defense, I can't imagine we would go with a rookie or a converted CB (Benford) with no experience at the position.  Based on where we are with the cap, there really is no realistic chance that we bring back Poyer since he will not be signing a contract with a long term due to his age and we have other needs now (i.e., linebacker).  

  3. I agree that there are not a lot of players that are cut candidates, but I thought that McKenzie, Settle, Neal and Hines would at least be considerations for release or possibly salary reductions.  Other possibility was contract extensions.  Nothing about this either.  Very quiet at OBD.

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  4. Aren't we waiting on cuts and salary reductions as well?  I would have thought that information about releases would have happened by now given that the Bills seem like the kind of organization that would want to give cut players the best opportunity to sign elsewhere, which would be before or as the free agency period begins.

  5. His head still does not seem to be in the right place after the team was bounced out of the playoffs by the Bengals.  He can't let it go, has no understanding of what happened and is leaving a trail of bread crumbs about potentially wanting out (or certainly feeling uncomfortable with the current direction of the team).  I think this needs to be resolved as soon as possible since there are too many ramifications associated with whether or not we have a number one WR to start the season.

  6. It will be interesting to see the moves made prior to and on March 15th to get under the salary cap.  I would expect we will be hearing soon about salary restructures, salary reductions, cuts, restricted free agent tenders and possibly extensions.  

     

    I think three of the potential restructures raise potential issues.  Will DIggs be willing to restructure (assuming it makes it harder to trade him)?  Do you restructure Miller and White (both coming off of ACL injuries)?  The only easy restructure is Allen.

     

    Hard to guess which current players, if any, will be asked to take pay cuts.  I expect the Bills to cut McKenzie, but I am not sure of any others.  Guessing maybe Hines, Settle and Neal, unless those contracts are restructured.

     

    I hope we tender Jackson.  A second round tender would be $4.3 million.

  7. I will be bummed if the Bills promote Holcomb, Washington or Babich.  Washington was bad as DC in Carolina and Holcomb and Babich do not have enough experience.  The last thing we need is another coordinator that has limited or no prior experience as a coordinator.

     

    It is unfortunate that this did not surface earlier in the offseason.  Not sure it would have mattered since McBeane seem to favor Carolina connections, but it would have been interesting to get a top DC to run the defense.

  8. Hard to be critical when the team goes 13-3 with the injuries, weather related difficulties and the near tragic situation with Hamlin, but misjudgments by McBeane also contributed to our early exit in the playoffs.  I think McBeane overestimated the quality of our depth and when Miller, Hyde and D. Jones were injured, the defense struggled.  McBeane also counted on improvement and further development from Davis, Brown, Basham and Oliver.  It did not happen, and Brown seemed to regress.  Regarding free agency, Settle, Crowder and Saffold did not contribute at the hoped for levels.and it wouldn't be unreasonable to have a discussion about whether the money spent on Miller could have been allocated differently to address other team needs.

     

    In hindsight, last year's offseason was a bit of a miss and I hope this offseason will prove to be more of a success.

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