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You are SERIOUSLY over simplifying things in your mantra of Christian McCaffrey being an All-Pro and James Cook not being a Starter. Christian McCaffrey was an All Pro... in 2019. Since that time he's played in a total of 10 games. And at least 3 of those 10 games involved him exiting the game early or attempting to come back from injury and getting injured again. Dude's got a Medical History that lights up like a Christmas Tree. In large part due to having a total of 1,859 touches (not an exaggeration, an exact number) between rushing attempts and receptions between College and the Pros. And that doesn't take into account pass pro reps. That's a LOT of tread taken off the tires. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/christian-mccaffrey-1.html https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/McCaCh01.htm And if all that wasn't concerning enough, there's his contract. 9 million cap hit this season that goes up to 19.5 million in both 2023 and 2024 and will cost 18.35 in Dead Cap if we wanted to move on from him after this season. AND we'd have to give up Draft Compensation on top of it. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/carolina-panthers/christian-mccaffrey-21749/ James Cook "wasn't a starter" but still managed to be the leader in all purpose yards on Offense for the National Championship team last season and was drafted 2 Rounds before "the starter". He played in a split backfield in Georgia just like the offense McDermott likes to utilize here. He's a player that stays fresh and doesn't need to get a whole bunch of reps to get going. The best pass catching RB in the Draft, a position we were looking to fill. He has way less wear and tear and usage and costs close to nothing compared to what we'd have had to pay McCaffrey. In that split backfield in Georgia where he "wasn't the starter" - last season, James Cook had 140 touches compared to Zamir White's 169. That's 83% of the touches "the starter" had. That's almost a complete split. So referring to Cook like he's a backup is ABSOLUTELY ridiculous. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/zamir-white-1.html https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/james-cook-2.html

9 UDFA's were signed to contracts, Roster now sits at 84 with 6 spots available for tryout players and veteran FA's. DT Prince Emili and WR Keith Corbin weren't signed and are tryout players.

Can you name a single time Brandon Beane has outright cut someone instead of restructuring them and then brought them back in the same offseason? Especially after spending a Day 2 Draft Pick on their replacement. They clearly wanted to get younger and quicker there. We kept 5 on the 53 last season. The only change is Bernard for Klein. Younger, faster, cheaper, with upside, and someone who provides more in the coverage ability department. If they wanted Klein instead of Dodson or Matakevitch, they'd have kept Klein, not re-signed Dodson to a new deal, and/or gotten rid of Matakevitch instead. Matakevitch will be here for his Special Teams. He's one of the, if not, the most important player on that squad. It's why he wasn't cut or even restructured when they were looking to clear cap space. If they choose to keep 6 this season, the final spot will be a battle between Baylon Spector (who already took Klein's #54), Marquel Lee, Andre Smith, and Joe Giles-Harris as depth that probably wouldn't dress on Sunday's unless there's an injury.

Yes, but you don't call someone up and say "I'll give you this for CMC" as soon as they pick up the phone. Especially with a team that Beane has such a personal relationship with. It's more likely they called to gauge what their interest was, if any, in moving him and what their asking price was if they were. Simply calling about a player doesn't mean they made a formal trade offer. If they were interested in moving him and the price was anything close, they'd have gotten it done. My guess is they were not interested in moving him or that their asking price wasn't close to what we would have been willing to offer. In which case, I doubt they even bothered to discuss it further than the "due diligence" they did in making the call.

I know 17-0 is the credo. But my realistic thought is 12-5.

If a reduced salary was in the works for a Klein return, they wouldn't have cut him. He'd have been in the group of players we brought back on a paycut/restructure. I don't see Klein as the type of player to turn down a pay cut in lieu of a release to test his market. Whatever we'd have offered him on a restructure will surely be just as good or better as whatever he'll sign for elsewhere. And we wouldn't have drafted two LB's.

From everything i've read and seen, he seems like Matt Milano's clone. If he can reach his potential, it would be a massive upgrade over AJ Klein.

He could be the next Dane Jackson or he could be the next Rachad Wildgoose. I think we'll keep 6 CB's at least to start the season with Tre's injury as opposed to 5 last season, so he has a better chance than Wildgoose did based on that alone. But he still has to beat out Cam Lewis and hope we don't sign a low priced veteran before Training Camp. If that happens, he's pretty much screwed as far as the 53 goes. His ceiling is 6th CB on the 53 and his floor is the Practice Squad.

It's all "official" until it's officially released.

I guess we haven't announced the official list because we're still in the process of bringing in guys late in the process.

Correction: this is the "official" schedule.

I don't doubt we made a "due diligence" call on CMC. But I kind of question whether or not we made an offer. Seems kind of like a game of telephone to me. There's been reports over the past couple days we called. I think outlets like Sirius XM are taking that story and running with it that we made an offer. Even if we did, I'm sure it wasn't much. Probably a 3rd while wanting them to take on some salary of his large contract. The fact that we were in on J.D. McKissic as quickly as we were and then transitioned to James Cook says to me that the talks weren't all that serious. Case in point, this is an article saying we made an offer. But the sources they're quoting to form the article all just said we called on him. Calling about a player doesn't denote a formal offer.

Okay, but that would imply to me that Green Bay called us to let us know they want to move down. Not necessarily us calling around trying to move up. Especially considering we didn't call them back until after the KC pick and turned it down when we found out what their asking price was in that moment. If we were the ones making the calls and were that interested, you'd think we'd already have the framework set.

Real good stuff here. Though I'm not so certain they were talking Trade Ups before Kansas City. I believe they were talking Trade Down to GB's 2nd spot at 28 in that instance, as it followed Beane talking about moving down. They did briefly discuss a Trade Up to GB at 22 after KC made their move, but they wanted a 3rd and Beane passed.

I immediately thought the same thing, "you must be young". That lost bet was everywhere for years following the performance. Pretty sure it was even the theme song of the old Marv Levy Show.

They featured the guys who will definitely be on the roster. The Day 3 guys didn't get flown in and interviewed like the Day 1 and Day 2 picks. So they didn't have as much footage with them. The last 3 picks that weren't featured - Christian Benford, Luke Tenuta, and Baylon Spector are going to be in an uphill battle to make the 53. I think Benford's going to have to beat out Cam Lewis, Tenuta's going to have to beat out Tommy Doyle, and Spector's going to have to beat out Marquel Lee and Andre Smith (if they even keep a 6th LB at all).

Taron Johnson switched to #7 prior to the Draft

Really cool to see Singletary talking up Cook while working together before he was drafted by the Bills.

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That's where Hughes being a Drought Era into the beginning of the ascent of Allen hurts him. Had he been here for 11 years and 3 Super Bowl Appearances like Hansen was - he'd have more of a shot to make it like Hansen did. As I think most fans would agree Hansen is a bit of a fringe worthy Wall of Famer himself, mostly there for being a member of the Glory Days teams and his 11 year tenure.

I touched on this in the last paragraph of my post.

https://www.buffalobills.com/team/alumni/wall-of-fame There are a total of 25 players in the ENTIRE history of the Bills up on that Wall. There hasn't been a player between Phil Hansen and now that have gotten that nod yet. And yes, that is how it works. Just like the Hall of Fame. Only the tippy top of different eras are going to make the cut. You might think him deserving. But there are many more that are more deserving that would be more likely to get consideration before him during his tenure with the Bills. And only so many (very few) are going to make the final cut.

Jerry Hughes was a good Bill and I respect him and his tenure here. But he doesn't make the Wall. His era is mainly the drought era. When it comes to the drought era, we're not going to put up many guys. Kyle Williams will certainly be up there before Jerry Hughes. Fred Jackson being the 3rd all time rusher for the Bills would go up before Jerry. Even at his own position - Aaron Schobel had just as long of a tenure as Jerry, went to two Pro Bowls (Jerry went to none), and had better numbers here than Jerry - and I don't think he's making it up on the Wall. So I don't know how Jerry does. And when it comes to the post drought era - there's going to be so many above Hughes when it's all said and done and there's only so many spots on the Wall.

Yes, but again, we never got the full list of 30. There were visits that weren't reported. And again, we held an interview with him at the Combine and were at his Pro Day.