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One thing I keep seeing over and over is fans saying that Brandon Beane can "easily" create more cap space without detriment. Every time someone becomes available - it's the same thing.
But I think you all should listen to Brandon's words. Just because you feel he "can" doesn't mean he will or he wants to.
Below, you'll find his latest press conference. From 37:15 - 38:47 he discusses this thought process. I've also transcribed it if you can't watch the video atm:
QuoteJoe B: This is for Brandon - when a team is so tight to the cap, like as you guys have referenced you are so often, a popular thing is people just going "okay, well, just convert this base salary into a signing bonus". But I'm just wondering what the level of caution you need to have when you actually decide to do those things? And in terms of long term ramifications - when you still have to get your franchise Quarterback under contract for the long term?
Brandon: Yeah, you know that's the big thing for us is, ya know - we haven't finalized the deal with Josh. And that's the biggest piece. Not only this year, but for years to come. And working every other deal around that. Ya know and obviously the uncertainty of the cap changed things for us. But you know, you can fit as much as you want, as you well know with converting and restructuring and all these things. But the more you do that, the more you kick it down the road. And so - not that we won't use it - but this year, we had to already be a little more creative than I had planned a year ago, Joe. But it's not something I want to make a habit of. I like to be able to not have an albatross staring at me, ya know, the next two years down the road. So we'll try and keep deals so that we can get in and get out of them and not, ya know, all of a sudden you get right to the threshold and you gotta every year release 4, 5, or 6 players just to get under the Cap. It's just - I've been a part of that before and it's not something I enjoy doing.
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2 hours ago, glazeduck said:
Sorry to those of you who had the hots for him...
I really think you're confusing "thousands" for like one or two people...
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1 hour ago, YoloinOhio said:
I laughed
Pegs has his name on the PSU hockey arena, I’m sure they can vet him to the greatest extent in the event that he could fall
He's not the only one who will be vetting him. If he checks out okay, no way he makes it to the 30. If he doesn't and falls ALL the way to 30 - that means he's untouchable to The Process. Just not gonna happen any way you slice it. This is not the regime to take a chance a guy with issues.
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If character concerns have him dropping that badly - then he'll drop past us as well. If almost every team in the league isn't interested bc of his character - you better believe Beane and McDermott won't be as well.
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No way in hell does Kyle Pitts last until 18.
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If we would have done more (/had more money to spend) in Free Agency - I probably wouldn't be opposed. But since we were basically only able to bring back our own - that 30th pick is necessary.
Also, from the other team's perspective - unless they are in the Super Bowl - they'd end up giving up more than a 30th the following year. And if it's a Houston Texans situation - they'd be giving up a *lot* more. Don't think many teams would be interested in that trade.
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20 hours ago, NoSaint said:
only bills fans would say he’s a 5th WR and not part of the 2-4 rotation thoughEither way - it's about playing time and opportunities. And there's no arguing with the type of WR core we already have that he'd get anywhere close to the amount of balls here that he would get almost anywhere else if everyone stayed healthy.
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14 hours ago, billybrew1 said:
Where are the broncos finding this money?
Why don't they waive Von Miller?!
Come on? We need him to win a Super Bowl!
There was some speculation that he might be released if he didn't restructure because the option was quite pricey. Tho he didn't re-structure - they bit the bullet and picked up the option to retain him. He's not going anywhere.
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34 minutes ago, TheBeaneBandit said:
I know the patient Beane crowd will disagree, but a few nice 8-10 M deals we should of moved some money and took a shot at. Also no, we would not have had to "mortgage the future" to do so either. Fuller and Peterson both would have been awesome upgrades, even for a year.
It doesn't really matter what you, me, or anyone thinks. What matters is how Beane thinks and operates. And he pretty much said yesterday he's done all the re-structures he was interested in doing with Mitch Morse, Vernon Butler, Mario Addison, and Tyler Matakevitch (on top of the releases of John Brown and Quinton Jefferson and the trade of Lee Smith). He has already done a bunch.
Could he possibly do more? Yes. But maybe the player isn't interested. Maybe it's not as simple to kick certain ones down the road with his plan for future seasons. If his words aren't enough, his not doing more while the market is dwindling should tell you all you need to know.
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25 minutes ago, Figster said:
Beane works under the radar...
He does. But the only way it made any sense he was coming here to be the 5th WR was if he had absolutely no market. It appears he does.
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Somebody check on the "we're trading for Mack/Fuller!" crowd. Hope they're okay.
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He should send a fruit basket to Bill Belichick and Nelson Agholar 😆
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Just now, Coach Tuesday said:
They do? Don’t be so sure. And what are they paying for all of that?Not sure. And I'm not saying we should have paid them given our cap situation. But Philip Lindsey and David Johnson are head and shoulders above anyone we have IMO.
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Wow. They have 2-3 guys that would be an upgrade over everyone we have 😟
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51 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:
I think Gilliam dressed every week because of the ST thing. Does hollister play ST? I haven’t done that much research on him.
Good point. I don't know. That could change things.
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Just now, YoloinOhio said:
I think hollister is a Smith/Gilliam type so he could play In place of either but I think Gilliam plays ST too
Right. I mean, I could be wrong and they move Gilliam to the bench after picking someone else up. But I got the feeling McDermott really liked him and what he provided in the blocking game as well as Special Teams. As evidenced by him always dressing over Kroft last season.
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3 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said:
Not sure about that. They needed to replace two TEs - Smith and Kroft. Smith is replaced by Hollister. They weren’t paying what those other TEs like Rudolph and cook got paid. They sure as hell aren’t trading a 3rd for ertz and that contract. They could wait it out and get him for a 5th, wait out if he’s cut, sign the kid from the wonder years, whatever but they don’t “need” him. They rarely play 2 TEs last year and they like Knox. This is a WR centric offense.
The only issue I have with this is McDermott ran almost exclusively with one pass catching TE and two blocking TE's on gameday. It was almost always Knox, Smith, and Gilliam with Kroft on the bench. So if we signed Hollister to replace Smith - he's probably still rolling with Gilliam and Knox. You're not going to replace Kroft's place on the bench with Zach Ertz.
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43 minutes ago, Process said:
So Marcel knew since Tuesday it wasn't happening and just watched all the speculation on twitter without saying anything... Wtf man!
I had the same feeling and reached out to him. Seeing his response, I wish it would have been shared on Twitter as much as Albright's tweets were.
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13 minutes ago, Dr.Sack said:
If we had to have one former Clemson star return to our team in 2021 who would it be; CJ Spiller age 34 or Sammy Watkins age 28?
I mean, I understand the Sammy hate from Bills fans. But this isn't even a question. Age aside, Sammy was playing a couple months ago. C.J. Spiller hasn't been in the NFL in 4 years.
If the question were Sammy at 28 or C.J at 28 - that would be a different story.
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I was one of the few that were Team Barkley in the 2013 Draft where we took EJ Manuel. Was a big fan of him in college and liked having him as our backup. You could tell he brought a lot to the locker room and especially Josh. Will always be a fan and will never forget him spinning around his coat during 'Renegade' in Pittsburgh. Thanks for everything, Matt. God speed!
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I mean, I wouldn't be opposed. But we already have Stefon Diggs, Cole Beasley, Emmanuel Sanders, and Gabriel Davis. Unless he's signing for minimum and okay with being the new Isaiah McKenize - this makes little sense.
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Considering Beane said today that he feels really good about Levi Wallace competing with Dane Jackson for the #2 CB spot and that we don't have much cap space - I see about a 2% chance they back the brinks truck up for a player of that quality. Gonna be a bidding war.
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I wonder if he'll be driving his Grandmother's 1997 Toyota Camry with 170,000 miles on it to Orchard Park 😆
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7 minutes ago, FireChans said:
I am not arguing for the worst ST in the NFL.
How are you still going with this ratio? Has one person agreed with anything you've had to say?
Quit while you're behind.
Brandon Beane on "easily" creating more Cap Space, as popularly stated
in The Stadium Wall Archives
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Funny thing is - I actually cut some of it out in transcription 😆