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I referenced Edmunds because I think it’s the one exorbitant contract (where the player has value to other teams) that the Bills could get out of and apply towards a legitimate threat like Jones. It wasn’t an intention to hijack the thread and make it about Edmunds and the subsequent posts never went there. I hear you though, it’s a topic discussed ad nauseam.

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Opinions, we all have them. And the fact that Edmunds is on a guaranteed $12.7M/yr contract when that money can be better applied towards a pass rusher like Chandler Jones is my opinion. Edmunds isn’t worth that sort of coin, especially when we’re up against the cap. You don’t have to agree. You also don’t have to go on these “Edmunds is great! Our GM says so!” crusades all the time someone disagrees with you. It’s like you take it personally when a poster doesn’t believe he’s deserving of his salary or hype and you accuse the poster of “hate,” it’s ridiculous. If and when Edmunds is signed by another team I won’t even tag you to throw it in your face, because I don’t care that much. Here’s a newsflash for you: everything our GM says is not gospel. But I think you know that already… except when it involves Edmunds. Continue to tell me how he takes away the middle of the field and how QBs are scared to throw his way because his coverage skills are akin to Deion Sanders. I actually left your name out the last time I referenced this phrase and just called you “a poster” because I didn’t want to embarrass you. Now I don’t care. Your irrationality is laughable.

He’s currently got a salary that could be better utilized elsewhere. No Edmunds hate here, that’s just reality. Take your blinders off. It’s what Brady did for years, he was never the highest paid QB in the league as far as I know.

The timing of it all was really weird. Watson was vocal about leaving the Texans and all of a sudden all these women came crawling out of hiding to prosecute him? Hmm. Watson definitely is no angel, but did he rape those women or force them to do anything against their will ala R Kelly? Guess we’ll never know but I have my doubts. I’m sure they were all well paid after their “massage sessions” as well.

Do whatever you gotta do to fit his contract under the cap, up to and including trading Edmunds’ $12.7M/yr figure.

My fault, I thought Beane signed the safety duo. His FA record is even less impressive then.

Doesn’t surprise me the Bills aren’t in on Wagner according to this report. With TBD favorites like TJ Watt and Ertz going elsewhere last season, it doesn’t seem like Beane is enamored by the splashy names. His splashiest signing, Micah Hyde, who wasn’t even an every down player in GB, was half a decade ago.

Could happen, but it’s entirely up to Cody Ford and what he decides to do in the off-season. If he’s serious about his career he’ll check into one of those OL academies and then show up in the best shape of his life. Nothing so far has shown he’s that type of guy though, besides words.

There wasn’t anything we didn’t know in that article, but thanks for posting. One day, years into the future when the team looks decidedly different, maybe those who do know will speak.

If Edmunds were to be traded, I wouldn’t care if it was in the AFC or NFC, he wouldn’t worry me all that much as an opposing defender. And if there was ever a scenario in which Josh needed a yard or two for a first down and Edmunds was the obstacle towards getting that yardage, I’d be willing to bet any amount of money that Josh picks up that first down at least 7/10 times.

If Beane is worth his salt as a GM, he will trade Edmunds before the 2nd contract becomes necessary. Eager to see what happens.

But Snyder and his crew know more than all of us, right? We’re just randos on a message board. I’m sure it’ll work out as great as the knowledgeable Colts giving up a 1st round pick the year prior. NFL GMs, including Beane, can’t be questioned, or so I heard that here…

This sort of ineptitude used to be us, the Bills.

Those wanting DE Jermaine Johnson or one of the marquee RBs would be disappointed by that list. Great to see so many interior OL players though.

About 60 air yards from the 25 to the 15, then bounces down to the 1. I’d take him with a 5th rounder at the earliest, maaaybe in the 4th if someone isn’t there that I like, but this draft is all about depth at skill positions, so that’s unlikely. It’s also likely he’ll either go in the 3rd or 4th.

“Legal tampering” begins Monday the 14th.

He’s not a precise route runner is what you mean, nor does he have the feet of a Stefon Diggs, but when you run a 4.28 forty, you can simply run away from defenders. You can beat them physically where others try to win technically.

McKenzie in that sit down interview days after the game said he honestly didn’t know what happened. Said he tried to find out because he’s the gossip king on the roster or something like that, but was running into dead ends. It’s very likely he’s one of Dunne’s sources and it’s also likely STers didn’t know the defensive play calls and vice versa, so no players are entirely aware what happened - unless, possibly, if they were on the kickoff coverage and played those last two defensive plays. And those are the guys that aren’t talking.

It is weird that hand size doesn’t always correlate to height. Michael Jordan, while standing “only” 6’6” has 11.4” hands that check in on the top 10 list of largest hands in NBA history. Even the smaller NBA guards like Stockton, Paul, and especially Rondo have freakishly large hands. Sports-wise, it’s a genetic blessing if you can get them!

I don’t know, I feel it’d be more damning to the FO if Linderbaum was picked at #25. He’s a smaller guy, can he play guard? A year earlier they didn’t have a high enough grade on Humphrey to take him at the back of round 2 - Beane admitted an offer to move back was on the table if Basham wasn’t there - but a year later they’d select arguably an inferior center a round earlier? Remember, Humphrey is a huge guy and had a 9.9 RAS. He was everything the Bills should’ve been looking for at that pick and their evaluations failed them.

Which is why it was crazy to hear some posters regarded the position as a “want” rather than a “need.” Boundary CB absolutely needs added talent. By the way, Beane is a much better interview than McD. He will tell you things if you listen hard enough, while McD is like a fortress, he doesn’t give you anything but what you probably expect to hear.

This is true. Despite picking 30th, if Beane somehow lucked into the “All Hindsight Draft” I recorded above, the class would’ve been regarded as arguably the NFL’s best draft class in at least a decade. Who you pick will always matter more than where you pick.

Rousseau was more impactful as a run defender, yes, but I want pass rush and Oweh was at one point in contention for DROY. He was second amongst all rookies in QB pressures with 47 (Micah Parsons - 59) and made numerous All rookie first teams, including PFWA, Pro Football Writer’s of America. For comparisons sake Rousseau finished the regular season with 26 pressures. Maybe Rousseau develops into a better pass rusher over time, but for now, I’ll stay with the freakish athlete in a redraft.

Can’t remember where I heard it, but the Bills had a first round grade on Cody Ford and when he made it to the 2nd, they were calling the Cardinals and Colts trying to get ahead of the tackle needy teams. When they were leapfrogged by Carolina they were bummed because they thought the Panthers were going with Ford. One thing this regime has yet to prove is that they can properly evaluate OL talent. Hopefully that was a Bobby Johnson issue that Kromer can correct.