DrDawkinstein

Oh I absolutely agree that Hilton is not an improvement over Brown. But talking strictly about Brown, he'll be 31 soon and coming off a leg injury. Didnt contribute much to our playoff run. And is set to make $9.5M next year. I think we can find a cheaper replacement and upgrade his speed while doing so.

His injury and being a complete non-factor in the playoffs?

Right on. I wasnt disagreeing with you, but thought it was a smart and interesting move by Beane and wanted to document it here.

Fair enough take, I have no idea what Ross's market value will be. But I dont think Brown has done much more in his career, and he got that contract. Free Agency is a WILD ride where guys get crazy contracts.

Good list (for real, no sarcasm). But really only Hopkins and Jones average over $20M/yr. The Cowboys were stuck having to pay Cooper since they traded away some 1sts for him. And Thomas kind of answers your original question. The Saints are paying Thomas and Brees. They start every offseason way over the cap. But somehow they figure out payrolls, and are still there to compete every season. Good back and forth, but it really isnt that much of a worry for the Bills. Especially considering Josh's extension and Diggs' new deal wont kick in until after next year when the cap gets back to normal and makes some big jumps.

Who? Not Tyreek Hill. Not Davante Adams. Not Mike Evans.

Question for you: Which WRs are making $25M? Are there many of them? Or is the Hopkins contract, much like his trade deal, an anomaly?

Just a note that we didnt really re-do his contract. We just moved some money up to this year since we had cap space this year, and reduced it down the line. "the Bills are increasing Diggs' 2020 compensation by $3.3 million (now $14.8 million). Buffalo is also reducing Diggs' 2021 cash by $300,000, but increasing the guarantee by $7.7 million -- making it a total of $11 million. Additionally, the Bills reduced Diggs' 2022-23 cash from $25.55 million to $22.67 million"

Think we'll see a lot more 1 year deals with current teams due to the drop in cap?

What happened with Hopkins? He was further along in his 5 year deal, and his cap hits for this year and next year are $7M and $12M, right in line with Diggs deal.

Diggs just finished year 2 of a 5 year contract that he just signed. He already thought he was the best WR in the league when he signed it. We are at least another season away from him asking to re-do the deal. And could probably get ahead of it by simply making his remaining 3 years fully guaranteed (right now he has NO guaranteed money left). We have a couple years to figure it out.

But it does work since we will extend Josh in the same way. I've seen $180M Down from $198M, but not as low as the $175M floor.

Do your research before starting threads? https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/patrick-mahomes-21751/

John Brown money. Just slide Ross right into that spot and contract.

Its not that we let him walk as much as he's a hot commodity on the market. I hope the same thing plays out as what youre proposing. Dont get me wrong. edit: I also think Ramczyk is the better player and more long term solution, so if the price difference is a couple mil a year, I hope they try to go after Ramczyk first.

Yeah thats more like it.

Sign a RB who knows how to find and hit holes? Instead of going head down into the pile (like Moss and Yeldon and Singletary all do)

I dunno, man. No real reasoning other than wanting to mention Ramczyk's name in this discussion. Never know what happens. Maybe Williams signs somewhere else quickly while the higher priced Ramczyk stays on the market and has a deal fall through. Stuff happens.

Hilton is already 31, will be 32 next season. I dont see that speed holding up. Need to go younger to keep up (or even get ahead) of the top speed in the league. If I'm set on replacing Brown, I'm looking at Waddle or the like, in the draft.

Yep, Im assuming we lose Williams and Nyseke is gone, so there goes both our RTs and all our OT depth.

I'll throw Ryan Ramczyk's name out there for discussion.

That is for Beane and Overdorf to worry about. The Saints are $100M over cap for next year, same as every year, but they figure it out. Not for the fans to worry about.

After 25 years of "living for the draft", the stupid Bills have really ruined it for me with ALL THIS WINNING! How am I supposed to enjoy mock drafts when it's nearly impossible to tell who will still be available so late in the 1st round? Stupid, sexy, winning Bills. 😤

I'll give Epenesa a pass for now, but agree that Dobbins would have been the right pick there. Almost seems like Beane either panicked or was frustrated due to losing "his guy" (Dugger) to the Pats, and just made a hasty pick.

It sucked Sunday night, but I was surprised how quickly I got over it. We made my preseason expectations/demands of: 1. Win the Division 2. Win a playoff game Anything past that was gravy. It sucks to lose, but I also think it was the next lesson this team needed to learn. I'll reference this: 1983 - Draft Jim Kelly. 1986 - He actually starts playing for us. 1988 - Bills go to AFC Championship and lose against Bengals 1989 - Ronnie Harmon drop, lose to Cleveland in Div round of playoffs 1990 - Dominate for 4 straight years I certainly hope we dont have any "Ronnie Harmon"-type early exits next year. But I do think we are setup to be successful and in the dance for years to come.