DrDawkinstein

He stopped injuring our own guys as much. Which, while half a joke, is also true and important. He single-handedly ended the Dolphins game week 18 in back to back plays during their final drive, which could have tied/won the game. Crushing Hill with a knock out blow and breaking up the pass, and then intercepting Tua on the next play.

24 pages on WR5/Trent Sherfield's replacement? Gotta love the offseason. Hollins should be our ST ace. Apparently, when he was in Philly he even complained about having to play WR when all he wanted to focus on was Special Teams. The issue last year with Sherfield was instead of keeping him to his best suited role, the Bills forced him to step in for Diggs. Sherfield is no replacement for Diggs. Even in spot action. Neither is Hollins. All players mentioned know this. The coaches should know it too.

Out of how many playoff appearances for each?

Fair take, and agreed. Agreed, it's going to be a "careful what you wish for" scenario for O'Connell.

Agreed on top 5. And mind you, up until a couple years ago (frankly, the Netflix show) I was a Cousins doubter/hater. But the show made me take a better look at him as a QB, and his performance against the Bills in 2022 alone deserves major respect. Watching their interactions on the Netflix show and some other Mic'ed Up clips, I'm very sure O'Connell wanted a new QB. Even if they arent as good a passer as Cousins, O'Connell wants someone he has more control over. There was definitely a butting of heads and clash of personalities and philosophies there betwen HC and QB. At this point, anyone they bring in will be a downgrade from Cousins. We'll see if it's worth it just to let O'Connell truly run the show. Seemed to work with Dobbs last year who just trusted O'Connell and did exactly what the HC told him to do. Until it stopped working.

He is absolutely a top 10 QB in the league. Mahomes, Josh, Burrow, Lamar... and then it gets muddy and Cousins absolutely belongs in that second group and well within the top 10. I'd rather have Cousins than Dak, Goff, Tua, Purdy, etc. In 2021, Cousins finished 9th in passing (Allen was 8th). In 2022, Cousins was 4th in passing (Allen 7th). Dude can sling it, and he's tougher than he looks. This is the best QB Atlanta has had in a while. Since Matty Ice was in his prime (which seems like 20 years ago). And I'd argue he is better than prime Matt Ryan.

Classic Beane move of getting pieces in place before the draft. The DL still needs work, and I'm sure we'll be drafting DT early. But we at least have a starting 4 in place if the ***** hits the fan and we cant get our targets. DT and WR in rounds 1 and 2 in whichever order depending who is available.

Love this signing, especially in the wake of Floyd's deal coming out

We good.

Rousseau, Kaiir Elam, James Cook, Dalton Kincaid, and O'Cyrus Torrence all say otherwise. All were drafted to fill big needs immediately. Beane even double dipped at DE and CB with Benford. Only Elam and Boogie havent worked out. This draft will HAVE to be about filling immediate needs because we have so many of them. As to the OP, I see us going WR in the 1st/2nd and again in the 4th/5th. Two picks and a couple mid FAs and we're good to go. Not that many balls to go around anyways.

Thought I just saw Gabe is 3/$39M edit: I did

My man, I literally said "believe it or dont". No sweat off my sack.

Like where? Truly asking since I didnt give it much thought, and most teams are a worse situation than Buffalo. What good team needs him?

Numbers look like it would be very easy to cut him and move on. But you need bodies for camp, and some vet competition for rookies to get a good read on exactly where they stand. Just because we brought him back doesnt mean he stays, or that we are done addressing the position.

Good for Gabe

lol, who screamed at you, you poor little thing

And is there any scenario more scary or uncertain than an overpaid under-performer getting cut right as FA starts? Especially for a guy who was a walk-on in college, parlayed it to a 3d round pick, and parlayed that into a $52M contract which he has already earned $25M of? And especially as a TE in this market.

No one knows yet. Reasonable estimates would be saving $8-9M. Bring his hit down from $17M to $8-9M

Yes

The opposing DL

It will (likely) significantly lower his cap hit this season, which is why everyone has been calling for this extension for the last 2 months. Taron Johnson likely next.

And thank goodness. Trading away a cornerstone LT for a chance at a guy who will just join a pool of possible targets is a great way to sabotage your team.

Love to see it!

Would never happen, but if it does, then you trade out of that pick.

Bro, dont do this all day. There is a thread for all these non-Bills signings.