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Just to be clear, I can be a fan of this deal and not think that it solves the problem all on its own. For one, I think that the DL was going to be better anyway because Soloman and Carter will be better in their second years. I know we can't count on that, but players usually take a step in their second year. As for Bosa, it's a risk for 2025 so I get the trepidation, but it is no risk long-term. The only thing that this could cost us is 12.6 million dollars of Pegula's cash. He loses that between breakfast and lunch due to fluctuations in the stock market. I'm sorry, but I don't worry about the bank balance of guys who pay for yachts with cash. With no dead cap into future years, there is literally no long term risk and thus worth the swing. I would be right there with @BullBuchanan if there was a second year on this deal.

Von was an animal before the injury. This is my favorite play (click through, it's worth it):

It could work, but it will most likely be like OBJ in Baltimore. There will be a few splashy highlights that will make Bills' fans angry, but overall he will get little production. He'll get a flashy 350 yards. But what will chap our collective 🍑 the most is any production that Amari Cooper has wherever he ends up. Well that and anything Diggs does.

We probably offered Sweat the same money as Arizona, but he chose to take their offer. There are any number of reasons he made that choice. He already has his rings, so he wants to play in warm weather for a coach he knows. You can't make players take offers or make other GMs make trades, but fans here act like Beane just isn't trying hard enough.

You know, the process probably went something like this. Beane identified pass rusher as a premium need Called about Garrett and Crosby and got shot down. Tried to make a play for Sweat, but Josh chose to play for his old DC in Arizona for similar money. Called about Hendrickson, but Duke Tobin demanded 2 firsts and Hendrickson wanted Garrett money Tried to get Floyd back, but Floyd chose to go home to GA. Threw an extra 2 million guaranteed for one year at Bosa as a low risk, high reward solution. It was option F, but that's how FA works. Guys get to go where they want and you can't force them even with money to take your deal.

You have to think that we really had to sweeten the deal to outbid Miami. He's from Ft. Lauderdale.

He signed in Atlanta 5 minutes after being released.

And his cousin is Jake Kumerow if that means anything to anybody.

No its not. The worst outcome is 12M in lost cap space for a single season. I would hate it too if there was a second year on the deal but there is so little risk here that the move is a good one. The only one who stands to lose anything is Pegula, and that's just cash.

Miami and SF wanted him at 10M, so the Bills had to outbid. Its a risk due to injury, but its only a one year deal so even if it blows up its only a one year mistake.

He's a married man. Maybe he doesn't want to move? He also played for a bad organization before so he knows the value of a stable situation.

I agree that it's not enough, but in this case Cook is not being traded for a pick. He's being traded along with a first to sweeten an offer to move up in the draft. The Bills would be trading Cook AND 30 for 12. But I agree that won't get you 12. It could get a pick in the 20's, but teams that need a RB would have to weigh paying the proven Cook over drafting the cost-controlled Hampton. I think Denver at 20 would be a good spot to look. That places Cook's value at a high 3rd, according to the draft value chart. But Dallas might also take 30, 56, and Cook for 12. https://www.drafttek.com/NFL-Trade-Value-Chart.asp

He's from Georgia. Makes sense.

He's thinking of Ice-T's hardcore band Body Count and their song "Cop Killer."

The HC in Arizona is the DC under which he had his best seasons. He might have wanted to play for him again.

Wasn't Von being here the main thing that drew him to Buffalo for that one year?

You know you've been in the league for a long time when you played your first three years in a city that had three professional sports teams when you played there and now has zero.

He is a huge part of the cautionary tale about RB's production being mostly due to the OL they run behind.

The guy in the red hat is retired NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony.

Yes and no. I would tell you all about it, but I've got to run to a high-level business meeting.

There is a lot out there. This is an interesting read. https://www.ninersnation.com/2025/3/8/24380473/mike-silver-49ers-brandon-aiyuk-extension-kyle-shanahan-jed-york-john-lynch-brock-purdy tl/dr: Owner deferred to Shannahan last year and then the team lost. The owner is less willing to spend money based upon how Kyle "feels" about players.

No QB contract will allow for that. But then you have all these pieces but are relying on a high-floor low-ceiling rookie at the most important position in team sports. I'd rather have the QB. I think OBD is more comfortable with Bishop and Rapp at safety than TBD. It's just like when this place was absolutely convinced that we needed a MLB two years ago, but the front office and coaching staff knew what they had in Bernard.

It would be funny if he went back to the Jets after his wife made that sign last year. There'd be a bit of 'splain to do.

I agree on the RB thing, but they haven't spent nearly as much on core ST guys the past two FA cycles.

It seemed like a lot, but he had 31 catches for 371 yards for the Bills last year.