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Chase TD looks like Marlowe is at fault.

If he was responsible for claiming that Jaquan Johnson was a capable NFL backup safety then I could see the reasoning.

Frazier is calling the defense though, right?

Ball coming out so quick, Von Miller wasn't the factor today.

Because it's a play-to-play ranking and the grades are probably based on a positive/negative/neutral grading system. Bills had a few negative plays at critical times that really impacted the game.

Where they are picking should typically be where you can find elite interior OL which has been an ongoing issue. I'm more inclined to try to swing a trade for a WR who can contribute right away.

Do we know exactly what surgery Hyde had performed? ACDF? Or was it the disc replacement?

It's not about just letting those guys walk. It's about how to best spend the $$$ that they will get on players. I like Edmunds a lot but there is a world where we let him go and use that money to sign other FAs. Maybe it's just me but I think this iteration of the Bills defense is probably coming to a re-tooling phase. Both safeties are on the wrong side of 30 and have injury concerns. I'm not sure that you can pay 2 off-ball LBs over $10 mil. Other than Rousseau, who are the long term talents on DL? Oliver is a great player but he's not someone that I'm giving big money to. No matter what happens with this season, I think we are due for some changes on defense.

They can't force them to play. As far as I know, the Bills can list all of their players as injured/unavailable and simply forfeit three game. Again, if I'm the McDermott/Beane/Pegula, I care less than 0% about what that means for 31 other teams.

Playing the game to POSSIBLY get the 1 seed and the extra bye week makes zero sense. Scenario 1 (week 19 game): week 18 - game "week 19" - game (every other team gets a bye) WC - bye or game DIV - game Champ - game If you win both week 18 and 19(which is going to be both mentally taxing and just hard because CIN is good), to get to SB - Game, Game, BYE, Game, Game If you lose either week 18 or 19, to get to SB - Game, Game, Game, Game, Game So you either need to win 4 games with a bye in between weeks 2 and 3 OR win 5 in a row. IMO - from the Bills perspective - you forfeit the game this weekend against NE and take your bye week right now and then go win 3 games to get to the SB. There is not a fair way to do the seeding without playing the CIN game, but playing that game makes zero sense for the Bills on so many levels. If I'm the Bills, at this point I'm only concerned with my own team and what is best for them. Is it fair to whoever is fighting for that last playoff spot? NO, but I am not concerned with that in the least. They had all season to get in a better position. Everyone is saying to let the Bills have the most control in the process for themselves - well, that is how you do that. Unless the NFL has a way for the Bills to get the 1 seed by beating NE this weekend AND not having to re-play the CIN game, the NE forfeit scenario outlined above is the most fair way to do that.

Owners wanted it extended to 17 games. That wasn't a Goodell initiative.

Down to 7th in the betting odds. Dallas the current favorite. Cowboys, Packers, Giants, Rams, Bucs all ahead. Bills tied with KC in 7th. It's betting odds so take it for what it's worth but Dallas had been getting alot of press recently.

They've been linked to Hunt before. And he is one of the best RBs out of the shotgun. Would really help the RPO package. A Hunt/Singletary tandem with Cook as the 3rd guy would be a huge upgrade over what they have now. Cam Akers makes sense because they really liked him in his draft year and the connection with Kromer. But I think this would be more of a move looking to next season. I think TE is a sneaky position that might try to upgrade. They signed Howard and I know Morris beat him out but you have to think they wanted more out of TE2.

It would be slightly calculated with the cap expected to rise significantly after the 2023 season. 1. Bump your efficiency numbers in a good offense/good team. 2. Cap goes way up in 2023 offseason. 4. Profit one last time

You're right. 10 months. So he would get 4 games in December and then the playoffs. So he'd be a pure playoff addition.

This is basically it. They can marry alot of the run game and pass game together with the zone runs. Also really works well with the RPO game. Just more options off of it I think.

Cam Akers if he gets cut is something I'd be interested in as a depth play.

He returned to fully participating at training camp on Aug 25, which is 9 months. 9 months from 2/13 is 11/13, which would mean that he would be a full go for the end of the season and the playoffs.

This is ultimately what needs to happen but I don't think this can be done in-season. No one is trading a cheap OL who is also a good player. They could get an upgrade to Moss for basically nothing though. I also think adding a vet S could be in the cards. Hamlin has been ok but I'm not sure if they are comfortable with Lewis as the 4th S.

Singletary has zero value in this situation. I think it can be inferred from what's been reported that we might have offered Singletary and a 2nd for CMC over the summer or before the draft.

Fournette and Connor are just not in the same RB market though. I'm really only into this if they can get him on some lower cap hits for his age 26/27/28 seasons. And I'd be willing to trade a 1st in this upcoming draft where it likely is the 28-32 range if we can get some cost certainty - whether that's paying extra for Carolina to eat salary or CMC agreeing to a re-worked contract. The other thing here is that CMC has to agree to any contract stuff. If he doesn't want to play here, he could simply not do any contract stuff and get cut knowing that we aren't paying him 12M next year. Then, he can choose wherever he wants to go. He's a big enough star that he can dictate this a bit behind the scenes as well.

Not sure why you are hung up on the 3rd contract thing. He'll be 27 next year. Aaron Jones signed a 4 yr deal at 12/yr at 27YO Nick Chubb - 26YO - 12yr/yr He'd be right in that market.

Well, they could tear it up and give him a new contact for sure if he agrees to that. The re-structure is just one of the options. But if you look at recent RB contracts 12/yr is right around where his value is. But the 3yr, $36 million contract does exist in the sense that CMC has that to negotiate off of. And he's likely not getting cut during the season so he is also likely to earn the $12 million so I think you have to guarantee him AT LEAST $12 million in year 1 in terms of bonuses and salary. And he is definitely getting that or more in FA IMO. If I'm the Bills, I'd be willing to pay extra in draft picks if CAR would take on some of his salary to make the money work.

It's more like trading McKenzie, Epenesa, Moss, Singletary, and a late 1st or 2nd for CMC. Except they'll let you keep McKenzie, Epenesa, and Singletary for this season

Turn $11 million of his $12 million salary into a bonus leaving him with a 1 mil base salary and the bonus prorates over the final 3 seasons at roughly 3.6ish million per season. So that year 1 cap hit is about 4.8. Raises his final 2 years but the Bills have alot cap flexibility (relatively) starting in 2024. Cap will also start to rise in 2025. If I have time, I'll do a future cap post because there's a lot of doom and gloom going on about the cap and it's just not accurate. Some guys will have to be sacrificed but such is life in the NFL.