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35 minutes ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said:
Seems like an odd choice.
Given the injuries at the position I thought safeties were one of the few positional groups that didn't let us down over the course of the season or in the Bengals game.
If he was responsible for claiming that Jaquan Johnson was a capable NFL backup safety then I could see the reasoning.
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3 hours ago, ArtVandalay said:
I'm so sick of people blaming Frazier, he was literally handpicked by Mcdermott to run HIS defense. It's HIS scheme, HIS defense, Frazier just running it under HIS direction. A defensive head coach doesn't bring in a new defensive scheme lol... could you imagine Andy Reid firing the OC and saying he's going to bring in a different offensive scheme?
Frazier is calling the defense though, right?
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9 minutes ago, Buffalo_Stampede said:
They don’t matchup well vs Cincinnati without Von Miller. Soft coverage and zero pass rush vs those WRs it was easy to see the mismatch.
They’ve missed on DL draft picks and it cost them.
Ball coming out so quick, Von Miller wasn't the factor today.
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2 hours ago, papazoid said:
#1 offense ( not sure how this can be when josh ranked 10th out of 12 in QBR)
#2 defense (this makes sense )
special teams must have killed us...lol
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.
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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.
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Do we know exactly what surgery Hyde had performed?
ACDF? Or was it the disc replacement?
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59 minutes ago, RG Murdock said:
Who are the Bills now, the Pittsburgh Pirates/Cincinnati Reds of the NFL? Bring high draft picks along, watch them grow and stumble along the way, and then when they blossom, they get picked off by the NFL version of the Yankees, or the Dodgers? I realize the NFL has a salary cap, but Edmunds has become a top 5 LB. His stats say he is due about $17/$18M. Pay him the $85M/$90M he has earned. Who do we replace him with? AJ Klein? Edmunds is just 24. Coming into his prime. He is worth at least 2 victories a year. The salary cap is going up. Bean is a master cap manipulator. He'll find a way. Lastly many od the posters here also believe Bills should let Oliver walk as well. No Oliver, no Edmunds, the Bills are a 10 win team..... At best.
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.
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12 minutes ago, Roy Hobbs said:
Not happening with the Dolphins / Steelers / Titans / Jags still fighting for the #7 seed
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.
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9 minutes ago, Mango said:
I think there is some confusion from two camps.
One side is saying the Bills have to play this game because of seeding for other teams. The Bills don't have to do anything. Taylor and McDermott proved that to the league the other night. I don't agree with making two teams play who don't want to. Which we don't actually know one way or another.
But what I think a good portion of the board is saying isn't that the Bills should not play the game. Rather if both the Bills/Bengals feels compelled to replay that game they should. If they don't the league is capable of issuing losses, ties, etc. without rescheduling the entirety of the playoffs.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.
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On 1/3/2023 at 5:52 AM, Buffalo Ballin said:
How are we doomed again? It's just a game.
Not trying to change the subject, but I have to mention this: Why did Roger Goodell extend the NFL season to 17 games? He had fears years ago that someone was going to get killed. Yet he extended it anyway.
Owners wanted it extended to 17 games. That wasn't a Goodell initiative.
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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.
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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.
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1 minute ago, Warriorspikes51 said:
Agreed. Also the supposed 2 year incentive filled deal would be nice. Maybe no other team is willing to offer anything beyond the rest of this season.
He's 29. He may think with Allen and this offense he can return to elite form and then get $$$$$ at 31It 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
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1 hour ago, Back2Buff said:
That would be 10 months from 10/25.
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.
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4 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:
I believe the answer is that both Daboll and Dorsey have liked the passing options we have when lining up in formations that suit the zone run scheme. I'm butchering it, but I have read that the pin and pull either limits our passing looks or risks telegraphing run plays based on how we line up.
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.
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Cam Akers if he gets cut is something I'd be interested in as a depth play.
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On 10/20/2022 at 8:06 AM, Back2Buff said:
OBJ will not be 90% in Jan
The first ACL tear on same knee was 10/25/2020. The next season, he did not play until 9/26/2021. A full 11 months.
OBJ tore his ACL AGAIN 2/13/2022. It could take a full year before he plays in a game this time around.
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.
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27 minutes ago, Jauronimo said:
A couple of options worth exploring are:
1. improving interior offensive line
2. improving interior offensive line
3. improving interior offensive line
4. improving right tackle
5. improving interior offensive line
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.
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1 minute ago, HappyDays said:
I think they would make a perfect pair. I'm probably not interested in a McCaffrey trade that involves giving up Singletary because then we're an injury away from the Zack Moss/Duke Johnson show. But there are things McCaffrey can do that Singletary simply isn't capable of. He would also give us the ability to actually score rushing TDs.
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.
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7 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:
Fair enough. Good point.
Thank god the Bills dont make decisions like the Panthers, Browns, and Packers.
But if it was for a RB of Chubb's ability I might be more onboard. CMC is no Chubb.
To your point, age-wise, Fournette and James Connor are also the same age as CMC and signed for $7M/yr.
Guess we'll find out.
Exactly.
Maybe some team will sign him to a big deal. But it will likely be a bad, poorly-managed team. I dont see Beane spending $12M/yr on an RB with so many other guys coming up.
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.
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19 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:
He doesnt really have a "contract in place". Sure, technically one exists. But there is no guaranteed money left. Meaning, he is one ding away from making $0 for the rest of his life. It also means that his new team could simply cut him at the end of the year and be on the hook for nothing. No dead cap. No anything.
The only thing at risk is what the new team pays from him in trade.
CMC and his agent know he isnt seeing that $12M/year from anyone. The new team will want a new deal before the trade finalizes. And frankly, so does CMC and his agent in order to protect him long term.
As far as the business side of the NFL goes, the remaining 3yr/$36M do not exist.
Big statements. Show me one example of a RB signing a 3rd contract worth more than $12M/year. Let alone one with his recent injury history.
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.
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10 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:
But the $12M salary is irrelevant. His potential salary is $0 with no guaranteed money remaining. There is no reason to base anything off $12M. It's easier to simply start from scratch.
Pretend his contract is up after this year. That is the reality that everyone is facing.
Just start fresh and offer him 3/$15M with $10M guaranteed.
Sure we both end up in about the same place, but the way we get there is different. Forget what the current contract says and reset by his actual value.
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.
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5 minutes ago, unbillievable said:
I would trade Oliver, Edmunds, Rousseau, or Elam for CMC right now. player for player.
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
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5 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:
All accurate but I'm curious where he is getting such an exact figure of $4.8M. There is no guaranteed money, so it can be restructured to anything. Could be $3M if CMC would agree to it. There is no floor other than what CMC will agree to, as far as I know.
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.
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Chase TD looks like Marlowe is at fault.