26CornerBlitz Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 @ChrisTrapasso Per @PFF, #Bills DE Jerry Hughes has 18 pressures (sack, hit or hurry) on the season. Tied w/ Cam Wake & two others for 2nd most in NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkington Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Other teams are doubling Dareus. Kyle Williams has been flushing QBs to one side or another. Mario has been collapsing from his side, plus there's usually a RB/TE chip on his side (I think). All Hughes has to do is beat his guy, or just shove him into the QB, and the rest is done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Player Available Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 If you are Jerry Hughes and you're sitting down with your agent, do you have a realistic appraisal of the reasons for your success? You did nothing as a Colt. Upon trade to the Bills, in the Pettine and Schwartz systems, surrounded by elite talent, you now play to your draft selection and have turned into quite the impressive football player. Do you stay in Buffalo even if it isn't the max dollars you'd get elsewhere where there is no pressure to be THE man on defense, or do you chase that big contract from a team that will be counting on you to produce without elite talent surrounding you? Usually do to the nature of the job. It's show me the money first and foremost. Doubtful an agent would appraise a clients reasons for success, and say take less money because the rest of the line makes you look better than you may actually be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Last week Pegula was gonna clean house...Dareus was immature and we shouldn't pay him.......amazing what a win does to change the attitude. You said it, nucci. I have been saying that I want the Bills to keep both Dareus & Hughes long before yesterday's game. Dareus was a monster yesterday. It's even more impressive when you take into account that Kyle wasn't playing. I think Hughes is getting a little better as an all-purpose DE, instead of being strictly a pass rusher. The biggest reason why we should keep these guys, is because they are young, which is something we have very little of on our D-Line. Kyle is 31 & Mario is 29, we need to have these younger guys on the team. Stefan Charles has potential, but I don't know if he's ever going to be a dominant starter, and Jarius Wynn is primarily a back-up. I feel that the Bills will do everything to keep Dareus when the time comes. As far as Hughes goes, we may need to throw a gigantic contract at him to make him stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offyourocker Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Let's add Suh in offseason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowery4 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Let's add Suh in offseason Because Kyle is old? Actually, I kind of like the idea but it would be ultra expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Jabber Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 After the game yesterday, Dareus now leads the Bills with 5.0 sacks. I agree, pay the speed racers!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Back On like a mofo @thurmanthomas: They will....RT @JeremyWGR: I want the #Bills to re-sign Jerry Hughes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bg17 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I can't believe Hughes is playing this well after Marrone was mean to him at training camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I can't believe Hughes is playing this well after Marrone was mean to him at training camp. Good point. That was right around the time Marrone lost the team and the locker room. i really wonder where he found them. They could have been at the movies, like those Jet players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Possibly they are waiting until new ownership is in place? Anyways......the bills are not hurting for salary cap and the new owner has Deeep pockets...... We are in pretty good shape here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 Possibly they are waiting until new ownership is in place? Anyways......the bills are not hurting for salary cap and the new owner has Deeep pockets...... We are in pretty good shape here This raises an interesting point. Until the sales process is completed, was the front office precluded from doing anything that impacted the bottom line? Players are assets in the ledger after all. I wonder. GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 This raises an interesting point. Until the sales process is completed, was the front office precluded from doing anything that impacted the bottom line? Players are assets in the ledger after all. I wonder. GO BILLS!!! I very much doubt it. I very much doubt Mary would have put any restrictions, and I know the Pegula's wouldn't. They have been somewhat negotiating with Spiller over the last month. I wouldn't doubt if there are others. They meaning the Bills present management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted October 7, 2014 Share Posted October 7, 2014 I very much doubt it. I very much doubt Mary would have put any restrictions, and I know the Pegula's wouldn't. They have been somewhat negotiating with Spiller over the last month. I wouldn't doubt if there are others. They meaning the Bills present management. Makes sense. GO BILLS!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) I've never seen the power out of Hughes. He was tremendous today, and half the plays were him bullrushing the LT and just shoving him back. Really impressive. There is a theory, and usually a good one, that you cannot spend too much on one position, which skews your salary cap. And we have Mario at 100m, Kyle, and Dareus the #3 overall who MUST be re-signed. And Hughes will be offered a lot. BUT... we are paying peanuts at LB. Kiko and Brown and Bradham are 2-4 round picks which are nothing. Rivers is not high paid. If you count it as a front 7 you can rationalize it. The Redskins are going to let the franchised Orakpo go after this season. I look for them to be a serious suitor forHughes. The Skins have a lot of needs but their main emphasis when it comes to the market is going to be on defense. Assuming he stays healthy Hughes is primed for a big payday this offseason Whaley trading Sheppard for Hughes was a stupendous deal! Edited October 8, 2014 by JohnC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infernus Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 If the Bills beat the Patriots , I'm willing to pay for a full track day for both of 'em.. and that wont be cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stony Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 One thing is for certain, and it was gonna happen before his game on Sunday, Dareus is going to get a huge contract. And he deserves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blitz Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Is there some reason why franchising Hughes is out of the question? And Spiller should come cheap at this rate---if we even want to keep him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stony Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Is there some reason why franchising Hughes is out of the question? And Spiller should come cheap at this rate---if we even want to keep him. Despite the cap going up, franchising Hughes--along w/ the current salaries of Kyle, Mario and hopefully MD--would allocate a sizable percentage of our cap to the dline. I'm fine w/ investing heavily in it, as I think it's proven to be a wise investment...just don't know if the team would want to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly the Dog Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Despite the cap going up, franchising Hughes--along w/ the current salaries of Kyle, Mario and hopefully MD--would allocate a sizable percentage of our cap to the dline. I'm fine w/ investing heavily in it, as I think it's proven to be a wise investment...just don't know if the team would want to do that. We spoke about this in other places but, while that is usually a pretty good strategy to not tie up too much money in one position, we are paying peanuts at LB, and Kiko, Brown, Rivers for a few more years and Bradham for another 1-2. So if you want to look at it as how much you are paying your front seven, it's definitely worth it, IMO. Hughes has been very good this year, better against the run than I expected, showing more power than before, and getting pressure consistently. Also, if you're getting that pressure you don't have to pay more to get top DBs either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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