YoloinOhio Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, John from Riverside said: I know we signed Davis....and I expect him to be good But come on....4 million for EJ Gaines? You gotta make that happen Beane It takes both sides. He’s smart to sign a 1 year deal where he will start. His market was beyond dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngbills Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 We didnt sign him - he is gonna suck or will get hurt. We did sign him - Awesome move Beane, trust the process. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formerlyofCtown Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 minute ago, ngbills said: We didnt sign him - he is gonna suck or will get hurt. We did sign him - Awesome move Beane, trust the process. Reality is if we signed him he would have got hurt. Now he will make the Pro Bowl. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 26 minutes ago, formerlyofCtown said: Dorsey"s 1st year there. True, miles ahead of anything they have had over the last decade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam727 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 I was expecting we wouldn't be able to afford Gaines and he'd be playing somewhere else this year. But I'm pretty disappointed the Bills weren't able to beat a 1 yr $4mil contract offer... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 13 minutes ago, H2o said: True, miles ahead of anything they have had over the last decade ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthNYfan Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 33 minutes ago, Adam727 said: I was expecting we wouldn't be able to afford Gaines and he'd be playing somewhere else this year. But I'm pretty disappointed the Bills weren't able to beat a 1 yr $4mil contract offer... Seriously. 1 year $4 mil? That's pathetic we didn't beat that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaMilBill Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 wow. Either he didn't want back to Buffalo or we low balled him to hell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 38 minutes ago, Adam727 said: I was expecting we wouldn't be able to afford Gaines and he'd be playing somewhere else this year. But I'm pretty disappointed the Bills weren't able to beat a 1 yr $4mil contract offer... Yeah, at that price I would have though the Bills could have resigned him as the Nickel back and CB depth. Hell, 2 year $8M deal would have been good, especially with Vontae here on only a 1 year deal. But with his injury issues, I am not gonna fret this by any means. Just feels like a pretty good deal to get him on a 1 year $4M deal. But we still have a strong secondary (assuming no one gets hurt though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLFan Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 The Bills may well have offered something very similar prior to going out and getting Davis. Perhaps not though. He was out of the lineup quite a bit, hence the $4m plus incentives contract. The BIlls have their starting corners. Looking for nickel and depth at this point, and they are not going to pay $4m + for that, in a cap strapped year. Too many other holes. They can probably do better than Johnson, but it would not surprise me if he was back. The will draft one in the first three rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincec Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 5 hours ago, reddogblitz said: Looks like we'll be drafting a CB at 12 DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED That would be awesome. Dick Jauron approved. 55 minutes ago, formerlyofCtown said: Reality is if we signed him he would have got hurt. Now he will make the Pro Bowl. This has been closer to the truth, for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEpsYtown Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 He probably priced himself out. That is why Beane made the move for Davis. We probably moved on at that point. The fact that his price was so low says nothing about Beane missing out. We probably gave him an offer he thought was low and he likely got less on the market. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDingus Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Could we really not afford $4 million for 1 year for an above average player at an extremely important position? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lfod Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) Don't just assume we could not afford it. It might just be that the GM disagrees with you and went in a different direction. I like EJ Gaines but I also trust that if the team moved on then there were reasons beyond just money. They moved on from a lot of guys that the fans didn't want to see gone. It didn't hurt the team. I'm not worried. Edited March 24, 2018 by Lfod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punt75 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 11 hours ago, frostbitmic said: I agree, he is a good CB ... But what is it that McCoach says ... "you have to be available" We could have signed him foe that price - - -but why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klos63 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 6 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: It takes both sides. He’s smart to sign a 1 year deal where he will start. His market was beyond dead. It's surprising to me. By the end of the season I honestly felt he was the key player on the team. If he played, we'd win, if he didn't I thought we'd lose. Hopefully, we won't miss him too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turk71 Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 They seem to be hoping injured players like Davis and Murphy will be good again and players like Lotu , Ivory, Bodine, etc will improve their poor play of the last few seasons. Hope it works out. Cockrell just signed today for 2yr at 3.4 per., he has been playing well and can cover slot or outside. Was hoping they were giving him a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimKellyTryouts Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 I don't get these reactions. I'm sure Beane most definitely offered him a contract with playing time incentives that could have exceeded 4 million at the very least. What probably happened was we signed Davis because Gaines over--valued himself; once we got Vontae, that shut the door on him returning, even if we did offer a contract with at least 4 million. EJ's market was dead silent, so he got a lot less than he wanted, especially likely from what he and his agent were asking from the Bills before negotiations with other teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 11 hours ago, 26CornerBlitz said: Gregggggggg Williams in CLE. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.... Not enough HA's in the world for that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Good value at $4M , spotrac had him at $9.3M http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/cleveland-browns/e.j.-gaines-14599/market-value/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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