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Bills one of 6 teams in on Leveon Bell


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12 minutes ago, 100DollarBills said:

Bell 70% carries

McCoy 25% carries

Gore 5% short yardage carries 

 

i wouldnt mind that at all. 

 

Nobody is going to keep Shady on this team for the money he makes to run 25% of the time

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2 minutes ago, BuffaloBillsGospel said:

Unless this OL get's at least another player like Darryl Williams or Saffold then i wouldn't like this pickup at all for the Bills. Bell is a lethal RB who can burn you with his legs and his catching ability which is great but he is a RB who waits for a hole to open before he hits it and we have nowhere near that OL... Yet. Yes there is the draft but filling those positions with rookies can sometimes work but most of the time it's a learning process in year 1, just my opinion though, I'd love Bell on the Bills but the OL would need more tweaking.

The OL needs at least one more FA regardless of whether or not we sign Bell.  Likely a FA and a high draft pick.

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27 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

They had nothing to do with why we were a bad team those years. They were all actually really good players

 

28 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

They had nothing to do with why we were a bad team those years. They were all actually really good players

They were absolutely good players but it shows the following:

- 2 headed monster running back combinations don't necessarily work.  You need a feature guy and a change of pace guy

- Money shouldn't be invested in two highly paid running backs.  There are too many other needs on the team (as there were in each of those three scenarios) and when they go unaddressed, it doesn't matter who's at RB.  

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1 minute ago, DCOrange said:

Just turned 27 last month

 

2 minutes ago, DCOrange said:

Just turned 27 last month

 Thanks !!

So he’s still young and he had a year off , 

 

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Just now, 100DollarBills said:

We have money to spend and Shady isn’t going to return the value we can get from him sharing carries with Bell. 

 

we are not keeping him in this scenario IMO. We are nto paying a RB huge money for 25% workload. He will be replaced, possibly packaged in a deal soon IMO

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1 minute ago, krf139 said:

 

They were absolutely good players but it shows the following:

- 2 headed monster running back combinations don't necessarily work.  You need a feature guy and a change of pace guy

- Money shouldn't be invested in two highly paid running backs.  There are too many other needs on the team (as there were in each of those three scenarios) and when they go unaddressed, it doesn't matter who's at RB.  

NFL Draft, April 25-27

40-50M in remaining cap.

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The only way i am a fan is if it is a four year deal that the Bills can get out of in 3 years without a huge cap hit. Running back is a position that premiere players can be found in the second, third, and even fourth round. I would be more accepting of a wide receiver getting over paid than a running back. 

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Just now, atlbillsfan1975 said:

The only way i am a fan is if it is a four year deal that the Bills can get out of in 3 years without a huge cap hit. Running back is a position that premiere players can be found in the second, third, and even fourth round. I would be more accepting of a wide receiver getting over paid than a running back. 

I get it and, forgiving the repetitiveness, it can be structured appropriately:

 

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/oakland-raiders/trenton-brown-16970/

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Just now, atlbillsfan1975 said:

The only way i am a fan is if it is a four year deal that the Bills can get out of in 3 years without a huge cap hit. Running back is a position that premiere players can be found in the second, third, and even fourth round. I would be more accepting of a wide receiver getting over paid than a running back. 

 

 

Considering cap space is not a primary concern at the moment (and a contract could be front loaded to make it less of a concern through the life of it) and we've got JA on a rookie contract for 4 more years, I would much rather give Bell ~$16 mil than Tyrell Williams ~$13 mil.

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1 minute ago, Chuck Wagon said:

 

 

Considering cap space is not a primary concern at the moment (and a contract could be front loaded to make it less of a concern through the life of it) and we've got JA on a rookie contract for 4 more years, I would much rather give Bell ~$16 mil than Tyrell Williams ~$13 mil.

Amen.  The incredible part is we could actually sign both if there was a match.

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Just now, Chuck Wagon said:

 

 

Considering cap space is not a primary concern at the moment (and a contract could be front loaded to make it less of a concern through the life of it) and we've got JA on a rookie contract for 4 more years, I would much rather give Bell ~$16 mil than Tyrell Williams ~$13 mil.

every day of the week I'm taking Bell over Williams.....I bet Bell will have more yds/ receptions than Williams this year 

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3 minutes ago, buffaloboyinATL said:

I cannot see this actually happening, and if it did it is a pure luxury move, but damn would it change the team. If we were to get Bell, fix the Oline and add a receiver or 2 in the draft? Damn!

I guess it would all start with Bell ha ? 

Leats go Buffalo!!!!!

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1 minute ago, JohnBonhamRocks said:

I’m sure this has been asked already, but is Bell old enough?

no,  but there are always exceptions

Just now, Juice_32 said:

I’m not getting my hopes up, but if we somehow added Bell and Williams at RT along with a top TE and WR in the draft....ok, maybe I am getting my hopes up. Dammit.

this is the time for it

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10 minutes ago, krf139 said:

 

They were absolutely good players but it shows the following:

- 2 headed monster running back combinations don't necessarily work.  You need a feature guy and a change of pace guy

- Money shouldn't be invested in two highly paid running backs.  There are too many other needs on the team (as there were in each of those three scenarios) and when they go unaddressed, it doesn't matter who's at RB.  

The other thing to think about also is those players were never really on the field at the same time. Some times they were but as good as the RBs were they were not at the level of Shady or Le'Veon. Shady is a HOF RB and Le'Veon is on pace to the same thing.

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This is't going to happen.  Sounds like a case of Bell's agent puffing up interest from other teams around the league so the Jets will up their offer.  Many are reporting the Jets are the favorite and there isn't a close second.  It's going to be the Jets.

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As intriguing as a Bell/Shady backfield would be... that leaves money for one more big FA signing and gives us 3 premium picks where we can safely assume we may draft starters.

 

We need a RT, WR, TE, DT and DE plus depth, but depth can be addressed in the mid-rounds of the Draft.  Another Guard would also be nice.

 

Keeping Shady means can sign one of those positions and then draft three starters in Rounds 1-3, leaving one spot unfilled by top end talent.  Unless we plan on trading back, I can't see how we justify keeping Shady over using his money to fill all those spots.

 

 

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Big *if* but *IF* they were able to sign him and D Williams... talk about flipping the script.

 

Last year, JA "protected" by a bottom 5 offensive line, offense had a dearth of playmakers.

 

This year, the line is potentially good, but at least above-average, and the offense would have added a Top 5 playmaker, in his prime... At that point, would the real Josh Allen please stand up? Also, that's fine calculated spending aggression, taking advantage of Allen's cheap years.

 

To temper the eventual letdown, I'll try to convince myself "not in a million years"

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