Reed83HOF Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gambit Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Just now, Reed83HOF said: Hopefully New England is heading that direction next. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
78thealltimegreat Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Just now, Reed83HOF said: Shh don’t tell people the Giants spent nearly 200 million on defense a few years ago and still finished third in the NFC East ...have to keep the narrative that unless you sign big ticket free agents on day 1 the season is over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frat-Train Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Mic = Dropped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRebound Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 But Belichik is smarter than everyone. Just ask Brady and Gronk. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Obviously. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 NFLPA is happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17islongenough Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 If you don't have a QB you don't go far 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Tuesday Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 The Buffalo Sabres say, "Hold my beer." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heitz Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Someone needs to teach them the phrase ROI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Shelling out big bucks in free agency is the price you pay for drafting poorly and/or failing to retain your own drafted talent. It very, VERY rarely happens that we look back at the biggest offseason spenders each year and decide that it was money well spent. "Winning the offseason" ain't worth much. Besides, as we have seen again and again, collecting talent and building a team are not the same thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Probably because they never bothered to get a QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 (edited) I feel like Snyder’s football team deserves an honorable mention here somewhere (my apologies if I missed such upthread), when it comes to impressively loose purse strings a la Yankees--but in all the wrong places, so no hardware to show for it... Edited March 16, 2021 by NoHuddleKelly12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 "Why aren't the Bills spending more in free agency! Beane is asleep at the wheel!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUBSTER Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Hmmmmm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed83HOF Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said: "Why aren't the Bills spending more in free agency! Beane is asleep at the wheel!" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 14 minutes ago, Reed83HOF said: Are you hitting on me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed83HOF Posted March 16, 2021 Author Share Posted March 16, 2021 1 minute ago, Royale with Cheese said: Are you hitting on me? @Virgilwould be jealous if I did 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Just further proof of the difference between assembling talent and building a team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSJayDee Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 That's like $140m/yr! Over that span, that's around 75% of their total cap. Granted, rookies & young players don't count much cap-wise, but to me that indicates that they retain virtually none of their players after their 1st contract. That's indicative of a) not doing a good job of scouting/acquiring players and b) a recipe for continued suckitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Biscuit97 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 They did almost go to the SB with freaking Blake Bortles to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideNine Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Logic said: Shelling out big bucks in free agency is the price you pay for drafting poorly and/or failing to retain your own drafted talent. It very, VERY rarely happens that we look back at the biggest offseason spenders each year and decide that it was money well spent. "Winning the offseason" ain't worth much. Besides, as we have seen again and again, collecting talent and building a team are not the same thing. This is exactly why I despised the Russ Brandon years. A guy with a marketing background who was less focused on building and nurturing a team always looking for that splashy signing for Buffalo that would magically turn the franchise around. We would land some pricey FAs and yet year-after-year our team slogged away in the basement. You have to build a team from the ground up and you have to have a QB that can make it all work. I like the way Beane and McDermott have approached transforming this team. I don't know if I wanted them to resign so many of our starting oline FAs with the struggles they had run blocking and holding up against better interior DL players, but there is something to be said for rewarding loyalty and tweaking a roster rather than overhauling it. If anything Beane has insured we have good depth and a foundation to build off of if they inject some fresh blood in the trenches via draft of FA signing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPoy88 Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Reed83HOF said: this is exactly what ignorant, distracted ownership gets you. Shad is too preoccupied with other ventures and puts his moron failson in charge to drive the team into the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 2 hours ago, TUBSTER said: Hmmmmm Jets are on that list twice and the Dolphins once. All recent years too. Our AFC East rivals shell out the money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 NFLR just pointed this out this morning. Cant buy a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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