Big Turk Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) Always used to hear about how nobody wanted to come here and play and how the Bills had to overpay for players to come here in FA. Now the tables have turned and they have turned quicker than I think anyone could have even dreamt of. Now players WANT to come to Buffalo and More importantly, STAY in Buffalo to the point they will take less to do it...Milano and Feliciano gave up some money to stay here. Morse, Butler and Addison gave up money to stay here so the Bills could sign their own FA's and go out and get Sanders who was only too excited to come here. Trubisky took a huge discount to come be a part of it...Brissett got a $5 million dollar a year deal with the Fins a few days after Trubisky signed here... So the Bills are actively helping themselves with the cap because players are willing to do things to be here that most teams won't get their players to be willing to do...take less money and sometimes large paycuts to stay with the team...that in and of itself is a HUGE competitive advantage long term... Buffalo is becoming a destination where players not only want to come but love it so much they never want to leave. The culture, the family atmosphere, the comradery on the team, the winning, the BillsMafia being there no matter what thru it all...it just seems like it is all coming together for a long term ride of unprecedented success for this team and what should be a decade plus of wild rides and great times... Edited March 22, 2021 by Big Turk 10 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgotBILLStopay Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Yes we are all happy with Beane - but he has yet to improve the roster significantly for 2021 season - so let us wait to see if the Addison, Butler, Jefferson, Norman deals or non-waiving of Murphy from last year come back to bite us. we still need infusion of talent at TE, DE, run blocking Guard, CB and maybe, RB. 2 4 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 7 minutes ago, IgotBILLStopay said: Yes we are all happy with Beane - but he has yet to improve the roster significantly for 2021 season - so let us wait to see if the Addison, Butler, Jefferson, Norman deals or non-waiving of Murphy from last year come back to bite us. we still need infusion of talent at TE, DE, run blocking Guard, CB and maybe, RB. We should likely get a few good pieces in the draft coming up to add to the mix. One of the major strengths is how well they draft and develop players and that allows them to play key roles for this team even as rookies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Yeah but they signed special teams guys which proves they are so dumb. 1 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 McBeane is a witch: 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Even Buddy Nix knew the right answer.... take care of the quarterback position and everything else follows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, IgotBILLStopay said: Yes we are all happy with Beane - but he has yet to improve the roster significantly for 2021 season - so let us wait to see if the Addison, Butler, Jefferson, Norman deals or non-waiving of Murphy from last year come back to bite us. we still need infusion of talent at TE, DE, run blocking Guard, CB and maybe, RB. Many of us are happy with Beane, but there are still those who find something to complain about or dangle it as a reason he "sucks" or "should be fired". Norman, Jefferson, and Murphy are all gone. Addison and Butler restructured their deals. None of that can "bite us" now. The cap situation sucked this year due to Covid. We kept our own and added a couple of pieces, one an upgrade at WR. In doing so we have at least kept continuity while other teams have made many changes, teams considered to be in the upper echelon of the AFC. We were just in the AFC Championship game. It's not really that dire. NE went on a spending spree, but they still don't have a QB and spending $$$ on high priced FA's is rarely a recipe for success. The draft is still to come as well. Edited March 22, 2021 by H2o 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17islongenough Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 I think this takes the cake for longest thread title 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillies Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 5 minutes ago, 17islongenough said: I think this takes the cake for longest thread title [Too Complete and Specific Title] 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DabillsDaBillsDaBills Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 On one hand the contracts you pointed out might be lower because they took a discount to play for a contender. On the other hand, with the COVID cap crunch maybe those are the best deals those players could've gotten in this specific off-season. I like the contracts we've given out, but I wonder how much of it was in Beane's control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 55 minutes ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said: Even Buddy Nix knew the right answer.... take care of the quarterback position and everything else follows. Which makes our historic neglect of the position for decades all the more outrageous! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 20 minutes ago, DabillsDaBillsDaBills said: On one hand the contracts you pointed out might be lower because they took a discount to play for a contender. On the other hand, with the COVID cap crunch maybe those are the best deals those players could've gotten in this specific off-season. I like the contracts we've given out, but I wonder how much of it was in Beane's control. Trubisky, Feliciano and Milano all specifically stated they took less to play here...with Trubisky Beane stated it but the fact remains the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said: Even Buddy Nix knew the right answer.... take care of the quarterback position and everything else follows. Amen .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 hour ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said: Even Buddy Nix knew the right answer.... take care of the quarterback position and everything else follows. Oh? How's that working out for the Texans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsVet Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Thus far, the team's starters looks much like last season. Same OL. Same DL save for Jefferson. Same skill position players on both sides with exception of John Brown. Have to hope Josh continues refining his game, but in an ever changing league, same isn't always better even if you advance to the AFC Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, IgotBILLStopay said: Yes we are all happy with Beane - but he has yet to improve the roster significantly for 2021 season - so let us wait to see if the Addison, Butler, Jefferson, Norman deals or non-waiving of Murphy from last year come back to bite us. we still need infusion of talent at TE, DE, run blocking Guard, CB and maybe, RB. This is the problem with the Beane regime. It makes it really hard on trolls and the chronically depressed. These poor folks have to start demanding that we forget that till now this regime got us 13 wins and a spot in the AFC championship. They have to instead demand that a competent regime in a year with a sudden cap constriction make the team better, and try to induce fury if the FO doesn't do all this before the draft, by early April. It's pretty sad on the face of it, these folks seem impelled to somehow try to produce anger at this FO. Hard sledding for the lunatic fringe. Edited March 22, 2021 by Thurman#1 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 13 minutes ago, BillsVet said: Thus far, the team's starters looks much like last season. Same OL. Same DL save for Jefferson. Same skill position players on both sides with exception of John Brown. Have to hope Josh continues refining his game, but in an ever changing league, same isn't always better even if you advance to the AFC Championship. See what the draft brings. At 13-3 they weren't going to make major changes to the roster. Hoping Beane can improve the pass rush thru the draft. TB showed in the Super Bowl that Mahomes can look average with a good rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 2 hours ago, IgotBILLStopay said: Yes we are all happy with Beane - but he has yet to improve the roster significantly for 2021 season - so let us wait to see if the Addison, Butler, Jefferson, Norman deals or non-waiving of Murphy from last year come back to bite us. we still need infusion of talent at TE, DE, run blocking Guard, CB and maybe, RB. The Bills do not make AFC Championship without Murphy; he was activated for game to keep Lamar Jackson under control and he did so on multiple plays. And every GM overpays occasionally when needed and sometimes when players do not perform as history has shown but keep pretending otherwise. Much of the press used to write like that concentrating on whatever went wrong but easier for the press to be cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimebillsfan Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, IgotBILLStopay said: Yes we are all happy with Beane - but he has yet to improve the roster significantly for 2021 season - so let us wait to see if the Addison, Butler, Jefferson, Norman deals or non-waiving of Murphy from last year come back to bite us. we still need infusion of talent at TE, DE, run blocking Guard, CB and maybe, RB. He has maintained the roster to a large extent. With limited cap space that is nothing short of a miracle. I would argue that he has improved the offense with the addition of Emmanuel Sanders. Beane had stated that his plan was to retain has many of our current players as he could and not make a big splash in free agency this year. by signing our top free agents he has avoided creating more need on our team and he can now take the best player available in the May draft. I am not sure what more you could expect of Beane given the current financial situation.. Edited March 22, 2021 by longtimebillsfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 40 minutes ago, BillsVet said: Thus far, the team's starters looks much like last season. Same OL. Same DL save for Jefferson. Same skill position players on both sides with exception of John Brown. Have to hope Josh continues refining his game, but in an ever changing league, same isn't always better even if you advance to the AFC Championship. Yeah, we are like a week into free agency and haven't even had the draft yet. Of course the team looks the same. Maybe wait until the preseason to say nothing has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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