ChevyVanMiller Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 I would have put this in one of the many other Ertz threads, but it appears as if they have all been locked. Eagles trade Zach Ertz to ... Buffalo Bills Philadelphia Eagles get: 2022 seventh-round pick, TE Tommy Sweeney “Beane has been aggressive -- and successful -- in rehabilitating players who seemed to be struggling elsewhere over the past few years. He has also repeatedly gone after weapons for QB Josh Allen. Dealing a late-round pick and a player on the bottom of the roster in Sweeney for Ertz would give the Bills a well-regarded teammate and a player who was thought of as a premier tight end as recently as a year ago. With Ertz reducing his salary to $3.5 million as part of the deal, I love this low-risk, high-reward move for Buffalo.“ https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/31468244/predicting-15-post-june-1-deadline-nfl-deals-including-julio-jones-trade-richard-sherman-signing-more 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Cheney Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 I'd be entirely thrilled for this to go down, but, I'll believe it when it happens. 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippery Rubber Mats Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 (edited) Shiiiiiitttttt, I'd take that deal in a heartbeat. EDIT: I did not intend this to be a pun, sorry about that LOL Edited May 24, 2021 by Tuel Time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 2 minutes ago, ChevyVanMiller said: I would have put this in one of the many other Ertz threads, but it appears as if they have all been locked. Eagles trade Zach Ertz to ... Buffalo Bills Philadelphia Eagles get: 2022 seventh-round pick, TE Tommy Sweeney “Beane has been aggressive -- and successful -- in rehabilitating players who seemed to be struggling elsewhere over the past few years. He has also repeatedly gone after weapons for QB Josh Allen. Dealing a late-round pick and a player on the bottom of the roster in Sweeney for Ertz would give the Bills a well-regarded teammate and a player who was thought of as a premier tight end as recently as a year ago. With Ertz reducing his salary to $3.5 million as part of the deal, I love this low-risk, high-reward move for Buffalo.“ https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/31468244/predicting-15-post-june-1-deadline-nfl-deals-including-julio-jones-trade-richard-sherman-signing-more They were locked because they were speculation that degraded into silliness once it was clear there was No New News. Let's see if this can avoid a similar fate.... Do you have any info on how successful Bill Barnwell's past predictions have been? 1 minute ago, Dick_Cheney said: I'd be entirely thrilled for this to go down, but, I'll believe it when it happens. Pretty much where I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconator Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Isn't Ertz due to be released after June 1st, therefore nullifying his contract? I don't think Beane does this deal with Ertz's current contract, but if new terms can be worked out, this is a good deal all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyVanMiller Posted May 24, 2021 Author Share Posted May 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: They were locked because they were speculation that degraded into silliness once it was clear there was No New News. Let's see if this can avoid a similar fate.... Do you have any info on how successful Bill Barnwell's past predictions have been? Pretty much where I am. Yeah I understand why you locked them. I just felt this had merit because it is an ESPN writer and not some blogger or local outlet. Not sure how accurate his predictions are or if he is working from any inside information. But I will certainly leave it up to your discretion whether you think this has merit to stay open. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloRebound Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 (edited) https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/c3c7312a-891e-41ff-b7cd-f16a9896080e https://y.yarn.co/c3c7312a-891e-41ff-b7cd-f16a9896080e_text.gif Edited May 24, 2021 by BuffaloRebound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hapless Bills Fan Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 24 minutes ago, ChevyVanMiller said: Yeah I understand why you locked them. I just felt this had merit because it is an ESPN writer and not some blogger or local outlet. Not sure how accurate his predictions are or if he is working from any inside information. But I will certainly leave it up to your discretion whether you think this has merit to stay open. I try to let the thread lead - if folks are talking reasonably football-centered reasonably on topic, it's All Good. I personally think Pigs will Fly first. Spotrac is currently useless for capology (has every player's salary doubled - not just on the Bills). OTC says $4.6M but doesn't include signing bonuses for players below the top-51 cutoff or small amounts of dead cap, so it's typically high. Doing some calculator work my guess is that $3.6-$3.8M cap is pretty much what we got. So even if he takes a salary cut to $3.5M, that would basically eat our cap. Based on past history, Beane seems to like to go into the season with some free cap in case of injuries, which I believe, historically, has been about $3.5M Right about where we are Myself, I think Sanders was the "aggressively pursuing new weapons for Allen" along with (to follow the gladiator gif above) duels between Hollister, Knox, and Sweeney for roster/playing time and between a bunch of WR at the lower end of the roster to make the team/see the field. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Upgrade. Makes sense to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Why wouldn’t we just wait until after June 1st when he’s likely cut so we can sign him for less money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 I'm sticking to my guns, we need to get a package deal for Zack, and also Julie Ertz as an emergency kicker. I wanted her to replace Bodork, but then we went and got Haaaaack Attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Does Sweeney sweeten the deal or something? He is actually tradable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushypeaches Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 We're not trading assets for Zach Ertz in any way, shape, or form. Nothing happens until he gets released by the Eagles. If he wants to come here and they can make the salary fit, that's great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMDman Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Fingers crossed he winds up on the team 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBBills Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 28 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: I personally think Pigs will Fly first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 This is the first time I'm hearing of this idea. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billsrhody Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 41 minutes ago, Bangarang said: Why wouldn’t we just wait until after June 1st when he’s likely cut so we can sign him for less money? Because 30 other teams could sign him either via waivers or FA if he's cut. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putin Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 IMO our offense is pretty darn good and probably will be even better this year with HEALTHY E Sanders , are we giving up on Knox ? Because I don’t see many targets going his way if will make that trade , IMO we NEED to upgrade our backfield just look at our division pats***. & dolphins the TE’s and all the speed at WR that will have to deal with , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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