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1 minute ago, Niagara Dude said:

Great decision to cut him,  another one Beane's long list of poor free agents signings where he paid too much for so little production.  Not surprised to see hims sign for league min our out of league because he is a mediocre LB. I am sure some experts will laugh but you watch what he signs for,  no team paying him what the Bills gave him and those kind of signings were a big reason why defence lacked any playmakers beyond White.  

 

 

Hard disagree, I thought he was great for the contract we gave him. 

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Just now, DrDawkinstein said:

 

PLENTY of mediocre players make $5-7M/yr in the NFL.

 

Just now, DrDawkinstein said:

 

PLENTY of mediocre players make $5-7M/yr in the NFL.

Then those teams are not very good because you need to make sure you spend your money wisely with salary cap

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1 minute ago, Ethan in Portland said:

I agree. Beane had far worse FA signings like Trent Murphy.  Klein was not too bad.

100% agree!

I agree Murphy who I said from the beginning was trash by far the worse,  I got killed by some on this site for saying Murphy was a bust signing and he was.

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4 minutes ago, Niagara Dude said:

I agree Murphy who I said from the beginning was trash by far the worse,  I got killed by some on this site for saying Murphy was a bust signing and he was.

He had a great beard and a great press conference. The board loved it and forgot he was a PED cheat coming off knee surgery. Terrible contract and even a worse decision than the guy that quit at halftime.

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27 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

This was one of the many no-brainer moves we could make to free up cap space. Others being extending Diggs, extending Edmunds, releasing or re-working deals on Beasley, Feliciano, Morse, D. Williams, and Butler. This is not a huge loss. You can easily replace what Klein brought us with a draft pick or a cheaper option.

 

I wholeheartedly disagree. I think the players that we'll have going out aren't going to make us substantially worse off than we were last year. On the contrary, with good drafting and smart moves in the FA and Trade market - I can easily see us being better off.

 

 

Agreed that it had to be done.

 

I don't wholeheartedly disagree with your second point, but I do disagree, if for no other reason than we are going to lose more guys, experienced with our system, than we are going to get through the door.

 

This isn't a one for one, every time.  Even getting rid of Klein, a player who was a reasonably dependable asset, we are still not under the cap, and we still have to replace him.  We also know it is pretty darn likely we are not replacing him for another 5 million dollar LB, especially when we have other holes and and we have to resign some other assets for good money.  We are likely going to lose Cole, but maybe we keep Isiah who may cost what we were paying Cole.  This year we had both of them, two assets, but in 2022 we will have just one and not much additional cap space from it, if any.

 

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58 minutes ago, junior said:

Does anyone know the cap savings if we cut Matakevich? I don't think we will, but I'm curious.

$2.5M would come off the books, but another player would roll up into the top 51 for $700k.  Net savings would be $1.8M.  As such I don’t think he’s a definite cut.

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1 minute ago, BarleyNY said:

$2.5M would come off the books, but another player would roll up into the top 51 for $700k.  Net savings would be $1.8M.  As such I don’t think he’s a definite cut.

 

I appreciate it, thank you. McD seems to like having a couple cornerstone ST players on the team, so I don't think he'll be cut for that reason. Was just curious :) 

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1 hour ago, wppete said:

I like AJ but it’s a good move. 

I liked AJ once Frazier played him to his strengths.. I for one would have liked him to have remained a Bill.

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43 minutes ago, dollars 2 donuts said:

This isn't a one for one, every time.  Even getting rid of Klein, a player who was a reasonably dependable asset, we are still not under the cap, and we still have to replace him.

 

Dodson is his replacement. The Bills have to rely on young players stepping up for some of the veterans they can no longer afford. That's how it works in the first couple years of a QB's new mega-deal.

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