H2o Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 I know we, the fans, are hype about FA. Our team is finally good again and positioned to be that way for a while. We're seeing the Bills linked to a bunch of big names and seeing reports that some have even reached out to us. We are really just an impact player or two away from hoisting a Lombardi. I can't help but think that maybe we're expecting too much and aren't going to see the big moves we were hoping for. Hope I'm wrong, but going big in FA doesn't seem like Beane/McDermott style. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEpsYtown Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 I mean we have done it every year for like the last few decades. Why change now? 3 4 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Horseheads Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 With salary cap like it is I'm not expecting a big move signing. 3 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY315 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Only way I'll be disappointed is if we have an unsuccessful season. There are players I'd personally like to see in a Bills uni but I trust in whatever they do in the next couple months. This FO has earned the benefit of the doubt from me 5 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rc2catch Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 This happens every year. We are a popular name at the moment and a contender so the results should be a little different but no matter what it will be hot debates on here that we didn’t do enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 1 minute ago, H2o said: I know we, the fans, are hype about FA. Our team is finally good again and positioned to be that way for a while. We're seeing the Bills linked to a bunch of big names and seeing reports that some have even reached out to us. We are really just an impact player or two away from hoisting a Lombardi. I can't help but think that maybe we're expecting too much and aren't going to see the big moves we were hoping for. Hope I'm wrong, but going big in FA doesn't seem like Beane/McDermott style. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheyCallMeAndy Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Without question lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanForever19 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 (edited) I think the kind of posters who are hoping for a trade for Saquon Barkley, signing for Chandler Jones, Rob Gronkowski, Bobby Wagner, re-signing Harrison Phillips AND trading Tremaine Edmunds for a 2nd Round Pick DEFINITELY are. But I don't think *a* big time signing, especially something like Gronk, on an incentive laden deal, is out of the question. I think it all depends on what your personal expectations are. Edited March 13, 2022 by BillsFanForever19 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoPoy88 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 I don’t trust all the rumors, especially ones on twitter, but I would not be surprised at all if Beane made a big signing. All the wringing of the hands over the salary cap is BS too - there are always ways to finesse the cap. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Life is pain. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam727 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 We have no cap space and can't even afford to sign a lot of our own FA this year. Anyone expecting Wagner&Robinson&Gronk etc will probably be disappointed. I'd be happy if we land even one impact player (Chandler Jones) but even that is unlikely. We'll still be returning most of the players from one of the best rosters in football last year. Hopefully we have a good draft and our salary cap issues clear up next year. I'd actually be disappointed if the FO goes and restructures Dawkins/White/Diggs etc and pulls future cap space to sign some overpriced FAs... right now our Super Bowl window looks like it's open for a long time. No need to mortgage the future IMO. 1 1 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Stampede Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 10 minutes ago, Mike in Horseheads said: With salary cap like it is I'm not expecting a big move signing. Don't listen to it. Our cap situation is great. We don't have anything in terms of future anchor contracts yet. We have plenty of options to push money into the future. Beane doesn't want to push cap back and spend major assets on a rental player. I get that. But there's moves to be made. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 30 minutes ago, H2o said: I know we, the fans, are hype about FA. Our team is finally good again and positioned to be that way for a while. We're seeing the Bills linked to a bunch of big names and seeing reports that some have even reached out to us. We are really just an impact player or two away from hoisting a Lombardi. I can't help but think that maybe we're expecting too much and aren't going to see the big moves we were hoping for. Hope I'm wrong, but going big in FA doesn't seem like Beane/McDermott style. I feel like I’m setting myself up for being very interested. I’m taking nothing for granted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1105 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Yup, a lot of fans want the splash. Reality is we’re close, tight against the cap, and need youth to be developed thru the current roster and the draft the next couple years. Depth signings a starter or two and draft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOKBILLS Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 I don't know about disappointment...The way I look at it, any UFA that does not want to play on the same team as Joshua Patrick Allen is an idiot... That's my overall take on the off season... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillsGospel Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Odds are were losing both Jerry Hughes and Addison in FA, they weren't very productive to begin with. I can't see us having faith in two 2nd year players and a 3rd year player to man those positions in a SB window. Maybe it won't be a huge splash but I'd go as far as to say there almost definitely will be a splash there imo. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 The “we need to makes big splash!” mentality is left over from the drought era, when free agency and the draft were our Super Bowl. The truth of the matter now is that the Bills are the AFC Super Bowl favorites going into next season and don’t NEED a big splash. A few shrewd additions here and there? Sure. One big name, perhaps? That’d be great! But it’s not NECESSARY. The Bills are really good and have the best quarterback on the planet. It’s ok if they don’t overspend for a bunch of big names on the back nine of their careers. 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 47 minutes ago, H2o said: I know we, the fans, are hype about FA. Our team is finally good again and positioned to be that way for a while. We're seeing the Bills linked to a bunch of big names and seeing reports that some have even reached out to us. We are really just an impact player or two away from hoisting a Lombardi. I can't help but think that maybe we're expecting too much and aren't going to see the big moves we were hoping for. Hope I'm wrong, but going big in FA doesn't seem like Beane/McDermott style. I never expected big moves due to our salary cap, so if we do i would be surprised. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putin Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 50 minutes ago, Adam727 said: We have no cap space and can't even afford to sign a lot of our own FA this year. Anyone expecting Wagner&Robinson&Gronk etc will probably be disappointed. I'd be happy if we land even one impact player (Chandler Jones) but even that is unlikely. We'll still be returning most of the players from one of the best rosters in football last year. Hopefully we have a good draft and our salary cap issues clear up next year. I'd actually be disappointed if the FO goes and restructures Dawkins/White/Diggs etc and pulls future cap space to sign some overpriced FAs... right now our Super Bowl window looks like it's open for a long time. No need to mortgage the future IMO. Hope is not a plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Riverside Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 1 hour ago, H2o said: I know we, the fans, are hype about FA. Our team is finally good again and positioned to be that way for a while. We're seeing the Bills linked to a bunch of big names and seeing reports that some have even reached out to us. We are really just an impact player or two away from hoisting a Lombardi. I can't help but think that maybe we're expecting too much and aren't going to see the big moves we were hoping for. Hope I'm wrong, but going big in FA doesn't seem like Beane/McDermott style. I’m not expecting much so anything we get is a bonus I think we are going to go with the status quo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerboski Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Just hoping for hunter or chandler… either of those deals make way too much sense to pass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Obviously, they can't sign every player that they are rumored to be interested in...but I will actually be surprised if they don't make some sort of "big" acquisition. Every year we hear about teams being up against the cap, and every year we wonder how teams that are supposed to be so cap strapped, manage to sign big handfuls of free agents. I know Beane/McDermott will play it smart, and responsibly, but they will find a way to make cap space. Extend/re-work contracts for guys who you expect to be around another 3 or 4 years...DIggs, Poyer, Morse...Josh? They all want to get paid, but they all want to win too. Sure, this kind of cap management can lead to headaches down the road, but the Bills "window", while not closed, is not as open as it used to be. The AFC West could easily have 3 or 4 teams in the playoffs...if DeShaun Watson ends up in Pittsburgh or with the Jets (it's a rumor) the field only gets stronger....the Bills have to build for a run in 2022. Allen will keep them relevant for the next decade, but they may never have a chance to have as strong a roster....I expect a bold move or two...Gronk and Hunter? Gronk and Jones? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 It hurts so good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Stampede Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Don't call it a big splash, call it getting better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dopey Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 1 hour ago, PromoTheRobot said: Life is pain. I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that's real Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dje85 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 (edited) We have holes in our roster. Beane's motto for the roster is to never have gaping holes in the roster going into the draft. We are either going to resign our own free agents or sign other guys maybe not the name guys everyone is thinking but someone and that's all I am expecting anything better than that Like a Chandler Jones or Gronk is icing on the cake to me. I'm fully expecting signing guys I'd never heard of. For example, Poyer and Hyde in the past, and we all know how that worked out, so I am not going to stress who we sign. Just hope for the best and enjoy the rumors. So no disappointment here for me at least. Just fun until we see who we end up with. Edited March 13, 2022 by dje85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LABILLBACKER Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 To be a Bills fan is the essence of disappointment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thurman#1 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 3 hours ago, H2o said: I know we, the fans, are hype about FA. Our team is finally good again and positioned to be that way for a while. We're seeing the Bills linked to a bunch of big names and seeing reports that some have even reached out to us. We are really just an impact player or two away from hoisting a Lombardi. I can't help but think that maybe we're expecting too much and aren't going to see the big moves we were hoping for. Hope I'm wrong, but going big in FA doesn't seem like Beane/McDermott style. I think many are. I'm pretty hopeful myself, because I expect maybe one biggish guy, not genuinely big, but biggish, and then a bunch of low- to medium-level pickups. I think that's reasonably likely. I'm really confident overall, though. Beane has been absolutely excellent. He's put together absolutely excellent rosters two years in a row. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronxbomber21 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 I think we get our big name player in a trade not in FA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 The roster is good, can get better. But make no mistake, we were not an impact player away. We were an impact COACH away. Hopefully McChoke learned from his mistake. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJS Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Fans want everything. Sign all the big names in free agency. Trade all the draft picks for elite players. Somehow trade up and draft all the best prospects in the draft (even though you already traded all your picks away), while simultaneously trading down to get way more draft picks. Completely ignore the cap because it is fake, but also don't sign and pay any guys to play special teams because that's a waste of the fake cap space. Cut all the crappy players who aren't all-pros. I don't think fans are ever really reasonable and I am glad fans are far away from managing an NFL roster. 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 It will be sign the current Bills as necessary and then it will be 1, maybe 2 guys in FA that matter. Difference makers? Meh, but they will add to the team. I just don’t understand how some think the cap is nothing, but then don’t consider that not everybody we are letting go of falls under the category of “away with you! You displease us!”. Some of those guys have to go because we don’t have the cap space and it is not like a ton of space was freed up. Of course They can make more moves, but not enough to make such a remarkable splash that they can go after anybody in the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaCrispy Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 I kinda feel like the Bills ran into serious bad luck with Covid, just as we were hitting the prime time of our super bowl window, and with Josh’s rookie contact...the timing, of the cap decrease, literally came at the worst possible time, and cost us a our best shot at a title imo... Sure, we will always be in the mix because of Allen...But make no mistake- it wasn’t supposed to be this way- where we were this restricted by the cap...Had everything stayed normal, we would have had the extra cap room to sign those top players to put us over the top... In the end, you can’t help but think that it kinda makes sense that something like this happened to the Bills- it had to...After all, we are the Bills, right... And nothing ever really works out the way they’re supposed to, for our beloved team... But maybe I’m wrong, and we’ll all be shocked by a move Wizard Beane pulls off...time will tell...But the ghost of disappointment is a feisty one, and she lurks constantly, with a grin that says “I dare you”...😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not at the table Karlos Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: Life is pain. Anyone who says differently is selling something. Edited March 13, 2022 by Not at the table Karlos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProcessTruster Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 I am so not disappointed with this team and staff; still pinching myself that this current run is even happening go bills 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 6 hours ago, MrEpsYtown said: I mean we have done it every year for like the last few decades. Why change now? Are there any awards for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 5 hours ago, John from Riverside said: I’m not expecting much so anything we get is a bonus I think we are going to go with the status quo I feel pretty good.... Jake Kumerow & Matt Haak are locked in 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Brandon Beane has proven to be the equal of Bill Polian to me -perhaps better given the effort required to finagle the Cap. McDermott has proven successful in acquiring excellent coaches who share his principles and the Pegulas have proven they’ll write the checks to acquire recommended assets. Rest assured, they’ll all do their very best to field the best team they can for this season as well. Everything else is left to what happens on the gridiron. Far too many fans of the team conveniently overlook these truths to espouse their witless venom and their shell shocked empty history. 6 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said: Life is pain. it’s definitely overrated. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papazoid Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 we have the best player in the league in josh we are one of the favorites to win the super bowl we finally have gotten off the regime change bus free agency hasnt even started but yea, some people are determined to be disappointed 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan1959 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 (edited) I expect Beane to do what he always does: Make whatever moves he believes will help this team be better now and in the foreseeable future. I have no idea what form(s) that will take. If he is able to bring in an impact player, I feel it would be through a trade rather than a free agent signing. My guess is free agency will be about finding depth and potential starters who are willing to structure team friendly contracts in order to play for a Super Bowl contending team. Beane has earned my trust that he will always do everything he can, within reason, to field a team that is capable of bringing Buffalo a championship. He understands that the success of this team will primarily revolve around Allen, which means, first and foremost, to put a good line in front of him and, second, to give him skill players to get the ball to. He also understands that line play on both sides of the ball is almost always the foundation of teams that are consistently good. Like every GM in the league, he has had his share of decisions that didn't work out; however, IMO, he has made far more decisions that have. He has built one of the best teams in the NFL and I expect him to keep doing what he has been doing. Edited March 13, 2022 by billsfan1959 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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