notwoz Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 9 hours ago, TPS said: I'm sure Beane was just about to trade Diggs, but after Whaley's comment, he decided to extend him. At least that's how it happened in Twitter world. Or as a Buffalo News columnist said this morning: "There was never a chance he (Diggs) was being shopped, contrary to whatever Doug Whaley thought. There’s a reason why he’s the former GM." 1 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alphadawg7 Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 13 minutes ago, notwoz said: Or as a Buffalo News columnist said this morning: "There was never a chance he (Diggs) was being shopped, contrary to whatever Doug Whaley thought. There’s a reason why he’s the former GM." Too be fair...Whaley was just asked a question about it. He had no insight or knowledge other than what we all knew that our cap was tight. And after seeing Chiefs trade Hill, Packers trade Adams, and Cowboys trade Cooper all for cap reasons due to large QB contracts, it wasn't really wrong to think its possible we may have to trade Diggs if he wants money similar to Hill or Adams. Whaley just taking heat here because of the timing and he is a former Bills GM. Truth be told, Whaley was not a bad GM here, his major downfall was being forced to find a QB in an awful draft and then having the Pegulas over rule him to hire the train wreck that was Rex. I mean most of Whaley did wrong was almost out of his control. Cant find a franchise QB when none are available and he never wanted to hire Rex. The one critical thing he did was trade up to get Sammy, but at the time it wasn't that crazy considering he was considered the best WR in the draft and Whaley needed to do something to help EJ if he was going to have a chance to develop. Hindsight shows he should have taken Mack or stayed put and drafted one of the other WR's who had better careers out of that draft. But none of that is known on draft night either. But I am enjoying the funny memes mocking his comment, the internet never fails to capitalize on poorly timed comments haha. 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmotionallyUnstable Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 9 hours ago, prissythecat said: Isn’t “In” typically used for a thread that is a dupe / merge candidate or one that is in danger of imminent closure? Yes, I also use it for those that will be 30+ pages for my own reading/tracking purposes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Murdock Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 God less Ralph Wilson, There would be no Bills without him. But lets face it, cheapo Ralph would NEVER in a billion years go on a spending free like this. I can't think of a better combo of NFL owners and management than what we have right here in our little NFL snow globe. Pegula's spending like the Yankees or Dodgers!! It's truly amazing. You don't even see the NFL heavyweights like Dallas, the Jersey teams, Chicago, Philly, Wash etc. (Maybe LA Rams are equal). Teams with full luxury boxes, and metro area's of 5M+. These truly are the best of times to be a Buffalo Bills fan.... No they just have to ring home the Lombardi!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocCityRoller Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 8 hours ago, YoloinOhio said: And diggs strengths aren’t the type that erode early. He’s like a Marvin Harrison Always reminds me of Steve Smith. Smaller guy, quicker than fast, competes every snap. Diggs is just better adjusted mentally and less of a potty mouth. Smith played at a high level into his 30's. That is my comparison. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Formerly_of_Roch Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 22 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said: Too be fair...Whaley was just asked a question about it. He had no insight or knowledge other than what we all knew that our cap was tight. And after seeing Chiefs trade Hill, Packers trade Adams, and Cowboys trade Cooper all for cap reasons due to large QB contracts, it wasn't really wrong to think its possible we may have to trade Diggs if he wants money similar to Hill or Adams. Whaley just taking heat here because of the timing and he is a former Bills GM. Truth be told, Whaley was not a bad GM here, his major downfall was being forced to find a QB in an awful draft and then having the Pegulas over rule him to hire the train wreck that was Rex. I mean most of Whaley did wrong was almost out of his control. Cant find a franchise QB when none are available and he never wanted to hire Rex. The one critical thing he did was trade up to get Sammy, but at the time it wasn't that crazy considering he was considered the best WR in the draft and Whaley needed to do something to help EJ if he was going to have a chance to develop. Hindsight shows he should have taken Mack or stayed put and drafted one of the other WR's who had better careers out of that draft. But none of that is known on draft night either. But I am enjoying the funny memes mocking his comment, the internet never fails to capitalize on poorly timed comments haha. Agree, Thought Marrone was also kind of forced on him too?? My take is he wasn't forceful enough to tell RB and the Pegulas, no, if you want Rex, then I'm done. Seemed like he was too easy going of a guy. Kind of had an attitude of OK, guess I'll have to figure out how to make this work, instead of saying no! But hard to say I quit when only 32 of these jobs exist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryPinC Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 22 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said: Too be fair...Whaley was just asked a question about it. He had no insight or knowledge other than what we all knew that our cap was tight. And after seeing Chiefs trade Hill, Packers trade Adams, and Cowboys trade Cooper all for cap reasons due to large QB contracts, it wasn't really wrong to think its possible we may have to trade Diggs if he wants money similar to Hill or Adams. Whaley just taking heat here because of the timing and he is a former Bills GM. Truth be told, Whaley was not a bad GM here, his major downfall was being forced to find a QB in an awful draft and then having the Pegulas over rule him to hire the train wreck that was Rex. I mean most of Whaley did wrong was almost out of his control. Cant find a franchise QB when none are available and he never wanted to hire Rex. The one critical thing he did was trade up to get Sammy, but at the time it wasn't that crazy considering he was considered the best WR in the draft and Whaley needed to do something to help EJ if he was going to have a chance to develop. Hindsight shows he should have taken Mack or stayed put and drafted one of the other WR's who had better careers out of that draft. But none of that is known on draft night either. But I am enjoying the funny memes mocking his comment, the internet never fails to capitalize on poorly timed comments haha. No, he was a bad GM while he was here. It is clear to me he has an eye for talent, especially evaluating at the pro level. But being a talent evaluator is not really enough. GM's need to be the face of the franchise, and he failed almost completely at that. There's a reason McDermott was handed charge of the franchise when he arrived. Whaley's lack of a plan and poor performance as a GM behind closed doors mandated it. Funny how the pecking order righted itself when Beane arrived. I know people who met/are friends with Whaley and it sounds like he is a good guy. I have nothing against him. But you are simply judging him by draft picks and draft situations and that does not fully encompass the job. Whaley goes on record predicting we have to trade Diggs while Beane locks him up for 6 years. The disparity is crystal clear. A good GM would respect all the possibilities and not just shoot off his mouth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurlyBurly51 Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Get in losers....we're going to the Super Bowl! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generic_Bills_Fan Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 23 minutes ago, RocCityRoller said: Always reminds me of Steve Smith. Smaller guy, quicker than fast, competes every snap. Diggs is just better adjusted mentally and less of a potty mouth. Smith played at a high level into his 30's. That is my comparison. Diggs should have less of a falloff as he ages than someone like tyreek hill imo. Guess we’ll see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 1 hour ago, notwoz said: Or as a Buffalo News columnist said this morning: "There was never a chance he (Diggs) was being shopped, contrary to whatever Doug Whaley thought. There’s a reason why he’s the former GM." Whaley would have been shopping him for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 (edited) Green Bay and Dallas also …. bills zigging while everyone else is zagging Edited April 6, 2022 by YoloinOhio 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo2218 Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 37 minutes ago, RocCityRoller said: Always reminds me of Steve Smith. Smaller guy, quicker than fast, competes every snap. Diggs is just better adjusted mentally and less of a potty mouth. Smith played at a high level into his 30's. That is my comparison. I'm not sure Patriot fans would agree with that 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Warcodered Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, Logic said: "Bills fans going to say OJ did it a lot this year." That's terrible, hilarious, and absolutely could be a thing this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsfaninSB Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 39 minutes ago, YoloinOhio said: Green Bay and Dallas also …. bills zigging while everyone else is zagging Didn't Dallas at least just gave Gallup a huge deal? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsShredder83 Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 10 hours ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said: That release @ 1:42 was disgustinggggggggg 😆😆😆😆 can not stop that 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsfaninSB Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 Glad this team is putting issues to bed going forward. The Allen extension. Diggs extension. Stadium (with a lot of help from government). Now what to do with Edmunds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 How does Beane not win GM of the year after this off-season?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfandBills Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: How does Beane not win GM of the year after this off-season?? Doesn’t matter unless you win Edited April 6, 2022 by GolfandBills 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 I'm sorry but I didn't see, does this free up more cap space for us? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warcodered Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 8 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: How does Beane not win GM of the year after this off-season?? Has he win that already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanForever19 Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 9 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: I'm sorry but I didn't see, does this free up more cap space for us? We don't know yet. We'll have to wait until his contract details are posted on Spotrac. People are assuming his cap number was changed for this season. But to me it's just as likely that his contract stays the same for the next two years and the new money is on the backend with a prorated signing bonus up front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 36 minutes ago, BillsfaninSB said: Didn't Dallas at least just gave Gallup a huge deal? It was a nice deal. They got rid of their #1 WR and projecting that Gallup can become one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dean Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, BillsFanForever19 said: We don't know yet. We'll have to wait until his contract details are posted on Spotrac. People are assuming his cap number was changed for this season. But to me it's just as likely that his contract stays the same for the next two years and the new money is on the backend with a prorated signing bonus up front. While we don't know the true numbers, I'd say of course the cap hit is reduced for this year. That's why they did the deal now. Hasn't virtually every Bills restructure/extension resulted in a reduced cap for 2022? The exact numbers? We'll have to wait for the deets. But expect a decent cap reduction for this year. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BADOLBILZ Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 25 minutes ago, BillsfaninSB said: Glad this team is putting issues to bed going forward. The Allen extension. Diggs extension. Stadium (with a lot of help from government). Now what to do with Edmunds. No, extending Diggs just opened up a can of new issues. Players understand when free agents get paid...........but once you start re-doing players with years remaining on their deal and rewarding them as if that player is an actual free agent.........ie not "team friendly"...........then it's invariable that guys like Poyer/Hyde/Edmunds .........whose values are unlikely to ever be higher........are inevitably going to feel jealous or mistreated and angry with the team. None of those players should be extended any further than they are right now and they had peace on that front IMO because of the fact that Diggs deal was below market. Said it many times this offseason.........you don't re-do Diggs deal until there is only one year left. 1 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimebillsfan Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: I'm sorry but I didn't see, does this free up more cap space for us? Yes. Now sign a cb. I read his 2022 cap hit was reduced. Edited April 7, 2022 by longtimebillsfan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanForever19 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, The Dean said: While we don't know the true numbers, I'd say of course the cap hit is reduced for this year. That's why they did the deal now. Hasn't virtually every Bills restructure/extension resulted in a reduced cap for 2022? The exact numbers? We'll have to wait for the deets. But expect a decent cap reduction for this year. I would wholeheartedly disagree that the Diggs extension was done now simply because they wanted cap space. It was done now because we want to keep him in the fold for years to come, keep him happy with all the other big deals that were handed out to WR's, and because he's wanted a new deal since the day we traded for him over two seasons ago. The signing has been billed as an "extension". Not a completely new deal. When we extended Josh, his contract stayed the same and the new numbers came in the extension. It's possible they reworked these two years, but it's not a given. Especially when you consider his number now isn't excessive in the grand scheme of top WR's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanForever19 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 7 minutes ago, longtimebillsfan said: Yes. Now sign a cb. I read his 2022 cap hit was reduced. Could you provide a link? I've yet to hear anyone who has any info on what the contract looks like. Just fan speculation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) So to be clear...there is no confirmation yet of more freed up cap space, just the assumption or speculation that it did? And definitely no details about how much yet if it did lower the cap hit? Edited April 7, 2022 by Alphadawg7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 🤣 3 minutes ago, Alphadawg7 said: So to be clear...there is no confirmation yet of more freed up cap space, just the assumption or speculation that it did? And definitely no details about how much yet if it did lower the cap hit? Correct. Have not seen details of the contract yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aceman_16 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 Wow...somebody is salty! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 21 minutes ago, BADOLBILZ said: No, extending Diggs just opened up a can of new issues. Players understand when free agents get paid...........but once you start re-doing players with years remaining on their deal and rewarding them as if that player is an actual free agent.........ie not "team friendly"...........then it's invariable that guys like Poyer/Hyde/Edmunds .........whose values are unlikely to ever be higher........are inevitably going to feel jealous or mistreated and angry with the team. FWIW, both Poyer and Hyde got new deals prior to free agency, when an argument could be made that they were grossly underpaid for performance. So that would seem to be a case of pot-kettle-black Rachel Bush was "going off" about Von Miller getting signed whilst her hubbykins wasn't being extended, well prior to the Diggs extension. So I would say the "understanding" you speak of may be more perception than reality. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warcodered Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: FWIW, both Poyer and Hyde got new deals prior to free agency, when an argument could be made that they were grossly underpaid for performance. So that would seem to be a case of pot-kettle-black Also, it's been pointed out that Diggs didn't get a new contract when we traded for him just a restructure he's been due. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 What a beautiful day this has been! Where are all those paranoid fans now? You really thought Diggs was being traded? What an off season! Cannot wait for the draft to get here. LET'S GO!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 3 minutes ago, Mark Vader said: What a beautiful day this has been! Where are all those paranoid fans now? You really thought Diggs was being traded? What an off season! Cannot wait for the draft to get here. LET'S GO!!! Poyer thread 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warcodered Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 I'm just glad the D & G show has been renewed. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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