Here come the restructures

[GolfandBills]

8 minutes ago, Mango said:

I can get that far.

 

Where I get lost is the $7M out after the 2024 season and the Bills no longer having Von on the roster or the books at all after that. 
 

Does restructuring ensure Von is on the books for 5 more years? Or does it just up the buy out cost?

He’s pretty much locked up for 2 possibly 3 more seasons.  After that they can get out but it will come with some dead money 

[BarleyNY]

51 minutes ago, Mango said:

I can get that far.

 

Where I get lost is the $7M out after the 2024 season and the Bills no longer having Von on the roster or the books at all after that. 
 

Does restructuring ensure Von is on the books for 5 more years? Or does it just up the buy out cost?

It just ups the dead money when they part ways. That $7M will increase substantially. If Von is cut before the 2025 season I expect him to be designated a June 1st cut. That would push some dead cap to the following season. So yeah, if that happens he will be on the books for 5 total years - 3 seasons he plays plus 2 years with dead money. 

[Mango]

5 minutes ago, BarleyNY said:

It just ups the dead money when they part ways. That $7M will increase substantially. If Von is cut before the 2025 season I expect him to be designated a June 1st cut. That would push some dead cap to the following season. So yeah, if that happens he will be on the books for 5 total years - 3 seasons he plays plus 2 years with dead money. 

That’s what I thought. But I wasn’t sure.

 

IMHO restructuring 34 year old Von after a second ACL injury to keep him on the books for 5 years is wildly short sighted. 
 

Our roster is in the middle of a mild reset with money tight against the cap for 2 years. Von is a contract you want to get off the books at the right time. Not a contract you want to use to borrow from the future.

55 minutes ago, GolfandBills said:

He’s pretty much locked up for 2 possibly 3 more seasons.  After that they can get out but it will come with some dead money 

I get that part. That’s easy. At the time of signing Miller at his value part of the upside was the cheap get out after year 3. Which is why I’m looking for confirmation on what happens with a restructure.

 

I thought it would significantly increase rhe $7M buy out and possibly keep Miller on the books for 5 years. Somebody smarter than me seems to also think that is the case. Which seems wildly irresponsible. 

[BBFL]

3 minutes ago, Mango said:

That’s what I thought. But I wasn’t sure.

 

IMHO restructuring 34 year old Von after a second ACL injury to keep him on the books for 5 years is wildly short sighted. 
 

Our roster is in the middle of a mild reset with money tight against the cap for 2 years. Von is a contract you want to get off the books at the right time. Not a contract you want to use to borrow from the future.

So ideally where, in a perfect setting, would you be taking space from? Looking at the contracts for the next few years I concur that tight is the appropriate phrase. Not much wiggle room without rearranging numbers that sit atop of the pile. 

[ngbills]

Here they come. We are even closer. 

[RocCityRoller]

14 hours ago, Draconator said:

But isn't it generally true that if you at least attempt to speak the native language, the locals treat you with more respect than if you just start blurring out stuff in English?

100% correct in my experience too.

 

Been to Paris and made a regional side trip twice. Any attempt in French opened up the English pretty quickly. 'Bon jour. Parlez-vous anglais? Je suis Américaine. just that simple, the accent and the fact you were American or Canadian opened up the English if it was known, or helpful points and gestures.

 

I would guess about 2/3 of Parisians speak some level of English. Get 20-30 minutes outside of Paris and that might drop to 1/3 at best - so if Augie plans on being anywhere outside of Paris it will help.

 

I found myself stuck in a tiny rail side town between Paris and Chantilly on the weekend and the train I was on was not going all the way to Chantilly. Whoops. The only people around to help were the local les habitants. An 80 year old man who probably hadn't spoke much English since the Allies rolled through in liberation was dead set to help us out once he realized we were Americans, but he did not speak English, and we had a few years of classes between us. We made it to Chantilly.

 

Same held true in India.

[BuffaloRebound]

Almost a no brainer to spread Millers roster bonus over 4 years for the cap savings this year.  Even with the injury, $52m over 3 years wasn’t exorbitant plus he helps recruit other free agents.  If we end up with $14m in total dead money spread over 2025 and 2026 ($7m each year) when the cap is projected to be upwards of $300m, you’re talking less than 2.5% of the cap.  

[Ethan in Cleveland]

3 hours ago, John from Riverside said:

Well, what glaring need do you see for that matter? What glaring need did you see last year?

Not if they treat out of the first

2022 CB Elam - Let Wallace walk and spent free agency money on Miller

2021 DE Rousseau - was there any position more in need than DE?

2020 WR - Trade for Diggs - WR group was the worst in NFL

2019 DT - Oliver - Kyle Williams retired

2018 QB and MLB 

2017 CB - Let Gilmore leave draft White (McD not Beane)

 

Literally every year he drafts for need because there is a hole to fill yet people on here seem to think otherwise.  

This year will be no different except there are more holes to fill. He will draft OL or WR early after signing a veteran to play MLB and moving Benfird to safety

[jahnyc]

Aren't we waiting on cuts and salary reductions as well?  I would have thought that information about releases would have happened by now given that the Bills seem like the kind of organization that would want to give cut players the best opportunity to sign elsewhere, which would be before or as the free agency period begins.

[T master]

I just wonder how these restructures will help or hurt the future cap and players that the Bills could need . But i guess if it means a better possibility of bringing a SB to Buffalo who cares !!

[Einstein]

That still doesn’t leave them much space, unfortunately. 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

17 minutes ago, jahnyc said:

Aren't we waiting on cuts and salary reductions as well?  I would have thought that information about releases would have happened by now given that the Bills seem like the kind of organization that would want to give cut players the best opportunity to sign elsewhere, which would be before or as the free agency period begins.

The best players leaving this year just happen to be free agents - Edmunds and Poyer so no salary cuts needed. 

Also they really don't have anyone to cut for salary savings except maybe Morse or Dawkins. And the OL is the worst unit on the team. So I see restructures and letting some expensive guys walk as the only way to get cap money to spend later. 

[4merper4mer]

11 minutes ago, Einstein said:

That still doesn’t leave them much space, unfortunately. 

They are definitely doomed.  Do you think it’s bad enough that Goodell will banish them from the league?  It’s truly hopeless and awful.

[Sammy Watkins' Rib]

29 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

2022 CB Elam - Let Wallace walk and spent free agency money on Miller

2021 DE Rousseau - was there any position more in need than DE?

2020 WR - Trade for Diggs - WR group was the worst in NFL

2019 DT - Oliver - Kyle Williams retired

2018 QB and MLB 

2017 CB - Let Gilmore leave draft White (McD not Beane)

 

Literally every year he drafts for need because there is a hole to fill yet people on here seem to think otherwise.  

 

 

I agree.

 

Flip side of that is that our OL has had holes every single one of those 6 years listed but we've yet to spend a single first round pick at the position and have only spent one day two pick at the position over those six years I believe. 

24 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:

I truly think they are eyeing safety in the first.

 

Yikes!

[SCBills]

Spreading Von’s dead money to later years, should he not play past year 3, is what it is …

 

We have a ton of contracts we’ll be able to get out of in the next few years as well.  Diggs, White, Hyde, Milano, Morse, Dawkins, Oliver etc., all those guys will be coming off the books and/or could come off the books by the time the dead cap hits hit for Von.  
 

A few mil spread into those years isn’t a big deal at all … IF Beane starts drafting better. 
 

 

Edited March 11, 2023 by SCBills

[jahnyc]

I agree that there are not a lot of players that are cut candidates, but I thought that McKenzie, Settle, Neal and Hines would at least be considerations for release or possibly salary reductions.  Other possibility was contract extensions.  Nothing about this either.  Very quiet at OBD.

[Mr. WEO]

17 hours ago, Inigo Montoya said:

Beane never goes into the Draft with a glaring hole in the roster.  He will work free agency like he does every year to fill the holes in the roster and walk into the Draft able to go in any direction.  That's his MO.

 

come on

[NewEra]

35 minutes ago, ScottLaw said:

I truly think they are eyeing safety in the first.

Of course you do.

[PrimeTime101]

17 hours ago, 78thealltimegreat said:

Looks like the Bills will be players in free agency after all 

its not like any of this was not expected. The unexpected will be Dawkins, White, Digs, Milano. 

[SCBills]

12 minutes ago, PrimeTime101 said:

its not like any of this was not expected. The unexpected will be Dawkins, White, Digs, Milano. 

White could bounce back and play at a pro-bowl level .. he could also look more like last years version. 
 

Id wait before I do anything with his contract.  
 

We could very well have a dominant secondary if White bounces back, Elam gets his footing, Hyde returns to form and we have adequate play at the other Safety spot.  Taron is always very good in the nickel spot.  
 

White & Hyde could also be irreversibly diminished.  
 

Doing anything with White’s contract, to me, is way too risky. 
 

Just trade Oliver and extend Daquan Jones.  That’s a much safer, and far more effective way to free up similar cap space. 
 

 

Edited March 11, 2023 by SCBills

[Mango]

1 hour ago, BBFL said:

So ideally where, in a perfect setting, would you be taking space from? Looking at the contracts for the next few years I concur that tight is the appropriate phrase. Not much wiggle room without rearranging numbers that sit atop of the pile. 

In a perfect setting I wouldn’t have signed Von to begin with. It was a risk to win in 2022 at the expense of the longevity of the roster. 

 

At some point we have to reset the roster, put ourselves in a place to re-sign our own, and draft better. Miller’s contract to me, post ACL was off limits. 
 

Extend Daquan Jones, restructure Allen, Dawkins, and maybe Milano. Sometimes you have to live with the roster you build for a year or two and hit the ground running with a little bit of a reset. 
 

I don’t think restructuring Miller gets us a SB this year. And I think it makes it more difficult for us to win one 2,3,4 years down the line.

[Simon Says]

18 hours ago, Victory Formation said:

I will say this about Beane, instead of spending right up to the cap, he would be wise to dump/trade away players who are not in their future plans. It would bode well for him if he had multiple extra picks in the 2023 & 2024 Drafts respectively. It keeps our Super Bowl window open long term and his job safe.

Trading requires a trade partner and you can't assume there's a match for every player you want to dump. This year's draft is crucial and I expect a trade down or two. How about Oliver to Houston for both of their 3rd rounders? He might want to to go home and the Texans could use help on their DLine.

32 minutes ago, PrimeTime101 said:

its not like any of this was not expected. The unexpected will be Dawkins, White, Digs, Milano. 

What would be "unexpected" about those 4?

17 hours ago, cba fan said:

what many forget is most contracts now come with restructure language team can invoke at any time. Simple notice to players. agents, banks, payroll dept of team, then money payouts are commenced per new restructure schedule.

 

And player gets money sooner, so they are happy too. 

 

So no time-consuming negotiations and team can wait until last minutes to activate them depending on what moves come up as ops present themselves as FA runs.

i see just the opposite. He always drafts players they interview or bring in for visits. And telegraphs need picks in first round every year. Just like most do.

I wonder about tax conseuences?

17 hours ago, cba fan said:

what many forget is most contracts now come with restructure language team can invoke at any time. Simple notice to players. agents, banks, payroll dept of team, then money payouts are commenced per new restructure schedule.

 

And player gets money sooner, so they are happy too. 

 

So no time-consuming negotiations and team can wait until last minutes to activate them depending on what moves come up as ops present themselves as FA runs.

i see just the opposite. He always drafts players they interview or bring in for visits. And telegraphs need picks in first round every year. Just like most do.

I wonder about tax conseuences?

17 hours ago, cba fan said:

what many forget is most contracts now come with restructure language team can invoke at any time. Simple notice to players. agents, banks, payroll dept of team, then money payouts are commenced per new restructure schedule.

 

And player gets money sooner, so they are happy too. 

 

So no time-consuming negotiations and team can wait until last minutes to activate them depending on what moves come up as ops present themselves as FA runs.

i see just the opposite. He always drafts players they interview or bring in for visits. And telegraphs need picks in first round every year. Just like most do.

I wonder about tax conseuences?

[Kirby Jackson]

4 hours ago, Thurman#1 said:

 

 

Aw, come on.

 

Yes, it's flexible. And for owners who don't mind mortgaging the future, very flexible.

 

But no, you really can't have as much space as you want this year, much less in the future. Real quick, can you point out the way to get us, say $100M on the cap this year? Can't be done. If you turn over every rock and twig, you could get to around $80M, but it would leave us with very little flexibility next year. 

 

The credit card analogy is right on target. Yeah, I could use my cards and apply for a bunch more and stretch them all to the limit and get myself a Lambo. But doing that would mean I'd better get used to major lifestyle cuts elsewhere, and at some point it might become necessary to sell that Lambo used to handle some more urgent needs.

 

The reason Jalen Ramsey (and possibly Bobby Wags as well) is available is the Rams are having to throw the life jackets and the seats out the doors to try to save fuel. They cut Floyd at the cost of $19M in dead cap, even though it only saves them $3M on the cap. Why? Because they were well above the cap in 2024 as well as 2023. Taking all the dead money this year means Floyd won't cost them money in 2024, but Floyd was really good for them.

 

 

Lol, the reason that Ramsey and Wagner are going and gone is because the Rams realize that hey aren’t good enough!! If the Rams won 13 games last year, they, along with Robinson would still be there!!

 

You don’t need the number to say “$100M” you need to be able to minimize the cap hits within there. The Bills gave Von Miller 6 years and $120M. They took a 2022 cap hit of $5.15M.
 

It isn’t real!! I’ve been preaching that for a decade in here. I used to see LOTS of resistance. Now, the overwhelming majority of people are in agreement. You can sign, and keep, pretty much whoever you want and need. It is a matter of “is the juice worth the squeeze?” The Bills could EASILY keep Edmunds, Poyer and Motor if they wanted. They know that they need some changes so are going to allocate resources differently. 

4 hours ago, Matt_In_NH said:

There are limits though.  It is real.   The saints have ridiculous amounts of void money in future years.  Why is tyreek hill in Miami?  Why is adams in Las Vegas?  Answer:  the cap is real.   Sure it’s soft and can be manipulated but there are real limits.  

Tyreek is in Miami because they got a haul + space. If they wanted to keep him, they could have. The same goes for Adams. The Packers weren’t good enough with him. They took assets and went in a different direction. It’s not as complicated as some make it out to be.

 

The Bills can EASILY have the space for whomever they want. It’ll just cost more out of pocket now. It’ll hurt future cap years, but like the Saints, you can indefinitely push that out. Instead of biting the bullet and eating Thomas’ big number, they’ll extend him to lessen the blow. 
 

@nedboy7what SPECIFICALLY do you disagree with? Happy to discuss in further depth…

Edited March 11, 2023 by Kirby Jackson

[BBFL]

1 hour ago, Mango said:

In a perfect setting I wouldn’t have signed Von to begin with. It was a risk to win in 2022 at the expense of the longevity of the roster. 

 

At some point we have to reset the roster, put ourselves in a place to re-sign our own, and draft better. Miller’s contract to me, post ACL was off limits. 
 

Extend Daquan Jones, restructure Allen, Dawkins, and maybe Milano. Sometimes you have to live with the roster you build for a year or two and hit the ground running with a little bit of a reset. 
 

I don’t think restructuring Miller gets us a SB this year. And I think it makes it more difficult for us to win one 2,3,4 years down the line.

Thanks. Seems like a level headed assessment.  I love Von but that sword to get us to the SB wasn’t one I was hoping the Bills were willing to die on. They were and we live with the hopeful consequences. There was a lot of fans suggesting that the pass rush shouldnt have been the biggest priority going into last off-season, especially with the amount invested and tied up in the defensive line to begin with. 
 

So does that possible minor adjustment/reset to the roster begin next offseason or do they continue rolling the dice without change in roster priority going into 2023-24? One would hope they are at the same gauge of principles the majority of the fan base is at… protect Josh and maximize the elite talent he possesses. 

Edited March 11, 2023 by BBFL

[QLBillsFan]

1 hour ago, Mango said:

In a perfect setting I wouldn’t have signed Von to begin with. It was a risk to win in 2022 at the expense of the longevity of the roster. 

 

At some point we have to reset the roster, put ourselves in a place to re-sign our own, and draft better. Miller’s contract to me, post ACL was off limits. 
 

Extend Daquan Jones, restructure Allen, Dawkins, and maybe Milano. Sometimes you have to live with the roster you build for a year or two and hit the ground running with a little bit of a reset. 
 

I don’t think restructuring Miller gets us a SB this year. And I think it makes it more difficult for us to win one 2,3,4 years down the line.

Seems like he played a huge factor in the win in the road vs KC. How did that pass rush look without him ? The NFL is a this year league. Let’s worry about future years when we have to. The Bills with BB will be a contender for years to come but in particular this year. 

[Trust The Process]

Bills DT Tim Settle agreed to a renegotiated deal for 2023 that reduces his cap charge by about $600K.

[Alphadawg7]

19 hours ago, BillsFanForever19 said:

 

I mean, they have 24 Free Agents. They were always going to have to free up money to replace those bodies and/or bring some back. Whether they'll be able to come up with enough to sign any real big names as upgrades remains to be seen.

This.  We have a lot of holes we need to fill based on players who won’t be back.  Then we still have places we already  needed to seriously upgrade like along the OL and offensive playmakers.

 

If anyone thinks we made these moves to be major players in FA then you’re surely going to be disappointed.  We will be active, because we need bodies, but we most likely won’t be big players at the top of the market.  That cap space needs to be spread around, including signing our draft class.  
 

Our best chance at a significant addition IMHO is via trade where we offload some salary in the acquisition of said player.  For example, I could see us trading Ed Oliver for a WR or OL help, or even for someone to replace guys we may be losing like Poyer, Edmunds, and Devin.  

[Punching Bag]

20 hours ago, Inigo Montoya said:

Beane never goes into the Draft with a glaring hole in the roster.  He will work free agency like he does every year to fill the holes in the roster and walk into the Draft able to go in any direction.  That's his MO.

 

They did not have a hole when they traded Tyrod to Cleveland and was depending upon getting a QB in draft?

[TheBeaneBandit]

10 minutes ago, Trust The Process said:

Bills DT Tim Settle agreed to a renegotiated deal for 2023 that reduces his cap charge by about $600K.

Cool hopefully we hear something official soon. Every little bit helps these days lol

[Ethan in Cleveland]

2 hours ago, Sammy Watkins' Rib said:

 

I agree.

 

Flip side of that is that our OL has had holes every single one of those 6 years listed but we've yet to spend a single first round pick at the position and have only spent one day two pick at the position over those six years I believe. 

 

Yikes!

Agree. For some reason Beane has addressed Oline with free agents. Morse, Williams, Spain, Q, Saffold, and later round projects(Ford being the notable exception). To be fair, though overpaying some of these guys have worked out ok.

Perhaps he believes the oline play in college is so bad and it takes too much time to develop so he has gone the veteran route. That is not really a bad assumption.  

Hope he goes WR then oline 1 and 2 this year. 

[Punching Bag]

20 hours ago, jahnyc said:

Milano seems like a no brainer.  So would Diggs, unless there really are issues and he wants out. The Bills will have much to consider as to whether to restructure White and Dawkins (especially White).   I would not.

 

If Diggs wants money out of restructure tell him "we do not follow you"  and you will get notice from Bills about it from Bills PR in social meeting channels

[BBFL]

28 minutes ago, QLBillsFan said:

Seems like he played a huge factor in the win in the road vs KC. How did that pass rush look without him ? The NFL is a this year league. Let’s worry about future years when we have to. The Bills with BB will be a contender for years to come but in particular this year. 

The concern is a guy getting top dollar (top 5 at DE) who’s coming into the tail end of his career. He was bought for closing. Would you rather Von be closing an opponents entire season than a regular game? So far out of the 2/3 (yes the deal is 6) years we will have him before likely parting ways, it will have been, depending on your perspective half or a third of them when it actually matters… At this point I’d rather him ride the pine until the snaps absolutely matter and/or playoff time. 

Edited March 11, 2023 by BBFL

[Simon Says]

19 hours ago, BBFL said:

100% agreement. 
 

Dawkins and White are the only viable big cap hit candidates. Really don’t see Milano being restructured; if anything he warrants more money via an extension and we’ll with Diggs being restructured just 2 years ago I find that will be a tough task to ask again. Had we made a Super Bowl or won a Lombardi? Totally different. 

Knox,Morse.....

[BBFL]

10 minutes ago, Herb Nightly said:

Knox,Morse.....

1 year removed from a deal that put him top 5 $@TE. Ouch. 😬

[Draconator]

1 hour ago, Trust The Process said:

Bills DT Tim Settle agreed to a renegotiated deal for 2023 that reduces his cap charge by about $600K.

 

[cba fan]

17 hours ago, HomeTeam said:

I hope this does not complicate this with Von Miller going forward. It would be nice to be able to get out after year 3 if we wanted to. I never liked that signing tbh. Hope I'm wrong. 

it Von stayed healthy and Daquan Jones also was healthy for Bengals games.....Bills may have won.

[ngbills]

14 minutes ago, Draconator said:

 

Now we will be major free agency players

[cba fan]

16 hours ago, BillsShredder83 said:

when did that start? i swear i remember kc asking hill to do it 3 years  ago and him publicly proclaiming no

i don't know when it exactly started. But the big deals had it in first. Not all have it in so apparently Hill did not agree to the language. or see below speculation

 

The KC Hill restructure had more details allegedly speculatively KC wanted to add void years which required Hill agreement. see here.....

 

Tyreek Hill turns down restructured contract for K.C. Chiefs (arrowheadaddict.com)

Tyreek Hill turns down restructured contract for K.C. Chiefs.url

Edited March 11, 2023 by cba fan

[RocCityRoller]

3 hours ago, Mango said:

In a perfect setting I wouldn’t have signed Von to begin with. It was a risk to win in 2022 at the expense of the longevity of the roster. 

 

At some point we have to reset the roster, put ourselves in a place to re-sign our own, and draft better. Miller’s contract to me, post ACL was off limits. 
 

Extend Daquan Jones, restructure Allen, Dawkins, and maybe Milano. Sometimes you have to live with the roster you build for a year or two and hit the ground running with a little bit of a reset. 
 

I don’t think restructuring Miller gets us a SB this year. And I think it makes it more difficult for us to win one 2,3,4 years down the line.

^ this fan gets it.

 

Buffalo spent most of Allen's 5 year window avoiding the big splash FA. That was the time to do it. The Miller signing was about 2 seasons too late. Chandler Jones, Mack and Miller all moved in the season or two prior to last one, and no real noise from TBD to do it.

 

The FO preferred bringing in a bunch of also rans and hope to strike lightning rather than get a star or two each off-season, with the exception of Diggs. Even then Diggs was a very good WR, but not a star. The OL is a prefect example of this failed strategy.

 

The best thing this team could do now is clean some house, get younger, draft better and find one solid starter each FA period. Not a star, can't afford it, and not a bunch of Harts and Quessenberrys you hope will luck into starters. Stop using void years for over the hill former stars like Emmanual Sanders.

[Mango]

3 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Lol, the reason that Ramsey and Wagner are going and gone is because the Rams realize that hey aren’t good enough!! If the Rams won 13 games last year, they, along with Robinson would still be there!!

 

You don’t need the number to say “$100M” you need to be able to minimize the cap hits within there. The Bills gave Von Miller 6 years and $120M. They took a 2022 cap hit of $5.15M.
 

It isn’t real!! I’ve been preaching that for a decade in here. I used to see LOTS of resistance. Now, the overwhelming majority of people are in agreement. You can sign, and keep, pretty much whoever you want and need. It is a matter of “is the juice worth the squeeze?” The Bills could EASILY keep Edmunds, Poyer and Motor if they wanted. They know that they need some changes so are going to allocate resources differently. 

Tyreek is in Miami because they got a haul + space. If they wanted to keep him, they could have. The same goes for Adams. The Packers weren’t good enough with him. They took assets and went in a different direction. It’s not as complicated as some make it out to be.

 

The Bills can EASILY have the space for whomever they want. It’ll just cost more out of pocket now. It’ll hurt future cap years, but like the Saints, you can indefinitely push that out. Instead of biting the bullet and eating Thomas’ big number, they’ll extend him to lessen the blow. 
 

@nedboy7what SPECIFICALLY do you disagree with? Happy to discuss in further depth…

Kriby my guy, you are one of my favorite posters here. But I think there is some major middle ground between your “the cap doesn’t matter” and people who think the NFL is a hard cap.

 

I actually think NO is a prime example of the cap mattering. They had a first ballot HoF coach and QB combo, pushed the limits of what was possible with the salary cap. And at the end of the day they were over .500 almost as much as they were at/under it. And they continued to pay that bill through losing seasons to try and right their cap situation.
 

I understand the “one before I die”, but long term I have zero interest in being the New Orleans Saints. Woof. 

4 minutes ago, RocCityRoller said:

^ this fan gets it.

 

Buffalo spent most of Allen's 5 year window avoiding the big splash FA. That was the time to do it. The Miller signing was about 2 seasons too late. Chandler Jones, Mack and Miller all moved in the season or two prior to last one, and no real noise from TBD to do it.

 

The FO preferred bringing in a bunch of also rans and hope to strike lightning rather than get a star or two each off-season, with the exception of Diggs. Even then Diggs was a very good WR, but not a star. The OL is a prefect example of this failed strategy.

 

The best thing this team could do now is clean some house, get younger, draft better and find one solid starter each FA period. Not a star, can't afford it, and not a bunch of Harts and Quessenberrys you hope will luck into starters. Stop using void years for over the hill former stars like Emmanual Sanders.

I was actually hoping we’d reset a bit last year so that we could keep Edmunds and Poyer this offseason to not create any additional holes as we try and fill voids at OL and WR depth while also trying to get some replacements in house to take over for aging vets.

 

Edited March 11, 2023 by Mango