Free agency is fluid... OL

[X-Era]

All the following signed with other teams:

Bulaga
Iupati
Franklin
Carpenter
Boling-reportedly close with the Bengals

And yet we signed 1 in FA last year and drafted 3.

Thats the status of the top OL 5 hours into FA. At this point, outside of Jahri Evans who may or may not be released, I'd rather go the draft route.

Free agency is fluid and we can't control where these players go.

[coastal]

Typical

[YardRat]

Oh good. The top four are gone, Boling is a pipe dream, and we get a less experienced Chris Williams. Thank the football gods for a draft.

[X-Era]

Oh good. The top four are gone, Boling is a pipe dream, and we get a less experienced Chris Williams. Thank the football gods for a draft.
2 of the 4 or more never hit free agency

[SpikedLemonade]

All the following signed with other teams:

Bulaga
Iupati
Franklin
Carpenter
Boling-reportedly close with the Bengals

And yet we signed 1 in FA last year and drafted 3.

Thats the status of the top OL 5 hours into FA. At this point, outside of Jahri Evans who may or may not be released, I'd rather go the draft route.

Free agency is fluid and we can't control where these players go.

And how did that turn out?

It is bullcrap that we can't control where these players go. You offer them more money and more opportunity and they will come. You show them that you are heavily interested in them early in the process with money and they will come.

The Bills once again do not properly value OL. Simply not a priority.

Let's practice once again blaming our OC, QB and RB when our offense sputters and fails.

[SpikedLemonade]

2 of the 4 or more never hit free agency

We could speak with those 2 on Saturday and Sunday right?

No amount of money would have got them listening?

Instead we are about to blow our brains out on a TE when we have a poor QB and poor OL just like we blew out brains out last year on a WR in the draft when we had a poor QB and poor OL.

What is the definition of insanity again?

[X-Era]

And how did that turn out?

It is bullcrap that we can't control where these players go. You offer them more money and more opportunity and they will come. You show them that you are heavily interested in them early in the process with money and they will come.

The Bills once again do not properly value OL. Simply not a priority.

Let's practice once again blaming our OC, QB and RB when our offense sputters and fails.Hillarious. Apparently money is the only thing that drives a player to sign.

[Mace]

Let's practice once again blaming our OC, QB and RB when our offense sputters and fails.

Nah, I'll blame Pegula, Whaley and Ryan in that order. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Ballsy team construction, will pay off in 5 years like the Sabres, sort of, maybe.

[SpikedLemonade]

Hillarious. Apparently money is the only thing that drives a player to sign.

Mostly.

Money and opportunity.

A WR may take a little less money to have an elite QB throw to him eg. Cobb.

A DE may take a little less money to be part of an elite DL eg. Hughes.

[MikeInRoch]

Know a lot of players to know that, do ya?

[OpIv37]

Nah, I'll blame Pegula, Whaley and Ryan in that order. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Ballsy team construction, will pay off in 5 years like the Sabres, sort of, maybe.

No. It won't.

In the NHL, you draft a guy knowing he's going to be in juniors/AHL for 2 or so years and take another 2 or so years to develop. He's just going to be starting to peak in 5 years.

In the NFL, in 5 years the guy's an FA and there's no guarantee you can keep him.

[jpdex12]

No. It won't.

In the NHL, you draft a guy knowing he's going to be in juniors/AHL for 2 or so years and take another 2 or so years to develop. He's just going to be starting to peak in 5 years.

In the NFL, in 5 years the guy's an FA and there's no guarantee you can keep him.

How come the Pats don't have to make big splashed on linemen in FA to win if that is what it takes in your opinion?