Beane End of the Season Presser

[ghz in pittsburgh]

"Both lines were dominated" is noted against Cinci.

"Burrows is on his rookie deal; Chase is on his rookie deal. We are paying Diggs a hefty number; we are paying Josh a hefty number" is also mentioned.

"We are not going to go all in on one year", "I don't want to be in situation like 100 million over the cap in two years like some teams have to deal with."

I think OBD knows their pushing all-the-chips-to-the-middle years are over. It will be in the mode of drafting well, finding diamonds in low-cost FAs, hoping one of those years you hit one or two blue chips having career years to get them over the top.

This team is NOT going to have talent overwhelming teams like the Chiefs and the Bengals. The more likely scenario is that they peak at the right time like 2021 to get on a run and over those teams. Beane said at the beginning of the presser what we have seen: towards the end of the season, this team was barely finding a way to get by; we were not hitting on any (let alone on all) cylinders for offense and defense.

[sahlensguy]

Re: Beane End of the Season Presser

Yawn

[Forward_Lateral]

Re: Beane End of the Season Presser

They've never "pushed all of their chips to the middle".

[Novacane]

Re: Beane End of the Season Presser

"Both lines were dominated" is noted against Cinci.

"Burrows is on his rookie deal; Chase is on his rookie deal. We are paying Diggs a hefty number; we are paying Josh a hefty number" is also mentioned.

"We are not going to go all in on one year", "I don't want to be in situation like 100 million over the cap in two years like some teams have to deal with."

I think OBD knows their pushing all-the-chips-to-the-middle years are over. It will be in the mode of drafting well, finding diamonds in low-cost FAs, hoping one of those years you hit one or two blue chips having career years to get them over the top.

This team is NOT going to have talent overwhelming teams like the Chiefs and the Bengals. The more likely scenario is that they peak at the right time like 2021 to get on a run and over those teams. Beane said at the beginning of the presser what we have seen: towards the end of the season, this team was barely finding a way to get by; we were not hitting on any (let alone on all) cylinders for offense and defense.

So Cinci built a better team with less money!

[sahlensguy]

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So Cinci built a better team with less money!

And less time/shots at the draft than Beane.

[Novacane]

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Hitting on Josh Allen has covered up a lot of poor drafting. I still give him credit for hitting on a QB that lots of people thought would bust. Burrow was a no brainer for Cinci but after QB they've obviously drafted better. Beane can't rest on Josh anymore.

[sahlensguy]

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Hitting on Josh Allen has covered up a lot of poor drafting. I still give him credit for hitting on a QB that lots of people thought would bust. Burrow was a no brainer for Cinci but after QB they've obviously drafted better. Beane can't rest on Josh anymore.

Not just poor drafting and missing on who he picked, but Beane's overall drafting strategy of not building around Josh has been a failure.

[OpIv37]

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So Cinci built a better team with less money!

I read it pretty much the same way: "They have a better team and more cap space, so don't expect us to be able to catch them."

[Forward_Lateral]

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I read it pretty much the same way: "They have a better team and more cap space, so don't expect us to be able to catch them."

NO.

They have 2 franchise players still on rookie contracts. Burrow is going to get ultra paid this offseason or the next. Chase will be right behind him. That's what he's saying.

The only reason they were even in any position to get both of those guys is because they went 2-14 and 4-11-1.

You would have an absolute bird if the Bills got 6 wins in the next 2 seasons.

[OpIv37]

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NO.

They have 2 franchise players still on rookie contracts. Burrow is going to get ultra paid this offseason or the next. Chase will be right behind him. That's what he's saying.

The only reason they were even in any position to get both of those guys is because they went 2-14 and 4-11-1.

You would have an absolute bird if the Bills got 6 wins in the next 2 seasons.

Their 2 franchise players are cheap (at least for now). Our two franchise players are expensive. Translation: at least for now, they have more cap space to put talent around those franchise guys than we do. That's just basic math. And your assumption of my reaction to a hypothetical event has nothing to do with it.

[Forward_Lateral]

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Their 2 franchise players are cheap (at least for now). Our two franchise players are expensive. Translation: at least for now, they have more cap space to put talent around those franchise guys than we do. That's just basic math. And your assumption of my reaction to a hypothetical event has nothing to do with it.

Of course it's basic math. Beane was pointing out that he doesn't want the Bills to SUCK BAD ENOUGH to get a top pick. He was commenting on how the Bengals were A.) able to rebuild and B.) hit the bullseye twice.

[sahlensguy]

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"I don't want to suck bad enough to have to get Ja'Marr Chase"

Well Beane...you may have come close if you didn't luck out on drafting Josh Allen.

[BuffaloBlitz83]

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"I don't want to suck bad enough to have to get Ja'Marr Chase"

Well Beane...you may have come close if you didn't luck out on drafting Josh Allen.

Odell

[BuffaloBlitz83]

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Jordan Addison, WR

[TacklingDummy]

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The Bills remind me of Green Bay with Rodgers. GB was lucky enough to get 1 though.