Bills Release AJ Klein

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$5.1M cap savings:

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dead money:

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[IDBillzFan]

Maybe Klein will think twice the next time he wants to be an anonymous source for a Tyler Dunne article.

 

 

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[Sig1Hunter]

4 hours ago, IDBillzFan said:

Maybe Klein will think twice the next time he wants to be an anonymous source for a Tyler Dunne article.

 

 

Wait what?

[Core Four]

Klein is a guy who was paid a starting salary, though never started.  Not sure why he was brought here, other than being a former Panther.

[Arm of Harm]

Brandon Beane must have been sleep deprived/not 100% there. Clearly he remembered that he had to release a highly paid LB to help get below the cap. But equally clearly he forgot which particular highly paid LB he was supposed to release! 😮

[IDBillzFan]

13 hours ago, Sig1Hunter said:

Wait what?

 

Just bustin' balls.

[Spartacus]

11 hours ago, Core Four said:

Klein is a guy who was paid a starting salary, though never started.  Not sure why he was brought here, other than being a former Panther.

he was signed at beginning of free agency to be the starter, because at that time it was unlikley they would re-sign Milano

but hey- keep grinding that ax

[Billsandhorns]

15 hours ago, Arm of Harm said:

Brandon Beane must have been sleep deprived/not 100% there. Clearly he remembered that he had to release a highly paid LB to help get below the cap. But equally clearly he forgot which particular highly paid LB he was supposed to release! 😮

The other highly paid linebacker does not give cap savings if released

[Arm of Harm]

4 minutes ago, Billsandhorns said:

The other highly paid linebacker does not give cap savings if released

If they release Edmunds they don’t got cap relief? 

[Billsandhorns]

 

Current Contract

Tremaine Edmunds signed a 4 year, $12,659,544 contract with the Buffalo Bills, including a $7,286,941 signing bonus, $12,659,544 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $3,164,886. In 2022, Edmunds will earn a base salary of $12,716,000, while carrying a cap hit of $12,716,000 and a dead cap value of $12,716,000.

[Alaska Darin]

18 hours ago, Core Four said:

Klein is a guy who was paid a starting salary, though never started.  Not sure why he was brought here, other than being a former Panther.

Mentor.

[Crap Throwing Clavin]

7 minutes ago, Alaska Darin said:

Mentor.

 

Well that worked out well.

[Core Four]

18 minutes ago, Alaska Darin said:

Mentor.

I’m guessing he may have been slotted as an OLB in a 4-3 alignment, but they rarely went 4-3.

 

I’m not a fan of overpaying vet players to mentor younger guys.  Coaches should take on more of a role in developing younger guys, not rely on vet layers.

[Alaska Darin]

23 minutes ago, Core Four said:

I’m guessing he may have been slotted as an OLB in a 4-3 alignment, but they rarely went 4-3.

 

I’m not a fan of overpaying vet players to mentor younger guys.  Coaches should take on more of a role in developing younger guys, not rely on vet layers.

Coaches coach, players play.  There's a reason Klein is being thanked by his younger teammates on social media.  Every position room needs a guy who has been around and won.  It's inarguable. 

 

Beane knows how to build a winning program and everyone is going to overpay free agents now and again.  It's the business.

 

Klein was a key contributor when the BILLS won in NE late in the season when they finally went 43.  If the team had won the SB (as they should have) that game would have correctly been lauded as the season's turning point. 

 

As it is with the DL - the problem isn't the players or the GM.  It's 100% the coaches not finishing the cake with with these best ingredients in the NFL.

 

[Core Four]

10 minutes ago, Alaska Darin said:

Coaches coach, players play.  There's a reason Klein is being thanked by his younger teammates on social media.  Every position room needs a guy who has been around and won.  It's inarguable. 

 

Beane knows how to build a winning program and everyone is going to overpay free agents now and again.  It's the business.

 

Klein was a key contributor when the BILLS won in NE late in the season when they finally went 43.  If the team had won the SB (as they should have) that game would have correctly been lauded as the season's turning point. 

 

As it is with the DL - the problem isn't the players or the GM.  It's 100% the coaches not finishing the cake with with these best ingredients in the NFL.

 

Totally agree that the coaches did less with more, they had enough to win.

 

I think Klein was under utilized, as well as incorrectly utilized when he did play by forcing him in coverage when that clearly wasn’t his strength.  Scheme shouldn’t be more important than player strength.

[IDBillzFan]

Now Feliciano is gone.

 

 

Edited March 10, 2022 by IDBillzFan