[positional grouping] Bills Receiver Group

[Mahoney]

4 hours ago, Robs House said:

Do we think Sanders over Brown is a good move?

 

I tend to give the coaching staff the benefit of the doubt because they know more about these guys and how they want to use them, but I would have thought Brown was a more valuable asset at this point in their careers.

It's a fair question. I'm not a salary cap guy, but on the surface, it looks like we saved almost $2M by releasing Brown and signing Sanders. There seemed to be a disconnect at the end of the season, with Brown seemingly healthy, but not playing much, if at all. I got the feeling something else was going on. I like Brown, and love what he did for us (esp. in 2019). But I love what an 11-year vet with some past star power could offer Josh.
 

Edited March 17, 2021 by Mahoney

[TakeYouToTasker 2.0]

4 hours ago, Robs House said:

Do we think Sanders over Brown is a good move?

 

I tend to give the coaching staff the benefit of the doubt because they know more about these guys and how they want to use them, but I would have thought Brown was a more valuable asset at this point in their careers.

I speculate that Beane went to Brown’s agent and offered him a restructure similar to Sanders’ contract, and that Brown’s people turned it down. That would have been such a large haircut that his people may have flat out rejected it without ever even mentioning it to Brown. Or, if they did mention it to him, that he drastically overestimated his market, and now is stuck in Vegas on a 1 year deal worth 3.5m, a 500k signing bonus, worth up to 5.5m in incentives.

[Alaska Darin]

1 hour ago, TakeYouToTasker 2.0 said:

I speculate that Beane went to Brown’s agent and offered him a restructure similar to Sanders’ contract, and that Brown’s people turned it down. That would have been such a large haircut that his people may have flat out rejected it without ever even mentioning it to Brown. Or, if they did mention it to him, that he drastically overestimated his market, and now is stuck in Vegas on a 1 year deal worth 3.5m, a 500k signing bonus, worth up to 5.5m in incentives.

I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't.  Brown didn't "compete" in the playoffs at a high level - when you need him most.  He seemed to shrink in the moment.  I liked his ability to blow the top off defenses when he was healthy but it's really hard to pay money to a guy on the wrong side of 30, coming off a season where he missed significant time, with a shoddy AFC Championship game performance fresh in your mind.

 

Sanders is a far more physical player and Beane has had him on the radar for awhile.  I'm not at all surprised this happened, though I suspect it was Plan B.

[Robs House]

4 hours ago, TakeYouToTasker 2.0 said:

I speculate that Beane went to Brown’s agent and offered him a restructure similar to Sanders’ contract, and that Brown’s people turned it down. That would have been such a large haircut that his people may have flat out rejected it without ever even mentioning it to Brown. Or, if they did mention it to him, that he drastically overestimated his market, and now is stuck in Vegas on a 1 year deal worth 3.5m, a 500k signing bonus, worth up to 5.5m in incentives.

 

This is why I'd make a crummy GM. In a world where Nelson Agholor can demand $13m/yr, I'd have paid Brown ~ $10m and thought I was pretty slick.

 

I still think the Raiders got a bargain though.

[Foxx]

https://twitter.com/BuffaloBills/status/1372302220968988672?s=19

 

[Uncle Joe]

3 hours ago, Robs House said:

This is why I'd make a crummy GM. In a world where Nelson Agholor can demand $13m/yr, I'd have paid Brown ~ $10m and thought I was pretty slick.

And in the same world Miami paid Foster thinking Tua is going to get the ball to him.
It's nice to have Josh,

[Ann]

https://youtu.be/qATYo7WiXsU
 

[Foxx]

1 hour ago, Ann said:

https://youtu.be/qATYo7WiXsU
 

Wow. He can just about do it all. How many passes was he just wide open as all hell and with a better placed ball, he would have been off to the races.

 

I mean, we all knew he was good, but this good? Wow. We got a steal.

[B-Man]

 

 

BIG NEWS !

 

 

[Hedge]

46 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

BIG NEWS !

 

 

 

I wonder if he will also see more action as a punt/kickoff return man, now that Andre Roberts has signed elsewhere.

[B-Man]

 

 

I hope that this rules out drafting another WR ............in the first three rounds at least.

 

 

 

[TakeYouToTasker 2.0]

53 minutes ago, Hedge said:

 

I wonder if he will also see more action as a punt/kickoff return man, now that Andre Roberts has signed elsewhere.

I would just about guarantee it.

[Ann]

https://twitter.com/BuffaloBills/status/1374416902043279368
 

https://twitter.com/_IsaiahMcKenzie/status/1374391105865748491

[Koko]

2 hours ago, Hedge said:

 

I wonder if he will also see more action as a punt/kickoff return man, now that Andre Roberts has signed elsewhere.

 

I'm guessing that's where he will be making his money next season.

[Ann]

Could go in so many threads...
 

 

[Ann]

2009 and only the middle of the drought years.
 

 

[Ann]

Here's hoping for an even better 2021 season!
 

 

 

 

[Ann]

Well, unless the Bills and the Cowboys meet in the Super Bowl, this year is not a concern...
 

 

[Hedge]

 

 

 

[Ann]

His moves are tripping and holding his brother... and Stefon still makes the catches. 😛