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6 questions the Bills must face this offseason

6 questions the #Bills must face this offseason (via @jdiloro):

The Buffalo Bills face their most uncertain offseason in years.

The Bills have their tightest salary cap situation in the Sean McDermott-Brandon Beane era, meaning several moves will need to be made to get the team into a stable financial position. In addition, several long-term members and current free agents may be signing new contracts with other teams when the NFL’s signing period starts in three weeks.

Buffalo entered last season with the best odds to win Super Bowl. The Bills fell short after an emotional season, losing to the Cincinnati Bengals on home soil in the AFC divisional round. However, the cracks in the foundation were present throughout the season.

Now, Buffalo needs to take a careful look moving forward to place them in a situation that will keep them in a position among the top teams in the NFL. But, there are several questions the Bills must address ahead of free agency.

Here are six questions that Buffalo faces throughout the offseason.

Morning mock draft: Bills take RB, Tremaine Edmunds replacement in two rounder

Morning mock draft: Bills take RB, Tremaine Edmunds replacement in two rounder:

In a two-round 2023 NFL draft mock by CBS Sports, the Buffalo Bills address positions on both offense and defense.

Starting with the Bills’ top selection at No. 27 overall, Buffalo takes Texas running back Bijan Robinson. An oft-mocked player to the Bills early this offseason, Robinson is a potential Devin Singletary replacement.

CBS Sports has the same mindset with Buffalo’s Round 2 selection. A linebacker, Clemson’s Trenton Simpson, was the choice in Round 2 and he would be taken to fill in a void left by Tremaine Edmunds.

By the time the draft comes, the Bills will know how things unfold in free agency with Singletary and Edmunds, so both could need replacing. Time will tell.

Here’s more analysis on both players:

1 free agent the Saints could target from each AFC East team

Reuniting with Sheldon Rankins could make sense as the Saints rebuild their defensive line. 1 free agent they could target from each AFC East team:

We’re continuing our tour of the NFL free agency landscape with the AFC teams, having previously gone over pending free agents from the NFC East, NFC North, AFC West, and AFC South. While the New Orleans Saints may not be in a position to match the league’s big spenders, there are going to be budget-friendly options available from every team in this division.

With that in mind, let’s preview the free agents looking to hit the market from the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, and New York Jets. There are some familiar names for Saints fans about to become available:

Reasons why the Bills are unlikely to use the franchise tag as window opens

Reasons why the #Bills are unlikely to use the franchise tag as the window to use it opened Tuesday:

The window for NFL teams to use the franchise tag on players is now open until March 7.

Teams hold all the power in the decision, as a club can slap it on any player that’s set to be a free agent. The twist? It’s costly.

There are a few types of tags a team can place on a player. To make it simple, we’ll just lump them all under the same umbrella. Each of them makes a player one of the highest paid at their individual position in the NFL, essentially.

Regarding the Buffalo Bills this spring, the team has over 20 pending free agents. Considering how much it costs to tag a player, it would only be used on a starter.

That leaves a handful of players in contention for it. The top three would be linebacker Tremaine Edmunds, safety Jordan Poyer, and running back Devin Singletary. Starting left guard Rodger Saffold also falls under the same umbrella in terms of starting status, but his level of play does not.

In terms of the top three, it is still very unlikely general manager Brandon Beane pulls the trigger for a variety of reasons.

Here’s a quick rundown of those:

Brandon Beane: Bills need to look at ‘business standpoint,’ for Devin Singletary

Devin Singletary would like to be back with the #Bills, but he’s a clear example of how the team can’t keep everyone with their salary cap difficulties ahead:

Devin Singletary is both a mix of an “under-the-radar” and important pending free agent for the Buffalo Bills.

He led the Bills (13-3) in carries, rushing yards, and had five rushing scores. That only trailed quarterback Josh Allen’s seven.

Meanwhile, the likes of other players on expiring contracts such as safety Jordan Poyer and linebacker Tremaine Edmunds have gotten much more of the spotlight.

Sure, Singletary put the ball on the ground at times, but he played a role, and no small one.

It remains to be seen what happens with Buffalo’s top rusher from the past few years. As of now, it seems like it’s a very cloudy future for Singletary.

At his end of season press conference, general manager Brandon Beane complimented Singletary. Then he brought up the business side of things. That made it sound like the Bills might have a tough time making ends meet.

“Really improved in short-yardage. We know he can make guys miss. His hands improved,” The GM said. “We’ll have to see from a business standpoint how that will work out for us.”

According to Spotrac, the Bills are approximately $16 million over the estimated 2023 salary cap. Plenty of moves will be made by Beane to free space up, but regardless, the space will be slim.

The elephant in the room is quarterback Josh Allen’s extension. Per Spotrac, Allen’s cap hit jolts from $16.4 million to $39.8M next year. That’s going to hamper the team more and players will fall by the wayside.

Singletary is a candidate to be one of those because like most players, he will want a larger contract after his rookie deal. Not a smaller one like the Bills will be looking for.

However, the player is holding onto some slight hope.

Singletary admitted to WROC-TV he’d like to return to Buffalo. Singletary added he thought he had a “fair amount” of touches in the Bills offense.

That could be another factor playing into Singletary’s mind as well: Life without a James Cook.

Plus, Cook himself was just drafted in the third round last year. Down the stretch, Cook started to get more run with the Bills on the field. He’s clearly part of the team’s future plans.

All in all, Singletary might be halfway out the door already.

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15 takeaways from Bills GM Brandon Beane’s end of season presser

15 takeaways from #Bills general manager Brandon Beane’s end of season press conference (he said a lot):

Here are 15 takeaways from Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane on Wednesday during his end of season press conference:

NFL bettors are furious after Devin Singletary’s yardage was mysteriously shorted, dooming their parlays

Something is off about this.

An incredibly specific prop bet is being called into question by bettors on social media after Buffalo Bills running back Devin Singletary appeared to eclipse 25 yards late in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s loss to the Bengals, yet mysteriously finished with an official total of 24.

Singletary’s alternate prop total of 25+ rushing yards was added to a few divisional playoff parlays, and the bettors were left perplexed and frustrated after losing that leg when there’s video evidence to suggest they should have won.

First, let’s start with the play in question. It was 3rd & 7, according to the CBS graphic, and Singletary was up to 19 yards at this point.

Now, here’s where things get confusing.

Singletary appeared to get the first down, which would have meant he rushed for seven yards and was up to 26 for the game. However, the NFL’s official play-by-play for the game says it was actually 3rd & 6 (not 3rd & 7) — and Singletary didn’t get the first down. The play-by-play has him ruled down at the 40, setting up a 4th & 1. That would mean the run was only for five yards, which would leave him at 24 for the game.

Because sportsbooks get their official data from the NFL, that’s the number they used to determine Singletary’s prop. But that was unsatisfactory for bettors who saw with their own two eyes what had transpired.

Now, here’s the thing. If Singletary had actually been ruled down at the 40 in real game-time, it’d be easy to write this off as a graphic error. The lines on the field are hard to see through the snow. It’s plausible that he came a yard short on 4th and 6.

However, a replay of the game shows Buffalo was actually awarded a first down. The sticks were moved and everything. The 4th down that appears in the official play-by-play never occurred. The very next play was first down.

A first down would mean Singletary got the full six yards the NFL’s own play-by-play says was needed for a first, which should have given him exactly 25 yards for the game.

I’ve personally never seen the league go back and adjust the downs in a game after the fact, so it’s hard to say why that would have been done here. Bettors aren’t happy about it.

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Report card: Bills top Dolphins in Wild Card, 34-31

Report card: #Bills top #Dolphins in Wild Card, 34-31 (via @jdiloro):

Check out Bills Wire’s report card following the Buffalo Bills’ 34-31 Wild-Card win over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday:

NFL fans crushed the refs for gifting the Bills a controversial game-icing first down

It sure looked like Devin Singletary was clearly short of the line.

Seemingly against all odds, the Miami Dolphins went into Western New York on Sunday and gave the Buffalo Bills all they could handle. Even with backup Skylar Thompson at the helm of the Dolphins’ offense — who played an admirable game in his own right — the Dolphins never stopped coming.

They got into Josh Allen’s head, who turned the ball over three times. After a Tony Romo jinx, defensive tackle Zach Sieler revved the party up with a wild big-man score. And, in the end, despite egregious time management miscues on their final offensive possession, the Dolphins still had a faint chance of extending this instant classic to overtime.

All they had to do was stop the Bills from getting a first down as they tried to ice the clock. Simple, right? Not necessarily an easy task, but it’s a straightforward path to getting the ball back. Unfortunately, the officiating crew on hand had different ideas.

With the Dolphins’ season on the line, Devin Singletary took a third-down handoff running on the left side and gained a rather generous Herculean seven yards to ice the game in a 34-31 Bills win. That is to say, Singletary seemed to be well short from various angles, but he was strangely awarded the controversial first down anyway.

Let’s take a closer look at a still image of Singletary as he was stood up by Dolphins defenders:

The yellow broadcast line isn’t official, but there’s a lot of evident space between Singletary and where the down marker is. Since the initial call on the field was a Singletary first down, any review had to be clear to overturn. Oh yeah, you know how this one ends: The call stood because there wasn’t enough evidence to push it the other way.

Now, the Dolphins would have had to make a likely fourth-and-short stop with the Human Behemoth Allen potentially putting himself in position for a simple QB sneak. And even then, they’d still have to get a tying long field goal with mere seconds remaining on the clock. Not a sure thing and, yes, improbable, but it feels like Miami was robbed of the first step in that game-tying path on Singletary’s “first down.”

Instead of a last-gasp desperate stop/offensive heave, the Dolphins’ season ends with a clumsy whimper instigated by what resembles poor officiating.