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[ValJamesDuex]

How to watch 2025 NFL Scouting Combine: TV/stream info, schedule, preview, players to watch, history

Here is everything you need to know about the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine, including where it is, when it begins, how to watch it and which players are attending.

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[Jim Bob]

For those that like visuals, this is the list of 13 potential moves that Joe sent out to his Substack and I am guessing they are the same exact 13 options he talked through on today's podcast.

NFL Combine week starts today.

McDermott talks to the media at 4pm today and Beane talks to the media at 2pm tomorrow.

 

[oldgoalie]

Sam Martin? Really?

 

[Jim Bob]

Sam Martin? Really?

Bills sign P Jake Camarda to reserve/futures contract

That is why Sam Martin is a candidate to be cut.

 

[Jim Bob]

2025 NFL Mock Draft: Travis Hunter to Jaguars, Ashton Jeanty to Chargers and Myles Garrett traded

Myles Garrett heads to Washington in a blockbuster trade and the Chargers go with Ashton Jeanty in this 2025 NFL mock draft.

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[TehDoak]

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For those that like visuals, this is the list of 13 potential moves that Joe sent out to his Substack and I am guessing they are the same exact 13 options he talked through on today's podcast.

NFL Combine week starts today.

McDermott talks to the media at 4pm today and Beane talks to the media at 2pm tomorrow.

Of those:

-Daquan Jones can wait till this summer
-Not sure who you are replacing David Edwards with for less than 4M.

 

[Jim Bob]

'This is a meat-and-potatoes draft': NFL scouts on the strengths, weaknesses and depth of the 2025 class

With only a handful of high-end prospects, the 2025 draft class has been criticized and questioned. But scouts are actually intrigued by the group's depth.

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Questions: QB & WR

Scouts are excited about: RB, TE, & DL

 

[Jim Bob]

Of those:

-Daquan Jones can wait till this summer
-Not sure who you are replacing David Edwards with for less than 4M.

Given all the starters on expiring deals in 2025, I won't be shocked if they avoid any post-6/1 cuts or trades that would push significant dead cap into 2026.

And Edwards is an option because the cap savings is so big. It will all come down to what Kromer is saying. This will carry a ton of weight as Edwards is the only OL that had prior experience with Kromer and is most certainly one of "Kromer's guys." So, if Kromer tells Beane that Alec Anderson or Tylan Grable is ready to step in at LG, I think they could choose to move on from Edwards.

But, I would probably expect an Edwards extension to keep him in 2026 might be more likely given how well he played in 2024 and his relationship with Kromer.

And Joe (and the Cover 1 guys on their Cap Special) weren't saying the Bills would or should pull all these cap levers to clear space. These are just what they could do cap-wise.

 

[TehDoak]

Given all the starters on expiring deals in 2025, I won't be shocked if they avoid any post-6/1 cuts or trades that would push significant dead cap into 2026.

And Edwards is an option because the cap savings is so big. It will all come down to what Kromer is saying. This will carry a ton of weight as Edwards is the only OL that had prior experience with Kromer and is most certainly one of "Kromer's guys." So, if Kromer tells Beane that Alec Anderson or Tylan Grable is ready to step in at LG, I think they could choose to move on from Edwards.

But, I would probably expect an Edwards extension to keep him in 2026 might be more likely given how well he played in 2024 and his relationship with Kromer.

And Joe (and the Cover 1 guys on their Cap Special) weren't saying the Bills would or should pull all these cap levers to clear space. These are just what they could do cap-wise.

My thought on Jones is that the savings is relatively little. We only have 3 DT on the roster currently.

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he wasn't great last year....I'm fine with him coming back at a lessor role. I am curious if he's is willing to go the knox/Miller way from last year and take a bit of a paycut as well.

 

[Jim Bob]

My thought on Jones is that the savings is relatively little. We only have 3 DT on the roster currently.

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DaQuan Jones contract and salary cap details, including signing bonus, guaranteed salary, dead money, roster bonuses, and contract history

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he wasn't great last year....I'm fine with him coming back at a lessor role. I am curious if he's is willing to go the knox/Miller way from last year and take a bit of a paycut as well.

Given the lack of depth at the position, good luck trying to leverage him into taking a pay cur from his $7.75M base salary in 2025.

I don't even know what kind of a conversion to a Not Likely To Be Earned incentive he would go for.

He is kind of like Elam to me. He's on the roster unless you are ready to trade him for a late day 3 pick swap just to get the cap savings and you think a rookie would be an upgrade.

I'm not sure they get there with Jones.

The post-6/1 trade or cut has the same 2026 impact as letting him play this year due to the void years on his deal.

 

[Husko]

Since Jones only has 2.25 of his salary guaranteed, I think there's room for a paycut. Current cap hit is 9.4. With a June 1 cut his cap hit 3.9. The gap between those numbers would be the sweet spot for a new salary. If they bumped his guaranteed salary up to 5 million, plus the 1.7 signing bonus, resulting in a 6.7 new cap hit, would that make sense to everyone? Bills save almost 3 million. Jones gets almost 3 million more guaranteed than he would if he's cut. Maybe tack on an incentive for a chance to earn some money back.

Question would be, would he rather be here for 5 million or take 2 from the Bills + whatever he can get on the market.

Also, cutting Edwards would shock me. He was perfectly fine and his cap hit is low for a starter. If anything, I could see them extending him by a year.

 

[FIRE DRURY]

Not sure who you are replacing David Edwards with for less than 4M.

Also, cutting Edwards would shock me. He was perfectly fine and his cap hit is low for a starter. If anything, I could see them extending him by a year.

Grable, Anderson and Van Dermark can compete for that spot if Kromer feels like they have starter potential.

 

[Jim Bob]

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Myles Garrett. The Browns are still trying to avoid trading their All-World defensive end, and as beat reporter Zac Jackson wrote this morning, “expect that to continue publicly in Indy.”

Grable, Anderson and Van Dermark can compete for that spot if Kromer feels like they have starter potential.

I would be surprised if Vandy was an option to kick inside to guard.

Alec Anderson would seem like the most likely candidate and Grable might be the frontrunner to replace Anderson as the primary 6th OL/Jumbo TE.