McGovern re-ups with Bills

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I think they will be matching an offer from the Detroit Lions personally.

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It’s a hot center market. So it makes sense for him to see what he can get.

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Mods can you merge mine , didn’t see this and just put one up ? Or Just delete it

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Bills re-signed G/C Connor McGovern to a four-year, $52 million contract.

McGovern has been a mainstay on the interior offensive line for the Bills for the previous three seasons, with the new contract tying him to the franchise through the 2029 season. Long hailed as one of the top pass blocking centers in the league, McGovern will continue to provide protection for 2024’s MVP in Josh Allen

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I hate to say it but that’s an absolutely awful oline and if that’s the plan just fire Holmes and Dan now. Getting the oline to be an top 10 unit again should be priority number 1 and everything else should wait.

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Looks pretty awful to me. That’s whole a lot of projecting.

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I think it looks league average inside, with a rookie and all pro at the tackles :man_shrugging:

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It is average. It’s awful in comparison to what we had

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Average is generous. A group full of average lineman is one of the worst in the league.

I don’t think our line has any chance of being really good next year (unless we go nuts like the bears did last year), but at LEAST one significant upgrade needs to be brought in predraft.

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Penei is elite and Tate was above average as a rookie.

A good vet center gets signed and I think the line can be above average.

You can be a good line with 3 solid pieces

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You can also have a bad O-line with just 1 weak link.

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Right. The old adage is you’d rather have 5 average guys than 3 studs and 2 weak links, defenses will attack the weak links.

But you’d rather have 3 studs and 2 average guys than any of those, so having that gives us a head start on finding the average guys.

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And Penei is a force multiplier. Average everywhere else plus Penei is probably a top ten-ish OL. And I think Tate at RG gets to plus pretty soon.

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Yep. Honestly I think even our best lines back in 23 and 24 were 2 studs, 1 above average guy, and 2 average players made to look better by the studs around them.

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Call me crazy but I thought Tate was slightly above average overall and pretty good for a rookie.

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Tate had a decent rookie year. Hoping for a big jump. One thing I noticed was he was clearly battling injuries a lot last year. Managed to gut it out but the dude was clearly in pain. Left at least 3 games, going to the tent and then coming back out.

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If we go into the '26 season with new starters at four OL positions - the exception being Mahogs, who was average at best - my belief in Brad is gonna be shaken.

Get Mays, keep Tate at RG, grab yer favorite available tackle in rds 1 or 2, get backup help where you can.

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Bears just did it, put together one of the best lines in the league. And with an uninspiring signing like Jonah and uninspiring draft pick like Trapilo.

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Only other teams can pull that off.

We need all pros across the board if you let people here tell it

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And nothing but 1st rounders!

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