Coming off of a heartbreaking road loss in the AFC‘s Divisional round to the Kansas City Chiefs–the team that has eliminated them from the playoffs for three straight years–there is no time for the Buffalo Bills to sit around and lick their proverbial wounds. They must immediately get back to the drawing board and figure out a way to make this football team better. They started by promoting quarterbacks coach Ken Dorsey to be their offensive coordinator after Brian Daboll left to become the head coach of the New York Giants. Dorsey has been key in the development of quarterback Josh Allen and has the young QB's stamp of approval as a coordinator. There's not much more you can ask for out of a first-time play-caller.
After that, the Bills went out and hired Aaron Kromer to be their new offensive line coach. Kromer is one of the most well-respected offensive line coaches in the game today and most recently coaxed an offensive MVP award out of the arthritic knee of Todd Gurley. If there is anyone around the NFL who can get this Buffalo rushing attack going, it is Kromer. Exactly which lineman he will have to work with, though, still remains to be seen. With the Bills currently sitting at 24th in the NFL in projected available salary-cap space, they may need to cut a player from the offensive line to afford any potential free agents and/or draft picks. If that is the case, we think the franchise would be wise to part ways with…
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The Buffalo Bills who could be a surprise 2022 offseason cap casualty
Mitch Morse
Cutting Morse would save the tea Bills roughly $7.5 million in 2022 salary cap space and they would incur just $3.5 million in dead cap space next year. Morse is heading into the final year of his deal, so the dead money ends after 2022. His play has not been matching up with his high salary, to say the least. According to Pro Football Focus (PFF), Morse has graded out worse overall than his previous season for three straight years. Perhaps not coincidentally, Morse has spent the past three seasons on the Bills after beginning his career with the Kansas City Chiefs. That 2018 season was when Morse peaked, especially as a run-blocker. This past season, Morse graded as the 30th ranked center in terms of run-blocking out of 39 qualifiers. Those are not the type of numbers that a center that is making over $11 million per year should have. Even though he is a top-ten garded pass blocker, that is only half of the battle when it comes to being a lineman in the NFL.
The Bills are frankly paying far too much money for the soon-to-be 30-year-old. They surely know this and they also are also likely well aware that they do not have very many avenues to upgrade the team that doesn't involve getting rid of Morse or right tackle Daryl Williams. While it may be tempting to keep Morse because center is a very vital position to the offense, they Bills have to see the bigger picture here and resist the urge. Williams was the superior player each of the past three seasons and actually plays an even more premium position, making this an easy decision.
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