REPORT: Cade Mays will hit the free-agent market

[TheSpecialJuan]

1 hour ago, Loyalty4Life said:

I trust Tillis to correctly evaluate the market and player worth financially.  

It's easy to armchair QB.  

If we had a much higher grade on a RB in the 2nd than a center, then you follow your board.

 

Tillis is terrific I'm happy we have him 

[SmokinwithWilly]

On 1/27/2026 at 8:39 AM, ECHornet said:

Corbett / Samac / Christensen

Smelling like our 2026 roster at center. If  we stay healthy, that should be serviceable. 

So who we starting by week 7? Relying on Corbett is like being a 5 dollar scratcher to pay your mortgage and BC is coming off an Achilles. Those aren't immeduate full speed recoveries most of the time. I'd be really worried if the most reliable player was a center off the Ravens PS. 

[frankw]

6 hours ago, Loyalty4Life said:

If we had a much higher grade on a RB in the 2nd than a center, then you follow your board.

Are you employed by the team?

Edited 15 hours ago by frankw

[strato]

There are about two centers hitting FA that would be good, and the guy with the Ravens is by far the better of the two.
 

Linderbaum and McGovern for the Bills. 
 

I wonder if their generosity with the guards and Moton  is gonna hold us back on filling up the OL. 

[csx]

I put no stock in what guys like this say. 

[Loyalty4Life]

8 hours ago, frankw said:

Are you employed by the team?

Are you a bot?

[Khyber53]

17 hours ago, WhoKnows said:

Stick with day 2. Seems to me that first round centers don’t hit as much as taking the top Cs in round 2. Usually some combine great number(s) is the case and the 1st round C is over-drafted. We could have drafted McCoy, Humphrey or Frazier in the 2nd in the past several drafts over the crap we did take. Seems like that opportunity is every couple years and it’s been a couple years since Frazier. Not sure what the draft class for Cs looks like but I’d be happy with a C on day 2 if there are talented guys available. I don’t think it’ll be hard to upgrade C with a solid prospect.

I think most folks undervalue Centers. Teams that win championships, though, seem to put high draft picks there and then hold onto those guys for a decade.

The problem is that there are only one or two pro-level centers in each draft. If there's a guy who is big enough, strong enough and smart enough, he sticks out and chances are if you don't jump he'll be gone before the next round comes back around to you.

And poaching one from another team via free agency is never cheap and you're often grabbing damaged goods unless that team has found itself in cap hell.

Sadly, I'm not seeing a guy in the draft right now that rings all the bells, but it's early still. James Brockermeyer might be that guy, though, and I hope we're giving him a solid look. He's out of Miami, so big league program, and can't beat the pedigree as his dad, Blake, was a first round draft pick for us in 1995 as a tackle.

[RumHam]

this team will stick with corbett b/c that's the type of bullshit this team does. the fact they resigned his ass and we clearly had a center that emerged speaks wonders on thinking. It better not be another one of nicole's friends with players wives. Bozeman is still in the league b/c his wife butters up to management and ownership

[mrcompletely11]

12 hours ago, frankw said:

Are you employed by the team?

feels like it

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, Khyber53 said:

I think most folks undervalue Centers. Teams that win championships, though, seem to put high draft picks there and then hold onto those guys for a decade.

The problem is that there are only one or two pro-level centers in each draft. If there's a guy who is big enough, strong enough and smart enough, he sticks out and chances are if you don't jump he'll be gone before the next round comes back around to you.

And poaching one from another team via free agency is never cheap and you're often grabbing damaged goods unless that team has found itself in cap hell.

Sadly, I'm not seeing a guy in the draft right now that rings all the bells, but it's early still. James Brockermeyer might be that guy, though, and I hope we're giving him a solid look. He's out of Miami, so big league program, and can't beat the pedigree as his dad, Blake, was a first round draft pick for us in 1995 as a tackle.

Hecht is playing really well at the Senior Bowl right now. Also, Keylan Rutledge is taking center snaps at the Senior Bowl too. 

Rutledge is a massive, mauling OG. If he can make a good transition to center, that's a massive upgrade over Cade Mays.

[SmokinwithWilly]

19 hours ago, Loyalty4Life said:

I trust Tillis to correctly evaluate the market and player worth financially.  

It's easy to armchair QB.  

If we had a much higher grade on a RB in the 2nd than a center, then you follow your board.

 

Not true. Need factors in. If you have Barry Sanders backed up by Adrian Peterson, you don't draft a RB because he's ranked higher on your board than a position where you have zero starting caliber players. 

[firefox1234]

 

[Khyber53]

22 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Hecht is playing really well at the Senior Bowl right now. Also, Keylan Rutledge is taking center snaps at the Senior Bowl too. 

Rutledge is a massive, mauling OG. If he can make a good transition to center, that's a massive upgrade over Cade Mays.

You had me at mauling.

If he's got brains, too... Centers have to, have to, have to be smart.

[Dingo_ate_Babies]

Considering how expensive our O-line is and how little Cap room we have, I bet they let Mays walk (unless he wants to return on a discount). I’m betting they resign Corbett and Christensen and let them battle Samac for the starting C spot. Also, I think they kick the can down the road again via draft since we have so many needs.