Alphadawg7

So many great comments to choose from, but I think my fave so far is "Right now the Buffalo Sabres would beat us" bahahahaha

Oh what could have been - it was gross watching that secondary in the 2nd half.

Is there anything credible saying he is likley getting traded or this just the same rumors and speculation people think he might get traded?

You missed the point

Bills are already in the elite class, Packers were already one the contenders for the SB in the NFC too. What happens when the loss of those draft picks and cap killing contract start to erode the elite status of this he Bills and the franchise goes backwards after not winning the Super Bowl? This board would be calling for Beanes head as they always do anytime this team loses a game. I don’t think the majority are going to feel the way you do. Sure at time of trade people will get excited - but the second we give up 250+ yards rushing to a team in the playoffs and lose because teams ran right us, literally almost everyone would be slamming Beane and calling for his head and calling him an idiot for spending all that money on a guy who struggles against the run. That’s just how it works. It’s always a great idea until it’s not — then it’s well he should have known it wouldn’t work and needs to be fired. There would be endless threads on this board about the pro bowler some other team drafted with our draft pick playing on a rookie contract while we twist in cap hell and having an empty trophy case. Look at Diggs - that helped develop Josh but people still here slamming that move because “we could have had Jefferson” with the pick we sent Vikings for Diggs.

Ok now they’ve lost the SB - it’s next year and lose multiple key players/starters for cap reasons due to Micah’s contract and replace them with mid round rookies and bargain FAs and they win 3 less games, limp in playoffs as a wildcard and lose first round? Still a win? You know it’s not - you won’t admit it though because you refuse to acknowledge this could ever not be a good ending for them. There are plenty of scenarios with this proves to be a mistake, just like there are plenty where it proves to be a great move. Bottom line is this can payoff big time or it can also blow up big time (like Mack to Chicago did). More times than not in history, teams breaking the bank going all in to win right now has not worked and blows up in their face. Sometimes it has worked (like Rams recent SB win), but most often it doesn’t and dominoes to set the team back for years after. All good either way, but it’s going to be interesting to see how this goes both this year and the ensuing years for both Packers and Cowboys. Could be a good or bad move for either of them, time will tell.

I actually don’t disagree with you, but it’s not opinion here, the Packers factually (and said as much) traded a bounty for Micah and paid him a cap killing contract to go all in on winning a SB. That is the why - it’s not my why - it’s the Packers why. So if they did this to win a SB right now in this season or the next couple seasons and then fail to accomplish that, how do you think the decision should be graded or evaluated? I don’t blame GB at all for doing it if they think it puts them over the top, and quite honestly they were never winning the SB this year before the trade. But IMHO it better work because the roster implications of his contract and loss of draft picks will be felt in the coming years if this roster isn’t good enough to win now. This isn’t like a team using a draft pick to try and find a certain player. They know 100% who and what Micah is, spent $7m more a year on him over a guy he is not better than (Myles Garret) and essentially now is paying two franchise QB contracts and the first time in the NFL a team has done that. And they gave up future draft picks that become more valuable when you have cap choking contracts. All of this was done for the purpose of winning a SB. If it fails to deliver a SB, how does one then grade the decision? It’s not that everything has to have a winner or loser, but this move was specifically made for a specific goal - if it doesn’t achieve the goal, hard to not look at it and question or debate if it was a good or bad decision.

He’s never had more that 2.5 sacks in a single game - now he’s gonna get 4 in the NFCCG? But let’s say he did something he’s never done once, or even got close to — and had that game. So what happens if the Packers give up 250 yards rushing in the SB because a team ran right at Parsons and neutralized him and the Packers lost. Still a win for Packers?

All good either way - but GB spent what they spend on Parsons to be a final piece to win a SB. They said this much. That by default without question makes the win or lose barometer a SB or not during Parsons tenure there. This was made to win a SB literally right now. This wasn’t a future roster building move, it was we want to win it now move. If this move doesn’t get them there it will be seen as a swing and a miss.

Disagree. The 2 scenarios of Bruce and Parsons are not at all the same situation or circumstance. One was drafted for a team rebuilding, the other a fortune in acquisition cost and cap spending was used specifically to win a SB right now. These are not remotely comparable. The only reason for GB to make this move is to win a Super Bowl - anything less is a failure. And that is because you are ignoring all factors and context and just reducing it to X player is now on X team and because X player is good that is all that matters. What really matters, is that GB is now paying 2 QB's, not one. He makes QB1 month now and their cap is a real thing that will be impacted significantly moving forward, and that is a fact. GB also lacks valuable draft assets to add more talent to this team if it proves not good enough to win now. So if Green Bay can't win it all as made up now, they are going to be at a disadvantage at improving the roster to be a SB winner moving forward. So in this case, a SB birth is the only way this trade proves valuable. They were already a playoff team not getting over the hump without Parsons, spending 2 first rounders and $47m per year to remain a team that makes the playoffs but loses will be a failure. Most everyone will view this as an L for GB if 3 years from now they are sitting with no hardware. Its possible BOTH teams can get a W on this trade and possible for BOTH teams to get an L. We won't know if it was a good or bad move for GB until we see if they win a SB this year or during his tenure. We won't know if its a good or bad move until we see how much better or worse Dallas does moving forward than they were with Parsons. Will be interesting to monitor.

It wouldn't have made that much of a difference IMHO. Bills could have hiked the ball and dropped back to run a bunch of time off and then just chucked the ball out of bounds stopping the clock on an incomplete pass so the time on the clock would have been less and left no time or mere couple seconds on the clock. I don't think its that big of a deal, although in hindsight, had Harbaugh done that it does maybe increase the miracle chances a fraction of a percent, but it really likely doesn't impact the game. The bigger story is how many times they lose big leads in the 4th like this. KC had all 3 timeouts, not the same thing. They through 2 straight passes right up the seem because they could go anywhere and call timeout.

Happy birthday SDS!!!!!

Which is totally fine - but what Josh said is also totally fine. Reality is that if the Bills were up or game was tied 30% of the stadium wouldn’t have left. All he is saying is the game was still winnable, have a little more faith next time. 30% of the stadium just missed out on one of the biggest comebacks and moments in the stadium history and in prime time of the home opener of the last year in the stadium. If there was ever a night to stay a little longer that was it — but people left cuz they didn’t Bill-ieve and all he said was have a little more faith next time. He didn’t throw anyone under the bus, just pointed out had people had a little more faith they would have witnessed greatness. You compared it earlier to that deuche canoe Watkins, and Josh’s comments were no where that realm is really all I was saying. Im cool with people if they left, everyone has there own reasons and circumstances…I’m just defending Josh and his comments as not being inflammatory like that loser Watkins.

Those boards compared to this one is like comparing the computing power of a Commodore 64 with a Macbook Pro today lol