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For me...yes and no. Its nauseating to think how close we were to a Bills vs Niners SB...I am obviously a huge Bills fan, and my fiance is a huge Niners fan. And the SB is literally like 4 miles from our house too. Not to mention, the great Chris Berman history with picking these two teams, would have been great. So I am sick to my stomach that Fraziers absurdly stupid defense in 13 seconds screwed us, and disappointed for my fiance that Tartt literally dropped their SB birth away. At the same time, if I remove those bias, then yes, I am excited for this SB. Rams were always a second team of mine growing as a kid, and they are my local team now. Both teams have offenses that can score too. But couple cool things about the game, and definitely better than seeing Chiefs in it again. Kupp and Darnold are two of my favorite non-Bills players to watch (so is Deebo Samuel, so would have looked forward to him had they made it too) Burrow is this young, cocky, arrogant QB coming into the home stadium of their opponent, who also happens to filed the best DL of this generation, and maybe ever and one of the best CB's. Jamar Chase is a fun player to watch too. No Jackson Mahomes or Pat's douchey girlfriend either. The only thing I already hate, and it will get worse if the Bengals pull off the win...is the "Burrow is better than Allen" crap that has already started. I can not stand when people give too much credit/blame to a QB. And Allen was better by just about every measure than Burrow this year and in the playoffs, but because his TEAM managed to advance its not he is suddenly better than Allen? Nick Foles won a SB, he isn't better than Allen. So I will be rooting HARD for the Rams.

The amount of terrible hot takes on here lately is astounding, even for TSW.

We would have destroyed them there still too.

Yet Stafford threw the game away with a free gimme interception to Tartt, he just forgot to catch it. Amazing all these Rams threads. They didn’t win, the 49ers lost it when he dropped an interception on yet another awful pass by Stafford.

So are we supposed to bank on a safety dropping a gimme free interception too in order to make the SB? Lmao

Updated poll count: 108 for 104 against Still a split subject. Been a good thread at least, regardless what happens. Pretty much 50/50 since the get go.

My thoughts exactly

@GunnerBillDont be surprised if Malik Willis is not only taken in the first round, but the first QB taken in the draft. He has the highest upside of any QB in the draft. And with the other QBs not being all that strong, I think come draft day this is the guy that teams take a a chance on and is first QB off a he board. Especially with how much QB mobility is valued now. He not only is a gifted runner, but he’s got a cannon and is a good passer too. My prediction: He is the first QB drafted.

I am not opposed to getting Fournette too, but I think Fournette is going to get more money than people think. And we can clear a little cap space if we were able to include a player or two in the trade to get Barkley. But I think Fournette would also be a great get here.

What a ridiculous response. Barkley has a low market value with the injury issues and lower production last couple years. To compare trading for him to Chase or Mahomes just shows how out of touch with reality you are. Barkley is gone after this year regardless when he would be a FA as they begin a long rebuilding process. it’s not only in their best interest to trade him, it’s actually more likely he gets traded than this year than not.

Can’t afford Kamara, and why do you think Fournette is going to be cheap? He was a beast this year

Way more expensive though

86 for and 84 against now in the poll as of now. Honestly Barry Sanders is the only RB I can think of that excelled to greatness behind a weak OL. It’s pretty important to the success of a RB. Priest Holmes for example was pedestrian in Baltimore and then was other worldly the moment he landed in KC. That being said, if our OL performs next year the way he has the last 7 games (or even better) then Barkley could be a monster here IMHO. It reminds me a LOT of the Priest Holmes move out Baltimore in fact. Barkley has seen stacked boxes his whole career, he won’t get that here. And if he does, Allen will eat them alive.

Plus Beane already said he expects to have Cole back. He’s only gone if there is a trade that make sense.

Draft for sure could be where add a playmaker at RB too. No argument here. But Mack would cost $17M against the cap in the best case scenario. I don’t think it’s plausible. Bucs also said their top priority will be Godwin. Now no guarantee he wants to go back without a QB to there, but he will not be cheap, and can’t see us paying Godwin what he will get elsewhere when we already have Diggs and Davis. We won’t have the cap space for that, he’s going to be in double digits annually and Allens new contract kicks in next year. So I think both have almost no plausible path to get here. I say almost cuz Beane is a wizard, so you never know, but I seems highly unlikely to me.

Poll is close, nearly split right now. 68 against, 62 for in various trade scenarios.

But he has no leverage to ask for that kind of money. Zero percent chance anyone gives him that until after he shows on the field he can be that guy again on a new team. So I can’t see any possibility of that happening (Aaron Jones money). He is going to have take a short term prove it deal before he gets into that conversation or just play this year on his current deal and have a big year to try and get it next year. Any reworked deal now would be far from Aaron Jones money.

What scares you about a $7m contract that has one year left on it though? Allens deal doesn’t kick in until next year. And there is still the possibility Beane does a new deal with him ahead of the trade to give us some assurances and cap relief and him more upfront money to try and pop off on a SB caliber team next couple years and have a shot at another good contract before it’s too late. This makes more sense to all parties than I think some realize.

And his QB play was awful too. It usually takes a full year of playing before a player find his form again after tearing an ACL. Not to mention, defenses play it differently and even stack the box to defend Barkley, they dont defend the Giants the same for the other RBs on the team as they aren’t anyone they worry about in the same way. Which is why I keep cautioning about Tre Whites return and why CB is by far our top need.

Hey, I’m there with you. I’m always a “protect the cap” motto person myself. I just think Barkley contract situation isn’t a risk as it’s one year anyway, and Josh Allen’s new deal doesn’t hit for another year. So worst case we are not stuck if it didn’t work out. But I do think Beane would work on doing a new deal ahead of the trade as you mentioned to at least assure that if he does work out he could be here a couple seasons at least.

Where is the language that says player can’t agree to a new deal or an extension? Lmao. No one is arguing what is current contract is. Why do you keep bringing this up?

We can’t afford Kamara IMO, he will cost too much to acquire and too much on the cap. I wasn’t referencing you, which is why I replied separately directly to you and didn’t bring that up. Lol. My point with the post you replied to is that people always think we can maneuver the cap when it’s a player that poster wants, but when they aren’t a fan of a different player the cap is suddenly a bigger issue.

But keep in mind, it’s only $7M and Allens new deal doesn’t hit til next year. We could swing this even if we didn’t do a new deal. This would be the year to do it. But I would expect Beane would do a new deal ahead of the trade anyway if he made this move.

I do find it interesting to see some of the same people complaining about not being able afford a $7m contract (here and some other threads this came up) are also ones advocating to trade for Khalil Mack, who in best case scenario would be a $17M contract to absorb. Saquans contract isnt that bad, and it’s for this year only. Allens new deal doesn’t kick in until next year. If there was ever a year we could take a chance on a player who has shown to be an elite play maker and is still young, this is the year.

That’s why I mentioned in my post that the caveat would be a new contract here. I wouldn’t say he hasn’t lived up to his promise, he showed it. The Giants team has been in shambles ever since though. I named them specifically because of their standing as top end RBs. I am not saying a change of scenery is automatic he stays healthy, just saying it’s not fair to just say he can’t. Any player in the league would have had the same ankle injury if they rolled it as nasty as his was this year, and it’s argued he made it back sooner than most would have. Not every injury is a sign of persistent injury issues. It’s not like he had ticky tack soft tissue issues. He had a couple bad luck plays where things got bent the wrong way.