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Good question, not sure...maybe someone who is part of Moulds team or maybe another WR from another team or a college WR who hired Moulds too. Be my best guess

And a testament of why you need a GM

I know there are plenty of detractors out there regarding our current group of weapons around Josh, but man, I am amped for this group and this guy Shakir is one the reasons. I really can't wait to see what him, Keon, and Kincaid look like this year. And if Claypool rises out the corpse of his career into the potential he showed his first 2 seasons, this offense will be wicked. The tweet above only has a clip from the full piece...below is the full 20 minute piece on Shakir and Moulds, its 100% worth the watch IMHO. Shakir isn't here to have a role, he is on a mission to be one of the best in the league! Whether he reaches those heights or not we will have to see, but you gotta love that he is pushing himself so hard to try and get to those top goals!

But most of his career he was a backup when he showed he should be the feature RB. We shoudln't have drafted Lynch and we definitely shouldn't have drafted Spiller. He was splitting carries his entire time here, most the time as the 2nd RB. The fact he "outlasted 2 first round picks" is a testament to how foolish it was to not make him the lead back and not waste 2 first round picks on a RB.

Yeah, I know the look, and I wouldn't say anything extreme that it was all the time as he had some impressive games and moments too...like Darnold did. But there was more of this than I would like to see for a guy I was taking number 1 overall. There is just something about how he carries himself when its not going well, almost like his confidence is fragile or something. For example, Josh Allen might throw a pick but he is coming to kill you on the next drive still. And if he is off that day with his arm, he is gonna try and truck over every defender with his legs. He just lays it all on the line every play, every game, with the mindset he can get it done. I don't get that at all from Caleb when things are rough, its like he doesn't know what to do. Allen dont give a ****, he will revert to playground ball to try and win. I get why the Bears took him...but me personally, after years of QB purgatory, I would have tried to dangle the #1 pick to either Washington or NE for a nice haul and taken Maye personally. I would rather roll the dice on Maye's higher upside and hedge my bet with valuable draft assets in the trade down that can arm me to get another QB in a future draft if Maye flops. But I am also not an NFL GM trying to keep his job either lol Then again, this is the Bears who have never developed a QB really maybe ever...so maybe the safer Caleb is more appropriate. But I think Maye has some of that Josh Allen dog in him, the leave it all on the line demeanor out there. And that is the kind of stuff players around them love and rally for, and its what I think Caleb lacks. I would rather take a guy who oozes the things you can't teach but needs to work on the things that are coachable...then take a guy who has better fundamentals or base skills but maybe is lacking in some of those unteachable traits. And who knows, Caleb may excel there, they are loaded with weapons. By no means am I condemning the kids career, but I do feel like his future greatness isn't as sure of a thing as some think.

Nicknames are for people on the roster...Chase hasn't made the roster yet. I am rooting for him though...but its too early for a nickname

Two things...one for him, and one against him: Reports were that Patrick Mahomes was looking bad and throwing a lot of picks during the offseason leading up to his first starting season. Obviously those early reports meant nothing and he lit the league up and hasn't stopped since. So I would caution anyone over analyzing anything going on right now. Jamar Chase was also reportedly dropping passes everywhere his rookie camp and then blew up as a rookie. Coming into the draft I have not been on the Caleb bandwagon, I think he is overrated just like I kept telling everyone Sam Darnold and Josh Rosen were overrated leading up to those drafts and thought both had high bust potential. Darnold just made so many head scratching or bad decisions at USC that I was shocked his hype was so high. Rosen was so unlikable that I just felt his ceiling was Jeff George/Jay Cutler and his floor was Ryan Leaf. I know several people who knew Rosen and every one of them couldn't stand him and said he was a total douche and didn't take football seriously. But why Caleb - I question if he has the "it" factor. Im not saying he will be a bust, but I definitely don't think he is a sure thing like so many seem to think. Its more than his suspect play in some big games...it's just something about him just makes me doubt his ability to be the leader a QB needs to be to get to a higher level in the NFL. I actually think Maye has a higher ceiling than Caleb, just also has more risk and a lower floor than Caleb. I don't dislike Caleb like I did Rosen, its more similar to how I felt about Darnold where I understood the high draft status, but still have concerns and doubts he can live up to the hype and potential. Rosen on the other hand I was certain would be a bust, I wanted no part of him whatsoever.

Fred Jackson. Bills never made him the feature or starter. They kept drafting RBs like Lynch and Spiller. Fred was treated like a meh secondary player during the prime of his career instead of the very good RB he was who should have been featured more.

Ryan Fitzpatrick - What a great backup QB he was... ...oh wait...Bills over paid him and made him a starter. Nevermind

yeah I think your title is just leading people to think there is something more directly illustrating he’s unhappy

Huh? This is a real misleading thread title and quite the stretch

Curious...what Elite QB's in the greatest of all time conversations did Joe Gibbs need? What about Parcells or Harbaugh? Yet here you are...saying Andy Reid is elite...but also saying only is because he has one of the greatest to play in Mahomes. That sounds more like Reid is lucky to have Mahomes based on your own arguments. Like I said, Reid always a great coach...but you also said he only had a "lightbulb come on" when he got Mahomes, again implying he wasn't up to the task prior to Mahomes...so your points are all over the place man. The funniest thing about this is that this isn't even about Reid...you finally revealed this was all one big hidden anti-McD rant despite you dragging us down an Andy Reid rabbit hole full of false facts and inaccurate history. Next time...just say McD sucks and let the convo go there rather than go down this crazy rabbit hole of 2 entirely different teams. BONUS NOTE: The irony here is that if you apply your same swap mahomes in theory to the Bills, it would translate to mean Josh Allen is the problem since you 100% attest in the other application it means that it is 100% the QB's fault when Mahomes is an upgrade. Which would be just as ludicrous to say.

If it was only the HC and QB this would make sense. Mahomes doesn't get a Super Ring last year without Chris Jones who made game saving plays in more than one playoff game, including against us and in the Super Bowl. How did KC beat us in the 13 seconds game? Well it started with Hill taking a short pass any QB could throw the length of the field. In the 13 seconds it was Kelce who called his own play in the huddle from what he saw on the field. QBs, even ones as good as Mahomes, are not doing it alone out there...just like Allen not having a SB ring isn't all on Allen when his team can't hold a lead for 13 seconds.

Dude you just get more and more all over the place. You said if you swap in Mahomes and the team wins a SB it means the QB was the LONE problem. So if you are going to do that for Philly, it has to mean the same thing if you do it for another team like Kelly and the Bills. But it doesn't becasue its an absolute ludicrous statement to say the QB was the problem because said team did not have the best QB of maybe all time on its roster. If you cant see how wild of a statement is, I dont know what to tell you. And lightbulb? You think Andy Reid suddenly had a "lightbulb" go off after 2 decades of being a coach when he got Mahomes? Reid was a very good coach his whole career...he didn't learn how to coach all of a sudden when they got Mahomes where some "lightbulb" went off lol. Still completely lost on your point. I cant tell if you think Reid is a good or bad coach. You talk down to McD as if Reid is the superior coach then basically say its all mahomes and imply Reid is nothing without Mahomes. So I am gonna move on...its all good...agree to disagree even though I have no clue what so ever what we are agreeing to disagree on

Huh? We are comparing Reid in KC to Reids time in Philly. You can't take one of the greatest QBs of all time...put him on another roster where they also had a good QB...and say see that is proof the QB was the problem. I mean you can do that with any QB in NFL history who didn't win a SB...Swap Mahomes in for Jim Kelly...bet you Bills win a SB...does that mean Jim Kelly was the problem? Of course not. Swap Marino out for Mahomes and Mia might have won a SB too...does that mean Marino was the problem? Of course not. I mean this is just a wild argument you are trying to make.

Ha...no, I can't admit that because McNabb was a top 10 QB in Philly, he was a borderline HOF QB. He was not the reason they didn't get over the hump. McNabb never had a Kelce or Hill. He briefly had a T.O. who was a locker room cancer and killed that team from within. Outisde of that brief moment, he had guys that were better suited as depth WR's starting for him. And yet McNabb still won a lot of game, still put up a borderline HOF career, and still got to 5 straight NFCCG and 1 SB. The biggest thing missing in Philly was a real GM. Reid was a good coach...McNabb was a good QB...the roster make up around them was not good enough.

I mean IMHO this is the 6...but the wild thing is in what order. If things keep trending the way they are, its not impossible that Claypool could end up starting opposite Keon with Shakir in the slot and mixing in Samuel within the trio too. His upside is as high as anyones on the roster, its his head he has to keep straight. I think these guys are more likely to be PS guys that make the final 53.

And who drafted Mahomes? His GM, Brett Veach. Veach is one of the best GM's in the NFL, some will say the best GM, who has been there 17 years. He drafted Hill, Kelce, Mahomes, and the entire roster that is currently back to back SB champs. He was there before Reid, and he was the one who hired Reid. No HC can get over the hump without the right GM putting the right team on the field. In Philly, both hats were on Reid...didn't work. In KC, Reid coaches, Veach builds the team. Reid was always a good HC...he stood in his own way in Philly as GM.

Well, none of that is what we have discussed once. So that is all news to me. I mean on one hand you can't stop talking about how ELITE Mahomes is...then on the other, you can't seem to understand that McD and Allen need to go through Mahomes to get over the hump. You know it took Peyton Manning a long time to get a SB too because he had Brady to contend with every year as well. Mahomes is a generational talent, getting past him is not going to be some small task or feat. We lost by 3 to KC this year in the postseason, but you do know we were without our top 3 LB's right. KC attacked our LBs all game long and still only won by 3. You don't think Milano and Bernard might have impacted that game to where we probably would have won and not having them was a bit of bad luck. Its one thing to lose one guy, but to lose your starters and the backup is tough. The most important difference is Reid went from GM in Philly to NOT the GM in KC. He was always a good coach.

Ah, well if that is accurate then I would say trading him probably off the table completely this year. I saw someone else just referencing the $7.7m and was not aware he carried a bigger dead cap hit too. Can't see Beane getting an offer so good he would take on that cap hit this year. Which is fine, his ability to block and run 12 sets is probably worth more than any realistic offer Beane might have gotten this year.

Agreed...and its a lot to expect from a player, and while this is something no one should hold their breath on as its an uphill battle, there are plenty of cases where guys got past their demons to realize their talent like Cris Carter for example. If he can do it though, this offense would be a nightmare matchup. That kind of size and athleticism on the outside in Keon and Chase with Shakir, Smauel, and Kincaid feasting in short to mid areas, pass catching RB's in the backfield...and all the while teams have to protect against Allen taking off as well...good luck to DC's with that task.

Its early, but this is still great to hear. I mean this is a guy who a couple years into his career was looking like a future beast but his immaturity and attitude sunk his career. I felt Buffalo was the best place for him as do really feel like the culture, locker room, and McD really help people be their best selves. The issue is its very easy right now for Chase to have the right attitude and do and say the right things as he came in as a guy who had to prove it. Nothing will be handed to him here and once we get into camp and preseason, if he is still running behind other guys in more of a backup role and ST player, is he going to get discouraged and revert back to some of that immaturity if he feels he should be higher up the depth chart and a bigger part of the offense. Im rooting for this guy because him and Keon on the outside with Shakir and Samuel attacking from the slot and Kincaid pressuring the seems would be really hard to defend.

Thanks for this post. Personally, I just can't see McD risking his locker room to just calm him down, but certainly that is a possibility and something we will probably never have an answer about. Having been in locker rooms, I just think for him to be a Captain that they had to at least feel comfortable at that time with where things were at, that Allen and Diggs were on at least professional terms and not at each others throats. McD and Beane are too big on culture and that locker room to risk it if things were at that time ugly between them. That is also just of course my opinion based on who McD and Beane are. I don't disagree that its best for both sides he isn't here this year at all. And this info here is not public info, so this is the first I am hearing about it, so thanks again for sharing. It is also no surprise there are more issues than we publicly know either, as both the Bills and Diggs have been very good at keeping things in house to a high degree. But to go back to the original context of my point which was solely the relationship between Diggs and Allen today which was I personally do not think they have all this deep negative animosity and bad blood to the point they can't stand each other right now. I have no doubt both preferred a trade and a fresh start, I have said that since the news broke of the trade. But, I also think they are both professionals and had Beane not found the right trade that they could have made it work another season if need be. Again, just my opinion. Ive been saying all offseason it was addition by subtraction with Diggs and even Davis (for different reasons). Never disagreed there was tension or a strained relationship. But these guys did still laugh a lot, dance, dap each other up all season long. Unless everyone thinks that was them acting for cameras, I just find it hard to believe there was a deep hatred of each other like others have said. Again, just my opinion.

Yet you are making it that way in your Reid discussion. This is not reality...this is not even close to what happened. See below. I was fine agreeing to disagree, but everything you just said is completely wrong. Eagles traded McNabb for his 13th season at the end of his career while Andy Reid was still the HC for 3 more years. So McNabb did NOT go to s*** because Reid LEFT, McNabb left first and retired shortly after as it was the end of his career. McNabbs last season in Philly Eagles were 11-5 Reid had a losing record in the 3 years after McNabb left and was fired in 2012 after going 4-12. The very next season after Reid led them to 4-12 and got fired, the Eagles went 10-6 and back in the playoffs. So the ACTUAL facts are is that Reid and his time in Philly went to s*** after McNabb left and Michael Vick took over and rejuvenated his career in Philly, but they won less games than they did when McNabb was there despite Vicks numbers being similar to McNabbs. Reids record got worse every year after McNabb until he was fired in 2012 with a 4-12 record. Sorry, but you keep wanting to go down this rabbit hole, it is just not the hole you think it Is.

Yeah, certainly possible and that wouldn't totally surprise me. My concern with that approach though is we have nothing behind him. If Elam doesn't break out this year, we are headed in 2025 with just Benford really. We would need to rebuild the whole CB room in one offseason. Rasul still has at least 2 or 3 good years in him, so feels a bit risky to not extend him even though I can see what you said happening. Of course if Elam does break out to show starter ability this season that would be best case scenario, so that will be an interesting player to watch in camp.