thebandit27

The more I think about it, the more I believe that they could choose to dump Jefferson and Butler to keep Mongo and Williams. I mean, they do have Star coming back, and I think Zimmer is an ERFA, so their interior 4 going into the offseason would be those 2 plus Oliver and Harry; not inspiring but not dire straights either. So you’d basically be looking at having to beef up at DL and LB with tier 3 FAs and the draft, but you’d keep your offense intact save for some role players like McKenzie and Kroft.

Ok honestly, had any team in the entire NFL given up 50 yet this year, despite how massively scoring is up across the league? I think you’re overstating what not having Levi Wallace and Dean Marlowe means by a significant margin. I see what you’re doing here 🤣 On a serious note: same plan as last week—just score every time you touch the ball and you’re very unlikely to lose. I think it’s Jackson and Worley on the boundary today. I’m betting Neal takes the Dean Marlowe role. If Hyde can’t go I think you’ll see Jaquan there primarily. Looking like a lot of Cloud when they go to Cover 3 as opposed to the Sky that they like to mix in...hopefully they can be as effective in their coverage disguises as typical.

When one looks at the numbers, they’ll need to make some cuts if they want to fit both guys under the cap. The only appreciable savings would come from Vernon Butler and Quentin Jefferson, so basically the team has a choice: re-sign Mongo and Williams and go into the offseason needing to rebuild the interior of their front 7, let those two walk and go into the offseason needing to build the right side of their OL and fill in at LB, or a little from each column. Morse’s contract contains a portion of 2021 base salary that is guaranteed for injury only, so I believe that would get activated if he has to retire from concussions. That would actually worsen the cap hit for 2021, so I expect that the team doc will clear him unless is massively irresponsible to do so.

He only played 34% because he missed 7 games after a high ankle sprain. He had dominated the snap count at RT in the 3 weeks before he got hurt against Miami. He’s a starter in this league when healthy...but you’re correct that it’s a tough situation next year and tough decisions must be made.

That’s not a bad thing; he’s a good pass rusher when he’s motivated.

I would give him a one year deal for something like $3M. I doubt he’d turn it down.

He had taken over the starting RT job from Ford when he got hurt, and had played more snaps than Ford at RT through 9 games. He hasn’t barely played, and he’s low mileage for a guy that’s 36. Sure, you probably want to draft someone to compete and eventually take over, but for the sake of having a starting caliber tackle that knows the offense and is trusted by the QB and other OLmen, you can do a heckuva lot worse.

I think they’re both goners to be honest. With the cap dropping and the relative ease of filling RT and off-ball LB, they’re more likely to let them walk and take the comp picks. Bring back Ty at RT and draft a few LBs.

You can probably kiss Williams goodbye; if he stays healthy he’s a $14M AAV on the open market. Mongo you’ve got a shot. He may take a similar deal to Spain with a slight bump in total and guarantees. My guess is that they get Mongo done and re-sign Nsekhe to play RT.

Exactly how many times has he been out of position on a pass play? I’m curious because he’s only been targeted 12 times—all season. That’s by far the fewest of the 6 DBs that we’ve called starters (I’m counting both Norman and Levi as well as Taron). And of those 6 DBs, he’s allowed the fewest completions, for the fewest yards, and fewest YAC. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/2020_advanced.htm

Wait, “if you can even call them a good team”? Up until we ran them out of our building, they were the #1 seed in the NFC. Who, exactly, do we need to beat to be “proven”? Is it Tennessee, who lost to Cincinnati and the Colts? Maybe KC, who lost to the Raiders at home (a team Buffalo beat on the road)?

Here was my breakdown of it at the time:

The cereal HOF: Apple Jacks Cookie Crisp Waffle Crisp Frosted Mini Wheats Peanut Butter Cap’n Crunch

Mahomes new money average was right around 40 IIRC. You know that everyone’s price is going to go up once the COVIDs clear up.

If it’s anything under 40 AAV you sprint to the printer

That play was actually ruled correctly. The penalty was on the opposite side of the field where Diggs was covering up Gilliam. Stupid rule, but clear and obvious penalty.

I advocated for drafting Johnny “Juice” Hightower specifically for the go-route role...turns out he tracks the deep ball about as well as I apply makeup 🤣

WTF is Matt Ryan doing with those 4?🤣🤣

He literally can’t sign a new deal before March per the CBA.

Definitely.

Tremaine Edmunds vs Kyler Murray

I feel like Marvin Harrison used to do this fairly often

Micah Hyde and Tre White were also pretty influential in Poyer’s decision-making that offseason. Related to this and to his decision not to hold out for a new deal.

All I can say is that I hope they never learn...angry Josh is the best Josh, so please keep saying ignorant stuff.

Zero—we get Charles Davis though!