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As a WR2 getting less targets that's very good. Meyers numbers only picked up once Adams was traded. He was on pace for about 128 targets which is about 35-40 less targets than he was getting as the WR1 in Buffalo. I think factoring in context if you want to still say he wasn't elite he wasn't very far off either.

Seems like if you really cared about cultivating international fans you would make the tickets available to local fans. The NFL clearly has data that there's more money to be made selling to Americans traveling. Penny wise dollar foolish move, another one of those corporate moves that's just about short term dollars and not building longer term.

I wouldn't hate Adams on a one year deal plus drafting a WR in round 2 to develop behind him and provide depth. Then spend pick 30 and the other 2nd on the defensive line or trade one of those picks for a bigger pass rusher. Is the class meh or is it just not filled with a lot of dynamic top 10 caliber prospects but still very solid depth overall? I am just not too familiar with this draft class just yet other than D-line is very strong and QB is thought of as being weak.

It's a solid move as a 5th round pick is not massive draft capital they are basically taking him on with cap dollars. I think the Commanders if they can get another solid boundary WR opposite Scary Terry and use Deebo more as a complementary weapon and not a super heavy volume player I think it can work out well for the Commanders.

Diggs was elite for the first 6 games of 2023. In the first 6 games of 2023 he had five 100 yard games and his numbers through 6 games were 49 catches, 620 yards, on 66 targets totaling a 74% catch percentage on heavy volume with 5 TD's. In the next 11 games he had 58 receptions for 563 yards on 94 targets a 61.7% catch percentage with only 3 TD's and zero 100 yard games. He just was not the same player after those first 6 games. To Diggs credit he did have a very good game in week 17 catching 7 of 8 targets for 87 yards in a game that won the Bills the division. But he was very inefficient after those first 6 games. With the Texans he was having a very productive season in 2024. He had a 73% catch percentage and in 8 games he had 496 yards on 47 catches with 3 TD's in an offense where he was the second option at WR. So he seemed to be validating the theory that he got hurt and that impacted his play in 2023.

A highly efficient slot WR getting 800-900 yards a season hauling in 85-90% of his targets is worth 15 million a year. Shakir got a deal in line with him continuing to produce like he did in 2024. It's a smart deal because it is likely Shakir will improve and his contract will be a great value. But if he stays the same he is not overpaid.

Rodgers on field last season showed he can still be a decent starting caliber QB. The issue is he comes with so much off field baggage.

There's gotta be a stud defensive player on the market to be traded for. Crosby and Garrett may not be on the market. The offense still needs a quality boundary WR.

I remember the reception to the pick being OK. I don't think many people had strong opinions on it either way. Pundits said it was OK and fans usually go off of that. Personally I thought it was an OK pick. I remember people being very down on the Bernard pick as it was considered a massive reach.

The Bills cleared a lot of their books the past season eating 74 million in dead money and they are in the bottom 5 in the NFL in future void years. They also have down the road several big contracts moving off the books. Von, Milano, Knox, D.Jones, and AJE all either expire after 2025 or they become easier to cut with smaller dead cap hits after this season. So it isn't like the Bills are in all that bad of a spot to not take on one bigger contract if it get Josh a WR1 for the next 2-3 seasons or more.

Be thankful it happened and not sad it is over is the way I look at it. For 3 seasons it was a truly magical connection and then in 2023 after a good start Diggs got banged up and the relationship started to tire Josh and the coaching staff. It was time to move on. After Josh in 2019 showed progress towards being a capable starting caliber QB the Bills needed to get Josh a true WR1 and Diggs paired so well with him. It was great those first two years and then it slowly unraveled over the last two. Honestly wouldn't hate seeing Diggs back in 2-3 years for one last run if he's still productive and matured as he gets deeper into his 30's.

Tim Duncan said it best, it takes a lot of luck to win a championship. There are so many things that have to break your way for a long title run to happen.

It didn't make much sense to me why a WR would be so desperate to hit the free agency market at age 32. I think the Bills would have just cut him or traded him for peanuts to the Texans had they not had the reworked contract put in place to make it a one year rental for Diggs. Texans were the real winners of that Diggs decision not having to be on the hook for about 14 million in dead cap if they cut him. Odell got a sizable deal from the Ravens after the ACL tear in the Super Bowl and then missing all of the 2022 season. So stranger things have happened. But the main issue with sitting out cap and September early October is that the cap dollars teams (esp good teams) have to pay someone is limited. Most teams don't carry a lot of non-emergency space during the season. You got to have somewhat of an ego to be successful in the NFL. But if you don't have a good support system or you just aren't a very smart person it is easy to let success esp on the NFL level get to your head. There's always going to be diva WR's that implode that's just a fact of life in the NFL sadly.

The Bills gave him the extension in the 2022 off-season and had they not given Diggs that extension I would imagine he holds out and the Bills lose him for the next 2 seasons. Give and take there. In 2020-21 both seasons he was both a model citizen relatively speaking while also being an All-Pro in his prime. The Bills gave him that extension with the thinking that if they could get him to be a 1k productive WR until age 32 (which is the tail end of WR primes) they would then hit a point in the contract where they would have been able to get out of it with not much pain cap wise.

I could see some team (as long as this situation is somewhat settled) offering Diggs a very low end incentive laden one year deal. Coming off a major mid-season injury at his age was always a tough sell. If he was a model citizen the best he could have hoped for was a one year 10ish million dollar deal with a lot of incentives to boost that up. But now you add drama to the other major factors and maybe you get a team that's desperate but low balls you.

Very similar to TO's and Moss's trajectory always seemingly burning out after a few years. TO had his breakout with the 49ers but when that organization became uncompetitive he asked out he had a great start in Philly but demanded a new contract and then went to Dallas where he was very good for a 3 years before they got tired of him. TO Then went to the Bills and Bengals for one year stints and that was a wrap. Diggs had his breakout in Minnesota and then drama ensued so they traded him and the Bills had him for 4 very good years and then traded him because he became too much of a headache. The Texans took a shot with him as a rental and it worked until he got hurt. It just seems like Diggs if he's not producing at an elite level is going to realize that teams aren't going to put up with drama and pay you a lot of money.

Just a personal ranking not too familiar with the Bills pre-Bruce/Jim/Thurman/Andre ere other than OJ played and they were an AFL powerhouse. So Rankling really is from Kelly onward. Josh Allen- I was young when Jim Kelly had his era so I don't have a fully realized version of watching him as I do with Allen. Josh is so fun and dynamic to watch. Jim Kelly- Any Bills fan knows Kelly is amazing. He took the Bills to 4 straight Super Bowls a feat no other QB not even Brady has done. One of his eras top QB's. Doug Flutie- One of the reasons I started following the Bills was because of Doug Flutie, such a scrappy underdog getting a chance to have a second chapter in his NFL career. Back to back 10 win seasons with a playoff birth is not a ton of success but it wasn't nothing either. Tyrod- The Bills were heavily mired in mediocrity and despair during the drought and Tyrod came in and gave the Bills competent starting caliber QB play and ended up breaking the drought. He allowed the McD era to start off with serious credibility massively overachieving in year 1 and breaking a drought. Fitz- The Bills didn't win a lot with Fitz but Fitz was a lot of fun and played well at times. He embodied the heart of the city. Bledsoe- Was the Bills first 4k passer and that 4000 yard season in 2002 kept the Bills from being on that list with the Bears for never having a 4k passer (unitl 2020 when Josh would have hit that mark) and Bledsoe's 2004 season was also solid but sadly the Bills choked in that last game against the Steelers backups so that went kaput. Obviously Kemp and Ferguson would also be on any top 10 list firmly above Doug Flutie in this list but below Kelly/Allen. But after that it gets a bit rough. JP Losman is top 10 in passing yards all time for the Bills. I do wonder what franchise would actually have 10 at the very least respectable QB's? For reference the Bills JP Losman's 6200 passing yards is 10th all time. In fact that's about average to above average for NFL teams. In fact if you looked up all the teams in the NFL's all time passing leaders the number 10 slot no team has a 10k passer there. Most teams number 10 passers are between 4-7k a few teams have 8-9k yard passers. The team with the highest ranked 10 passer is the 49ers who have Brock Purdy there and assuming he get a few hundred more yards passing next season he will push the 49ers to have the only all time 10th ranked passer to be over 10k yards. TLDR: Most teams don't have 10 even remotely respectable QB's in terms of career yards.

Going to depend on his cap and draft pick cost. Bills could do a lot worse than trading a 5th for him taking a chance on an injury prone “young vet” whose very good when healthy and then draft a corner in the first 4 rounds to add depth and development. But if the Bills want a vet starting corner I think they can land one in free agency.

Unless this is more serious than it’s being reported this is not likely to cause him to slip past the top 8 or so. Likely not going to slip past 5 but I think 7-8 is his basement.

It’s all about price. Groot is a very good player and the Bills should make a good offer for an extension. Right now I would say he’s probably going to want 20 million a year with a 50 million dollar guarantee. I am 50/50 on if he should be around the 15th highest paid DE. I think his perfect value is around 18 million a year. I think I would pull the trigger on a 19.5 million dollar a year contract if push came to shove with 45 million guaranteed. If he’s stresdfast on making more than 20 million I would say he can play out the 5th year option and take his chances and the Bills can move onto other extensions

Miami is ranked very highly in all categories surely they are one of the best teams in the league?

I didn’t even catch that, seems like the Pegulas while they aren’t perfect owners they aren’t cheap (at least when it comes to the players) ones either. If there was some sort of fix for the issue I would think they would do it.

In the end as rich as the NFL is the teams only can charter what is available to charter.

Bills have more pressing defensive needs. The Bills only major need on offense is WR, could be they have a plan at WR in place and are going heavy on defense in the draft.