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They took Marshon Lattimore in round 1 of that draft............who I assume they will extend and try to make into a franchise cornerstone going forward. That's what will ultimately define that draft for them long after Kamara is traded or leaves in UFA. Coming up with reasons during the draft process to select a RB in round 1 is a long time organizational weakness...........you gotta' have a system in place where you have protections against taking that cheese.

He was a luxury to Reid. It actually appeared that KC had relegated Watkins in the second half of the season........perhaps preparing for life after they cut him. As far as bringing back former Bills that Andy Reid had success with I'd prefer Jason Peters..........who Reid once called "The Peyton Manning of offensive lineman" after he pilfered him from the incompetence that was Russ Brandon(who had the torches and pitchforks on his side back in those days). Put Peters at RT on a one year deal and let he and Nsekhe manage the spot in rotation to keep them fresh and if Dawkins misses time you have Peters to fill that spot coming off another top 10 performance at LT.

As you know the Saints got Kamara in round 3. The positionless/playmaker line of thinking was the rationale behind the drafting of CJ Spiller a decade ago............it's fine when you get that talent in the bonus rounds but you need franchise building blocks in those first and second rounds. It just rarely ever works out like that with RB's.......and despite his success the last I heard the Saints were very open to trading Kamara..........because in the end he's just a RB and teams don't like to pay those guys. And I guess this is a good time to remind the thread that the two lead RB's in the SB were undrafted.

Agreed.........I think Dallas looks like the best option..........they have the money to fit a guy in at $8M-$10M on a 1 year deal if Cooper leaves and Dak throws the ball deep and to the sidelines so there are plays to be made there. They were interested the last time he was a UFA as I recall. As for the pay cut allowance I assume it's still part of the CBA but back when half the league was in cap disarray every year it was a regularly discussed component. Like I said I think it's around 20% of base salary and after that they have to be cut and re-signed. That's a possibility but if you are KC and looking at this WR draft class.........why not just draft a couple?

Yeah it's a highly unusual situation. Hill is the most dangerous player in the NFL with the ball in his hands. I suspect Sammy's #1 hope will be that Amari Cooper leaves Dallas and then try to get a prove it deal there as Dak's #1. Baltimore has been mentioned too and Sammy played some of his best football in year one of Rex with Roman as OC.

He was on NFL network right after the game and literally said he was just messing with the media and that he was "too young" to take a season off. I think what it comes down to is that he always intended to be dictating the terms of his employment at this point in his career and now he is essentially a free agent because he knows that a CBA permitted "pay cut"........which I believe is a max of 20%..........is not close to enough for him to be back in KC next year. He's getting cut. So yeah he's got 4-6 weeks for he and his agent to figure out what's next. And coming off two disappointing regular seasons he needs to go somewhere that he will be fed the ball to re-build his stock...........which means taking a big pay cut AND limiting the options of places to play.

Yeah unfortunately I have to turn it off when she is on. The combination of the faint voice AND heavy nasal makes it work to listen. When she's on with Tasker who is constantly breathing into the mic and shifting the spit in his mouth it's just really bad. A lot of people hate Schopp for his takes but the guy is really good as a broadcaster.

Then there is the argument that some guys just get those yards because there aren't enough alternatives...........so accumulated yardage without per per touch production can ring hollow. In any event returning him to a near-Philadelphia level workload for that 2017 season pretty much did him in as a full time RB. I still think McCoy could have had one more good season........180-200 carries at 4.5-5.0 ypc........had they retained the Roman/Lynn offense...........and they did bring 10 starters from that 2016 team to camp in 2017. What McDermott has done to the Bills offense since he arrived is just as bad as what Rex did to the Schwartz defense.

Shady was a mess as a teammate and employee when the Bills got him.........but he won me over when he admitted that he needed to change and be more coachable and a better teammate after his 2015 thru early offseason 2016 sh*t-show on and off the field............and then actually backed it up. That 2016 season was a joy to watch on offense with Shady actually focused on staying available and following the design of the Roman/Lynn offense and getting those big plays inside rather than scampering for the sidelines every play like he had in Philly and then Buffalo in 2015. That season was one of those late-career ones where the light comes on while the talent is still there..........like Favre's first season in Minnesota.

I think McDermott deserves a lot of the blame for it for dismantling the Lynn offense........but yes 2017 was a disappointing season from McCoy. He was always a scat back who brought zero physical presence/benefit.....couldn't perform in short yardage and goal line....and was generally regarded as one of the worst pass blocking RB's in the league. So for him to be good he needed to produce a lot and also do it on a per carry basis..........and he came in just under 4.0 ypc.......well below league average and a good half yard below his career average. He had flashes but he was basically an accumulator on a very ineffective offense. The only season of the 5 where he lived up to his hype was 2016...........and that year he actually surpassed it. But whether you agree or not with 2017.........the Bills didn't get what they were paying for.

When he came back to Buffalo this year to re-launch his flakes that was the first time he'd been back to the area since he played for the team! When you consider the effort that so many gullible, celebrity slobbering fans invested in him you'd think he'd have been back a few times in the past 20 years.....but nope...........not til he had some more product to sell. Yes there are WORSE characters in the NFL but he's about as self-centered as any of them.

That is easily the most incorrect thing I've read in this thread. Shady is all about the money............and once he gets it in his pocket his memory gets real short. He literally got his wish of getting to choose a SB contending team but he unnecessarily brings up the FO in Buffalo for one reason...........the $2M difference between his base salary in Buffalo and KC. A difference that McBeane made up for with the bonus they gave him in 2017. Dude actually came out of that 5 year contract PAID IN FULL........which a stand up guy would be grateful for considering his disappointing production in 4 of those 5 years.

I disagree with your contention that they should have been "more honest". And saying someone should be "more honest" is BOTH critical(you lied!) and the opposite of "straightforward"..? McBeane's obligation is to do what's best for the organization. They weren't obligated to trade him in October of 2018 nor were they wrong for not releasing him after the season if there was a chance that he wouldn't make the 2019 roster. When he insisted on $26M in new guaranteed money and two more years added to his Eagles contract(which ran thru the end of 2017) just to report to the team in 2015 he kinda' waived a lot of his rights going forward.

It was a wise move.........both business and football wise. You and @GunnerBill were both very anti-Gore at his signing.......which was absurd for the cheap price. But what he did on the field to help get them to the 5-1 start was outstanding..........and frankly his performance in the Patriots game in Buffalo was extraordinary and they should have gotten to at least 6-0. He was spent after all that work in a short span of time......but that fast start.....much of it with Singletary sidelined........ was the difference between them making the playoffs and being the 7-9 or 8-8 team they resembled after that. I wouldn't be surprised if they re-signed him with no guarantees and drafted 2 RB's and then made the decision whether to keep Gore at the end of TC the way they did with McCoy.

Oh there is plenty to be critical of........but the vague opinions of former players who left under less than amicable(read: "normal") circumstances is not one of them. Everybody's feelings get hurt when they don't get treated like they want. McCoy is the prime example.........all they did was throw money at that guy..........Rex/Whaley tore up his Eagles deal that still had 3 years left and allowed him to double dip...........then McBeane gave him $2M bonus in summer of 2017 to help sell "the process". And he's still got beef with the team for how he was treated. Whatcha' gonna' do?

Expect A LOT more players in coming years expressing disappointment in their treatment by McBeane. Because that's the way it works.............if you are in charge of an NFL team long enough you disappoint players by cutting them, trading them, not giving them enough playing time etc..

I'm not expecting to see much of the Chiefs running game Sunday. The parallels between this 49ers/Chiefs SB and SB XIX between 15-1 49ers and 14-2 Dolphins are pretty striking to me............the Niners being the better overall team with the great defensive front and outstanding but underrated QB and better run game..............and the Chiefs with the league's best passer at QB with the big name receiving threats and the flawed but recently successful defense that's not unlike that Dolphins "Killer B's" defense.

After 5 games Gore was averaging about 4.5 ypc...........but he was on a pace for a ridiculous 240+ carries. He did the heavy lifting for the team at a high level to get them out to the 5-1 start which got them to the playoffs. He deserves A LOT more credit than he's gotten.

This list doesn't mean what you think it means. Shaq and Hughes are the only holdovers on defense from the previous regime so the turnover there has been near complete as well. The DIFFERENCE has been the quality of investment. 4 first round picks made...........3 of them on defense. They haven't put much into the offense yet.

I'd be shocked if the Athletic was interested in Vic..........he's cold product.

No 4.2 ypc is not upper end............it was only good for 20th best in the NFL this year...........definitely a far cry from the top which was Baltimore at 5.5. I don't know if the spread between ypp and ypc is all that telling as a stand alone but what you do see is that the other teams at the upper end of that split threw the ball A LOT more than the Chiefs...........which inevitably raises their yards per play.......that's a statistical given. Those teams struggled and found themselves behind by a lot or in shootouts often. Interestingly the Chiefs were only 15th in pass attempts on the season so contrary to some of the suppositions made earlier........their ypp isn't really loaded by Mahomes pass volume. They were just explosive in the pass game when they threw which kept defenses on their heels and they were then able to stay more balanced because they weren't playing from behind a lot.............which helped mask one of the least desirable RB tandems in the NFL.

Yolo says he's like school on Sunday.........no process.

Using overall ypc like you did the Chiefs and Rams tied for the biggest spread in the NFL at 2.0................so the Chiefs spread was unusually high.

I suspect an overall 1.6 yard difference between team ypp and RB ypc is not pretty typical at all..........it's a lot. Gore had a very inefficient season per carry..........more than half a yard below league average per carry. But I think that 1.6 yard split shows that relatively speaking McCoy and Williams were no better. And how many teams would trade RB tandems with KC? Does anyone think that's a good unit? Williams was a 3rd down back in Miami and McCoy is for all intents and purposes washed up. Devin Singletary, on the other hand, had 5.1 ypc and the Bills offense averaged 5.2 ypp..........I guess that's an argument for handing it off.

Well yeah..........Mahomes passing inflates their rushing efficiency numbers. Damien Williams was a career 3.6 ypc back in 4 years in Miami and has put up 5.1 and 4.6 in his two years with KC. I don't think many teams would trade RB duo's with KC........Williams/old McCoy is a bottom 5 combo..........but I would guess that KC is probably near the top of the league in RB yards before contact because defenses are so stretched vertically they would rather give up the run yards to avoid getting gashed.