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First off, the Bills not the fans should be counting on anything from Claypool and not hesitate to cut him at the slightest whiff that he could be an issue. That said, Claypools upside is tremendous and if (BIG IF!) he can get his head on straight he has the ability to be a very good, bordering on great WR1 option. Again, everybody should hope for a happy little accident on that one, and not rely on him one bit.

Whenever somebody goes “Josh Allen stinks” he goes on a tear. So thanks anonymous NFL exec for getting that out of the way early. MVP incoming.

He’s entered the Sammy Watkins era of his career.

What an absolutely insanely specific stat. This list of current starting QB's in the NFl with more than 350 playoff passing attempts is Patrick Mahomes, Aaron Rodgers, Russel Wilson, and Josh Allen. That's it. That is the entire list. But hey, I guess if you dropped the threshold to 300 playoff pass attempts he would lose to Jared Goff. LOL. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/pass_att_career_playoffs.htm I am not even arguing with you one way or another. This is just a silly exercise.

Same with me. I was 6'1 in 8th grade. Entered HS at 6'2.

I am no Terry Pegula fan. His run with the Sabres is historically bad in the big 4 leagues in the US. He is arguably the worst owner in NHL history. But I am very slow to point the finger at him to the Bills and/or the Bills WR room. For whatever reason(s) I think McBeane have done a good job at walling him out of football decisions. The NFL prints money and the team has been about as close to a championship as one can hope. I think there are zero financial chains around OBD at the moment. What happens after the Josh Allen era is TBD.

The vibe I am getting is that Claypool will be a guy that will have to prove himself all camp. I think they are purposefully putting him with the 2's and will keep him there all the way through camp and force him to compete and work everyday. He is likely getting a ton of positive reinforcement, "A lot of talent. You can ball" and then when it comes time for drills the staff goes "oh by the way, not good enough, you are with Mitch" I they can get him rolling in a way where he is putting in work, seeing results, putting in more work, seeing more results, momentum is a dangerous thing in sports. Getting CC back on track would be a phenomenal addition to the roster. That said, he is probably seeing a lot of favorable matchups at the moment.

"They made more later" isn't really relevant. You quoted a post where I literally said "percentage of cap dollars". The cost of a player in a given year is super important when it comes to winning a championship. And even for teams that won and came close to doing what you are saying you have LAR who are a cap disaster and not very good, When Mahomes started to get paid KC moved on from both Watkins and Tyreek when their bills came due. Then TB has been just bad after having those players retire. Also for the two teams and players the OP cited Detroit took a good portion of Staffords SB year was the year he was traded. He had a very average QB cap number at $13M (14th among QB's), OBJ signed vet minimum ($400k), Godwin was on a rookie deal, Mike Evans was on a front loaded deal on a team with no QB when he signed. With the way things are now the Dolphins will have a $30M Tyreek Hill, a $25M Jalen Waddle, and a $30M Tua in 2025. It is an unheard of cap allocation that has yet to be proven to be a way to win a championship in the NFL. Not even in the "they just kicked the can down the road" narrative you keep pushing. As far as I am concerned let Philly do it. Let Miami do it. Let Cincinatti do it. Nobody has ever won a SB or sustained any success trying to go down that road.

Go check their cap numbers the years they won in TB then report back.

Just from a cap % standpoint, I don't think the expensive WR/QB pairing is sustainable. As it stand now there hasn't been a QB with a top tier cap number and WR with a top tier cap number to ever win a SB. Pundits talk all the time about how important it is to maximize rookie QB contracts. Now WR's on second deals are getting $25M per guaranteed? I am glad the Dolphins are making this decision.

Also, has anybody noticed that Joe Brady looks a little more like an adult this year as opposed to last year where he looked a little bit like "Malibu's Most Wanted"

Right, he has to learn to run with rather than impact (literally and figuratively) the WR. I like Elam. I think he is a good dude and a good corner. I hope he can figure it out in Buffalo.

I think he’s saying his game is heavily reliant on his size, strength, physicality and athleticism. That’s his sweet spot. Whereas some of those guys are reliant on intuition, details, etc. I don’t think it’s a maturity or notebook issue. I think he’s a smart guy. I think he knows the playbook and works hard. He’s just struggled with application.

The cervical spine is no joke. Cervical spine injuries are super serious and can cause all sorts of issues all over the body. The amount we don't know about the human brain and nervous system is insane. For reference, we have been using anesthesia for nearly 200 years and we just figured out how/why it works in the last 5-10.

I would rather sit higher up between the 30's than be in the lower bowl in the corners or in the endzone. Being higher up is the only way to see more football live than you do at home. On the flip side the party is better down low in that you feel more "a part of the game" screaming and making noise down low.

I absolutely hate a short week 2 @ Miami

I work in well to do restaurant upstate that brings in a lot of notables from the city. We just had a couple come in and the man works in the league office, rolling directly up to Goodell. He was telling me that Swift met with the league after the salary cap went up more than expected and requested a piece of league revenue going forward The league told her to kick rocks. So it wouldn’t be shocking to me that some of the schedule is around hers and even at her request. I know this is “he said/she said”. Just passing it along.

Certainly a bit more security. But the team can swallow $1M if he blows. It doesn’t guarantee him anything. I think they’re taking a chance on two big, strong guys with very low cost and really high upside to play on the outside. Both have an easy out if they want.

Don't forget to add Dawson Knox to the list. But if everybody makes the roster we have a ton of size. Claypool, MVS, and Coleman, plus Kincaid and Knox. The Bills seem to have a plan to get bigger on offense. My guess is MVS and Claypool are pushing for the same roster spot.

The issue with Rodgers is he is a bad team player. He’s a “me guy” through and through. He demands control and sprints away from accountability, then publicly blames everybody around him.

He doesn’t though, he just took a haircut. He’ll have a year or two where he makes “too much” at $14/$17M. But then he’ll have another 3 years where he only counts $1M against the cap which is basically nothing. I suspect he’ll get one more contract here, they’ll add a year or two and get those $14/17M years under $10 and those $1M years will come up a bit. He’ll likely retire a Bill around 2029 at 35 years old. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_/id/29132/dawson-knox

It was so long ago I totally forgot I met her at Goodbar one night. Very cute. But also hated the kid.

St Joes hired an additional full time communications/marketing head whose sole job was to manage Chad Kelly. I poop you not.

He is on pace to serve 5-9 years, with a chance at life had that car accident gone differently.

Also wandered into a strangers house smashed after attending Von Millers Halloween party when he played in Denver. The kid is an all around loser.