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For all the post season hype we had, this is an important one for a lot of reasons. We had too many games this year where things just didn't work out our way. 2020 was the opposite. A lot went right to make that season work. Less concerned about winning those games to clinch homefield, and more concerned with minimizing those games so that 0:13 doesn't happen again.

Can't wait for the Pegula's to grace us with presence of their NFL versions of Ron Rolston, Ted Nolan, Dan Bylsma, Phil Housley, Ralph Gruger, Don Granato and Kevyn Adams. I don't trust the Pegula's to upgrade the coach. I also think McD is very good. Is he HOF? I don't know. But I think he is hall of very good. Things can go south very quickly. Thinking of those SD teams moving on from Shottenheimer because of 14-2 and playoff loses, only to become completely irrelevant with a great QB.

I actually like that he doesn't. But I cannot turn on the TV without seeing Mahomes or Rodgers in a new commercial. I just can't imagine being a star NFL QB with all the demand to watch film and be at practice, then try and squeeze in time for a Hulu or State Farm commercial a few days a week? And for what, a couple mil here, a couple mil there? Allen is about to make $250M in the next few years, endorsement money is a fraction of that. I would most definitey protect my rest for the betterment of my team, career, mental/physical health, and winning a Super Bowl. Just does not seem worth it at that point.

This should qualify for FMLA, correct?

Would not be shocked. But the divisional game was such an emotional and physical battle for everybody involved, it will be tough to get back up for. I would not be shocked if the Bengals game is closer than it should be because of it.

In that scenario Herbert and Carr don’t matter. It’s a two horse race. At this point in their careers the best Herbert and Carr can do is maybe still a game from KC, and hope to win more games with a stumble from KC. In Buffalo the dude was picking up random guys at Tim Hortons on the way to practice to start. Thad Lewis started 5 games off the street for the Bills. Not calling Hackey some miracle worker or savant but he was never as trash as some have made him seem.

A lot of weird hate here. He got some production out of QB’s he grabbed from his stop at Tim Hortons in the morning.

I have been pounding this drum for a bit. Some players have gotten better than I thought like Philips. Although he still won’t be expensive. But investing so heavily in the DE without a very good pass rush, plus Singletary then Moss. Now the fan base is split on Edmunds after next season. It’s too many misses with top 100 picks. It has to get better if this run from the Bills is to be sustainable.

Here is a wild concept. Nathan Peterman is a better QB than every poster on this board… Shut it all down! I am still critical of Allen some weeks. I don’t know that anybody “got it wrong” about Allen. The dude is an absolute unicorn. His trajectory defies basically anything anybody else has ever done in pro football. He’s had moments and even stretches where he was very bad. Other teams are going to replicate Allen in the next few years, and it’s going to set franchises back years and years. They’ll end up sticking with a guy who was never very good, through a bunch of bad play. Only to come out the other side with a really bad QB.

That’s actually a wildly forward statement for a GM about a player still under contract for the next few years. Sheesh. Some weird Dustin Hopkins-Taiwan Jones hybrid. What an exciting time to be alive!

Dude, it’s part of being a fan. Of course we aren’t qualified to question a GM, coach, scout, player, etc. about football. None of us do any real scouting. Sorry, these takes are sort of a pet peeve of mine. OK cool. I guess I’ll just sit here all apathetic towards everything. Why even join a message board if your believe the “you don’t know more than the coach route”? I didn’t like Vlad Ducasse but he’s better at football than I am. Not to mention McBeane brought him in. So I guess I won’t question it, or have an opinion. We aren’t building bridges. Sports fandom is a relative hobby with no real life consequences. Let people have their fun.

Also, you don’t lose to Mahomes because he rushes for 100+ yards. He’s not Allen or Lamar in that way. If Mahomes is racking up rushing yards over and over again, more oft than not it’s because teams are taking away the pass. If your secondary isn’t disciplined in their coverage when PM is on the move you’re going to have a bad time. I will take my chances having Mahomes rush for 150 rather than taking a guy out of coverage to account for him.

Technically you’re correct but that’s misleading. Your original post was along the lines of “spent a $100M on a handful of starters and get shredded by Josh”. OK. Sure. They won. And they were one of the very best defenses in the league through the back half of the season. We have $2M in space and 53 on the roster after signing a million players to futures. But we’re talking about how to get a new starting CB, DT, DE, LB, OG and slot receiver with that money. We might lose our starting center to retirement or cap causalty. While totally unsure if we can keep some of our top DE, DT, CB, and slot wide receivers. Meanwhile KC has more space and is pretty locked in at their starting front 7, OL, WR, and TE. KC seems like they are in a spot to sign a lot of depth players for cheap, because that’s where most of their needs are. Buffalo is trying upgrade like 7 starting positions with $2M.

And yet the Chiefs have more space this year and next than Buffalo…

Professionally it would be silly. Why would you want your first stop as an OC to be at an org tied to an arrow pointing downward like NYG? The real question becomes, what if some of the Chicago rumors are true re: Dungy and Frazier. If they make that hire before Daboll to NYG or MIA, then I think in that situation you run the risk of losing both.

I have been wondering, with Pringle back deep, was Hill on the field at all? Could Tyreek have been shallow in the event of a squib or short kick?

Meh. Normally I’m pro our rivals getting their teeth kicked in. But after a game like Sunday I wouldn’t mind KC just cruising through. It would pretty much solidify us as the second best team in the league. I do think it will be tough for any team to get up for another game after the one we just saw Sunday.

I actually think a big help would have been going for the 4th and short earlier in the 4th. The D was gassed. They needed a break and the offense had momentum. Converting even to punt a few minutes later would have done wonders for their rest. Feliciano may be on that list. But he’s pretty cheap. Darryl Williams possibly? He’s a bit expensive but was an asset at OG.

I came to read the comments. I don’t have it in me yet to click play. A buddy texted me today, “check out the coverage on this play”. I couldn’t do it. Just sort of feels like trying to throw out your ex’s stuff when you have a blind sided break up. Just can’t do it yet. My rebound chick is FA and cap management. As far as I am concerned the SB is over. It was played Sunday night. The two best teams of maybe the last decade just beat the shirt out of each other for 4.5 quarters. The best over all defense in the league through 17 weeks vs. the best defense through the back half of the season. Neither could slow down the top 2 QB’s on the planet for 4.5 hours. Everything else is basically WWE marketing and promo material as far as I am concerned. I can’t relive the heart break yet.

I guess. But I still know. And that’s enough for me. I’m an irrational arse.

I think the smart move long term is to treat FA with a “don’t lose ground” approach. Keep and restructure who we need to to make sure the OL, DB, and DL groups don’t get worse. We absolutely NEED more impact week 1 from our top 100 picks. Oliver is becoming really disruptive. Philips is better than the JAG designation he had a year or two ago. Basham has come on late (kind of), Rousseau has been OK. But we need guys picked as top 100 college players to enter the league and be more disruptive in their performance.

Will do. I love my fake internet points. I actually don’t use the “agree” button ever. It doesn’t give anybody their +1. I am fully aware that that is a completely absurd thing to do. But whatever. Ha

I would like one more year of Morse with somebody in the middle of the draft to develop for a year. But we do have some room here. Feliciano has filled in at center well (serviceable?) in the past. So Mitch taking care of his brain wouldn’t break the OL. Holistically I agree on the above. Our current FA and cap situation is basically a ton of guys we would love to keep around, but no must haves. It will be a balancing act this year for sure. I think this is one of those tipping points some franchises run into. I don’t know why but it feels like margin for error this year with our FA group, restructures, and the draft, is razor thin. More so than usual.

We can definitely make some room. Next years FA is important. Knox, Singletary, Poyer, 5th year for Oliver. When we restructure 2022, it will pull from 2023. Id prefer to open enough space to resign our own. Maybe a couple depth signings. But I’d hate to restructure in a year where McK and Philips are our biggest decisions, and be in a spot where keeping Knox, Poyer, and Ed eat up our entire space. The key is McBean getting more immediate production out of top 100 picks this year.

So that makes some sense. Basically exchange the Beasley contract for Gesicki. I could be convinced.