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Obviously there isn't a real grenade. Diggs isn't going to blow up the facility or his actual teammates. It is a fairly common metaphor. I am not an NFL coach, but I have coached and won a handful of National Champions, I also lived at the Olympic Training Center for a number of years. I am good friends with dozens of Olympic medalists. This just isn't behavior from somebody who can be a healthy party of a championship roster long term. Spin it out you want, but successful rosters generally don't include people who behave like Diggs for very long.

It already is a problem. Not that it certainly happens again in the season. But Diggs has essentially pulled the pin from the grenade, and put the team on notice that he'll toss it when he see's fit. The entire season will be on eggshells.

His attitude is "I pulled the pin from the grenade, one misstep and I will let it go".

Sorry, I misunderstood you. I thought last season meant after last season, as in the CIN game. Whoops.

Right, that is what I am saying. Haha I included that portion because in the mini-camp thread somebody replied to me that Diggs had to sign off on a restructure. I didn't want to re-hash it over here. My point about reaching out to Diggs was that we knew we would be totally handcuffed to him with a restructure. And we know the way he behaved to end the season and his series of super weird and cryptic tweets. It would be professional due diligence in this scenario to try and get a reality check. All I take from him not showing up today (even if he shows up tomorrow), his offseason oddities, and the way he ended last season is that Diggs is willing to blow this season up if he becomes unhappy.

He didn't sign a new contract. He was restructured. Most NFL contracts include approval for future restructures. From a contractual point of view there was no need to notify Diggs at all. Although after the way he behaved at the end of the season, one would think a team would make sure they weren't handcuffing themselves to a player who would refuse to show up.

I assumed that when the team restructured Diggs they had spoken to him and had a reasonably accurate temperature on the situation. It feels like checking in after the way we ended the CIN game would have been a slam dunk...apparently not? In a worst case, doomsday scenario, Diggs could tank this roster by forcing his way out. (Most NFL contracts are written with permission for restructures up front. Teams do not need to get approval before restructuring)

This isn't true, false. Most contracts are drawn up to include restructure. Teams can restructure a majority of players whenever they please.

This! I assumed the org had checking in with Diggs before the restructure. They didn't. With the way they ended the season that feels like common sense, but I guess not. In a worst case scenario, Diggs could tank this roster if he forces himself out just by his cap number alone.

I don’t want to beat a dead horse, but your star WR discrediting anybody on the roster staff on TV is never a good look. And one were to do it a lot, would be very bad for the locker room. Here’s to it never happening again.

I am sorry, what? This is really really weird.

I recommend getting the A22 from NFL+. I re-watch every week and I see plays like below over and over. Allen doesn't even look at Shakir to his right who is wide open. He could have hopscotched into the endzone. Instead he thread the needle for a tough throw to Davis. The result is a highlight reel TD. On TV we see that and think "Allen has to put the team on his back. There are only contested throws. Our WR can't get open. Dorsey sucks, why can't he scheme anything". https://imgur.com/a/PG2vZc7 Allen is a generational talent and his talent plus moxy allows him to get away with a lot more than other less talented players in the league. But low percentage plays are still low percentage even if you are better at them than your peers. It has a tendency to stall our offense. We just force the ball down field far too often. Josh almost never lets the ball go at the top of his drop. Sometimes he doesn't see the entire field. Sometimes he wants the bigger play and ignores the easy money. None the less a quicker release and spreading the ball out a lot more will help the run game, OL, and Diggs. This is certainly a nuanced discussion where Dorsey, the OL, and our WR group all need to be better. But it is worth mentioning that that part of the load that Josh carries is weight he unnecessarily puts on his own shoulders. I will be hyped if we somehow navigate signing Hopkins. But we don't "neeeeeeed" Hopkins. Part of the expectation (rightfully) placed on a $40M QB is to do a lot more with a lot less than other QB's in the league.

The Jets trying to do their best 2011 Eagles "Dream Team" Impression.

I have a super wide breadth for where I think this contract falls. I wouldn't be shocked at $4.5M and I likely wouldn't bat an eye at $8.5M either. He has 29.5 sacks the last 3 years.

$1.7M feels light. Are you thinking that's his actual value, or are you just basing that on our cap space? I thought maybe $6-8M.

Any idea on contract value?

Who are you talking about? I assume Tim Horton, maybe Danny Gare? I don't think either constitute ruining the entire tradition of jersey retirements.

The Bandits are maybe the most fun ticket in town, and that includes the Bills. Once you add up the cost of a Bills ticket, parking, time commitment, plus limping through the next day, the Bandits certainly hold their own. I always have a ton of fun at a reasonable cost.

If the Bills have been in on Hopkins then there should also be some speculation on Mike Evans at $13M. Curious what the cost would be?

The Bills unwillingness to spread the ball around and force defenders to cover the entire field is our biggest weakness. Some of that is on Allen. Some is on the staff. If we were more equitable with the football we wouldn’t be hanging so much hope on OBJ, CMC, or Hopkins. It would help the run game as well as hide some of the OL issues. I’m excited about the possibility for Hopkins and Diggs, but having two WR of that caliber hasn’t been what’s holding this team back.

I don't know man. Baker completed 70% of his passes at OU two years in a row. He might not be a good enough QB when the bullets are flying live at NFL speeds, but I am not going to pretend like lobbing passes to half trotting practice squad tight ends running routes vs air as any indictment. First Pass - Domonique Dafney, TE. Barely employed last year, signed and cut to 3 different PS. In GB for 20 and 21, where he caught 4 passes for 60 yards. Second Pass - Ko Keift, TE. Rookie last year. 6th round pick in 2022. Dressed for 17 games, 7 catches for 80 yards.

Hot take. I think there is a lot of effort across the organization to keep Diggs happy and from blowing a gasket. Diggs is that friend that everybody goes "well, you got to really get to know him". I like the guy, he is certainly talented. But I also think he has the potential to be a liability.

Being in good shape at a reasonable weight at OTA's will not hurt DD no matter how many hoops you try to jump through.

Being in good physical condition with proper body composition is wildly different than peaking.

I have Fubo, and just puts a Buffalo zip. It gets me all the Sabres games on MSG. Super awesome. I have no interest in paying for YouTube TV without MSG. Happy to torrent the couple out of market/non-primetime games for free.