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Look at it this way -- he's their Dareus. Sure, he has $10M more in guaranteed money, but his AAV is $19M compared to Dareus' $16M AAV. I don't want to sidetrack the discussion about who's better, and I won't dismiss $3M, but is that 3 mil that much more burdensome? On one hand Dareus' contract is praised, and on the other Miller's panned over $3M per year? I believe he's one of the top-3 defensive players in the game right now. If he can repeat what he did the last 5 years, they'll get their money's worth. If not, they can get away from that contract with little pain after 4 years, and it's a certainty that he'll never see that 6th year. For more perspective, Mo Wilkerson's deal pays him $17.2M AAV, only $1.8M off of what Miller just got. Could you imagine suggesting that we let Dareus walk, sign another DT for $8-9M, and use the leftover money to improve other positions? That thread would probably reach 50+ pages. On the other hand, if he hurts his ACL again, the team is screwed. As evidenced by New England (C.Jones), there are certainly teams not willing to make that investment, and I can see that side of the argument too.

I think they would still be very competitive. Do they win a title in your scenario? Doubtful. I'm certainly not saying he's the only reason they won, I'm saying he was the difference between a deep playoff run and a Lombardi. On-field performance aside, if anything gave me pause it would be his torn ACL.

They certainly don't win a Lombardi without him.

Wait, they hand out multiple trophies for the offseason nowadays? Can we still win one for the preseason games?

Maybe his wife was smoking weed and he just joined in because he didn't want her to feel bad?

Tell that to Hue Jackson, who lost his job with Palmer as his QB. Or maybe Dennis Allen, who rode the mighty Palmer to a 4-12 record. Arians is a damn good coach.

We don't gain anything by letting him talk to other teams, either. We're not getting a pick for him. Look, he's a very, very smart kid. Does anyone honestly think he's just winging it, and will have this sudden revelation on Aug 15? This guy has known where he wants to play all along. If it was here, he'd be signed. This whole act of "we are committed to seeing this process through and waiting until the 15th" is called lip service.

Oh, I forgot to mention, everyone can watch Episode 1 for free. Here's the link.

Yeah, right.

This is an absolute godsend for the slow month of July. It's sort of like Hard Knocks for an entire 17-week season. It doesn't quite have the editing prowess of Hard Knocks, but it's fascinating to see how a team handles the ups and downs of a year in the NFL. Bruce Arians comes across as a force, and I can't say I'm not very envious of the Cards for hiring him. It's 8 episodes and 8 hours of football in July. The only flaw is that it's on Amazon Prime which means most are not going to be able to see it.

He didn't lose a step, he lost all of them. Last year it looked like he was running in sand.

Yeah I would feel much, much better with short Enroth. What's the problem Tim, he's Swedish too.

General Fanager ‏@generalfanager Anders Nilsson has signed with Buffalo following trade, 1 yr @ $1M. Ugh, not a fan of this move at all. I have a feeling our playoff hopes might come down to our backup goalie, and this guy is....well, big in size I guess. I hope Ullmark has improved. Three Swedish goalies, huh?

I would like it, but I think he's too small for GMTM's tastes. Would be funny if they sign Scrivens, with the lovefest between him and Lehner.

Damn, Chad Johnson to the Flames.

7yrs 6M AAV.

I guess he takes Ennis's spot in the top-6?

What a bunch of absolute nonsense. He's carried sub-par teams to the playoffs his first 3 years in the league. That rookie team he was on was the worst team in football the previous year. He's started 55 games and played under 5 different centers. Yes, five -- that's a QB's nightmare. He has a GM that has previously ignore the OL and inexplicably surrounds him with old talent that needs to be put out to pasture (A. Johnson, F. Gore).

Georges Laraque, huh?

Wow, Edmonton. And wow, Montreal.

When they're capable of paying a player $15M per year, I don't think you can look at them as a developmental league. The actual number of players leaving for the KHL doesn't paint the full picture either. Russian players love to use it as a bargaining chip during negotiations, and it is a strong one. Exactly.

Sabres see big upside in new defenseman Kulikov

I think it's just beginning. Pysyk was probably not going to make it past the expansion draft.

So, sounds like Nylander can play in the AHL next year from what I've read.

His logic behind not moving up to those spots is pretty sound. “Right now I can’t move up into the top three. So I don’t see a point of moving to four or five or six,” Murray told The News Thursday evening after emerging from the NHL GM meetings at the Hyatt Regency. “There’s three guys I’ve said all along we like. We may have a choice but I doubt it, and one will be there. That’s how we read the draft. We’re happy with those three guys. There’s no point in moving to four or five. We don’t see that big a difference to pay a big price.”