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He is a man beater. I'd agree on hollins. He won't cost too much, plays special teams, and has shown that when he's on the field he can make plays. I don't think you want to line him up 80% of the time and expect him to win on the majority of routes, he's simply not good enough or fast enough or both. However his plus blocking is nice in those grind it out games that always make an appearance throughout the season.

Cooper getting hurt really shut the door on building any meaningful chemistry for the end of season.

Palmer, Coleman, Shakir, Samuel - 2 spots still open, and i think they do like hollins as a blocker/teams/depth player. What they do with the final spot I'm not sure, but if i had to guess it's not coming before the 4th or 5th round.

It's less than davis got last year on a smaller cap FWIW.

When you're under contract... and the guarantee's are fairly dried up, it becomes an issue of security. Usually contracts input these large roster bonuses that force teams to make a decision before the opening of free agency. Kind of like a team "out" should you get injured, and the team is out the initial guarantees. Once you hit the end stage on deals though, players want more guarantees and will say what they need to say to outleverage the team in negotiations.

6th in yards per play, and 6th in first downs. 28th in number of offensive plays run.

Bernard has an ability to create chaos that I like, and he's occasionally made some really nice checks and calls that have resulted in big stops. He's a solid if underused blitz pass rusher for a middle linebacker. He's also made a lot of strides in coverage. For the group around him, I think Milano sticks this year but whether he plays well or not really isn't going to reflect his future beyond 2025; he's likely a cap casualty with you also paying Bernard. I also think you take another shot at a mid-late round linebacker. Even earlier if you think there's a stud player who slipped into the 3rd, move up or something. Spector stunk, so i don't really see a reason to keep him around. Ulofoshio and Andreessen aren't particularly great depth either - so I'd bring in another Will to compete with Williams for the future at that spot. I don't dislike Williams, i just think it's an important position on the defense that takes it from good to potentially great and the team has a ton of picks this year. I also don't think you're far off on potentially wanting to find a new nickel player - and Lewis/Ingram shouldn't be roster locks. Another mid-round spot where maybe we can find someone with maybe a little size to play big nickel against some of these tight ends.

Yep - it actually makes AJE the most likely "odd-man out" should we add another pass rusher.

My thoughts are - the team defense as a whole performs considerably better with him on the field, and beyond that performed better than the sum of its parts.

The eagles stagger a lot of dead cap over the course of these deals, and leverage a lot of future cap to keep players. They use options so its kind of confusing - every year you keep a player you basically add a new bonus and another void year. You do have to make tough decisions on vet's though - lane johnson for example will probably get cut next year.

It's one of those... its now, or you play the comp pick game in 2026 free agency, and hope to get a 2027 pick. A 2025 4th is a lot more valuable than a 2027 4th or 5th. I know he was out of position for the super bowl and played poorly, but he was among the most valuable chiefs during his 4 year run with the team - as well as being a first team all-pro the last two seasons.

And probably a little bit of samuel. Considering both samuel and kirks injury history though it's tough and there are 0 savings moving on from samuel - you simply do it if you view kirk as an upgrade in a vertical slot type role.

I don't disagree that he was worse in his 2nd year, or that the offense in general was probably worse. They were still 9th in the league though in turnovers, 3rd in 3rd down%, and 8th in rushing. The offense to me, was incapable of being good since it ran through Linton and Smith. Moulds Reed Price and Riemersma is a solid group that propped up the pretty lousy QB situation, but the problem with the offense was that it was a running offense with bad running backs and mediocre offensive line.

Flutie wasn't a sack machine... 3.28% vs. Johnsons 21.32%... 21.32!! Some of those plays were Flutie throwaways, other's were potential scrambles for yardage. Either way - Field position, and sacks are generally drive killers. Allen's absurdly low sack% today is one of the most underrated features of his game. His first year the offense was actually.. pretty good? 7th in scoring, 6th in yards, 3rd in turnovers, 12th in passing, 3rd in rushing. 6 teams ahead of buffalo in scoring: Vikings - Moss rookie year Denver - Super bowl champions, terrell davis 49ers - Steve young and garrison hearst Atlanta - Chris chandler and jamal anderson GB - Brett Favre

I think Deebo will probably do a little bit of both. They didn't really even have a starter across from McLaurin, and Luke McCaffrey was the only other WR on the roster. It's an upgrade over everyone else they had last year, and i think they can do some manufactured touches for him as well. They don't really have a TE either. Can he stay healthy for a whole year? No. He's always banged up and either missing a week here or just playing through it and subbing. Is he the 1400 yard guy from 2021? No. He's not all of sudden going to turn back father time. Is he still a YAC monster? Yes.

Assuming he even shows up to work.

Poyer got a 15 yard penalty and a fine... Poyer's helmet hit coleman's... and he was a defenseless receiver at the time of the hit. It was hardly "clean".

Eagles go on to win a super bowl with an even more expensive QB... Even if his cap hit was lower his total comp was way higher than jones. What he probably should have said: I'm not paying 13M for a back to average 3.9 YPC (his stats in 2023-2024), that cap space would be better used on offensive linemen to protect my QB and boost the poor rushing attack.

Going to challenge myself and only count QBs i ever watched. Allen Kelly Flutie Tyrod - Some cool highlights, and broke the drought Fitzpatrick - Fun times but they lost a ton of games Bledsoe - Didn't totally work out - but he was better than everyone below him Orton - Sad that he makes this list at all let alone this high up. Reich - Didn't play a ton of regular season snaps, but his playoff numbers are pretty good actually. Edwards - Clear upgrade over Losman Manuel - Started with a little promise and he was about as good as everyone thought he was. You could probably plop losman in here too.

He wasn't quite spector bad in coverage - and he was next to spector far too much... I didn't see much from him as a blitzer, he looks rather stiff in coverage, and he was a little late to react in the run game at times. Struggled massively with motion checks. I do think he sheds pretty well, and is a solid tackler. Just not sure I'm not still looking for a better player at the Will, not sure if thats still milano - but if they move on from milano after this season i don't think you just elevate williams.

If he wants to hang out on the practice squad in case of emergency? Sure.

Likely not much in savings as the primary goal from shakirs new deal is for him to get paid some money today and some guaranteed salary in years 2 and 3. Often players are on a 5th year option when the extension triggers - those have big salary cap hits that can be reduced by spreading bonuses, but shakirs 4th year was already pretty cheap.

Knox's overpay was compounded with restructures too so you couldn't get out of it. He's still a good player though, and a solid in-line tight end. At least he's playing, i mean everyone complains about knox's deal and its moreso the white extension that really was the big miss along with Von.

I don't have an issue with extending cook - i have an issue with 15M AAV. As should anyone. Cap is going up, but that would be the 2nd highest in the NFL, above barkley, jacobs, and everyone but CMC. Let Bijan and Gibbs set the market, don't do it with Cook.

Just don't let players line up that close to the QB unless they are in motion. Then you can only have one person, and if you really wanted to use them to push they'd have to time it - which lets the defense time it.