Bleeding Bills Blue

Tight end is tough - there are no good free agents and its a position with a steep learning curve. Even 1st rounders tend to bloom a bit late.

They have some solid player free agents, and likely not very much cap space - so it'll be penny squeezing for them. But they aren't players that are irreplaceable Watkins - always hurt Okafor - 3 sacks as a reserve DE Sorensen - Starting safety next to mathieu Breeland - Starting corner Reiter - Starting Center Remmers - Right tackle So their roster depth all around will likely be tested.

It'd be like if they decided to just start calling all the offensive line holding penalties that they let teams get away with all season. Complete 180 in officiating - Romo is saying that the coverage is sticky and i can see diggs and bease jerseys getting tugged all night long.

Yeah - i mean... Hunt isn't fast. Kamara isn't notably fast. Connor isn't fast. Drake ran a fast 40, but play speed he doesn't seem fast. I'm not sure its all on the backs, or their speed. There just isn't any juice to the running game. We play like 80 percent of the game from shotgun for pass protection, and then when we go from under center we run the ball on like 75% of the snaps - not really very deceptive there. Also, the team isn't very good at run blocking.

I think he's terrible, but hes working in media at the moment. There's usually more money there - and he'll never be a head coach again.

Well when you can't run the ball...

I assume he's the heir apparent for when Belichick moves upstairs to VP/GM role. Belichick probably gave him a timeline if i had to guess.

They were bracketing him on 3rd downs. Which - smart i suppose, but then you aren't pressuring allen so he was going after them with brown and diggs. Davis looked banged up though.

Cover 2 is usually preferred in third and long. 2 backers and NB inside and 2 CBs on the boundaries. But its a read play - sometimes the boundary guys play deep and it fleshes out more like quarters. the olb and nb then cover the boundaries. You can both limit big plays and underneath depending on the route concept. And there's nothing you can do pre-snap to flesh out what the corners do - it happens as the play is happening. You can also position the nickel and LBs on the LOS to give a blitz look, and then rotate into a complete cover 2 look. At the same time - buffalo might be forced to play a bit more man in this one. QBs who can buy time effectively are nightmares for a zone defense.

My guess is he's getting the league minimum and its offset against his rookie deal. So he isn't making a dollar more than he did before.

BBQ for me this week. Ribs, mac and cheese, beans

5 offensive lineman play all the snaps for the entire season. Buffalo's barely invested at all from a draft value perspective. 2 2nd round picks?

QBs are the most important position - so as long as you are good, they will find a way to fit your contract in anyway.

It's not necessarily "owed"... they already paid it out. So if you look here (https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-orleans-saints/drew-brees-4542/) - everything to the right of base salary he already has. None of it is a roster bonus, or workout bonus - it was fully guaranteed. They've been doing restructures for years essentially betting on an increasing cap. The highest paid WR for 5 years is like the 15th highest paid 5 years later etc. The eagles are probably just as screwed, and they don't have anything of value to trade like the saints. The saints could move any of the following players (who have value and would net solid picks/players in return) and gain cap savings: Lattimore, Armstead, Sanders, and Ramczyk. They can also extend and lower cap hits for some players, and designate some post-june cuts to split cap hits. In any case, they'll look a lot different next year - and they are going to need a lot of draft picks in 2021/2022 to contribute.

That would be around 180M. Spotrac had been using the agreed upon floor of like 175M. It's not a good time to be a free agent though. Top end guys will still get theirs, but the middle tier and below are about to get lowballed - i also see middle level talent signing extensions to stay where they are. Example: John brown - Cap hit 9.5m, dead cap 1.6. He won't get 8M on the open market. So instead, you drop his salary to like 1M for 2021, and partially guarantee a year in 2022 with a signing bonus and roster bonus. Gets his cap hit down to something like 3M, and he doesn't lose a game of musical chairs and end up signing a 1 year deal for like 1M which can tank his value.

They're called void years. So essentially you are giving someone a 2 year contract - but spreading the bonus over 4 years. They can sign with you again, but that bonus money was paid, and would hit the cap. Depending on when they announce, they can split the hit over 2 seasons.

I look at the teams near the top of the league in rushing - and they are either propped up by a mobile QB (baltimore, arizona, NE), or they run a variation of Kubiaks outside zone scheme (Titans, Browns, Vikings, Packers, 49ers in 2019). We are propped up by a mobile QB, and we don't run an outside zone scheme- majority of snaps come out of shotgun.

Regarding jackson - he played well in a pinch as a rookie. I'd still like to push both him and wallace on the outside. TE - I'd draft one, probably not in the first RB - Id rather address the issues in the offensive line.

I hate early TE's. I feel like the best ones are all late round guys, and the early ones tend to not have a big impact for a year or 2.

Here's my thoughts on a dome... They played football in middle school and high school... outdoors. They played football in college - most likely outdoors (at least likely the majority of games). Why do they move to all indoor games in the pros? It's an outdoor game, its played in the fall and winter, and the fans tend to like that weather aspect of it.

As much as the weather was a factor - the game flow in the 2nd half was very strange. Buffalo drove down and scored to go up 7 - ran almost 6 minutes off the clock. Baltimore drove down and threw a pick 6 to go down 14 - but also ran almost 9 minutes off the clock. Buffalo then got the ball at the start of the 4th quarter and ran another 5 minutes off the clock. They ended up punting as they were in a poor down and distance in baltimore territory - but up 14. The 1st and 2nd down calls had nothing to do with wind - the QB sweep was snuffed out and the mckenzie pass didn't work. Next possession they were in FG territory and tried to run clock. But this is a successful possession in a 2 score game - no points, 5 minutes off the clock, pinned them at the 10. If baltimore had scored on any of their 2nd half possessions i think buffalo's offense is opened up a bit more. But they didn't

His value goes up because of the contract honestly. 5 years 146.5 for a new team acquiring him - and his cap hit is low for 2021 when the cap is likely at its lowest. It's not cheap but if he's a top 5-10 QB its actually pretty good. I'd say play hard-ball - but good luck getting free agents to sign with your team when you basically are holding a pro-bowler hostage during the prime of his career. If I'm the owner, i sit down with him and figure out what it takes to keep him here.

Yep - much like reality TV.

you gonna pay for it?!

I'm of the opinion that upgrades on the oline would turn some of those 2 yard plays into 8-10 yard plays. Watching a lot of football, you see kamara and henry get blown up all the time at the LOS. It's the highlights everyone sees, and usually those involve big holes.