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It is to save money. Long played 16% of snaps on O and 13% of snaps on special teams. He wasn't even the backup center, as they preferred feliciano kicking inside and playing him at RG. They since signed Williams and Winters - who i assume they like better at RG.

Thats fair. Boehm i guess becomes primary depth at C. Williams at G. Nsekhe at T. Bates as #9 who is usually inactive on gameday. Feliciano comes back and either wins his job back, or moves Boehm off roster/bates (or whoever #9 is) to PS if they think they can hang onto him there?

80 man roster, and they brought in winters who has potential to be a starter.

We lost a player who was a starter all 16 weeks a year ago. To just sit on your hands and assume that Daryl Williams, and evan boehm are good enough - its not the beane way. He brought those guys in for competition to feliciano. So naturally he brings in further competition to them.

I went to do some research - and man they are bad at drafting WRs.

I liked a lot of the rule changes though. Kickoffs became somewhat exciting again. Punts were just... different. 3 point conversions. Double forward pass (you didnt have to worry about being behind the QB and it being a fumble - you just needed to be behind LOS). OT was kinda neat - albeit gimmicky. I kinda prefer college OT as its a bit more... football.

It was the last time i went to average joes for the draft night, and i remember driving there my wife asked who i wanted. And i remember saying... "i think i want josh allen" So needless to say i was probably the only happy guy at the bar that night ?

He stunk last year i guess (or so i hear), but he was playing LG. I remember beane saying he likes him on the right side.

Boehm and Bates both played center - Long has experience but he wasn't very good anywhere and the cap savings are pretty solid. Williams probably starts at RG.

Bradham never played for the panthers tho

Yeah.. if he had like, a huge injury or something like jamaal charles i might be more inclined to think hes done. But he played alright last year, outside of a couple of bad fumbles. Last year they had barber as the 2nd back and ogunbahalwale (def added like 6 letters). Barber sucked, and is now gone. So right off the bat there's a role there. I also think he cuts into the other guys snaps on 3rd down. QB wants a guy he trusts in pass pro imo. Yeah... still wish we had him last year instead of gore. And if dollars and cents were the same, i think we probably would've kept him.

Maybe? I dunno brady likes that safety valve back - and he can pass protect, run routes out of empty sets. I dunno - Jones isn't a bad running back but maybe they're looking to split carries. He signed with KC on 8/31 so it was always going to be an uphill battle there. No knowledge of playbook, offensive linemen, QB, anything.

They should be... they kinda choked in the playoffs against Tenn. 3 turnovers and 0/4 on 4th downs. 4 TDs with drive starts at the Baltimore 35, Baltimore 45, Baltimore 20, and the Tenn 19. So 3 times Tenn started in baltimore territory, scored on all 3. The other time Henry broke off a big one. Even with Henry going for almost 200 yards, Baltimore still had greater TOP. Chiefs vs Ravens is an interesting matchup tho since stopping the ravens run game is so challenging. Buffalo did well with LJ last time, but the offense was pretty bad for the majority of the game. Tons of sacks, tons of incompletions, and a fumble that gave them a short field. Between the fumble, and the missed coverage on the long passing TD... that was pretty much the difference. Buffalo has a good pass defense, but if Mahomes can successfully buy time it would be a problem.

Possibly? I dunno - Mahomes just got a brinks truck of money. I feel like top-end contributors are going to get paid regardless.

The Steelers probably do have the best defense in the NFL. 2 really good pass rushers in watt and dupree. Unsung guys like tuitt and hayward. Haden, Fitzpatrick, edmunds. Devin bush inside. They are legit. They led the league in sacks and takeaways. They also went 8-8 with rudolph and hodges last year which is crazy. Even crazier that they didn't upgrade the backup QB spot with guys like dalton, and flacco sitting out there for pennies on the dollar. The ravens added queen, calais campbell, wolfe - and lost michael pierce. Humphrey, peters, thomas on the backend is pretty awesome too. Should be a really tough team.

Burned through most of darnolds rookie contract though. They went from Anderson, Enunwa, Kearse - to Perriman, Crowder, Mims in 3 years. Is that even an improvement? They added Becton, but they imo overspent on fant, and mcgovern. Basically through 3 years - they draft their franchise QB (and paid a pretty penny to get him) - and have surrounded him with nothing. I guess Bell would be considered someone they brought in, but its a huge overspend when you don't have a good offensive line. So assuming they probably don't win this year. You're now on year 4 of Darnold with 2 firsts - with needs at WR, IOL, Pass rush, and in the secondary. To get year 4/5 contributors youre just going to have to move picks anyway. I just don't really know what the plan is.

TJ watt is gonna get paid next year. I say next year because he'd be stupid to wait. Play out year 4 and negotiate, otherwise hold out year 5 and get your extension.

Yeah, thats where the money's made at QB. Physical talent doesn't mean as much. There's definitely a place where your arm strength needs to be to be viable, and i think he's there.

I always appreciated when NE would go with a 12 personnel grouping, and just absolutely gash you with an empty set. Croom and Knox would be able to hurt you more there. I saw nothing in sweeneys game to indicate he'll ever be more than a backup. You can find backup TE's, especially ones that run a 4.83.

He's got that certain "Je ne sais quoi". Moxie maybe... i dunno. He doesn't have the best arm but hes a really good QB. He moves alright, throws well when moving, has nice touch on the deep ball. Seems like his timing has always been solid. Isn't afraid to throw those backshoulders, or into tight windows. I also think he'll be good.

I honestly feel like croom has more upside than Sweeney. Sweeney's a bit of that old school, in-line tight end - doesn't have particularly good hands, and isn't a particularly good blocker. If injuries hit the position there are a fair amount of good options in free agency as well. Jordan reed has injury issues but has shown he's a good player when healthy. Could kick the tires on Delanie walker, darren fells, or even charles clay. Then theres like that next tier of Luke Stocker type guys that can function as backups. I'm fine with the 4 they have there now. If Kroft suffers another injury that will cost him time, or Knox gets hurt - it becomes more of an issue. Do you trust smith and croom? I'm not sure. Something to keep an eye on in camp.

I would think the Chiefs and Ravens have something to say about that.

vernon butler was already brought in - phillips is hopefully healthy. Murphy more likely to stick since there isn't another obvious choice if they carry 9 d-linemen.

Diggs is gonna eat! Same with John Brown.

I still think they beat the jets and dolphins. Lot of young QBs on that list too - BB tends to hurt those kinds of teams. LAR, Arizona, Denver, LAC. I don't think they'll have a historic defense again, but even with the losses, they should be a capable group within the top maybe 10-15 in the league.