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Yeah - they've had ticket issues recently so i do think it helps. He won't always wrestle but putting him on the poster will help sell some tickets. #3 is hard because it probably requires buffalo to play elsewhere for a year... where is elsewhere?

Players get cut or traded all the time in the NFL - especially overpaid ones like McCoy. Sorry - we tried to trade you but no one wanted you for that much money. Sorry Reggie - zone defense is apparently too complex for you to understand. Sammy was on an expiring deal for a team going no where - take the picks. Still went to the playoffs, and he got hurt - cuz he always gets hurt.

Yeah - but he was retired 9 years ago! Did you hear that pop at the rumble?!

I mean - didn't he have surgery like the day the season ended? These guys were banged up for sure. I do think they still think Ford is the guy at RT. Hence going for an upgrade at LG.

I was always partial to the magnificent eleven - just a good song for highlights. Salute to Courage was good too - play that after a W for sure.

In OT 2nd and 12. He got the completion on 3rd to extend the drive

Yeah - i do think he'd be a solid compliment to a guy like singletary though. Good vision and cuts. Good hands. Just don't want to pay him a bunch of money for what in all likelihood is 100 carries for 4-500 yards, 20 catches for another 150, and 3 total TDs. Why pay that guy - Yeldon can get you something similar and he's already here for cheaper. If you're paying a running back he needs to be really good at something. Good 1 cuts, break tackles, breakaway speed, elusiveness... something. This guys just seems like a zone guy with good hands.

I honestly felt like he benefited the most from the improved play of shaq lawson. Just felt like shaq would do something good and philips always ended up with the sack.

Yeah - 3rd might still turn people off on making a multi-year commitment for him. The question is - is he better than a 3rd round pick by the approximately 10 million dollars it'd cost to secure him (Singletary was 4yr at about 4 mil total, hunt would be looking at 3 years 15 mil total and more guaranteed than the 4). I personally don't think moving a 3rd to pay a player a lot more than that slot is smart. If it were a 5th or 6th? Now its of a much greater likelihood that he is better than the player, so it makes more sense.

I'm thinking they jump Miami for Tua. Gotta sell tickets desperately, and he's more marketable than herbert.

His outside the numbers velocity and accuracy isn't very good. He also tends to miss high... but they have 2 huge TEs with great hands so it works - just attack the middle, and the boundary throws should be easy. The rest of the offense is mostly verticals off of play action. Kaepernick had a great arm but he couldn't get the feel and timing down. He wasn't the same type of athlete as LJ either.

What about anderson? I don't see him getting a big payday tbh. Id like him on a 1 yr deal and hopefully draft someone too.

They can't move johnson, and you can't justify paying drake anything because now you have tied up way too much cap in running backs. 3 pro bowl o-lineman, a pro bowl FB, and a pro-bowl TE = running lanes for their backs. Having a QB who's faster than most of the league, and jukes like McCoy doesn't hurt either. Running read option adds like an extra blocker that you have to take very seriously because he's the most dynamic player on the field. They also generally run the ball well in standard formations because they have really quality blocking - thus setting up play action to take shots. Their power running just keeps gashing you for little chunks and keeps them in 3rd/4th and very makeable situations. Stack up 1st downs and score TDs. You'll beat anyone doing all that. I think as the league has become more and more about passing - defenses have been more built on speed. They're built more around power at the LOS. I do think Roman may have outsmarted himself in the playoff game too. 4th and 1 from your own 45 in the 1st quarter? Then a panic drive down 14-0 right after? Another bad play call on 4th and 1... Forced into a passing game that LJ won't win.

I agree. The free agents arent good, and the draft guys all look to have significantly better legs than Bojo. If you draft one - you're committed to upgrading the position. If you don't, you have a somewhat desirable destination for UDFA. The only issue is - punting in buffalo sucks. I say drop one of the ones after 150 on any of those 3. Watching Kern legit pin the patriots back again and again was a thing of beauty.

Rivers - gross Mariota - Maybe the bears with Trubiskey? Green - Makes sense to maximize what you have in front of a rookie. They're not a free agent destination because of ownership, and they don't need cap space. Can make the 17+ million in a second by cut/trading dalton too. Henry - Pass. Too much for a back. He does have an impressive size/speed combo - but his limitations in a passing attack make him a bit of a niche player. Needs to be in a heavy play action team who doesn't throw the ball to their backs very often. He's currently on that team, so i kind of assume he'll stay. Gordon - Is he even good? 10 mil a year? yuck.

Watching Drake, he always impressed me. Looks really quick, has some good top end speed, good hands. Never understood why miami didn't give him a chance. Nevermind - adam gase isn't a very good coach.

One thing i will say is - its becoming important to be able to stop the run. Clowney is a really good run defender at DE. But now its basically at legit every spot on defense. It's a passing league sure, but its almost comical how much more teams are running in the playoffs this year. It reminds me of hockey - this super fast finesse game during the regular season.. then refs don't call any penalties so it becomes a much more physical game in the playoffs. I think part of it is the analytics piece (a pass play is more likely to net more yards than a run play) almost gets thrown out because it's just a single game. You are gameplanning a single match-up etc.

The owner already paid the dead money... one would think they would want to see some ROI for money spent.

And AB was a much better player. AB was 4 time 1st team all-pro, and 7 time pro bowler (led the league in TDs in 2018 and didn't get 1st team all-pro, so probably almost 5 time). ODB has 0 all-pros, 3 pro bowls and none since 2016, Missed time with injuries, and hasn't been very good the last 2 years. If only ODB was as good in real life as he is in his mind.

If he costs 10 to play, and 8 to cut. You would need to ideally use the savings to improve the position. If you don't do that... you shouldn't cut him.

2 years for an ACL is a bit strange too - maybe some kind of infection slowed his rehab? I'm sure he probably could've played this year but its easier for the team to IR a guy at a position where you only carry like 3 guys. You only can take 2 back from IR too, and coleman/mostert/breida trifecta with Juscuzkyk is about as good a group as you can get.

AB seems like he is a narcissist who has surrounded himself with people who puff him up. He's a great football player, but he's been propped up in his mind that he's some larger than life persona. And like no one agrees. I don't know that its CTE, so much as narcissism going fully unchecked and untreated.

Any thoughts on Mckinnon? He's a guaranteed cut... because of his contract. I'm leery of the injury history, but i doubt it would cost much to bring him in. I always found him to be pretty quick and dynamic, fast with a do all style as well.

He'll get moved post-draft. Miami will pick a QB in this one whether its Tua, or Fromm, or Herbert etc. Free agency will shake out, and there will be teams out there looking for a young QB to groom/compete. How about i dunno - one?

Yeah - the YPA, NY/A, ANY/A numbers are where the biggest improvement needs to come. More completions, more attempts, fewer yards. Completion % will bring those numbers up, as will hitting some of the deep ones.