Bleeding Bills Blue

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.

If you're the bengals AJ green is exactly the guy you keep if you draft burrow. Assuming some of their offensive linemen don't get injured this time around.

So are pitchers on performance enhancing drugs. It helps with recovery etc. Clemens and Pettitte didn't give their rings back if i recall.

That would have been great.. just meet him at his favorite lunch spot. "OMG are you jerry coleman?!" and of course he's like "yeah" cuz he thinks hes super famous... then WHAM knockout punch. and get out of baltimore.

I don't think so - it just prolongs it. Nobody stripped anyone of anything after all the steroid/HGH allegations.

He played about 66% of snaps this year for them (inlcuding missing an entire game). Murphy and Hughes both played about 63-65% of snaps with lawson at about 45%. So his snaps probably decrease in a role here.

Yes - Liuget will be significantly cheaper than phillips. I liked him though - seemed to make plays. Big strong butt ?

I do think pass rushers tend to age fairly well? There are examples of guys playing well into their 30s. Especially as a rotational pass rusher.

My thing - everyone is tough on their phone. And yes - this guy was running his mouth. I would never comfortably insult people like this guy, and he's like a (relatively) public figure. He also has an incredibly thin skin to just let people get to him with insults - DMing strangers and reporting them? I thought you were a tough baltimore guy! You can apologize, or you can literally do nothing and it will go away. Instead he kept provoking people, and then baltimore lost which just resulted in even MORE confrontations. Just spiraled out of control. Either way - flying to baltimore to fight him is crazy. Don't do that.

I know he's in that same "old" view, but what about addison? Obviously there is a carolina connection, but i do think he presents an upgrade over most of the guys in house. Averaged about 10 sacks over the last 3 years. He's 32, but if he can still get after the QB for a couple more years in a rotational role I'd be down.

Oline and Dline imo. Thats what helps the good teams become great. I think Dawkins is pretty good, obviously paid morse... Feliciano has been solid for buffalo. They could use upgrades at LG and RT though. I know ford will probably improve YoY, but if its a season you want to compete in - you don't leave it up to chance. I go after the bigger guard and right tackles available and see if i can get one, or even 2. Peat/scherff/thuney - or Conklin/Castonzo/bulaga. Dead cap isn't too bad for Nsekhe if he is brought to camp and cut later. As for Dline - i love adding at least another rotational piece. All depends what they do with their own guys in lawson/philips. If they are kept, i doubt you would pay someone. Addison is an interesting one - obviously the carolina connection. But he's also got flexibility to play a little bit of LB. Still pretty productive pass rushing, would be nice in the rotation if they kept lawson. Allows you to either move on from murphy, or upgrade Johnson. Assuming they need to replace phillips in their rotation behind oliver, what about someone like maliek collins? Pretty good 3 tech guy. Or they could just roll the 4 they got in harry, ed, liuget, and star.

Yankees best team in 2017? They won 91 games got in as a wildcard and pitched sabathia in a game 7. I think the dodgers got cheated more than the yankees That is a curious one. 6x all star. Good postseason stats in limited games. 1 silver slugger. Was just never really the best, always pretty good. I probably wouldn't vote him in. NFL has joe namath tho, who has like offensively bad stats for the majority of his career.

All im saying is - the astro's had and continue to have a lethal lineup. Breg, Altuve, Correa, Springer - its hard to believe that this props them up like massive amounts. I don't feel like digging through all their splits to see if home/away over the years is that big of a discrepancy. Maybe i will before fantasy baseball season to see if its worth knocking them down a peg, but i doubt it.

I mean - They have a really good lineup of players. The Astros splits in 2017 suggest they were better at hitting on the road vs. at home.

This mostly occurred in 2017 when cora was bench coach. The practice wound down in 2018, and was not used in 2019 after a league memo i believe went out saying something. Cora moved to boston in 2018 and continued the practice in one way shape or form.

I think Milano kind of propped him up... he was going down it looked like.

To justify the contract he's going to get he would need to be a top 5 DE in the NFL... i don't think he's that.