Bleeding Bills Blue

Sportrac has it at $5,591,668. 4.3 in prorated bonus money, and a restructure bonus that lowered his cap hit from last year. Yeah - all the bonus money is already paid so that gets pushed into this year. Roster bonuses/workout bonuses don't count - as they were not met. Guaranteed base salary is also paid out, but he didn't have any.

If he's a JAG, then the value has to be decent coming back. I believe his cap hit is the same whether we keep him or trade him (base salaries would be paid by the new team).

Why don't we see how free agency plays out...? It starts like 2 months before the draft.

I don't think the story is about the bills offseason. It's more about a person and a life and career altering injury. The team will be fine either way - we don't really have a star player.

For sure - if a player is forced to retire early its almost always a big deal. Especially if its concussions.

It's also great in baseball because there are sooooooo many leagues, soooooo many players. You can't watch them all. You can look at numbers, and pull out a top 50 prospect list of guys you like, and then from there watch tape. Still always comes down to tape. Football there are things you can analyze - whether you should go for 2 in x situation, win probabilities etc. But you can't really use it for accurate player evaluation. So many positions literally have no stats at the end of a game. I assume coaches see on film when a run goes for no yards, who is at fault. I don't need a computer to tell me that.

"Playoff Caliber" also like - "The process"

Why don't we see how this one turns out. I really doubt that 4/5 qb's go in the top 10.

I think we're cool with trading in front of washington or arizona, but i doubt we trade in front of denver and NYJ.

Well if the 2 that you value are the top 2, and they are gone before you can even trade for anyone... it doesn't make sense to trade for a guy you view as the 3rd best QB in the draft. If its true and 5 qb's go in the first like 15 picks (Rosen, Darnold, Mayfield, Allen, and rudolph/jackson) - good players will be available at 21/22.

Philly also got one back for the bradford trade - Derek Barnett.

No - but i do think the eagles win that game with Tyrod playing QB.

I just never understand burning a play on 1st or 2nd down... it just makes no sense. They line up 8 or 9 in the box, and you run right at them on the outside, and lose yards. I know you can't predict how they will line up when you call the outside zone play, but there has to be a contingency plan.

We were absolutely thrashed on this board for doing the exact same thing against jax.

That 3 play sequence was just awful. i think they lost yards, and used like 8 seconds of time.

You have to at least get them going side to side. The run calls were just brutal. In the 4th quarter the motion timing was bad, they didnt do much under center either where its easier to get them on a misdirection, or get a reverse going.

You have to get 3rd and close, so you can get a better 4th down try than 4th and forever.

One of those backshoulder throws gilmore gets beat on - he loves playing under on man coverage but when he's late like that he gets exposed.

At least if you put 3 up, you win with a last second field goal on your final drive. You could really tell that they didn't have the playmakers to make any plays in man coverage though. They played more man, and more pressure in the 2nd half. Bortles wasn't getting those lanes to take off and run that he had the last 2 weeks, and he was off just enough to miss a bunch of opportunities.

Dareus had the worst contract in the NFL. His cap hit is still one of the tops on the team, and he's not even here anymore. He was also a lazy selfish player. Gilmore was a free agent - and the only option was to tag him. Tagging him means likely no hyde/poyer, and we probably dont draft white. Practice squad guys are fringe players trying to get a job in the league. We stole a player from the NE practice squad, which was not mentioned either.

Not sure the clock actually hurt them there. Patriots took the lead with what... 3 minutes left? You would've run the clock out on yourself. You have to go into that 4th quarter knowing you need to score points. FG is a win, a TD can probably ice it.

He's still more accurate than jackson with similar mechanical issues. Both have cannons, but jacksons clearly much more runner/athlete and a massive work in progress. Mahomes seems more resembling a finished product.

Mahomes is an athlete that can sling it - his big issues are mechanical. He doesn't set his feet and will sail some, and short others. Guys a gamer though so I'm sure he'll be good. Cutler with a good attitude would be a good comparison. I think he'd be around 3rd or 4th off the board. Spread offense, never really took any snaps under center. Won't be a likely day 1 starter - so you burn through at least year 1 of the rookie contract on a wash year.

Yards per attempt is a good number to look at that will be low if a QB has a high comp% but is a dump-off QB. Low comp% will also have a low YPA because they're completing fewer passes. Tyrods 6.8 or whatever is in the bottom 3rd in the NFL, and that's probably where he ranks as a starter. Tyrod will also get a minus on Net yards per attempt because of sacks. But the "adjusted YPA/adjusted NYPA" will improve because it factors in that he doesn't throw picks.

I think he learned a lot in his time here, and after leaving saw some of the same. He came in and tried to be Sean Payton in year 1 - and probably saw some of the same in Bradley. You have to earn players respect and trust. He's got that team performing a lot better than they have in previous years.