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Just don't understand it at all... he's deep covering no one, and comes flying in and doesn't play the ball at all... just grab his legs and its game

Writing is likely on the wall for Tyrod. Only way he sticks is if he took a massive paycut to the colt mccoy/nick foles pay level.

Hated - Dolphins and patriots Liked - uhhh bengals forever now.

The offense is likely fine whether you have him or not. I think McVay thinks he can do something with the guy - and i honestly don't think they intend to extend him. Its a 2018 play to have the best possible offense before you pay Donald.

There's other CB's available, they might be able to get someone else. Tagging Sammy is a strange choice with Donald's holdout looming. Doesn't exactly set a precedent that you value your best player. He'll likely play because the teams better when he's underpaid. But 2019 is coming and he will likely not suit up under a franchise tag.

He plays special teams. Same with Humber. Can't get rid of all your core special teamers.

The rams lost a 2nd round pick in the deal, and will either need another receiver via trade or draft. The first pick will likely have to be a corner if they can't reach a deal with trumaine johnson, and they need to save a chunk of cap for aaron donald. Donald's under contract but he most likely won't play unless he gets an extension.

I thought that meant like - leaving no stone unturned with regards to improving the team.

You can point that out on every QB. Yes its more prevalent with TT, but that always happens. I just think the offense is incredibly blah.

Right - but I prefer having to beat someone out for a job. If the new guy is better than him and wants his job, prove it on the field. There's no bonus, or guarantee tied to the contract - so we can cut him any time before the season starts. I'd bring him to camp. Especially if KW retires.

I dunno - there should be some accountability imo. We are worse at everything than we were previously. That sends a message that you can't adjust, that you aren't a strong game planner and play caller. Also - we were SO bad in the 2nd half of games - whether winning or losing. It's not all the QB, when we can't get a first down late in a game running the ball. I watched Tenn ice a game in the playoffs running the ball at the end. Why were we always punting in those situations...? Because the guy couldn't get anything out of our talent running the ball. If he was younger, and trying to develop himself maybe. This guy is who is he is, and it isn't good. Why do we want to give him more time?

His history doesn't exactly scream success... especially considering he worked under kubiak all that time. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/DennRi0.htm Why do we have to give him another year? What did he do to deserve another year?

I dunno - we have cap space and like terrible depth regarding pass rushers and LBs. I wouldn't cut him until the depth charts are more solidified - so basically i bring him to camp and give him a chance to keep his job.

We had the same QB in 2016 and were better in pretty much every statistical category.

Scout the hell out of the top 4 - if the top 2 are out at 1/2, and you love 3. Make it happen.

Lorax is 3 mil on an expiring deal - i'd keep him even if he just played teams and depth. He's a locker room leader and was a special teams ace before the last 2 years. I wouldn't cut benjamin as he has trade value if you wanted to dump him (i think they like him a lot though). He's also under contract this year for a pretty reasonable 8 million. Cutting dimarco saves us 500k, not sure we need to do that if we want to carry a FB. Holmes/ducasse/washington are all cut candidates should they be replaced as they're fringe players anyway. Cordy's tough to trade after ending the year on IR - he's likely a cut candidate in 2019 if he has another injury year. Hughes is the only pass rusher on the team that's any good - so I doubt that they move him. Half a mil signing bonus - http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/buffalo-bills/lorenzo-alexander-2773/ We're already rolling 18 mil in dead cap this year and only carried over 11... so we're -7 million in the hole before free agency even opens. I don't look at this like a team who's going to be cutting and signing people like mad. Likely make a play for a QB, and do some dumpster diving again. They're trying to get out from under a number of bad contracts in Dareus, Glenn, Tyrod, Clay

Most of our cap casualties are already on the books. We already have an 18 million dead cap number. Tyrod saves us like 10 million if we cut him or trade him. The roster bonus of 6 mil plus the 10 mil base means he's unlikely to be traded unless for pennies, and would likely need his deal re-done. He knows he'll never suit up here under his current deal. If he projects as a high end backup (which i think he does when you watch Cassel, Foles, Schaub, Hoyer etc) - then that would put him in the 6 to maybe 8 mil top end per year range. Foles got 2 years 11 million last year. I look at Tyrod and see him backing up either a younger QB, or an oft injured guy like bradford where you know you can't roll into a season with a bad backup QB. He wouldn't be a cut target, but i could see trying to move him in a trade (as he's overpaid though you're likely to get a dareus level return or worse)

We'll never know how the team turned out this year if we kept him, but i don't think they planned on keeping him past 2017. We also played much better defense with Gaines than without him, so that can't be ignored either. The 2019 3rd round comp pick is not a guarantee - the 2018 2nd round pick is.

As for not using mccaffrey properly... do we really think dennison would??

I'm sure there are many - I'm at work so I'm not going to go down that road. Why are people on here so hostile when I say that he's made plays? It's possible for someone to make plays, and also not be a good fit or good starting QB.

http://www.buffalobills.com/video/videos/Cant-Miss-Play-Bills-QB-Tyrod-Taylor-rolls-out-throws-a-44-yard-bomb-to-TE-Charles-Clay/cb422d41-dab9-45b2-9619-7fac5b44995b

I mean - o'leary clay and thompson all dropped pretty well thrown balls - and he had a bunch of throw aways. just a sorry group all around. Benjamins slow as molasses running on a bum knee, jones and tyrod clearly aren't on the same page, and the rest of the group is just as bad. Bad QB, Bad WRs, bad passing attack.

Have to disagree. He obviously has issues - but worst in the NFL? His comp% is in line with league average, and he's made throws and plays this year that no one outside maybe russell wilson could make. And yes - i still hope we cut him.

Stop just blaming taylor. There were several drops - miscues, penalties. Several missed blocks and screw ups by the protection. He had a bad game, but so did virtually everyone else.

This happens a lot in soccer actually. If proven, he should be suspended - simple as that.