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You don't pay woods if you plan on keeping Watkins. That was high end #2 borderline #1 money. Watkins (assuming he plays well over the next year or two) will want big $$$.

I just don't get it - read the instructions on the detox bottle. It's not that difficult!

I just look at it like this... 1 - African-Americans score worse on the wonderlic. 2 - They have also traditionally scored more poorly on reading/math standardized testing. This test is a reading/math test. Many taking this test got into their universities based on their football prowess, and passable grades at what many would consider inferior academic high schools. Some are essentially going to school to play football, as that is how the NFL is structured. In college they have tutors, ample study time, and they can get alternate arrangements for exams, etc. Oh - and what does this have to do with football? I guess its good to confirm if a guy can read... But it really means nothing.

They had a ton of space - they bought a pick. There's no dead cap for years 3 and 4 so there's a .000001% chance he sticks around there, and even that is only if he's somehow really good. The pick comes with 4 years of control and a cheap contract. My thing with it is - Houston didn't really use the space this year. So are they planning to carry it over for a big 2018 push? Maybe a Clowney extension this summer? We'll see I guess - its a terrible QB room as it stands right now and they used trade-up ammo to dump Brock.

I make the league minimum...

I'd take the extra picks. We have holes and not a lot of picks. Depends on what happens with Gillislee too.

I just mention the cultural bias because its like the first argument everyone makes when speaking out against the test. There's a massive discrepancy between race, and I'm sure if you look into the location a person attended high school/college you might see a similar discrepancy. I see the purpose of the test, but i don't see it as an accurate measurement of what you are trying to accomplish.

I'm not sure I understand your argument

I don't put a lot of stock into it. Maybe with QBs I'd put a little bit? But i'm not dropping someone off my board because they scored 4 points lower or something like that. Also - there's always been the notion of a cultural bias with regards to the test.

He essentially quit on his team when he was justifiably benched. That will turn him off of many of the better coaches/QB situations in the league.

"ALL-IN PLAYOFFS OR BUST" - or was that last years... Lets go with the Jauron one "ITS HARD TO WIN IN THE NFL"

Yeah - they have a lot of in house players. However they don't always fill those gaps well when people leave, and have had some mediocre seasons because of it. I also find McCarthy to be a tad overrated as a HC, but thats probably a matter of opinion. I have to agree. They have a much different strategy than NE, but they go about their business in a very similar way.

Restructuring dareus means... making more of a commitment to him.

For watkins - the 5th year option is the transition tag amount (top 10 pick)... so average of the top 10 at his position. The franchise tag is the average of the top 5, or 120% your previous year salary, whichever is higher.

Definitely New England, and probably a couple earlier ones. Depends on the team success.

Russ doesn't handle criticism well. He'd be a disaster. Because everyone said - you want a hockey guy to do all this yadda yadda. His gut says, i should meet and hire the people who are replacing the GM/Coach of the last 15 years. He didn't follow his gut and now looking back regrets it. Whether thats right? Not sure.

If we fire Whaley, it is actually a fairly attractive team to jump on. We're at a stage where you can rebuild without a full tear down. Some good players - about a .500 roster. Players to build around, and players who are probably expendable. The Sabres are so hamstrung with bad contracts, and no defenseman. The way the NHL does their cap, they're so jammed up. They're going to have to package reinhart or kane PLUS cash PLUS a prospect, just to get rid of a moulson or ennis contract. The other probably gets bought out.

No comment until you know how it plays out. Worst case - cut him and prioritize bringing in a few UDFAs at the position.

He loved russell a lot. John elway comparisons.

I just didn't care for the roster he assembled. All of his free agent signings were garbage and overspends. Lehner looks alright at times, O'Reilly is legit, and Eichel who was a no-brainer, and Risto who has developed quite nicely. Kulikov trade was bad. Lehner trade wasn't great. Kane trade kinda stinks cuz were stuck with Bogosian. Franson was a terrible signing. Gorges was a terrible trade. Moulson was a terrible signing. Ennis extension was a mistake. We have a few prospects who should be ready and might be good in a couple of years. But we couldnt play them because we have so much dead weight. 2 more years of moulson and ennis... and 1 more of gorges. Thanks GMTM! Thats why he was fired. Cap mismanagement, and bad moves.

I mean if we match - what does he project here vs. his replacement. He obviously projects to do more with NE as he'd be closer to their feature back.

Letting hogan walk wasn't the biggest mistake. The biggest mistake was believing he could be replaced by the trash we trotted out in training camp. I just like the activity. The arguments are all over the place, but its busy so I enjoy it.

Thats all well and good. How many yards do you project for Gillislee? How many yards to you project for his replacement with the same # of carries?

I seriously doubt he goes in the 2nd.

But then you only have him for 1 year at what - 2.8 million? This is 2 years instead of 1 and 3.25 AAV. Is there really that much of a difference? If you value him that highly you can just match the offer sheet.