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You do know he was the #1 gross punting avg. in the league, and #5 net punting avg. So you upgrade from #1 on a guy who had a serious injury? I’m not trying to be snarky, but if you said they don’t want to pay Bojo, ok. More likely they want a bench for Bojo if he gets hurt, just like last year. An example of upgrading was drafting Bassomatic as House $ was starting to slip and not reliable over 50 yards. Almost every team brings in kickers and punters every year so they test out bench candidates if their guy(s) get hurt. They don’t have a lot of time to find a replacement in for example week 8 of the season, because Bojo or Bass gets hurt. They need to have a list of guys if available they can offer a tender. It’s done every year, and not just the Bills. Most teams do this with specialists. If a returner gets hurt, like Roberts, they can have McKenzie or Hyde help out in a pinch. They can’t do that with a kicker or punter. The only emergency for a kicker or punter which has rarely happened is the punter becomes the kicker for the remainder of a game or the opposite.

Never gets old. Disturbing, but not old.

Nah, how about this? AAAAAAAAAH!

I’m sure many of you know they bring in kickers and punters every year to create a bench if the contract doesn’t work out or if one of these guys go down so they have an option to go after him. They are just bench candidates.

True, but it also means those top 7-8 teams that have a ton of $ will extend those that are up, and add several very good free agents. It’s not like we are just one player away. There several needs, but that is almost the entire league.

I didn’t know McKenzie was injured in the Fins game. I was wondering why they didn’t use him more as well, or Stills. It’s over. We lost. Moving on.

RTG, I’m so sorry for you’re loss. I know when I lost my mom it was tough. You’re post reminded me of my dad when I first moved to FL. It was pre-internet and he worked for the Buff. News for 44 years. Every Monday, he used to take the Monday extra on the Bills and put it in one of those tubes and would overnight it to me for Tuesday delivery. We’re Irish, so not big on feelings, but I always knew he loved his son through those little actions. Tou get to carry her on with those memories and sharing those with you’re kids.

He’s been declining for a few years. He made a smart decision taking less to hold on, and the Steelers know they don’t have another option. The team is going down. I have nothing against the Steelers, even rooted for them against the Pats when we stunk, but they just have too many holes. Its taken long enough, but the Bills are on the rise, the Chiefs, the Colts, the Ravens, even the Chargers might be emerging in the coming years.

Someone brought up earlier about retro grading teams drafts. I love that series on NFLR, as it’s usually a Blitz (the show) topic where they grade the draft from four years ago. They rate on an A,B,C,D etc. draft. It’s a very interesting series, and the primary guy was Mark Dominic, the old GM from Tampa. He’s a very interesting guy with Bruce, the main host. Needless to say our drafts prior to McBeane on a four years later have not been the best, but they were fair. They consider, who’s still on the NFL whether starting or a role player, regardless if they are still on the team that drafted the player. It’s part of their off season series each show does to basically fill down time. You may not always agree with the hosts, but they make several good points trying to quantify a draft. This year should be fun as it’s the 2017 draft, but I know I think it’s Late Hits does something like this, but would be the 2018 draft. Its interesting to see, because for example we don’t still have Wyatt Teller, but he starts for the Browns and was a 2018 draft guy. To me that’s fair given they are a national show, not biased by a local market like WGR. Anyway, you Sirius guys have a listen when they do it. If memory serves, it’s usually done after the draft. By then FA is over, the draft is over, coaching hires are over, and even the UDFA market is over. They can then focus on this kind of topic.

Hey Sherlock, open the attachment or use this crazy thing called GOOGLE! I’m just kidding eman, I know you have a good sense of humor. The only way I see us taking a RT (assuming Dawkins is our guy) is we’ve passed on a D. Williams extension. To me, this is a mistake. I haven’t seen much on Ettiene, but if he is remotely like McCaffrey, I’d love it. That guy is so dynamic like another said Kamara. These guys have the ability to be a traditional RB, but also are a major receiving threat. Considering we may not upgrade our TE group, at least improve our short game. I don’t understand gambling on a draft prospect, when we have a proven RT already and still have some flexibility in reduce, restructure others. Williams had several very good years in his professional career, and one tough injury to get over, but he’s proven his worth. On the other hand Moss is kind of a one trick pony, and Im losing faith in Singletary. It’s not just his lack of ability to get through the hole, but his dropped passes this year drove me nuts. I know it wasn’t a lot, but c’mon, how hard is to catch a pass maybe a couple of yards over the LOS. One side note that is promising is NFL reporting by women has evolved from not just some eye candy as a sideline reporting, but some very good analysts and informative. If any of you have listened to NFLR, one regular that is interviewed about things from the Browns is Mary Kay Cabbott. She’s great and I see that as progress in 2021. I know women have been reporting in the NFL for awhile, but it continues to progress and is great for gender politics.

I watch some college ball, but not to the level of acting like a prognosticator of future success. I do agree with Simms to stop fantasizing about a chance to get Wilson or Watson. I’m at the point of being sick of hearing about these ideas. If it happens fine (although I still doubt it), but these franchises would be fools to let these generational QB’s go. I don’t think it’s crazy Simms likes one QB over another. I can see the Jets pulling the trigger on one of these QB’s and give up on Darnold. I don’t see many teams giving up much draft capital for him.

As I was flipping through this thread, I thought the same thing. Owners are always in such a hurry to find their next guy, it seems like they would just find a coordinator or another coach, college coach, etc. to circumvent the proposed rule. The only way to exact real change is all head coaching hires from anywhere cannot start until Black Monday including the entire interviewing process. That levels the playing field for the avg. 7 new hires every year. It will never happen as the owners will never go along with that change. It’s too bad as that would be an excellent rule change. Regarding the coaching of Daboll, that to me is overblown. We held the Ravens to 3 pts., and you can say we were a little flat in the Colts game, but Allen like all good QB’s covered it up. The ugly truth is the Chiefs were the far better team that day. Besides, all four of our WR’s were injured. That’s what brought us to the AFCCG. Daboll can’t snap a finger and create a running game and excellent TE play. The Chiefs didn’t care about those two facets and exploited it.

What the fweak is that? All Hail Sam Cass! Hail Sam Cass! Sorry Ridge, that is one of my funnier scenes from the Big Bang. Couldn’t help myself. As far as the idea, it’s stupid (IMO). Even if on sides mostly fail, it’s one of the fun things about the game. Talk about the brass Sean Payton had doing that in the SB against the Colts. How boring is 4th and 15? There are a bunch of dumb rules changes proposed every year and most are shot down. I seriously doubt this one makes it.

Ed, I know that idea was floated on multiple outlets prior to the pandemic, so maybe that factored into the conversation. I honestly don’t know as it pertains to the site. WFT is an improving team, and they have lots of $ in the off season, so not a walk in the park. Having it in Buffalo is great. Thanks for sharing Shady. I would think the ratification of the 17th game is probably a formality. What’s interesting is how many if any pre-season games there will be. I’ve heard 3, but might just be a negotiating please to eventually get the 18th game and they go down to 1-2 pre-season, or maybe none. The league will get a lot more $ for regular season games so this should be interesting.

Not sure GB. I was so impressed how Williams handled on his own with little help TJ Watt. If we can find a way to restructure, reduce, etc. I would want to extend him. I guess this is the new normal we discuss every release. Seems to be an excellent Guard. Not sure we could afford him. These releases continues to remind me how much teams like the Jags, Jets, Pats, Colts, Broncos, and WFT are going to be able to do a makeover like we haven’t seen pretty much ever. At least with several of these teams, they don’t have a quality QB. If somehow Reich can resurrect Wentz, that is a team to be concerned for 2021. They are a very complete team so it will depend on Wentz. They certainly have the cash to make a couple of targeted improvements on both sides of the ball.

He is a despicable person and 14 years is light. I read the article and it seems that is the maximum for their plea deal. For those making jokes, you should be ashamed of yourselves. There is nothing funny about treating elderly and homeless women in such a predatory manner. I’ll say prayers for these women so hopefully they find some peace.

I’m not really sure the Cardinals will be the best in the West as we don’t even know how much the Seahawks will spend in FA, and the draft. SF’s top talent is coming back from injuries to key players, so AZ may improve with another year for Murray, but it’s not a lock. I pay a little more attn. to AZ as my middle son fell in love with them when he was 7. Long story about the Cards being in the SB in Tampa that year.

Well, it seems like he is projected to be a late third rounder from several mocks, so if you think he is worth it, then ok. We’re not going to plug every hole in the draft, and we don’t have hardly $ in the cap for FA. There’s only so much they can do in restructure, reduce, or remove.

Joe, I’m not sure what they would want, but no more than a late round pick. He’d benefit from a lot more playing time. As far as the list above, as much as I like Henr, he costs too much. Jonny Smith would be nice, but he too probably will cost too much.

One guy who I think could be a good trade and is young is OJ Howard. He has one year left on his contract, and the main guys there are Brate and Gronk. If the Bucs really want to keep Godwin and Barrett, that’s a lot of $. Howard was supposed to take the next step this year when he was hurt. He’s not injury prone, just had an injury this year. He’s shown flashes in previous years, but there is only one football and they have Evans, Godwin, Brate, Gronk, and AB.

I don’t see him wanting a backup role, nor the pay associated with it, but he’d be the best backup we could possibly imagine. That guy could win us a couple of games, and could teach Allen a couple of things.

Ill agree half the league will purge some contracts, but only 11 are under water as of now. A recent sign was the Texans starting Center for three years and arguably one of their better and consistent lineman was just released. The significance was the Texans were already under the cap by $9 mil.

Thanks for the updates. I’m very happy to hear Ken made it home. For those that know him, please tell him he has a sea of TBD’ers saying prayers for his quick recovery.

I just heard the other day on NFLR Fitz camp is still looking for an opportunity to compete for a starting job. That doesn’t surprise me as there are some teams like the Pats that don’t draft high enough to get a solid prospect out of the draft unless he is a development guy. I can see him being a placeholder for a team while they develop a guy. It’s too bad as my fandom would hope his love of Buffalo would be enough to accept the backup role. With his size of a family, and the amount of $ he’s made for all of these years, I don’t see coaching in his future. Very few players do it. if they don’t retain Barkley, it’s a matter of whether McD thinks Davis Webb or Fromm are good enough to win a couple of games. If not, maybe Tyrod, but I would think he and Dalton would want too much. This isn’t the year for us to invest $7 mil. In a backup QB.

It was a stretch him learning American football in a couple of years. If they maintain the 16 in the PS, maybe he earns a spot. I know he’s a fan favorite, and if McD thinks he is better than the next guy, he’ll stay.