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Our cap space right now is based on the top 51. You've mentioned 10 players signed, the lowest of which only raises the cap figure ~$400k (I think minimum salary now is ~$700k). Those other non-minimum-ish cap hits bring that total to ballpark $15m in my head.

Yes, it is "just accounting", but sooner or later, you have to pay the piper. Under a rookie contract, a 1st round QB is costing < $10m/yr cap. Assuming he pans out, his next contract is gonna avg $40-$50m. That extra $30m or whatever is PRECISELY the $ you need to sign your other premium/elite players. Yes, the bottom 1/2 of your roster doesn't cost much cap wise (I think he's generous in his estimate, as he seems to be short a few player & you also have to pay all your injury replacements & presumably all your cuts w/ guaranteed contracts) Having that QB on his costly contract means that you can't afford 2 or 3 other costly contracts; in our case that means some combination of Edmunds, Poyer, Singletary &/or some starting quality FAs that we'll be unable to sign)

I'm on the computer typically "all day". If I had to guess, I'd say about 1/2 of that is on the internet, so let's say 5-6 hrs a day. I'm retired & guess I would be classified as "weird loner down the street who kept to himself.."

I don't think restructuring Von Miller is such a good idea. Yes, w/ Allen, due to his dead cap you're married to him for a few more yrs regardless, so adding a millions more potential dead cap & spreading out the cap hit of a few $mill each yr for a few yrs is NBD. He is young & the chance of him not substantially under producing relative to his contract are slim. That's not the case w/ Miller, especially as he's coming off a significant injury surgery. I can see the potential that you might be "stuck" w/ him in the near future if he under performs his contract. That's a bad situation that our current regime has typically managed to avoid after their initial purge. Also, I'm not sure how this works, but I believe since Oliver is playing under his option year, no savings can be made by extending him. His salary is what it is.

I don't think it's so much a game day issue, but rather a team composition issue. Players cost both cap space & "draft capital" (One has the potential to have players on their rookie contract substantially outperform their market value - see 2021 J Allen vs 2023). And it doesn't appear that we get a discount on salary/cap cost for these part time player. Before investing HEAVILY in draft picks (Epenesa, Bashem, Groot) we had the highest cap allocation for D Line. And not corresponding production. Now, although our cap costs are more reasonable (Miller takes a big jump this yr), we also have the cost of 3 premium draft picks. Our defense has 7 players that barring injury, play almost 100%. The offense has 6 & a few others that play 80%. I'm all for having 6 capable D-linemen rotating in, (in large part cuz injuries are inevitable & playing IMO contributes to improved play), but 8 is excessive.

Every team has games where they're flat &/or not playing their best. The latter part of the season, we weren't playing that well & IMO were lucky to win all those games. We just didn't show up against Cincy & got our butts whooped. And, as a fan, realizing what they team had gone through, I think it's quite understandable to have a letdown. As for the 13 seconds... we were a very good team, playing well & improved toward the end of the season & we just crapped the bed. So annoying to collapse like that & really inexcusable.

If you wanna go all sci-fi alternate time line thing, that's plausible. If you remain grounded in our current understanding of reality, not much of an impact IMO. Losing Von Miller I think had a FAR more significant impact. We went from having a very effective pass rush using only 4 to being very mediocre even when blitzing.

To be ruled out so early, does that mean he's still stuck in one of the early protocols? That's not good for him health-wise.

Knowing the FAA, the problem was probably a jammed punchcard in their computer or perhaps a burned out vacuum tube.

It makes sense that he have "input". They've got a lot of $ tied up in him as well as more importantly cap space, which is a more finite resource. You want to maximize that investment & much like having Allen's input on a OC, you should listen to what his opinion is, though it certainly shouldn't be the only factor. Now, as for how prudent it was to actually invest that contract in him...

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Ronnie Lott?

I'm pretty much a novice, but I've done a few projects I'm fairly proud of. A table for my dog (replacing the ~50 yr old one my Dad made) the top of which matches the solid surface countertops I made & installed , a couple of bathroom vanities (here's the 2nd) & a couple garage doors which I think are beautiful (turns out the construction was quite similar to the rotted ones they replaced. Sorry. No pics as they're too big to upload.

I don't think this Canning Chowder guy knows what he's talking about. He probably got the names confused or something.

I think the majority of people are "good people". NFL players for the most part have done an excellent job at fostering their "athletic ability" (which extends beyond physical traits). Seems reasonable to theorize that as they have excelled at making the most of their talents in their chosen profession, that that ability would also extend in fostering their "goodness". Yes, there certainly are a few bad apples, but I think they're outnumbered by those that one would consider go above & beyond to be a benefit to society.

Is she the Lori that used to frequent here before being scared/annoyed off? She was some sort of like small town journalist wasn't she?

I don't think so. You can win w/ a "good" QB & a strong roster. There's over a dozen good QBs now. The other thing about expanding the league, that'll lower the cap amount per team. Teams w/ $50m QBs will be even further hampered w/ giving them a strong supporting cast. Now, the dilution of the rest of the talent pool is another matter IMO, though I guess if everyone is pulled to a lower level, the competitiveness remains the same, but the question remains what impact that has on the overall product.

Rather surprised by the FG stat. Seems to me we get a fair amount of FGs missed against us (not excessive, but when almost 90% of kicks are made, it doesn't take much). One thing we have going for us WRT dropped INTs, is that Allen often throws w/ a higher than average velocity, making it harder to catch, particularly when you're not used to it.

Well, he's full of shhh...tuff.

No WAY! He'll just false start & we'll have to hurry into the platy & get completely slaughtered because of him. No, wait. That's LEROY Jenkins. Nevermind.

Just my names initials spelled out phonetically.

I don't really think that is all that impressive except for the fact that he's sat out about 3 quarters. We've got a very prolific pass game & he's 1/2 our running game. Considering I imagine several teams aren't very productive running, again NBD.

I don't watch much college ball, but I, too, have noticed that formation sometimes. Bear in mind, w/ pros you've got a better snapper & the punters are typically quicker getting the ball off, so maybe they figure they need less protection (particularly from outside rushers). That's just speculation on my behalf as to the reason.

Okay, so the Fins managed to circumvent the existing protocol to allow Tua to re-enter the game. I don't care about that. Congratulations. What pisses me off, is that if he has a back injury, that's SO severe that it causes him "gross motor instability", how the F%$%^& can ANY medical professional w/ good conscience (& ability) allow him to subject himself to more potential (possibly permanent) damage/injury? If you truly are prioritizing player safety that's absolutely appalling and needs to be penalized & not allowed to continue.

Yes, as others have said it was blocked, but it was a terrible kick. I don't think the penetration was significant & it was blocked about 6' off the ground & seemingly no end over end action, which I think you would have by then.