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Nice walk back. That’s far different than what you said in your previous post.

I think that people who view the world in extremes or black and white have a difficult time with the nuanced and complex. As others have mentioned, they needed to make a trade for a WR as no FA WR was heading there without being overpaid even more than Cooper.

The Stefanski offense relay on quality route running. Cooper is a much better fit fin that regard than the freelancing OBJ was. That doesn’t mean it’ll work out in the end, but I think that is the rationale here.

The Browns really don’t have much cap space at the moment. After Njoku signs his tag and before Cooper is considered, they’ll have less than $6M. Landry almost certainly will be released.

The dead cap stays with Dallas. The Browns acquire his salary, which is non-guaranteed at $20M/year.

Literally the only thing preventing me from getting back into the stadium funding discussion (in the existing thread) is that I’m waiting on information from a quality, reliable source. The NY Post obviously does not qualify. I’m not saying that their article is correct or incorrect, just that they have no credibility. That makes it not worth commenting on at this point.

I believe that defensive EPA is calculated as having a negative impact on an opponent’s score and, thus, a positive impact on EPA for their team. Punters would fall into that category.

I appreciate that. Thanks. And I certainly enjoy you and other posters who like to do this sort of thing.

Punters impact field position, which isn’t difficult to translate to EPA/p.

Spotrac now has details: $1.035M salary (non-guaranteed) $75k roster bonus to be paid on 3/18 $25k work out bonus Still some dead money from his signing bonus to account for - $700k total, spread out over this year and next.

Over the years it’s really been a group effort.

Last season they were top 5 across the board from what I’ve seen. The team isn’t perfect, but I think that legit. Also ELO is another good metric. Here are some links: https://www.nfeloapp.com/nfl-power-ratings https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2021-nfl-predictions/ Explanation of EPA: https://www.thescore.com/nfl/news/2193857/amp I think the most important part of using any statistic or metric is to understand its limitations. People rip on PFF a lot, but their grades are useful in context. They are grading players on how well they execute their assigned duties within their scheme. That’s much different than asking how much a player is capable of. Players like Kirk Cousins (6th) and Allen (3rd) were not really that close as QBs last season. Cousins operated well in a limited role within a scheme that asked him to be efficient - and he was. But compared to what the Bills asked of Allen and his outsized role in his offense, there’s no real comparison.

A well determined EPA/play statistic is pro the best option. The nature of that metric has positional weighting built in. DVOA is another good metric.

Safety net. They’ll bring in another punter. Teams always do.

I was wondering if there were any guarantees written into this. $1.035M is the vet minimum for 4-6 accrued seasons. If I had to guess - and it’s just a guess - is that no more than $100k is guaranteed. And guarantees could be as low as nothing. The team is just bringing him in to compete at a reduced salary. His salary can’t be lower than $1.035M. The roster bonus had to be reduced to $100k or less.

Probably no one. They are just playing it out to see if a bad team where FAs don’t want to play (unless it’s for way over MV) steps up.

You gotta take emotion out of the equation at times like this. WRs at the bottom of the depth chart have to be good returners or have potential for upside. You can give guys a chance, but you turn them over when they don’t pan out.

Now, that’s funny Ah. The public vote of confidence. Always a great sign.

They’re probably using him wrong and they don’t have a good enough DL in front of him. Also he MADE A PRO BOWL (second team All Pro!) and is still really young for a player drafted in 2016. He is basically still a rookie.

The minimum for a vet with four accrued years is $1.035M. I expect that to be his contract. I do not believe that he is eligible for a VSB cap credit because he wasn’t with us for those four years. If his contract is a lot bigger than that, then that’s a different story.

You are making the exact unfounded assumption I was referring to. Kumerow made the most he ever had for a season in 2021. He made $920k. I expect he won’t be making much more this season IF he even makes the team. I also expect zero (or very close to zero) guaranteed money. If that’s incorrect and his pay jumps to triple last year’s salary, then we can all complain. But there’s no reason to think that will be the case.

Lotta people getting worked up without seeing contract specifics. Probably a very modest contract with little or no guaranteed money.

I’m honestly not sure what you’re saying. DE depth “was not a problem”? Last year? Or this year prior to any signings? Because we have 3 Edge player that have any value at all under contract for 2022 right now: Rousseau, Epenesa and Basham. That’s it, unless you’re counting free agents or players that we already know won’t make our 53 (Bryan Cox & Mike Love). I don’t know about you, but that group is extremely underwhelming to me and I see almost no depth as Basham is still a big question mark.

Absolutely. But a lot of DEs can set the edge but can’t get to the QB. The edge setting kind is about all the Bills have right now anyway.